Hoover era plans to abolish comptroller post outlined
A report proposes transferring commissions to regular departments, creating an independent audit via the auditor general and shifting legal matters to the attorney general. It urges making the nations resources board permanent, arguing true savings come from better management rather than across the board cuts. The document warns that fiscal investigation should not usurp executive power and highlights past figures like McCarl and Lowden.
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Frank Q. Lowden
Carter Glass
Congress
Treasury
Nations Resources Board
Northwest Epic to Be on Lavish Scale
Hollywood announces Paramount plans a lavish epic The Long Traverse about the three sided struggle among lone frontier trappers their women the Northwest Fur Company and the Hudson Bay Company during 1783 to 1821 a grand historical drama set for production.
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Hollywood
Long Traverse
Northwestern Fur Company
Hudson Bay Company
Paramount
Butterworth Dog Injures Leg in Film Set Incident
Hollywood January 18 Charles Butterworth, comedic star of Paramounts Swing High Swing Low, had his dog dash into a car injuring his leg and later developing a fever. The incident punctuated the days work on the production.
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Butterworth
Hollywood
Charles Butterworth
Paramount
Carole Lombard Buys Crew Drinks on Set
Hollywood report notes Carole Lombard buying two cases of soft drink daily for cast and crew on the Paramount set of Swing High Swing Low. A stray list of pets and livestock appears in the classifications section as a brief curious addition.
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Carole Lombard
Hollywood
Paramount
Beekeepers to Meet in Weslaco January 22 23
Texas Beekeepers Association will hold sessions in Weslaco January 22 and 23 with H B Parks announcing. Day one features addresses by Parks and other speakers from San Antonio Medina Ohio College Station and Hawaii. Day two includes tours of Valley dairies and apiaries.
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H. B. Parks
Division of
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Parks
E' Guy LeStourgeon
San Antonio
BR. Root
Medina
Ohio
FL. Thomas
College Station
H. F. Goffey
Hawaiian Island
Valley
Byrd Hopes for Broad Federal Reorganization
Senator Harry F Byrd Virginia Democrat hoped for sweeping savings as President Roosevelt sent proposals to Congress. He urged abolition of bureaus and transfer of functions to existing agencies to cut costs. Byrd chairs a Senate committee on reorganizations. Big Water Income: the Inland Waterways Corporation posted a net income of 899769.98 for the last fiscal year.
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Washington
Jan
Sea
Roosevelt
Congress
Harry F Byrd
Democrat
Virginia
Byrd
Senate
Woodring
Ineland Waterways Corporation
Emis group maps strategy in General Motors drive
Jan 12. Dane Emis and Lewis command in the General Motors strike met to map wage and hour agreement aims for United Automobile Workers. Homer Martin and John Brophy attended as top lieutenants. Government officials, including Perkins and McGrady, confer with Lewis seeking information and progress. Lewis seeks to unify workers across industries, with steel as the next target after plate glass.
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Lews
General Motors
Lue United Automobile Workers
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
Auto Workers
John Brophy
Lewis Committee
Ferkins
McGrady
Bu L Toy
Hey
Aly
Stage Actor Signs for Paramount Role
Hollywood reports Stanley Ridges, New York stage actor famed for Winterset, is being pursued by Paramount for a leading heavy role in Internes Cant Take Money with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. Indigents decline. Ohio counties and state aid to families fell by 75,653 in 1936. Ohio PWA payrolls dropped 28,594.
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Hollywood
Stanley Ridges
New York
Ohio
State
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