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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1931
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader discusses the Hoover debt moratorium and global peace prospects. It argues future peace relies on disarmament and U S influence to curb European war preparations, noting legal bodies like the Hague tribunal, League of Nations, World Court, and Kellogg pact.
Recent reports warn of grave messages for the German Republic as war reparations and large foreign fund withdrawals strain the economy. Unemployment runs high at five million, exports slump to a twenty year low, and debt nears 20 billion marks, but creditors and national resolve may avert bankruptcy.
Statewide effort to trim five percent from school budgets under the Elliot bill meets resistance as 162 petitions seek waivers or higher levies next year. Rural districts and small towns press for exemptions while districts with growth and attendance rise face difficulty meeting the cuts.
Albert B. Fall former Interior Secretary under Harding will begin a one year and one day sentence in a western prison for fraud and bribery. Convicted years ago, delays kept him from serving until now. Ill with tuberculosis he is nearing death and fate of term matters little to him.
The piece laments men’s reluctance to adopt cooler, more comfortable summer attire. It notes historical reforms in women’s dress and criticizes the continued use of heavy, drab suiting even in extreme heat, urging a bold change led by a figure who could influence such a trend.
The author criticizes excessive space given to depression coverage over the past year and a half. They propose suspending speculative cure discussions for a year, alongside Hoover's moratorium, arguing it would reduce public mood gloom.
With threshing machines buzzing in many areas and most grain cut, summer ends soon. In six to seven weeks farmers will start worrying about winter frosts and cold spells.
A Hamilton roadhouse brawl leaves a man dead while pockets hold 600 poems. The Orlando Sentinel urges a law to bar waiters from immersing thumbs in soup. Indiana health chief notes strawberries and cream with spinach boosts vitamin content. National Restaurant Association rules warn squeaky shoes. The Statue of Liberty myth connects to Bartholdi’s mother. The platypus is a monotreme that lays eggs. The Pathfinder.
The Hoover moratorium on war debts and reparations shifts the 1930s political landscape. Republicans and Democrats alike reassess renomination chances, with emphasis on economic recovery as the deciding factor. Debates arise over disarmament, duty to call a special session, and how to handle moratorium expiry June 30.
The United States will attend the general disarmament conference in Geneva next year. A White House statement says the invitation to send representatives will be formally accepted. The move reflects Hoover era aims to curb military spending and promote postwar economic rehabilitation and disarmament. American flag shipping expands with ports in 16 Atlantic, 18 Gulf, and 29 Pacific coasts, plus 40 foreign ports offering regular service.
Local notes detail visits by families from Sumner and nearby towns, including picnics south of the telephone office, trips to Brighton Colorado, and a two week excursion. Property transfers announce Minnie Krueger purchasing the Hunemueller residence near the high school with possession planned September first. A birthday party for four year old Donna Mae Ackman features family guests, ice cream, and cake.
Eight inmates who escaped from the Frankfort reformatory left a note claiming the breakout was to relieve overcrowded conditions. A Miami man received 13 months for passing a 13 dollar bogus check on May 13. A Philadelphia man worth 100000 died by his own hand after unemployment woes. Paris bans riding babies on bicycle candlebars. A Pennsylvania woman regains voice after a bee sting. A Lane Tech student wrote the longest short story on 782 feet of ticker tape. Yorks oldest tobacco store and its wooden Indian. Seminoles’ first word cited by Miami Herald: money. Pathfinder.
An Ohio aunt visiting Mr. E. V. Wilkinson observes city traffic in Cleveland. As downtown jams slow a West-to-East dinner plan, two mounted policemen weave through stalled cars, prompting the aunt to quip that officers are riding horseback on a busy street.
An American forester visiting Australia investigated tales of extraordinary tree heights. He measured 310 feet as the tallest, finding that authentic records show swamp gum trees in the eucalyptus genus reaching 346 feet.
A German physical training instructor develops a system where pupils learn gymnastics by observing animals. At his school he uses monkeys, horses, and dogs to demonstrate running, jumping, swimming, and climbing, guiding students to imitate the animals’ natural grace.
A montage of figures claims airplanes carried 385 and 10 cash customers, railroads’ past patronage, 115 billion cigarettes, 65 percent of world radios, a $2.848 billion U.S. drink bill in 1930, 10 000 goats eaten yearly, and an average child cost of $6150 to raise.
Eight penguins moved from their Antarctic home to a European zoo faced heat concerns. Officials built an ice box and a heavy plank house with tar paper roof to keep the birds cool. Each day 500 pounds of layered ice cooled the floor, and the penguins slept standing on the ice. Shrubs surround the house and a lake provides water for their natural needs.
The article describes a classic bankers problem where deposits and withdrawals create a sequence of balances that do not sum to the original deposits. It shows a $50 deposit followed by withdrawals of 20, 15, 9, and 36, producing balances of 30, 15, 6, and then zero. The total of those balances equals 51, one dollar more than the deposit, illustrating that balances do not sum to deposits while the running balance plus withdrawals do.
Frank Dankow of Detroit received a 15 day jail sentence after he broke a mirror over the head of his landlord. The incident led to the punishment, reflecting a domestic dispute turned violent within the rental property.
An array of quirky stats appears: ships carry 1600 pounds of cheese each, a Kansan druggist sold 32 miles of gum in a year, Washington residents average 450 daily phone calls per person versus 281 nationally, murder occurs every 40 minutes in the U.S., a saxophonist is born every five minutes, Harvard costs drop by 1100 dollars a year with thrift, and California leads autos per capita with one car for every 2.7 people.
In Seville, Andalusia, the Giralda stands as a famed twelfth century Moorish minaret now housing two dozen bells. It is described as Seville’s mother and sweetheart, with Columbus’s sarcophagus set within the cathedral nearby, and a historic stand against Moorish destruction.
The Continental congress discussed using German or English but never voted. In Pennsylvania Germans formed perhaps a third of settlers before the Revolution, with German still spoken and printed there, though English speakers outnumbered others from 1760 to 1790.
Pinehurst North Carolina based Archers company says cloth-yard shafts have long been 28 inches Elmer s Archery notes arrows for men have standardized length of 28 inches The cloth-yard shaft traces to English ballads with 27 inch Flemish cloth yard and 36 inch modern yard refined to 28 inches by pile length.
Winter Playgrounds Germany matches the fame of originators like Switzerland and Scandinavia. Notable resorts lie in the Reisenbirge Saxony Harz Thuringia Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps.
Fragmentary notes describe Samuel Osgood as the first postmaster general of the United States in 1789 after the Constitution was adopted, with mentions of Andrew Hamilton in colonial days and a later division of the American postal system into two districts with a postmaster for each.
Notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of June 1931 the undersigned was appointed by the District Court of Bremer County Iowa as administratrix of the estate of Ernst Hooper deceased late of said county. All indebted to said estate will make payment to the undersigned and those having claims against the same will present them legally authenticated for court allowance. Dated this 80th day of June 1931 Augusta Hope administrating.
Classified notice from Tripoli and Kea dlyn listing rental of a blower grain elevator and engine in first class condition with contact Henry Drewis in Tripoli Iowa. Also sale of several horses by Miller Implement Company including bay geldings gray geldings black mare and a gray mare with weights and ages. Listings indicate multiple animals from Miller Implement Company in Keadlyn.
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