National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart
William Bruckart discusses two major court decisions shaping policy. He analyzes the coal agency ruling allowing a selling cooperative among Appalachian coal operators and the Norfolk Virginia district court decision upholding the federal water power act as constitutional, with broad implications for industry regulation and energy rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coal Agency
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court For
Virginia
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Norfolk
Supreme Court of the
United States
Government's Fixed Charges Boost Cost
A Chicago Tribune critique notes Congress hides large ongoing appropriations as permanents and indefinites. These future costs total 1933 34 spending sums including 725 million interest, 534 million sinking fund, and 71 million insurance premiums. The article calls for repeal or annual review, citing post office and meat inspection as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chicago Tribune
Congress
Anthony J. Griffin
New York
Post Office and Treasury
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Bureau of Animal Industry
Speedy readers remember more in university study
Berkeley researchers report that fast readers outperform slower peers after brief readings. Dr John A Hackett and students tested on educational text found averages of 12.7, 11.8, and 10.4 correct on a 20-question quiz for fast, middle, and slow readers with speeds from 510 to 220 words a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
John A. Hackett
Doctor Hackett
Oakland
Icicles 60 Feet Long Reported at Sequoia Park
Icicles sixty feet long and three feet thick formed on Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park during a winter storm. The massive ice columns, the largest ever seen in the park, were visible nine miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequoia National Park
Calif
Boys to Seek Gold on Haitian Estate
Hiram Marceyes aged twenty and Walter Bakke twenty one from the Montana School of Mines in Butte will apply their winter prospecting course to gold hunting in Haiti. They plan to placer mine land owned by Marceyes aunt Mrs. Rose Miller of Missoula. The Haiti estate spans 100000 acres with hundreds of streams once yielding prospects for rich deposits.
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Butte
Mont
Hiram Marceyes
Walter Bakke
Montana School of Mines
Haiti
Marceyes
Bakke
Rose Miller
Missoula
Spanish Gold Fortune Found Near McLain Mississippi
Archaeologists and locals report a cache of about 1100 Spanish gold coins and valuables buried along a riverbank near the Ab and West Sylvester home site. The discovery revisits pre Civil War history and ties to Gen. Andrew Jackson era legends.
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McLain
Miss
Mississippi
Andrew Jackson
West Sylvester
Jackson
Forrest Lea
Sylvesters
First Woman Typist Joins Sholes In 60th Typewriter Anniversary
Mrs. Charles L. Fortier of Milwaukee, daughter of Christopher L. Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, and the first woman typist in the world, attended the celebration marking the sixtieth anniversary of the invention. Though near eighty, she remains an expert typist and has used a machine since 1866.
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Charles L. Fortier
Milwaukee
Christopher L. Sholes
Fortier
Hunter Explains His Method of Taking Lions
Kingsburg Calif Kingsburg residents hear from Jay Bruce famed hunter and official exterminator who claims to have captured over 500 mountain lions. He describes a method using dogs chased lions into trees then a long pole with a noose slipped over the neck to pull the cat down and bag it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsburg
Calif
Jay Bruce
California
Bruce
Fresno Man Commands Chinese Airmail Plane
Ex Army aviator Lieut Hewitt F. Mitchell of Fresno California now flies a Yangtze river airmail route in China. He left Crissy Field San Francisco after three years in the U S Army and took a three year mail contract in China.
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Fresno
Calif
Yangtze River
China
United States Army
Hewitt F. Mitchell
Ralph Mitchell
Freeno
Crissey Field
San Francisco
Life's Path Difficult for Atypical Person
A Hygeia magazine summary outlines three atypical student types seen by instructors. The first are lazy foot-draggers, the second are capable yet uncooperative, and the third are boastful bullies. It argues athletic activity can better involve them and keep normal students engaged.
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R. K. Atkinson
Hygeia
The
Health Magazine
Doctor recommends Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for bowel health
An advertisement warns that constipation after forty can become chronic and cause piles and other disorders. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe, effective laxative tested over 47 years, usable by all ages, including babies, with herbs and pepsin and no griping.
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William Bruckart
Roosevelt
United States Navy
New River
Senate
Legislative Branch
Jim Farley
Democratic Party
Western Newspaper Union
Treasury
Veterans
Sician
Forrest
Greene
Perry
Hungary
Rose Tyakody
Passaic
N. J
Chicago
Hunter
Dra. W. B. Caldwell
Doctors
Rinso
Rins
America
Miller, Mo
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
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