Growing deficit warns of progressive bankruptcy
The New York Journal cites Harold D. Smith stating a next fiscal year deficit of 12.767 billion dollars. It argues that rising gaps between revenue and outgo demand immediate tax increases and drastic cuts to nonessential spending to avert national financial collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Harold D. Smith
Bureau of the Pudget
Benjamin Franklin
Sam
Zeke
New York Journal
Honk horn patent trial task aims for motion only use
Engineers in New York, sponsored by the League for Less Noise, test an experimental auto horn that can be blown only when the car is moving at least three miles per hour. Critics worry about horns unusable when stopped, but supporters argue the proposal addresses motorists who use horns for non safety reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League For
New York
Elkhart
Ind
Judge Otis Warns Attorney In Manhattan Court
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes Kansas City Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis sternly rebuked a securities dealer arguing mail fraud in Manhattan. A remark of “dawn” provoked a contempt warning as the judge asserted decorum in the people's courts. The piece reflects on lay judges and the awe of the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill E. Otis
Kansas City
Manhattan
Otis
Judicial Chambers
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Has Adolf Lost Timing As War Stretches On
Carl Sandburg ponders Adolf Hitler’s timing as World War II widens. He questions Hitler’s judgment on Russia versus England, Hess and Goering’s loyalties, and whether Hitler’s nerves and brain function have degraded under pressure. A wartime column cites past speeches and a Peoria stump line, concluding with reflective postscript on gliders.
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France
Britain
Hitler
England
America
United States
Russia
Rudolph Hess
Scotland
Hermann Goering
Goering
Luftwaffe
Hess
Adolf Schickelgruber
Europe
Germany
Munich
Austria
Rhineland
Hindenburg
Reichschancellor
Hiller
Prices and debts spark partisan calls for broad national controls
Iowa press comment views urge federal action on price, wage, raw material, and production controls. The Mason City Globe Gazette laments looming debt beyond liquidation. The Creston News Advertiser calls for congressional authority to enact nationwide price controls with broad applicability.
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Mason City Globe Gazette
Brown
Congress
Creston News Advertiser
No End to It They Learn Useful Skills in Training
Draftees study practical tasks such as making beds and peeling vegetables. The training teaches basic duties useful for daily life and post training household management.
Signs of fever and whooping cough in children
The passage describes a mother’s concern over feverish cheeks and forehead blotches, a child’s loss of appetite, night whimpers, and the frightening spasms of whooping cough, highlighting a mother’s distress and urgency for reassurance. The tone mirrors a sympathetic, period newspaper voice stressing child health.
Endless care and love grow stronger in every mother
The verse reflects a mother's tireless tasks mending garments washing ironing and answering cries. It praises a mother's enduring burdens and fears while affirming that her loveliness deepens with heartache and care.
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Tory
War becomes a race between Nazi power and American industry
Colonel Frederick Palmer argues the war hinges on a race between Axis speed and Allied industrial strength. He cites Britain and the United States coordinating energies to pressure Germany, Japan, and Italy, with the United States capable of forcing a decisive victory once American preparations mature.
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Italy
Japan
Germany
United States
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Hitler Stakes Europe on a Blood-Soaked Push Across Russia
The piece portrays Hitler driving German forces for rapid victory in Russia, warning of heavy casualties and vast material drain. It speculates on Axis moves toward Spain Portugal and the Mediterranean, suggests Portugal aiding armor to Iceland, and notes Japan’s cabinet shifts and potential Siberian aims.
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Fuehrer
Russia
Hitler
Britain
Suez
Spain
Mediterranean
Europe
Iowa senators and reps and defense plant locations debated
The piece argues that national defense site decisions hinge on nationwide needs and local conditions rather than raw influence. It notes lawmakers may present local facilities to officials, but final plant placement relies on surveys and national priorities, with little graft involved.
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America
National Defense Agencies
National Defense
Congress
Baer Confident China Will Pay and Rural Electrification Delegation
Baer predicts China will eventually repay debt as observers compare it to patient gardeners. In Washington, the Alla makee Clayton Electric Cooperative delegation sought another allocation for rural electrification, meeting with Henry Talle and REA Administrator Harry Slattery. Delegation members included Grover Hahn Fred O Riley Paul McElroy Herman Schultz and Arthur Eitel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative, Inc
Washington
Henry ©. Talle
Decorah
Harry Slattery
Grover Hahn
Fred O'Riley
Paul McElroy
Clayton
Allamakee
Fayette
Herman Schultz
Postville
Arthur Eitel
Elks Farewell In Union Station and Local Developments
Elks Scott Metcalf and E E Clark bid an impromptu farewell at Union station before leaving for Europe as John Munhattan with a base drum and Erhard Pirkel with a piccolo led a street procession. Flags, bouquets, and a crowd marked the event. George Williams and Charles A Calder near a land deal to build a half mile race track and fair complex near the Milwaukee railroad. Daws Smith interurban franchise blocked by restraining order from Judge Thompson after city council allowed injunction hearing. First street property owners file suit through S L Rudolph and L S Stark. Cedar river steamboat collision jars excursionists but causes only extensive damage to barges. Court Reporter Burr finalizes transcript in Cedar Rapids Water Co vs city rate ordinance case, a major Linn county filing. Local markets report Wheat 60c, corn 38c, oats 25c, rye 45c, barley 40c, hens ?, eggs 9c, hogs 5.65, steers 5.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Metcalf
E. E. Clark
The
Elks Lodge
Union Station
Europe
Elks
John, Munhattan
Erhard Pirkel
Billy Smith
Clark
Metcalf
George Williams
Charles A. Calder
Iowa
Milwaukee Railroad
Daws-Smith
Akers
Thompson
District Court
S. L. Rudolph
L. S. Stark
First Street
Fourth Avenues
Government plans reshape farming with new price guarantees
Ray Anderson analyzes a sweeping shift in U S agriculture as a 1930s price support framework expands federal power via the secretary of agriculture. Defense boards, parity prices, and farm canvasses hint at a coordinated program aiming to raise living standards, with dangers of coercive implementation and postwar aims.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Franklin Roosevelt
National Welfare
Great Britain
Us.d.a
Britain
Defense Boards
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TSROM
Moscow
Axis
Cel. Palmer
Portugal
Ascores
Cape Verde Islands
Denmark
Iceland
Pacific
Hawaii
Yosuke Matsuoka
Destiny
Siberia
China
Atlantic
George Stimpson
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Waterloo
LaGuardia
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Office of Civilian Defense
John Lanner
Anamosa News
U. S. Navy
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Guy M. Gillette
Paul Cunningham
War and Navy Departments
Chambers of
Com
Baer
Merce
Clark and Metcalf
Cedar River
City
Burr
Cedar Rapids Water Company
Supreme Court
Linn County
Bever Will
Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm
United States Department of Agriculture
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
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