Iowa Should Keep Men Trained in Our Schools
A columnist criticizes state policy for underpaying Iowa trained professionals in conservation and psychiatry, arguing graduates leave for other states. The piece cites salaries, state facilities at Iowa institutions, and calls for better funding to retain talent. It also touches wartime road projects costs and a Senate probe into contractors’ profits.
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Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
J. N. (Ding) Darling
Iowa State College
Missouri
Montana
Wyoming
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
The
Conservation Commission
Psychopathic
University of Iowa
Iowa U
State Board of Control
Senate committee to probe Inter-American highway irregularities
The wartime senate investigative committee will review costs on the Inter American Highway built under army supervision. A subcommittee will depart for Central America to inspect the 3356 mile project and return to Los Angeles for public hearings on irregularities, stemming from a 1936 Federal Works Agency offer of two thirds funding.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Central America
Los Angeles
Federal Works Agency
Mexico
Man designs woman's hat wins $109 in radio contest
Homer Platt of Manchester crafted a hat patterned after an artist palette. The design won $109 and sparked banter about men designing hats. The piece ends with praise for daring fashion and a wish that Platt reconsider his last hat.
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Homer Platt
Manchester
Mr. Platt
Platt
When Putting Up Front Seems All-Important It
A weak man explains a theft to a judge, driven by a vain wife who demands jewels and luxuries beyond his small salary. Her coercive manipulation leads to crime as ethics fade under pressure. The tale underscores moral compromise in a marriage.
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FBI
Department of Justice
Silent climbers and social pretenders in small towns
Vignettes critique shallow wealth showy appearances and debt avoidance as a polite theft. The prose contrasts social elects who hide poverty with calls to train underprivileged and criticizes inflated consumer notions amid inflation and geopolitical jabs.
Butch LaGuardia Pressures and Publicity Tactics
The piece lampoons Butch LaGuardia for squeezing publicity from minor events. It notes his refusals to drink a beer in Europe and his habit of turning down newsreels while allowing family photos. It describes him as a roving, commisioned figure with no portfolio and mocks political media behavior.
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Butch LaGuardia
Butch
Europe
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
United States
Balkan
America
United Nations
Labor Taxes Offset Consumer Demand in Business Recovery
Paul Mallon argues that consumer spending remains strong yet cautious, with Sears Roebuck posting a 52 percent sales rise and higher profits while overall industry struggles. He blames unions and tax policy for dampening enterprise and urges a profit-focused approach to sustain growth amid a large federal debt.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Pipeline fame fades as postwar oil lines face fate
Marquis Childs discusses the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines built for World War II. He notes their high cost and wartime use to move fuel to the eastern seaboard, then explains postwar pressure from oil interests to shut them down and label them useless.
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Ashington
Philadelphia
Linden
N. J
Childs
Seaboard
Big Inch
Texas
War Shipping Administration
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Justice
Department
FBI
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
The
National Coal Association
Tito's Yugoslavia under fire over drone attack on U S planes
The piece argues that Yugoslavia under Tito must face strong action after unarmed American planes were shot down. It urges firm U S response to deter further aggression, condemns Moscow alignment, and calls for decisive measures beyond diplomatic protests.
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Ashington
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Tito
Moscow
United States
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav
Truman
Department of State
Europe
Night blindness cures debated by readers
Dr William Brady Le By writes on vitamin use for night blindness citing Aykroyd, then notes vitamins are nutrients not medicines and urges long term daily use. Readers challenge him to publish more cases. letters discuss hernia treatment and hay fever, with skeptical replies on milk mucus and vitamin efficacy.
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Newfoundland
Aykroyd
London
Attorney General Clark Seeks Juvenile Delinquency Conference
Tom C. Clark writes that federal and local efforts must unite to curb juvenile crime. He notes FBI data on youth arrests, outlines a national prevention conference planned for October, and stresses community involvement and ongoing projects beyond the meeting.
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Namce
Drew Pearson
Etley
Tom C. Clarr
The
United States
Clark
Department of Justice
Department
National Conference For the Prevention and
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Mexico City
Mexico - Guatemala
Panama City
Canal Zone
War Department
Senate
Sen. Robertson
Congressional Record
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Robert Quillen
Goethe
Gough
Quillen
Russia
Bugs” Baer
Milwaukee
George Clast
Paul Mallon
Dustry
Motors and Steel
Mercantile House
Sears Roebuck
Mallon
Marquis Childs
By David Lawrence
Lawrence
Washington
Surplus Property Administration
Real Property Disposal Board
War Assets Administration
Wm. Brady
Salute
Miami
Florida
L. B
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Drew
District of Columbia
Tom C. Clark
Attorney General
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