Death threats to Russians amid collectivization turmoil
A memoir fragment recounts how families hid from the Soviet drive to collectivize farming. It describes deportations to stockades and Siberia, famine, and the collapse of the Ukrainian education system as Stalin's purge widens. The author notes fear, exile, and the danger of having relatives abroad.
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Soviet
Stalin
Central Committee
Skrypnik
Eugenia
England
Moscow
Sergei Kirov
Soviet Russia
Iowa Vets Bonus Act Proposes 85 Million Bond Issue
The document outlines an act to authorize Iowa to incur 85 million dollars in indebtedness for World War II service compensation. It creates a World War II Service Compensation Board, details bond issuance, interest, tax levies, eligibility for payments to veterans, and a citizen vote at the 1948 general election.
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Iowa
United States
General Assembly
State of
Bunda
Treasurt
Onorabh
Amuilete
Etual Mer
District Court of
State
O Cal
District Court
Supreme Court
Stat Comptroller
Service Compensation Board
Iil
State Tax Commission
State Tax Commission Shasary
Teeciton
Savings for Child Operation Stolen in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia couple watched their two year effort to save $1,200 vanish when a strong box containing $500 was stolen from their home. Morris Weiss, 31, a painter, and his wife had saved half dollars and quarters to fund surgery to spare their four year old son from paralysis. Two women are reported to have taken the money, and the case was discussed at a hearing.
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Philadelphia
Morris Weiss
Painter
Weiss
Two Women Held Without Bail in Ronald Weiss Case
Mrs Minnie Hill 23 and her aunt Mrs Catherine Bowen 40 denied the charge as they remain jailed without bail. Ronald Weiss 2 suffered paralysis after a childhood accident. doctors advised Mayo Clinic surgery costing 1200 dollars, which his parents attempted to fund as a last hope for their son.
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Minnie Hill
Weisses
Catherine Bowen
Ronald Weiss
Ronald
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Weiss
Baptist Worry Is Absurd Says Catholic Veterans Leader
Washington AP four Baptist bodies protested a Catholic War Veterans plan to train an officer candidate school to combat communism. Anthony Forbes, national commander, mocked the worry as absurd, saying the program is non sectarian and limited to about 50 men who will explain communism to civic groups after training.
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Washington
Anthony H. Forbes
Baptist Joint Conference Committee On
Southern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptist Convention
National Baptists of Peace
National Baptists
Joint Conference Committee On
The
Veterans Organization
Forbes
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest
The piece reflects on child ownership and possessiveness as toys trigger disputes when others join in play. It ponders who is more possessive a child or adults, noting the repeated pattern of conflict over shared items.
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Edgar A. Guest
Poet of
the People
Mystery of purse found in cracker box solved in Knoxville
Rhoten Byington found a white leather purse in a cracker box. Inside were money and a card for Marjorie W. Ide of St. Louis. A friend explained Ide misplaced the purse at a cracker factory where a coworker put it in a box.
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Knoxville
Miss Gray
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Demyan
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Concentration
Siberia
Don
Arctic
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Ukraine
Ukrainian Republic
N. A. Skrypnik
Lenin
Voroshilovgrad
Soviet Union
Robertson
London
NKVD
Eugenia Robertson
Oksana Kasenkina
Hall
Treasury of
Szovit A Nex
al Imnex
Rollo H. Bergeson
Coatedian
Rollo MH. Bergeson
V & L News Lounge
2Nd Ave. SE
the Light Co
Hallmark Cards
Baby Stroller Rentals
Magneto
Ralph F. Dresher
Central Iowa Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
Peoples
West End
Third Avenue Bridge
HOTEL
Roosevelt Sky Grill
Syndicate
Madras
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