Peace Speakers See Danger in Fascism
The third phase of the emergency peace campaign in Cedar Rapids featured Dr. Paul Douglas of the University of Chicago and Dr. Albert Buckner Coe of Oak Park as out-of-town speakers. They warned that fascism threatens world peace, traced Europe’s ills to Versailles, and urged neutrality legislation while stressing propaganda’s role in steering nations toward war.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Douglas
University of Chicago
Albert Buckner Coe
First Congregational Church of
Oak Park
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Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Japan
England
France
Russia
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Spain
Italy
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Nazi Paper Attacks Play Green Pastures as Jewish Propaganda
Das Schwarze Korps in Berlin calls the stage production Green Pastures an instrument of Jewish propaganda after a mistranslation retitles it Green Pastor. It claims the work targets Nazis, puts Negro characters front and center, and uses biblical Jews as background figures to turn the Jewish question into a Negro issue.
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Storm Troopers
Das Schwarze Korps
Green Pastures
Law Lets Him Out In Dayton Drunk Driver
Police caught Henry Peg Lyle driving while drunk, but laws offer no provision for intoxicated horse and buggy drivers. The case highlights gaps in statutes as authorities cannot charge him under existing rules.
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Dayton, O
Henry “Peg” Lyle
Marmola Fat Reduction Pills Ad Promote Quick Fat Loss
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple method to shed excess fat without starvation diets or hard exercise. It credits a small gland with regulating fat burning and claims the formula is published on every package, urging readers to buy from a druggist and try the product.
Realty Firms See 1936 Gains At Annual Meetings
Reports from four Cedar Rapids realty companies show 1936 real estate business higher than any year since 1929. Executives forecast a strong 1937 and an uptick in housing starts. The Hedges company and Westwood Land share top officers, with Nye Realty and Ivanhoe Land naming key presidents and vice presidents.
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Hedges Company
Dows
Cedar Rapids
The
Harry T. Hedges
Horace G. Hedges
Frank L. Buser
Paul N. Clark
W. Roy Harger
Westwood Land Company
Nye Realty Company
C. L. Sherwood
Balcom Luberger
Ivanhoe Land Company
First bounty paid for fox pelts in Johnson County
Iowa City reports the first payment of a $2 bounty for fox pelts was issued to Warren Morrison of Lone Tree on Wednesday. Morrison turned in two fox pelts as proof of bounty eligibility.
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Iowa City
Warren Morrison
Lone Tree
Johnson County
Morrison
Rev R S Phillips Speaks at Cub Pack Meeting
The Rev R S Phillips of St James Methodist church spoke at Cub pack No 4 on Monday evening presenting a sketch and a talk titled The Six Be's For a Boy urging boys to be happy persistent courteous social minded a thinker and a lifter Den 1 led opening salute with singing. soap-carving winners were Robert Hassel first and William Lawrence second.
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R. S. Phillips
St. James Methodist Church
Mr. Phillips
F. McHugh
Robert Hassel
William Lawrence
Bernhardt
National Oats Sales Conference Held Here
Men attending the semi annual salesmen conference of the National Oats company, held here Thursday and Friday, will attend a special salesmen’s banquet during the event.
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National Oats Company
Opium Seized From Chinese Seamen Aboard Maron
Opium valued at $100,000 was seized by customs agents after the arrest of three Chinese seamen aboard the British freighter Maron in New York. The seizure highlights ongoing anti narcotics actions and the involvement of Chinese nationals in illicit trade.
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New York
INS
Would Pay But Can’t Tulsa Man in Jail Over Alimony
Tulsa Oklahoma United Press reports Joe Big Horse a wealthy Osage Indian remains jailed for failure to pay alimony to his divorced wife. He says he is willing to pay and be released, but the Indian agency handling his oil royalties refuses to obey the court order.
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Tulsa
Okla
Joe Bighorse
Joe
Beware of the common cold and Bromo Quinine
An old health advertisement urges prompt cold treatment with Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine. It describes four actions: open the bowels reduce fever relieve headache and fortify against attack. Sugar coated tablets are available, with a caution to ask a pharmacist for this remedy.
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Grove
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