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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
3
The article notes cabinet meetings are informal with no debate rules and rarely any votes. Minutes are not kept and decisions are only recommendations. The President may submit subjects or make final decisions at will, with topics chosen by the President.
Advertisement urges women to boost charm and mood with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Claims it helps nature tone the system and ease female functional discomforts, noting over a million letters of reported benefit and urging purchase from a druggist.
A concise quotation attributes endurance to inner strength rather than action, stating that true measure lies in enduring hardship. The author is Vicki Baum, noted for reflective, humanist insights.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for coughs from colds and bronchial irritation. It claims relief from the first bottle, urges asking for Creomulsion with no hyphen, and notes a money back refund if unsatisfied.
A pithy Franklin saying about securing wisdom and memory, warning that wealth invested in knowledge cannot be stolen. The remark emphasizes intangibles over tangible funds and reflects enduring value of education.
The President nominates Solicitor General for the Supreme Court challenge to holding companies. Roosevelt aims to wipe out holding conglomerates through the court's ruling.
Reed of Kentucky as associate justice faces swift confirmation amid broad praise from Republicans and Democrats. Ashurst sets quick hearings. Reed, 53, has no prior bench experience but has served as solicitor general and fought New Deal cases with a mixed liberal yet orthodox legal view.
President Roosevelt announced a plan to eliminate holding companies, possibly via legislation and taxation. The 1935 act’s "death sentence" on utility hold- ings marked a step in the purge, with Willkie urged to ease restrictions and Norris proposing stiff taxes on large firms. A general rule proposes 20 percent tax on earnings above 25,000 with credits for dividends.
Chairman Doughton and the house ways and means committee opened hearings on 63 proposed changes in revenue laws. Exempt small corporations, about 90 percent of American business, from the undivided profits levy while giving large enterprises partial relief. Fred Vinson's subcommittee defended the plan as fair and said it would stimulate business without cutting total federal revenue. The group also urged recodification of the internal revenue statutes to simplify the system.
Charles Ross, elderly Chicago manufacturer, was abducted last September. Peter Anders confessed to killing Ross and his fellow conspirator after receiving 50 000 dollars ransom from Mrs Ross. Anders was captured at Santa Anita racetrack near Los Angeles where he passed ransom money through pari mutuel machines. Full confession details released gradually.
Senators and Mississippi valley representatives unite against Senator McAdoo of California seeking to exempt coastwise shipping from Panama canal tolls. Opponents warn the measure would harm Middle West industries already hurt by tolls lower than rail rates, widening seaboard advantage. Public hearings opened amid expectations of a major congressional clash between seaboard and interior interests.
A federal public health service report shows 6,000,000 Americans daily unable to work or study due to illness or injury during winter. Seventeen percent lose at least one week yearly, highlighting links between illness, unemployment, and inadequate essentials.
The GAMOAN CLIPPER of Pan American Airways crashed near Samoa while on a pioneering Pacific route from Pago Pago to Auckland. Chief pilot Capt Edwin C Musick and six crew members Cecil G Sellers Paul S Brunk F J MacLean J W Stickrod J A Brooks J T Findlay were killed as fuel allegedly exploded during a fuel dump while attempting landing.
A Northwest Airlines Zephyr flying Seattle to Chicago struck a snow covered Rocky Mountain peak near Bozeman Montana. Eight passengers and two pilots died with their bodies found by a party braving a blizzard. Officials grounded all new Zephyr planes awaiting investigation.
France labor and financial strife push Premier Camille Chautemps and his Popular Front cabinet to resign. President Le Brun seeks a new majority with Georges Bonnet and Leon Blum both blocked, as conservative opposition stalls. France also plans larger battleships boosting naval budgets to counter Mussolini.
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds a statute from 86 years ago prohibiting county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to women who do not reside in the county of issuance, effectively stopping the so called marriage mills.
Winter days pass slowly but sewing can start a Spring wardrobe. The piece promotes sew your own patterns for slips frocks and dresses with easy yards of fabric. It lists patterns 1437 1440 and 1341 with sizes materials trimming details and an address in Chicago for ordering at 15 cents each.
A collection of terse maxims from Adams Johnson Coleridge Bailey Ruskin Juvenal and Seneca reflecting on silence accuracy dreaming liberty imitation and knowledge. The lines offer concise guidance on character virtue and the limits of speech versus heart and action.
A quip compares a man with nothing to boast beyond his illustrious ancestors to a potato, noting the only valuable part lies underground. No individuals or organizations are named. The line reflects a satirical view of lineage and status.
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