Syracuse Sees Upturn As Industry and Jobs Expand
Industrial leaders and civic authorities report gains in Syracuse with Crucible Steel planning plant expansion and Carrier Corp noting orders top one million dollars. Welfare relief requests decline as 1000 idle workers return and payrolls rise 22 percent across 22 industries, signaling a renewed prosperity.
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IGNS
Syracuse
Malcolm E. Cummings
Sanderson
Crucible Steel Company of America
Lemuel E. Boulware
Carrier Corporation
Leon H. Abbott
State Labor Department
Chamber of Commerce
A Pacific Naval Academy Urged To Meet Expansion Needs
The piece argues for a new naval academy on the Pacific coast to supply officer needs the Annapolis academy cannot meet. It contends the navy will base major operations on the West Coast, demanding immediate action to fund training facilities and secure future national security.
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Congress
Senator Johnson
California
Hearst
Naval Academy
Pacific East
Annapolis Academy
Navy
Pacific Coast
Naval Service
Annapolis
Stop the Local Tax Leaks and Wasteful Spending
A call to persist in resisting taxes, urging vigilance against 175 000 local and state taxing units. Authors argue federal overreach and local waste, urging consolidation and reform to reduce costs and prevent wealth confiscation at home.
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United States
Congress
Washington
An Idiotic Scheme Against The President
A denouncement condemns a venture to raise funds to induce the President to resign. The writer argues such actions insult civil proprieties and could violate the law, urging swift passage and enforcement of any applicable statute and prosecution of the offender.
Merchants Association urges tax repeal to boost business
The Merchants Association of New York writes to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Treasury urging repeal of the undistributed profits tax and modification of capital gains tax rules to restore business confidence and activity. The statement notes broad agreement beyond politicians.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Merchants Association of New York
Congress
New York Day by Day by McIntyre in Greenwich Village
A late 19th century style column notes Greenwich Village candlelit taverns and critics clinging to old arts amid rising commercialism. It adds anecdotes on public figures and social foibles, including a draft dodger, Birdcase poetics, and dinner table elbows as debated etiquette.
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New Fore
Greenwich Village
Julien’s
Bovl Midh
George Jean Nathan
Drates
Ten-twenty Thirty by Franklin H. Chase
A retrospective look at prohibition era events from ten to forty years ago. It recalls bootlegger raids, a kidnapping, odd fines, traffic fatalities, fair proposals, and local civic milestones in Syracuse and nearby areas. The piece notes police actions, court outcomes, and social changes during hard times.
March of Events debate on equal rights for women in work
A summary of a Senate hearing on a proposed one year old equal rights measure. The discussion questions whether women may work in dangerous jobs, with references to gender roles, husband support, and the American doctrine of individual liberty. The piece quotes a reader's note on a word and notes historical lines about women entering labor.
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Senatet
the Nations Womens Party
Senate
Eaddies
San Francisco
England
Russia
George Ward Hunt
Lam
Debates on Science Credibility and Public Trust
A 1938 commentary criticizes popular science figures as dull followers of trade, calling for capable public voices to counter quackery. It questions the era's scientific respectability and laments how rhetoric shapes public opinion and trust.
Japan seeks iron ore concession amid Monroe Doctrine warnings
The article warns Japan plans a mineral base on the Mexican west coast near Magdalena Bay and Michoacan while the United States vows to block any such concession. Bethlehem Steel holds ore rights. Mexico demands smelting or loss of concession. Hearings on the American concession are set for June 21 in Mexico City.
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United States
Eskes
Lotis
Disraeli
Ashingson
Lower
California
Senate
Panama Canal
Aue
Mexican West Coast
Marssaillo
Magdalena Bay_es
Jon
Michoacan
Betivnehem Steel Company
Hias
Bethlehem Sree
Mexico
Japan
Bethlehem Steel
Mexico City
Manchuris
China
Bese
International policy clash over Mexico oil basing and League debates
The piece criticizes U S foreign policy history alleging Mexican oil concessions and Japan’s fuel needs threaten national interests. It targets Lodge’s 1912 resolution tied to Monroe Doctrine, Eden’s League stance, Versailles terms, and warns of a Germanic axis amid British political shifts. It notes Senate tactics around cloture and party leadership.
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Anthony Eden
State Department
League of Nations
Hitter
Eden
Berlin
China
Washington
Bue
Starr ‘Welles
Aviation legends of early barnstormers and 1939 fair plans
The piece recalls early air daring by Beacher and Christofferson, noting 1915 San Francisco exposes and later New York World's Fair aviation plans. It discusses aviation’s evolution from perilous stunts to a structured industry, with the 1939 fair pavilion costing 256005 dollars and a plea for a barnstormer pantheon in a future aviation museum.
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Grover A. Waeles
San Francisco
Lincoln Geachey
Reacher
Beacher
Si Christofferson
Yacht
New Fork
Parnstorming
Christnifereon
Zam Wraach
Amundsen
Explorer
Ast Smith
The
Christofferson
Aviaviox
America
Tedas
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