The Macaulay Letter Shapes a Roaring Political Debate
The piece cites Lord Macaulay’s 1857 letter cited by Roosevelt era critics to frame democratic legitimacy. It questions democracy’s durability, cites Roosevelts call for a centralized White House, and warns of demagogic risks while noting farm policy and neutrality law debates.
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Foppe
Washington
Lord Macaulay
H. S. Randall
New York
Macaulay
Roosevelt
Roanoke Island
N.C
Lord Macaulays
Carolina
Supreme Court
White House
Shanghai Battle Escalates as Chinese Force Attacks
Shanghai endured heavy fighting as Chinese troops pressed toward the water front and Tokyo’s forces faced intensified artillery and air bombardment. Chinese forces attempting to break Japanese lines near Kiangwan and Woosung moved into strategic areas amid evacuations and fires.
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INS
Southern Baptist Mission
International Settlement
Nanking
Garden
K Fell
United States
Japan
Kiangwan
Woosung
Hongkew
Yangtsepoo
Paotung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chapei
Hongen
Maynard area 4-H health champions named
Grover Miche Miehe 17 son of Carl Miehe three miles southwest of Maynard was named Fayette county boys health champion. He is a member of the national champion dairy judging team that competed in England in 1935 and will represent the county at the Des Moines fair health meet next week. Fern Betz was announced as the girls health winner and will also compete at Des Moines.
Sacrifice and Moral Choice Across a Turbulent Life
A reflection on sacrifice contrasts a man abandoning a wife for a lover with a banker betraying trust for money. It argues true sacrifice is choosing good over bad, citing Byron and Huxley to claim living by virtue is hard but worthwhile, while vice costs all. Copyright 1937.
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Huxley
Byron
Tom Moore
Plan to Pass Bill for Jobless Census
President Roosevelt and Democratic leaders move to authorize the first national unemployment census. A Senate measure, amended by the House, would be approved before adjournment, granting the President broad discretion in data collection and relying on self registration.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
House Labor Committee
Wanted Ads Sell Local Produce Fast in Gazette
The Gazette promotes inexpensive Want Ads to sell toma toes sweet corn beans cucumbers potatoes summer squash apples and more. Read results show apples sold 16 bushels and corn 75 dozen ears. Local listings include 2131 K and 3731 0 Ave NW with tomato and other produce offers. Dial 2-1121 to start an ad.
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The
Gazette
Senate bills cap tax loopholes and child labor curb
Senate and house conferees reach a compromise on sugar quota limits and refined sugar imports from Porto Rico and Hawaii. The Wheeler Johnson anti child labor bill would bar interstate shipments of goods made by under 16s. The tax avoidance bill to curb revenue losses was passed. Senate debate notes possible party tensions over crop control and wage hour issues.
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Washington
Senate
House
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Mie
Senate ‘Finance’ Committee
Neo Record Vete
Bridges
N. H
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Harrison
House Democrats
Baseball scores from Philadelphia to Detroit and Boston
Scores show Philadelphia and New York games with pitching by Brecklym and Passeau. American League highlights include Washington versus New York with Ferrells pitching, and Detroit at Chicago with rain ending play.
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Detroit
Chicago
Dust Bowl Greatest Athletic Contest Of Year
In the dust bowl a contest between farmers and grasshoppers is described as the greatest athletic event of the year. The piece notes national optimism with Congress approving twenty million dollars for bird baths and cites rising apartment prices in New York as a sign of prosperity, all dated 1937.
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Congress
New York City
Man Dies By Own Action In Sioux City Home
Henry A. Moler aged 67 a stationary engineer died in his Sioux City home from gas inhalation Thursday police said his wife found him with a towel about his head and a jet open on the gas stove in the kitchen in what lawmen termed death by own action.
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Sioux City
Henry A. Moler
George Fallon
Outside Promoters Take Majority Of Ticket Sales For Jubilee
A Cedar Rapids Negro church Jubilee planned for September 16 uses white out of town promoters who take 75 percent of ticket proceeds. Promoters, aided by three telephones and a roster including a Colorado license holder, North Dakota California and Minnesota men, sell 50 cent admissions and deduct 25 percent to the church. A Negro youth collects money locally for a 10 percent cut.
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Bethel A. M. E. Church
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Evans
Colorado
North Dakota
California
Minnesota
Waterloo
Evans
Diary Reveals Man's 41 Day Fast And Emaciation
An elderly man collapsed in downtown Oklahoma City and was rushed to hospital. A diary found in his shirt tells of a 41 day fast to save money for his family, with entries about pain and dreams of food. He weighed 118 pounds at six feet tall. doctors say recovery is unlikely.
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Oklahoma City
Indiana Cornstalk Challenge Packs Capitol Steps
A 16 foot 10.5 inch Indiana cornstalk from Spencer county visits the U S Senate office building. Senators Minton and Van Nuys joke about rivals while staff carry the stalk to meet colleagues amid light taunts and a staged photo session.
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Washington
Washington (Ap
Indiana
Senate
Spencer County
Peaeter L. Navage
Ind
Sherman Minton
Frederick van Nuys
John W. Boehne, Jr
Savage
Express
Rudd Green
Richard “Dick” Penman
Brazil
Henry Horner
Minton
William H. Dieterich
Iinois
J . van Nuys
Settlement Reached in Velma Rowell Alimony Case
An out of court settlement was reached today in Velma Rowell's bid to collect back alimony from her divorced husband Glenn Rowell, known for the Gene and Glenn radio team.
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Cleveland
Velma Rowell
Glenn Rowell
Gene
Glenn
The Golden Girl novel by Provost and Black
A new romance novel The Golden Girl by Agnes Louise Provost with Ladbroke Black starts serial publication in The Cedar Rapids Gazette next Tuesday August 24. The fast moving tale follows modern youth seeking happiness through romance and adventure.
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Ladbroke Black
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Roosevelt Labor Aide Edward McGrady Plans Resignation
Washington reports Edward F. McGradyAssistant Secretary of Labor and a key labor aide will resign before Labor Day to take a lucrative position with a radio manufacturing and broadcasting company. Close confidants say a formal announcement will follow, ending a volatile tenure marked by labor tensions and limited influence on strike crises.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Labor
Edward F. McGrady
King-Pin
McGready
Sal
McGrady
Department of Labor
Alesch Leads Probe on State Salary and Boiler Plans
Rep. Gus Alesch Marcus launches a retrenchment and reform committee to investigate G W Kirtley s 4500 salary the state planning board and boiler projects at state institutions The panel may question the governor's secretary salary limits and the 3000 allocation from emergency funds while boiler work is held up by the executive council.
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DES -Moines
Gus Alesch
Marcus
Statehouse
G. W. Kirtley
Alesch
Nelson G.‘ Kraschel
Farley to Visit Iowa on Septembers Tour
James Farley national chairman of the democratic party and postmaster general plans visits to Iowa’s First and Second districts on September 9 and 10. He will attend a postmasters convention in Fort Dodge on September 9 and attend a Des Moines dinner that evening hosted by the state democratic central committee.
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Washington
D. C
James Farley
Democratic Party
Iowa
E. C. Eicher
W. 5
Jacobsen
Davenport
Spree
Muscatine
Farley
Des Moines
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
State
Democratic Central Committee
Iowa Farm Hearing Dates Set in Des Moines
The Senate Agriculture subcommittee tentatively fixed October 18 19 and 20 for the Iowa farm hearing in Des Moines and agreed to allow Rep. Eicher of Iowa to present all witnesses he desires.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Pope
McGill
Frazier
Iowa
Des Moines
Rep. Eicher
Mrs. Graves to Assume Toga of Senator Black
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves appoints his wife Dixie Bibb Graves to fill the unexpired term of Senator Black. A special election is set for April 26, 1938, to choose a candidate to serve the remainder of the term.
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Toga
Senator Black
Washington
Hugo
Senate
Supreme Court
Bibb" Graves
Alabama
Dixie Bib Graves
Aes
John H. Bankhesd
Ala
Edward Halsey
Graves
Black
Penate
Jack’s.Jetter
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Bama
Democrats of
Dixie’ Bibb
Hardy man hangs self in Fort Dodge jail
Howard Meyers 40 of Hardy Ja hanged himself with suspenders in a Fort Dodge jail cell Thursday while awaiting trial on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
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Howard Meyers
Hardy, Ja
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