Bible Readings And Meditations retirement act debate
A discussion on retirement law provisions and the presidency includes a proposal to allow annual apppointments for men over 76, with possible compromise at Lis or the next session. The piece then shifts to Bible Readings And Meditations noting Philippians 4:10-18 and reflections on contentment in all circumstances. It closes with a portrait of Jack Garner as a key political figure who met with the President and Congress amid court controversy.
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White House
Roosevelt
Lis
Christ
Philippians
Macedonia
Phillips Brooks
St. Paul
Epistotus
Jack" Garner
Dawes
Confirmaton
Charles Warren
Coolidge
Washington
Garner
Batte
Jack
Cummings
Stanley Reed
Farley
Joe” Kennedy
Kennedy
Joe
Mr. Kennedy
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
New York
Farmera picnic and Juvenile Graingers meet at Linwood Park
The notice records a Farmers picnic at Linwood Park on August 8 and notes that Juvenile Graingers held their regular meeting with fall attendance. Local organizers urge participation and outline event dates and interest in community turnout.
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Farmera
Linwood Park
Editorial Calls for Safe Driving in Local Traffic Practice
Readers applauded a column condemning light crashing double parking speeding and ignoring stop signs. A caller shared overhearing a youth boasting of crashing a traffic light without being caught, highlighting ongoing need for driver education and responsibility for road safety.
Spending The Wage Earner's Dollar
A survey of five Pennsylvania cities Pittsburgh Scranton Johns town Lancaster and Philadelphia tracked how a dollar is spent by the average wage earner. Food accounted for 32 to 36 cents, housing 15 to 29 cents, fuel and light 7 to 10 cents, clothing 10 to 11 cents, furnishings 4 to 5 cents, water and cleaning 3 to 4 cents, medical care 3 to 5 cents, personal care 2 cents, recreation 4 to 6 cents, gifts and taxes 3 to 4 cents, education 1 to 2 cents, transportation 4 to 8 cents. Results sent to Secretary of Labor Perkins, offering a basis for local budget comparisons.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Johnstown
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Change In Attitude Of Congress After Roosevelt Crisis
The article notes a shift from one man rule to Congress resuming its constitutional duties. It states White House influence will wane, with the president no longer pushing must bills through Congress. Observers see this as a positive change toward reduced government power and spending, though taxpayers and critics differ in view.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Johnstown
Washington
John L. Lewis
Vision tests urged for drivers after Milwaukee survey
A Milwaukee Automobile Show survey found 48 percent of 5,000 visitors had defective vision and 240 used only one eye. The standard driver license law, drafted by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, calls for eyesight tests. Wisconsin currently lacks such a law or test.
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Milwaukee
National Conference On Street and Highway Safety
Wisconsin
Mussolini News Clamp Could Harm Italian Regime
The piece argues that Italy under Mussolini restricting English news and curbing Italian journalists will backfire. It warns the regime will face increased homegrown propaganda, distorted facts, and rumor spread, undermining public trust and possibly destabilizing dictatorship.
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England
Mussolini
Great Britain
Italy
I Duce
Cummings For Court Post Speculation Amid Supreme Bench Talk
Rumors swirl over who will fill the Justice Van Devanter vacancy as Senator Robinson’s death removes the expected successor. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings is named as a possible pick, while many qualified jurists oppose New Deal sympathy. The president still eyes court control despite likely defeat of his court packing plan. A Louisiana sheriff's deputy halts a mob planning lynching after a career as a salesman.
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Justice van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Senator Robinson
Senate
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Robinson
van Deventer
Supreme Court
Homer S. Cummings
Burton K. Wheeler
Washington
Homer Stille Cummings
Burt
Bob" LaFollette
Cummings
Noble
Morgan
John W. Davis
Homer
Wheeler
Mr. Cumings
Montana
Mr. Wheeler
Anniversaries and Today's Birthdays From History
A compact annal of notable anniversaries and historical dates including Nataniel Green and Thomas Say birth entries, plus today in history items such as the Northwest Territory land sale, the first Atlantic cable, and a 1919 Chicago race riot, with a horoscopic note.
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Nataniel Green
Rhode Island
Washington
South
Warwick
R. I
Savannah
Thomas Say
America
Philadelphia
New Harmony
Ind
Albert M. Palmer
Yorkville
S. C
Baltimore
Harrison Fisher
Brooklyn
Congress of the Confederation
Ohio and
Scioto Companies
Northwest Territory
Department of State
Department of Foreign Affairs
Heart's Content
Newfoundland
Wis
Britain
National Whirligig on Labor, Court Fight and Kennedy Bid Scams
An analysis of private employers resisting federal labor reforms, echoing F D R. and how local trust networks shape wage and hour policies. The column also critiques Roosevelt’s court packing plan, the brain trust, and Wheeler’s opposition, plus Kennedy’s bid scrutiny in ship sales.
Wheeler Plan Promises Supreme Court Reform Debate
The Wheeler faction advances a plan for Supreme Court reform aimed at compromising Capitol Hill and the White House. It proposes a nine member court with mandatory retirement at 75, excluding sitting justices, and a structure drafted by Noel Dowling of Columbia. The proposal seeks to curb gangster influence tied to lax enforcement of laws amid ongoing national political tension.
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Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
White House
Noel Dowling
Columbia University
Sumners
La Grange Grange Meets At Regular July Session
Old Glory Grange held its regular meeting on Thursday evening July 22 with Willmont Long acting as Master. Regular business was transacted. Antone Godridge was reported sick and Russell Opfer received the March prize. R. D. Holcomb, absent, lost five pounds of sugar. All Grangers who can are asked to attend.
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la Grange Grange
LA Grange
Old Glory Grange
Willmont Long
Antone Godridge
Russell Opfer
R. D. Holcomb
Social News Updates from Elyria Area Families
Huntington and EFS Mrs Olive Dession Bartlette and daughter Carol Joan of Fremont join Mrs Willis Session and granddaughter Geraldine Pratt with Mrs Mary Long for a basket dinner in Elyria. In the afternoon Mrs Albert Reese nee Helen Long and daughter Norma of Oberlin visit. Mrs Lottie Dirlam and Mrs Ralph Dirlam visit Beckley Laughery home. Phyllia Fasterday has whooping cough. Mr Farr and Harold Easterday call at the Johnson Cille home recently.
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Olive Dession Bartlette
Carol Joan
Fremont
Willis Session
Geraldine Pratt
Neary West
Mary Long
Elyria
Albert Reese
Helen Long
Norma
Oberlin
Lottie Dirlam
Ralph Dirlam
Beckley-Laughery
Phyllia Fasterday
Egg Laying Contest Sows Fresno Push for State Aid
Fresno report notes the California Baby Chick Association seeks a $10,000 state appropriation to run a statewide egg laying contest aimed at moving hens to speed up hatching. The plan asks lawmakers to fund the event and measure performance across California.
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Fresno
Cal
California Baby Chick Association
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