Making Policemen Out of the Assessors
City administration moves to arm assessors with police powers and shiny gold badges to scrutinize real estate values. Officials insist assessors gain no extra authority beyond entry rights, while critics call the step useless and senseless amid ongoing battles over property assessments and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Raps
Police
Gssceument and Tarsticn
Assescors
Syracuse
Corporation Counsel's Office
Inon
Special officers badges fail to grant entry to private property
The piece argues that special officers cannot enter privately owned premises or a Syracuse University dormitory without consent or a search warrant. It questions the city administration's motive in using badges to intimidate owners and suggests courtesy police cards would suffice, criticizing the move as foolish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse University
Do It For Syracuse Special Policemen Bid
An impassioned call advocates turning many city workers into special policemen. The author lists fire department, meter readers, welfare, sidewalk and health inspectors, doctors, nurses, building and plumbing inspectors, and more, urging broader use of badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Water Department
Syracuse
Women and Children First in War Rules of War Bill O Malley
Women and children are rescued first in shipwrecks but bombed first in undeclared warfare. Civilization cannot endure war as a dispute method. Hearst urges a congress of nations to adopt and enforce civilized warfare rules and outlaw violators to end needless slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill O'Malley
William Randolph Hearst
Congress of Nations
New York Scenes and Broadway Echoes From Busy Streets
A vivid travelogue through Chinatown and Little Italy in New York, recalling Chatham Square and Poppa Monett’s, with notes on iconic neighborhoods, musicians, and writers. Reflections on Irving Berlin, Broadway figures, and a memorable theater ovation for a tour. A portrait of Manhattan as a tapestry of distinct villages and cultural life.
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New York
Fed
Chinatown
Rammaz
Chatham Square
Italy
Poppa Monett’s
Brooklyn
Hollyiwend
Landam
Irving Berlin
George M. Coban
Circle
Herald Square
Harry Kemp
Bul Robinson
Harlem
George Ratt Tenchay
Merry Paul
Golds
Turbulent Night Reels Through Narrow Streets
A chaotic late night scene unfolds with a girl bandit aiding a burglar friend in a car run, gunfire erupts, and a bystander is thrown from a horse as a chase ends with local police seeking suspects. Reports mention past incidents, church ties, and a city figure recalling 20 years of local civic memory.
March of Events and the Czarist Legacy in a Fragment
A fragmented manuscript discusses a theatrical program and a political critique referencing Czar Ivan the Sixteenth era, Stalin, and a confessional mesh. It juxtaposes idealized benevolent regimes with violent purges, portraying a history of murder, power plays, and the clash of reform and oppression. It notes a tension between reform rhetoric and brutal execution.
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Wetims
Ivan
Joe Stal
Russia
Stmays
Stalin
Cereélain
Ferdahem
Political Parade on Wistixaros Law and Wallace Tie
A fragmentary political note describes Secretary Wistixaros and Feb Wallace debating a proposed agriculture law. It discusses fears of a future bureaucratic state, potential dictatorship, and rival powers within the Henry Wallace circle. The passage reflects rumor, conjecture, and tension over political control and legal foundations.
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Wistixaros
Feb
Wallace
Ate
Locke
Sen
Henry Wallace
Aurmbert Herm
Henri Semme Stich
Congressional Wheat Bill Controversy and Conferees Named
A volatile congressional exchange over farm quotas and the farm bill summary notes conferees from South Carolina Kansas Alabama Idaho and North Dakota. The piece criticizes the process as partisan and claims the bill favors wheat and cotton interests while bypassing parliamentary norms.
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Smith
South Carolina
McGul
Capper
Kansas
Benthead
Alabama
Haven
New Pove
Idaho
Frazier
North Dakota
Fulmer
Law
Hope
Axer
Senate
House
Texas
Mississippi
Alabrama
Maxien Tah Ang
Southern Cotter
Carolina
Congress
Washington
Jorge Carolina
Boxey
Fragmented political musings spark public debate in London
The text cites Benjamin DeCasseres on freedom act sections and Congress while discussing a London incident. It mentions Edith Nourse Rogers and Paul Vac Zeeland, with a grand scheme for a League of Nations and a critique of trade movements, implying foreign policy tensions and domestic reactions.
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Paul Vac
Debate on Education and Art at the 1937 World’s Fair
The piece critiques education quality and the Carnegie Foundation’s study of its impact while debating the value of art exhibits at the World’s Fair. It cites Grover Whalen and compares past fairs’ art displays to current plans, urging a balance of art and functional design to shape cultural progress.
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Prety
Andrew Carnegie
Carnesie Foundation For the Advancement of
Pennsylvania
Grover Whalen
Sven
Vhaalen
St. Lauis
San Francisco
Mas Laliang
Metropolitan Art Museum
Bo Peter
Mark Twain
Florence
Cellini
Rover Whaler
Trangle
Conyright
King Feats Syntiate
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Jack Dee
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Uught
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Proscenium
Arco
Gor
Victor Herbert
Colm Clive
Cme Heart
Franklin H. Chase
S. West
Oui of
Balant
Tex
Brewerton
Heri Katchen
Hell
Pimont Church
Muse
W. Fayette
Onon@asa Creek
Midland
Wiliam
Timmerman
Nes Congregational Churches
Porlines Bigelow
Amary
Paris
Eteer Everiog
Eypooth
Seliese
George Rothwell Brown
By Benjamin DeCasseres
England
London
Xiong
Dax
Process Journal
Pero
Syracuse Telegram
Saffy
Sumiay
Mary
Harvey D. Breit
Levis Buri
MM. Andrews
Treacher
East Fayette
Montgomery Sts
Lipers
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