National Whirligig looks at tax labels in butcher shops
In this column by Ray Tucker and James McMulin, political and economic interference with price labeling is examined. The piece discusses taxes on meat, alleged figures in tax presentation, and potential federal action if price data misstates costs. It also covers Democratic and Republican maneuvering, New Deal programs, and the impact on voters.
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Washington
New York
Ray Tucker
James McMulin
Ace
Suit-Imaker
Autumn Signals Invading the Sports Pages Ahead of Labor Day
Autumn approaches as Labor Day nears and fall fashion headlines emerge. Shops display furs and coats while football begins its subtle rise in sports coverage. Summer travelers depart to mountains and beaches, returning refreshed to start another year of work.
Spreading The Gospel At Taxpayers’ Expense Publicity Machine Grows
The piece argues that government publicity has expanded since Woodrow Wilson, surged under the New Deal, and now floods the nation with biased, tax funded messaging. It notes paid press agents and government agencies shaping news while remaining persuasive and extensive.
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Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Frances Perkins on the hardest person to find
Miss Frances Perkins, US secretary of labor, said the hardest person to find is one who can do a task himself with full responsibility and deliver a finished job. She spoke in Geneva, noting the idea applies to workers across fields and levels, a goal though not always attainable.
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Frances Perkins
Geneva
Washington
Miss Perkins
Reticent Brooklyn Woman Kept Life Secrets To The End
An elderly Brooklyn woman, who spent forty two years at a hotel and later moved after its demolition, died quietly at a late age. She never spoke of her ancestry or past illnesses, choosing to preserve memories without sharing them with others, a rare confidante who withheld gossip and personal tales.
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Remar Ir
Brooklyn
Beauty Spending Tops One Point Four Billion Says Nation
A column notes Americans spend about 1.4 billion dollars on cosmetics and beauty products for both women and men. It jokes about cultural pretensions, cites various experts on senses and health, and comments on political and social trivia with a brisk, period-voice tone.
New York Day by Day on Gramercy Park and Old Customs
Column-era reflections on changing social mores at New York beer bars and Gramercy Park. The writer recalls old fashion family entries, husking bees, and fresh matrons, interwoven with memories of actors, directors, and a Venetian mood of a past era.
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New York
Tam
Anniversaries and history markers from 1584 to today
Anniversaries list births of Franz Hals Benjamin Humphreys James Cabell William Thomas John Bates John Leyner William Wilmer and others with dates and places. Today in history notes include 1776 pension law 1920 19th Amendment and Krakatoa eruption. Several notable figures and birthdays are recalled with locations and years.
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Franz Hals
Taga
Benjamin G. Humphreys
Mississippi
Claiborne Co
Miss
James L. Cabell
Confederacy
Virgina
Willam W. Thomas
Maine
Sweden
Johns Hopkins
Powhatan Co, Va
Washington, D. C
Continental Congress
Pueblo of
Los Angeles
Krakatoa
Sumatra
Java
Huey Long
Congress
Campaign Notes From Wyoming Preface Calm Race
Alice Longworth reports on August weather and a restrained national campaign. Father Coughlin has subsided. Det. Townsend keeps his bid at two hundred dollars monthly for the aged, with doubt that the New Deal will alter it. Governor Landon pursues a plain, earnest critique of waste and the American way of life, foreseeing a clean contest.
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Jackson Hqle
Wyoming
Father Coughlin
Cleveland
Det
Townsend
Landon
Anticlimax: mémoire of famed author and governor general
A nostalgic note recalls a famed British author who became governor general of Canada, born in Scotland sixty one years ago. The tribute highlights a shrewd, penetrating mind and a steady, grave demeanor that marked his public service and writings.
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L U. S
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Lonoke
Ark
James Couzens
Michigan
Chatham
Canada
August Hinekscher
New York
Germany
Caroline Miller
Waynesville
N.C
Waycross
Iona Gale
Portage
Wis
Donald H. Sawyer
UU. S. Treasury Department
Mt. Pulaski
Robert R. Moton
Tuskekee Institute
Amelia Co
Ant
Scotland
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Jonathan Hastings
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Oregon
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Elyria
Lorain
Ola
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
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Michigan Ave
Detroit
General Motors
United States Senate
D. Wt. Fender
John G. Townsend, Jr
Delaware
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New Deal
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Senate
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Hearst
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Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Lemke- Coughlins Townsend Tcket
George Norris
Nebraska
Alf Landon
Representaive
Bertrand H. Snell
Ailsworth County
Kansas
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REA
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Uncle Sam
T. McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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Gerald Smith
Yale
McBain
Columbia
C. O. McIntyre
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Billy Seeman
Meighan
Mir
Lou Chaney
Hetty Compson
Betty Conpsen
Hollywport
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Ade
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Brake
Russ Cole
Eugene Fields
Gramercy Park
West
Chamber of Commerce
McNaught Syndicate
Jerome C. Wunsaker
Aeronautical Department
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Mass. Institute of Technology
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Town
Lee de Forest
Council Bluffs
Lord Twerdsmuir
John Push
Xxth Century Furnace
Elyria Sheet Metal Works
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Broad Street
Claude Prop
Alice Longworth
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Cleveland St
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Cornell Ave
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