Budget Balance Seen as Prime Duty of Congress
The Seventy second Congress faces a mandatory budget balance to sustain credit and fund a national public works program. It warns that without new taxes and measures like a general manufacturers tax and beer tax, unemployment relief hinges on balancing current expenditures with revenues. Speaker Garner, now vice president-elect, frames budget balance as paramount and urges Congress to set aside partisan politics to fund recovery and employment through a prosperity loan.
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Snam Interment
Obor
White House
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Turkey Regulates Narcotic Traffic On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day Turkey announced strict controls on opium and habit forming drugs under President Mustapha Kemal. Measures include limiting poppy cultivation to medicinal use, closing three narcotic factories in Istanbul, special tribunals for smugglers, and adherence to international control accords. Turkey pledges full government effort to curb illicit drug traffic, aiming to inspire U S and other nations to pass uniform narcotics laws.
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Mustapha Kemal
Turk
Istanbul
Turkey
Onser
United States
Listen World By Elsie Robinson In The Mountains Meadow
A reflective piece describes a hidden meadow along a dusty trail. The scene shifts from toil and dust to a tranquil space alive with blue iris butter-flies larks and a murmuring stream. The author muses on the mind as a quiet meadow and the search for inner peace.
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Mentow
Jemun
Levender
Nomi
Hilar
King Ted
Stars and Star Amid Vague Ambition Rumor
A fragment notes impressions about men and ambition, suggesting some think others fly the bottle or lose resolve amid rumors. No clear events or named individuals are provided in readable text.
Etiquette Questions For Ladies And Gentlemen In Society
A letter discusses proper social conduct in meeting a gentleman, noting who should acknowledge the other, whether a hat should be worn at a luncheon, and who should say I am very glad to have met you. It advises on appropriate phrases and courteous behavior at social events and travel between hosts and guests.
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Miss de Peyster
Wonton
Rigmund Spaeth
Tin Pan Alley
Sherlock Holmes
Irving Berlin
Gigelo
New York Diary of a Modern Fepys and Theatre Notes
A lively diary recalls letters from Alice Bunch a boyhood favorite living in Columbus Ohio. It highlights notes from Opie Read and Mitchell Chapman plus a White House lunch invite. The piece surveys theater, satire by Davenport on Hanna, Mae West in Diamond Lil, and Carrying glimpses of Bowery and Lillie, with social chatter and program details.
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New York
Alice Bunch
Columbus
Ghig
Opie
Mitchell Chapple
Hoover
White House
Glora Walsh
Joseph Santleys
Catherine Dale Owen
Ord Hamilton
Conway Tearle
Adele Rowland
Roy Howards
Luscinus
Will Hawking
Earl Carzil
Rox
Marry Go Round Mental Cruelty Debate
Helen Rowland argues grounds for divorce rest on mental cruelty as a catalog of petty slights and snubs. The piece surveys how a husband and wife burn self esteem through microaggressions, control, and mockery, turning the home into a theater of tension and distress.
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Bright
Berlin
Hearst Papers Advocate Proposes Economic Rescue Plan
The Hearst Papers Advocate outlines a five billion dollar loan to relieve unemployment and circulate funds. It calls for a 5 percent cut in income taxes and adoption of relaxation measures to finance industry. It urges immediate modification of the Volstead Act to permit light wines and beers, revive industry, increase government income, curb racketeering, and restore American personal liberty.
Remembering a 1825 Galveston storm rescue by a fireman father
By Bob Trahan describes his father HV Preahan rescuing his mother and child during a violent 1825 Galveston storm. The tale recalls the peril and a daring boat ride to the fire station, where the father sheltered them on the second floor as water rose.
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Bob Trahan
Myshy
Hye
Galveston
Preahan
Lame
Pately
Wey
San Antonio Light 10 and 20 Years Ago item mix
A 1941 promissory note for 4 400 000 favored Wie City National Bank is discussed as the city council meets. Council member Cons slopey John Pfelffer warns city revenue may fall short of obligations. A 1953 piece notes aviation policy shifts and Wright brothers era figures visiting San Antonio plus a banquet of the “fifty two child” group.
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San Antonio
City National Bank
Slopey
John BP. Pfelffer
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