Birthday of HistWorld’s Most Hated Man Hitler
The piece reflects on Adolf Hitler turning 52, tracing his rise from a paperhanger to a tyrant. It weighs his genius and strategic prowess against his brutal totalitarian rule, while noting the indoctrination and terror he enacts. It ends with a somber question about the German public’s zeal and humane impulses.
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Jan Valtin
Corn field could become source for synthetic rubber
The piece discusses a potential shift from rubber trees to corn for synthetic rubber. A Polish refugee chemist in Portugal is rumored to have a method to extract butadiene from alcohol, enabling a gallon of grain alcohol from about 3.5 bushels of corn at 14 cents. Even with optimism, outcomes are uncertain and production may take years, but the idea inspires Iowa farmers as national defense boosts chemurgy.
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Portugal
National Defense
Chemurgy
Iowa
East Indies
Railroads Cut Fare For Military On Furlough Trips
Railroads announce a 10 cent per mile round trip fare for all uniformed army navy marine corps and coast guard personnel traveling on furlough at their own expense. The reduction from current rates and above the World War penny rate shows cooperation with service members, with the new policy set to begin around May 1.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Why Joe Stalin Puffs His Pipe An Imaginary Visit
A mock interview inside the Kremlin portrays Joe Stalin as narrating his wartime strategy with neutrality and humor. He claims to balance Axis and Allies for advantage while predicting Europe and Asia under bolshevik influence, inviting publication of his exact words.
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Assembly adjourns with verdict on vaccination bill
The just adjourned general assembly earned a black mark by defeating the bill mandating compulsory vaccination of school children against smallpox, according to the Mason City Globe-Gazette.
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Mason City Globe- Gazette
Congressmen Favor Unseen Econmies For Districts
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil opines that Congressmen back economies that avoid harming their districts while condemning cuts that would reduce local spending. They call out critics labeling such cuts as false economy and penny-pinching, arguing these moves harm national interests.
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Keeping Prices Down Through Taxes and Forced Loans
Marshalltown Times-Republican advocates wartime price control via tax hikes or forced loans to curb spending and ease demand. The plan aims to restrain prices and build a wartime reserve for workers when employment falls after the conflict.
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Marshalltown
Yugoslavia's Revolt Reflects Mass Sentiment Not Promises
Constantin Fotitch, Yugoslav minister in Washington, said Yugoslavia's rebellion against the Nazi pact grew from popular impulse, not American promises. He added the U S bears responsibility to the Slavs in postwar adjustments, a point the authors note as central to the story.
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Waterloo Courier
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A reflective poem contemplates temptation and self control by a speaker addressing a child. It contrasts four year olds with adults and jokes about resisting candy, castor oil, and other temptations while noting shared human frailty across ages.
Readers debate Soviet Japanese pact risks and aims
Boake Carter argues the Soviet Japanese neutrality pact is a calculated move with limited immediate danger to Britain or the United States. He cites long term Asiatic timelines, Russia and Japan shared goals against Britain, and the emperor's cautious stance under Konoye while Matsuoka maneuvers, noting uncertainty about Berlin's reaction.
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Community clubs and local events highlighted in Gazette file
The West Side Outing club organized on April 19 at Cedar Rapids Windmill office to promote outdoor recreation. A Trinity Methodist vacant lot was acquired for tennis and croquet. Election results list F. E. Howard as president and others as secretary and treasurer. High school orators named for June graduation include Alice Rudd first honors and Lewis Billau second honors. Y M C A officers named with D. W. Stookey as president. Cedar Rapids water rates case ends with court ruling rates unreasonable and case to proceed to supreme court. Belden Hill’s baseball beat Uptown University 9 to 3. Local prices listed for market goods. By George Stimpson.
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A. C. Sayles
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Weyse White
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War doubt voiced by Iowa visitor amid national tension
Washington IA reporter cites Iowa visit to argue the United States is already a participant in the war. He predicts inevitable U.S. involvement and aid to Britain, saying international law means little to Germany and that most officials foresee active military and naval engagement.
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Milk plant output in the United States tops 80 thousand tons
Census figures show dried and powdered skim milk for animal feed produced in U S plants totals about 80 000 short tons annually.
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U. & Plants
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