Banks and government critiques shape postwar recovery debate
The piece critiques banks for lending conservatively amid the NRA era, arguing safe paper quality as the banker's sole guarantee. It adds Public Works Administration frustration over slow spending, cites allocations for flood control, highways, naval construction and reclamation, and notes Jersey City's gang policy and hog surplus meat plans with salt curing directions.
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NRA
Johnson
Public Works Administration
A.com
Obeh
Ickes
Completes the Cycle Who Cares for Hard Times
A compact reflection on enduring hardship, tracing how pursuit and care define the endless cycle of effort and perseverance through tough periods.
Henry Ford Keeps Quiet Yet Has A Hidden Laugh
Henry Ford steers through silence with a warm, private smile said to hide a quick humor. The report notes his reticence in public but confirms a noted laugh ready for friends and moments.
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Henry Ford
Nebraska Game Commission Duck Season Opens Oct First
The Nebraska game commission informs hunters the duck season opens at 12 o'clock noon on Sunday October 1. After opening day ducks and geese may be shot from half an hour before sunrise to sunset, with the season closing on the last day of November. Squirrels begin open season on October 1.
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Nebraska Game Commission
The People and the Mob on Gun Laws
The article argues a universal prison sentence for gun possession would curb gangsters, contending current laws exist but enforcement lags. It asserts harsher penalties aside from new statutes are unnecessary and calls for rigid enforcement of existing laws and a death penalty for kidnapping.
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Jersey City
New Jersey
Hudson River
New York
Taxation Menaces Recovery
Observers fear heavy taxes hamper the administration's recovery program as employers seek to raise wages and hire more workers. They argue revenue drained by taxes threatens prosperity and call for strict governmental economy at all levels.
Tit For Tat Over Sugar Policy In Cuba Debate
The piece argues Cuba seeks exclusive Cuban control while pressuring the U S to curb domestically produced sugar and boost Cuban imports. It warns that unlimited Cuban sugar harms American producers and urges Washington to apply reciprocal limits.
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Cuba
United States
Heaven
Washington
Breeches Bible First Printed in Roman Type
The Geneva Bible printed in Geneva in 1560 introduced roman type chapter divisions and italics for clarification. It earned the Breeches Bible nickname from Genesis 3 7 where fig leaves were used as breeches. The work of Whittingham Gilby and Sampson shaped early English scripture.
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Geneva
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Switzerland
William Whittingham
Anthony Gilby
Thomas Sampson
Watchman's Dilemma as Thieves Leave Warehouse Fire Crashes
Chicago report of John Dwyer a 67 year old watchman bound among trunks by bandits who fled. A blaze crept toward him for two hours until the fire department freed him. Origin of the fire undetermined and no loot was taken.
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Chicago
John Dwyer
Dwyer
Lightning Severs Glass Plate With A Flash At Nebr City
A lightning bolt struck a window in Nebraska City, clipping a 2 by 4 inch window pane from F. J. Homeyer’s home. The flying fragment sailed across the room and landed without shattering the pane while Homeyer, ill in bed, woke to the vivid light and thunder.
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Nebraska City
Neb
F. J. Homeyer
Homeyer
Frisky the rabbit wins via tea leaf diet insists dog beatdown
New Jersey's Frisky, an eight year old rabbit owned by Charles Sewell, attributes his victory over a fox terrier to a tea leaf diet. Once a shy bunny, Frisky now boasts strength from tea leaves, choosing them over lettuce and carrots unless unavailable.
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Frisky
New Jersey
Charles F. Sewell
Charley
Sewell
Bunny
Banks Lead in Repayment of R F C Loans Show Strong Return
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation has extended 2.82 billion dollars in cash advances to 6 278 banks since February 1932 with 1 2219 billion disbursed and 5451 million repaid by banks or over 44 percent. Other borrowers combined have repaid about 16 percent.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The Chihuahua Myth Debunked by Animal Expert
A leading dog authority refutes claims that the Chihuahua is a cross breed with wild animals. He says such Mexican squirrel ancestry is a fallacy and emphasizes the breed's true origins and characteristics.
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Chihuahua
The Kiss Before The Mirror and Other Film News
The column previews The Kiss Before The Mirror starring Nancy Carroll Frank Morgan Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart with Comedy News Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery in Another Language. It also notes The Narrow Corner with Douglas Fairbanks Jr Patricia Ellis and Ralph Bellamy plus Serial Cartoon News.
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Nancy Carroll
Frank Morgan
Paul Lukas
Gloria Stuart
Helen Hayes
Robert Montgomery
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Patricia Ellis
Ralph Bellamy
Cartoon—News
Tree that knows its friends and pays them in nectar
In Central America the bull's-head thorn acacia attracts friendly ants with nectar to defend its leaves. Leaf-cutting ants strip the tree, but guardian ants deter them, preserving the plant as edible foliage while fungi are grown from leaf mold. Washington Star notes this clever plant–ant alliance.
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Central America
Washington Star
Two-Headed Trout Emerges At Mount Shasta Hatchery
In Mount Shasta California a two headed trout hatched at the state fish hatchery has grown to five inches. The fish, isolated from a 1929 brood, possesses two normal heads and feeds with either mouth. The heads are observed to fight for food with the right head usually prevailing.
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Mount Shasta
Calif
State Fish Hatchery
Cleaver Tool Fails in Suicide Attempt in Kansas City
Lawrence R. Ganavan reports a meat cleaver proved ineffective for self harm. The incident left Hanavan with a scalp and facial injuries requiring multiple stitches.
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Kansas City
Lawrence R. Ganavan
Hanavan
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