Congress In Session Deep, Yet Still Inactive
A Tax Institute of America critique says the Seventy-fourth Congress has accomplished little beyond the neutrality act and the Guffey bill. It warns of looming log jams and calls for electorate pressure to force Congress to work through the summer heat and fulfill constitutional prerogatives.
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Congress
National Capital
Tax Institute of America
Tax Institute
The
Institute
Supreme Court
Norris
A Lucky Feller Bob Feller Emerges From Van Meter to Cleveland
Bob Feller, hailed as a great American dream boy, rose from Van Meter High School Iowa to pitch for the Cleveland Indians at 18. He earns 15 000 dollars per year and is valued at about 100 000 dollars by his club. His academic marks were 79 physics 71 history 74 English and 70 psychology. His teachers and parents ponder which will aid his life more physical prowess or study as Time may tell.
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Bob Feller
Feller
van Meter High School
Iowa
Cleveland Indians
Youth Demand and Parents Distrust in Election Advice
Edwin George Sayers advocates youth self guidance in 1987 as five million first time voters shape an era. Marion Robertson and Doris Miller share letters to Miss Robinson blaming parental doubt for self pity and youth indecision, urging faith and responsibility in voting and behavior.
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Soamny
Junior
Slater
Mom
Dad
Aunt Eni
America
Edwin George Savers
Speak For Youth, Incorporated
Edward
Edwin
Papa
Farentx
Mario Robertson
Marion
Miss Robinson
Cat
Doris Miller
By Elsie Robinson Contest Rules for Letters
A 1937 copy announces a weekly prize contest for letters on American topics. entrants must be under 36, under 300 words, include full name age and address, postmark by Saturday, and judges select winners with Elsie Robinson as sole judge. Prizes: two prizes of 10 dollars and one of 5 dollars per week.
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Elsie Rovinson
King Fens Synd., Inc
Tastes Differ Experiment Divides Minds in Philadelphia
A group of 45 philosophers tested mannose tablets. only two tasted sugar, eleven reported no taste, five found bitterness, eighteen felt sweetness, and seven perceived both bitter and sweet. Dr Blakesle concluded that each of us lives in a world of our own.
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Philadelphia
Blakesle
Accident Toll By Royal S Copeland M D
An editorial urges better home first aid and antiseptic care to reduce injuries and industrial accidents. It highlights past progress from industry and medicine cooperation, calls for universal first aid instruction for adults and children, and stresses timely care to prevent serious harm before professional treatment.
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Royal S. Copeland
Hialion
National Association of Retail Druguists
Industre
Wit
Fragmented Quiz Stylewording on Literature and History
A garbled mosaic of names and questions about William Wordsworth, Blake, Barns, Sheridan, Kipling era prizes, translations, and classical figures. It hints at a comic page quiz with multiple mis-spellings and partial phrases, asking for authors, prizes, and works, but the text is largely unreadable.
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Wiliam Wordsworth
del Brecon
Willan Blake
Robert Barns
Richard Sheridan
Willow
Knut Hams
Seoooee
France
San Antonio rail centers gain new Rio Grande Valley links
In May 1927 the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific to extend lines to the Rio Grande valleys. Sheriff J W Tabi and City Clerk Fredrics call for a final meeting of pre judges serving as registrars for the military census on June 5. W B Trafford of Gould Lines in Chicago is named division passenger agent for the International & Great Northern railway in San Antonio, effective June 1.
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San Antonio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Rio Grande
Jonn W. Tabi
Fredrics
W. BR. Trafford
Gould Lines
Chicago
International & Great Northern Railway
Wise Words and Quotes on Wisdom and Foolishness
A compact sampler of aphorisms on wisdom and folly. Shakespeare and Quintivan offer cautions about appearances of wisdom among fools and the perils of boasting success.
London Diary Tales From a Cafe Society Scene
A bustling column sketches postwar titles and city life from New York to London. It notes Alec Long and Tony Geraghty reporting London news, a wedding reception in Glenhead, and Broadway figures like Gene Nek and Grantland Rice. The piece rambles through cafes, harmonica artists, and reflections on public taste and theatre.
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McIntyre
New, York
Hefle
Sheah Ruppert
Shtela Barrete
Allee Brady
Ted Hegly
Alec
Tony Geraghty
London
Glenhead
Y. Dennis Boardmass
J. Bryan 111
Saturday Evening Post
Sampson the Leopard
Trade Prospects In Washington And The Global Market
Analyzed are covert trade efforts led by Cordell Hull and the State Department as they court foreign markets for American goods. The piece notes a shift to commercial diplomacy, with envoys in Shanghai and an emphasis on rebuilding China’s needs, while criticizing Britain for not offering real concessions and warning that empire trade dominance may delay reciprocal deals.
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Washington
Jist
State Department
Cordell Hull
Department
China
England
Shanghai
London
Hull
British Empire
France
Jowen
Kentucky
Enrec
America
Hell
Rother
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Larry Adler
Oxford
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Second Avenue
Treubador
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Tondon
Harry Lauternosteard
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Golden Gate
Maine
Michael Arlen
Holly Wood
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Gene Ahern
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