Reading Iowa News on Housing Plans and Education Proposals
The article surveys Iowa figures and national policy talks. It cites Herring backing a privately financed housing corporation for Des Moines with government guarantees. It notes Governor Kraschel at a Jackson Day dinner and quotes Dr. Robert M Hutchins urging stronger US education to preserve truth and freedom amid rising authoritarian rhetoric.
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Congress
Des Moines
Forner
Uncle Sam
Kraschel
Wallace
Ohers
Henry
Mr. Roosevelt
Administration Wins On Farm Bill Power Shift to Wallace and President
Congress reversed an earlier move on mandatory corn loans and voted to grant the President and Secretary of Agriculture broad discretionary powers under the farm bill. The House defeated parity-price loan provisions 113 to 81 while approving a late amendment centralizing loan decisions with the executive officials. Senate action appeared unlikely this week as leaders warned of a delayed vote.
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House
Roosevelt
Wallace
Administration
Senate
O ° Mahoney
Wyoming
O’mahoney
Jevel
Lucas
Wlinois
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Barkley
Patman
Dies
Texas
Rankin
Mississippi
Nichols
Oklahoma
McClellan
Arkansas
Short
Missouri
Bronson Alcott Echoes On Living And Learning
In a 1937 column Franklin Newton recounts Bronson Alcott visiting a Concord school and challenging pupils with the question What are you here for The student reply We are here to learn how to behave Alcott replies To be and to have He urges that life is a school of behavior where character must be carved from life with labor and love
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Hutchins
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Russia
Aving
Frank Sanborn
Bronson Alcott
Concord
Louisa
Alcott
Sanborn
School of Life
Cummings to Seek Grand Jury Action in Auto Antitrust
Attorney General will pursue grand jury action over anti-trust cases against major automakers and their finance affiliates. Government previously sought settlement by forcing divestiture of finance arms. talks with Ford GM and Chrysler failed as exclusive contracts are cited as unfair trade practices.
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Washington
INS
Cummings
Department of Justice
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
No Alarm Needed As Beer Parlor Fire Quelled By Voice
In Minneapolis AP report Joe Sherman found no response on the phone so he stepped outside and cried out loudly. Neighbors within four blocks heard him and so did firemen at a nearby station. They extinguished the blaze.
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Minneapolis
Joe Sherman
Priest Kidnapped in China Sparks U S Protest
The state department revealed the kidnapping of American Catholic priest Rev. Syprian Frink of Mount Carmel Hawaii by Chinese bandits. The United States lodged an immediate protest and demanded his release from the Chinese government.
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Washington
INS
Syprian Frink
Mount Carmel
State Department
United States
Brookings urges repeal of the profits tax
The Brookings Institution calls for outright repeal of the undistributed profits tax in a report disputing President Roosevelt's equity claim. Based on 1,560 corporations, the study says the tax worsens recession and harms small and medium firms, especially new or recovering companies. Dr Slade Kendrick of Cornell and Senator Steiner of Oregon contributed.
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Washington
INS
Brookings Institution
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Slade Kendrick
Cornell University
Steiner
Oregon
Truce Planned To Save Nanking Report
News reports from Nanking and Shangh ai describe rumors of a truce to spare the evacuated capital as Chinese and Japanese forces pause under the city walls. Speculation centers on Chiang Kai Shek’s potential departure and a possible political shift if peace negotiations gain traction.
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China
Japan
Nanking
Chiang
Een
Nanking Residents Under Fire as Chinese Defenses Harden
Chinese troops blasted bridges and leveled village walls in Nanking eastern suburbs to deny cover to Japanese attackers. The capital awoke to artillery as authorities kept order and civilians moved toward a semi safety zone amid advanced defense preparations.
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Nanking
Evacuation Urged From beleaguered Nanking
Shanghai AP reports Japanese officials warned all foreigners and Chinese non combatants to evacuate Nanking quickly amid the siege.
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Shanghai
Nanking
15 Percent Freight Rate Boost Sought By Truckers
The Interstate Commerce Commission hears railroads plea for a 15 percent rate increase and truckers assert they deserve a matching rise. Chester G Moore of American Trucking Associations says a 15 percent truck rate hike could yield about 75 million dollars in new revenue this year. Harry S Brown of the Intercoastal Ship Operators notes water lines will seek higher rates after rail charges are settled.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chester G Moore
American Trucking Associations, Inc
Harry S Brown
Intercoastal Ship Operators
Brown
Intercoastal Steamship Freight Association
Maritime Commission
ICC
Christmas Gift Idea For Subscriptions
A suggested ideal Christmas gift featuring a subscription with an appropriate Christmas card included. The note highlights gifting potential and seasonal presentation for recipients.
Man Back Into Ape Says Harvard Scholar At Banquet
Dr Earnest Albert Hooten of Harvard warned at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers banquet that modern life risks reversing evolution. He urged focusing on human biology over mechanical science to avoid creating fewer criminals and more peaceful, brainy human beings.
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R.’ Lal
New York
INS
America
Earnest Albert Hooten
Harvard University
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Hotel Astor
Edgewood Banker Sentenced for Embezzlement in Iowa
Gaughen, a former Iowa legislator and Edgewood bank official, received a year and a day in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling 39610 from Community Savings Bank of Edgewood. His assets valued 17000 to 18000 were noted in partial repayment. He resigned January 26 and was arrested October 25 in Washington, D C.
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Edgewood Bank
Gaughen
Jona
Edgewood
Washington, D. C
Sioux City
Forty
Iowa General Assembly
Delaware County
North Bend
Neb
Iowa
Greeley
Drop Plan to Take Holdings of Stars in United Artists
Hollywood investors Samuel Goldwyn and Alexander Korda will not exercise their option to buy three United Artists units from Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. Insiders cite insurmountable legal complications and demand for $1,250,000 cash plus $750,000 in preferred stock as stalling factors.
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Hollywood
INS
Samuel Goldwyn
Alexander Korda
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
United Artists
Goldwyn
Korda
United Artists Corporation
Charles Chaplin
Miss Pickford
Fairbanks
Cow Dies After Eating Hazardous Roughage in Kansas
Lew Wenger in Sabetha Kansas reported his cow died after a post mortem found it had eaten cinders a pint of nails staples tacks wire and slate. The incident highlights dangers of contaminated feed and intentional or accidental hazards in grazing areas.
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Sabetha
Kan
Lew Wenger
Probe Sought Into Wilkerson by Congress
Washington AP report says Senator Truman urged House Judiciary Committee to investigate Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson of Chicago over the 1925 28 Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad receivership. Evidence cited suggests Wilkerson privately reviewed reorganization plans and opposed bondholder intervention. The inquiry aims to determine possible impeachment considerations.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
House Judiciary Committee
James H. Wilkerson
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Truman
Senate Railroad Finance Investigating Committee
Wilkerson
Judiciary” Committee of the
House
Paul D. ‘Cravath
Kuhn
Loeb‘ & Co
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Shaw
Edwin S.S. Sunderland
Guaranty Trust Company
Guaranty
Bondholders Committee
Lindbergh Sought As Midwestern G O P Presidential Candidate
Philadelphia Daily News reports middlewestern Republican leaders discuss Col. Charles A Lindbergh as a potential presidential candidate. They see his image as a serious businessman who could attract support, while some say Roosevelt’s approach failed and Lindbergh could lead the ticket.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Daily News
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lee Elmaker
the News
Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Elimaker
Roosevelt
Ickes Warns Of Fascism Threat To U S
Secretary Harold Ickes warned that fascism poses a threat to the United States and constitutional rights. Speaking at an American Civil Liberties Union dinner, he urged preparedness against totalitarian inroads and likened fascism to the Ku Klux Klan as a danger to democracy. He called out nations and domestic elements undermining liberty.
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New York
Harold L. Ickes
United States
American Civil Liberties Union
Ku Klux Klan
Ickes
America
KKK
Mystery illness strikes infants at St Elizabeths hospital
Chicago health officials convened at City Hall as 11 infants died and eight remained ill with a diarrhea like malady. Four of the eight affected were reported in critical condition while the others showed slight improvement.
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Chicago
Msie
Senate confirms naming of Straus as housing administrator
The Senate on Wednesday night confirmed Nathan Straus for the U S housing administrator post. The New York housing expert had been serving under a recess appointment and had previously been Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's special low cost housing adviser.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Nathan Straus
U. S
New York
F. H LaGuardia
Straus
Cold wave sweeps across U S with heavy frost
A new cold wave spread south and east across the United States damaging truck garden crops in Florida and the South. Temperatures ranged from 14 below zero at Williston North Carolina to 56 above at Brownsville and Corpus Christi Texas. Snow fell across the northern states east of the Rockies with Buffalo reporting 10 inches as the heaviest fall. Florida relative readings remained below normal despite a rise from Tuesday.
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United States
Florida
Williston
N. C
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Tex
Rocky Mountains
Buffalo
Chicago
C. A Donnel
Cold Wave Locks Casper At 26 Below Zero
An official temperature of 26 degrees below zero was recorded in Casper Wyoming before dawn Wednesday as a cold wave settled over the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain region following a powdery snow.
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Casper
Wyo
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain
Severe Cold Grips Southeast and Midwest With Snow
Cold snap reaches Florida with lows from 30 to 44 across Jacksonville Tampa and Miami. Snow falls to Nashville Muscle Shoals and Fort Smith as drifting snow snarls highways. Crops face millions in damage while Florida citrus reports minor harm and truck growers estimate forty percent losses. Icy streets contribute to multiple fatalities and auto accidents.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami
Nashville
Tenn
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Fort Smith
Ark
U.S. Industry Charts Push 1938 Prosperity Plan
American industry leaders gathered for the congress of American Industry and the National Association of Manufacturers endorsed an eight point platform for 1938. They called for private initiative, sound practices, equitable employment, new markets, and government cooperation to deter war and foster growth. They pledged support to peaceful progress and urged research, fair taxes, and deregulation while warning against fascism and communism.
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INS
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
Bestidanteiit
Lin
America
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
Resolutions Committee
Iowa Reports 196 410 Barrels of Fermented Malt Liquor
The Bureau of Internal Revenue announced that Iowa produced 196 410 barrels of fermented malt liquor in the 1937 fiscal year. Each barrel unit holds 31 gallons.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Iowa
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