Democracy and Industry Shape Modern Liberty Across Ages
A reflective piece traces democracy’s rise with industry about 150 years ago and warns against aristocratic nostalgia. It links technological advances like printing and gunpowder to the Renaissance, world exploration, and the birth of a freer, more dignified society.
Uncertainty in Washington Amidst Depression Pressures
A columnist argues Presidentia l indecision risks national ruin as unemployment soars toward 13 million. Critics grow harsher while Ickes and Jackson urge cooperation with labor and big business. The piece calls for unity to lift the economy and restore prosperity.
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Opiion
Washington
Ickes
Robert Jackson
White House
Labor
The Barber's Tale Of A Get Rich Scheme
A town barber boasts of twenty years in business and plans to become rich by a new money making system. He promises the narrator half of a future fortune, but years pass with no contact as rumors arise he achieved “financial success” through pyramiding.
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New York
Wall Street Plunger Trapped In Million Dollar Stea l
A writer recalls a fallen broker who exploited others with unregistered schemes and misdeeds, noting sensational newspaper labels from embezzlement to defalcations. The piece lampoons celebrities and politics, skewering 1930s finance culture and public figures with comic satire.
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New York
Wall Street
Uncle Sam
Sing Sing
Roosevelt plans advisory group for federal policy
President Roosevelt told the Roper business advisory council he aims to create a simple policy machinery consulting the administration on federal policies, including representation of all geographic and interest groups such as business, labor, finance, agriculture, and transport.
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Roosevelt
Roper Business Advisory Council
Stephen T. Early
Earl
Tax committee hears Houston on production shortages
Washington A congressional tax committee heard George H. Houston of Philadelphia industrialist and Houston Baldwin locomotive works president testify that the nation faces unprecedented production and exchange deficiencies due to a fifty billion dollar reduction since 1929 in surpluses and capital of both incorporated and unincorporated entities.
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Washington
George H. Houston
Philadelphia
Houston
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Insurgent Blockade Tangles Trade as Nantucket tanker captured
Reports say the American tanker Nantucket, once Gulf Hight, was seized by two Spanish insurgent gunboats off Barcelona while trying to run the Ciencial Fratio blockade of the eastern coast. French warships witnessed the event and alerted the navy ministry. Paris moves to reassure as Chautemps government seeks new social reforms and a swift code for social peace.
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Barcelona
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Gulf Hight
Catwan
Grocery chain sales leveling off in 1937 says department
Washington Commerce department reported on Wednesday that chain grocery store sales were leveling off during 1937. The cross-volume stood about 14 percent above 1936 but remained roughly 7 percent below the 1929 level.
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Washington—Commerce Department
Provisional Ecuador decree expels Jews not farming
The government of Col. Alberto Enriquez decreed that all Jews in Ecuador must leave within 30 days if not engaged in farming. Hundreds who had settled to escape persecution in Europe were accused of entering business instead of agriculture as expected by the Ecua corean government.
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Quito
Ecuador
Alberto Enriquez
Europe
Dr Leo J Thomas Chiropractor at Osborn Building
Dr Leo J Thomas operates as a chiropractor and naturopath located in the Osborn Building offering integrated care. The practice emphasizes spinal health and natural therapies.
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Leo J. Thomas
Osborn
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