Y M C A Begins Its Fall Program
The Y M C A launches fall and winter activities with renewed interest in basketball conditioning and badminton. A new boys clubs program runs weeknights and Saturdays for younger boys with hobbies and crafts. New adult sports include boxing wrestling and planned gymnastics instruction with noted coaches and a full weekly schedule of volleyball basketball swimming and weight lifting.
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Y.M.C.A
Charles E. Rottray
Eli Omar
Iowa
George Nissen
Stuart O'Byrne
Callis Thomas
Harry Hansen
Lloyd Schukenecht
Lee B. Henrickson
Lyman Benton
Don Bennett
Catholics Lead U S Religious Membership Rise in 1937
The Christian Herald reports 1937 religious membership rose to 63,848,094 in the United States. Protestant totals reached 35,879,311 while Roman Catholic membership stood at 21,322,688. Jewish congregations counted 4,081,242, with the prior Catholic figure corrected from 31,530,275.
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New York
The
Christian Herald
United States
Nebraska Grange Opposes Compulsory Farm Control
The Nebraska State Grange adopted resolutions opposing compulsory control of farm production and any move to reorganize the federal government through a single authority. Delegates urged Nebraska’s congressmen to vote against wage hour legislation, and supported private railroad operation with lower wage scales to cut costs and boost traffic.
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Broken Bow
Neb
Nebraska State Grange
Nebraska
The
Grange
Winter Tire Wear Compared Low This Season
The report notes tire wear is reduced during winter, being lower than in other seasons. This seasonal decline impact may influence maintenance decisions and vehicle handling in cold weather conditions.
New Library Books Analyze European Events And Issues
A survey of post war British policy and European politics through several works. Writings cover the Versailles settlement, Hitler's actions, Czech crisis, Austria before annexation, Mussolini's evolution, Nazi youth creed, and European political philosophy with cautions for American readers.
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New Library
Britain
R. W. Seton-Watson
Versailles
Europe
Hitler
Russia
England
Czechoslovakia
Richard Freund
Austria
Eugene Lennhoff
Vienna Telegraph
Germany
European Street Talk and League of Nations Reviews
Croft-Cooke travels through Holland Belgium Germany Czechoslovakia Hungary Italy and France letting locals speak for themselves about Hitler and the regime. The review praises Knudson's History Of The League Of Nations as clearly written and argues Jacks proposes a shift from coercion to economic partnership and consent to avoid war.
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Europe
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Italy
France
Croft-Cooke
Hitler
League of Nations
John Immanuel Knudson
League
L. P. Jacks
Editors Discuss Best Possible News Coverage
AP editors from Maine to California opened a three day clinic in Cleveland on the sixth annual meeting of the AP Managing Editors association. Hal O Flaherty said 42 newspapers have disappeared in a year and urged economies to protect reader interests while maintaining coverage.
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Cleveland
Maine
California
Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association
Hal O'Flaherty
Chicago Daily News
O'Flaherty
Palo Special Election on Franchise Ordinance No. 19
A special election will be held in Palo Iowa on November 16 1938 to vote on adopting Ordinance No 19 granting the Town Electric Light and Power Company a 25 year non exclusive franchise to construct operate and maintain electric generation transmission and distribution within Palo and to occupy streets bridges and public places. The ordinance sets height and safety rules requires refunds for pavement work after excavations and outlines rates and liability. Citizens are asked to decide if the measure should be adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo
Iowa
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Iowan
National Board of Fire
Towa
Iself
Palo Iowa town ordinance election details and polling info
Palo Iowa town announces an ordinance measure subject to voter approval in an election at Ladies Aid Hall. Polls open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with the mayor and town clerk attesting to the ordinance and related legal steps.
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D. GC. Baldwin
Wm. Swallom
Ladies Aid Hall
D. C. Baldwin
Palo
Iowa
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Nebraska Grange
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Kurt Schuschnigg
Mussolini
Guadence Megaro
Randolph Leigh
Rupert Croft-Cooke
Stewart-Warner
Home Specialty
Eop Home Anly
Second Avenue
Dial
Oxfords
Cedar Rapids
2Nd Avenue
Chesterfield
Liccett & Myers
Topacco
Paul Whiteman
George Gracie Burns Allen
AUC. B. S
Eppie DooLey
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