Roosevelt battles plan to remake Supreme Court
The article outlines President Roosevelt's push to expand the Supreme Court, opposition from Raymond Moley and others, and the political dynamics shaping the fight. It notes four key issues from the new wages and hours bill, TVA flood control, and authority over housing funding, with public opinion cited as a factor.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
TVA
Ohio
Raymond Moley
Brain Trust
Illinois Bankers’ Convention
Chicago
Moley
Justice van Devanter
Party Disruptions At A Marinwood House Gathering
Victoria and friends enjoy a hillside day near Tamalpais only to be interrupted by Marian Pool. Quentin Har disty's past with Marian haunts the scene as Victoria contemplates a possible departure to Honolulu to avoid exposing her feelings for him.
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Vicky
Quentin
Victoria
Marian
Mrs. Pool
Dora
Marian Pool
Dr. Upham
Quentin Hardisty
Maud’s
Pye
Sally
George
Cushings
Pete’s
Victoria Herrendeen
Quen
Vic
Marjian
Uphams
Felicity
Mill Valley
Keats Nursery
Violet
Mrs. Keats
Dr. Keats
John Henry the Steel Driver and the Steam Drill Challenge
A retelling of the John Henry legend from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad era. A boyish hammer welder known for lightning speed competes against a steam drill, wins the contest but dies after the exertion. The tale underscores the tale’s moral of man versus machine.
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Bishop
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cruzee Mountain
John Henry
C. and
Tony Beaver
West Virginia
Potomac
John ‘Henry
South
Po' John
Western Newspaper Union
True Ghost Stories By Famous People at The Hague
Sophie Kerr recalls a psychic moment in The Hague during sightseeing. She describes guiding into a museum room she sensed as haunted, later identified as the Museum of Torture, where condemned prisoners faced last hours before death and torture instruments were displayed.
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the Hague
Sophie Kerr
The
Hague
Amber from Pine Pitch Becomes Ancient Gem
The article explains how amber forms from pine resin over eons and compares ancient belief in its powers to modern electrification. It notes Bal tic region origin, submersion of its ancient homeland, storms bringing amber to shores, and East Prussia as the chief current source with scraps found along coasts and other countries yielding smaller amounts.
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Qtanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Dinnner
Neville Chamberlain
London
Pacific
Baltic
North Seas
Antients
East Prussia
St. Louis
Hippocrates Notes Lockjaw Timing and Recovery
The famous physician Hippocrates observed that when symptoms of lockjaw appear ten days or more after a wound the patient is much more likely to recover than if lockjaw sets in promptly.
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Hippocrates
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