Iowa New Dealers eye patronage and Farley ties in Des Moines
Washington dispatch reports Iowa New Dealers puzzled by Clyde Herring introducing James Farley at a Des Moines postmasters event while considering U S Senatorial patronage and Roosevelts stance. Utterback illness fuels talk of a temporary fill. Hull and Wallace loom as 1940 possibilities amid Iowa’s factional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
Clyde Herring
James Farley
Des Moines
Farley
Herring
Garner
Wallace
Roosevelt
Guy Gillette
White House
Hubert Utterback
Utterback
State Party
Cordell Hull
Harry Hopkins
Grinnell
Gillette
Hank
Years Ago Compiled From Gazette Files
A 1910s compiled column recounts a bicycle accident involving LD Woodring on First Avenue bridge at noon, a carpenters union forming with 60 journeymen, a runaway horse incident on Third Avenue, Mrs. Carrie Morcombe becoming grand lady of honor at Muscatine, and trainmaster I. S. McIntyre appointed Cedar Rapids yard superintendent. The piece notes Hesperian club a Amana tour, Home for Aged Women officers, reception plans for Company C 49th Iowa from Cuba, a Sunday school spell down won by Miss Alice Oxley, Ladies Star Whist club gathering, and local grain and livestock prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Morcombe
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge
Muscatine
F. E. Brooke
U. B. Church
Alice Oxley
R. G. Shuey
New York Day by Day by Charles Driscoll
The column recalls long time correspondents like Jane B. Marland and notes readers who sign postcards. It covers sea tales from New Bedford to Wilming ton and Murray Hill real estate glimpses. It comments on handicaps shaping achievement and features a story about a Seaman's Bethel dog Jerry and Duncan Hines food atlas praise.
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ISL
Jane B. Marland
Dayton
Ohio
Betty Marsh
Toledo Times
Billy
New York
First Avenue
Arthur Anderson
New Philadelphia
Money Island
Wilmington
N. C
Door
Jerry
Mr. Thurber
Atlantic
Seaman’s Bethel
New Bedford
Whalemen’s
Mariner’s Home
America
Milton Epstein
San Francisco
Duncan Hines
C. E. Lotreck
A. J. Brewster, Jr
Akron
Howard Biser
Jacksonville
George D. Manson
Crawfordsville
Ind
Alice Richardson
Rochester
Hines
George Meier
Indianapolis
Parks Johnson
Great Neck
N. Y
Ethel Burgess
Thomaston
A. A. Joseph
Melbourne
Fla
J. H. Shea
Fort Lauderdale
H. E. Butler
Placer County
Calif
John Hillig
Belmar
N. J
To know a man by how he wins his object
A quotation emphasizes character in victory over failure, noting pride mocks success while pride sustains defeat. It suggests true measure lies in methods and mindset when pursuing goals, not just outcomes. The line attributes insight to Colton.
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Colton
Government employes rise with distance from voters
A 1937 report from the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shows 3,764,000 government workers, with federal, state, county and municipal totals. Municipal and private employment trends suggest proximity to taxpayers helps keep payrolls down and fuels a push against centralized control.
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United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Senator King Proposes Small Cuts to Federal Spending
The piece notes Senator King of Utah proposes a 1 to 2 percent cut in all federal appropriations, critiquing the doomed 10 percent idea. It cites Reed Smoot’s dictum that government costs rise regardless of party, and suggests a modest cut might pass with careful lobbying, though overall impact would be limited.
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Congress
Senator King
Utah
King
Reed Smoot
Notable quotes on policy and society from mid-century leaders
A compilation of remarks from figures including William Green, Cordell Hull, Anastasio Somoza, Cathrine Curtis, Willard Wilson, Neville Chamberlain, Pat Harrison, Francis B. Sayre, Sam Rayburn, Leland Foster Wood, Herbert Hoover, and Charles Dunning. The statements discuss labor reform, neutrality, dictatorship, economic policy, and freedom versus repression.
Washington economy drive could lift public mood
A broad scale successful effort toward trimming government costs would be a headline achievement since 1933. The intended savings might be modest, but the psychological lift for the nation could be far larger than the dollars saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Not completely safe maybe but some people envy us
Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler told the Knife and Fork club that the United States is unlikely to be invaded successfully. He cited transport challenges and limited air power, while noting pacifist critics. An English writer’s idea of shipping Britain to Canada is cited to illustrate misplaced fears. The piece ends urging better perspective on collective security.
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Knife and Fork Club
Smedley Butler
General Butler
United States
American Mercury
Canada
England
Atlantic
Baess
Missouri plan to ban odd women shoe styles fails
In spring the Missouri legislature tried to curb strange women’s footwear but faced opposition from voters. In New York City Mrs. Anna Woolman Chase of Vogue warned shoe makers to stop promoting quirky styles or risk fashionable women going shoeless or embellishing their feet with bells. She likened this to odd headgear that started from playful millinery.
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Missouri
New York City
Vogue Magazine
Anna Woolman Chase
Speed and fuel cost differences at high highway speeds
It costs a driver seven cents more per mile at 90 mph than at 40 mph. Gasoline costs rise from one to four cents per mile as speed increases from 20 to 90 mph.
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ED Hadley
Ers
John Keefe
Sioux City
U. S
Edward Dunn
Mason City
Senator Gillette
Hull
Henry Wallace
William G.) McAdoo
California
Texas
Hopkins
Bennett Clark
James J. Hauska
LD Woodring
First Avenue Bridge
Carpenters Union
Carpenters
John Nobies
Ed Ferguson
William Hutton
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Honor Carrie Morcombe
I. S. McIntyre
North Western
Belle Plaine
F. E. Carey
Hesperian Club
Amana
E. Buser
Katherine Canfield
Board of Management For the Home For Aged Women
Henry Rickel
Milo Adams
George Laurance
S. T. Wiggins
R. C. Rock
Admission
P. G. White
49Th Iowa
Cuba
A. T. Cooper
George Redmond
Ed M. Scott
E. E. Rothrock
W. B. Wallace
P. P. Smith
Theodore Schauwecker
General Greene
E. H. Smith
Gen
W. L. Davis
T. E. Green
John Hamilton
F. H. Putnam
Charles Merrill
Harry Swisher
H. W. McCullough
Spelling Bee
Ladies Star Whist Club
P. B. Rhea
Mesdames Fry
John Playter
Prickett
Searles
Jenkins
Durin
Moulton
J. H. Preston
Milo Smith
Wettstein
Jamison
Thompson
Buser
Wolfe
Francis
Charles Driscoll
Atlas
Hurt Shavings
the Sons of Indiana
George Wellbaum
The
Telephone Company
Don Herold
Funny Man
Steve Hannagan
Joe Cook
Vincent Bendix
Wizard of Science and Industry
James Whitcomb Riley
Charley Belden
Pitchfork
Wyo
Manhattan
Pan-American Airways
London
Clare Ogden Davis
Connecticut
First Express
Murray Hill
Madison Avenue
J. P. Morgan
J. P
M. Taylor Pyne
RS. H. F. Westfall
Berkeley
Glenn Cunningham
Theodore Roosevelt
Oliver Goldsmith
New England
C. S. Thurber
Bethel
Cedar Rapids Gasette WA
Marion
Senator
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Latin America
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Cathrine Curtis
Women Investors In America
Congressional Neutrality Committee
Willard Wilson
Nebraska University
Prime Minister Chamberlain
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Francis B. Sayre
House
Sam Rayburn
Leland Foster Wood
Federal Council of Churches
Herbert Hoover
Charles Dunning
Mothers Day
Edgar A.griest
Edgar
Rtag
Merchants Bank
Oelwein
Mealy Hotel
Decorah
Winneshirk
Iowa City
Louis Drug Store
Morcedar
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