Unemployment Insurance Debate Across Nations
A survey reviews early 20th century unemployment systems in Europe, tracing voluntary and compulsory schemes in Britain, Germany, France, Belgium and others. It notes funds, subsidies, and debt trends, highlighting failures and reforms while American leaders call for study before enacting U.S. policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Insurance Fund
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Finland
Austria
Bulgaria
Irish Free State
Italy
Luxemburg
Northern Ireland
Poland
Russia
New Zealand
Queensland
Australia
Berne
Ghent
Warm Springs
C. B. Ames
Bustling New York Tastes and Tangles of Town Life
Brooks Atkinson notes Hedda Hopper and Kitty Kendall stardom while Smedley Butler and Jimmy Durante are likened to big names. A Forsythe Street square in chaos becomes an open barter market for work. The Metropolitan Museum's Egyptian gallery offers Luxor glimpses. The Lindy hop rises in Harlem debutante circles as Reefer myths swirl. Jascha Heifetz stories close with elevator quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hedda Hopper
Kitty Kendall
Brooks Atkinson
Bud Kelland
Smedley Butler
Jimmy du
Forsythe Street
Rameses I
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Luxor
Thebes
Valley of the Tombs of Kings
Tut
5Th Avenue
82D Street
Soviet's Drive to Rule World Dismal Failure
United Press outlines the Comintern's history from its 1919 formation to 1924, noting Russia and Austria had limited or brief communist rule and Chinese provincials may lack Marxist economics. It cites Lenin, congresses, uprisings, and the Trotskyite Stalinite split, then hints at a renewed push for world revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Dole
Comintern
United Press
China
Russia
Austria
Karl Marx
International Revolutionary Movement
Italy
Red Army
Warsaw
Germany
Lenin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Englishman and American in a Train Compartment
Congenial isolation on a Liverpool express ends when the American notices the Englishman’s tie riding over his collar and warns him of a small blaze at the coat pocket. The stranger remains curt, and the incident is briefly recounted from the Montreal Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Runcorn Bridge
Montreal Star
Value of Kindergarten Shown in After Years
Education is a lifelong process and early schooling shapes adult life. Prominent educators argue preschool training builds habits and citizenship. The piece urges establishing well-run kindergartens and offers free help from the National Kindergarten Association in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
New York University
Friends of the Kindergarten
W. H. Lancelot
Iowa State College
National Kindergarten Association
West Fortieth Street
New York City
Salted Crackers Delight Sparks Mild Dispute
A humorous exchange unfolds as a customer requests crackers with a light salt, noting her husband’s dislike for overly salty snacks. The clerk offers plain or salted, and the customer specifies a small amount of salt.
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William C. Utley
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Frances Perkins
Secretary of
Economic Security Advisory Committee
Western Newspaper Union
Perkins
President Roosevelt
O. O
TYRE
Rante
Esmond O'Brien
Hervey Allen
Anthony Adverse
Edward N. Wescott
David Harum
Ernest Thompson Seton
al Capone
Devil's Island
Gene Buck
Bob Hague
Bob Hope
Percy Kilbride
Amelia Earhart
Rudy Vallee
Robert Benchley
C. D. Gibson
Bishop Potter
H. C
George Armsby
Bob Davis
Harlem
Black Belt
Radio City
Charlie Hughes
Jascha Heifetz
Rubinoff
Bowery
Roaring West Street
McNaught Syndicate
Munism
Metropolitan Grand Opera
N. Y
Fatto Mody
Geraldine Farrar
NBC
Garvey
Jack
Jim
Postum
Genarat Foods
Battle Creek
Mich
WAMU
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