Debaters Clash On Hitler Defeat Question In Iowa Debate
Verne Marshall of the Cedar Rapids Gazette faced Dean Acheson of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies in a debate on whether a Hitler defeat is essential to the United States. Marshall spoke at length with little direct answer to the question, while Acheson argued the necessity of stopping Hitler. The event featured sharp audience questions and mixed reception for Marshall, who was criticized for rambling and weak defense of his stance. Income tax changes require Pocahontas county residents with incomes over 800 for singles and 2000 for married to file reports, with excess over previous thresholds taxable.
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Verne Marshall
United States
The
Cedar Rapids
Acheson
Germany
Marshall
Hitler
English Channel
America
Britain
Iowa
Charley McCarthy
Pocahontas County
Chinch Bug Threat Presses Iowa Counties
A joint survey by the U S department of agriculture and entomologists from Iowa State College finds chinch bugs in threatening numbers across Iowa. Counts per square foot vary from 851 in Pocahontas to more than 7,000 in several western and eastern counties, with Harrison Shelby Monona and Crawford worst. Dr G C Decker estimates 3 400 000 gallons of creosote needed for barriers to curb migration if weather stays favorable.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Buena Vista
Humboldt
Sac County
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Woodbury
Harrison
Shelby
Monona
Crawford
G. C. Decker
Japanese rep says Japan wants no war but will be ready
A representative of Japan in a popular weekly states Japan does not seek conflict with the United States but would be prepared if war comes. He repeats that Japan would be ready, as if to frighten readers.
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Japan
America
United States
West Union Argo Gazette
Roosevelt
China
Iowa farm values fall in decade and warn of speculation
The Cherokee Chief notes preliminary census data showing Iowa farm land and building values dropped by about 1.5338 billion from 1930 to 1940. Average per acre fell from 124.18 to 78.79 dollars. farm value per holding slid from 19 655 to 12 614 while average size moved little. The column cautions against wild speculation and urges a sound basis for land values.
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Iowa
Americans Support Aid to England in War Effort
The Toledo Chronicle notes a broad American consensus that the nation's main duty this year is to furnish all possible assistance to England as the war intensifies and global tensions rise.
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Toledo
United States
England
Ger
Larson Takes Over Bode Bugle In Iowa City
Edwin H. Larson of Iowa City has leased the Bode Bugle from Virgil D. Geddes who has returned to Rapid City South Dakota. Larson began as a linotypist and pressman last June and later worked in editorial rooms. He studied at the Iowa School for the Deaf and the University of Iowa and published the Garwin News for about a year.
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Edwin H. Larson
Iowa City
Virgil D. Geddes
Rapid City
S. D
Larson
Larsen
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Path to Enduring Peace in a World at War
The piece argues that a quick victory is possible only if Germany is effectively restrained. It notes widespread belief that Germany cannot win and that unrest grows in France Belgium Denmark the Netherlands Norway Austria Czechoslovakia Poland and even Italy. It suggests peace remains a dream until Germany is defeated and asserts Germany cannot be trusted and must be dealt with firmly.
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Italy
Iowa Voting Patterns Show Urban Rural Dem Distinctions
Wallace's Farmer analysis of Iowa election results shows towns under 10 000 population leaning 42.6 percent Democratic and towns over 10 000 at 51.8 percent Democratic while farmers split 50 50. Highest income farmers gave Roosevelt only 27.6 percent, middle income farmers 71 percent Democratic, poorest 50 50. Mussolini pictured waning in influence. Also notes Japan US differences over council talks and jokes about Dies G men cooperation and a police enlistment scandal in Eldora.
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Iowa
Wallace
Roosevelt
Line Squirts by Harold Grafton et al on National Budget
Harold Grafton and others explore the national budget in numeric terms. He calculates a 17 billion dollar budget into a silver dollar stack 33,358 miles high and notes paper dollars laid end to end would stretch 1,704,000 miles while covering 64 square miles.
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W. Max Gordon
Cherokee Daily Times
Ben Laposky
Laposky
Ripley
Unconventional Use Of Mouse Trap Nets Egg Gain
Alvin Vaughn devises a morning egg booster by tying an alarm clock to a mouse trap and to a light switch. The trap triggers the light to wake hens at dawn, prompting them to begin laying earlier. Patent applied for.
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Alvin Vaughn
Emerson
Criticsm and musings on past and future in old column
A reader criticizes last week's past reflections and a poem attributed to Longfellow. The piece mocks Walt Winchell on future predictions and notes rising national debt. Also includes brief street safety tips and a quip about a headline fatal death near Orange City.
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H. W. Longfellow
Walt Winchel
LeMarg Globe-Post
Orange City
Fragmentary reminiscence cited by Alton Democrat
The Alton Democrat recalls a youthful literary effort noting a man killed and dying as a family clings to the memory, mentioning a "round circle" case and a long-ago incident tied to a now-aged writer.
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Alton Democrat
Local laborer to meet band at station misses planned reunion
A worker who had spent three years in the city expected the band to greet him at the station in the old town. Finding no one at the platform he entered the station where he awaited contact and waited for further word.
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Old Town
Mental Giants Quiz Answers From a Cryptic Ad Page
A quirky multiple choice puzzle lists questions on presidential age bills deserts punted by playful misprints. It asks about age requirements for presidency, desert names, and legal terms with uncertain OCR errors, presenting options (a–d) for each item.
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