Public alarm over utility trusts and census free choice
An editorial surveys the Associated Gas & Electric collapse and warns that regulation protects the public from profiteering by holding firms. The piece compares 1920s deregulation myths to current policy debates and rebukes Senator Tobey for urging defiance of census questions while urging law obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Gas & Electric Co
Samuel Insull
Dick Whitney
Hopson
Insull
Senator Tobey
New Hampshire
Tobey
United States
Court rules medicine trade stance suits group health case
Appeals court holds that medical associations and state societies conspired to restrain trade in Group Health Inc., a government worker prepay plan, by blocking doctors from practicing in Washington hospitals. The item also covers districting talk in Iowa, census questions, and reflections on resource sharing and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society of the
District’ of Columbia
Harris County
Texas
Medical
Group Health, Inc
Group Health
Washington
American Medical Association
Indianola
Beardsley
Clarke
Warren
Warren-Clarke
Northwest Counties
Lyon
Osceola
Sioux
O’brien
Madison- Adair
Dickinson
Emmet
Clay
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Lucas-Wayne
Harrison
Monona
Crawford
Jackson County
Mahaska
Jasper
Marshall
Clayton
Madison
Warren- Clarke
Blackhawk County
Grundy
Marshall County
Iowa
Poem Selections And Humorous Bits From The Times
A jumble of verse and light prose items including lines from a Harold Grafton poem about gloom and love, the satirical Dollar and Cent fable, a playful Confucius Say column, quips about Mrs Roosevelt, and miscellaneous odds and ends from a newspaper page.
Iowa Picnic in Los Angeles Documented in 1940 Letter
A San Diego to Los Angeles letter recounts the Towan Iowa picnic in Lincoln Park with Governor George Wilson on hand. It notes county divisions, town names like Pocahontas and Gilmore City, and encounters with Iowa families in San Diego and Santa Monica. The writer also describes California scenery, drive routes, and visits to movie studios and theaters during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Park
Los Angeles
Calif
San Diego
Bing Crosby
del Mar
San Clemente
Fullerton
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Gilmore City
Fonda
Havelock
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Nellie Grant
Marie Perrin
Messennie
Fred
Nellie Snodgrass
Charlie Beam
James Day
Albert Gadd
Anna Furman
Plover
Alvin Pringle
Joe Burk
Luella
Sioux City
Santa Monica
Douglas
Canada
O’haras
Rhett Butler
South Sea Island
Fox
Goga
Beverly Hills
Culvert City
Hollywood
Doheney Drive
Hollywood Boulevard
Vine Street
Bel-Aire Estates
Eddie Cantor
Thai tour report hints at driver interest after incident
A fragmented note references a driver and an immediate reaction following an event. The readable text implies external interest and a next day chronology, with surrounding ambiguity about who acted and why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anand
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LR “Soth
Marion
Bruce
Finland
Czecho-Slovakia
Hitler
Europe
Sudetenland
Czecho- Slovakia
Russia
Census Bureau
Eldora Herald Ledger
Sparsiey
America
Harold
Grafton
Harry Kemp
The
Wall
Street Journal
Confucius
A. E
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dr. Graham
California
Pollock
Towan’ S
Los ‘Angeles
W. Max Gordon
Cherokee Daily Times
Max
Dora Barker
Mabel Claussen
Des Moines
Heifitz
Ernest Cox
Reveille
Broad Street
G. A. Everson
M.D
T. D. Jones
B.rolfe
Lester Leserman
Jones Shop
F. H. Molyneux
Savage Block
Owa
Carl J. White
Optometrist
Auto Bonds
Kennedy Agency
T. J. Raynes
Rolfe Phone
L“M
Graham Veterinarian
First National Bank
C. R. Barry
Rolfe State Bank
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