Small Towns Hold Their Own Amid Progress Says Kolb
Professor J H Kolb of the University of Wisconsin argues small towns can hold their own in population and services despite highways radios and advertising. He cites 1920 0.9 and 1980 9,000,000 rural residents, noting many villages grow or stay stable while some fade. The radio talks on WHA WLBL explore how towns and rural communities stay connected and vital.
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March of Progress
J. H. Kolb
Sllege of Agriculture
Univer‘sity
Wisconsin
Kolb
Wetaves
Deely
Firat
United States
Middle West
Economic Highlights From The Roosevelt Era
A survey of early New Deal measures shows Taxation cuts saving $560,000,000 annually and department reorganizations. Prohibition shifts toward repeal. Agriculture outlines acreage cuts and price parity plans. Tariff truce aims to spur world trade. Unemployment programs promise 250,000 CCC jobs and massive public works. Defense budgets trimmed with strategic talks. Banking reform to guarantee deposits. Currency policy shifts away from the gold standard. The piece also notes competing foreign policy and economic aims under President Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Conservation Corps
National Defense
Army
Navy
United — States
U. S
United States
Uga
Roosevelts speech urges world disarmament and peace
The President denounces foreign invasion and petty national aims as Japan presses China and European nationalism rises. Hitler replies that Germany must re arm and Versailles must be abrogated, but his tone is more conciliatory. Europe looks to America to lead a revived drive for disarmament and lasting peace.
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Japan
China
Hitler
Roosevelt
Germany
League of Nations
America
The President Speaks Again
A Sunday night address from the White House featured the President speaking directly to the nation via radio. He highlighted the role of radio in uniting the country and promised to address pressing national government problems with the public’s support.
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Spencer News Herald
United States
White ‘House
Washington D. C
Roosevelt Uses Radio To Speak Directly To People
The piece notes Roosevelts radio broadcasts as a new American political stage tied to the New Deal. It commends his frank direct talk desiring public confidence, clarity, and patience while signaling future broadcasts for informing the nation. It then summarizes a Chicago Drovers Journal report on agriculture alcohol gasoline blending, highlighting potential demand shifts, corn and barley use, price effects, and possible federal policy supports.
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Roosevelt
United States
Chicago Drovers Journal
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Public Places for Play In Iowa Pools and Dangers
The article urges communities to provide supervised recreation for youth including pools, warns that 118 drownings in 1982 occurred outside supervised sites, and offers safety tips. It notes drowning risks, advises choosing well supervised pools, and invites inquiries to the Iowa Health Department for pool construction guidance.
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Division of Public Health Engineering
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Iowa
Incomplete Whale Spouting Fact Fragment
Fragmentary notes discuss whale spouting behavior with unclear terms and misplaced quotes. The text mentions spouting, water, and possible references to anatomy or behavior but remains unintelligible and does not present a coherent event or report.
Look the House Over and Start Home Improvements
A homeowner may notice many repairs needed around the house from wiring to roofing to plumbing. Delays are blamed on fear of spending money and worry about the future, which can sustain a low mood and halt essential updates.
Jobs and cheap property drive construction surge
The piece argues that high unemployment hurts industries and that today property improvements cost far less than five to ten years ago. It predicts sharp price rises soon, promising great value in construction dollars, employment, payrolls, and orders, while stressing that jobs fund charity.
Sayings on Wisdom and Fame from Noted Authors
A collected line of aphorisms and quotes from Herbert Voltaire Disraeli Franklin Shakespeare Hoold and Addison. The selections explore ignorance consciousness wealth desire fame and the emptiness of a friendless life, reflecting on human folly and the pursuit of knowledge.
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Herbert
Voltaire
Alea
Disraeli
Franklin
Shakespeare
Florence Currans Weds Willard Besort In Ruthven
A wedding was held at Sacred Heart church Ruthven at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning uniting Miss Florence J Currans and Mr Willard Besort of Rochester Minnesota. Rev E L McEvoy officiated witnessed by relatives and friends, Ruthven Tree Press reports.
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Florence Currans
Sacred Heart Church
Ruthven
Florence J. Currans
Willard BE
Besort
Rochester
Minn
E. L. McEvoy
Ruthven Tree Press
Snow falls in Wisconsin disrupts grain work
Mrs. C. A. Esser learned from her mother Mrs. John FB Ludwig who has been in Wisconsin about five weeks that a heavy snow fell on Friday and Saturday last week. Farmers in the area had just finished sowing oats and other small grains.
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Wisconsin
C. A. Esser
John FB. Ludwig
West Bend Journal
Golf course fire blamed on cigarette in Pierre
A fire on the fairway at a Pierre golf course was blamed on a cigarette. Investigators likely not familiar with the heated language of the Maks Sioux Falls Daily Areue Lonier.
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Pierre
Sioux Falls
Areue-Lonier
Graettinger Opera House Co. Sets Annual Meeting Date
The Graettinger Opera House Co. annual meeting for shareholders will be held at Hawk Sys Theatre in Graettinger on Monday June 6 1988 at 2 pm to elect officers for the ensuing year and address other business. A J Johnson secretary
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Graettinger Opera House Co
Hawk- Sys
Graettinger
A.J Johnson
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