Iowa Educators Seek Agnes Samuelson for N E A President
Miss Agnes Samuelson Iowa state superintendent of public instruction is the favored candidate for president of the National Education Association as educators at the Denver convention rally for her. Supporters note her unopposed reelection in the last general election and praise her ability and management.
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The End of War in the Gran Chaco
Diplomats brokered a truce between Paraguay and Bolivia ending a three year conflict with 100000 lives lost. A neutral commission will map lines, armies demobilize to 5000 each in 90 days, and material purchases halt. If talks in Buenos Aires fail, World Court submission follows.
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Comment and Opinion on Confiscation Taxes and New Deal Plans
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil argues the House Ways and Means Committee will expand nuisance taxes such as the gas tax and push higher rates on inheritances and gifts toward confiscation. It claims Roosevelt views taxes as a planned program to seize private capital, with eventual nationalization of industries and job losses under New Deal policies.
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War Ends in Arbitration Yet Costs Persist
The two nations reach arbitration after three years of costly fighting, yielding the same outcome as negotiation would have achieved. The clash devastates Paraguay and Bolivia, kills thousands, and leaves debt that spans generations, illustrating the futility of war and the value of peaceful settlement.
Lessons From a Navy Race Between Britain and Germany
The author notes that postwar German and British leaders converge on naval policy. Germany agrees to cap total naval tonnage at 35 percent of Britain's, via a two power treaty unaffected by others’ programs. The piece reflects on how such restraint might have changed history and the role fear of German naval power played in forming alliances.
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Choice Expressed as Trust in Statesman over Tax Promises
A quotation from the Ottumwa Courier contrasts a statesman who gains fame through patent medicine testimonials with one who achieves success by pledging tax cuts and increased public spending for the poor.
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Ottumwa Courier
Roosevelts Tax Tactics Stir White House Feud
The National Whirligig column discusses President Roosevelt’s shifting tax proposals and the widening rift with Congress. It notes the White House oscillating between delaying and pushing tax plans, with reactions from Huey Long, Bill Borah, and others shaping a charged political backdrop.
Bonus Army Shifts Tactics Under New Deal Policy
A confidential report shows the Roosevelt era approach to the bonus army uses gloves over guns. More than 5,000 marchers have reached Washington since Roosevelt took office, with FERA directing dispersal to camps in Florida and CCC placements to keep the group moving peacefully.
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Strange As It Seems Debates Zoroaster and Tax Politics
The column recalls Zoroaster’s slow growth era before a single convert and later spread by conquest. It critiques postwar tax proposals, corporate responses, and political maneuvers, noting New York observers and figures like Bennett Clark and Emanuel Celler.
Debtor woes and political feud shadow 1936 farm aid
The piece outlines looming $4 billion farm loan bills heading to the White House and the risky repayment outlook. It notes 40 percent delinquency in land bank funds, only 30 percent reducing principal, and 83 percent keeping interest on large loans. It cites Congress and Roosevelt policy debates, tax plans, and political maneuvering shaping the New Deal’s financial stance. It mentions NRA, work relief, and potential election fallout for Democrats as burdens shift with prices and debt.
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Bankhead
Frazier-Lemke
Congress
Roosevelt
NRA
Relief Head Puzzle Clue Answers Revealed in Word Grid
The puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues for a relief-themed crossword. Entries include highs like head of relief work and various linguistic definitions from skin to treason, with notes on musical scales, animals, and objects across U S regions.
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Muscatine Grain Elevator Burns in Night Blaze
An old landmark on the levee lasting nearly 20 years burned at night described as a glorious pillar of fire. Strikers at the Hershey upper mile held a called meeting and work likely won’t resume until after the fourth of July.
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Hershey Upper Mile
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