WPA GRAFT AND INCOMPETENCE FACING ROOSEVELT REGIME
A fiery critique accuses the Roosevelt Ickes Hopkins WPA of graft incompetence and Communist interference in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It cites letters demanding relief funds be given to Democratic campaign coffers and warns that millions of WPA workers are being used as a political army to secure votes. The piece labels the effort as national political calamity and compares WPA coercion to historic Tammany machine practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
WPA
Roosevelt
Harry W. Fee
Indiana Democratic County Committee
Mary C. Shearer
Emergency Relief Area
Indiana
Indiana County
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Farley
Holt
Hopkins
Republic
Finchot
Warley
Stalin
Tam
Jim Parley
Death by Own Action in Japan Described Across Eras
The piece discusses Japanese perceptions and practices of suicide, comparing historical ritual seppuku to modern cases. It notes famed acts linked to political protest, mentions Hara-kiri traditions through centuries, and cites incidents involving students, nobles, and the emperor’s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Lient
Kenkiehi Oshima
Japan
Hara-Kiri
Kyo Takerabe
Shinju Rite Described By Edwin C Hill
The article discusses the Shinju ritual as a romantic rite in spring, highlighting waterfalls volcanoes and seashores as favorite settings for lovers who choose union in death over life apart. It notes the complexity of the Oriental mindset and references Kipling's line on East and West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dratn
Kipling
Kine Fuaa, Sym, Ton
Listen World By Elsie A Gypsy Stew Echoes in My Memory
A reflective memoir fragment recalling gypsy camps, anise scented dusk, and a shared stew that forged bonds. The author describes childhood meals with itinerant groups, the magic of shared food, and a lasting sense of belonging despite hardship. The piece traces how these experiences shaped a gypsy identity and lifelong feelings of solitude and unity.
Flying field inspection and auto horn device ban
Ten and twenty years ago notes from the San Antonio Light report Maj. Gen Mason Puttick inspecting local flying fields and Fire art Police Commissioner Phil Wright ordering removal of moise making devices on autos with arrest and prosecution implied. The 1916 item notes Joseph L. Gengier of Gal Weston arranging a chain of grocery stores here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Mason
Puttick
Air Service
Fire Art
Phil Wright
Marcit
Joseph L. Gengier
Peter Ciengler Company
Gal- Weston
Food for Children Food for Children
Royial 8. Copeland M D discusses diet for after weaning, emphasizing milk, fruits, vegetables, cereals, and dairy fats. Recommends cod fish options and careful preparation, warns against overeating, stress, and forceful feeding. Advises ample outdoor sun and cod liver oil in winter.
Wise Words on Happy Families and Sweet Meats
A fragmentary excerpt presents two aphorisms: Tolstoy’s view that happy families resemble each other, and a Nigerian moralistic line comparing sugar cravings to children preferring sweets over bread, suggesting a fretful outlook on life.
Reminiscences Of New York Life And Arts 1936
A fragmented diary voice recalls breakfasts with varied tastes from chocolate pie to cast and stage sights. It mentions Abbe Dimnet, Gochets desserts, art galleries shrinking to side salons, encounters with Floyd Glubons and Roy Davis, and a stream of cultural notes from theater to Houdini and Coward. The piece nods to memory, travel, and local figures including Anne Parenteau and Ray Long Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. New Yorki
Arnold Bennett
Journal
Provence
Gochets
Karl Kitchen
Jake
Lhem
Floyd Glubons
Roy Davis
Senate Probes and the State of Constitutional Power
A Virginia lecture recalls three Senate inquiry types and warns that confidence in lawmakers breeds despotism. George Pepper cites historical Supreme Court acts shielding rights, urging Jeffersonian restraint to keep Congress within constitutional bounds amid postwar investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Federal
George Wherton Pepper
United States
State of
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Statute of Virginia
Pepper
Congressional
Congress
Charney Warren
Supreme Court
Daily Constitutionals By Max Berns
John Adams the second president expressed strong commitment to the Constitution in his inaugural remarks praising its effects on peace order and national happiness while asserting deep attachment and veneration for the framework. The piece reflects on government forms and enduring constitutional support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
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Nelson Harding
Nogi
Count Noel
Arthur
By Edwin C. Hill
Elsie
Jane
Ruayne
Tobinson
Lnto
Food
ROYAL
Copeland
M. D
Texlay
King Meas
Tog
Tolsto
Virginia
Coney Island
Zoe Beckley
Court Street
Hanover Square
Waterloo Ridge
Coward
Nate ‘Leipsig
Houdini
Anne Parenteau
Mcintyre
Copeneagen
Sweden
P.S
Jimmy Walker
Ray Long Jr
Klack
Scotland
Geoffrey
Nash
London
Glasgow
America
Nebraska Brasshopper Bight
George Rait
Park Avenue
Ives
Grand
Naurht Synd
James J. Williams Jr
Super Court
Warren
House of Congress
Max Berns
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