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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1938
Page
3
Britannica Junior notes that sea water contains many elements including traces of gold. Sonnstadt first detected gold in sea water in 1870 and estimated one grain of gold per ton, but commercial extraction has failed since 1927 as it requires 3,858 million parts of sea water for one part of gold.
Rose specialist Melvin E Wyandt of Painesville Ohio urges frequent spraying to control aphids. He notes aphids multiply quickly and recommends nicotine sulphate in water with a touch of laundry soap as an effective contact and fumigant spray for aphid control.
President Roosevelt states he will not seek revenge on the 108 Democrats who defeated his reorganization plan in the House. He thanks Majority Leader Rayburn for the fight while stressing policy over personal recrimination as Congress weighs tax and appropriation bills and possible adjournment by May 15. Byrd and Snell hint at opposition dynamics amid Democratic Republican coalition concerns.
President Roosevelt convened leaders including Garner Barkley Bankhead and Rayburn to discuss a 4.0 billion plan for public works and unemployment relief via the WPA and related measures. Garner opposed strong spending while others urged compromise as talks shifted to work relief and a seven month WPA funding window.
The plebiscite on Germany's annexation of Austria drew more than 49 million voters, with over 465000 Germans and Austrians opposing the union. Hitler hailed the result as a great triumph and promised expansion of the Austrian army amid Nazi celebrations. Rumors linked plans to reconstitute Austria under a new name and extend control into Czechoslovakia, while anti Jewish policies were expected to intensify. Jews were barred from voting.
President Roosevelt endorses a plan from an Interstate Commerce Commission trio to create a special unit with judicial powers to accelerate voluntary reorganization of railroads. The measure could be a court within the ICC, aiming to avert bankruptcy without direct government subsidies. The President called for immediate legislation and suggested unifying transportation agencies under one department in the long term.
TOM GIRDLER in Cleveland says the national labor relations board erred in finding Republic Steel violated the Wagner Act during the last summer's Little Steel strike. The board ordered back pay and reinstatement for 5,000 workers, dissolution of certain employee representative plans, and action to ensure workers can freely join unions. The board also holds Republic liable for three striker deaths at Massillon in July.
Townsend R. Francis Townsend, a 71 year old proponent of old age pensions, must serve 30 days in a District of Columbia jail unless Roosevelt intervenes. The Supreme Court refused to block his contempt conviction by the House, removing his final judicial hope for reprieve.
France swears in Edouard Daladier as premier replacing Leon Blum. Georges Bonnet named foreign minister to align policy with Britain, with talks toward Mussolini and Franco's war. Daladier aims to quell strikes while avoiding immediate dictatorial powers. Ford golden wedding celebrated in Detroit. Rexford Tugwell named NYC planning commission head at $15,000 salary.
American ambassador to London Joseph P. Kennedy ends the annual debutante ritual. From now on he will present only wives and relatives of American officials or American women in permanent residence in London. He calls the practice undemocratic and says selecting among many applicants is unfair to those left out.
Federal officials announce regular 24 hour transatlantic passenger and mail service to start late July or early August between New York and Foynes Ireland. Pan American and Imperial Airways will operate two airliners a Imperial Airways pick-a-pack and a Pan American Boeing seaplane. Flights will depart simultaneously from opposite sides of the Atlantic with western terminus at Manhasset Bay Port Washington LI and eastern end at Foynes Shannon Ireland.
General Garden Care stresses watering only until buds form for continuous bloom. Pick flowers regularly, especially sweet peas and pansies. Harvest root crops when half grown and peas just before pods fill out. Pick corn at milk stage and use squash when small. Tomatoes and winter squash should ripen on the vine.
A period advertisement urges keeping furniture polished to maintain fresh gleam. It praises non-greasy oil polishes and regular application to prevent drying and cracking while enhancing the wood grain and overall appearance of fine wood pieces.
Advertisement details a tulip shaped apron pattern design 1635 with patches and all stitch illustrations. Includes material lists color suggestions and applique instructions. Requests 15 cents for pattern mail to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York and asks for name and address plus pattern number.
A breezy, humorous note touts Holland as holding the world’s longest air line and largest canal locks, imagines bold feats like baling out an ocean and planting bulbs where fish swam, and jokes about buying Manhattan for $24.
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