Roosevelt Churchill talk masks British aid flaws
Rep J Sumner cites U S steel shortages while Britain uses lease lend to supply home and South American markets. June issue of The British Export Gazette lists export items available now including aluminum wire, highlighting U S aid benefiting Britain over American needs.
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Jessie Sumner
Illinois
England
Home Office
U. S
Britain
South America
British Export Gazette
Roosevelt
Churchill
What If Assassinations Changed History
The essay muses on how prominent and lesser figures felled by assassination altered events. It cites Archduke Ferdinand, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, King Alexander, various presidents, czars, Caesar, and others, arguing most changes would have occurred anyway while noting the fascination of counterfactual history.
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Kiichiro Haranuma
Archduke Ferdinand of
Austria
Sarajevo
Ferdinand
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Alexander
Yugoslavia
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Ickes Takes a Rest in Olympic National Park
The piece notes Secretary Ickes is vacationing at Mount Olympus area in Washington. It quips about an Ickesian Zeus with thunderbolts and rationing gas while praising the rest. It warns locals to expect forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
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Ickes
Mount Olympic National Park
Washington
Mount Olympus
Ickesian
Pacific Northwest
Public Employee Pay Raises Considered on Individual Merits
Officials argue pay requests from city county and state workers must be judged on their own merits and not by blanket policy. The message notes rising living costs and wage pressures as private industry wages climb and public staff attract other jobs.
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Iowa
Bill White Warns GOP as Sandburg Essay Sparks Debate
Kansas writer Bill White of Emporia issues a sharp warning to Republicans over foreign policy and wartime readiness. He argues leaders must avoid the Quisling route and warns of voter backlash if jobs are pursued over country. The piece contrasts White with Kansas farm conference tensions and national party dissent.
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White
John Bunyan
Kansas
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Tower of Babel
Bill White
See Power Lesson Warns Japan In Atlantic Conference
Col Frederick Palmer argues the Roosevelt Churchill meeting signals the power of British and American sea power to Japan. He emphasizes Admiral Toyoda's role as foreign minister and naval officer, noting sea control as decisive for Japan and likening outcomes to Britain's WWII Atlantic struggle.
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Col
Frederick Palmer
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt Churchill
Japan
Teijiro Toyoda
Hitler
Mussolini
Tokio
Hawaii
Australia
Cape Town
Admiral Toyoda
Britain
Atlantic
China
Indo-China
Toyoda
Admirals Stand Firm in Japan's World View
The piece argues Japanese admirals cling to cohesion, warns a naval threat if oil and aircraft shipments to Vladivostok are blocked, and contrasts army discipline with sea power. It posits Japan may seek peace with the Allies if Axis plans fail and notes Toyoda's influence as a stabilizing force in government.
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Japan
Vladivostok
Washburn county uses grubstake plan to curb relief needs
Wisconsin reporter describes Washburn county’s cooperative grubstake food insurance program. Agencies from federal to county level align to help rural families grow and store a year’s supply of dairy meat vegetables and fruit, aiming to reduce reliance on relief and boost health and morale despite poverty and high tenancy.
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Mr. Rowlands
Washburn County
Rowlands
Sorden
Board of Supervisors
Commissioners
Wisconsin
FSA
Vocational Ag
Madison
Federal Relief Agency
Oregon
Idaho
Iowa
Washburn
Rowlands and
Iowa Press Views on Economy and Willkie Gallantry
The Iowa press comments on federal spending and economic policy, criticizing Uncle Sam for a continuing defense spree and debt, urging belt tightening. They also discuss Willkie's conduct after his defeat, praising his gallantry since last fall.
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Sam
Mason City Globe Gazette
Is in the Army of Edgar A. Guest
Poem notes a mother’s pride as her son joins the army and endures training. The speaker reflects on discipline, duty, and the personal growth gained from military service. Letters from service help family morale as the son becomes stronger and more resolute.
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Edgar A. Guest
Mother
Iowa Lawmakers Weigh Tax Plans and Draft Extension
Iowa Senator Clyde L. Herring presses installment tax payments amid tax bill debates while Senator Guy M. Gillette fights against farm program changes and urges veto of a wheat and cotton provision. Eight of nine Iowa House members opposed the selective service extension. a close 203-202 vote underscored divided opinion.
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Congress
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Senate Finance Committee
Herring
Gillette
Washington
Wickard
House of Representatives
Albert G. Rutherford
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Capitol
Rep
W. S. Jacobsen
Vincent Harrington
Sioux City
Latin America
Fred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Local Democratic Committee and Civic Notes From Linn County
A Linn County Democratic meeting on August 13 selected district leaders John M. Terry G W Smith and George Redmond in the First District M W Courtney of Marion in the Second and A Huston of Wallacek in the Third A W Porterfield of Atlantic was named grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias at Cedar Rapids Grand Lodge C Fordyce of Cedar Rapids sought grand trustee. A Pullman hotel fire on August 15 left the building unusable. Mrs Mary Winter of Cedar Rapids became grand senior of the Rathbone Sisters at the Knights of Pythias state convention. Herbert Rugh received a barge party Aug 14 as he moved to Racine Wis about forty youths attended dancing aboard the steamer Parlor City Mercantile Co plans a general store in the C S P S building via M Bugenstein.
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Linn County
John M. Terry
G. W. Smith
George Redmond
M. W. Courtney
Marion
Gaits A. Huston
Walleek
Frank W. Porterfield
Atlantic
The
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
C. Fordyce
Grand
Mary Winter
Rathbone Sisters
Grand Temple
Herbert Rugh
Racine, Wis
Switzerland All Bunkers and No Fairway Says Baer
Baer claims Switzerland is all bunkers and no fairway as a joke about its defenses and history. He notes Swiss thrift, mountain terrain, and the legend of William Tell to illustrate the country’s rugged identity.
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Switzerland
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