What democracy and republic mean in the United States
An outline distinguishing democracy from a republic and clarifying how the United States embodies all three: democracy a broad social condition, a republic a system of elected representation, and a federal union linking states under a central constitution. The text argues democracy aims for equal rights, opposes totalitarian rule, and celebrates the U S as a democratic federal republic.
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United States
Bneland
Norway
Sweden
Heaven
Russia
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Civilized Competition and Its Risk to Free Trade
A large firm under indictment is described as using the crafted phrase Civilized Competition to claim lawful restraint of trade. The commentary questions whether the concept can reconcile competing extremes, noting it promises the benefits of competition without its evils.
Tratian troops dig in along Albanian front report
Fragmentary remarks describe Traitian forces digging in frantically near the Albanian front, with speculation about near-term moves and nearby real estate interests mentioned in passing amid uncertain timing and context.
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Tratian
Man About Manhattan by George Tucker in New York
In bleak March days New York writers Phil Steng Max Miller James Street and Liam O Flaherty are noted. Steng’s The Princess about a self reliant farm woman. Miller’s Reno biography and Southern California novel. Street’s Delta set work. Van Doren’s new manuscript on Benedict Arnold. Mason’s remarks on realism in historical novels and three murder mysteries to be issued under Military Intelligence Right.
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New York
Tony
Phil Strone
Carl van Doren
Max Miller
James Street
Liam O'Flaherty
Phil Steng
Washington, Conn
Harold Matson
Towa
Connecticut
Deep South
Mississippi
Delta
van Doren
Sir Henry Clinton
Benedict Arnold
Frank van Wyck Mason
Baltimore
Mason
Manhattan
Barbs on Work and Money Weaving Through Tax and Trade
The piece lampoons economic targets as it riffs on peace with miners, tax bases and daily life. It weaves social satire with playful misdirections about gadgets, neighbors and work mindset while hinting at political and personal chaos.
Hollywood Directors as Actors Behind the Scenes
Lucie Neville profiles how Hollywood directors stage scenes by acting and cueing from behind the camera. William Wellman Henry King Busby Berkeley Norman McLeod George Cukor Norman Taurog all use pantomime and in‑scene demonstrations to shape timing, emotion, and performance on set.
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Lucie Neville
NEA
Hollywood
Mar
William Wellman
Joel McCrea
Barbara Stanwyck
Wellman
Miss Stanwyck
Jack Conway
Busby Berkeley
Charines
Berkeley
Norman McLeod
McLecod
George Cukor
Cukor
Norman Taurog
Unsung Heroes Lincoln Education Chief Declines Salary Raise
Lincoln public school superintendent Py M C Lef ler declined a $500 annual salary increase approved by the board of education. He said he would not take a raise while other employees wait for raises too. In Men of Boys Town he used children to demonstrate plot lines, reading lines in a flat voice and asking how they would say them, to elicit natural inflection.
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Lincoln, Neb
M. C. Lefler
Lincoln Public
Board of Education
Taurop
WPA defense pushes cap job growth and long term plans
The article argues defense spending will not rapidly erase unemployment and critiques a shift of WPA workers to defense projects. It notes the National Resources Planning Board recommends a six year public works program and WPA’s new unit planning a reservoir, highways, pools and sewers. It cites imbalanced defense contracts, migration risks, and rising job potential, with WPA completing 1200 defense projects and building 15,000 military buildings, 500 airports, and 1600 airport structures.
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Washington
WPA
Congress
National Resources Planning Board
Frank A. March
Project Control Division
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
Wea
Army
Navy
Beatrice flees fitting room as Jenkins plot twists
Beatrice at the department store dodges a tense confrontation with Jenkins and his wife while grappling with career ambitions and a looming wager on a marriage proposal. In the Budget department she faces Miss Dane’s wrath then earns a surprising burst of empathy from the buyer as old store ways clash with rising pressures.
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Enkins
South America
Nore
Beatrice
Jenkins
Wii
Miss Getz
Mrs. Jenkins
Queens
Skylark
Jenkinses
WVISS
Dane
Miss Dane
Anthony Bradley
Anthony
Bruce Sheldrake
Thony Bradley
Bee Davis
Bee
Que
Mr. Wuntington
Getzale
Getzie
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Reno
Nev
Southern
California
Miller
Uncle Sim
Alabma
Paul Harrison
Dialon
McCrea
Henry King
Chad Hanna
Dorothy Lamont
Henry Fonda
Peter Edson
Rabbipe Hunter
Albuquerque
Vero
Dansville
No Yo Is
Draft Board
Edson
NEA Service
T.mareoulopatom
Mrs. Needle
Edith Ellington
Hee
Meatrice Dunatington Davenport
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