National Whirligig veers into veterans and policy
The piece surveys the Legion lobby’s push for a bonus bill, its economic claims, and varied reactions in Washington. It notes President Roosevelt, Morgenthau, and Wallace weighing farm aid and constitutional limits while other figures like Hoyt and Coughlin draw attention. It also covers the Nye Munitions inquiry and Morgan banking reactions and congressional scrutiny.
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American Legionnaires
Washington
Legion
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
FDR
Cummings
Wallace
Senator Bankhead
Marvin Jones
Congressional
House of Morgan
Nye
Morgan, Lamont and Whitney
Morgan
Christmas Eve Chaos on the River Row
Big Adam, an evangelist, seeks his son Dan who fled to Luke Conners’ floating bar. Dan is jailed for murder, while Vincent Roche courts Luke’s daughter Nightingale. A stormy pursuit leads Adam to smash the barge’s cables, sparking a river rescue and a perilous clue as a girl’s scream echoes from the Conners boat.
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Big Adam
Dan
Luke Conners
Biz Adam
Luke
Vincent Roche
Nightingale
Merry Gentlemen
Conners Bost
Conners
Banking house staff aids Morgan documents press access
Investigators tied to the Wilson Administration reveal Lubricated by bonds at Washington, Lamont staffs mimeographers to supply Morgan doc copies to reporters. Hamilton Fish’s circle shifts: for Borah, yet accepts a New York delegation, a tight rope for GOP liberal stance. College women faced demand claims, but seniors ranked intelligence as necessary for wives, not equating college and smart girls.
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Capitol Hill
Nye and Clark
Banking and Currency Committee
Vandenberg
GOP
France
Great Britain
Smart Tom Lamont
Leffingwell
S. Parker Gilbert
Wilson
Washington
Hamilton Fish
New York
Ham
Vote Old Fashioned Girl's In Style
Washington survey at Catholic University shows 35 seniors in one class favor the old fashioned type for life partners. One man said that good seems to win with women. The findings reflect a desire for traditional traits in a mate.
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Washington
Catholic University
Lion May Go On Dole In Hamilton Tale
A full-grown lion and its owner Miss Jean Masson were stranded when a carnival disbanded in Hamilton Ontario. Officials consider placing the animal on relief lists as the pair seeks new arrangements.
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Hamilton
Ont
Jean Masson
South Africa's mines yield vast treasure from gold and diamonds
South Africa's mine fields have produced five billion dollars in gold and more than one billion dollars in diamonds, highlighting the sector's immense global value and impact on the economy.
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South Africa
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U.S
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Hobart College
Geneva
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Canaan
Conn
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