Editorial on famine fears and labor politics in Iowa
A May 22, 1946 editorial urges Iowans to share abundance with famine-threatened neighbors, critiques postwar propaganda and labor union democracy, and calls for civic education. It cites Senator Hickenlooper, George Fox references, and Iowa Wesleyan College plans for Citizenship Training, urging responsible public discourse and generosity.
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Hickenlooper
Towa
United States
Christian Science Monitor
Random School Talk and Street Scene in New York
A summer school geography lesson prompts a student to doubt proofs of Earth’s curvature. A Lower East Side street scene describes a milk wagon crash with spilled milk and curious onlookers. A church clerk misreads hymn notices amid infant baptism announcements. A deaf preacher offers theology and humor about hymnals and prices for ordinary and special copies.
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New York
Lower East Side
Commentator Suggests John L Lewis as President
Elmer Davis notes a critic proposes John L Lewis be made president of the United States to bear the burden of labor leaders actions.
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Elmer Davis
John L. Lewis
U. S
Questioning a Groom's Eligibility in Comic Verse
A witty exchange questions marriage prospects and age in a playful dialogue. Mrs Green notes wealth while Miss Brown quips about age and suitability as they joke about love and eligibility. The verse uses light mockery of social norms.
Close School Year At Grand Prairie With Picnic Dinner
Grand Prairie school ended Friday with a picnic dinner and a Closing Day program. Ruth Gideon will not return in the fall, and pupils presented her a feather purse. Forty one present enjoyed the picnic and souvenirs from their teacher.
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Bethel
Way
Grand Prairie
Ruth Gideon
Local Social Notes Report Family Movements and Visits
Dr and Mrs John Masson and grandchildren attended a Gideon home gathering Tuesday evening. The writer visited Donald Brown in hospital Saturday, hopeful he may return home by week’s end. Mrs Earl Kolesick returned from Camp Crowder Missouri where Earl was stationed, moving to Colorado for further training. Mrs Walter Longer spent Friday with her mother Mrs Gideon while Mae and Ernest attended a picnic. Mrs Glady Wulf received a plume call from husband Charles Wis who landed in New York last Monday afternoon from overseas and was sent to a camp in Wis for further training, she joined him Friday evening.
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Colorado
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Mae
Ernest
Glady Wulf
Charles Wis
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