Des Moines News Bureau Addresses and Contacts
Des Moines representation is handled by the Iowa Daily Presse Association News Bureau. Frank Nye Jr. is manager at 405 Shope Building Washington D C. A Special News Representative is listed for Washington News Service at 1700 Bye Street N W.
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Des Moines
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Frank Nye Jr
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Washington, D. C
Washington News Service
Bye Street
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Iowa Tax Debate Highlights Weaker Income But Steady Property Values
The piece argues taxes should fall with income, noting Iowa incomes have declined over a decade while property values dropped about one billion dollars yet show signs of stabilizing. It cites University of Town figures on property and income, and reports farmers buying more farms this spring, implying investor confidence despite shrinkage.
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Lowa
Iowa
Editorial Briefs Skewed Diets to Politics and Peace
A roundup notes college pranks and headlines about education, economy cuts, and European power shifts. It argues for economy in state building, critiques the New Deal, and warns that mutual trust among nations is key to peace while distrust fuels instability in Europe.
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Chicago
Windy City
Illinois
Europe
Russia
England
Fraizer Delivers Mysterious Douglas Critique Speech
Washington observers note Senator Frazier stumbled through a speech opposing William O. Douglas for the Supreme Court. Reported instigators include Max Lowenthal and Orden Litchfield, with Litchfield claiming the aim was to spike Douglas in 1940.
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Robert S. Allen
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William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
North Dakota
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Douglas
Wall Street
Max Lowenthal
Senate Railway Finance Investigating Committee
Orden Litchfield
Hibbs & Comny
Fox
Litchfield
Wheeler
Montana
Bert Wheeler
Lowenthal
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
The weather man’s papers warn of wild storms and snow while predictions prove mostly fiction. The piece pokes fun at forecasts that derail plans and cause travelers to worry as winter weather disrupts schedules and moods.
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Walt Mason
Noah
Endanger Our Lives Phrase Gains Common Usage
A brief note from The George Matthew Adams Service highlights a language misuse focus. The item urges replacing vague phrases with direct actions and cautions readers about everyday mistakes in speech.
Avoca Hold Three Hour Good Friday Service
Avo ca Iowa April 7 Special A three hour Good Friday service sponsored by English Lutheran and First Lutheran churches will be held at the English Lutheran church. Guest speakers are Rev A W Lund United Lutheran Shelby and Rev E W Petrusson St Pauls Neola. Resident ministers Rev Elmer C Christensen and Rev Joseph Gerst assist. The service runs from noon to 3 p.m.
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A. W. Lund
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E. W. Petrusson
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Neola
Elmer C. Christensen
Joseph Gerst
New York Notes On Holy Friday And City Changes
The writer recalls Good Friday in New York with banks closed and churches filled, notes small-town ties among friends, and mentions Pierre van Passen and Katharine Cornell. Demolition of the Sixth Avenue el nears completion, the Leblang building site worsens, and post office ruins reveal new lawn. Luchow’s German restaurant shifts beer labeling from Made in Czecho Slovakia to On Draught. The piece ends with a reference to an updated New York map.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Prosperity Around the Corner Map Featured
A 1939 Geographic map from Cape May to Worcester and Albany to Philadelphia covers Long Island. The piece suggests visitors to the world’s fair keep the map in their glove compartment for travel in these parts.
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Tional Geographic Magazine
Cape May
Worcester
Albany
Philadelphia
Long Island
Coupright
McNaught Syndicate
Daily Knowledge Test Questions from a Vintage Page
The prompt lists ten trivia items asking who was the youngest U S president at start of term, the date of Low Sunday, which state has the largest water area, where Washington lived after retirement, the department over the coast and geodetic survey, the title for royals between king and duke, author of The American's Creed, yards in a rod, Roosevelt's first secretary of war, and which foreign capital is named for a U S president.
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U. S
George Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Avoca Teachers Kept. Rutenbeck Gets Three Year Term
Avoca Iowa board of education extended Sept O H Rutenbeck’s contract for three years and retained all current teachers for 1939 1940. Next year marks Rutenbeck’s ninth year as superintendent. The board also approved a textbook rental plan for grades one through six. High school staff re elected include Ray Reynolds Ferne Marsh Gerald Custer Gayle Junkin Mabel Spratt Laverne Strifert Lucy Hepfnger and Marjorie Palmquist. Grade teachers listed are L A Kugman Hazel Whetstone Mabel Abel Thelma Ingerswen Edna Burkhead Sue Eckhardt Emma Newman and Myra West.
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Board of Education
H. Rutenbeck
Rutenbeck
Ray Reynolds
Ferne Marsh
Gerald Custer
Gayle Junkin
Mabel Spratt
Laverne Strifert
Lucy Hepfinger
Marjorie Palmquist
France Leads With 761 Castles in Census
France reports a total of 761 castles the most of any country. Most are located in the Touraine district.
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France
Touraine
Cherry Blossoms Draw Crowds to Washington Posts
Washington hotels brim with visitors during cherry blossom season as Kenwood in Maryland rises in popularity. The piece notes cameras everywhere and contrasts the blooms with magnolias, while touching on Dies Committee politics and tax ideas affecting federal and state workers.
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Oate
Speedway
Tides Basin
Cherry Blossom
Kenweed
Mee
Maryland
Potomac Park
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