Desperate Plight of Share-Croppers Faces New Deal Strain
An examination by William C. Utley surveys 1.8 million tenant farmers in the South, many white, suffering under sharecropping with high credit costs, scrip payments, and rising rents. It highlights the Embree committee findings on land tenure, debt, relief, and calls for reorganizing Southern agriculture and Bankhead’s landownership bill to empower tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brain Trust
Committee
E. R. Embree
Chicago
Julius R. Rosenwald
Doctor Embree
Mr. Rosenwald
South
Federal Farm Credit Administration
Embree
Texas
Oklahoma
Europe
Southern Tenant ‘Farmers’ Union
Bankhead
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Tallulah Bankhead
House
Ireland
Denmark
Finland
Germany
United Stategy
Senator Tydings
Western Newspaper Union
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Kentucky
Maryland
Ritchie
Gorman
Henry Cabott Lodge
Administration of Justice
WNU Service
Alaska gold strike tale and political notes in Washington
In a column from Washington, the piece argues Alaska’s promise as a gold field masks deeper limits including red tape, poor land yields, and shifting populations. It also analyzes the Chamber of Commerce's influence, Roosevelt era politics, and the anti-lynching bill in a regional context.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roosevelt
Harvard
New York
Chamber
Washington
Hoover
White House
Harper Sibley
Mrs. Roosevelt
Rochester
Caroline O'Day
Faith as foundation in hard times and national resolve
In a period of economy and curtailment, the piece urges steady purpose and unwavering faith to meet difficulties. It argues faith transcends religion, serving as confidence in the nation and a foundation Rock for individuals facing turbulent times. It asserts core principles remain inviolable and will revive the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Correct Guides to Quilt Making
Instructions offer cutting diagrams for Colonial quilt No. 97B and Indian Wedding Ring No. 90B including seam allowances. The Indian Wedding Ring has five pieces to cut, Colonial Garden one. Send 10 cents to Home Craft Company for cutout sets with stamped return envelope. address Nine teenth and St. Louis Avenue, St. Louis, MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Craft Company
Department D
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Grant at Long Branch Pen Memoirs a Century Report
In 1884 Robert Underwood Johnson lured Ulysses S Grant to discuss Civil War memories at a Long Branch cottage. Grant, initially reluctant, produced an official Shiloh battle report for Century Magazine, spurring a lucrative pay rise and vivid battlefield recollections.
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Robert Underwood Johnson
Century Company
Long Branch
N. J
General Grant
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
Grant
Shiloh
Johnson
General Buell
Horace Green
Harper’s Magazine
Gaelic Language Fades in North America Outside Cape Breton
In Nova Scotia few speak Gaelic beyond Cape Breton. Some survives on Prince Edward Island and Valleyfield PEI where enthusiasts run classes to keep the language alive.
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North America
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Valleyfield
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William C. Utley
Millard F. Tydings
AAA
Southern Cotton Field
Senator Bankhead
Edwin R. Embree
By Carter Field
Alaska
Canaan
John Smith
Ohio
Missouri
Warren G. Harding
Relief Administration
Congress
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Three Bears
Department of the Interior
Commerce
Agriculture
Seward
Fairbanks
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Esquimaux
Wallace
Colorado
Panhandle
Juneau
Sitka
British Columbia
States
Skagway
New Commerce Head
Sibley
Mr. Sibley
Senate
America
Pitcairn Organization
Public Utility Holding
Capitol Hill
Bailey
Arthur Pue Gorman
North Carolina
Josiah Bailey
Bell Syndicate
Clark
Coleman Lamp & Stove Company
Wichita
Kans
Milton Weil Music CO
Randolph St
Simoniz
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