The New Deal Clash and 1937 Budget Speculation
A sweeping look at Roosevelt’s finances suggests unspent balances and shifting funds among officials, with experts noting a potential $1,000,000,000 available for 1936 37 relief needs and a larger six billion in unspent balances. The piece weighs AAA rulings, tax measures, court decisions, and political maneuvering affecting revenue, deficits, and New Deal prospects. It calls out Weymouth Hopkins Ickes Tugwell and Morgan partners Lamont and Whitney as key players in a shifting fiscal landscape and hints at implications for Congress, the Supreme Court, and upcoming elections.
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Local residents hosting and visiting over weekend
Kipton visitors Mr and Mrs Harvey Welling and son Everett from Cleveland spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Gehringer and family. Mr and Mrs Don Perkins moved into Vene Rolfe's house. Barry Weber and Oberlin guests dined with Mr and Mrs J N Weber. Charles Bayless joined Paul Bryce at Wakeman for Sunday dinner. Duncan and family of Amherst visited Harry Ludlam's family. Mrs Albert Plas and Mary Margaret and Bernadine Weber of Elyria visited Mr and Mrs John Weber Sunday. Mrs P H Boehringer and son Richard of Cleveland dined with Mr and Mrs S J Davidson Thursday.
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Wakeman
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Elyria
John Weber
P. H. Boehringer
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S. J. Davidson
The Vagueness of Democracy and Liberty in Rhetoric
A concise critique argues that terms like democracy liberty and equality are so vague in meaning that even lengthy volumes fail to pin them down precisely. The statement highlights the imprecision of abstract political ideals and the difficulty of defining them in concrete terms.
Sky scraper to rise near Bloomsbury in London
An eight story tower will rise on London University grounds in Bloomsbury. At 210 feet high it will exceed the Shell-Mex building and Nelson’s monument in scale, though Big Ben at the House of Parliament remains taller. Special permission from the London County Council was required to exceed typical height limits. Construction has begun and core is underway, with completion expected in early 1937.
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Westminster Cathedral campanile to 283 feet summit
A Westminster Cathedral project will raise the campanile to 283 feet while the cross of St Pauls reaches 365 feet above ground. A University official says the tower will resemble a skyscraper by London standards and offer a magnificent view, aiming to dominate the city skyline and underscore the university’s importance.
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Westminster Cathedral
End of Dervish Rule in the Sudan and Population Decline
The Dervishes of the Sudan rebelled in 1884 driving out the Anglo Egyptian government until Kitchener defeated them in 1898. In those years the Sudan’s population fell from about nine million to under two million due to rule seen as inefficient and barbarous.
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