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Rothenberg & Jann
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Lee Newspaper Syndicate
THIS MACHINE AGE IMPACTS A BIG CITY SHUTDOWN
The piece notes Cleveland gasoline stations and drivers went on strike, halting city fuel supply and paralyzing daily life for about 2,000 workers and 1,000,000 residents. It juxtaposes this with tobacco heir Richard Joshua Reynolds assuming a $25 million trust estate on his 28th birthday and NYSE seat prices soaring to $140,000.
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Richard Joshua Reynolds
Roosevelt Son Fined for DC Car in Massachusetts
President Roosevelt's son Franklin was fined $20 for driving his District of Columbia registered car in Massachusetts beyond the 30 day limit. The remark suggests he did not anticipate a long Harvard stay.
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Roosevelt
Franklin
District of Columbia
Indignation Versus Cost in Japan China Policy
A newspaper column urges balanced judgment on Japan's China policy arguing protectorate actions threaten Chinese sovereignty and may curb American rights. It questions the cost of moral outrage and weighs citizens' willingness to pay for denunciation.
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Japan
China
Tokio
United States
Rajchman
Tokyo
League of Nations
League
Yokohama
Indignation and the Costs of War in Diplomacy
The piece argues Americans must weigh the price of expressing outrage over Far East tensions. It contrasts wartime sacrifices with calm diplomacy and cautions against acting on impulse, noting war is not inevitable if minds stay level and negotiation prevails.
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Pacific
Far East
Equality in brains study finds no IQ gap between economic groups
Dr Ethel Kawin of the Institute for Juvenile Research in Chicago reports that 62 children at Hull House nursery and Winnetka public nursery students from different social levels scored similarly on Stanford Binet and Merrill Palmer tests. The finding suggests poor children may not be less intelligent than rich children, countering birth-rate concerns.
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Ethel Kawin
Institute For Juvenile Research
Chicago
Kawin
Stanford- Binet
Merrill-Palmer
Hull House
Winnetka
Transportation Problems Require Coordinated Regulation
In a presidential report Eastman notes 25 billion in capital invested 1920 to 1932 in transportation facilities fueling a traffic struggle worsened by the depression. He warns this endangers national transport finance wages and rates and urges coordinated regulation of rail, water and highway carriers as the solution.
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Eastman
Hannibal Courier Post
TWO EMBATTLED TAILORS
A New Jersey tailor presses a suit for 35 cents while a Massachusetts tailor doubts the Blue Eagle campaign. The piece argues brave defenders of liberty can be found in all trades, not just farmers or blacksmiths.
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United States
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York Times
Gully the Prisoner Turned Champion and Millionaire
John Gully, once a debt-ridden butcher in an English prison, rose to fame as a boxing champion after sparring with Henry Pearce. Defeating rivals and later defending his title, he bought an inn, invested in racehorses, and became a wealthy MP for Pontefract before dying a millionaire in 1863.
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John Gully
Gully
Henry Pearce
England
Pearce
Parliame Etan Ce
Eearnne Snt Pontefract
Nantucket
Billy the Kid
Rightward shift fuels new deal debate in 1934 era
National political commentary notes a shift toward right-leaning policies under Roosevelt. It cites a broader long-range building program, cautions on silver remonetization, and executive-legislative dynamics as Congress acts largely in step with the White House. It also outlines housing loan plans to revive home building and industrial modernization with government-backed credit.
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Hitler
U. S
China
PWA
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
White House
Frank O. Lowden
Thiinois
Republican National Committee
Fletcher
Wall Street
New York
George Dunne
Roosevelt
Thomas
Washington
Congress
National Emergency Council
Home Loan Bank
Treasury
Federal Reserve
R M Burnett Named District Chairman At Des Moines
Fifty years ago today R M Burnett was chosen chairman of the second district convention at the state Republican gathering in Des Moines. April births marriages and deaths were recorded for Muscatine with 45 24 and 18 respectively.
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R. M. Burnett
Des Moines
Muscatine
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