09 Apr 1936
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
1
The piece urges prompt change of address notices to avoid missed papers under new postal laws. It quotes Senators McKellar and Hastings on WPA projects, warns against politics over public health goals, and critiques national lottery popularity while noting Spain Mexico connections and war-era industry.
The newly organized Veterans of Future Wars urge reflection on the futility of war as a means to settle disputes. They advocate ridicule to stress the waste and tragedy of armed conflict, pointing to abundant evidence of its human and material costs.
An irregular clipping recalls 1934 thefts of begs sold for 75 dollars, local arrests in Greenfield and Traer, a missing person from Scotland and a car license incident. It notes Ida Grove high school musicians earning top ratings, a hospital lease plan in Toledo, a hip fracture in Des Moines, and a string of small town happenings from Hamburg to Woodbine.
A week dominated by the Hauptmann case as the Fourth Anniversary execution was delayed amid confessions and political pressure. New Jersey politics and Hearst clashes plus global tension from Hitler’s peace proposals, Ethiopia gains, and Sino-Japanese frontier skirmishes colored the week’s headlines.
A reader questions why a law to prohibit straw votes should not be published in full, wondering if Megul suppresses straws votes that favor the New Dual and urging clearer publication of such votes.
Harry Hammons urges nearly 50 members and 23 or more eligible nonmembers to join the American Legion post. He argues membership is a duty, not just a privilege, noting veterans’ benefits, reading matter value, and unity as benefits. The group plans a final recruitment push to reach full participation and support for state and national activities.
A midwestern water and soil issue stresses the need for a farm policy to curb floodwaters at their source. The piece argues for conserving moisture where needed and avoiding ever higher levees, centering on soil health and its misuse as the cornerstone of agriculture.
The piece argues for soil conservation to prevent erosion losses of as much as 40 million dollars yearly and 250 million tons of silt. It links erosion to floods, river navigation, and sea deposition, urging reforestation, crop rotation, reseeding grazing areas, and proper cultivation. It also notes patriotic salutes and ship terminology as a closing aside.
From The Leader April 8 1886 packing company shipped 200000 pounds of meat to St Louis and Malvern Packstur House will supply English cousins. M T Davis was thrown from a horse injuring left shoulder. Abbott Bros buy machinery and plan broom handle factory. Hastings baseball and football club planned. Joe Deardorff visits York County Pa. Ruth Doehner hosts Iris Delevan and Genevieve Seeger. Ruth Bochner wins high school orator contest with A Telephone Romance.
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