Roosevelt Aide Turnover and Policy Gridlock At Capitol
The piece outlines leadership struggles in Congress with Roosevelt seeking relief funding amid Democratic dissent. It notes Rayburn and Bankhead losing leverage, Chase to Cox as power broker, and broader fears of party splits. It also covers Romanian-German trade talk and a clock-system project at McKinley school, plus property disputes over a shed and park improvements in local school grounds.
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School Board Discusses Buildings and Grounds Tasks
Monday night the school board delegated all major business to J. C. Blodgett and the building and grounds committee. Joe Suma the district engineer was authorized to buy one ton of commercial fertilizer for the high school lawns. The panel referred the issue of electric compressors to replace aging air compressors in the heating system for further study. Suma reported Lincoln school tests show current machines are obsolete and costly with new installations anticipated.
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Corn Refinery Reports Strong 1938 Profit Rise
American Maize Products, a corn refiners firm, posted a 1938 net profit of 502473 dollars or 1.67 a share, reversing 1937's 483612 dollar loss. Donald K. David cited corn price normalization as key. Plant located at Roby, Indiana.
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American Maize Products Company
Donald K. David
Roby
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Nation needs epidemic of Americanism speaker says
Mrs H C Houghton Jr Iowa director of the General Federation of Women's Clubs urged extra funding for J Edgar Hoover's FBI and for Rep Martin Dies committee work at a Linn County Republican Women's club dinner. She warned against many isms, urged pride in Iowa and the United States, and called women to revitalize pioneer spirit and work for peace.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Iowa Federation
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Martin Dies
Committee For
Linn County
Republican Women's Club
Montrose Hotel
United States
Women decide fate of democracy or dictatorship at meeting
Mrs. Houghton urged women club members to choose between dictatorship and democracy, tyranny and tolerance, catastrophe or education, bondage or citizenship, hate or love. She stressed the responsibility rests with them to shape civic life.
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Houghton
Women's Club
Roosevelt May Skip Third Term. Garner and Farley Oppose
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt could win a third term nomination at a convention tomorrow if he sought it but with him out of the race the Democratic ticket would be Garner and Farley. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana conceded Roosevelt could still capture a third term under current circumstances but argued against it.
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President Faces Convention Control Debate Over Factional Transfers
The discussion centers on whether the president can limit the convention’s control by blocking or directing follower transfers to an alternate banner, highlighting concerns about party unity and leadership influence.
Interior Secretary weighs Alaska privately funded refugee colony
Washington officials said Harold L. Ickes is examining a plan to create a privately financed settlement in southern Alaska for Jewish and other European political refugees.
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Alaskan Haven
Washington
of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Alaska
Gas Bloating Relief Adierika Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Adierika to relieve gas bloating and constipation by acting on the stomach and both bowels. It claims quick relief within two hours, non habit forming, and available at leading druggists with phrases about carminatives and cathartics.
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