Politics as a business drives Dems war chest and Farley leadership
A Washington assessment argues that the Democratic National Committee under James A Farley operates like a sales machine aiming to build a large war chest for 1938. It contrasts Farley’s aggressive fundraising and campaign organization with the lagging Republican leadership under John D M Hamilton and Senate leader Charles L McNary, noting weak opposition and possible leadership changes.
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Washington
Forbes Morgan
New Deal Party
Morgan
James A. Farley
United Sates
Mr. Farley
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
Trnational
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
G. O. P. Ness
John D. M. Hamilton
United States Treasury
Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Mr. Hamilton
Landon
Kansas
Congress
House
Senate
Republican Party
Capitol Hill
McNary
Oregon
Snell
National Committee
Nebraska Senate Deliberates on Mercy Death Bill and Other Measures
The Nebraska senate has introduced a bill to legalize mercy death led by Senator Comstock with sponsor Dr Inez C Philbrick. Amid opposition and a large lobbying effort the measure faces committee hurdles and uncertain fate.
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Senate
Nebraska
Comstock
Lincoln
Inez C. Philbrick
University of Nebraska
Regan
Columbus
Miller
State Capitol
Comstock of
The Plight of Spain and Optimism Deluxe
A collection of Irvin S. Cobb observations from Everly Hills. Spain faces ruin amid European meddling, ransom laws clash with human nature, and parole boards. optimism and odd anecdotes follow from New York dredging, a Grand Corniche tunnel for sale, and South American explorers.
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Everly Hills
Calif
Spain
Irvin S. Cobb
New York
East River
French Riviera
Grand Corn
Gasoline Tax Revenue Rises in 1936 Over 1935
Lincoln W. Banning reports Nebraska state gasoline tax collections for 1936 rose by 1,581,764 from 1935 to a total of 11,443,456 while gallonage climbed 6,956,366 gallons to 223,721,251. He notes the 5 cent per gallon tax all year boosted receipts and explains prior 1 cent tax voided in 1935 by the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Lincoln
W. B. Banning
Banning
Nebraska Supreme Court
Iowa
NYA Reports 10 Percent of College Students Worked
Washington DC NYA estimates about 10 percent of college and university students earned part of their expenses this year. Aubrey Williams says December 1936 figures show 124,818 students on NYA projects in 1,686 schools nationwide with total college enrollment at 1,788,000 and December allocations totaling $1,869,143.
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Washington, D. C
National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
NYA
Williams
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Nebraska Water Conservation Ponds Answer Drought Need
Under the Water Conservation Program, 151 Nebraska farm ponds store about 3 231 acre feet of water on 710 acres. One ERA public lake dam under repair will hold 135 acre feet on 28 acres. The effort aims to aid drought stricken farmers and follows ERA relief work from 1934 to 1935, which created 419 ponds, repaired 42 irrigation projects, dug four emergency wells, built five public lakes, and more.
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Lincoln
Works Progress Administration
Nebraska
Nebraska Emergency Relief Administration
National Defense Week Essay Contest Open in Omaha
National Defense Week runs February 12 through 22 with the Omaha Chapter sponsoring an essay contest for school children ages ten to eighteen in cooperation with W O W. Topics focus on National Defense prior to the February 22 closing date.
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Omaha
United States
National Reserve Officer's Association
National Defense
Half Million Trees Sought in Nebraska Planting Drive
Extension foresters report farmers have requested 524000 Clarke McNary seedlings for woodlots and windbreaks, about a quarter of the expected total. Lancaster County tops the state with 39000 trees, four times last year’s figure by this date.
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Lincoln — Nebraska Agricultural College
Lancaster County
Simplicity Drives Easy Rose Cutwork and Applique Patterns
Simple design and needlework merge for effective wild roses in cut work. Patterns include transfer motifs and applique patches with stitch illustrations and material lists. Send pattern 1387 and motif 642, both about twenty by. choose fabric, color ideas, and order to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. New York.
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Laether Sond
Needlecraft Dept
York
N.Y
Life's Harmony and the Tempering Power of Love
A reflective quotation by George Henry Lewes on how life's discordant notes are softened by beauty and tempered by the guiding influence of love, comparing harmony in music to harmony in life.
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George Henry Lewes
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Wigest
Western Newspaper Union
Maud IE. Nuquist
Osceola
Board of Control
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Cochran
Child Welfare Board
NRA
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Callaway
Dunn
South America
Pennsylvania
Methuselah
Irvin
Cobb
WNU
National Defense Week
MonoLine
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Ask -Winas
WNC
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Auer
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Peter
Gooch
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Freeman Clarke
Don Leon
Ar Taras
Gluyas Williases
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