Farm loans and political talk frame 1937 outlook
President authorized the Commodity Credit Corporation to loan nine cents a pound to cotton planters for the 1937 crop with subsidies up to three cents a pound on 65 percent of base production to stabilize prices. September loans for farmers, October or November for corn. debate on education and democracy continues as Dr. McConaughy warns against overeducation. Reports note Japan’s scrap iron purchases and wartime tensions, while Mrs Roosevelt denies third-term comments and Governor Murphy hints Roosevelt may be reelected.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Wallace
Uncle Sam
Evans
Paris
United Press
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Roosevelt
D. R
Fear For PLAGUE BREAKS OUT IN FRENCH PART OF CITY
Cholera outbreak hits Shanghai French concession as Americans face port closures and evacuation delays. US forces consider Far East cruiser support while Japanese actions tighten control of Woosung forts and coastal footholds.
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Shanghai
United States
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Japan
South China
Canton
Grinnell Woman Still Missing With Two Children
Grinnell, Minnesota residents search for Mrs. Earl Woodle 18 and her two children after she disappeared a week ago. No further details available as authorities pursue leads in the case.
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Grinnell
MNS
Grinnell Peace
Earl Woodle
Do Your Part Help Your Fellows Life Meaning
The article argues life gains meaning through contribution and cooperation. It contrasts positive living with neurotic and criminal attitudes, urging a constructive view aligned with religious teaching. It cites Henry James on a contributing view and ends noting only God knows life’s ultimate meaning.
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Henry James
China apologizes formally to U S
Chinese Ambassador C T Wang delivered a formal apology to Secretary of State Cordell Hull for the bombing of the President Hoover liner. Wang said China accepted full responsibility and expressed deepest regret. He outlined plans for indemnities and safeguards to prevent a recurrence of attacks on American shipping and nationals.
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Washington
INS
China
United States
Hoover
C.T. Wang
Cordell Hull
Wang
Shanghai
Tull
Farm strike riots in Poland kill forty one, wound many
In Warsaw, official reports say forty one persons were killed and 34 seriously wounded in clashes between police and farmers during a nationwide strike. The casualties occurred amid escalating violence as authorities tried to quell protests.
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Poland
Warsaw
Farmers’ National
C. Be Watson sells cattle at high price in Cameron
Kansas City AP reports C. Be Watson of Cameron Missouri sold 16 head of cattle at 17 dollars per hundredweight. The price matched a nine year high signaling strong demand in livestock markets.
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Kansas City
C. Be, Watson
Cameron
Iowa to pay full 25 mills homestead tax refunds to homeowners
Iowa state officials announced preparations to distribute the full 25 mill property tax refund under the homestead exemption act. Tax Chairman Louis E. Roddewig cited 97 counties totaling 443,598,777 with sums from 95 counties and estimates from Jackson and Emmet. Surpluses roll into future funds. second half refunds cap at 62.50 per taxpayer. town taxpayers receive two refunds next year.
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Des Moines
Louis E. Roddewig
Iowa
Jackson
Emmet
Kossuth
Fayette
Roddewig
Onde
Spain
Baseball Scores National League and Games Reported
National League scores show Pittsburgh and Philadelphia games ending with Pittsburgh 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 and Philadelphia 0 0 0 3 0 0 0. Other matchups include Boston 7 over Chicago 4, Brooklyn 2 over St. Louis 8, New York 9 over Washington 3, Detroit 12 over Detroit 1, and multiple first and second games with St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Cleveland in varied results. Players Brandt Brown Todd and others are listed among pitchers and catchers for the day.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Brandt
Brown
Todd
Walters
Wilson
Wilkins Flight For Lost Airmen Fails
Sir Hubert Wilkins aerial searchers for six Russian airmen missing eighteen days in the Arctic on a Moscow New York flight completed a third unsuccessful hunt in the northern wastes Tuesday. They expect to try again when foggy weather clears.
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Coppermine
Northwest Territories
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
New York
All America Football Starts Tomorrow in the Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette begins All America Football coverage four times weekly this September. Bob Zuppke of Winds University is elected to the board and will write on 1937 Big Ten football and Midwest college play. Other writers Howard Jones Pop Warner Frank Thomas Christy Walsh join to select weekly ratings.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
All America Board of Football
Bob” Zuppke
Winds University
Big Ten
Middle West
Howard Jones
West
Pop Warner
East
Frank Thomas
South
Christy Walsh
Capitol clash over 1939 budget totals fuels spending row
Washington dispatch reports a sharp split on Capitol Hill after Rep Taber and Rep Cannon recast the Senate and House spending bills. They present totals of 10.25 billion and 9.36 billion, both far above Roosevelt’s 7 billion plan. Cannon notes 860 million in interest on the public debt, while Taber argues for 3 billion in new revenue to balance the budget. Cannon remains hopeful that next year’s budget will balance and retire debt.
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Washington
INS
Seventy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Repubicanc
Rep
Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Cannon
Missouri
Roosevelt
Cannon
Death sentences for three girls slain in Inglewood
Albert Dyer, 32, a WPA worker, was sentenced to death for the murder of Melba and Madeline Everett and Jeanette Stephens. He received three death sentences in rapid succession. The judge denied a new trial motion and the case proceeds to the California Supreme Court for review. The girls aged 7 to 9 were lured from Centinela Park and found in a ravine two days later. their bodies showed strangulation and assault.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
WPA
Thomas P. White
San Quentin
White
California
Dyer
Supreme Court
Melba
Madeline Everett
Jeanette Stephens
Centinela Park
Ingleweood
Baldwin Hills
Corn Loan Program 5 Now Assured Says Evans
Gazette dispatch from Washington reports R M Evans announcing a forthcoming corn loan program modeled after the cotton loan plan. Evans predicts rules and regulations to be set by late October or early November, noting corn loans will cushion market swings and help farmers, livestock men, and consumers by allowing carryover of a portion of the crop at low rates. He cautions the program’s specifics, including amount, remain to be announced within weeks.
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Washington, D. C
Department of ‘Agriculture
R. M. Evans
Henry Wallace
Evans
Wallace
Congress
Guy Gillette
Town
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Corm
Iowa City Man and Four Others Die in Route Collision
A bus and a sedan crash five miles north of Goshen Indiana leaves five dead including A. G. Carpentier of Iowa City and Mrs. James Kelleher of Albany. The accident at roads 20 and 15 injures twenty and sends victims to multiple hospitals.
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Goshen
Ind
Here
A. G. Carpentier
Town City
James Kelleher
Albany
N. Y
Raymond J. Ruskin
St. Louis
John H. Heinsohn
Buffalo
8 Pound Boy Born To Doris Dudley
Hollywood actress Doris Dudley gave birth to a son at St. Vincent's hospital. The infant weighed 8 pounds with husband Jack Jenkins listed as the father.
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Doris Dudley
Hollywood
St. Vincent's Hospital
Jack Jenkins
Maine and Vermont Seek Return to Union in Taxon
A satirical piece mocks Republican party insiders as Maine and Vermont reportedly want to rejoin the Union. The text parodies political prognostications and uses whimsical metaphors to criticize leadership and party cohesion.
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Bugs
Maine
Vermont
Conmient
Darkhorse Wins State Horseshoe Derby Title
Des Moines AP reports Fernando Isais known as a darkhorse dominated the 1937 Iowa state fair horseshoe pitching derby. He won all 15 matches to claim the state and midwest titles, with Ted Allen of Alhambra California taking second and Guy Zimmerman of Sac City Iowa third.
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Des Moines
Darkhorse
Fernando Isais
Isais
Ted Allen
Alhambra
California
Guy Zimmerman
Sac City
Linn 4-H Girls Win Achievement Awards
Linn 4-H girls receive blue red and white ribbons for year long achievements at the Iowa State Fair. Awards listed include Jeanne Ives and Helen Hill with white and blue ribbons in cotton outfits and blouses, plus recognitions for smocks shorts and bra sets work aprons and care of clothes. Recipients span Linn Cass Story and other counties with multiple ribbon colors noted.
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Des Moines
INS
Jeanne Ives
Linn County
Helen Hill
Story County
Darlene Muattheis
Cass County
Mary Kopp
Doris Ball
Leora Hubbard
Esther Booth
Alyce Stevenson
Gertrude Fisher
Janis Scholl
Marie Kopecky
Inn County
Maxine Kingle
Hazel Miller
Frances Hill
Mary Jane Kopp
Marjorie Kuhl
Dorothy Pont
Dorothy Burgess
Adeline Hill
Gertrude McGrew
Dorothy Quays
Marjorie Carpenter
Helen Mikkleson
Margaret Dailey
Helen Gater
Virginia Nelson
Junior Clayton of Van Meter wins health champion at fair
Gazelle Farm Editor Des Moines reports Junior Clayton of Van Meter winner of the 4-H health champion at the town fair. He scored 99.8 percent with only tooth fillings noted. He will represent Iowa in December at the 4-H club congress in Chicago. He is the son of Ray A. Clayton on a Van Meter area farm.
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Des Moines
Bob Feller
Clayton
van Meter
Iowa
Chicago
Ray A. Clayton
Bob
iFelles
Junior
Iowa State Fair livestock results from March 1937 futurity
Results from Des Moines AP report list winners in Poland China futurity sows belgians stallions and sires, junior champion boar, futurity litter, Merino sheep, champion steer, Duroc boar, Hereford and Shorthorn divisions. First and second places credited to Kamper Arlington Hud son Montezuma Langwith Riverside Meredith Maple Park and others with dates ranging from Sept 1936 to March 31 1937. Continued on page 3 Col 2.
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Des' Moines x
Poland
China
Mose
William C. Kamper
Arlingston
Hudson Sons
Montezuma
D. E. Hudson and “Sons
Hobert
Greeley
Holbert
Jme Porting Company
Dygert Brothers
Marychester
Warren L. Langwith
Roscoe
Knotel Bros
Riverside
Knotel Brothers
Percy Meredith
Maple Park
Ill
C. A. .Meyer’ and Sons
Bellevue
Perry
City Employes Hurt When Struck By Car
Two city workers cleaning a downtown sewer in Valley Missouri were severely injured when struck by a car driven by Clay Dale of Logan. Ray Bledge and John Allinson suffered cuts and bruises but were expected to recover. Carl Smith reported Dale drove into the workers and Dale was held for investigation by the Harrison county sheriff.
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Missouri
Valley
Clay Dale
Logan
Ianner
Ray Bledge
John Allinson
Carl Smith
Dale
Mercp
Council Bluffs
Harrison County
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Towa
Denison
Americana Association of Applied and Professional Psychology
Minneapolis
de. F. Wells
Bostonyc
Dr. Wells
James Li. McConaughy
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Dr. McConaughy
Harry Hopkins
Apan
Tokio
U. S
Navy
Chcago
Committee For Industrial Organization
U.S
Far East
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Augusta
Hongkew
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Lung Shan
Ev’. ‘Yday ‘Iving
DK. Newton
Cincinnati
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Mooty
Mallahan
Lombardi
MacFayden
Mueller
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Hartnett
Frankhouse
Phelps
Weiland
Owen
Castleman
Brennan
Baker and Danning
Detroit
Appleton
Jacobs
R. Ferrell
Millies
Lawson
York
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Slaves
Mogsett
Hemsley
Smith
Brucker
Koupal
van Atta
Heath
Cleveland
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Dickey
Harder
Wyatt
Sullivan
McKain
Newsom
Marcum
Berg
Kennedy
Cnn
Wilkins Flight
ALL America
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Wadley Gazette
Iowa City
Carpentier
Adolph Lades
Lexington
Mass
We Cadwallader
Rose Schakheide
New York City
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Janssens
Gladys
Schmaemann
Arthur Bugs
Chairman Hamilton
Hamilton
Republican Party
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Junior Clayton
AY Ray Anderso
N. Gazelle Farm
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Whitmore
Brourr
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Berstral
Oothers
Were
Ralph’. Schafroth
Des
Moines
Garold McConnell
Ins Dianola
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Fink
Deloit
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Kuhlman
Splint
Morgan
Holt
Wall
Lyle Hoyt
Lyle Hoyt of ‘Rockwell
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