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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1932
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader reports after a local primary election night with anticipated county conventions. Focusing on Hoover's renomination for the Republicans and a potentially open Democratic convention, the piece notes Roosevelt’s strong standing while warns of strategic platform battles over prohibition.
The speaker blasts the United States for leading in murder kidnapping and other violence and for criminals evading punishment. He cites the Lindbergh kidnapping and Al Capone as symbols of a disgraceful criminal record. Law yers criminologists and students offer explanations but call for drastic reforms in the justice system.
Charles G. Dawes resigns as president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and proclaims the slump ended. He cites war debt moratorium, large relief programs, loans to farmers and railroads, budget balance, gold standard. He notes fewer divorces and drunks, more cigarette use by women, and says Uncle Sam has started everything except soup kitchens.
Letter to The Leader cites rising farm mortgage foreclosures and urges a temporary moratorium to aid distressed farmers. It argues financiers hold bonds with no interest, debtors cannot pay yet still operate, while farmers face sheriff sale notices, with one western county paper listing 25 such notices in one issue.
Congress moves quickly to balance the budget in the coming ten days. The urgent task of drafting a budget plan is nearing conclusion as convention time approaches, with lawmakers keen to attend their party gatherings.
Editorial notes Hoover era rhetoric on fiscal burden, cites 1913 to 1982 expenditure growth and rising tax appetite. Argues government costs multiply through commissions and investigations, with payrolls and expenses expanding at both state and national levels. Asks if citizens should continue to work 61 days for government.
In a humorous note from the Allison Tribune the writer compares overbidding in five hundred to the American public’s past habit of overreaching. The piece suggests the nation is “in the hole” and gradually adopting more conservative bidding, though full recovery will take time.
Bremer county readers weigh 29 resolutions from a Waverly meeting urging tax reduction while warning against overreach. The Sumner Gazette commends some ideas but criticizes others such as tuition abolition and longer office hours, arguing for prudent spending and preserving essential services.
Editorial urges Republicans to unite behind Field to defeat Brookhart in the primary race. The piece argues Brookhart’s reign has brought ignominy to the state and that any opponent would be acceptable, justified by a patriotic duty to secure suitable Washington representation.
Fremont voters cast a total of 444 ballots with 264 Democrats and 180 Republicans. The tally lists state and county races including U. S. Senate Steck 42, Hagemann 133, Kraschel 1, Lytle 4, Murphy 20, and local offices such as Sheriff Sager 203, County Treasurer Rewoldt 190, County Auditor Stumme 188, and Board of Supervisors members Griese 94 and Ernst Buls 92.
The report lists candidacy tallies for statewide offices including Governor Kehoe and Secretary Greenwald with high percentages. It also records county results for Auditor Treasurer Sheriff Recorder Coroner and legislative seats with numerous candidate totals and party officials names.
Warren Towns and Emil Pries families with Anna and Nora Hennings visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm Oestman in Bremer Sunday evening. Mildred Hennings returned home after a week with the August Flege family. Arthur Hennings and Nora Hennings visited Readlyn last week. Erwin Wedemeier called on Henry Hennings. Arthur Pries burned welding but will keep his eyesight. Fred Krumweide family of Waverly brought Delia Pines home after her weeks of employment.
A long list chronicles Sundays and weekdays of social visits in Fremont. Families such as Block, Blasberg, Rathe, Snelling, Franklin, Chapin, Lehmkuhl, Drape, Bunger, Kelsey, Woodcock, and others visit relatives, attend dinners, baptisms, showers, and birthdays across multiple homes in nearby towns, with several outings to Waverly, Readlyn, Oelwein, and Osceola.
The infant Milan Arthur Ashbrenner was baptized at St John s Lutheran by Rev C Born with sponsors listed. Miss Helen Stahlhut, soon to wed Walter Bodermann, was honored with a shower and mock wedding plus gifts. A series of Sunday visits and family gatherings followed among locals including the Schroeders, Meyers, Volkers, Kukers, and others, plus a twentieth anniversary celebration for Fred Kuker.
Relatives and friends gathered at the R. W. Kohagen and Wm. Luther homes Sunday to celebrate gentlemen birthdays. P. Schaefer and children visited the Warnard Clerks home in Waverly Sunday afternoon. Clarence Deterding and Clarence Beisher watched over by Erwin Hay and wife Sunday evening. Wm. Kallenbach hosted relatives and friends at his home Sunday for Mrs. Kallenbach's birthday.
Mrs George Schaper visited her mother Mrs Errecs Lindfield and Mr Lindfield on May 29 and again in the afternoon and evening for a six o'clock dinner served by her mother. Other families attended from New Hampton Waterloo Owatonna Richfield and Minneapolis area for the American Legion convention.
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