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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
1
Notices urge prompt changes of address to ensure delivery and avoid postage due for undelivered notices. Readers are advised to send updated address details in advance to prevent missed mail and ensure continued service.
Editorial notes a shift in party stances with Republicans favoring states rights returning to revenue, and Roosevelt era federal expansion eyed by liberals. It calls the meeting a strong grassroots show but laments lack of a clear new G O P leader to carry the banner into the next campaign as Hoover is absent.
The piece argues sentiment shifts hurt a Republican candidate, urging a strong leader to recapture public imagination. It notes rose gardens in Malvern delighting locals and mentions rose varieties like Talisman and Herbert Hoover. It briefly cites longevity claims about Russians and a vague note on war in the Gran Chaco.
The passage notes that the participants were no longer as they once were and that munitions manufacturers had captured all possible profits. With profits exhausted, continuing the conflict held little point, equating the situation to lawyers in a large trial.
Profit-taking was condemned at Eagle Grove where 390 people heard Howard A. Cowden praise European cooperatives and denounce advertising and business practices while profits paid as dividends to Farmers Cooperative Elevator stockholders. Other readings note Red Oak gambling crackdowns, Meskwaki Nation voting on Indian Rights Bill, a vault break in Magnolia cemetery, Oakland appointing a third councilman, and Snowball the Lucas county cow with her triplets drawing local attention.
Items from The Leader recall strawberries for seven cents a quart and alerts to cyclone danger. notes include Hog hair shipped, new brass band members, a horse theft island search, local bank leadership changes, a high planks contest success, and memories of swimming days at Boehner pond with bathing suits and homemade diving boards.
A noisy mix of events in Washington and Iowa headlines the week with Congressman Wearin symbolizing ongoing filibusters by Huey Long as the NRA extension sails through. The report covers Long’s stamina in the Senate, La Follette’s longer session, transportation policy, AAA amendments, and local real estate transfers in Mills County. The note closes with a remark about hawks and hunting in Iowa.
Ramblin Round laments drainage schemes sink water and desertify the land while urging tree belts from Canada to the Rio Grande. He cites older views, praises scientific surface cultivation and fire guards, and argues for common sense irrigation and tree planting to protect western farmland. The piece ends promoting the Leader advertisement value.
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