Mussolini Says Italians Ready to Wait for Tunisia France Suez
The essay notes Mussolini's Friday statement that Italians are ready to wait for fulfillment of claims on Tunisia, Jibati, and the Suez canal, with fascists thinking in terms of decades. It argues patience as a contrast to rising impatience among other ideologies and hopes Hitler is impressed.
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Europe
Mussolini
France
Tunisia
Jibati
Suez Canal
Il Duce
Roman Empire
Adolf
Medicine turns hopeful eyes on the chemist
A Ponca City doctor reports sulfapyridine showing promise in treating infantile paralysis in a 9 year old girl. The drug, released for general use recently, also shows potential for pneumonia and influenza meningitis. Researchers emphasize cautious optimism amid tentative results. The Rockefeller Foundation notes chemotherapy could herald major advances as chemical compounds target diseases. International efforts and U.S. funding could expand this field in coming years. The aim is specific chemical cures for widespread maladies, with sulfanilamide representing a hopeful lead.
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Ponca City
Okla
Rockefeller Foundation
Germany
Great Britain
Medical Research Council
United States
Sulfanilamide Research Sparks Optimism for Medical Breakthroughs
The passage notes many sulfanilamide derivatives already synthesized by German chemists, with over a thousand variants awaiting testing. It contrasts cautious scientific judgment with lay optimism that future chemists will yield dramatic cures within decades to protect people from war and accidents.
Iowa Wins First in 1938 Traffic Safety Contest
A 1939 reflection on Iowa’s top finish in the 1938 national traffic safety contest, praising the Iowa State Safety Council, county councils, patrol, and police departments. Mentions Mason City leader Earl Hall and Dr H W Morgan for testing drunk driving, Cedar Rapids’ city program, Linn County safety efforts, and broad community support. Urges ongoing action to improve street safety and notes satirical lines about Roosevelt and Chamberlain.
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Iowa
National Safety Council
Iowa State Safety Council
State Highway Patrol
State Highway Commission
Mason City
Earl Hall
State Safety Council
Safety Council
H. W. Morgan
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Safety Council
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
End of Spanish War Looms as Bonus March Ahead
Commentary notes the closing of Spain related conflicts and anticipates the Bonus March agenda. Mentions First Lady stating she has no plan to run for president, signaling political tempo as headlines shift to domestic policy and veterans’ issues.
Notable quotes collection prompts debate on culture and politics
A compilation of remarks from figures like Yvonne Arden, Dr Ralph W Lockman and Norman Davis covers cynicism about American culture, defense of Roumania, warnings to Germany Italy, views on music and leadership roles, and reflections on Palestine yielding a mosaic of 1930s public sentiment.
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Tommy
Yvonne Arden
Mrs. Manville
Ralph W. Lockman
Amana farm exemption clash in Iowa politics
Washington Iowa lawmakers wrestled with farm program limits affecting the Amana society. A $2500 cap on payments sparked a party line scramble as Rep Martin dodged a trap linking parity support to the exemption. Senate leaders and party colleagues weighed exemptions while broader farm policy drifted.
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Ashington
Amana Society
Peter Stuck
Guy Gillette
Tom Martin
Iowa City
Gillette
Martin
House of Representatives Committee On Agriculture
Marvin Jones
Texas
Buth
Fred Gilchrist
Laurens
Iowa
Agriculture Committee
Clifford Hope
Kansas
Jones
Agriculture Department
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
August Andresen
Minnesota
Cannon
Andresen
Senate
House
Clyde Herring
Herring
Agricultural Committee
John Gwynne
Waterloo
House Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Years Ago Compiled From The Gasetti File
James J. Hruska compiles a retrospective from the Gasetti Filey, recounting notable events and人物 from past years with archival notes and period context.
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James J. Hruska
Wounded in Manila and local war news shift
SAD MESSAGES FROM SPANISH WAR FRONTS reports Howard, son of Mr and Mrs T C Howard, wounded at Manila after enlisting in the Twenty second Infantry. Private Will Rudisill dies in Cuba hospital from typhoid fever. Almon S Reed returns home from Cuba. A A Quint also arrives home. Local residents note spring travels and community events amid market figures and train incident.
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Iil Howard
T. C. Howard
Fifth Avenue
Manila
Twenty-second Infantry
Fortyninth Iowa
Cuba
Savannah
A. A. Quint
New York Day by Day on Sixth Avenue Park Growth
Charles Driscoll surveys a transformed Sixth Avenue as spring arrives. Parks, parkways, and green spaces built by Robert Moses replace dumps and a swamp near Van Cortlandt Park. He notes palm Sunday crowds, renewed recreation spaces, and a shift in city life toward open air and play, contrasting city rebuilders with earlier losses of light and air.
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Moses
Robert Moses
Jerusalem
van Cortlandt Park
Broadway
Harlem River
Central
New York
Hudson
Sidney Lanier
Glyn
Sawmill
Westchester County
City Hall
Dee
Hudson River
Jacob Riis
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Walter Huston
Actor
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Gazette
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Tennessee
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Farley
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Harrington
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Carrie Soutter
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Ferry Hall
Lake Forest, Ill
Frank Filip
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League of American Wheelmen
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W. J. Konvalinka
Travelers Protective Association of America
Clifton Hotel
Bert R. Day
Henry W. Schlicting
B. B. Oliver
C. H. Cogswell
E. R. Burkhalter
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P. M. Plumb
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Fred S. Pettit
P. M. Munger
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