davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-02-15
WIDESPREAD GAIN
IN REALTY SEEN
One Out of 521 in Typical
County Bought Property
in January.

In typical Middle Western county
Of half a million inhabitants, predom-
inantly urban, one out of every 52l
people bought a piece of real estate
in January. The Home Building and
Home Owning Committee Of the
United States Building and Loan
League gives this evidence of the cur
rent improvement in feeling about
property investments, having gone
into the case of this typical locality
to discover straws in the wind of the
composite 1896 opinion of real estate.
Real estate transfers in the analyzed
area were at the highest point for any
January in the past five years, the
committee points out.
Harold T. Donaldson, chairman OF
the leagues committee, says that this
testimony to real estates returning
popularity and bettered health is
strengthened by other statistics de-
rived from the study of the behavior
of this particular group of 10000
people as represented in their mort
gage institutions as well as their in
dividual performance.
First mortgages recorded showed an
increase of SO per cent in volume over
3 last January. Only 43 of these prop
erty liens, representing $4,000 of the
total $3,800,000 recorded, were by
the Home Owners Loan Corp, and
therefore the vast majority repre-
sented the acuisition of property or
reflnancing of debts for people con-
sidered good enough risks to be taken
on by institutions capitalized by saw
ings and investments.
Mortgages Cancelled during the
month, leaving the owner clear title
to the property. showed likewise the
highest figure for any January in the
past five years.
Evening star., 1936-02-15
Permits

tContinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-02-15
GOODS FOR HOME
SHOW SHARP GAIN
Survey OF Mass Buying In
1885 Made by Life In.
Surance Firm.

One Of the brightest spots In the
retail business picture today Is the
steadily mounting public interest In
things for the home, according to the
year end prosperity goods" survey
Of mass buying made by Northwestern
National Life Insurance Co. Of Min
neapolis.
The report. which covers sales
volume in seven barometric lines of
merchandise for 236 department stores
from coast to coast. showed home fur
niture sales for 1885 to be 146 per
cent ahead of 1884. Electric house.
hold appliances closed the year with
sales totals 13 per cent over 1884 In
the 236 stores studied, while pianos
and other musical instruments, which
have heretofore shown only slight
monthly gains, came to the front in
a burst of December buying which
was 1873 per cent better than Decem-
Der of 1884, pushing total 1885 volume
for this group 8.6 per cent ahead OF
1884 totals.
Sales of furs continued to register
the largest percentage of gain of any
of the seven lines of prosperity
goods" finishing the year 23.1 per cent
above 1884 figures.
Evening star., 1936-02-15
BUILDING. BETTER
IN FIFTH DISTRICT
Permits Total 1861 in De.
cember, 1885, Compared
to | ,A6 Year Previous.

Building permits issued for work
within the corporate limits Of 81 nth
Federal Reserve district cities num-
bered 1861 in December, 1885, with
estimated valuation figures totaling
$4,000, ,507, compared with 1,446 per-
mits issued In December, 1894, for
valuation total Of $1,913,866.
The number of permits in December
increased Is per cent and valuation
figures rose 1875 per cent in compare
son with the figures reported for De-
cember, 1894. Nineteen of the 81
cities reported higher valuation figures
for December than for the cores
ponding month of the preceding year,
but several Of the increases were due
to the very small 1884 figures rather
than to large amounts of work plan
ned last month.
Permits for single large projects
built with Government funds also
accounted for several Of this years
gains. All of the five largest cities,
Baltimore, Washington, Richmond,
Norfolk and Charlotte. reported higher
figures for December, 1885, than for
December, 1884. During the entire
year 1895. permits issued in the 81
reporting cities totaled 27,255, a
higher figure than 2l,443 permits
issued in 1884, and estimated valua.
ton figures last year, totaling $52.-
943,883, exceeded the 1894 total Of
$50, ,S76,s26.
Contracts awarded in December for
construction work in the fifth dis
trict, including both rural and urban
projects. totaled $2s, ,2s4, ,6s3, compared
with $13,698, ,803 awarded In Decem-
ber. 1884. OF the awards in December,
1885, s6,953.028, or 23.7 per cent, was
for residential work, compared with
$l.875,s3s, or 1877 per cent. for this
type Of work in December, 1884. An
nual figures for 1885 on contracts
awarded in the fifth district total
s203, 3,l95, ,274, an increase of e.4tper
cent in comparison with contracts
totaling $185, ,734 awarded in 1884.
A considerable part Of the contracts
awarded in both years was financed by
grants or loans from public funds.
Building valuation in the various
cities in December 1885 and 1894 is
as follows:
Evening star., 1936-02-15
ATTICS PROVE USEFUL

Hundreds of homes throughout the
Nation constructed during the last
two decades include attic space. Since
the inception Of the Federal Housing
Administrations modernization cred
1t plan many property owners have
realized the advantages to be de-
rived from modernizing such space.
A spacious recreation room may be
created through the intelligent use
of any of a number of wall and floor
coverings now available on the mar
ket. Attics may also be transformed
into extra bed rooms" which are
found to be very convenient and use
full in the average home. Such prof.
ects need not run into large sums OF
money.
Evening star., 1936-02-15
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON.

VOW would you like TO WASH your
- hands in the same water so
times a day?
= u We can envision your
wrinkled noses at the very idea. What
a gray and oily mass it would be! And
yet every Winter most of us regularly
use the air in our houses oftener than
that.
Air, according to heating and ven-
tilating engineers, should be changed
as often as possible to bring us the
maximum of comfort and preserve our
health. But if we open our windows
wide and let in the freshness of out
doors we dissipate the precious heat
of our heating equipment.
And, of course, most of us can't af
ford air-conditioning systems" said
one home-owner we know.
Winter Conditioner on Market.
Most of us can-now. There is some
thing new on the market-a Winter air
conditioner that sells for little more
than half the cost of the average me-
chanical refrigerator, exclusive of in
stallation charges. 1t cleans, washes,
humjdifies and circulates air through
out a six-room home.
1t is not room conditioner. Neither
is it the sort of system which requires
tearing out walls and building in ducts.
1t does the trick of keeping the air
within a whole house fit for human
lungs-just thatl
More confusion exists as to what is
air conditioning than in any other
field of modern home equipment. Be-
cause we are used to going to the
movies, where conditioned air Is cooled
at the same time. we assume air con-
ditioning means the same thing as air
cooling. 1t doesn't. Air cooling Is the
last step, the luxurious touch on the
everyday need for pure air. The new
conditioner is designed to accommo-
date the coils and compressor tina. will
cool Summer air, if you wish to add a
cooling unit to it, but it is sold as a
supplement to heat. For it is in Win
ter that our air has more need Of being
conditioned.
Machine Is Compact.
The complete air-conditioning ma
chine comes in a package only q
little larger than an ordinary suit
case. 1t is installed, usually, in the
basement Of house, underneath the
living room floor. 1t is so engineered
in its placing that the current Of air
sent out from the conditioner has the
greatest possible movement through
out the house before it is sucked down
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-03-21
government councils.

government councils.
 Walter Hamilton will re- sign as director of the Con- sumers' Division to accept the Social Security appoint ment. He will be replaced by Clarence Ayers, chair man of the economics de- partment at University of Texas.
 Hamilton is a professor of law and economies at Yale. He was a member of the National Industrial Re- coVery Board and recently has directed a notable ser ies of price studies for a special cabinet committee. His aim is to make a con- structiVe attack on insecur- fly and his job will be to locate weak spots in the present program and to study the problems which it doesn't reach.
 He regards the problem of reducing the volume oI unemployment both i'm peratiVe and as falling with in the federal security pro- grams scope of study.
 Ayers was associated with Hamilton on the Am- herst College staff.
 Thomas Jefferson Coo lidge resigned as under-se(
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-03-21
Behind The Scenes At Washington

Washington, March - Copyright, 1886, by NEA) If gossip nominated presi- dential candidates, Su- preme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts would be as like ly a Republican possibility as anyone.
 There's a choice report going around in rather eX- alted circles that Roberts, asked recently by a friend whether he would accept the nomination if it came to him, replied that no man could duck such responsib- ility.
 Prominent Pennsylvania Republicans are said to be especially interested. Ro- berts was one of them once. Bosses in other eastern stat es also have been thinking about it. Roberts has be- come the hero of anti-NeW Deal forces through his majority opinions against New Deal laws.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-03-21

It cant be said definitely whether Roberts has been sounded out. But no con- Vention will nominate a man unless party leaders are certain in advance of his acceptance.
 In 1916 it was William Howard Taft-not then on the bench-who first ap- preached Justice Charles Evans Hughes. After that George Perkins, the eX- Morgan partner and finan- cial angel to Teddy Roose- velt's Bull Moose campaign did the go-betWeen work with Hughes and the polit- icos.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-03-21

retary of the Treasury not, as most reports said, be- cause of disagreement with Roosevelt's fiscal policies. He quit because he could- Tt get along with Secre- tary Henry Morgenthau, who, it has been said, tends sometimes to become arro- gant and difficult.
 Assistant s e CT e { a r y Chip" Robert quit after certain suggestions. Prac- tically all his former duties had been taken away. Coolidge's resignation leaves Asst Secretary Jose phine Roche, who has noth- ing to do with fiscal affairs, as the person with the most ability in the Treasury. Roosevelt runs the Treas ury from the White House & under him the secretary will always be a shadow man.
 The source of Roosev2lt's advice in Treasury affairs is rather 3 mystery, but the most likely suspect is Re- serve Board Governor Mar riner $. Eccles.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-03-21

The Social Security Board is about to acquire an econ- omic adviser who will study it's vast program in opera tion. and consumers will have still another cham pion to represent them in
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-03-21

Thomas Jefferson Coo- lidge resigned as under-sec
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03
CONTRACT BRIDGE
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS
By E. v. SHEPARD
Famous Bridge Teacher
Famous Bridge Teacher

before letting East in and declarer
scored 5-odd at no trumps. instead
Of scoring 5-odd in his minor suit.
This 5-Odd al no tr,l;lps meant
tie for top score
When East took his @ OF spades he
led back a low diamond and dummy's
] won, just as ultimately il would
have won had Fest led the X of dia-
monds and declarcr had won with
his Ace and led ;he suit back. Five
odd also were scored this way as an
added spade trick was given declarer
somewhere along the line Of play
The best defensive lead proved 10
be the fourth best diamond. holding
North down TO 4-odd at no trumps
or 5-odd at clubs. If the 6 Of dla-
monds is led win the trek with
dummy's J. There will r. ~ five
club tricks, forcing East 20 make
three discardS from spades Then
three heart tricks will be run. fore
ing both declarer and East 10 dis
card a single card Ii2cIarer must
let go his lowest SPADE East should
let go the 10 Of diamonds In the
end East will win two tricks In
spades and a single diamond trick
or vice versa. holding the score down
to 4-odd. but giving derIarer next TO
top score. which will be better than
he would have scored by making
game at clubs
The few North players who bid s.
Clubs just fulfilled their contracts.
with one exception In that case no
trumps had not been bid Instead of
leading the K Of diamonds. East led
the Ace Of spades That gave North
Code at clubs. but he scored less
Than those who made only l-o'd at
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03

the skin might dilate so that most
Of the blood in the body was stag
mated there. and the consequent re-
frigeration would drop our tempera-
lures TO the point where life would
be extinct.
Indeed, occasionally we see exam
Piles of the paralysis of this system.
as when a man receives heavy blow
in the abdomen and goes into con-
dition known as shock, with pro-
fuse, clammy perspiration. deadly
pallor Of the entire surface. feeble
rapid. heart beat. and unconscious
ness If death occurs not single
injury can be found in any internal
organ to account for it. He had
died a physiological death from pa
ralysis of his automatic nervous sys-
tenn.
A famous example. which made the
system familiar to the newspaper
readers of my youth. was when Fitz-
simmons hit Corbett in the solar
plexus. The solar plexus Of eanglia
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03
Testing Control OF Bodys
Automatic Nervous System

is part of the automatic nervous
system
Sweating Is One Test
It is well that we have some tests
to determine the efficiency of this
controlling body. They are based on
two or three Of the most important
functions Of the automatic nervous
system. One is control Of sweating.
1t is possible to test very delicate
ly the degree and amount of sweat
ing in the body by painting the skin
blue The patient is then put into
heat cabinet which has an environ
mental temperature Of 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. In the presence Of mois-
ture the blue stain is changed to red.
and the contrasting colors give a
graphic representation of the amount
and location Of sweating.
For instance, there is condition
in which the blood pressure falls with
changes Of posture. In these patients.
occurs only on certain small areas of
the skin surface, and this is undoubt-
eddy associated with irregular dila-
ton of the blood vessels Of the body
surface.
Another test Of measuring the eff
ficiency Of dilatation or construction
of the small blood vessels is called
the cold presser test. One hand is
immersed above the wrist in ice wa
ter for one minute. Reading of the
blood pressure in the opposite arm is
taken every Is seconds. An increase
in the blood pressure should occur.
After the arm is removed from the
water the blood pressure should re-
turn to its normal level within two
minutes.
These. with several other tests.
have been devised to give US infor-
nation about that important regula-
tor of our functions. the automatic
nervous system. M
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03

is part of the automatic nervous
system
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03

8 y S I e m That
works while we
sleep and adj
justs all the in
ternal functions
Of the body so
that they will
work smoothly.
If it were not
for this series
Of nerve gang
liza we would be
mixed UP In
d e e d--our d.
gestive system
might begin to
move the wrong
w a y: all t b e
hind vessels in
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03
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At many tables the bidding went
South. 1-Heart; North, 2-Clubs: East
2-Spades: South. 3-Clubs; North. g.
No Trumps.
Usually the opening lead was the
5 of spades. Dummy's 9 won the
trick. a return lead of spades gave
East his @ of spades. capturing the
10. When East refused to take his
@. two spades three hearts. five clubs
and a single diamond trick were run
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03

By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.
WE SPOKE yesterday Of our won
Gerful secondary nervous system. not
part of the brain and spinal cord
and ordinary nerves. but the nervous
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-03
NO TRUMPS IN DUPLICATE

AS A RULE a 5-card trump suit
wins single trick more than an
equally good no trump call. There
fore. a major suit call going game
scores more than a bare game at
no trumps, but bare no trump game
scores more than a minor suit game.
These facts are very important. par
ticularly in duplicate play when game
may be made in either suit or no
trump calls, or only at no trumps.
The deal shown we'll illustrates the
advantages Of the no trump over
the minor suit make
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
A Managed Gold Currency"
Cincinnati Enquirer

PEE. (Clnc1nnati Enqurer)
DR. w. Randolph Burgess, Vice President of the
New York Federal Reserve Bank, made important
contribution to clear thinking monetary matters
his address to the Public Affairs Institute at Char
lottesville Va. Denying that central banking
system has real control" credit he described its
powers influences" credit, and not particu
larly effective influences at that But there is always
an element of management in the currency system,
he said whether it is based directly gold not.
This latter point is of particular interest just now
nasmuch the Democrats have taken their stand for
managed currency backed by, gold and the Re-
pubicans cautiously for return to the gold standard
This country has had for years considerable
amount of currency management" Dr. Burgess
pointed out THE advocates of a so-called managed
currency frequently confuse the issue by contrasting
the proposal they advocate which fluctuating gold
value for the currency with what they term the old
fashioned automatic gold standard 1t should be noted
that ever since the Federal Reserve Act was passed
this country has not had automatic money sys-
tenn"
The real choice, he concluded, is not between a
managed currency and an automatic gold standard,
but between management with the limits of gold con-
vertibility and management outside those limits Al
though Dr. Burgess indicates mild preference for
the strcter system which makes the currency
tibe into gold, the main point of his remarks is the
fact that the currency will have to be managed in
any event. To that end, it would be wise to establish
sound control money and credit in the interest
of a stable currency.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30

national party An officially designated representa-
tive of the New York Republican Assembly stated
recently in a radio address, and use his own words
There no such thing social security in this world
of today.
There is in mincing words. 1t must be
clear that any movement for unemployment insur-
ance is impossible unless all the States are on an
equal plane of minimum standards of cost pro-
vided by the Wagner Social Security Act President
Roosevets program is the most humane, the most
beneficial measure lifetime Are to allow it
to be hog tied and killed by the forces of merci-
less reaction9 Let also cast eyes to other
tries of the world"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
Alaska
Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Seattle acknowledgement
Perhaps dwell too much upon our Northern
Empire.
But here few reasons for insistence:
Records of goods exchanged between this problem
child and her proud parent are being smashed.
Likewise the human freight of tourists
Also, she's to have a great air base to hold the
umbrella over her progentor-the States"
PROBABLY two air bases-one near Fairbanks the
other somewhere in the far curved swing of the
Aeutians.
This will make the view from west windows
more enjoyable, less tnctured with apprehension
And here's an item that might day mean
something to our presently opulent beltline
Potatoes planted in Alaskan soil on May Is fruc-
titled and placed their precious succulent little spud
children the tables of Territorians on July 49,
just sixty days later Almost uninterrupted Northern
summer sunshine performs the miracle of growth
When Nature is so kind just south of the Arctic
Circle, perhaps most of worries thousand fiji
teen hundred miles nearer the equator are-we just
phantasmS conured by regrets for meals missed
and not likely to be missed, matter what pressure
groundess forebodings exert against our pneumo-
gastric nerves
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
DAILY LESSONS
IN ENGLISH Fl
By w. l.. Gcr'on

Words Often Misused 30 not
say Il wish to settle my bills be-
fore I 60" Say, Il wish to pay
my bills" e8r
Often Inexperienced: Enumer-
ate. Pronounce the second syllable
new, not moo.
Often Mispronounced: Neces-
essary; one c, two SIS. az
Synonyms: Merely, only, sim
ply, solely, rarely.
Word Study: use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by MASTER
ing one word each day. Today's
word: Premonitory; giving warn
ing beforehand. "Premonitory signs
made them fearful of the conse-
quences.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
Studying The Co-Operatives
louisville Courier-JournaD

The Federal commission to study the cooperatives
abroad has sailed Its obvious purpose is to ascertain
whether their various methods of organization and
operation offer any Improvements that be adopted
to the advantage of American cooperatives. That is
intelligent action. Common sense always obtains all
the benefit it from the experience of others
Business, art and the professions learn wherever
there is something to learn but doubtless campaign
calumny will discover in this expedition the intent of
importing alien ideas to contamnate pure American
ISM although there rarely is day when no Euro
pean Chinese Japanese commission is here
studying American methods e'a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
LABOR AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Governor Landon in his acceptance speech ir
Topeka made the following statement on labor:
The right of labor to organize means to
me the right of employees to join any type of
union they prefer, whether it their
plant their craft or their industry. 1t means
that, in the absence of union contract
employe has an equal right to join a union
or to refuse to join union
The labor plank adopted by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in Philadelphia reads
We have given the army of Americas in
dustral workers something substantial
than the Republicans dinner pail full of prom
ises. We have increased the workers pay
and shortened his hours; we have undertaken
to put an end to the Sweated labor of his wife
and children; have written into the law of
the land his right to collective bargaining and
self-organization free from the interference of
employers we have provided federal machn-
putes
We will continue to protect the worker and
we will guard his rights, both as wage
Garner and consumer, in the production and
consumption of all commodities including coal
and water power and other national resource
products.
The worker has been returned to the road
to freedom and prosperity. We will keep him
that road
Is there any wonder that workers of 90 craft
and trades and officials of AZ international unions
have pledged themselves to the reelection of Presi
dent ROOSEVELT
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-07-30
MODERN
ETIQUETTE
Ry Roberta Lee

@. When person is staying at
a hotel hasn't he the liberty to re-
buke an employee for impudence
or some negligence? ~
( A. No; a far better plan is To
make complaint to the clerk at
the desk n
@. When do business people u.s.
ually make their social calls? g
A. During the evening or on
Sunday afternoon. I
@. What is the most important
feature of the correct dinner ia
BILE?
A. Simplicity above everything
else. Flamboyant decorations are
vulgar