Family Jealousy Obscures Indian Self Government Dilemma
A historical analysis notes India’s 360 million population split into rival groups, including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and untouchables. It traces the struggle for independence, dominium status attempts, and political reforms from 1918 to 1935, highlighting parliamentary rounds, the Montagu Chelmsford report, and the aim for a federal state with native governance while retaining defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
India
All-India Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Pandit Nehru
Insect Control of Shade Trees in City Jurisdiction
Paired with observations by City Arborist, the article details insect threats to shade trees, notably elm scale and cankerworm. It explains feeding types, injury manifestations, and emphasizes thorough spraying over banding for cankerworm control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulman
City
Arhoriat
Garfield fifth grade aids Red Cross with coin box
The Garfield school fifth grade emptied a coin box Friday, yielding 5.75 dollars in pennies nickels and dimes for the Red Cross. Mrs Sherman Yates chairs the ways and means committee and received the donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield School
Sherman Yates
Ways and Means Committee
Red Cross
Plight of Detainees Listing Nationalities in Camps
The document notes Belgium as 50, Com peigne as occupied France 250. Those in camp include 160 from German occupied Poland, six from Czechoslovakia, 18 from The Netherlands, 35 from Germany, one from Luxembourg, one Hawi ian and one Filipino.
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Belgium
Compeigne
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
The
Netherlands
Germany
Luxembourg
To Form Guard Wednesday In Cedar Rapids Czech Community
Civil groups in Cedar Rapids organize a Czech home guard with registration for men up to 54 at Sokol hall on Wednesday evening. About 20 men have filed preliminary applications. The article also lists upcoming Czech cultural events and society meetings through March and April.
Churchill faces demand for broader Indian war powers
The All-India Congress won seven of eleven provincial legislatures but resigned when the Viceroy entered the war without consultation. Now they press Churchill to grant wider powers or risk Indian support for the war against Japan. The demand is described as the bitterest pill he has ever faced.
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India
Churchill
All-India Congress
Local notes and events from the era
Forty years ago John B. Turner’s horse freed after stepping into a rail crack. a crowd used a crowbar to free the other animal. The First Congregational church dedicated a new pipe organ with Ernest A. Lee leading as organist and choirmaster. George A. Mullin bought the old city hall site for 18000 dollars. Mayor Huston again cast a deciding vote to break a city engineer tie between Wardle and McCauley, siding with McCauley. A Mercy hospital construction committee was named with Rev. T. F. Gunn as president and M. L. Healy as vice president among others.
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John B. Turner
First Avenue
First Congregational Church
Ernest A. Lee
Immaculate Conception Church
Mitchell Langworthy
Frank Watson
Jay O. W. Bowlus
Frank Smith
W. S. Chase
S. M. Langworthy
Sarah Sherman
Edward Winslow Haman
Huston
Wardle
McCauley
Mercy Hospital
Sixth Avenue
Ninth Street
T. F. Gunn
M. L. Healy
John A. Limback
T. McCarty
Benjamin Springer
Charles McInery
John E. Murray
F. N. Seabrook
Roosevelt Hi Y Fun Night At YMCA With 150 Attendees
Roosevelt Hi Y sponsored a high school Fun night at the Y M C A attracting over 150 students. Activities included dancing swimming bowling and table games supervised by Kenneth Marsh Lucille Lash and lifeguards. chaperones included Mr and Mrs Lewis and Mr and Mrs Fred Shoemaker.
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Roosevelt Hi-Y
Y.M.C
Boys’ Department
Bob Bednasek
Kenneth Marsh
Lucille Lash
Lewis
Fred Shoemaker
Nelson Pledges Proper Distribution of War Tools
Production Chief Donald M. Nelson said the War Production Board will take steps to distribute machine tools to support the war program. He cited a Baltimore Sun report that nearly 10,000 tools were spread across 125 National Youth Administration centers, some unfinished, and said WPB will survey tools at schools to decide if they can be redirected to production in war plants.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Baltimore Sun Dispatch
National Youth Administration
WPB
Tribunal Upholds Schenck Conviction
The federal circuit court of appeals upheld the conviction of Joseph Schenck, movie executive, and Joseph H. Moscowitz, his bookkeeper, on income tax evasion charges. Schenck faces three years in prison and a $20,000 fine, while Moscowitz is sentenced to one year and a $10,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph Schenck
Joseph H. Moscowitz
Schenck
Moscowitz
Coast towns ordered to dim lights during wartime
Atlantic City reports all New Jersey coastal municipalities within ten miles of shore must dim lights for the war duration to avoid silhouetting ships. State civilian defense director Leonard Dreyfuss issued the order to foil submarine activity.
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Atlantic City
INS
New Jersey
Leonard Dreyfuss
Rail Union Spokesman Sees Road Seizure As Labor Example
Cleveland report quotes David B Robertson president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men. He says government seizure of the Toledo, Peoria and Western railroads would set a good example for labor and management and warn of a bad effect on labor relations and the war program if action had not been taken. Robertson notes his union is on strike with members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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Cleveland
Toledo, Peoria and Western
David B Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Robertson
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
War Labor Board
Roosevelt Allows Exemptions From Alien Enemy Status
President Roosevelt signed an executive order permitting exemptions from the alien enemy classification to allow certain persons to apply for naturalization. The attorney general, after loyalty investigations, may certify those deemed loyal to the United States. Absent exemptions, aliens may naturalize only after declaring intent at least two years before wartime.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Udra Tablets Offer Relief For Ulcer Pain
The ad promotes Udra Tablets priced at a 25c box claiming relief for stomach ulcers indigestion heartburn and excess stomach acid with a money back guarantee. It references Napoleon in a marketing comparison and notes availability at drug stores nationwide.
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Napoleon
Nations
Volunteer Army Watches Skies From Coastline Posts
An army of 650000 volunteers man 7069 posts from Maine to Florida in the aircraft warning service. They report quickly to interceptor centers when planes appear, with a goal to reach 1.5 million observers along the Atlantic coast.
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Inez Robb
New York
INS
Empire State Building
Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Key West
Fla
Fort Kent
America
Atlantic Coast
Army
Navy
Air Force
New Jersey
Coast Defense
Former Publisher John C. Martin Declares Bankruptcy
John C. Martin former publisher of the Evening Ledger and son-in law of Cyrus H. K. Curtis was listed in federal court as voluntarily bankrupt liabilities 3 502 920 assets 14 858 court filing shows financials and status of his case the item notes his Philadelphia association and date of filing
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Philadelphia
John C. Martin
The
Evening Ledger
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Penn State Opens Long Basketball Schedule
Nittany Lion team from State College has maintained an uninterrupted basketball schedule since 1898, according to NEA.
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State College, Pa
NEA
Penn State
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Milton Bronnex
Gazette Special
Europe
Near East
Iraq
Africa
Montagu- Chelmsford
Delhi
Churchill Objects
Britain
Ramsey MacDonald
Winston Churchill
British India
Mysore
Bry
Red
Red Cross Ways and Means Committee
South Side
J. J. Hervert
Philip Shive
Philip W. Shive
Geneva
Switzerland
Georges Broeder
International Red Cross Committee
Star Jewelry CO
Tocarari Sey 2
South Side News
Rose Paider-Stockhouse
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Joseph Paidar
WMT
Ceska Lipa Dramatic Society
St. Wenceslaus Parish
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Rose Dryml
Czech Alliance Association
Sdruzeni Spolka
St. Wenceslaus
Masaryk
Czech Reading Society
Bohemian School
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Z.C.B.J
C.S.A. Central Committee
C.S.P.S
Z.C.B.J. Park Committee
Board of Trustees
James J. Hruska
John Turner
Mullin Bays
George A. Mullin
South Second Street
Y.M.C.A
Mexican Party
Los Amigos Club
William Duarte
Lyle Ogden
Boyd Smith
Royal Order of ‘‘Y” Bears
Boys’ Building Council
Jim Wescott
Bob Fiala
Bruce White
Vance Shephard
Ray Yeakle
Wally Emmons
Jack Dalziel
David Dean
Wallace Emmons
John Fattig
LaRue Collister
Tribunal
San Francisco
Neil Hitt
N. J
Rail Union
Lands Road
FOX Deluxe Beer
Seed Potato Headquarters
Iowa
Illinois
Messinger "& Sons
DIAL
TELA
Crandic
Iowa City
PHI Beta PI
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
Boston
Dillsburg
R. H. Slyder
Slyder
Sands Point
L. I
Marthy
Nittany Lion Old
Hall OF Waters
Excelsior Springs
Ity of Excelsior Springs
Harold Ammons
Bakeoven
Fifth Avenue
Service
Newman
TV Man
Newman's
Vearmans
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