Roosevelt hints at sweeping constitutional reform plan
President Roosevelt proposes moving power from states to the federal government to reshape the New Deal and defend it from the Supreme Court. He backs amending the Constitution by public vote and hints at a two party realignment led by Bainbridge Colby and Pattingall.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
William R. Pattangall
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Colby
Richmond
Pattangall
Aving
NRA
Congress
Senate
House
Cummings
Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Early
White House
Labor
Perking
Nye and
King
Federal Trade Commission
Central Statistical Board
Electrical Farm and Home Authority
Pettingill
Indiana
Huddleston
Alabama
Dieterich
Illinois
Hastings
Delaware
Edison Electric Institute
Atlantic City
Thomas N. McCarter
William EB. Humphrey
Commission
Humphrey
Need for science by Dr Karl Compton
Dr Karl T Compton, president of MIT, urges a bilateral program to harness science for national welfare. He calls for wide scientist collaboration to boost government scientific bureaus and a new government leadership to unite scientists in coordinated action on major national problems.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
H. H. Asquith
John Simon
Foreign Office
Home Office
Samuel Hoare
India
Malcolm
Ouilson
Lebrun
Pierre Laval
France
Foreign Ministry
Marcel Regnier
Finance
Karl’ T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Understanding the New York Stock Exchange
Officer Charles R. Gay explains the Exchange as a national market place not a buying or selling firm. It does not set prices but records the composite worth of global securities through bids and orders. It serves to convert cash to investments and investments to cash, meeting a vital national need.
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Charles R. Gay
New York Stock Exchange
Cost of living linked to gold value in 1933 vs today
The article argues that if gold remains at February 1933 levels, living costs must rise about 50 percent above current to absorb the dollar’s reduced gold content. If gold falls to 1926 levels after the crisis, costs could rise about 116 percent once the slack is fully used.
Less Dogma by Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Sir Wilfred Grenfell argues that the world is improving and religion remains strong though institutional dogma wanes. He notes a shift from head based religion to heartfelt faith and observes modern science increasingly open to spiritual discussion.
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Royal Academy of Science
A New Locarno
Polish economist Henryk Gruber argues that political Locarno failures push nations toward an economic Locarno. He says tariff questions must be on the agenda and that opening tariff walls would revive world trade and ease recovery.
Floating Fortresses by Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell
British naval expert Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell argues that old battleships can defend against air attack and that future battleships will be fortress like. He asserts battleships will stay pivotal in maintaining empire communications and securing the globe, contributing to world tranquillity.
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Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell
War Profits by Welford I King
The piece condemns war profits as grisly and repellent noting that men in safe offices reap fortunes from a war that costs millions of capable men their lives limbs or health while they earn only paltry wages. It argues economic gain comes at human expense and questions the morality of profiteering during conflict.
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Lemke
North Dakota
Congress
The NRA Falls and Future of the New Deal
Washington writers assess the Supreme Court ruling on NRA and Frazier Lemke. They warn the Blue Eagle may be dead and predict shifts in policy toward practical governance, with the AAA facing upcoming Supreme Court review and continued congressional maneuvering.
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Congress
New Deal
Supreme Court
Blue Eagle
Ballyhoo
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
NRA
Senate
Western Newspaper Union
New Window Glass Cuts Heat While Letting Light Through
A heat absorbing glass composition makes sunlight light pass while reducing heat. The glass, tinted with a greenish blue hue from iron, filters ultra violet and infra red rays. It lowers sun heat impact on people in direct sun and suits offices and factories.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Dizzy Dean Winners Contest Promises Free Prizes
A column advert invites readers to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program and win valuable free prizes by reading the Grape Nuts advertisement in another column of the paper.
Going Ahead Without Much Worry
A brief sentiment suggests life improves when one proceeds with steady, untroubled resolve. The message emphasizes perseverance and pragmatic progress over anxious forethought.
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Edward W. Pickard
Gennest
Iurfey
Mr. Roosevelt
Progress
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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the Stock Exchange
P. G. Kammerer
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Labrador
Locarno
Henryk Gruber
Welford I, King
New York University
William Bruckart National Press
Washington, D. C
National
Supreme Court of the United States
Farm Credit Administration
Frazier
Nalicious
L.A. Stallings
Bay City
Tessie Clark
E. T. Cunningham & CO
Hamilton Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ann Avenue
Louis
Parker
Digists
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
Dean
Joan
Doans
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