Not for the Governor and the pennies of sales tax
A retrospective look contrasts Iowa sales tax history with Robert Van Buren era politics. It notes tax revenues rising from 11 million to about 27 million, low collection costs for retailers, and states how pennies fund pensions and homestead exemptions. It then shifts to political history, detailing vice presidents Tyler, Johnson, Fillmore, Arthur, Roosevelt, Coolidge, and Truman as precedents for cross party roles and coalitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Commission
Louis J. Cook
Iowa
Missouri
States
Illinois
Ohio
Harding
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
Tyler
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Johnson
Lincoln
New York
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Congress
South
Fillmore
Taylor
Garfield
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Coolidge
Truman
Truman Faces Troubles After Honeymoon Ends
The article notes President Truman has troubles since a wartime honeymoon period ended, worsened by Pauley hearings and his California appointment decision. It adds he remains philosophical, comparing his situation to past vice presidents who became president. It highlights Truman as the seventh such ascent, with Coolidge as the only predecessor seen as having smoother days.
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Truman
Pauley
California
Coolidge
Picture of a veteran worker sparks labor dispute in New York
Louis Silvestri, a WW2 pilot with 60 missions, was pictured as a union picket roams in front of his father’s store in New York. The union president, a salesman in the store, objected to paying the son commissions earned for his sales. The note invites explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Silvestri
Europe
Silvestri
New York
If He Is Neat and Clean He's Bound To Be a Better Soldier
A wartime column argues cleanliness and neat appearance build morale and character for soldiers and civilians alike. It cites Patton and British troops as examples and notes the psychology of dressing well to resist decline, praising personal pride and self respect.
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Patton
Mauldin
G.I
Tropics
Britain
Brass Roy
U. S
Atlantic
Wedemeyer
England
Spy Season Sparks Housing Shortage Rumor in Canada
Fragmentary notes claim a wave of spies forces a housing shortage in Canada as a neighbor reports detaining a baker's dozen nimble traitors playing marbles with an atomic bomb. The text references Russia and an army figure from last winter amid confusing phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
We Cannot Do Enough To Aid Hungry Nations Now
Marquis Childs reports on food relief as voluntary conservation gains momentum and Hoover travels to Europe for surveys while Anderson expands meat and fat reserves. droughts, dust storms, and monsoon failures threaten wheat and rice crops, risking famine in India, China, and others, with rationing debated for next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Clinton Anderson
Kansas
India
South Africa
Indonesia
China
UNRRA
Get Politics Out of Food Says Hoovers View
George E. Sokolsky argues Hoover favors voluntary action over coercion to relieve food shortages. He criticizes OPA price controls as causing waste and market distortion, noting millions of bushels fed to animals and urging appeals to American decency rather than force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Chester Bowles
Chester Davis
Churchill Appeal Overlooked and US Slow to Aid
Raymond Moley argues Churchill’s critique reflects a US need for active leadership in world policy. The piece links British unrest in Egypt India and Indonesia to wartime errors, notes Britain’s resistance to change, and calls for a British inventory of holdings plus broader international authority. It also criticizes Hoover Bowles and Davis for hunger relief debates amid global shortages of wheat and fats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ston Churchill
United States
Westminster College
Churchill
Russia
Britain
Great Britain
UNO
Rest as Medical Treatment Under Scrutiny by Menninger
Dr. Karl Menninger critiques the nineteenth century rest cure linked to Dr. Weir Mitchell, arguing neuroses stem from misdirected energy rather than energy lack. He urges redirection through purposeful activity and warns against false rest for nervous or neurasthenic states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Menninger
Topeka
Kansas
Weir Mitchell
Dr. Menninger
Question Red Itchy Eyes
Reader reports persistent red itchy eyes with swollen lids and a gritty sensation. Mentions possible vitamin deficiency and notes riboflavin vitamin B2 effects and dietary sources like milk dairy products.
Churchill's Offer of an Anglo American Alliance Recalled
Winston Churchill's radio speech on an Anglo American alliance sparked reminiscences from insiders who served with him and Roosevelt. They note tensions over Hongkong Burma front Greece and India policy and Churchill's insistence on British interests shaping the war strategy.
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Churchill
Ashington
Winston Churchill
Fulton
F.D.R
Darkil
Hongkong
Winston
Cairo
Chiang Kai-shek
Roosevelt
Chiang
Burma Road
China
Burma
al Wedemeyer
General Staff
War Plans Division
Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
India
Mountbatten
Germany
Far East
Ottawa
Marshall
Alan Brooke
India-Burma
Europe
FDR
William Phillips
Mediterranean
Casablanca
Turkey
Greece
France
Hitler
Rhineland
Britain
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Robert Quillen
Louise
Quillen
Selves
Peterborough
Pearl Harbor
Bugs” Baer
George Clark
Mama
Marquis Childs
Washington
Sir Ben Smith
Labor
Ben Smith
Attlee
Sir Ben
America
George E. Sokolsky
By Raymond Moley
Moley
Egypt
Malaya
Syria
Lebanon
Mr. Churchill
Department of Agriculture
OPA
State Department
Playvita
Wm. Brady
Personal Health
Petra
Drew Pearson
United Nations
White House
Gen. Marshall
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