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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1939
Page
4
Air Corps Anniversary Marks Early U S Army Aviation
The article recalls the 1919 acquisition of the first airplane by the U S Army, delivered by the Wright brothers to the Signal Corps. It notes a one hour endurance for two occupants at 36 mph, with the craft weighing about 800 pounds and transportable by army wagon.
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Wright Brothers
Dayton, C
Signal Corps
Army Air Power Advances From Fragile Biplanes to Flying Fortresses
The piece notes a century of progress from early planes able to stay aloft an hour to modern craft crossing the continent in nine hours at 250 mph. It highlights multi thousand gallon fuel loads, 350 mph speeds, 4000 mile ranges, 22 ton weights, and “flying fortress” aircraft marking a leap for army use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Army
Iowa Still the Garden Spot of the Nation
Iowa enjoys favorable corn crop prospects according to federal report by Leslie M. Carl as most midwestern states also show good yields. Nationwide rainfall patterns vary with Denver and Boston seeing drought-like conditions while Iowa benefits from abundant harvest despite farm price concerns.
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Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
No title available for archival note on aviation anniversary
The observance marks a century of military aviation since Aug 2, 1909. Plans outline expanding the nation’s air power to about 5,500 aircraft with trained pilots and a supporting staff to operate and service them.
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Builders Vindicated By Great Road Progress
The Le Mars Sentinel notes past criticism of the state highway commission and county engineer, but now praises widespread road improvements. It argues that within a few years every farm will be within three miles of an all weather road, with many even closer.
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State Highway Commission
le Mars. Sentinel
New York
James McMullin
James A. Farley
New
Hull
New England
Farm Belt
Roosevelt
State Department
New Dealers
Farley
War Not Needed Says Peace Reduced Debt in Six Years
A Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial argues the nation has piled up prodigious debt for war and insists peace has lowered the burden over six years. It contends that conflict is unnecessary to achieve national goals and urges restraint.
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
As You Were Fifty Years Ago and More in History
A collage notes events from 50 and 25 years ago including Miss Sarah White’s marriage to J H McKenne, a Mississippi River levee project approval worth $10 000 on Muscatine Island, and Leo Bartemeier among 41 Catholic University K of C scholarship recipients. It also references political debate and Czechoslovakia’s acting premier urging Czech cooperation with Germany.
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Sarah White
George R. White
J. H. McKenne
England
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Mississippi River Commission
United States
Muscatine Island
Leo Bartemeier
John Bartemeier
Catholic University
George Havelka
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt Hull policy clash drives 1940 race talk
The piece argues that Roosevelt and Hull used diplomatic shifts to hint at a renewed push for neutrality reform amid debates over the Vandenberg treaty abrogation. It cites fears of power in moneyed political factions and outlines how the Hatch bill could shift influence to financiers and away from public job holders.
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Ray Tucker
Japan
Roosevelt
Sec. Hull
Senate
Vandenberg
White House
China
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Orient
Cordall Hull
Encrypted fortune puzzle game described in brief
A simple daily numeric puzzle assigns a key number by counting letters in your name and adjusting by four or three. Starting at the rectangle’s upper left, you check every key number left to right and then read the message formed by letters under the checked figures.
WELL-KNOWN DIVA
A former great opera star is referenced with clues hinting at a celebrated soprano famous for a glorious voice. The puzzle items include a range of cross references to roles and traits, culminating in a historical note about a renowned singer once at the peak of fame.
Greenback Policy Origin and Supreme Court Reversal
Ohio Governor Salmon P. Chase initiated the Greenback Policy in 1861 to fund the Civil War with legal tender notes backed by government bonds. The idea boosted inflation until 1869 when Chase, then Chief Justice, voted to strike it down in Hepburn vs Griswold, ruling the notes unconstitutional for preexisting debts. TOMORAG Rainstorm Within Mountain.
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Go H Clee
Supreme Court
Salmon P. Chase
Ohio
Lincoln
Strange
S Chase
United States
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