There Is Magic In Unity as LaGuardia Seeks Morale Drive
The piece argues Fiorello LaGuardia aims to mobilize civilian morale for wartime defense, stressing mass unity and synchronized action. It draws parallels from biblical Jericho and industrial labor to claim unified effort creates psychological momentum and discipline across races.
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Office of Civilian Defense
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Washington
aGuardia
Joshua
Jericho
Joshua Nunson
Nun
Criticism Of Osborn Appointing Osborn’s Political Ally To Pima Bench
The piece denounces Governor Osborn for appointing his political manager to the Pima County Superior Court, Division Two. It argues this breaks longstanding county judicial tradition of nonpartisan appointments and consultation with the county bar. It calls for condemnation of the patronage practice despite favorable personal qualities of the appointee.
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Pima County Superior Court
Osborn
Board of Supervisors
Westbrook Pegler's Fair Enough on Draft Thoughts
The essay recounts a letter from G. Spelvin & Sons' son, a college freshman, debating the draft, war, and his future plans. He doubts a military career and contemplates education, music, languages, and life beyond service while his mother worries and his brother Dummy plans to join a camp band to boost soldiers.
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G. Spelvin & Sons
George Spelvin
Dummy
Post Office
Pigs Fuel Texas Shrine Plan On Embassy Site
The first French ambassador to the Republic of Texas faced a pig trouble at the ambassador’s quarters near Sixth and Congress in Austin. A hotel innkeeper, blamed by Count de Seligny for garden damage, tossed the Count from the hotel. The embassy home rose eight blocks away, funded by a $22,000 appropriation from Senators Houghton Brownlee and Clem Fain to buy the building and convert it into a public shrine.
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Texas
Republic of Texas
Count de Seligny
Sixth
Congress
Austin
United States
Houghton Brownlee
Central
Clem Fain
East Texas
Oury Likely Nominated. Horton Nominated for Superintendent
The Arizona Daily Citizen notes no convention needed to nominate Granville H. Oury for Congress, calling his renomination the best possible. It records W. B. Horton’s Democratic nomination for Territorial school superintendent after a close vote, acknowledging slim election odds. The paper promises future discussion of the ticket.
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Granville H. Oury
Oury
Mr. Oury
W. B. Horton
Territorial
Horton
Appointment of Joseph W. Robbins as Surveyor General
The Associated Press reports a three cornered race for Surveyor General of the Territory ending with the appointment of Joseph W. Robbins of Illinois. Robbins, a former Kansas politician and newspaper man, recently with the Inter Ocean in Chicago, is described as able and worthy and expected to be a valuable addition to the Territory. The office is in excellent order under Gen. Wasson.
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Associated Press
Joseph W. Robbins
Illinois
Robbins
Kansas
Chicago
Wasson
Hoarders May Be Left Holding Sack
Washington reflects growing prices as inflation pressures mount amid farm price parity debate. Roosevelt may summon Leon Henderson to seal the lid on price hikes after Army and British food buys push costs higher. government policy struggles to curb surging wholesale prices and speculation.
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Paul Mathon
Washington
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Agriculture Department
Federal
U. S. Agriculture Department
Defense Purchasing Division
Army
Wartime Bomber Rise Shapes War Effort Across Industries
The piece notes Bill Knudsen's plan to boost heavy bomber production to 500 monthly, expanding to about 10 000 total bombers with heavy and medium models. It compares allied and axis outputs, cites engine and propeller programs, and mentions aluminum demand for the Washington Statler hotel as defense needs rise. It also covers personnel moves including Wirtz’s resignation and Dempsey’s appointment, plus minor notes on public figures and wartime logistics.
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Washington
OPM
Bill Knudsen
England
Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Europe
U.S
Britain
Knudsen
Germany
United States
Focke-Wulf
Bremen
Boulogne
U. S
Ford
Buick
Studebaker
Wright
Pratt- Whitney
Pratt-Whitney
Nash-Kelvinator Company
Lansing
Mich
United Aircraft
Boeing
Consolidated Flying
Truth Goes On By Elsie Robinson
The piece argues that Westminster and Big Ben symbolize enduring truths and ideals that bombs cannot destroy. It urges readers to focus on lasting realities beyond symbols, pledging to uphold faith, truth, courage, and generosity as a universal American and human dream rooted in hope and freedom.
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Westminster
England
London
Big Ben
Britain
America
God
Government to Secure Reappointment Support
The stand ing is assured by strong endorsement for re appointment with best citizens of the Territory joining in a petition in his favor regardless of party.
Heroic Coach to Run with Four Horses at Fuller's Ranch
The coach will depart as scheduled next Sunday at Fuller's Ranch. This time four horses will be attached and the vehicle will spin during the run, replacing the previous two-horse setup.
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Fuller
Card Game Row Echoes in Private Parlor on Meyer Street
Loud talk and insults erupted during a private card game on Meyer Street today. A confrontation escalated as threats were exchanged but no serious harm occurred after an explanation settled the matter.
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Meyer Street
Grooms Inducted In June As War Scare Looms
A humorous column by Arthur Baer notes June weddings amid a war scare, mocking grooms who fear commitments while brides and families parade in ceremonies. The piece satirically describes wedding rituals and the social page crowd, with playful digs at grooms and reporters.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Quote on trifles driven by love or idle frivolity
A Ruskin line notes that mortals show care for trifles either from love and conscience, which is holy, or from idleness and frivolity, which is base.
Notable Adage on Achievement by Macaulay
The world esteems those who excel in common deeds rather than novelty alone, praising the person who does well what many attempt.
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Multiudes
Macaulay
No man is common unless he makes himself so
A concise quotation attributed to Dr. John W. Holland, asserting personal responsibility for one's standing and character. It emphasizes self-improvement and individual effort as the basis of distinction.
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John W. Holland
Power S. During Term I of the New Deal
Critics lampooned the proliferation of power plants across the United States during the first term of the New Deal. Anti-New Dealers claimed the public would be overwhelmed by the excess power capacity.
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Power S
Requisition for Swamp Crossing Becomes Eighteen Foot Log Route
An engineer orders twenty men into a swamp. The lieutenant reports the mud is too deep so the colonel insists on crossing it. The requisition asks for eighteen feet long and twenty men to cross a swamp fifteen feet deep. The anecdote illustrates persistence and creative problem solving.
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Christian Science Monitor
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Westbrook Pegler
Plattsburg
Nye
Congressional
Tucsoniana
The
Arizona Daily Citizen
Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allan
White House
Washington Statler
Angelo R. Clas
Public Works Administration
Holabird and Root of
PWA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interior
Jack Dempsey
Admiral Land
Maritime Commission
Dempsey
Commission
Interior Department
New Mexico
Charles Wetmore Kellogg
Edison Electrical Institute
Engineers Public Service Company
TVA
David Lilienthal
National Industrial Conference Board
Kellogg
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Harold Stark
Naval Operations
Betty
Annapolis
War Department
Eugene Householder
United Feature Syndicate
Truth Goes
Elsie Robinson
Bugs Baer
National Museum of Discontent
Prince of Wales
Hosses
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