Farm to market roads and Iowa relief funds for highways
Agitation in Iowa seeks federal relief funds for highway construction aimed at secondary farm to market roads. Muscatine County pledges 75 percent of its income for three years to match federal funds for secondary road improvements, while primary road upgrades continue slowly. The county notes its dirt roads remain abundant despite paved and gravel routes.
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Iowa
Muscatine County
Muscatine County Board of Supervisors
Des Moines road plans face broader Iowa impact
The article argues that eleven diagonal roads into Des Moines may be funded by federal road money, but farm to market routes to connect rural residents to trading centers deserve priority. It contends such locally useful highways benefit counties far from the capital more than a Des Moines centered super highway plan.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Great Need for Housing in Nation Slums Highlighted
A PWA report flags 11 million homes as slums and urges immediate action. It calls for private enterprise or community takeover amid idle craftsmen, tight credit, and a rental property shortage to relieve misery and restore living standards.
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America
PWA
Prefab housing myth through ancient temple craft
A real estate writer argues pre fabricated houses are not new noting Solomon's temple as early example built with stones shaped abroad in Tyre. Ancient builders used ready stones and timber while modern techniques struggle to exceed 8 by 12 feet sections for transport. Solomon would have enjoyed larger units. Pharaohs and Caesars would have liked today’s methods.
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Jerusalem
Tyre
St. Joseph
Springfield Choice At Republican Conference Evokes Lincoln
The Atlantic News Telegraph notes Springfield, Lincolns home, as a fitting site for a Republican conference. It argues the party faces its gravest test since founding and must absorb Lincoln’s wisdom to ease a 1936 path, urging leaders to avoid more experimental governance.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Atlantic News-Telegraph
War between Tammany and Roosevelt signals major political split
A nationwide political standoff grows as Tammany Hall opposes Roosevelt, with Copeland and O’Connor opposing White House aims. The between party friction threatens New York’s 47 electoral votes in 1936 while a smugglers bill tests diplomacy and moral reforms.
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Ray Tucker
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Farley
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John J. O'Connor
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White House
New York
News Behind The News Marching Into China
Purist Morgenthau opposes liquor tax cuts at the session arguing they would aid bootlegging. Roosevelt backs him while Morgenthau pursues enforcement to drive bootleggers out of business. About 1,500 clerks will support the NRA in gathering statistics for a future interstate regulation plan.
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NRA
Central Statistical Bureau
Strange As It Seems Summary Column Harbors Amethyst Notes
A miscellany of curiosities and current political observations. Constantinople spans two continents while amethyst’s value has shifted from ancient prestige to modern ornamental use. A retina illusion explains curved lines appearing straight. Political analyses discuss Dickinsons conservatism, Supreme Court draft risks, and Indiana barometer signals.
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Lok
Ambitious congressional clash on holding company laws
The piece surveys Senate and House frictions over a holding company bill, Borah's rider, and potential admin actions. It notes Kennedy’s continued tenure, SEC constraints, New York banking moves led by Senator Glass, and a cautious push for Title I and Title II reforms amid partisan tension.
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Carter Glass
New York
Gladden Conserva
Chautauqua Excursion Returns to Clinton With Organ
Fifty years ago today a party of about 100 men and women left on a Chautauqua excursion to Clinton accompanied by an organ. The item recalls the journey and the accompaniment noted for the event.
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Muscatine
Harold Young
Mississippi
Elijah Blankenship
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Star of the Links HORIZONTAL 1 Winner of the North-South golf title
Puzzle clues list with multiple choice style hints across horizontal and vertical entries for a crossword style game.
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Star of the Links
Hoyle Funeral Services Held for Edgar Hoyle
Edgar Hoyle 68 longtime county resident died recently. Funeral rites were conducted at L. A. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. C. E. Strong presiding. Hoyle, born February 11 1867 in Fulton County Michigan, married Eva L. Reneau in 1894. Survived by widow four sons Floyd Des Moines Lloyd Cedar Rapids Howard and Guy near Washington and 16 grandchildren. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery Washington.
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Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington remarks on dealers shifting from Union Square to the South
The commentary notes new dealers once public Union Square activists are now courting a southern brawl to prove they are old timers. It credits this shift as a clue to the capital’s altered outlook and mentions FDR rebuffing Senator Copeland in a New York patronage appointment and the stock exchange renouncing its Washington embassy to dodge lobbying charges.
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Frederick van Nuys
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Iowa
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Senate
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