Roosevelt and Landis Brace Construction Reforms
The article outlines a drive to coordinate the U S construction industry under President Roosevelt as head of the American Construction council. It highlights plans for round table methods, steady employment, and a national construction program to reduce waste, lower costs, and align labor, material, and firms across highways, railroads, and buildings.
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Veryone
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Federal
H. Hays
United States Postmaster General
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landis
Hays
Roosevelt
Sececretary
Navy
American Construction Council
Rooosevelt
United States
New York World
Federated
National Construction Council
America
Grasshoppers Reach Tacoma From Aleutians
An American freighter West Nimrod arrived in Tacoma with a cargo of large grasshoppers from the Aleutian islands. Biologists say the insects can fly long distances aided by air sacs and may have been carried from the springtime Aleutians.
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Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Sieria
North Pole
Arctic Circle
Tacoma
Wash
West Nimrod
Orient
Musical Modernist Spars Over Star Spangled Banner Tune
Senator Sorghum recalls a remark about singing the national anthem off key with a jazz effect. The exchange reveals a playful controversy surrounding a public performance and the composer’s intent.
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Senator Sorghum
Boy Dies of His Injuries Rather Than Tell Parents
New York Robert J Alexander Jr a student at Manual Training High School Brooklyn died Saturday afternoon from injuries first received while playing ball on Memorial Day and again on Friday June 2 from diving in a swimming pool at Coney Island. He kept secret the injuries for fear the news would worry his parents and shock his mother whom he loved. Doctors believe timely treatment could have saved him.
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New York
Robert J. Alexander Jr
Manual Training High Schol
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Sleepwalking youth fatally shoots father in Arkansas
In Little Rock region a sixteen year old sleepwalking boy named William Delaney shot and killed his sixty year old father Edward Delaney as the father chased him from the house. The incident occurred around 1 AM and left the town hushed by the tragedy.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Bessie
William Delaney
Edward Delaney
Delaney
Stolen Eggs Prompt Juvenile Court Fine in Denver
In Denver Juvenile Court Judge Ben B. Lindsey fined an eleven year old a dozen fresh eggs after arraignment on stealing a setting of eggs and selling them. The judge cautioned that stealing from a mother hen is the worst act, while the boy sobbed and offered to earn the price of the eggs.
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Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
Hen Kille Rat to Save Chicks
In Barbourville Kentucky a bantam hen fought a rat attacking its chicks. The hen sheltered the brood as the rat fought back, but the bantam overwhelmed and killed the intruder with decisive pecking and eye injuries.
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Barbourville
Charles Smith
Eight hour work day loss of popularity in Hamburg
Frederick Simpich notes in Our World that law and labor rules lose appeal in postwar Hamburg. Competition shifts opinions and enforcement struggles as workers seek extra pay and freedom. Hotels and cafes report enforcement difficulties and reduced focus on health goals.
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Germany
Frederick Simpich
Labor Inspection Bureau
Hamburg
Clock Heist Hits Berlin Moabit Court
A man posing as a repair worker climbed a ladder to the wall clock in Berlin's central criminal court at Moabit during a trial. He claimed to repair the timepiece and persuaded officials to permit the act, allowing the theft of the clock while the court was in session.
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Berlin
Central Criminal Court
Moabit
Boosting Pickwick in the Hinterland
Train Boy discusses boosting his native town Pickwick with a brakeman. The exchange hints at Pickwick’s location as being in the hinterland while a judge comments on old humor about the Pickwick papers.
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Pickwick
Bill
Pickwick Papers
Found diamond valued at $10000 in 41 Kansas
A diamond weighing 20 karats was discovered in 41 Kansas with an estimated value of $10,000. The find spot and ownership details were not fully disclosed.
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Kansas
Assyrian Law Humane Despite Popular Myths
Professor A F Olmstead of Illinois notes an Assyrian code provision that destitute widows be supported by their sons, showing humane aspects. He contrasts royal petitions and free urban charters with public memory, and a playful mock exchange hints at women voters as a political force. The piece closes with a proverb about wind and borrowed umbrellas.
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A. F. Olmstead
University of Illinois
Europe
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