Henry Wallace and Purported Windfall in AAA Era
A critique of Henry A. Wallace tied to Pioneer Hi Bred Corn Co profits and AAA policies. The piece asserts Wallace family ownership yields large returns from hybrid corn, claims political bias, and warns of economic risks and potential war if New Deal policies persist. It cites 1938 1939 earnings, ownership shares, and family income estimates.
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Targest
Henry A. Wallace
Henry A Wallace
Wallace
Wallaces
New Deal
Roosevelt
Chicago
Messrs
Henry Wallace
Iowa
AAA
Officials Still Riveting Gaze On Orient
Washington keeps watch on the Orient as crisis fears rise in Shanghai. Officials deem war unlikely but warn an incident could spark conflict between Americans and Japanese. Senator Johnson warns the nation to brace for possible entry into war. U.S. sailors and marines stand alert as Shanghai tightens security with barriers and curfews.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
China
Capitol Hill
Sen.Johnson
Calif
Senate
Evacuation fears rise as Britons in China debated
The British embassy in Shanghai cables London about possible evacuation plans for Britons while the American Chamber of Commerce calls a Friday meeting to seek U.S. government action to cut steamship rates for evacuations from China amid a potential Far East crisis. It costs families up to 1200 dollars for goods and 230 to 500 dollars per person for ship passage. Admiral Hart announced Miura apologized for Japanese gendarmes beating a US sailor in the international settlement. A Russian woman agent allegedly lured the sailor to a gendarme HQ where he was beaten after refusing to answer fleet questions.
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Shanghai
Ufp
Foreign Office
London
China
Embhassy
American Chamber of Commerce
United States
Thomas C. Hart
Kiichi Miura
United States Navy
United States Fleet
Italo German Japanese pact framed for United States says Matsuoka
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka said the Italo German Japanese military agreement was framed for the United States and not against it. He asserted Japan seeks to preserve peace with the U S while noting Churchill's Burma road move. He denied the pact required Japan and China peace within three months.
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TORIO
INS
United States
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Winston Churchill
Burma
Churchill
Japan
China
Giant Guns Shell Dover Area Again
A Southeast British port came under German long range artillery fire for about twenty minutes on Thursday night. The bombardment targeted the Dover area with shelling reported by AP as part of ongoing air and sea clashes in the region.
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Dover
Three daily rules for happiness from Alice Freeman Palmer
A reader recounts Alice Freeman Palmer offering three simple daily rules: commit something good to memory, seek something beautiful, and do something for someone else. The advice, said to still hold today, promotes consistency and practical kindness as the secret to happiness across homes and communities.
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Alice Freeman Palmer
DR. Newton
Dist
Bs United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Britain and United States discuss Pacific cooperation
London AP says the British and American governments are considering withholding war materials from Japan and possible Pacific cooperation. RA Butler notes contact with friendly powers is valued and that conversations have taken place but are not yet concluded.
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London
Japan
Pacific Ocean
United States
Butler
House of Commons
Josiah C. Wedgwood
Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Wedgwood
US and Britain hold talks on Far East to stay informed
Secretary Hull said in the House of Commons that the United States and Great Britain are engaging in conversations over the Far Eastern situation. The talks are to keep each government informed of the other's activities and are not intended to create formal agreements.
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Washington
INS
Hull
House of Commons
United States
Great Britain
Dull Skies Bring Rain Threat Over Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids faced a rain threat as dull skies persisted on Thursday with temperatures peaking around 67 بعد noon. The day opened with 51 degrees and drifted through the afternoon to the mid 60s before cooling by evening under the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Willkie Urges Rebuilding of U S Business Network
Wendell L. Willkie vowed to strengthen American business during a campaign swing in New Haven and New London Connecticut. He outlined a six point program for rebuilding business including tax revision regulatory simplification and government laboratories to aid development. He attacked the New Deal calling its domestic policy a failure and said the party would not appease dictators or communists.
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New Haven
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Conn
Republican Party
Washington
New England
Republian
New London
Philip T Smith
Yale University
Brother Beta
Tle
Securities and Exchange Commission
Navy sets Nov 7 start for Marine Reserve units
Washington AP reports the navy ordered all ground units of the organized marine corps reserve to report for duty on or about November 7, following mobilization orders issued last week. The move aligns with newly activated reserve forces awaiting deployment.
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Washington
Navy
Organized
Marine Corps Reserve
Dubuque Man Jailed After Soybean Stock Sale Scam
Dubuque resident M S Ackles age 67 was jailed in Linn county after police investigated complaints by a Cedar Rapids couple who were sold pretended pre organization stock in a soybean products firm. The couple paid 350 dollars and were promised doubling of value six percent interest and a lucrative job. Ackles left for Canada then returned leading to warrants and detention.
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M S Ackles
Dubuque
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
HR Churchill
Ackles
West Branch
General Sosbean Products Co., Inc
Dubuquate
Earl Stanley
Canada
Stanley
Churchill
Linn Draft Boards Map Plans At Initial Meeting
Linn county draft boards plan informal Thursday talks to classify about 13 000 men registering next Wednesday under the selective service act. Nine officials three attorneys and three physicians will discuss headquarters hiring a secretary and possible chairmen for each board.
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Linn County
Adj
Charles Grahl
Des Moines
Community Chest Names Volunteer Teams and Chair
Dr. Max Widmer announced Thursday that volunteer workers in all divisions of the Community Chest campaign from October 15 to 23 were named. He said the list of workers is nearly complete, with possible additions, and praised their unpaid service alongside financial support.
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Community Chest
Max Widmer
Lst
Widmer
Community Chest Pledge May Lower Your Income Tax
Charts show tax savings by income level from a Community Chest pledge. Free charts available at the public welfare bureau and the Chamber of Commerce. Higher incomes receive greater relative savings due to graduated rates. The chart details the net tax savings per pledge.
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Public Welfare
Chamber of Commerce
All-American drive marks charity event with feather score
Women meet at the Chamber of Commerce at 10 am Friday and men at 5 15 pm to signal the drive. Ten divisions participate and a blue feather on the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank building will show daily totals. Chest campaign aims for 90 619 dollars benefiting ten social agencies. Industrial division leadership led by James L. Cooper and others.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
James L. Cooper
F. Critz Hahn
John B. Turner II
James Roosevelt to divide time between Hollywood and Marines
James Roosevelt eldest son of the President will split his time between his soundies business and the United States Marine Corps where he holds the rank of captain. He has been ordered to active service at San Pedro and may make trips to Hollywood to supervise operations.
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Hollywood
James Roosevelt
United States Marine Corps
San Pedro
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace Family Reaps Big Dividends From Corn Company
Des Moines reports show Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company controlled by Henry A. Wallace and family earned 26,048,069 dollars on 201,536 capitalization in 1929, with 36,276.43 in dividends. Assessors note ownership by Wallace and relatives, including 68 and 744 shares held by Henry and his wife, with officers Fred W. Lehmann, Jo Newlin, and James W. Wallace.
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Des Moines
Pioneer
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
New Deals
Department of
Fred W. Lehmann
Jo Newlin
James W Wallace
St Pauls Hit by German Bombs In London Raid
St Pauls cathedral suffered damage to the east end and high altar as German bomb raids struck London. Rescue workers recovered casualties from a crowded tenement shelter, with at least 36 believed inside. many saved and seriously wounded.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Great St. Paul’s Cathedral
Air and Home Security Ministries
Christopher Wren
St Paul's
St. Pauls Cathedral
Wren
Lord Nele
Son
Britain
Sidney Alexander
Axis Thrust In Southeast Europe Nears
Six German troopships sailed down the Danube past Belgrade bound for Romania while rail shipments of war materials moved toward Romania and Bulgaria. Bucharest warned of tension and air raid shelters were ordered in Bucharest as concerns of a Nazi advance in the Balkans grew.
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Belgrade
Yueenslavia
Danube
Rumania
Bulgaria
Haribor
Balkan
Europe
Bucharest
Adolf Hitler
Lorenz
Galatz
Turkey
Greece
Russia
Balkans
Sebastopol
Black Sea
U S Spokesman At Berlin Called Home For Consultation
Alexander Kirk American chargé d affaires in Berlin has been recalled for consultation and will not return. He is expected to go to Rome to serve as chargé d affaires during Ambassador Phillips absence. Leland B. Morris will become chargé d affaires in Berlin.
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Washington
Alexander Kirk
Berlin
United States
State Department
Kirk
Rome
William Phillips
Phillips
Leland B. Morris
24 Hour Shift Sought From Plane Firms
The War Department on Thursday asked private airplane firms with Army plane contracts to adopt a 24 hour shift to accelerate the air rearmament program.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Submarines to bolster U.S. Atlantic patrol force
The Navy will have 36 recommissioned World War II submarines ready for duty in the Atlantic around January 1. Officials say the old subs will strengthen the 125-ship Atlantic patrol and reduce the need to divert capital ships from the Pacific if America faces threats from Europe and Asia simultaneously.
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Washington
Atlantic
Naval
Pacific
America
Europe
Asia
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