Farmers urged to embrace progress over adjustment
Wheeler McMillen editor of Country Home urged farmers at the National Grange meeting to pursue advancement in agriculture. He warned the “adjustment and defeat” philosophy would freeze progress, urging use of nonfood crops, agricultural fuels, and expanded markets to sustain farm prosperity.
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Columbus, O
Wheeler McMillen
the Country Home
America
McMillen
National Grange
Washington
McMillenm
United States
Europe
Des Moines Officials Seek Way To Provide Sanitary Facilities
Des Moines Indiana officials asked the conference of mayors for ideas to extend water and sewer service to several thousand homes. Mayor J H Allen led the delegation and hoped to secure federal aid from the WPA administrator Harry L Hopkins. About 8 000 homes lack water and sewer connections amid financial distress, creating sanitary and health risks.
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Washington
Des Moines
Conference of Mayors
J. H. Allen
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Des Moines Boy Killed After Move From Sioux City
Eugene Striegel 11 son of Mr and Mrs Irwin Striegel was killed when he fell from a street car bridge into the Des Moines river Monday. The Striegel family had moved to Des Moines from Sioux City the previous Sunday.
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Des Moines
Eugene Striegel
Irwin Striegel
Striegel
Sioux City
Italian Youth Engage in Aeronautics Education Movement
An educational movement to imbue and familiarize Italian youth with the elemental phases of aeronautics is being carried on throughout Italy.
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Italy
Radio Schedule Highlights A Night of Orchestras and Guests
A dense listing of radio programming from 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM features Amos n Andy and Easy Aces on NBC and CBS networks, with a parade of orchestras, singers, and variety acts across WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WGST WCCO and more. Notable names include Wayne King, Hildegarde, Fred Astaire, Xavier Cugat, Benny Goodman, Burns and Allen, and Xavier Cugat orchestrations.
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Andy
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Weaf Chain
Easy Aces
WJZ_chain
CBS
WABC
WBBM
Tony Russell
WJZ Chain
Vera Hufsmith
Lum
Abner
Ts Chain
Doris Kerr
KMOX
WGST
WCCO
Vivian Della Chiesa
Acaio Reisman Orch
WEAF
Dude Ranch
Hammerstein Music Hall
Wayne King Orch
Edgar A. Guest
Welcome Valley
WJZ
Ken Murray
Ben Bernie Orch
Fred Waring Orch
WABCO
Fred Astaire
Rupert Hughes
M. c
Hildegarde
Singer
Malcolm Claire
Oleanders
William Meeder
Salon Musicale
White
Streamliners
Breakfast Club
Tim Healy
Mrs. Wiggs
the O'Neills
Wcco Woc
Marshia
Hal
WJZ_ chain
National Farm and Home Hour
Helen Trent
Joe Page
Hollywood High Hatters Orch
Vaughn de Leath
WIZ_ chain
Art Giles Orch
WOC
NBC Music Guild
American School of the Air
ABC
Jean Dickinson
Soprano
Youne’s
Vic and_Sade
Enery Deutsch
Eney Busse Orch
National Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations
Teens of Music
Wabc Woc Bi A Eer Ee Peete Proram ' Chain. Arry Kogen
Orch
Gogo de Lys
Nurse Corps
Tom Mix
Serk
Amos ‘N
Louis Panico Orch
WMAQ
Mario Cozzi
Baritone
Ethel Barrymore
Burns and Allen
Willson Orch
WJZ Chain Conference of U. S. Mayors
Verrill
Nano Rodrigo Orch
Glen Gray Orch
Bobby Hayes Orch
Bobby Meeker Orch
Wwoc
Dedicate New Hall At Cornell Tonight
The Merner hall dedication at Cornell college in Mount Vernon will be marked by a dinner with men students trustees and guests. Dr. Donald J. Cowling of Carleton college will speak and H J Burgstahler will preside. Donor names will be revealed and remarks on Merner hall will follow. Violin numbers will be performed by Karl Andrist.
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Sutherland Dows
William R. Boyd
Frank W. Court
Waterloo
Ray Nyemaster
Davenport
F. C. Witzigman
Washington
John T. Moffit
Tipton
R. E. Courson
Belmond
Dean Peisen
Eldora
John E. Stout
Northwestern University
Fred W. Sargent
Evanston
W. C. Stuckslager
S. G. Fouse
Lisbon
H. B. Annis
Richard C. Raines
Minneapolis
D. A. van Metre
William Harmon Norton
Charles E. Hedges
Thomas Nicholson
Mount Vernon
Lost and Found Want Ad in Rapids Gazette
A short notice appears in the Rapids Gazette Lost and Found section advertising items or notices. The fragment hints at personal belongings or inquiries seeking missing objects.
Mary Pickford and Rogers announce engagement plan marriage
Hollywood report states Mary Pickford and Charles Rogers will wed next spring and retire to a ranch house after the wedding. Pickford confirms engagement and says there will be no church ceremony. Rogers plans to England soon and Pickford will go east, marking a quiet farewell party for friends.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Pickfair
Pickfair Mansion
Love
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Rogers
Mary
Three Directors Re-elected to Des Moines Federal Home Loan Board
The Federal Home Loan Bank board re-elected three directors for the Des Moines district covering Iowa Minnesota Missouri and the Dakotas. Named are George S. Metcalfe Roosevelt Federal S and L St Louis Missouri John D Gray Fidelity Building and Loan Valley City North Dakota and Robert M Clayton George D Clayton Building and Loan Hannibal Missouri. Charles B Robbins of Cedar Rapids Iowa serves as board chairman.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Dakotas
George S. Metcalfe
Roosevelt Federal Savings and Loan Association
St. Louis
John D. Gray
Fidelity Building and Loan Association
Valley City
N. D
Robert M. Clayton
George D. Clayton Building and Loan Association
Hannibal
Charles B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt advisers ready to curb runaway market fear
The piece credits President Roosevelt and advisers with staying alert to market danger and ready to act beyond talk. It notes possible methods from Chairman Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board and Chairman Landis of the SEC to control foreign purchases of American securities, stressing government intervention as a duty.
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Roosevelt
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Landis
Security and Exchange Commission
Alice Longworth
Predicts Gov t will own half of US land
Dr. Jacob G. Lipman, president of the Association of Land Grant Colleges, forecast a vast public domain expansion with the government eventually owning perhaps half of the land. He called for excess acreage to be removed from production to aid lumber, wildlife, water conservation, and flood control, and warned that modern American farmers lose over $5 billion annually to soil and nutrient erosion.
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Houston, Tex
Jacob G. Lipman
New Jersey State College of Agriculture
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
Washington Weather Chief Mont Hayes Dies at 62
Mont Rose W Hayes 62 longtime chief meteorologist and head of the river and flood division of the Weather Bureau in Washington died Monday at his home. He had led the division since 1929 and was a prominent figure in forecasting and flood control efforts.
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Washington (Ap
Montrose W. Hayes
Weather Bureau
Winant to Return as Board Chairman
John G. Winant to resume temporarily the chairmanship of the Social Security Board after leaving to answer critics of the security law during the presidential campaign. He is a former Republican governor of New Hampshire. The White House said he discussed the move with the President on Saturday.
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Washington
White House
John G. Winant
Social Security Board
Winant
New Hampshire
Twenty Pigs Stolen From Cedar Rapids Area Farm
Sheriff James H. Smith reports twenty young Hampshire pigs stolen from Weaver Witwer farm near Marion Cedar Rapids during Sunday night or early Monday. Investigating authorities seek information on the missing livestock.
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James H. Smith
Hampshire
Weaver Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Ducks Find No Ducks as Mississippi Sides Split
McGregor hunter Charles Brooks reports no ducks on the Iowa side during a twenty mile trip north of town while many thousands feed on the Wisconsin side. He notes Wisconsin hunting season is open and Iowa is closed, leaving Iowa duck hunters discouraged by the disparity.
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McGregor
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Iowa
Charles Brooks
Here
Beauty queen jailed after elopement marriage
Beauty queen Ruby Hart Carroll 17 of Clay Center Nebr. pled to larceny of two suitcases charged by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turnbaugh. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail Monday though parents did not approve of the elopement and marriage.
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Clay Center
INS
Nebraska
Ruby Hart Carroll
Charles Turnbaugh
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Cold Treatment
Advertises Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as an internal fourfold cold remedy. Claims it opens the bowels checks infection relieves fever and headache and fortifies the system. Sugar coated tablets available and directions suggest taking two every four hours to break up a cold in 24 hours.
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Grove
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