Clermont Enterprise Local Editor Elizabeth Priest Newsette
The Clermont Enterprise of Clermont Iowa publishes weekly on Thursday mornings with Elizabeth Priest as local editor and member of state press associations. This paper is a second class mail matter in Fayette County.
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Navy Expansion Debate Highlights Fiscal Restraint
Fred Biermann expresses deep skepticism about a proposed navy enlargement bill. He argues Congress should not authorize a one point zero four billion dollar expansion without a clearly proven case and notes U.S. postwar naval spending dwarfs most peers, totaling over eight billion dollars from 1920 to 1933 plus relief funds shared with the army.
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Incomprehensible sums in a cryptic money refrain
A fragment expresses confusion over large sums of money and a wish to keep figures clear. The line hints at financial complexity and a preference for straightforward figures, though context and specifics are missing.
Navy budget debate over state value and fleet adequacy
The speaker argues Iowa's assessed value is 2.916 billion dollars and that postwar naval funding far exceeds state wealth. He notes the navy's strength compared with Britain Japan and Germany and says current appropriations over 525 million for the present year and over 550 million for 1939 are more than adequate.
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Debating Navy Bill and Pork Tax in 1920s Congress
A speaker argues against a navy build up citing economic strain and past federal revenue. He warns crisis ahead, urges balance with allied navies, and condemns pork tariff amendments as harmful to trade. He notes Democratic support for the pork tax amendment and calls readers to respond.
Iowa Public Man Denies Aliens On Relief
A reader in northeastern Iowa questions a statement that several aliens illegally in the country were on relief. He writes to the Works Progress Administration seeking facts, dated March 9.
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Works Progress Administration
Aliens and syphilis warnings from Iowa health counsel
An official Iowa Health Department statement warns that aliens in the Works Program must be legally present and declare intention to become citizens. It also cautions Iowans about syphilis, noting that fear of infection is unfounded for the healthy, but urges complete physical exams and blood tests after exposure, directing inquiries to the Iowa Department of Health.
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Reader's Digest Praise and Local Classifieds
Editorial note endorses The Reader's Digest as a mental workout and conversation booster. For sale a piano player with rolls offered for 345.60, 5 per month to a responsible party contact Mary Schultz in Wisconsin. A Decorah lad returns a ten cent rubber ball to a Granam department store, pays a dime, and asks for forgiveness, signaling a hopeful future.
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