Townsend Pension Schemes Stirring Up Primaries Across States
The article analyzes how Townsend style pensions and variants like Downey’s $30 weekly plan influenced Democratic primaries in Florida and California. It argues these schemes mislead elderly voters, threaten state finances, and could provoke broader political turmoil amid Roosevelt’s New Deal.
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Francis Townsend
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Far West
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Claude Pepper
Senate
Florida
Townsend
William G. McAdoo
Sheridan Downey
California
House of Representatives
Congress
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The
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Pepper
United States
Townsend Plan
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Townsends
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Pittsburgh
Western Newspaper Union
Britain Surrenders on Sudetenland Pressure in 1938 Era
Britain faced pressure to appease Hitler at Nuremberg as the Sudeten issue heightened. Henlein rushed to Prague with concessions while Britain hinted at selling Czechoslovakia down the river. Hitler pressed demands and France mobilized, signaling a dangerous escalation in Europe. Meanwhile U S aviation debates subsidies and government support, and Ohio politics allege dirty tactics over old age assistance in the 1938 Democratic primary.
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Geoffrey Dawson
London Times
England
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Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Dia der Fuehrer
Jess
France
London
Prague
Nuremberg
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Sudeten
Konrad Henlein
Maehrisch-Ostrau
der Fuehrer
Andre Francois-Poncet
Sir Nevile Henderson
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ohio
U. S. Social Security Board
Martin L. Davey
Social Security
Frank Bane
Davey
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Martin Davey
Govermor Davey
Altmeyer
Treasury to borrow 700 million for Recovery effort
The Treasury plans new market borrowing of 700 million dollars to finance Recovery as Morgenthau and Bell oversee expansion. Notes maturing December 15 will be refinanced, short term bills at weekly 100 million pace. Debt levels and loan costs show historically low rates bolstering bank deposits.
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Europe
Daniel W. Bell
Morgenthau
Treasury
U. S
Hemophilia in Battenberg Line Leads to Count of Cavadonga Death
The Battenberg dynasty links to Victoria of Spain, with hemophilia common in men but not women. The count of Cavadonga, son of Queen Victoria and King Alfonso, suffered earlier bleeding episodes and transfusions. He died after a Miami crash caused internal bleeding following a collision with a pole. Roosevelt at Rochester Mayo Clinic plans ulcer surgery.
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Battenberg
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Cavadonga
Biscayne Boulevard
Mildred Gaydon
Thar
Electric shock saves firefighter in Russellville attic blaze
Maury Dunford a Chicago adventurer and volunteer firefighter recounts a 1929 Russellville Arkansas attic blaze where a water stream struck a bare live wire. He was trapped by electricity but saved when a downstairs switch was pulled cutting power, allowing him to drop the nozzle and escape.
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Maurice Dunford
Chicago
Russelville
Ark
Ozarks
Arkansas River
Maury
Thought and Language Expression Across Forms
The article argues language expresses thought and spans baby sounds, canine noises, and written symbols. It suggests early humans used gestures and cries before evolving systems, noting mathematicians and others develop ways of expressing ideas through music figures and letters.
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Detroit News
Tungsten as Lamp Filament Wire Highlights Extreme Properties
The metal tungsten offers a high melting point of 8400 degrees C, low vapor pressure, and a tensile strength of 600,000 psi. Once thought brittle, an expert drew tungsten wire so it can be used at room temperature.
Magna Charta Signed in 1215 and 1235 notes
Fragmentary notes mention the Magna Charta with dates 1215 and 1235 and reference Runnymede and a charter event. The text asserts limits on royal taxation and preserving ancient freedoms for English cities, with unclear or garbled surrounding details.
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Landay
Lees Cathedral
England
Ventriloquism Through History and Beliefs
The article explains ventriloquists or belly speakers came from Latin roots meaning belly speakers. It notes they usually speak normally with altered breathing and articulation. It mentions ancient Washington area peoples aligning ventriloquism with talking statues of pagan gods.
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