Neutrality law debate looms as Congress weighs President power
The piece surveys looming neutrality legislation and presidential authority amid fears of war, noting the McReynolds bill would grant Roosevelt wide discretion on embargoes and war goods, while southern Democrats caution against harming cotton exports and national welfare. It also touches on university football funding and calls for de-emphasis in the sport.
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Lloyd’s of London
United States
Canada
International News Service
Ace
H. R. Knickerbocker
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Congress
McReynolds
House Foreign Affairs Committee
The
Gazette
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
South
Coffman Calls For Rethinking College Football Emphasis
Dr. Lotus D. Coffman of the University of Minnesota questions over emphasis and commercialization in college football. He notes prior criticism focused on payouts, arguing the debate should shift toward balancing athletics with academics and intramural sports.
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Lotus D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Coffman
National planning in Germany curbs shopping freedom
A World War II era column argues Nazi rule forces Germans to buy from one grocery source to aid economic self sufficiency. It notes prices for common items and predicts a gradual shift to government controlled consumption and eventual coercion, warning that planning erodes individual liberty.
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Germany
Associated Press
Hitler
Tarzan Reads for a Little Girl’s Big Wish
A parent explains to a five year old that her request to be read "Tarzan" instead of tiresome reflects a child’s favorite character. The note captures a playful mix up and parental patience in a domestic reading moment.
China Civil War Returns To Front Page
Cuba appoints a new president in a separate lead, while China’s civil conflict dominates the other column. The paper notes a shift toward normalcy as major political events unfold in two regions.
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China
Cuba
New York
Frank B. Jones
Lexington
Raymond Dickson
Quotes on society and progress from political and cultural figures
A collection of maxims and observations from Henry Wallace Milo Burcham Winston Churchill and others. The passages cover soil conservation debt repayment and urges for civic responsibility, calm governance, and social progress. The quotes name Wallace Oldfield Dali Niukkanen Lane Lehman Hart Kent and others as speakers or subjects.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Thurston Wrestles with Deficit Fight in Washington
Iowa congressman Lloyd Thurston arrives in Washington for the 1936 session and signals a tough line on spending. He questions Hopkins's growth in the deficiency budget and predicts limited chances for major cuts while pressing civil service efficiency and government reform.
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Thurston
Washington
Publicity, beans, and sausage spice in New York talk
A columnist reviews public relations figure Richard Maney and his craft, contrasts Billy Rose and Noel Coward, and shares opinions on radio amateurs, bean soup dining, Cole Porter versus Irving Berlin, and Paris Soir’s New Yorker observations. The piece ends with a teaser about a back-page contd. section.
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Doments
Dex Fellowes
Ballyhoo
Richard Maney
Publicity Relations Council
Maney
Tody Hamilton
Billy Rose
Rose
Sixth Avenue
Noel Coward
Variety
Coward
Somerset Maugham
London
Paris
SOIR
New York
Johnny Coulon Still Boxes To Earn A Living In Chicago
Johnny Coulon once world bantamweight champ from 1907 to 1914, now runs a neighborhood gym with his wife Marie. They teach boxing, organize weekly amateur bouts, and rely on tickets and publicity profits to support the household. Coulon remains 110 pounds and reflects on his career, including a famed lifting trick that stumps rivals.
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Johnny Coulon
Chicago
Coulon
Marie
Johnny
Conlon
Kid Williams
Baltimore
Vernon
Calif
Brother
Rock of Gibraltar
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
City Dreamer Finds Soundscape of Home
A city worker gazes from a window as urban noise and winter fumes intrude on memory of rural fields. He recalls homestead images from birds to corn rows, imagining scents, creeks, and the old pump, until the clamor of steel returns and silences the dream.
Heroin Seized From Sailor on French Liner Chenonceaux
Egyptian narcotics officers arrest a crewman aboard the French liner Chenonceaux after secret police find six large linen packets of heroin in a sailor's locker at Port Said. The drugs valued at about $3,000 were to be smuggled ashore to a Greek woman for distribution as part of a wider Cairo-European crackdown on Chinese drug flows.
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Alexandria
INS
Chenonceaux
Port Said
Far East
Egypt
Central Narcotic Investigation Bureau
Europe
China
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Harold W. Dodds
Minnesota
Barney Oldfield
Western Hemisphere
Henry I. Harriman
U. S
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Vina Bovy
Metropolitan Opera
Frank M. Vizetelly
New York City
Milo Burcham
Finland
Juho Niukkanen
J. McNamara
W. M. Lane
Mason, Tex
Winston Churchill
Prof
Joseph K. Hart
Columbia University
Herbert Lehman
Duke of Kent
Iowa
ED Hadley
Osceola
Urston
Harry L. Hopkins
Work Progress Administration
Hopkins
Civil Service
Works Progress Administration
Treasury
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Howard University
Iowa University
Howard
Elmer Collins
Cedar Rapids
Collins
Iowa School of Medicine
Medical
Russll Collins
Robert
George
Coe College
Vernon Wilkinson
L. J. Dickinson
Senate
Guy Gillette
Cole Porter
Porter
Irving Berlin
Major Bowes
Charles Dunkley
Pop Coulon
W.G. Black Co
Black Hawk
DIAL
BY Milo A. Chehak
Pateasta Sette
Security Laboratory
Merchants Bank
Paramount Pharma Paramount Theater
AL —— Fuel Oil
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Soboda
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