NRA payroll reveals $30,000 daily cost for staff
Government records show the NRA’s District of Columbia payroll at $5,055,886 annually with 641 field employees earning $11 to $29.40 daily. Including all staff, average pay is $2,485.68. top figures include Donald Richberg at $14,120 and Elinor Herrick at $7,059.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Senate
Johnson
Blue Eagle
District of Columbia
Congress
United States
General Johnson
Frances M. Robinson
Donald Richberg
Elinor M. Herrick
Ad About Heaven Shocks The Editor’s House
A visiting newspaper man hears a Sunday school child explain she has a Heaven illustrated text card. The editor asks what it is and the girl replies simply that it is an ad about Heaven.
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Heaven
Prohibition No Longer Dominates Election Campaigns
Washington report notes prohibition will not be an issue in the fall elections for Congress. Not a single incumbent facing re election is asked wet or dry questions. Democrats anticipate gains as campaigns shift to veterans pay restoration and other New Deal measures.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Gale Stalker
New York
Stalker
Roosevelt
White House
Bomb in Book Injures Federal Employee at Washington Post Office
A bomb hidden in a book titled Life Among the Lowly exploded in the dead letter division in Washington injuring postal clerk Myrton L. Genung. Messenger William H. Jackson was cut by flying glass. Officials suspect the parcel targeted a Balkan country but offered no city of origin. Genung worked with foreign mail. blast tore his left hand and wrecked the desk. A harmless milk snake is mentioned in the text.
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Washington
Washington Post Office
Myrton L. Genung
Genung
William H. Jackson
Balkan
The Modern St Bernard Dog and Its Noble Origins
A Los Angeles Times authority praises the modern St Bernard as a dignified guardian with a blend of mastiff bloodlines. The piece notes its docile nature, protective instinct, and suitability for families, tracing its origins to monks at the Hospice of St Bernard and crossbreeding with Danish bulldog and Pyrenean mastiff stock.
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Newfoundland
St. Bernard
Los Angeles Times
Alps
Switzerland
Hospice of
Pyrenees
King Tut Not Important in Affairs of Egyptians
A Chicago Tribune writer notes King Tutankhamen’s place in Egyptian history is minor despite global interest in his tomb. He died at eighteen, priests ruled, his mummified body lies in a stone sarcophagus, and the tomb remained undisturbed for 3,000 years before later archaeologists uncovered earlier disturbances.
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Rameses VI
Tut-Ankh
Egypt
Napoleon
Portrait of Ivan the Terrible A Ruling Figure of Russia
A rare British Museum portrait depicts Ivan IV known as Ivan the Terrible. He reigned as Russia's first czar during Elizabethan times. He sought marriage to an English woman but she refused exile. he later wed a Russian princess who limited his cruelty. After her death his passions overwhelmed him and he died among magicians, haunted by the son he killed.
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British Museum
Ivan the Terrible
Elizabeth
Russia
Czar
Caesar
Ivan
Croesus and the Golden River Wealth of Lydia
Croesus of Lydia, ruler in antiquity, famed for vast wealth. Tradition links riches to the Pactolus sands, but historians credit Lydia’s industrious producers and traders. Archeologists estimate landed wealth at about 8 to 9 million dollars.
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Croesus
Lydia
Asia Minor
Pactolus
Washington Water Supply History Before 1859
The town sourced its water from 11 large springs and many small wells. Some remained in use until after the 1905 completion of the first filtration plant. Notable sources were the Congress and Franklin Square springs supplying key federal buildings and the White House.
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Washington
Congress
Franklin Square
McMillan Park
Capitol
Treasury
Post Office
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
State, War and Navy
Washington Post
Island of Monte Cristo hideout linked to Dantes hero
The Island of Monte Cristo lies midway between Corsica and Italy south of Elba, noted as the locale where Edmond Dantes known as a notable figure in Alexandre Dumas' works discovers hidden treasure during Napoleon I's first banishment from France.
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Island of
Monte Cristo
Edmund Dantes
Alexander Dumas
Corsica
Italy
Elba
Napoleon I
France
Jungle Cats Highlight Chicago World's Fair Opening
The Chicago World's Fair opens May 26 with a free animal act featuring 33 lions tigers and pumas led by trainer Allen King as part of the Standard Oil of Indiana exhibit. The fair offers 84 miles of free exhibits including fifteen replica foreign villages and new rail and bus rates with ample auto parking nearby.
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Chicago
Allen King
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Water as Medicine: Fresh Hydration Advice From Dr Ghislain Houzel
The Literary Digest cites Dr Ghislain-Houzel of France promoting frequent water intake as kidney support and stomach cleansing. Hot water is said to ease stomach processes while tepid water strengthens resistance, with a morning hot cup and optional lemon juice. Regular water drinking is claimed to reduce arteriosclerosis and infections.
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Ghislain-Houzel
Parades of Progress in Business and Public Trade
A commentary on how large city businesses fall behind if they fail to adapt to changing public demands. It stresses vigilance to maintain product quality, up-to-date design, and continuous improvement to avoid decline.
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America
Hamilton to be tried for prison guard murder
Raymond Hamilton the desperado will be tried at Huntsville on June 14 in connection with the killing of Major Crowson a prison guard. Lee Simmons Texas prison chief suggested the Huntsville trial before the local one on an armed robbery charge. District Attorney McLaughlin said he hopes to try Hamilton if he does not receive the death sentence at Huntsville. Crowson died after Hamilton and four others were freed from theEast ham state prison farm allegedly by Clyde Barrow.
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Waco
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Huntsville
Major Crowson
Lee Simmons
Texas Prison System
McLennan
Hamilton
West Bank
McLaughlin
Crowson
Eastham
Clyde Barrow
Parade Moves On Leaving Self-Satisfied Behind
A reflective line notes that those content to sit idle fail to keep pace as the parade advances, implying progress favors active effort over complacency. The message warns against resting on laurels and highlights the consequence of inaction.
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Ying
Dentist’s Epitaph Carved in Connecticut Graveyard
A Connecticut cemetery marks a playful tombstone epitaph about a dentist. The inscription reads Do not grieve I am filling my last cavity and invites a smile amid the grave.
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Connecticut
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