St. Lawrence waterway debate tied to power shortage fears
The piece argues against using the St. Lawrence Seaway as a defense priority. It says a power shortage may be temporary and solvable with cheaper, quicker generating plants rather than a four year dam project. It warns a big New York energy empire could be pushed by Roosevelt’s administration to serve defense needs.
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St. Lawrence Waterway
Congress
New York
Roosevelt
East
Europe
Middle West
Iowa
Paderewski Remembered as Artist and Polish Leader
The grand old man of Poland Ignace Jan Paderewski died as a refugee in America after Poland’s invasion. Renowned pianist composer and former Polish premier his lasting fame in music remained while his devotion to his nation intensified in exile.
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Poland
Ignace Jan Paderewski
America
Paderewski
Beethoven
Jeeves and Wodehouse In German Prison News
Satirist P G Wodehouse, captured during a party at Wrench House, is interned in Germany. He reportedly mocks his captors but cautions Jeeves style restraint in commentary and broadcasting remains unlikely while a prisoner.
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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Jeeves
Germany
P. G
Drones Club
Bertie Wooster
Hawkeye State ties to Revolutionary War memory
The piece notes Iowa settled after the revolution and few veterans reached the West. A tally shows some veterans in Iowa, linking the Hawkeye State to the early republic across time. It reflects on a young nation still remembered through these ties.
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Iowa
Hawkeye Pte
Republic
Shorty Describes Gang Beginnings From Playground to Crime
Dr Fort Newton recalls a prisoner nicknamed Shorty who explains how a gang formed from bored youths who loitered in a crowded schoolyard. They shifted to real crime after a successful robbery and illegal gambling, then faced capture. The warden is urged to steer youth away from crime by guiding gangs into productive groups.
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Sing Sing
Shorty
O.K
Robert Quillen on Debates and Slogans in Uncertain Times
A fragmentary column by Robert Quillen critiques reliance on slogans amid national strife. It notes Congress lease lent aid to England and the President's war aims while mocking simplified explanations and partisan jargon. The text shifts through quips on labor, propaganda, and public thinking with reflective sardonic tone.
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England
Britain Signals North Africa Aid With Weygand Ties
British naval action frees the tanker Scheherazade as part of a plan to ship six freighters to North Africa for supplies to Weygand. France’s Africa holdings face tightened embargoes while Vichy notes and Turkish diplomacy reveal shifting allied and axis pressures in Syria and Syria-bound arms shifts.
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North Africa
Maxime Weygand
Washington
Casablanca
France
Syria
American Red Cross
Vichy
Ankara
Turkey
Henri Philippe Petain
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Jacques Benoist-Mechin
Children barred from Tobacco Road show
The New York Herald Tribune notes that children were not admitted during the run of Tobacco Road, though two boys aged 8 and 10 with their mother were allowed in after she explained she wanted to deter them from living with their recently divorced father in South Carolina.
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New York Herald Tribune
Tobacco Road
South Carolina
Humor and diplomacy clash as generals torch kidnap plot
A playful bid by a U S major general to ransom the opposing force with a fifty dollar reward triggers a muttered clash of authority. Meanwhile labor secretary Perkins pressures LaGuardia over subway talks with CIO leaders to avert a city transport standstill impacting defense.
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Madame Perkins
LaGuardia
Subway
Matt Quill
Allen Haywood
CIO
Phil Murray
Germ avoidance and hygiene tips in daily life debate
A reader letters column discusses germ spread from bus handles stairs rails and door knobs. Dr Brady argues for practical cleanliness measures and enforced hand washing in food venues while downplaying overemphasis on door hardware and advocating pedal faucets and nonshared towels.
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Ol’ Doc Brady
Fourth of July Auto Hazards Warned by Baer
The American Sport figure nicknamed Bugs Baer warns about dangerous driving on the Fourth of July and Memorial Day accidents. He jokes on traffic, mentions high fatality risks from crashes, and riffs on humorous inventions and car culture amid holiday celebrations.
Baruch Not Czar for Second Defense Drive Says Johnson
Gen Hugh S Johnson argues a single czar cannot direct all defense needs. He favors Robert Patterson as a capable leader, noting Baruch declined the post in 1918 and remains unfit for a 16 hour daily war job. Baruch’s diplomacy and loyalty are praised though, with concerns about age and internal political strains.
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Washington
Bernie Baruch
Army
Navy
Baruch
O.K
Robert Patterson
Mr. Baruch
It Years Ago July First 1931 Local Accidents and News
A look back reports Ralph Brickley injured when a jack slipped under a car at Unzeitig Motor. Mrs Sophia Burianek fractured her hip in a garden fall. Mrs Thomas Beeken broke her leg after stepping into an open cellar. Stray notes mention R A Wilkinson reelected head of the Iowa Ancient and Mystic Order of Samaritans, Armour Institute scholarship for William Kopecky, Margaret Lorimer winning a Red Cross essay contest, and a yearlong Empress steamer voyage. Eighty nine licenses issued in June.
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Ralph Brickley
Unzeitig Motor Company
R. A. Wilkinson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ancient and Mystic Order of Samaritans
Harrison Shipe
William H. Kopecky
Grant Vocational School
Armour Institute
Chicago
Margaret Lorimer
Linn County
American Red Cross
Sophia Burianek
Cupid
Thomas Beeken
Schaffer
Ickes School of Anti Salesmanship Offers Summer Course
Unclassified notice promotes a new summer program by the Ickes School of Anti-Salesmanship. The course targets eastern filling station workers and later others, teaching how to discourage customers with phrases like How about half a gallon and how to avoid sales pressure. Enrollment urged at oil administrator offices.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ickes
Prof
Oil Administrator's
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