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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
6
Freshman girls begin pajama and meetwear projects to match their pre Christmas tokes, comparing cost and wear with ready made garments to decide the most economical choice. Sophomore girls study poultry fish feed values costs versus other meats and plan in class oyster preparations.
The second semester starts with a new subject School Management. Teachers anticipate it may beat psychology. Pupils show smiles after exams while seniors plan to skim American government pictures. English literature aims to improve amid poetry heavy term. Physics maintains steady progress. Juniors plan limited public speaking to avoid overuse. They suspect arithmetic will test their resolve as they progress another semester to better understand the world.
Pupils were excused from some exams but all took a test issued by the book publisher. Miss Soderstrom disliked several grades. A new seating arrangement is planned to boost productivity. Freshmen in home economics will sew pajamas and choose fabrics. In English they study noun clauses. algebra covers products and factors. General science explores land travel. Latin students translate The Brave Deeds of Mucius Scaevola.
Sophomores begin a new term with Vocations and occupations studies guiding self in work life. Seniors shift to American government exploring its roots, powers, and political structure. Homeroom topics include cooking meats in home economics, money handling in business, Latin subjects, geometry circles and tangents, and English grammar study.
Senior Normal Students in Miss Moyer's sixth grade penmanship class observed lessons last Monday. The visit provided useful insight for normal trainers as semester tests concluded and grades were found to be good.
The roster lists Wy Cardwell and Billy Walker as absent mortardy this semester. Those excused from all exams include Shirley Bacon Mona Mary Frazier Elizabeth Triety Billy Walker. Babs Randerson returns after several days of illness.
The Mills County Iowa District Court sets a hearing for February 3 1937 at Glenwood on the Receiver D W Bates plan to compromise indebtedness of W G Aistrope by conveying lands in Calhoun Florida and Mills County Iowa plus a lien release on Malvern Lot 8 Block 1 and a judgment of 12761 93 dollars against F E Mulholland Objections may be filed prior to the hearing with the Receiver and his attorneys Cook and Cook.
Typists studied reconstruction budgets and three business letter styles plus envelope addressing. Allan Hasselquist reached 38 words per minute, with higher speeds typical. Weather likely slowed typing room performance. another typewriter is needed as one student cannot type currently.
The eighth grade lists students neither absent nor tardy this semester including Bette Hatfield Jane Johnson and Eugene Jackson. Betty Lou Barkus and Gene Rubenking were excused from all semester exams. Carolyn Boehner returns from California and Loreta Goodnight from Strahan enrolled this week. Old papers five cents at The Leader office.
The report notes 61 wildlife refuges with 25 suitable for migratory waterfowl and 36 for upland game birds and animals. It also states the Lake Washington Canal in Puget Sound is the deepest in the U S at 34 feet, and that only one in twenty applicants is accepted for Navy enlistment.
A sweeping week in review notes President Roosevelt facing floods from unseasonable rains in the Ohio valley. Cities like Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville see river levels rise past historic highs, displacing hundreds of thousands and crippling industrial zones. National Guard, WPA, CCC, Coast Guard, Red Cross and local groups mobilize for relief as disease risk grows and a Washington conference with the Red Cross and Army shapes relief coordination.
The article surveys rising labor strife in the United States with President Roosevelt urged to actively intervene amid a General Motors impasse. Secretary Perkins presses for settlement as party alignments shift. Japan’s cabinet crisis, military influence, and anti-communist treaties with Germany reshape East Asia politics, hinting at broader instability across governments and economies.
An archaic note recalls how sea sickness troubled sailors since distant voyages began. It mentions human curiosity and the peril of long ocean crossings as explorers pursued new lands and trade routes.
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