Household Tasks Build Self-Reliant Children
NEW YORK. Dr. Ruth Andrus of New York State’s Bureau of Child Development and Parent Education urges parents to assign varied household chores to children to foster initiative and self-sufficiency. She cautions against overloading kids or hovering, noting age stages like silver-drying as evolving steps, and cites examples of a boy carrying a guest’s suitcase and a girl who lacked cookery experience becoming reluctant to cook as adults.
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New York
Tommy
Ruth Andrus
New York State
Bureau of Child Development and
Parent Education
Dr. Andrus
Andrus
Jane
Sissy
Delicate citrus mint iced tea tip
Add a bit of grated orange and lemon rind to iced tea for a light citrus note. Stir in a few chopped mint leaves during steeping to impart a subtle fresh taste.
Death of Robinson shapes fate of reorganization bill
Washington report on the death of Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson and its impact on the administration plan to reorganize the executive branch. Opponents like Senator Harry F. Byrd push for full hearings, delaying rapid action as the bill would broaden presidential powers, extend merit and career systems, create a Department of Public Welfare, and add six executive assistants.
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Washington
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Department of Public Welfare
Gypsy's Magic Poor Cure for pains in Detroit
Alexander A. Curry paid 850 dollars after a gypsy claimed her magic would cure rheumatism. He wrapped valuables in a handkerchief and slept with it, but woke to find the handkerchief held newspaper clippings and his money gone.
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Detroit
Alexander A. Curry
Curry
Manhattan Island Worth 9 Billion Now After $24 Sale
Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island in 1626 for $24 in cloth and beads. The Real Estate Board of New York says current market value of the island and its buildings, based on a thousand transactions this year, totals about $9.268 billion.
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New York
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Real Estate Board of
Who Killed Goebel and Split Kentucky Wide Open
In Frankfort Kentucky a long mysteries tale unfolds about Governor Goebel and the violent era that divided Kentucky. The piece outlines Goebel rise to power the 1899 Democratic Convention strategy and the chaotic 1900 power struggle that culminated in Goebel being shot and hailed as governor after his death. It notes Percy Haly figures and the ensuing political upheaval including the swearing in of a dead man.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Gen
Percy Haly
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Huey Long
Long
William S. Taylor
Mills Point
Big Sandy
Taylor
Legislative
Jim Howard
Clay County
Jim
Manchester
Irvin S. Cobb
Indiana
Charles Finley
Willaam H. Culton
J. C. W. Beckham
United States Senate
Haly
Louisiana
Texas Highway Code Prepared for Safety Push
The Governor's Traffic Safety Committee released a 50 page pamphlet titled Creating Safer Communities detailing findings from a five month study. It covers local safety groups, accident statistics, education, enforcement, engineering and rural issues and urges communities to form local safety councils. The manual will be used in safety schools at Texas A and M and Texas Tech and sent to all city mayors to enlist support in a statewide program. C. J. Rutland chairs the volunteer committee as work proceeds.
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Austin
Texas
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Technological College
C. J. Rutland
Weak interest shown in August 23 Texas constitutional vote
In Austin campaigns for Governor and Attorney General overshadow the August 23 amendments election. Officials expect a light turnout of about 875,000 eligible voters with perhaps under half voting. Costs run around 250000, with 37000 state funded and the rest county funds. The ballot includes aid to the blind and dependent children, reestablishment of county officer fees, 3 percent tax discounts, a pay-as-you-go road plan for Harris County, and removal of double liability for state bank stockholders.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Texas
Harris County
Comptroller’s Department
Breeders Surrender Hopes Of Stingless Bees
Washington report on the National Bee Breeders conference notes no solution to a stingless bee. J. F. Hambleton of the Agriculture Department says many bees have evolved to be hand friendly. The piece explains bee sex roles and life cycles as risks of sting avoidance.
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Washington
J. F. Hambleton
Agriculture Department
Texas Farm Averages and Counts in 1935 Census
The Census Bureau reports Texas average farm size in 1935 was 274.6 acres with 501,017 farms totaling 137,597,389 acres. Historical levels show 1850 average 942.5 acres, 1860 590.9, and 1870 onward fluctuating between 350 and 208.4 acres. In 1935, farm counts span sizes from under three acres to over 10,000 acres, including 115,123 farms 50 to 99 acres and 1,591 farms 10,000+ acres.
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Washington
Department of Commerce Census Bureau
Texas
Bureau
Federal veteran disbursements reach billions since Revolution
The federal government's payments to veterans since the Revolutionary War total 21 billion, 827 million, 570 thousand dollars. Separately, it is noted that all but one half of one percent of the earth's surface is composed of eleven chemical elements.
Shaw refuses to shave beard for gas mask defense
London reports Capt. L C Scholtel warns beards hinder gas mask fit and may cost lives in a war scare. George Bernard Shaw declines shaving, mocking masks for style and time saved, while expressing skepticism about their effectiveness.
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London
Britain
L. C. Scholtel
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
WPA Expenditures Drop Under Billion Mark
Washington report shows Works Progress Administration spending for the last six months at about 880 million dollars. Hopkins noted emergency drought-related costs kept a larger drop from the prior periods, with 1936 first half at 1.049 billion and the last half at 1.02 billion.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
WPA
Dreuth
Hopkins
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