Hearst Pushes Revisions to Expand Social Security Coverage
Arthur J. Altmeyer signals three major revisions to the social security act. The ask includes extending coverage to seamen and state bank employees, adding all workers to old age and unemployment programs, and raising early retirement benefits. The Hearst commission urges prompt congressional action to correct drafting blunders and fund deposits.
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Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Social Security Commission
Hearst
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Altmeyer
Social Security
Tax cuts as the prime path to U.S. recovery
A dated pro tax-cut manifesto argues that reducing taxes will expand workers buying power by freeing wages tied up in government revenue. It claims government taxation drains one quarter of total production, keeping families from purchasing goods and services and urges immediate tax revision as the top recovery tool to boost consumer spending.
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United States
Thas
Blizzard and taxes forecast for special session heavy burden
Nov 15 column by John F. Jordan warns that if Congress repeats the late session, Mr. Taxpayer faces a blizzard of taxes. The piece critiques extra appropriations and predicts unseasonable weather of taxation with ongoing toil and income concerns.
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John F. Jordan
Congress
Taxpayer
What's the dash about in Velp America meeting?
A fragment from a youth essay contest printed in Velp America section features 16 year old Betty Lowry of Chehalis Washington asking why society chases surface trends and material joy. The piece includes comments from Rose Robinson and Dene Fisle Robinson about parental responsibility and youth perspectives on independence.
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America
Baes
Retty Lowry
Chehalis
Washington, On
Miss Robinson
Young America urged to guard liberty in letters contest
Elsie Robinson review of a youth contest inviting letters on American ideals. A 17 year old from Baltimore describes wartime duties and a Christmas 1934 New York rally with 20 000 youths, arguing against communism and promoting patriotism. Prize rules require under 30 writers, 500 words, full name and address, postmark before deadline.
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Otto Mrolack
America
Moscow
New York City
Hig
10 and 20 Years Ago in the San Antonio Files
San Antonio files recall events from November 15 1927 including the Carnegie Library project at Beaumont with Julia Grothaus and Evy Nethey. J H W Frost campaigns for re election to the Dallas federal reserve district board. Ballots issued for vacant posts. Also notes British Army officer Captain H Money’s wartime methods and the rise in auto thefts baffling San Antonio police as sky machines vanish.
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San An Ton
Texas Tdbrary Association
Say Antoniin Clearsing House Association
J. H W. Frost
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
S. A
What Do You Know Who Wrote Berkeley Square and More
A puzzle feature from a 1937 King Features Syndicate page asks readers to identify the writer of Berkeley Square and to untangle a list of quirky questions about literature history science and geography. The item invites readers to turn to the magazine page for Tony's answers.
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Berkeley Square
OS Angels
Dansiler
King Arthur's Court
Anthony Hope
Gulf of Mexico
Dave Deprosariums
Algieys
Ireland
Tony
iCopyrlant
King Peatures Syndiente, Inc
Once-overs by O O McIntyre
An essayist riffs on a neighbor’s tobacco withdrawal after 20 years of smoking and a whisky habit, plus reminiscences on New York dining hours, gardenless tastes, and early career shifts. He muses on fortune telling, mental telepathy, and a theatre anecdote about Tommy Millard during a late train.
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New York
Arnold Bennett
Alice
Avenue
Global Tech Boom Threatens Ancient Labor Rites
A century of upheaval unfolds as tractors and automobiles replace burqas in Calcutta and desert caravans in Bolivia. Pan American Airways orders 1,000,000 pounds of mining gear from La Paz to haul over the Andes toward the Tipuani river, translating slave‑era toil into mechanized effort. The piece notes the Tamás and other native workers facing displacement, while pondering new employment in a world of industrial progress.
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Rome
Calcutta
Nevada
Arigona
Bolivia
Andes
Pan-American-prace Airways
la Paz
Tipuani
Tee
Llamas and Mining in the Andes Shape Peruvian Trade
In Bolivia and Peru llamas and other pack animals set heavy loads for mining supply routes. The Peru branch fixes 100 pounds max for road work while wide-ranging labor accords persist over centuries. Rail lines rise to 17 500 feet as llamas haul ore along high passes before planes and cars encroach.
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Llamas International Packing Union
Bolivia
Tama
Peru
Witton
Andes
Hamas
New York
Boston
Lina
Perilous trails, panella cakes and Mongol shifts amid mechanized change
A garbled essay by Edwin C Hill surveys endangered mountain life and declining animal labor as machines loom. It notes panella sugar treats, crowding of burros by automobiles, 1000 jobless elephants, Mongolian upheaval, ponies displaced, and a future where inventions quicken but may outpace social adaptation.
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Inner Mongolia
Teb
Japan
Nippon
Cotlan
Janes Truslow Adams
Anite
Brrron
Ptomaine Poisoning Warns Tourists On Food Handling
Dr Copeland cautions that ptomaine poisoning can still occur despite refrigeration and better food preservation. Contamination risks rise with picnic meals and travel, so avoid perishable items, use refrigeration where possible, and rely on sanitary eateries. Ensure milk and water safety when abroad.
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Patna
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Sondait
Betty Lowry
Wash
Ross
Yve
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Mieve
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Windsor Ave
Baltimore, Md
Eislé Robinson
Pied Rene Byod
San Anttonio
O. O. McIntyre
O. O
McIntyre
Teller
St. Louis
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Jast
Harry Silvey
Silvey
Thomas
Gus Foud
Tormmy Millard
Torfe
Bhanghal
Geil
Holder
Tommy Mildard
McNaught Synd., Inc
By Edwin C. Hill
Royal S. Copeland, M
Pifkett
District of Columbia
Nealist Hitch Nikers
Tristan da Cima
Uttt
Sini Windm
Ventriloquist
Uncle Sam
Prof Seag
Doanarkns
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