Roosevelt to be busiest peace time president this year
The article notes President Roosevelt will wield extensive powers granted by Congress during a peaceful session. It lists potential actions over farming, taxation, industry codes, labor standards, public works, pensions, currency, and foreign exchange. It predicts a busy summer and autumn as he shapes economic policy.
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Olive McKee, Jr
Boston Transcript
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Time for Action in National Plan to Jumpstart Projects
Government launches a $3.3 billion program to support public improvements with 30 percent grants and low interest loans. States and localities are urged to start construction without tax increases, with Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and Texas outlining plans.
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Pinchot
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Indiana
Ohio
Texas
Indoor Life and Outdoor Paradox in America
An English author’s view on Americans as indoors people contrasts with Hoovers social trends report. The text cites licenses for hunting and fishing, many campgrounds, beaches, pools, boats, golf facilities, tennis courts and large club memberships, noting underutilized outdoor spaces.
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Hoover
National F
Remembering the Box Making Craft From My Teens
The narrator recalls making apple packing boxes as a teen in an orchard. He details building a sturdy bench with two by fours, railroad irons, a high stripper, a reliable hatchet, and careful nail work. The memory links physical skill to lessons about life and usefulness.
Disagreeable Habits Prompt Self-Improvement
Mundy urges readers to identify and abandon long held disagreeable habits. Friends can be honest about faults, and while individuality is valued, changing mechanical faults is possible. Begin by asking friends which habits to cut and start now.
Loser and Victor by Edgar A. Guest
A verse piece contrasts two mindsets, one beaten by fear and doubt, the other seizing courage to try and succeed. It ends with a note on money and speech, suggesting change requires action beyond silent endurance.
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Edgar A. Guest
Hints and Dints and Barometer Lore Parade
A miscellany of weather lore barometer readings and quips, with notes on rent disputes, eggs, weddings, jokes, and historical timelines. Includes a long list of American historical milestones, jokes about taxes and politics, and playful items about daily life and travel.
Mars may lack oxygen for human life say astronomers
Mount Wilson astronomers Walter S. Adams and Theodore Dunham Jr conclude Mars has less than 1 percent oxygen. U.S. papers weigh the implications, noting skepticism about Martians and debating whether life could exist on Mars given the thin atmosphere.
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Theodore Dunham, Jr
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the Evening News
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the Times
Greenland
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Tropics
Farmer Carl Bates Demonstrates Self-Sufficient Florida Life
Carl Bates, a De Soto County farmer in Florida, shows a self sufficient system producing over 90 percent of his family's needs. He grows tomatoes corn cucumbers peppers spinach squash and more on eleven acres and markets surplus. He keeps bees pigs a cow chickens and is starting a ten acre orange grove. His crew is a Negro man a mule and a home made tractor. He holds over 400 quarts of canned vegetables and meats.
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No. Enduring reform questioned by former warden Daly
A collection of press comments cites Daly of the Indiana state prison arguing prisons do not reform and notes that many inmates share that belief. Other quotes cover reforestation, workforce issues, and political satire from multiple papers across the nation.
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Indiana State Prison
Indianapolis News
Fond Recollections Recall Buying Liver and Bacon at Butcher
A brief note recalls a past scene of purchasing liver and bacon at the butcher shop. The line contrasts vision with obedience to the law, ending with a reflective question about prices and memories.
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