Wheat and Farm Act Frustrations Cloud Wallace Plan
The piece argues that the 1938 farm act forces loans on wheat at 75 percent of parity, risking higher federal prices, export losses, and large government stockpiles. It notes Secretary Wallace’s political challenges, Congress’s inertia, and farm-year supply projections, with war concerns in Europe and TVA publicity moves tied to Arthur Morgan.
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Teestes
Wallace
Wheat
George Farrell
AAA
Congress
TVA
Arthur Morgan
Morgan
Lilienthal
Commonwealth
Southern
Ickes
PWA
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Pva-Tva
Notable Prisoners Buy Practical Items on Alcatraz Island
The article notes purchases by Al Capone Alvin Karpis and Fred Reis as they spend their own money with government approval. Karpis buys a world atlas Capone a Hohner pitch pipe to stay in tune Reis buys Practical Navigation reflecting Alcatraz island geography.
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al Capone
Alvin Karpis
Fred Reis
Federal Penitentiary
Karpis
Capone
Chicago
Reis
Alcatraz
Island
Hickenlooper Attacks Iowa Bureaucracy and Taxes
Cedar Rapids Republican hopeful B B Hickenlooper told the Fairfield Women’s Republican club that Iowa’s government suffers from an expanding bureaucracy and rising taxes. He urged a Republican return to power in November to restore public confidence and remove political appointees.
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Fairfield
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Women’s Republican Club
Jefferson County
Iowa
Republican Party
Hickenlooper
City Democrats Organize To Support Sen Gillette In
Twenty Iowa City Democrats met to launch a campaign for Sen Guy Gillette of Cherokee, backing him in the Democratic primary amid opposition to outside interference. Judge O A Byington was elected chairman with Vernon Nall and Prof Walter Loehwing as publicity directors. County-wide plans and further meetings were announced.
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Iowa City
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Judge O. A Byington
Vernon Nall
Walter Loehwing
Judge Byington
Radio Programs 6 16 Rhady Vallee and 1938 NBC Highlights
Radio listings show 6 16 schedule including Rhady Vallee on NBC WEAF and WJZ chains, with Time and Toronto Promenade Symphony features, Major Bowes and Amos n' Andy on CBS and NBC, plus diverse orchestras and the Frank Black orchestra in evening slots across WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO and more. программы and times given across morning to late evening blocks with multiple networks.
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NBC
WEAF
WJZ Chain
CBS
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WCCO
WJZ
Toronto
WOC
Hall
Bing Crosby
E Chain
Wabc and Chain
Amos ‘N' Andy
Weaf Chain
Edde LeBaron Orchestra
Wje Chain -Just Entertainment
Wccoo
Ink Spots
Schallert
Hollywood Roreenscoops
Wwoc
Wccco
Richard Haber
Happy Felton
Billy Swanson
Owens
WHO
Breakfast Club
Jerry Sears
Hiltop
Dan Harding
Virus of the
Captivators Orchestra
Mary Marlin
PenperSing
Hughesreel
Vic and Sade
Bennett and Wolverton
Nell
Crossroads Hall
Don Winslow
The
Navy
Wgz
Rex Maupin
New A Who
Jiedphinie Johnstone
Jimmy Allen
Uncle Ezra
Boake Carter
WwoOc
Wwo
Frank Black
Mingi Spit Siad
Maurice Pitalny
WIZ Chain
Benjamin Sweet
Paul Whiteman
Olsen
Wabc Webm
Guy M. Gillette
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood Gossip
Salon
Amos 'N' Andy
Mike Riley
Orchestra
Just_ Entertainment
Josha
Abner
Donahue
Lou, Breese
Wace Crawford
Wren Cutler
Frank Trumbauer
Chain
Leighton Noble
Jimmie Grier
Lew Bonick
Buddy Rogers
WABCO
Hbdy Yuigone
Wilie Bryant
Wwcco
NLRB Seeks Reopen Ford Motor Co Case
The National Labor Relations Board asked the U S circuit court at Covington Kentucky to reopen its whole case against Ford Motor Co The board filed two motions One seeks to vacate May 9 order barring withdrawal The other asks for remand to take further evidence if the first fails
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Circuit Court of Appeals
Covington
Ford Motor Company
NLRB
Ford Company
Wallace Silent On Neutrality In Iowa Senatorial Battle
In Washington the Secretary of Agriculture declined to name any preferred candidate in the Iowa Democratic Senate primary. Rivalry centers on Guy M. Gillette and Otha Wearin for the June 6 contest. Wallace said he does not vote in primaries unless in Iowa and favors absentee voting only in general elections.
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Washington
Wallace
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Otha Wearin
White House
Crabb Confession Admitted in Ill. Slaying Case
Judge Joseph Daily admitted as evidence a confession by James Crabb II that his bride Betty Crabb was slain during a struggle over a gun. The jury was excluded while opposing counsel argued over the statement, a cornerstone of the state's case.
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Pekin
Ill
Joseph Daily
James Crabb II
Betty Crabb
Fred Werning 53 Dies After Stroke in Newhall
Fred Werning of Newhall, 53, died at his home at 4 10 p m Wednesday after a stroke suffered earlier that day. He was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Martin Werning. An oil company employee for eighteen years. Survived by Mrs Werning and four children William Mildred Kenneth and Gerald all at home. Funeral arrangements not set.
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the Gazette
Newhall
Fred Werning
Martin Werning
Rains Threaten Crop Damage Across Midwest Farms
A new crop bulletin reports widespread rainfall across Illinois Iowa and Kansas delaying planting and boosting disease risk for wheat while slowing grasshopper hatching in some areas. Farmers fret over germination washouts and replanting as moisture remains excessive in parts of the corn belt.
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Chicago
Midwest
Corn
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Presbyterians applaud plea against iron shipment to Japan
Philadelphia AP report says the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the USA applauded a plea opposing scrap iron shipments from the United States to Japan for use in the Chinese war. The plea appeared in the women's committee report to the board of foreign missions. The standing committee denounced ruthless killing of noncombatants.
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Philadelphia
United States
Japan
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Women’s Committee
Board of Foreign Missions
Standing Committee On Foreign Missions
Delegates Call for Disarmament Conference
Delegates urged international action appealing to President Roosevelt for a formal conference on disarmament amid calls to end war and a push for prohibition. The statement emphasized sympathy for civilians in China and Japan caught in the conflict.
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China
Roosevelt
Two Iowa Students Win Grinnell Institute Fellowships
Iowa City Mrs Carl E Shore announces two University of Iowa students awarded $25 fellowships to the Grinnell college institute of international relations June 10 to 26. The recipients are Helen McIntosh Des Moines cabinet member YWCA and Pi Beta Phi member, and Merle Miller Marshalltown city editor of the Daily Iowan, who studied at the BBC in London for three months and is Pi Kappa Alpha member.
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Iowa City
Carl E. Sea
Shore of
University of Iowa
Grinnell College Institute of Inter
Europe
Daily Iowan
British Broadcasting Company
London
Chicago
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
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Ceres
State Department
Paris
Crab Arthur
General Accounting Office
Sen
Gillette
Ford Motor Co
Haven
KODAK
Todey
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
N.Y
Eastman
Whit Ant
Miles
Crabb
Paul D. Shoemaker
Grinnell
Cine. Kodak
Sanford
Jewel Bulova
Pormu
Wwesewel
Second Avenue
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