TVA Investigation Demanded by Chairman Morgan
Chairman A E Morgan calls for a formal congressional probe of the Tennessee Valley Authority and hints at appointing a joint committee to avoid a whitewash. He argues a full examination is needed as regional experiments expand and tensions exist among TVA directors amid taxpayer concerns.
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Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
A. E. Morgan
TVA Board
Congressional Committee
Morgan
Norris
Nebraska
May
Kentucky
TVA
Dr. Morgan
TVA Directorate
Tennessee Valley
Senator Berry
Berry- Lewis
Berry
Mr. Morgan
Godfather Norris
Rep
Maverick
Federal Trade Commission
Mssrs
Lilienthal
Cedar Rapids Fire Department Receives Improved Insurance Rating
Community congratulates Fire Chief Kohout and the Cedar Rapids fire personnel for earning a more favorable insurance classification. The upgrade, granted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, will cut thousands in premiums and reflects improved equipment and efficiency reducing fire losses. Credit to the tireless chief for training, morale, and a better fire outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohout
Cedar Rapids
National Board of Fire Underwriters
FTC orders eight golf ball makers to curb price fixing
The federal trade commission directed eight golf ball manufacturers their trade association and the Professional Golfers' Association of America to stop fixing prices and discriminating in price for balls of similar grade. The action may push ball prices down this summer though outcomes remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Professional Golfers’ Association of America
FTC
Will They Have the Last Laugh in American Health
Dr. Victor Heiser of the Rockefeller Foundation warns American living standards may be too high. He argues Americans are becoming overweight and sluggish, a condition he says is a disease threatening communities and may reflect broader social costs of abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Heiser
Rockefeller Foundation
Diet and discipline for a healthier nation amid wartime fear
A Columbia University professor urges Americans to adopt communal eating and physical regimens to boost health and energy, noting German practices as a model for wartime readiness. He argues public tolerance and voluntary adoption are key, while questioning U.S. awareness of CIO and Hitler facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
CIO
Hitler
Columbia University
Dear Louise a rant on appearances and habits by Dad
A 1938 column voice critiques appearances and personal habits, urging caution on sloppiness and the impact of daily choices. It blends social advice with humorous takes on manners, Americanism, and commentary on publicity and radio culture.
National Coat of Arms Puzzle: Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A word puzzle grid lists numerous clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Readers solve for terms covering coats of arms, coins, city names, and common objects, revealing a themed crossword-style challenge.
Note Today's Last Column by O O McIntyre Before Death
O O McIntyre completes a column for publication just before his death on February 14 in New York. The piece includes candid blurbs about African sun-downers, humor, editors, writers, and notable figures like Paul Y. Anderson and Dale Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. McIntyre
New York
Africa
Kaplan
Gene
Frank
Pearl S. Fulton Oursler
Frank Ward O'Malley
Dale Carnegie
Paul Muni
Missouri
Mary Margaret McBride
Nancy Randolph
Linda Lee
Debbie
Sam‘ Blythe
Fred C. Kelly
Washington
Paul Y. Anderson
Elusive praise and colorful notes from a critic’s past
A mosaic of opinions and memories features a grand opera singer preference, praise for Kirsten Flagstad, and a shifting view of Mitzi Green. The piece sketches street names in Shanghai, a dancing British native, hotel encounters, and reflections on critics, including Meredith Nicholson and Lawrence D Orcsay, amid a lively, if fragmented, reminiscence.
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Kirsten Flagstad
Mitzi Green
Tottenham
Court Road
Picadilly
Bubbling Well Road
Shanghai
T’ Ig
V. V. McNitt
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Lawrence D’orsay
Meredith Nicholson
The Collected Anecdotes of a 1930s Entertainment Page
A meandering 1938 note cites Herb Roth the caricaturist, minute steak at The Colony, and a clipped French poodle. It comments on John O Hara Cosgrave and Gelett Burgess, mentions Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon touring, travel memories from Australia, and a longing to settle a debate between Clem McCarthy and Floyd Gibbons. The piece ends recalling a matinee of Lincoln J Carter's Fast Mail and a sedative after the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Roth
Boston
John O'Hara Cosgrave
Old Sunday World
Academy For Souls
Gelett Burgess
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Australia
Moss
Paris
Mexico
ECRET
Clem McCarthy
Floyd Gibbons
Lincoln J. Carter
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Recited
A family joke shows a disguised poor woman begging in a hall with a tin cup. She asks the narrator for clothing but cites her husband delaying help due to due taxes and insurance. The narrator refuses, citing his own taxes to pay. The verse satirically contrasts pretense and pity.
McKinley Choir To Sing at First Presbyterian Church
The McKinley high school a cappella choir directed by Miss Maurine Hamblin will perform at Sunday’s 11 am service at First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley High School
Maurine Hamblin
First Presbyterian Church
Turmoil in Washington over TVA battle and Roosevelt remarks
The piece outlines a sharp partisan clash around the Tennessee Valley Authority with Arthur Morgan pushing for a congressional probe while Lilienthal and others resist. It notes a broader pattern of intolerance and political maneuvering, plus a House debate over President Roosevelt and cabled critiques of officials by committee staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Rich
Pennsylvania
Bureau of the Budget
United States
Radio Schedules for NBC CBS Networks and Sunday Programs
Radio listings detail NBC CBS WEAF WJZ WABC chains for 600 to 1130, naming orchestras actors and programs such as Toscanini, Cooke, Seavennn life of Eli Whitney, Sergers, and a New York area slate of concerts dramas talks and church services with multiple stations and chains listed.
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NBC
Weaf Chain
CBS
Wabc and Chain
Russ Morgan
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WCCO
al Ri Roth
WEAF
Arturo Toscanini
WJZ
Carl Hoff
Kmox Woo
Orrin Krabker
ABC and Chain
ab—Georie Crook
Benny Goodman
Horace Heldt
Tive —Debney Hamp
Sammy Kaye
Blue Barron
Eddy Duchin
Henry Kine
CHS
Peerless Trio
WJZ Chain
Tone Pictures
Animal News Club
Weap Chain
Alice Remsen
George Griffen
Milton J. Cross
Wdz Chain
Chain
Josef Honti
Weaf -Aubad
Spelling Bee
Univ. of Chicago
Round Table
Salt Lake City
Tabernacle Choir
Al_and
Lee Reiser
Church of the Air
Henry Busse
Rex Maupin
Wjzapit Chain
Lecture Demonstration Emphasizes Personality in Dress
Mrs Marolyn Dearing led a Friday lecture demonstration at Newman’s store focusing on spring and summer styles in Simplicity patterns. She explored dramatizing a woman’s personality through color, line and fabric, illustrated with actual fabric draping to show how costumes can highlight individual traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marolyn Dearing
Newman’ Store
Miss Dearin
Miss Dearing
Last Sunday Evening Meeting Concludes Series at Peoples Church
The final meeting of the season's Sunday evening series at Peoples Church on Third Avenue and Sixth Street SE will take place Sunday at 6 o'clock in the church social rooms. Mrs. Malcolm Scot Hallman will review the recent book Seven Brothers by Alexis Kibi. Hostesses Mrs. Mary Louise Welke and Mrs. Irwin D. Garrison will organize the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Church
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Malcolm Scot Hallman
Alexis Kibi
Mary Louise Welke
Irwin D. Garrison
Berle Nomination Approved by U S Senate
The Senate confirmed Friday the nomination of A. A. Berle Jr of New York to be assistant secretary of state succeeding Hugh R. Wilson, in a move approved by Senator Berle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
A. A. Berle, Jr
York
E State
Hugh R. Wilson
Partition Notice in Linn County Court Iowa 1938
The Peoples Savings Bank of Cody Rapids Iowa sues Ralph G Heneks and Mae H Heneks in Linn County Court for partition of Lots 9 and 10 Block 13 Kingston West Cedar Rapids ex. Northeasterly 20 feet seeking division or sale and apportioned proceeds with attorney fees and costs, Defendants must answer by May 16 1938.
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District Court of Linn Co
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cody Rapids
Iowa
Ralph G Heneks
Mae H. Heneks
District Court
Linn County
Ollowin
Kingston
Cedar Rapids
Uny County
Petitto
Staten
District Court of
Linn
de Rapids
Elise
Plat
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Conde Nast
Reader’s Digest
Ife
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Paul Mallon
Et Gore
King Features Syndicate, Inc
New Deal
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WPA
Carrington Gill
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers Union
Star
Martin
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Lammot du Pont
Gar
Jack Garner
Bob Becker
WEAP
Muagie Key
Wdf
Alexander Woollcott
Wabe and Chain
Thatcher Colt
T -Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
WLBM
Parks Johnson
Wallace Butterworth
Last of the Lockwoods
Philharmonic Symphony
John Borbtrolli
Condr
Fields and Hall
Frank Simon
Roy Shield
Harry Emerson Fosdick
WJZ_chain
Univ. Glee Club
Metropolitan Opera
Magazine of the Air
Wcco Voc
Icker Mouse Theater
Sarnia Ed McConnell
Woz Chain
Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Jack Benny
Jeanette MacDonald
Fer
Murray
Twilight Musicale
WOC
Chariie McCarthy
Don Ameche
M.c
Ernest Dill
Manhattan
Walter Winchell
Irene Rich
Paul Martin
Norman Cloutier
Court of Missing Heirs
Marlowe and Lyon
Abe Lyman
Horace Henderson
Cco
Johnny Hamp
Eddy_ Rogers
Roger Pryor
Louis Armstrong
Woody Puterman
Ted Fiorito
Orchestra
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