Roper plans national census of unemployed workers
Secretary of Commerce Roper outlines a plan to Congress for a nationwide unemployment census costing 13 to 15 million dollars and staffed by about 25 000 trained workers. The effort aims to classify unemployed by trades and determine who is unemployable, with possible permanent census machinery.
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Michigan Briefs From Around State in 1937
Sturgis delegates reelect C. H. Bramble state master and pick Alpena as 1937 convention city. In Berkley a hunter survives buckshot in an appendectomy. Michigan highway plan funds WPA pipeline across upper and lower Michigan. Sandusky bean crop losses hit 1.4 million dollars due to rains and frost. Adrian plans sewage plant under Stream Control Commission orders. completion by May 1, 1938. Thelma Dunham and her mother die in Elsie from kitchen oil fire. Wheat crop praised as winter strength grows amid market concerns. Grand Rapids notes last streetcar rail removal. buses now used. federal and city funds cited. Traverse City potatoes pour in. yields 100-125 bushels per acre. Ionia reports Scotty the one ton steer. Allegan county farmers join Thousand Bushel Club. yields range 750-834 bushels per acre. Bay City judge Raphael G. Phillips survives GOP landslide. Hastings puzzling tax question as hunter disputes post land rule. Cheboygan a two-year-old elk stops an ambulance and directs help.
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Raphael G. Phillips
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Pigeon River State Forest
Bill Tremblay
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Tremblay
What Happened Before Roosevelt Victory Examined
The article surveys why the 1932 Roosevelt landslide occurred. It cites factors from federal economic intervention to voters across sections, notes split tickets, and ponders how Roosevelt will wield new powers. It highlights congressional shifts and concerns among conservative Democrats about reform versus stability.
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Landon
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge
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James Monroe
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Paneae Relo
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New Italian Heir Expected in January As Union Strikes Loom
Brisbane's column reviews European questions after Mussolini’s rise, notes Italy may crown a new heir in January if conditions allow. It contrasts auto industry gains with labor strife, cites Thalberg stock moves, and satirizes wartime tensions and policy debates.
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Cloture to end debate and Rhine's sea flow
Answers cover parliamentary cloture ending debate, Rhine feeding the North Sea, Edward VII as boy king murdered, James A Garfield succeeding Hayes, saddle knob called a pommel, pension meaning boarding house, warren as game enclosure, A W O L meaning absent without official leave, Hattie Caraway as first woman U S senator, and the color scarlet as the due answer.
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Tower of London
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
North Sea
Edward W
James A. Garfield
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Scarlet
Understanding Happiness
Aphorism-based quote on happiness by Maeterlinck emphasizing that true happiness comes from a humane and courageous view of life and its division from sorrow.
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