Realities Catching Up on Social Security Financing Shift
The article notes President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau backing pay as you go financing for social security with a moderate contingency reserve. It cites Hearst commission findings and testimony supporting reducing payroll tax increases and avoiding a large actuarial reserve. It portrays the administration’s turn as recognizing economic realities and lessening burdens on workers and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Social Security Commission
Hearst Newspapers
Advisory Council
Senate Finance Committee
Social Security Board
Hearst Commission
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
M. 8. Rukeyser
Hearst
Plea for Horses in American Film Standards
The United States stands nearly alone in deeming horse abuse in motion pictures scandalous. Public sentiment favors humane treatment as essential to cinema, arguing sensational abuse harms horses, audiences, box offices, and producers alike. Producers should listen to the public and avoid brutal scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary MacLane and a Butte Mayor Recall a Brash Era
A reminiscence tracks Mary MacLane, famed author of The Story of Mary MacLane, and Butte Montana mayor Charles Hauswirth. It recalls her sensational public life around 1900 to 1920, the attention she drew, New York hotel refusals, gifts, and a Chicago dispatch noting her death in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Hauswirth
Butte
Mont
Mary MacLane
Bheol
Hauswirth
Mary
Mary MacLare
Nan
Te Bwanklest
Chicago
Hutte, Mont
Shravtole
Macle Bashkirtseff
Charlotte Bronte
Ninon del Enclose
Olive Schweisner
Mary MacLane fade from fame in prewar era
Edwin C. Hill chronicles the overlooked author Mary MacLane born around 1890s who rose as a bold voice yet faded from memory. The piece notes critics and New York reception, her self comparing to famous contemporaries, and her retreat to Racklawn Massachusetts around 1908 ending with public forgetfulness.
News Behind the News Bizarre Washington Briefs 1939
A roundup of Washington economic observations and political snippets from March. The weekly index shows a drop from December highs, industrial output wanes, and hopes for a April pickup amid mixed signals. Reports note Dominican and Nazi intrigue, Lee report delays, and courtship of southern senators. A striking strike anecdote and a bold new House member’s push for speeches close the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gus
Commerce Department
Make Some Decisive Self Choice in Life
Horace Hendricks argues at 18 that being a rubber stamp harms growth. The piece urges youths to reject pleasing others and pursue true selfhood, citing personal doubt, career misfit, and the value of courage over conformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Hendricks
Vin
Knoblook Street
Bulkwater
Tin
Pain Over the Heart Causes and Common Symptoms
The article explains precordial pain or pain over the heart, often not signaling heart disease. It notes dull aching, heaviness, and occasional sharp twinges, with relief from rest. symptoms may radiate to the left shoulder or arm and last hours to days, especially in stressed or anxious individuals. It discusses noncardiac causes such as anxiety, indigestion, and spinal or joint inflammation, and mentions angina pectoris as a distinct, short‑duration heart condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merdech
Heart Attack Diagnosis and Symptoms by Dr Bundesen
Dr Bundesen discusses nitro preparations for chest pain and the risk of coronary thrombosis. He notes sudden severe pressure behind the chest, possible shock, and the role of an electrocardiogram in diagnosing heart attacks, referencing King Fern Syn. Lan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Fern Syn
Quoted Sayings and Misprints From an Early Page
A garbled OCR list presents notable quotes and attributions with many misspellings and misdated names. It includes lines misattributing to Lincoln, Jefferson, Henry, Nero, and Louis XIV, among others, with stray references to political figures and a prompt to turn to the comic page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Abraham Lincoln
Chaunecey Depew
Willine McKinley
Lowa Xve
France
Patrick ‘Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Anne Boleyn
Bistiarck
Edmund Burke
Ale Reaper Tyranniis
John Wilken Booth
Anawarn
Keopyrlahl
King Heatran Syndicate
10 and 20 Years Ago From L A Light Files March 28 1929
Summary notes from March 28 1929 installments: Charles W Gilbert leaves San Antonio for Rouston to take a new post as sanly superintendent. luncheon at Menger Hotel honors him with Postmaster Lucas and Judge Perry among speakers. Ogden school adds two teachers Mary Louise Willard and Margaret Moore, boosting faculty to 11. Also notes 1859 push for universal military training with Chamber of Commerce organizing citizen meeting and Col Claude Y Birkhead proposed to head organization. Congressman Carlos Bee pledges support for merchant marine and universal training at Rotary Club luncheon.
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Charles W. Gilbert
San Antonio
Rouston
Sanly
Menger Hotel
P.O. Lucas
Perry
Robertson
J. W. Fuller
PWO Rew
Ogden School
A. W. Bidding
Mary Louise Willard
Mra
Margaret &, Moore
Take & Ward
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Claude Y. Birkhead
Rotary Club
Carlos Bee
Baul Gehels
March of Events: Debunking the New Deal in Verse
The speaker mocks the New Deal with satirical verse and confessional rhymes, accusing government programs of job losses, tax hikes, and farm seizures while praising debt relief and international imports. A frontispiece to Prudence Tenby’s Cookbook is described with humor, featuring Leo Carrillo and a playful scene of muffins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maximian Rudy
Brazil
Anata
Cairila
Chet
Prudence Tenby
Prentice-Hall
New York
Prudence
Los Angeles Examiner
Ald Tirewlus
Hr Ceteatta
Pnivtren
Leo Carrillo
Bernard Shaw
Brother Lan
Bilster Pridenen
Robot play sparks debate on freedom and labor
A long passage reflects on Capek’s 1920s play R.U.R. which coined the term robot. The piece contrasts the quest for freed labor with risks of mechanized revolt, noting reactions in Russia, Germany, and Italy and praising liberty over serving machines.
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Germany
Italy
Onock
Fragmented Stars and Stripes story fragment
An incomplete note references a corrective payrhology method and a vague scene in the woodshed. The text is garbled and lacks coherent names, dates, or actions to determine a full news item or outcome.
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Nelson Harding
Central Lure
India
By Edwin C. Hill
Augustus Thomas
Montana
Arizona
Californie
Mountai
Rosett
Jenny
Racklawn
Mass
Helleraiser
Conventon
hUme
Hing Feas
Paul Mallon
Dominican Republic
Hitler
Baste
Sa~ Hana Bay
Porto Rico
Lee
Interstate Commerce
Middle West
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Murphy
Aliece J. Edgar Hoover
Dies
Jerry Voorhis
Congress
Speeci
Walet
Congressman
King Festurés Syndicate,” Inc
Alb Wlehta
Elsie Robinson
H. H
Miss Robinson
All
America
Jaime
Jesus
Joan of Arc
Socrates
Father Damien
King Fras. Synd., Inc
Bert
Dr. Herman N
L. A. Light Files
Ant
Dr. Aiiwin
Benjamin DeCasserex
H.W. R
Ressum
Karel Capek
Cachoslovakian
Capak
Mutanity
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