The Mistakes of Herbert Hoover and American Resolve
A reprinted Wallace Miner piece argues Hoover era missteps and praises American mass production. It contrasts 18th century doubt with 20th century achievement in cars, radios, and goods, framing the New Deal era as continuation of national progress. It also notes small humane acts in daily life amid grim headlines.
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America
Wallace
Ida
New Deal
Hoover
Treasury
Rapidan
Congress
Look Ahead at Flynn As DNC Head Compared to Farley
The piece contrasts Ed Flynn with James Farley, noting Flynn's links to big-city machine politics. It cites 1933 la Guardia criticisms and 1938 Dewey accusations about Flynn’s Bronx sheriff tenure and mismanaged trust funds, highlighting graft concerns and the State Title and Mortgage Company investments.
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Mr. Dewey
Chamberlain
Flynn
State Title and Mortgage Company
Ed Flynn cited for corrupt handling of widows funds
The speaker accuses Ed Flynn, once mayor and now Secretary of State, of reckless investments of others money harming widows and orphans while criticizing Tammany linked corruption. The piece links Flynn to Roosevelt era politics and the New Deal, framing him as part of a machine profiting from public funds.
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LaGuardia
Flynn
New York City
la Guardia
Ed Flynn
Roosevelt
Big City
Road signs to be secured by Shafter businessmen
Shafter directional signs are to be secured by the Shafter Business Men's Association through the Bakersfield office of the Automobile Club of Southern California, as reported at a noon luncheon. Romney sheep show greater resistance to stomach worm infestations than other breeds.
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Nicholas Erwin
Oakland
Erwin
Philadelphia
Express
Shafter
Shafter Business Men's Association
Bakersfield
Automobile Club of Southern
Cali
Fornia
Association
California
California Vinerdists Association
Report urged on Kern River District feasibility and water
The Kern River Water Storage district board is urged to file its report and recommendations with the state engineer on Assessment No. 1. The piece argues water scarcity blocks irrigation expansion and calls for a decisive show down for farmers who invested about a hundred thousand dollars. It also notes a new California marketing company run by women and details community meetings on raisin pool organization and local fair activities in Shafter.
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Kern River Water Storage District
Davy Crockett
Coon
Land Company
T. Olson
Richland
Shafter
Herbert L. Healy
Olson
J. W. Bixby
Modesto
Oregon
Benton
Monroe
Skelmath
Elsea
Corvallis
Estacada
Minnesota
Stanford University
E. G. Kolbenstetter
Sam Lachenmaier
C. A. Campbell
California Vineyardists Association
Shafter Fair
J. C. Penner
Booth Construction
Ed. Thiessen
Z. C. Bartel
J. E. Unruh
J. W. Nickel
Marion Hitchcock
W. H. Hitchcock
Ed. Kruger
Anna Buller
M. Gloeckler
J. J. Siemens
Bill Handel
A. Duehren
August Bender
D. Glantz
A. Suderman
Messrs. and
Mesdames
J. B. Engle
E. Thiessen
Foremost voices critique politics and war effort in postwar remarks
Robert Montgomery voices skepticism of politicians while praising Willkie. Henry Doelger suggests color matching for homes linked to eye color. W B Faucett says politics leaks into business. Mrs Hugo Speck longs for trains and corn on the cob. George M Stout warns bootleggers harm defense funds. Superior Judge Everett McKeage proposes removing scrap iron from the embargo context.
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Hugo Speck
Ross
George M. Stout
Everett McKeage
S. F
Japan
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Chester, Jr
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Kansas
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Dayes
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Jim Farley
Farley
Tammany Hall
Prince Albert
Ed Kelly
Frank Hague
New Jersey
New York Times
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Fusion
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery Party
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Louis H. Willard
Hofstadter Committee
Crocker
Tweed
Boss Tweed
Joe McKee
New York
Jimmy Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Dutch Schultz
City of
By Franklyn Waltman
Ed Mortgage Company
State of New York
Samuel Seabury
Curry
Pennsylvania Avenue
Russell
The
Los Angeles Times
Consolidated Growers and Packers Corporation of
Los Angeles
Frank C. Jordan
Hazel Barnhouse
Florence Neviiz
Francis Douglas
Julanne Douglass
Richland Grammar School
C. H. McCormack
Lucille
Edna McCoy
Criss Voelker
Frank Sweet
Rex Elwood
Charles Barksdale
Tupman
Elk Hills
Voelked Lodge
Greenhorn Mountain Park
H. McBratney and Sons
Edna Prieve
Lake Tahoe
Rose Willis
Jim Willis
Earl Crandall
E. B. Stringham
Everett
Evelyn Jumper
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McKinley
Harris
Henry Neufeld
Georg Enns
Pismovach
CS Bfonia
Robert Montgomery
Hollywood
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Henry Doelger
W. B. Faucett
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