TVA Authority Debate Highlights Executive Power Limits
The piece contrasts Solicitor General Jackson and Senator Norris on the TVA removal power, noting Jackson’s reading favors executive flexibility while Norris defends TVA independence. It argues executives seek broader authority, urging Congress to set firm limits and compare power to historic dictatorships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jackson
George Norris
Nebraska
TVA
Wheeler
Norris
Department of Commerce
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jackson
Figures show federal spending growth since 1789
A Congressional Record list compiled by Senator Rush Holt traces federal appropriations from 1789 91 to 1938 the total rising from 8 991 600 to 8 935 346 000 excluding post office funds. Over 147 years spending grew about a thousandfold while U S land area expanded about fourfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rush Holt
Post Office
United States
Government spending per person through American history
The piece compares federal outlays and population growth from 1790 to 1936, noting costs per square mile and per person. It questions whether modern government, serving many more people over larger land, should cost vastly more, and mocks excess from inflated views of government essentials. It also mentions Senator Capper as a possible presidential aspirant and jokes about sunflower buttons from London supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Republic
Jefferson
Washington
Senator Capper
Kansas
London
Disney dwarfs epoch in Snow White praise and prophecy
The columnist praises Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a masterful use of film to express emotion while pondering Disney’s personal life and future generations of fans. They celebrate the dwarf world, compare it to historic calamities and literature, and end with a sly nod to economic musings and the question of the present money system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Disney
Disney
Happy
Heigh-Ho
Quotes on Society and Policy from Noted Figures
A collection of compact opinions and quips from public figures and professionals. Frank D. Slutz and Robert Oleson weigh social duties and health while Harry Herman and Sam Hecht offer street observations. Bernard Baruch, Shaw, Hodza, and Borah comment on unemployment, war, and international relations.
Iowa Postmaster Politics Stir Iowa in 1930s
In Iowa the postmastership fight grows acute as terms expire for Democratic appointees amid shifts since 1936 civil service reforms. Rep. Bacon accuses unseen hands of delaying appointments across six towns in four districts, highlighting Gillette Herring Wearin Harrington and Dowell Gilchrist patronage divide. The piece outlines how reassignments could reshape party strength ahead of spring and summer campaigns.
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Pvashington
Iowa
Post Office Department
Landon
Alf Landon
Kansas
Postal Service
Roosevelt
R. L. Bacon
New York
Congress
Bacon
House of Representatives
Guy Gillette
Clyde Herring
Federal Judicial
Herring
Gillette
Slater
Story County
C. M. Dowell
Bancroft
Kossuth County
Fred Gilchrist
Otha Wearin
Defiance
Elk Horn
Shelby County
Vincent Harrington
Correctionville
Woodbury County
Orange City
Sioux County
Civil Service Commission
Harrington
A. C. Willford
Fred P. Hagemann
Waverly
John Sullivan
Waterloo
Willford
Senator Murphy
Washington
Ed Birmingham
Birmingham
James Roosevelt
White House
James Farley
Cedar Rapids Team 1898 Roster and Local Notes
Cedar Rapids announces the 1898 baseball personnel with Belden Hill as manager. Players include Hutchinson, Fisher, Andrews, Cole, Flood, Van Buren, Schrecongost, Collins, McDougal, Norcom, Shuman, Lothrop, Donnelly, and Zimmer. Also noted are bank reorganizations, new banks, city appointees, theatrical circuit formation with Cedar Rapids HQ, and local market prices for wheat through hogs. The piece mentions bicycle racers Leo Stepanek and Matt Kostomlatsky, along with various local events and business changes.
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Belden Hill
Cedar Rapids
Ed Hutchinson
al Fisher
Jay Andrews
Archie Cole
Tim Flood
Ed van Buren
Schrecongost
Collins
McDougal
Smith
Norcom
Shuman
Lothrop
Donnelly
Zimmer
Leo Stepanek
Matt Kostomlatsky
Iowa City
Diary of Odd McIntyre and a New York Memory
As Odd McIntyre lay dying he scribbled notes about a life in New York with his wife. The piece glides through his final thoughts, recalling the Bronx home, influenza, wartime fear, and a city that shaped their days.
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Odd McIntyre
Odd
Holland
Gallipolis
Nevada trains Mormon crickets for competitive distance hopping
Reno dispatch reports WPA crews trapped and killed 133 boxcars of crickets in 1937. They amused themselves with cricket derbies, betting on entrants, and discussed entering champion jumpers in Calaveras frog contests, which California refused to avoid spreading crickets. An intoxicated man sleeping in brush was found nibbling by crickets that covered his clothes and occasionally bit him.
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Reno
Nev
Angela Camp
Coalinga
Nevada
WPA
Gilbert C. Ross
Alaveras
California
Strength and potency in medicine on a doctor's prescription
STRENGTH Health is the birthright of mankind and when sick something is wrong. Your doctor prescribes medicine a combination of from two to twenty drugs. Potency depends on freshness and proper storage. We ship only potent drugs under our rigid requirements ensuring prescriptions fulfill their purpose.
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Supreme Court
Wiliam E. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Executive
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Napoleon
Horatio Alger
Revenue Bureau
Frank D. Slutz
Dayton, O
Robert Oleson
U. S
Harry Herman
St. Joseph, Mo
Sam Hecht
San Francisco
France
Spain
Gerhart Niemeker
Princeton University
Illinois
Thomas J. Courtney
William J. Sorels
Chicago
T. J. Harrison
Pryor
Okla
America
Ralph Wenger
Alice Blinn
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cornell
Bernard Baruch
George Bernard Shaw
Harry Woodring
Japan
Borah
Idaho
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Radley
Gazette
ED Hadley
Wearin
Civil Service
Hill
Hubert Utterback
Utterback
Des Moines
Eenar
James J. Hrusea
City National Bank
Bohemian-American Savings Bank
James L. Bever
J. R. Amidon
J. W. Bowdish
American Trust and Savings Bank
George W. Bever
W. F. Severn
E. E. Pinney
Fred Sadler
State Reformatory
Anamosa
John B. Henderson
George B. Peck
Rockford
Clinton
Marshalltown
Sioux City
John N. Hughes
New City Council
J.H Krall
J. E. Hannegan
Cleveland, O
B. C. R. and
N. Railroad
City
Mrs. Hannegan
Starman
Pratt
Francis
Yale
Greene’s Opera House
Edger A. Guest
Edger A. Cuapt
Charles Driscoll
I Bronx
University Avenue
Minnesota
Pennsylvania Station
Travelers Aid
United Press
Bill Hawkins
Charlie
Marius Fortie
Bobbs-Merrill
Harry Sherman
Random House
Lyonesse
Mary Ellen Chase
Macmillan
William N. Macartney
Dutton
Axel Gregerson
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