Office location dispute blocks highway engineer project in Atlantic
A debate over funding and room in the county courthouse stalls the placement of L. M. Martin district highway engineer and his 60-strong staff. Miss Ward may relocate to the south wing jury room, but objections keep the plan in limbo as Atlantic and Cass county weigh benefits of keeping the office in town versus moving it to Council Bluffs.
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L. M
Martin
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Ward
Miss Ward
Council Bluffs
Federal Building
Atlantic Commercial Club
MaxMartin_will
Atlantic
Cass County
Highway Commission
College student held for bad check in Iowa City
Ben H. Jones a former state university student in the S A T G vocational corps is jailed on a charge of passing a bogus 1800 dollar check to buy an automobile from the Lukaysky garage in Lone Tree. He signed a confession admitting staged telephone conversations to convince the garage owner the funds were in the First National bank.
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Iowa City
Ben H. Jones
State University Vocational Corp
Jones
Lukaysky
Lone Tree
First National Bank
Lukovsky
Dentist H. K. Williams Advertises Office
Dr H K Williams announces dentistry services at the Fulton Building corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Holdings include general care and routine treatments for residents seeking local dental work.
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DE. H. K. Williams
Fulton Building
Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Reconstruction Begun in France by Public Works Plan
Paris May 31 The Associated Press reports France will spend about 4,000,000 1000 francs on new public works plus about 3,000,000,00 francs for rebuilding railroads in devastated regions. Minister M Claveille says program includes electrifying 6,200 miles of railroad building 38 600 miles of local lines and other highways. Also over 2,000 bridges to rebuild 12 tunnels to re bore and many culverts. He estimates material needs at ten million tons and notes labor limits delaying progress.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
M. Claveille
Dog Story From the American Revolution at Valley Forge
In the memoirs of Chevalier de Pontgibaud a dog arrives during a Washington meal at Valley Forge. The pet, named General Howe, is fed and cared for then sent back under a flag of truce. Howe thanks Washington by letter through his line.
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Chevalier de Pontgibaud
General Washington
Walte Forge
General Howe
Howe
Christian Science Monitor
Welken Monument Works Promotes Ordering Security
An advertisement urges placing orders with Welken Monument Works for reliable craftsmanship. It emphasizes trusted service and quality outcomes, targeting customers seeking durable memorials and timely delivery.
Personal Notices From Creston To Bozeman
Names stretch across towns as visits and travels fill a period of late spring. J M Lloyd and wife visit daughter in Creston while Abe Rothschild and wife visit relatives in Davenport. Mrs Thompson wife of Dr C E B Thompson visits her parents in Des Moines. Mrs M M Nichols expected home tomorrow from California. Mr and Mrs Oll Coomes travel to Webster South Dakota to visit son I S Coomes and family. Nora McCourt and Esther Tones depart Cedar Falls for summer school at Town State Teachers College. Mrs J B R O Donnell leaves Friday for Bozeman Montana after nearly two months visiting relatives. O Donnell arrived from Rochester Minnesota to recuperate after an operation and has entirely recovered.
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J.M. Lloyd
Creston
Abe Rothschild
Davenport
Nora McCourt
Esther Tones
Yesterda
Cedar Falla
Town State Teachers’ College
J. BR. O'Donnell
Bozeman
Mont
O* Donnell
Rochester
Minn
Read A Hospe Co Advertisement Repeats
Advertisement for Read A Hospe Co repeats with terse item line Read A Hospe Co ad 6d80 and mentions Dain Hay Losdera priced at $100 at Hansen with Lowe's as reference.
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Read A. Hospe Co
Hansen
Lowe's
Sieiver
Hansen and
Joyful Alsace welcomes return to France after German rule
A tour of Strasbourg and Alsace shows joyous crowds and a revived French spirit. Readers note mass demonstrations, torchlight parades, and broad optimism amid economic and cultural questions facing Alsace Lorraine after its return to France.
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Clagues
Alsace
Adopted by Married Couple in Dauphin Court
The Dauphin County Court at Harrisburg Pa approves the petition of Mr and Mrs Abraham P Simmers to adopt their foster son Lewis Simmers Walker age 24 though married. The couple has cared for him for years and hopes to finalize the adoption to secure their estate.
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Lewis Simmers Walker
Dauphin County
Harriaburg
Abraham P. ‘Simmers
Walker
Airplanes Used by Marines to Battle Bandits in Santo Domingo
Marines deploy 18 aircraft and a 1 560 strong force under Gen Catin to San Domingo and Haiti. Aerial squads with machine guns are readied to crush a 400-strong band of revolutions and outlawry in the San Pedro Macoris district. Reports say an airborne squadron landed at Consuelo sugar estate and will strike from air dromes to subdue bandits.
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New York
United States Marine Corps
Macoris
San Pedro Macoris
Sind
Domingo
Porto Rico
Wea
Breckenridge
Marine Corps
Santo Domingo
Hayti
Catin
Port Au
Faller
San Domingn City
Mimme
Santo Domi
Times of
San Juan
Consuelo Sugar Estate
San Domingo
False fishing tale prompts correction for two business men
The News Telegraph retracted a story about two city businessmen and their wives claiming the wives caught sixty five crappies in one trip at Storm Lake. The paper had quoted one man who omitted his wives' participation. Names involved were Mr and Mrs Roscon Brown and Mr and Mrs Roy H Metcalf. Also advertising for LaVista Chestnut Place lots at Atlantic with limited time offers and a free $400 lot plus a gold watch raffle at Mark Johnson’s Chestnut Street store.
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News-Telegraph
News Telegraph
Roscon Brown
Roy H. Metcalf
LaVista
Chestnut
Atlantic
la Vista Place
Mark Johnson
Chestnut Street
RC Goodnow CG
Mercy Fleet Ships Move Food To Starving Europe
U S shipping board says it controls 131 steamers of 950 000 deadweight tons built by Emergency Fleet Corp. Once weapons to defeat U boats the fleet now serves as a mercy fleet carrying flour beans grain beef and other supplies between Atlantic ports and ports on the North Sea the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.
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Washington
United States ‘Shipping Board
Europe
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Germany
Atlantic
North Sea
Mediterranean
Adriatic
France enacts electoral reform law to shape party strength
Paris May 4 The Associated Press reports the new electoral reform law passed by the French parliament guarantees minority representation and signals major changes in the Chamber of Deputies. The measure ends the old two ballot system, replacing it with a revised method favoring clearer majorities and party realignment.
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Paris
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
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