Newspaper Men in Books Explore War's U S Impact
Five editors and journalists analyze a hypothetical future US war in When War Comes. They warn of drastic personal restrictions, wealth confiscation, mandatory bonds, and suspended civil liberties. They predict universal registration, labor nationalization, higher rents, rationing, and tighter education. Demobilization may trigger global economic malaise.
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Greystone
Larry Nixon
Elmler C. Walter
United Press Financial
C. Norman Stabler
New York Herald-Tribune
Jack Foster
New York Wortabi Egram
W. W. Chaplin
International News Service
Malcolm Logan
New York Post
United States
Local visitors share meals and arrivals noted
Claude Farris and sons from Old Monroe Missouri visited in town Monday. They returned Mr and Mrs J A Kelley home after two weeks with Mrs Kelleys sister Mrs Frank Farris of Old Monroe. Mr Farris and sons and Mr and Mrs Jr H Kelley dined with Maurice Kelly family Tuesday. G A Melfaith attended Pendaras reunion at Crapo park Burlington Sunday. John Lloyd Hughes and Francis Hughes of Rochelle returned home last week. George Hopping of Brighton visited Mrs Lyman Babcock Tuesday. Clarence Lee and Sam James visited Cedar Rapids Sunday. Sally Finch of Fairfield is visiting the Chas Fox home this week. Chas Snyder, formerly at the State University, is home for a few weeks.
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L. A. Meridith
Claude Farris
Crapo Park
Burlington
John Lloyd Hughes
Francis Hughes
Rochelle
George Hopping
Brighton
Lyman Babcock Tuesaday
Clarence Lee
Cedar Rapids
Sam James
Robert Loweome
Sally Finch
Fairfield
Chas. Fox
Chas. Snyder
The
State University
Martin Checker Champ Seizes 1939 Iowa Crown
Des Moines reports Bobby Martin 25 from Ottumwa, a salad chef in Peoria, won the 1939 Iowa state fair checker title, defeating 32 entrants by three points to take 15 first prize. Luther Sammons of Ottumwa was second with 86 and Everett Ekern of Iowa Falls was third with 85.
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Des Moines
Bobby Martin
Martin
Ottumwa
Peoria, I
Luther Sammons
Ottumwah
Everett Ekern
Iowa Falls
King George VI Gains Confidence On American Tour
Webb Miller writes in Look magazine that the king returned from seven weeks in North America with a new persona. Miller notes the monarch grew more at ease, his speech deliberate, and his left cheek quiver the only sign of nerves.
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New York
George VI
England
North America
Webb Miller
Look Magazine Today
Miller
North American
Grizzly Bears Debate New Deal Benefits
In Washington on August 30 three government agencies debated benefits of the New Deal for Alaska brown and grizzly bears. The dispute centered on the impact of federal programs on wildlife in Alaskan territories and related funding considerations.
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Washington
Alaska
Brown
Grizzliy Bears
Interagency clash over Alaska bears sparks public dispute
Secretary Harold L. Ickes voiced a plan to exterminate bears and share resources among agencies. The Forest Service and Biological Survey disputed, with jurisdiction shifts muddying oversight. Three agencies, including the National Parks Service, contend in a tense reorganization that fused their roles.
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Tekes
Alaska Bears
Brothers
Biological Survey
National Parks Service
Extermination Fears Stir Bears and Eagles Debate
The dispute centers on Ickes warning that brown and grizzly bears face possible extinction unless protections are increased. Tekes accuses Alaskans of killing bears for salmon and compares it to harming the American eagle. Also noted are local social outings and a trip as Jack Woods goes to China for an all star basketball game.
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Ickes
Alaska
Ener
Tekes
Jack Woods
China
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