Washington Sen. Lodge and Davis oppose relief program
Lodge and Davis issue a minority report attacking administration relief policies and calling for tax reforms including repealing undistributed profits tax and modifying capital gains tax. They urge cutting taxes, ending waste in WPA, and expanding business incentives while demanding accountability and a new inquiry into relief operations.
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Lodge
Davis
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Allersons
Senate Committee On Relief
Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
WPA
House Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
Chemurgy leaders urge wealth from soil and science
Wheeler McMillen, editor of Country Home and head of the National Farm Chemurgy council, at Oma ha four annual meeting rejects Roosevelt’s overproduction view. He argues no production limits, wealth arises from soil output, and wealth for all comes by combining agriculture industry and science to raise purchasing power and living standards.
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National Farm
Chemurgie Council
Omaha
Roosevelt
Wheeler McMillen
Country Home
Council
Chemurgy
Mine Blast Kills 45 In Keen Mountain Coal Mine
A blast at Keen Mountain coal mine near Grundy Virginia buries 45 sleep shift workers under slate and rock. Rescue crews work twenty hours to recover bodies as equipment is wrecked and passages filled. The recently opened mine was lauded as modern and safe.
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Keen Mountain
Grundy
United States
Ford Brotherhood Aims Annual Wage Guarantee Plan
At the White House lunch with President Roosevelt, Ford officials discussed a proposed annual minimum wage plan by the Ford Brotherhood of America, an independent labor group. The goal is at least 1,500 dollars a year for every hourly worker at River Rouge, Dearborn, where the plant employs about 90,000 in peace time. 21,400 members claim affiliation. Members would in return agree to buy a new car from Ford every two years at dealer price.
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Henry Ford
White House
Roosevelt
Ford Brotherhood of America
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Brotherhood
Mammoth River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
William §. McDowell, Sr
Embroidered Border Demonstration and Book Offer
A sewing note describes an embroidered border and stitches to match patterns. It promotes Mrs. Spears home decor book no 2 with 90 embroidery stitches fabric repairs table settings gifts and more postpaid for 25 cents to Mrs Spears 2105 Desplaines St Chicago Tl.
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Spears
Desplaines St
Chicago
Appliqued Kitchen Towels Pattern 1679 Offered
Advertisement for a transfer pattern 1679 featuring seven motifs for appliqued kitchen towels with embroidered peas and prints. Includes pattern pieces color suggestions stitch illustrations and material needs. Send 15 cents for pattern to Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York with name and address and pattern number.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Hollywood Salaries Misattributed in Historical Note
A Collier's Weekly item clarifies that so called Hollywood salaries did not originate in Hollywood. It cites 1650 Swedish singer Jenny Lind touring the United States under P. T. Barnum, earning 150 concerts and about $150000.
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Hollywood
Jenny Lind
United States
P. T. Barnum
Collier's Weekly
Vitamin Primer invitation for homemakers by C Houston Goudias
Readers are invited to write to C Houston Goudias at 6 En at 39th Street New York City to obtain his new Vitamin Primer. The booklet explains vitamin functions in simple chart form and lists foods to help homemakers supply adequate amounts. A postcard is sufficient to request a copy.
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Eaders
C. Houston Goudias
39Th Street
New York City
Question set from Ask Me Another quiz packet
This item lists miscellaneous quiz questions from the Ask Me Another program. It covers topics such as Cordell Hull’s presidency, coin sides, continental United States, the zenith, legislative session length, pig iron materials, payload in air transport, sailboat canal fees, and Lincoln's highest fee as an attorney.
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Cordell Hull
United States
Continental
Panama Canal
Lincoln
Notable factual snippets from 1935 US politics and trade
A compendium of brief historical facts noting Roosevelt on a cruise 2000 miles away in August 1935 Gar ner in Japan Hull as Chief Executive. Obverse and reverse of items. The Constitution covers 48 states plus DC Alaska is debated. Describes celestial overhead point. Congress average session length fifty years at 197 days. Iron ore coke and limestone in pig iron. Payload meaning revenue weight. Sailboat canal toll 72 cents per net ton in ballast. Lincoln's highest fee was 5000 dollars as attorney for Illinois Central railroad.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Japan
Hull
States
District of Columbia
Alaska
Congress
Lincoln
Illinois Central Railroad
Puzzle of Marriage Prize Quip Sparks Courtship Snag
A fragment from a period piece shows characters trading quips about marriage and fortune. The dialogue hints at a suitor offering a prize to win a daughter, followed by a request to view the prize. The scene centers on wit and social maneuvering over an engagement.
Won't Last For Goodness Shake
A dramatic quotation captures gender roles and social change as a feminine writer asserts women stepping into men’s shoes while a man recalls violence over marriage. The piece contrasts reactions with ironic relief at the era of evolving gender norms.
Bigger Things at the Circus
Smith and Jones discuss Johnson becoming an elephant trainer after a past with performing fleas. In Her Case, Mrs Plythe asks about happiness. Sally notes Jerry stands about five feet eleven inches.
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Smith
Jones
Johnson
Mrs. Plythe
Sally
Jerry
New Beauty for the Home SelfPolishing Wax
A household wax offers practical protection and high popularity as it gains wider daily use. It dries in 20 minutes and yields satin like floors that look new, boosting overall home appearance while resisting dust and dirt and lasting longer.
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Nathan Straus
Housing Authority
Robert Wagner
Mr. Straus
Wallace
Secretary OF Agriculture
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Hitler
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Paris
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Great Britain
Bonnet
London
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Czechoslovakia
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Germany
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Eamon DE Valera
Ireland
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England
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Irish Republic
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Hyde
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Apan
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Hopei
Senator Lodge
C. Houston
Goudiss
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