Iowa General Assembly Finishes With Notable Accomplishments
The 49th Iowa general assembly closed amid a compact record of progress. Key actions include no new taxes, tax valuations set at 60 percent, revised state accounting, higher old age pensions, a new state office building, and education boosts. Redistricting reduced congressional districts from nine to eight with little disruption, and senatorial districts were revised for the first time in 55 years. A library unit for the University of Iowa and a replacement agricultural engineering building for Iowa State were approved. A $50,000 defense industry lobby was funded, a home guard authorized, and voting rights guaranteed for guardsmen.
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Cedar Rapids
Price Control: New Office Aims to Stabilize Costs
The piece notes public concern over price spirals and outlines the functions of the new Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply led by Leon Henderson. It aims to prevent profiteering, curb hoarding, boost civilian production, and ensure equitable distribution during the emergency while acknowledging skepticism and political friction.
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Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Opera Destruction in Berlin Echoes War’s Bitter Toll
The Berlin State Opera House was destroyed by British bombs in a wartime raid. The piece recalls Tannhauser Meistersinger and Die Walkure once performed there and notes the broader toll of Nazi raids across Europe. It frames the bombing as a form of primitive justice echoed by Coventry Birmingham Bristol and London.
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Berlin
Tannheuser
Die Walkure
England
R.A
Coventry
Birmingham
Bristol
London
Quillen on War News and Propaganda in a Turbulent Era
Robert Quillen reflects on wartime ethics and propaganda, accusing Germany and Japan of exploiting greed in China and abroad. He warns American business and media against capitulating to Nazi influence, urges defense production, and critiques consumer culture and complacency in a nation facing global threats.
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Hina
China
Japan
Germany
Hitler
America
South America
Sean Dies
Akeeen Eens Aa
Ani Igue
Europe
Asia
The Three Steps on the Stair of Man’s Growth
Dr Joseph Fort Newton discusses a biblical progression from servant to friend to son as three steps on the stair. He argues that serving God elevates life, friendship deepens trust, and sonship grants power to become the people the world awaits, shaping wisdom mercy and peace.
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God
St. Paul
Jesus
Abraham
St. John
News Behind the News on War Trends and Global Strategy
The piece surveys looming global strategies as Nazi advances in the Balkans threaten the Mediterranean gateway. It notes potential Gibraltar pressure, Salonika’s capture enabling Rhodes raids, and Suez disruption. It discusses American resolve, Greenland bases, and Lindbergh’s objections. It also includes Q and A on gender wage bias and child drawing tests as indicators of future school success.
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Salonika
Rhodes
Suez
Syria
Iraq
Mosul
India
America
Press censorship and the British battleship incident
A column analyzes government requests for voluntary press and radio suppression amid wartime tensions. It notes a British battleship with a large hole arriving at an Atlantic port and the mixed media response, arguing for selective, less rigid censorship and highlighting the contradictions of rhetoric versus official stance in a nation at war in practice.
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Roe
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Atlantic
German Library of Information
Berlin
Coast Guard
Fenny
Navy Yard
United States
Wiggam on war motives and aggressive nations
Albert E Wiggam argues that wars are driven by selfish aims of aggressor states. He cites Hitler Mussolini Japan and Russia as examples of conquest seeking motives, noting publics resist war until propagandized by leaders.
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United States
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Belgium
France
Mussolini
Russia
Finland
Japan
Manchuria
China
Gold Medal Haarlem OB Capsules Ad
Kidney trouble symptoms include burning passage backache and leg cramps. A 35 cent package of Gold Medal Haarlem OB Capsules is advertised to flush poisons and relieve bladder irritations and nighttime urination. Refuse substitutes and use as directed.
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Haarlem
Move to mass production of light and medium tanks
The source notes a significant wartime step with expected production of 10 to 29 tanks daily. It suggests this is where German forces are likely to be encountered first and mentions immediate use by the British in Egypt.
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Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Egypt
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