Hulls Free Trade Vision Recalled By Past Failures
A critical argument argues Secretary Hull and Roosevelt backers push for sweeping tariff reversal. It cites Cobden and England’s 19th century repeal of corn laws, then 1931 protectionist shift, noting dependence on imports and recent protectionist trends. The piece urges informed statesmanship over archaic free trade rhetoric.
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Secretary Hull
Mr. Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Richard Cobden
England
Cobden
Manchester
United States
France
Germany
Farley Promises and Payrolls Under Roosevelt 1932
An analysis notes the promised budget cuts did not materialize as payrolls expanded to 9,047,956 workers across WPA PWA AAA and veterans aid. It contrasts 1912 figures, cites United States News, and questions the political impact in Pennsylvania given a quarter of voters on government payrolls.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
WPA
PWA
United States News
Washington, D. C
Farley
Pennsylvania
Legend of the Palatine Ghost Ship Tale From New England Coast
Edwin C Hill recounts the legend of the Palatine a doomed emigrant ship wrecked near Block Island in 1752. Mutiny murder and starvation followed as wreckers looted survivors a deranged passenger refused to abandon the ship and the Palatine burned drifted out to sea with screaming aboard, becoming a lasting eerie coast legend.
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Edwin C. Hill
New England
North Atlantic
Whittier
Block Island
Newport
Martha's Vineyard
Holland
Philadelphia
Geles
Sangy Point
Yeni
King Peae
Syn
Listen World Wildly: Wives’ Kneejerk Defense of Husbands
A column by Elsie Robinson surveys nine late 20th century cases where wives killed or harmed their husbands and then communities rush to defend the shooter. It argues women face envy, suspicion, and shifting roles as they enter the machine age, challenging old domestic norms.
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Yeas
Syn
Senate powers in infancy of munition inquiry contested
A critical editorial argues that a special Nye chaired committee usurps foreign policy and military oversight from the Senate. It warns against altering Senate rules to empower a temporary body to dictate neutral policy and defense measures.
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Senate
Committee On
Nye
Jonger
Dickinson
Iowa
Mr. Nye
Benator Clark
Missori
Once-Overs By . C. McIntyre New York Friday Night Fights At The Garden
A vivid New York note on Friday night at the Garden mixing stage screen radio opera and celebrities. The scene includes Gracie Allen Lucille Ball Katharine Cornell and Mayor LaGuardia among roving crowds and backstage banter. Anecdotes cover actors, writers, and socialites with colorful theater lore and urban gossip.
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C. McIntyre
New York
the Garden
Gracie Alien
Lucresia Bork
Katharine Cornéliay Rubel
LaGuardia
Jack Dempsay
Ile
Jack
Dear Govt See Congress Pass Bills for Gas Bill
A letter from a citizen laments rising gas bills and national debt. He recalls Roosevelt era budgets and the New Deal, debating a supposed $8.57 gas arrear and a pretend special budget. The gas man warns of shut off as the writer jokes about future payments and political promises.
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Congress
From the Gas Co
Lisson
Benator
Roosevelt
U.S
Acc
Mr. Roosevelt
Bar
Fever And Thermometer Observations In Early Medicine
An article explains fever as a symptom signaling internal disturbance with body temperature around 98.6 F varied by time of day and body site. It discusses causes from germs to GI upset, notes fever patterns in pneumonia and tuberculosis, and describes using a temperature chart in hospitals. It also covers the value and limits of fever in disease, and advises mothers to learn thermometer reading and observe signs in children.
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Grandma
Pete
Crman
Royal S. Pever
Brest
King’ Feas
Ground broken for Nelson Page Junior High School
From the San Antonio Tight files dated January 7 1928 the scene marks the breaking of ground for the new 250000 Thomas Nelson Page Junior High School located at Serkshire Avenue and Yorkshire Street Emma Guteelt named principal. Also notes 1100 new Southwest Texas businesses established in 1825 per C C Wolfe secretary of the chamber of commerce trade extension department. A San Antonio cat show set for January 12 to 16 and local club leadership changes are listed.
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San Antonio
Thomas Nelson Page
Serkshire Avenue
Yorkshire Street
Emma Guteelt
Texas
C. C. Wolfe
The
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Davenport
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America
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Hotel Astor
Geal
Astor
Reator
Dudley Field
Malous
Joe Callifornia
Malone
Herbert Hoover
Sally
Lous
Gradsons
Ren
Nald Wolf
Count Honi de Castellane
Ante Gould
Delmontro
Oyster White
Peter Arno
Yale
Arno
Jack Hazzard
Hazzard
Ty McNaught
Winston Norman
Iceland
M. D
Alva Lauder
Business Women's Club
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