Iowa Senators Endorse Reciprocal Trade Treaties
Both Iowa senators vote against amendments aimed at crippling reciprocal trade treaties. They emphasize ongoing economic benefits and goodwill, with Senator Wilson showing independence and Senator Gillette opposing the measure as an administration move. The piece links opposition to politics, isolationism, and protectionism to broader U.S. trade policy.
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Iowa
United States
Wilson
Gillette
William McKinley
America
Three Senators Present Highlight Treaty Ratification Debate
Lou Gardner notes only three senators on the floor during Senator Gillette's speech pushing ratifications by a majority vote. He argues the two thirds rule stymies policy, yet a small determined minority can block a treaty, while many important foreign policy statements pass by simple majorities in joint resolutions.
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Gillette
Senate
House
Iowa
Congressional
Government Printing Office
U. S
State Department
Attu Falls to U S Forces After Heavy Combat
The island of Attu in the Aleutians is captured after Japanese defenders, about 2,000 strong, are killed or wiped out. U S troops report minimal American losses and plan further pushes to neutralize Kiska and deny Japan a foothold in the region.
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Attu
Kiska
Aleutians
Western Pacific
U. S. Navy
U. S
Alaska
Multiplied fronts and air supremacy shape wartime outlook
Editors report signs of a second front opening in the Mediterranean with allied air control and calls for engaging the Italian fleet. They note Italian risks unlikely to deter the allies as operations broaden toward Europe while Hitler amasses forces on the Russian front to avert oil shortages and boost morale. Soviet defenses hold.
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Europe
Hitler
Sailor disrupts House gallery during anti poll tax debate
Evans Owen Jones, a sailor on leave from the South Pacific, climbed onto the gallery rail in the House and shouted that voting should not require payment. He criticized Congress for war talk and called for focus on the current war effort. The Humboldt Republican notes a Gallup poll showing 85 percent support union accounting to the federal government, suggesting unions would back it.
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Sailor Evans Owen Jones
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Humboldt
Rubber, labor, and postwar hopes in Wilson book
Charles Morrow Wilson argues that middle and South American rubber must expand after the war to curb coolie labor oppression in far eastern plantations. He believes Hevea trees can reestablish in the Western Hemisphere and that free private ownership will govern future rubber lands and hemispheric agriculture. This echoes broader wartime production pride as airplanes and forces push toward victory.
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Hampton Times
Charles Morrow Wilson
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American Tropics
Western Hemisphere
New ships in May and inflation’s hold on peace
The editorial notes May naval gains as U boats are outpaced by air power and warns inflation worsened by wage awards and eight hour overtime. It argues a price rollback via subsidies inflates money in circulation and calls for reducing funds through taxes or loans to back a broader trade program while stressing support for peace through trade.
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John Craddock
Trade and peace through sound international relations
A Sioux Rapids Press excerpt argues that dollars and cents support U S participation in world affairs and leadership in promoting international trade. It asserts that sound trade relations can establish permanent peace, stating the proposition should be proven true.
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Sioux Rapids
War bonds drive shows skew to institutions over individuals
An Exchange editorial argues the 1948 March income rose 28 percent from 1942 while bond sales favored banks and corporations. It contends the mass public gains little and taxes plus purchases will barely dent the billions of new wealth, signaling a failing home front sacrifice.
Pay-As-You-Go Tax Plan Agreed By Congress
The conference committee for the House and Senate has agreed on a pay-as-you-go tax bill to be passed next week and take effect July 1. It provides a 20 percent deduction for incomes above 12 dollars weekly for singles and above 24 for married couples at the source. The plan cancels all income taxes under 50 dollars for one year and reduces by 75 percent the tax due for a year above that amount. The compromise aimed to ease war tax burdens that proved hard to collect.
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LeMars Sentinel
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Houses
Congress
Predictions vs reality in prophecy and weather notes
A montage on prophecies and forecasts notes only four of 34 Norman Bel Geddes predictions realized. It critiques prophecy accuracy while commenting on weather delays, coal shortages, and farming prospects amid 1931 concerns and a Sioux Center News opinion voicing veto support for Roosevelt and opposition to wage inflation demands.
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Norman
Bel Geddes
Sol
June
Sioux Center News
Thevelt
John L. Lewis
Triplet Heifer Calves Born at Wessel Farm
On the Wessel farm west of Hun, a rare triple heifer calf birth occurred, illustrating how cattle production is adapting during wartime. The farm notes the event as a sign of continued livestock effort despite war pressures.
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Wessel
Hun
Battle of the Atlantic Returns Another U-Boat Tragedy
In a wartime report a U class submarine sinks another vessel as lifeboats drift away. The wreck carries millions in food, munitions, and material paid for by War Bonds. The narrator calls for intensified effort to work, save, and invest more in War Bonds.
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Sparks
U.S. Treasury Department
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