Invisible Enemy and Economic Reform in Wartime News
A mixed 1930s-era column discusses an unseen enemy in war, the U S Depression, and President Roosevelt’s New Deal NRA. It weighs time-tested remedies versus new innovations, citing Bacon on cautious change, and notes ongoing efforts to raise construction and prices for farmers and manufacturers while avoiding wage-price surges. It also reports early 1930s athletic and aviation notes, and comments on Germany, Spain, and civil rights pressures shaping public life.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Bacon
Johnson
Insull Wins First Tilt in Extradition Battle
Athens Greece August 26 Samuel Insull the 73 year old ex utilities magnate was arrested at US request and won the first move in his bid to block extradition to Chicago He was moved from police HQ to a private clinic for a medical exam as prosecutors pursue federal bankruptcy charges His lawyers surround him as he fights to stay in Greece while extradition hearings proceed
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
United States
Chicago
Insull
Til
Foreign Office
Legation
Tsaldaris
Universal Service
M. Lazarinos
M. Ladas
Ange Evert
Surete
Hawks Lands in Quebec After Hop
Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks, famed American air ace, completed an across Canada hop from Vancouver and touched down in Quebec City at 2 35 p m EDT. The flight tested the feasibility of a regular trans Canadian air route as part of a demonstration over Quebec.
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Quebec
Frank Hawks
Spordrec
Canada
Vancouver
Hawks
Demon
Alalo
King Solomon of Missouri Plans Tenth Wedding
Clyde Kinsey, a 33 year old Springfield man, says he will wed for the tenth time after a string of marriages and divorces. He compares himself to King Solomon and jokes about marriage, while recounting past wives and a divorce from Marjorie Langston amid family objections.
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King Solomon of
Missouri
Gimis
Universal Service, Inc
Springfield
Clyde Kinsey
King Solomon
Kinsey
Solomon
Wizard of
Geeauee
Tegel
Lois Shook
Omaha
Mere Ht
Marjorie Langston
Marjorie
Augusta
Machado Sails for Haven in Bermuda
Miami August 20. Fleeing threatened reprisals Gerardo Machado former Cuban president sailed from Nassau at 8 p m bound for Bermuda on the Canadian steamship Lady Rodney reports say it was unclear whether he would land in Bermuda or proceed to Canada. Two aviators Reinhold Poss and Paul Welirisch were killed in a German air race when their plane struck a church tower at Neustadt on Dolle.
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Miami
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Nassau
B. I
Bermuda
Lady Rodney
Machado
Canada
Neustadt - ON - Dolle
Germany
Reinhold Poss
Paul Welrisch
Rental Vacancies Advertised in Takay's Light Classifieds
Classified rental column offers furnished and unfurnished apartments and houses with weekly and monthly rates. Listings include multiple locations such as North Olive and Wyomine with prices ranging from 15 to 420 per month or week, and notes on occupancy terms. Additional information and tax details follow in the ad.
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Takay
Bareera
Denver
Queen Ann
Wharton
Thompson
W. Wordlawn
Furnisio
FLAN
Elmire Sunn
Donatson
Roosevelt to decide on revised auto labor code tonight
Washington August 26 President Roosevelt faced the task of approving a revised auto industry code that would set labor rules, wages, and hours. The draft, carried to Hyde Park by Miss Frances Robinson, affects about 200,000 workers and could restart work for around 40,000. The plan includes merit provisions and minimum wage scales by city size, with 48 hour weeks for factory staff and lower limits for office workers, pending executive approval.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Frances Robinson
Hugh 8. Johnson
Hyde Park
Donald Hichberg
NRA
Recovery Board
Johnson
NRA Labor Board
Johnson to Open Boston Recovery Drive in New England
Gen. Hugh J8. Johnson plans to fly to Boston on Wednesday to launch the nation’s recovery drive in New England. The event will be broadcast over the national network as part of the campaign effort amid heavy workload in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Hugh J8. Johnson
Boston
New England
Roosevelt
Bexar County Votes for Prohibition Repeal and Beer
Bexar county voters turnout at a record pace with strong support for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and beer legalization. Official tallies show repeal and beer both winning by wide margins, while bonds and the home rule amendment faced smaller margins and pockets of opposition.
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Bexar County
Bexar
George Himtress
PL. Anderson
Liberal
Nets
Cy and County
Central
West Side
Liberal Legion
BL. Anderson
Phil Shook
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Partly cloudy conditions expected in San Antonio with a low near 72 and a high around 72. Winds light to variable, mostly easterly. East Texas east of 100th meridian: partly cloudy to cloudy Sunday with light to moderate variable winds. West of 100th meridian: partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered thunderstorms.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Weat
Texas
Let the Nation Go A shopping A clearer impression of the Act
The piece argues the National Recovery Act reflects urgent national action to revive business and morale. It calls for broad public cooperation, including consumer support, urging citizens to spend more to spur jobs and recovery while acknowledging the act’s initial haste and need for refinement. It promotes heroism and loyalty to leadership in forging economic salvation.
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National Recovery Ct
Texas lifts beer and repeal in nationwide wet landslide
Massive Texas returns show beer and repeal winning by wide margins in most counties including Dallas and Fort Worth. Statewide tallies project about 61 to 63 percent for repeal and beer, with urban centers driving the vote while North Texas clings to dry causes.
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Texas
North Teas
Panhandle
Dallas
Dullap
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Harris
Aix
McLennan
el Paso
Travis
Wichita
Jefferson
Grayson
Galveston
Iwell
North Texas
Ltn
South Texas
Bexar
Roosevelt
Hrazos
Alli
Brand
Bell
Bowie
Freestone
Hays
Lub~bock
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