Debating Dollar Devaluation and Restoring Gold Convertibility
An editorial excerpt discusses fears of dollar devaluation and promotes restoring the currency to gold redemption. It cites Dr. Walter E. Spahr’s views on government control of money, the need to return purse power to citizens, and the dangers of financial dictatorship, with illustrative totals showing how far money would go.
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France
Truman
Treasury Snyder
Stafford Cripps
Walter E. Spahr
New York University
Spahr
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
World Fellowship Week Observed by YWCA Across 65 Nations
The Y W C A marks World Fellowship Week in 65 countries as a week of prayer for world betterment and peace. It promotes unity beyond color and nationality, welcoming women and girls aged 13 to 60 in a worldwide effort to build goodwill and provide leadership training. The message echoes Martin Luther on love as divine essence, with three million U S and global members joining in prayer and service to aid those less fortunate.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Y. W. CG
United States
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf explores writers
A compact study of literary craft with quotes from Voltaire, Steele, and Lardner, plus anecdotes from Samuel Grafton. The piece reflects on writing as a vocation, editor temptations, and cross cultural observations, all framed in Cerf’s 1949 copyright note.
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Bennett Cerf
Hesschel Brickell
Voltaire
Wilbur Daniel Steele
King Lardner
Samuel Grafton
Mexico
New York
Massachusetts
King Features Syndicate
Oscar Chapman rises to Secretary of the Interior
A 1922 Denver court probation path led Navy veteran Oscar Chapman to become assistant probation officer and later Secretary of the Interior in 1933. After sixteen years in the role, Chapman is poised to be the most qualified Interior head in history as Roosevelt’s New Deal reshaped the cabinet. The piece links Chapman with Teddy Roosevelt era bulls and notes mentors Judge Lindsay Sen. Ed Costigan and Harold Ickes, who shifted party lines.
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Denver
Colo
Ben Lindsay
Lindsay
Oscar Chapman
Interior
Chapman
Franklin Roosevelt
Senate
Judge Lindsay
Oscar
Teddy Roosevelt
Sen
Ed Costigan
Colorado
Harold Ickes
Taft
Roosevelt
Costigan
United States
Fdr
Ickes
Chicago
Oscar Chapman the Liberal Power Behind the New Deal
A profile of Oscar Chapman highlighting his behind the scenes role from meeting Costigan with FDR to shaping New Deal policy, pushing synthetic oil, labor reform, and Western land policy. It credits his quiet influence in keeping Interior Department leaders, aiding Truman’s 1948 campaign, and swaying political outcomes across Colorado, Wyoming, and the Rocky Mountain region.
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Seany Hoosevelt
Ed Costigan
Chapman
Costigan
Senate
Colorado
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Sen
Joe O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Truman
Omaha
Oscar Chapman
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