Dictatorship threat in Lowden third term call
Frank O Lowden former Illinois governor and Republican leader denounces a Roosevelt third term warning it could threaten dictatorship He rails against centralized power saying such a shift could end free elections and empower a vast appointive bureaucracy He points to emergency powers renewing overvaluing the dollar and cites Stalin Hitler Mussolini as other rulers in history.
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Two Additions And One Transfer In Welfare Dept
Linn county board of social welfare adds three personnel Friday afternoon. Joseph E. Johnson begins as junior social welfare worker in old age pensions at $90 monthly. Charles Bues transfers to old age pensions at $100 monthly. M. W. Moore and J. C. Houle resign. Houle becomes director of relief for Cedar county November 1. Kathryn Engle replaces Bues on relief staff at $70 monthly. Engle is a Washington high school and Coe college graduate. All appointments take effect November 1.
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Townsend Voters League Denounces Roosevelt Third Term Bid
A circular distributed in Cedar Rapids by the Townsend National Voters League denounces President Roosevelt s bid for a third term. It quotes a St Louis July 4 resolution opposing any third term and urges support for Wendell L Willkie. The message calls the social security act a failure and likens Roosevelt to a business debtor.
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Cargill Grain Firm Sued For 1 890 000
CHICAGO AP Cargill Inc a major Minneapolis grain firm its president and an Illinois subsidiary were sued for 1 890 000 in federal court Friday over the alleged effort to corner the September 1937 corn futures market on the Chicago board of Trade The suit is filed by Farmers National Grain corporation a former grain trading house dissolved over two years ago but still liquidating claims.
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Petroleum use per capita estimated at 425 gallons in US
The latest projection places U S energy demand for the year at about 425 gallons per person. Officials note domestic consumption remains high amid ongoing industry activity and geopolitically influenced supply.
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No Third Term for Any President Campaign
A call to amend the Constitution to ban more than two consecutive terms or a single six year term. It argues the danger of a permanent one man rule and urges citizens to act now to preserve voting freedom and democratic choice.
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