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The members of Buffalo Center Commercial Club are trying to eliminate German within their town and schools. But they have tried to be diplomatic and have failed to meet the standards. They are asking the Council of Defense for help in order to…

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merger of Burlington Volksfreund & Burlington Tribüne
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The Black Hawk, the student newspaper of Davenport High School, reported on the' burning of books in German "by about 50 lower classmen."
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High school student writes in support, noting his actions against German books and the subsequent burning of same.
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This letter was a reply to an earlier demand to remove all possible pro-German propaganda from public libraries. It defended the loyalty of the library itself, and asserted that the current librarian had burned most of the pro-German books the…
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