Southeast Iowa Contributes to New WPA Plan
The Southeastern Iowa Conservation association formed to press for benefiting projects from the 4.8 billion WPA appropriation. Leaders Ralph Rogers and Gwynn Garnett urged unified local support, while Rep. Metcalf and former Sen. Hicklin urged nonpartisan cooperation to ensure equitable, wise spending for Muscatine and nearby counties.
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Federal Works Progress Administration
Muscatine
Iowa
Southeastern Iowa Conservation Association
State Planning Board
Comment and Opinion on the NRA’s Disbanding
Washington correspondent Charles P. Stewart argues the NRA’s breakdown marks a historic effort and notes the NSTC’s unusually long retirement after its thread standardizing task. He contrasts 5,400 NRA staff with NSTC’s nine nonpaid members and reflects on government commissions’ lasting legacies.
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Charles P. Stewart
Washington
NRA
National Screw Thread Commission
NSTC
Iowan
Weather, floods test farmers and reforms in the plains
Southern Iowa farmers await a better crop as cool weather yields to warmth. Cold rains and floods have damaged crops but prompt a view that reform efforts must face the forces of nature. The piece concludes that the struggle is not with people but with the elements and urges efficiency in reforms.
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Iowa
Middle West
Ottumwa
Iowa advocate of Share-your-wealth plans found with secured property
An Albert Lea Tribune item notes a man in Iowa promoting the Share-your-wealth plan has locks on his garage barn and all buildings. The remark implies he lacks the things he seeks to divide and is criticized for the hypocrisy.
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Iowa
Albert Lea
Roosevelt foes and power plays cloud New Deal policy
The piece notes Roosevelt aides favor regulation of holding companies over death penalties. It discusses possible 1942 reprieve, looming litigation, and a shift in administration stance. It also mentions revived St Lawrence waterway talks with Canada and projected power rate cuts benefiting consumers.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Sweet
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Tom Toms
Warren Harding
Canada
St. Lawrence
News Behind The News summer war and politics
The piece notes the NRA watching the situation as the new labor relations board tackles an armed truce. It cites Mr. Roosevelt hopeful for full recovery, avoiding industrial upheavals. It mentions Senator Cutting’s death tied to the Hope diamond tale and Senator Norris proposing direct election reforms.
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NRA
New Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Strange as It Seems by John Hix on Egill Skallagrimsson
The piece recalls Egill Skallagrimsson famed for Hofudhlausn a redemption poem that saved him from death. It notes his life from 900s voyages with Athelstan to Erik Blodox and later his sagas Sonatorrek and Arinbjarnardrapa. It also questions paper as a historian's medium and hints at Napoleon’s greatest triumph tomorrow.
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John Hix
A. Egill Skallagrimsson
Hofudhlausn
Harold Fairhair
Egill
Athelstan
Old
Norway
Harold
Erik Blodox
Arinbjarnardrapa
Arinbjarn
Senators weigh third party risk and constitutional edits
The piece surveys Senator Norris’s stance on Roosevelt and the possible impact on third party movements, plus the hurdles to constitutional amendments and a speculated international outlook. It notes Japan's growing military stance and ongoing debates over New Deal laws and economic controls.
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House
Norris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Timeline recalls past events from Wapello and beyond
Fifty years ago today a county mass temperance meeting occurred in Wapello with speakers Mrs. J Ellen Foster Mrs. M J Aldrich and W E Blake. Twenty five years ago today Wilton church celebrated its fiftieth anniversary installing Rev L E Lumbar as pastor. A steamer J S burned to the water in LaCrosse Wisconsin with tragedy. Ten years ago today an earthquake hit California damaging Santa Barbara brick structures and water mains. Ground was broken for a parish house at St Josephs church West Liberty.
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Wapello
J. Ellen Foster
M. J. Aldrich
W. E. Blake
Wilton Presbyterian Church
L. E. Lumbar
J. S
LaCrosse
Wis
California
Santa Barbara
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
West Liberty
Grand Opera Star Crossword Puzzle Clues
A crossword style list of numbered across and down clues for an American opera star and related words including walking stick gem weight augur hail riding academic sesame note in rodents mast toward buttered grazed elude heritable right passage auditory narrow on snaky fish bronze sound of pleasure purifies company convent answer to previous puzzle worker military til beret consumes jockey to peel she has a voice and is an known vertical clues cover storm unit southeast skillets native metal scolds constantly pace pound quantity to redact she made her American debut with feline animal one who runs away husband or wife money vault revived air raids dish desert fruits stir lion s home horsefly scotch highlander hand heavenly body sturgeon honey buzzard mussel scarlet god of war rootstock automobbies cluster of wool fibers japanese fist senior italian river
Pan Asiatic movement speeds beyond expectations
Analysis notes the Pan Asiatic movement advancing faster than hoped by Japan. A high ranking officer calls opponents racial traitors while New York observers say operations are staged for easy success. Japan seeks minimal fighting and educates Chinese elites in industry benefits under leadership.
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Nippon
Far East
Shanghai
China
Miss Bryant Reports on Club Convention Visit
Miss Dorothy Bryant represented Fruitland 4 H Sunshine Worker’s club at a recent Ames Indiana convention and spoke at the Monday meeting. The Island church hosted the usual Sunday gathering led by Miss Inez Cross with scripture by Miss Mary Anna Bohling. Special orchestra numbers and talks by Mildred Pelton Merle Foster and Bohling recounted the Mt Pleasant institute. Mr and Mrs Edward Greiner and Doris visited Fredonia and Grandview during the weekend. Island Ladies Aid plans July 11 afternoon meeting with quilt blocks and social, luncheon served. John PartenhagenEmma Dean Cooper spent Sunday at the Clarence Whitlock home near Nichols.
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Fruitland
Dorothy Bryant
Fruitland 4-H
Sunshine Worker’s Club
Ames
Island Church
Inez Cross
Mary Anna Bohling
Mildred Pelton
Merle Foster
Miss Bohling
Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Edward Greiner
Doris
Joe Wall
Fredonia
Charles Anthony
Grandview
Island Ladies Aid
John Partenhagen
Emma
Dean Cooper
Clarence Whitlock
Nichols
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