Citizens Call For Constitutional Amendment For Equitable Iowa Representation
A legislative push in Iowa argues for amending the constitution to fix unequal representation. Rep. Schwengel and Rep. McFarlane propose two resolutions, one reapportions seats while preserving limits, the other expands the House from 108 to 130 to favor populous areas. The effort cites 1940 census data showing stark disparities between counties and districts.
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Senate
Iowa
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Arch W. McFarlane
Waterloo
Rep. Schwengel
Schwengel
Rep. McFarlane
Polk
Clayton
Mahaska
Jasper
Marshall
Black Hawk
Webster
Cerro Gordo
Uguor
Fostering Democracy at Home by Rabbi Schaalman
Rabbi Schaalman argues Iowa's Senate districts unequal representation harms democracy. He urges a constitutional convention to redraw boundaries by population, strengthens home life, and promotes intergroup understanding through local schooling and community dialogue.
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Herman Schaalman
Temple Judah
Letters Cite Egg Tax Taxation and Sugar Concerns
The Gazette readers criticize a poultry egg tax as unjust and list rising production costs. They urge furthers sugar supply without waste heating up debate on local options for liquor and tax policies, with letters from Albert Phei, W C Pickard, Rev W G Warren, A W Fisher, and Aaron Howard.
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the Gazette
Poul En
U.S.A
Albert Phei
Ave
Cedar Rapids Prepares For Big Week Of Basketball And Stage
The Cedar Rapids high school faces East Water in a basketball game at the YMCA as a step toward Iowa championship. Greene's opera house hosts Henry W Savage's Yankee Tourist with Raymond Hitchcock. A lurid melodrama plays at Greene's drawing a large crowd. Coe College debating loses to Monmouth at Monmouth Illinois. Ruth Pinkerton to sing at Universalist church with remarkable contralto. Street care improves after Kennedy sprinklers relieve wind dust.
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East Water High School
Iowa
Henry W. Savage
Greene’s Opera House
Raymond Hitchcock
Richard Harding Davis
Ruth Pinkerton
Wii
Universalist
Miss Pinkerton
Jury Reform Quandary in Football Scandal Parody
A humorous critique recalls a football scandal where a juror’s literacy caused a penalty and a new panel was formed. It teases Alfred and a famed twelve jurors, contrasting sharp-eyed eyewitnesses with a comic mix of inept jurors. The piece ends noting the system, while absurd, leaves lawyers looking clever.
Ancient digs reveal 8000 year agrarian layer in Euphrates
The Free World magazine reports archaeologists uncovering a sequence of cultures in the Euphrates valley. They describe an 8000 year old agrarian layer, an older herdsman layer, and an even older caveman layer beneath the desert glass formed by the first atomic blast near New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Free World
Euphrates Valley
Feud Grows Between Eccles and Vardaman on Capitol Hill
The row centers on Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles and board member Jake Vardaman a former naval aide to Truman Vardaman’s public criticisms of anti inflation policy clash with Eccles and prompt the White House intervention.
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Eccles
Truman
Vardaman
St. Seaiin
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Hendaahen
Jake
Reserve Board
Washington
Varda
Carpenter
Senators Vandenberg Taft Split Shifts Presidential Prospects
A look at the 1947 48 Republican Senate voting record shows Vandenberg edging Taft in support among senators for the 1948 nomination. Vandenberg shifted from isolationist to more flexible positions while Taft largely held his line, affecting party dynamics and potential candidates.
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Taft
Bretton Woods
United Nations Organization
Senate
United States
Security Council
U.N
Langer
Moore
Revercomb
OPA
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