Control Floods at Source and the Pinchot View
Gifford Pinchot argues floods originate in tiny streams and must be controlled at the source. He cites a 30 year old recommendation for headwater management, urging forest protection and land use to hold back water with dams and reservoirs. The task is long term, but action must begin now, starting with tributaries to prevent future floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Inland Water-Ways Commission
Mr. Pinchot
Bob Davis
Munsey
Baruch Defends Individual Initiative in Neutrality Speech
Bernard M Baruch summarized American values saying the economic machine runs on personal initiative and profit. He warned that psychology could replace individual brain and brawn, urging defense of individual rights against vague psychological whims in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard M. Baruch
House Military Committee
Europe
Sit-down strikes opposed by labor ally columnist
Elsie Robinson argues against sit-down strikes calling them anti social violence. She recalls labor loyalty from childhood, supports wage reform, and warns that even so called universally American actions can become hooliganism if they disrupt rights and order. She endorses lawful pressure and warns against empowering radical tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin
Lynnchings
Doggings
Archbishops Elevation at San Fernando Cathedral
Ten and twenty years ago notes from the LA Light report Bishop A J Drossaerts becoming San Antonio’s first archbishop at San Fernando cathedral with Archbishop John W Shaw of New Orleans participating. Palm enrollment for Fort San Houston training camp and city council action on Houston street restrictions are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Light
A. J. Drossaerts
San Antonio
San Fernando Cathedral
John W. Shaw
New Orleans
Bexar County
Palm
Fort San Houston
Dime 15
Stark
Ned Washe ‘R
Wise Words Company Loss vs Gas and Electric Company Profit
The annual report disclosed that Wise Words company suffered a loss while the Gas and Electric company, an allied concern, reported a profit exceeding that loss. County Clerk Frank R. Newton oversaw the filing. the document appears to be a misread or garbled excerpt with unclear dates or places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas and Eléatric Company
Frank R. Newton
The Hanseatic League and Early World Figures Quiz
A scrambled historical quiz lists items about the Hanseatic league Nero and Roman emperors Captain Cook discovering the Hawaiian Islands Porto Rico joining the United States early explorers and monarchs. It asks to match figures such as Mary Stuart, Bannockburn’s king, and first U.S. vice president with events like Pilgrim landing Jamestown and Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Vicerny Lom
Islands
Porto Rico
United States
Mary Stuart
Une Pass
Thermony Lane
England
Scone
Westminster Abbey
United Gates
Bannockburn
Pilgrim's Landing
Jamestown
Lafayette
Brantocks
Gantrad
Palladsiotia
Washington
Hight
King Fentures Syndicate, Inc
Truley on French strikes and fake unions in wartime France
Winston Norman reports from Lyons France in 1947 style letters about strikes and phony unions. He warns readers that rascals manipulate workers to gain political power and profits while noting American workers' preference for stability. He argues such racketry could spread to the United States if unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Norman
Spring Hollow
U. B.A
Jake
France
Mabel
Racheteers
Rss
Diat
Friend of
Labor
Polattes
Wan
U. 8
Stars and Scripes Golden Age Quip on Benny’s Last Word
In a playful verse, Uncle Sam is cited as having most of the world’s gold while a husband jokes that a wife who sleeps is preferable to a constantly weeping partner. A. Benedict quips he always has the last word by replying to his wife with All right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Weil
Moss
John Henry
Algy
Algernon Arichoke
Jong Mn
Sam
Benedict
Edwin
Hitler
der Tuehrer
England
Washington
Germany
State Department
M. Porter
Alexander MacGregor
Mussolini ii
Rome
Sl Duce
Grand Central
Waya
Mussolind
Mansfield
Alps
Carnegie
Cartoon controversy and Admiral Coughlin in political satire
Edwin AN Exiguity reflects on leaders and censorship as vaudeville and newspaper cartoons provoke anger from regimes and publics alike. The piece traces reactions to satirical verses about Kaiser Wilhelm, the Emperor, and mentions Rear Admiral James B. Coughlin, noting how satire travels from Australia to Washington and impacts diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Duce
Italy
Smedley Butle
Unis
James B. Coughlin
Kaiser
Theodore Roosevelt
Germany
Admiral Coughlin
Hit
Sunshine Shafts Excavations Start for New University Site
Fragmentary notes mention excavations and a prospective owner funding the project. A bride-to-be is described evaluating wedding gifts and expressing preferences for involvement, with a remark about suspensions tied to a male attachment.
Once Overs By O 9 New York at Broadway's crack attraction
A nostalgic portrait of E M L Robinson at the Palais Royale and his era as Broadway’s top winter act. The piece notes his $300 weekly pay, flamboyant style, and charity work, alongside anecdotes about Mussolini’s Rome reception and hotel job scouts, ending with a 1937 copyright line.
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New York
Eml Robinson
Broadway
Palais Royale
Alice
Paul Whiteman
Robinson Sik
Virginia
Lenox
Bli Robinson
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T. E. Powers
Sywet
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Adelman
Elsie Robinson
America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
King Peas
Houston
Commerce
San Antonio ‘Traction
San Antonio Bar Association
Seventy-third District
Nocess
Yure’s Truley
Winston Norman
Lyons
Ring Peas
Rateigh
Menila
Montreal Herald
Union, Leagié Club
Vaterland
Frange
Queen Vintorie
Dere
C. Hill
Memand Goth Tee
MacGregor
Australia
Raleigh
Union League Club
Mark Tyein
Kin
4 & Kear
Betty
David Belasao
Mcintyre
Welors
Reeves Smith
London
Arnold Bensnett
Imperial Hotel
Liberty
Chicago
P. Berth
Foton
NeNaught Syad
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