Our Mr Welles critiques Panama naval safety zone plan
Summary of Sumner Welles return from Pan-American talks where he argues the proposed Western Hemisphere safety zone would merely provide information and not force belligerents to keep war activities outside the zone. He warns policing a large area could provoke incidents and delay action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Welles
United States
Panama
Europe
Welles
Panama City
United Sates
Rt. Welles
State Department
Inert seed promises misleads buyers in lawn mixture tale
A Baltimore Sun writer recalls a store clerk touting a shady lawn seed mix with a high inert content. The salesman ends up praising inert matter as the key ingredient, a debatable claim that shocks the observer and reveals troubling levels of consumer miseducation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltiore Sun
Sun
Baltimore
Ignorance and Misunderstanding Shape Public Judgment
The piece argues public opinion on European war and neutrality is swayed by misinterpretation of terms and careless reporting. It stresses literacy in political vocabulary and urges clearer understanding to prevent misleading conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Weeks
KABR
Congress
Modern war remains a constant through ages of change
A 1695 essay argues that money and resources determine war outcomes, not valiant troops. It notes that the allure of modern war being different persists in every era, with the author predicting an impossible optimism about future conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles d’Avenant
London
Paris
Washington urged to swap calendars for Halloween fix
A satirical column urges the President to declare calendars rearranged so Halloween falls unpredictably between months. The piece lampoons calendar manipulation as a cure for Halloween chaos and jokes about shifting Wednesdays and October. It mocks government action while calling for a drastic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Quote Collection Urges Democracy And Global Unity
A compilation of political voices including Admiral Rodgers, Stanley P. Davies, Rev. Raymond Knox, Dr. Karl T. Compton, President Dixon Ryan Fox, William Green, Alexander Kerensky, Leeth, Daniel J. Tobin, James J. Walker, and Dr. Victor Lasceno, arguing for democracy, social responsibility, labor unity, and Pan Americanism amid postwar tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Iowa Senators Say Debate Hasn’t Changed Neutrality View
Washington Iowa’s two senators Clyde Herring and Guy Gillette maintain their neutrality stance despite two weeks of debate. Herring says the debate produced few changed minds and he plans a speech similar to Edward Burke’s urging embargo relief to aid Britain and France while staying neutral. Gillette plans two amendments and a general discussion to lead into debate on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Senate
Clyde Herring
Guy Gillette
Aie Herring
Gillette
Herring
Edward Burke
Nebraska
Burke
Great Britain
France
Hitler
America
Britain
Debate Over Foreign Policy Law Draws Senator Gillette
Senator Gillette defends a proposed foreign policy bill amid partisan talks, urging swift Senate action and detailing amendments to limit arms credits and tighten securities rules. He and colleagues seek a form that promises greater peace and security while allowing practical adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Crankmire Ponders Ending War With Aged Soldiers
In a wartime reflection Crankmire argues that if the least valuable soldiers stepped forward, trenches would fill first and the bravest should remain home. He imagines humor arising from elderly troops marching, then notes the grim reality of sending the finest to die. The speaker awaits consensus from others as he contemplates a drastic shift in fighting.
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Old Crankmire
Cedar Rapids Crime and Labor News Flashes
The Gazette records a cash-strapped police fund debate, a palmist swindle case, a painter burglary pursuit, and a labor drive to close shops early. It notes King’s yard-wide dynamite blasts, a fourth Cereal elevator plan, a gold dust haul by livestock chief Aldrich, new Methodist pastors, a biscuit plant expansion, temperance meetings, theater ads, and local market prices.
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Marshal Kozlovsky
Cedar Rapids
Frost
the Gazette
Ed Frost
Clemens
Frank Connell
Mansfield Block
Second Avenue
Second Street
William King
American Cereal Company
B Avenue
Third Street
King
Cereal Company
Hi Aldrich
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad
Aldrich
San Francisco
Continental Biscuit Company
First Street
Fourth Avenue SE
Francis Murphy
Burkhalter
Washington
Pan-Presbyterian Congress
Admiral Dewey
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes and showbiz jabs
Broadway column chatter from 1938 recounts Walter Winchell style anecdotes at Club 18. Mentions Jack O’Paul McCarthy, Joe Kennedy kin, screenings at Stork Club, Archibald MacLeish radio drama talks, and signals of Hollywood and Broadway nightlife with names like H. M. Warner and Diana Callard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fack White
N. Y. Giants
Jack
McCarthy
Club 18
Broadway
Ason Welles
Reis
Archibald MacLeish
Welles
MacLeish
Arthur Hale
WOR
Arthur
Parents Magazine
Mrs. Roosevelt
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Edar Rapids Gasette
THE
Gazette Company
Cedar
Mos
Towa
Till
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Wisconsin
U. S
Marion
Napoleon
Mr. Welles
Admiral Rodgers
U.S. Asiatic Fleet
Stanley P. Davies
Community Service Society
New York
Raymond Knox
Columbia University
Dixon Ryan Fox
Union College
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
William Green
A. F. of S. President
Stalin
Alexander F. Kerensky
Leeth
Labor
Daniel J. Tobin
James J. Walker
New York City
Victor Lasceno
Cuba
Ed Hadley
ED Nadley
Gazette
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Garner
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tobey
Postmen’s Convention
Frank Baldwin
Joe
W. S. Jacobsen
Clinton
Bill
Frank
Reva White
Olin
Jacobsen
Charles Cash
Anamosa
John Hammond
Glen Bowdish
Springville
Elmer Hollingsworth
Marley Clark
Tosan
Edgar 4. Guest
Bob Estabrook
Retail Clerks’ Protective Association
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Waterloo
Bohemian Church
F. J. Zavodsky
St. Paul’s
Pitner
Trinity
E. J. Lockw
Dewey
Excelsior Smoking Tobacco
F. F. Adams and Company
Milwaukee
Greene
David Higgins
Piney Ridge
Roys
Holden
Comedy Company
Walter Winchell
Coprrish
Dally Mirr
New Yorker
H. M. Warner
Hollywood
Warner
Stork Club
Martha Douglas
Swanky River Club
Joe Kennedy
Mark Hellinger
Advance
Hellinger
Texas Guinan
Helen Morgan
Palace Theater
Mark
Zorina
Lou Grant
Dietrich
Signs of the Times
al Wager
Athleen
Charles Norris
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Fatima
Columbus Circle
Uptown
Madison Square Garden
Burel Mulkey
la Conga
Fisher
Dana Dale
Pottsville
Tom Brooks
Brooks
England
Abbott's
Parke-Davis
Squibb, Upjohn Or
Ledekie’s
Natola
Abdol
Upjohr
Upjohn
Upjohn's
Lederle
Lederle Lederle
Security Laboratories Oil
Paramount Pharmacy
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