WPA Funds Approved for Local Street Work
The News Telegraph reports a $71,100 WPA allotment approved by President Roosevelt for street and alley repairs in the city. Plans include paving near the new high school and widening several streets to add parking around the courthouse. Local officials anticipate labor use with material costs covered by the city and await official confirmation before starting.
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News Telegraph
Washington, D. C
Washington
Alchapatcch
Avpiine’ Sa Seme City -Officiale
Ee Ee
City Council
Eleventh
Elm Streets
Olive Street
Ninth
Olive
Walnut Street
Eighth
Chestnut and
Poplar
Chestnut
Seventh
County Board of Supervisors
WPA
Iowa highway toll climbs to 205 with new Derby fatality
Des Moines report shows 14 auto deaths since Friday push Iowa 1939 highway fatalities to 205. The latest victim is K C Wyatt, 59, of Derby, a farm hand killed when his car overturned and rolled down an embankment near Chariton.
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Des Moines
Iowa
K. C. Wyatt
Derby
Chariton
Weather outlook for town and Nebraska regions
Partly cloudy with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight in the west portion and to night and Tuesday in the east portion. Cooler in west and north central portions tonight, warmer Tuesday afternoon. Nebraska fair in west and central portions with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. cooler in northeast and north central tonight, Tuesday fair and warmer.
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East
Nebraska
Washington Events Shape Labor Policy Tangles
Washington reports show the Chamber of Commerce pushing seven Wagner Act changes to curb labor disturbances and outlaw the closed shop while warning of a new wave of industrial unrest. The administration favors revisions to preserve labor rights and reduce AFL- NLRB friction. Congress faces backlogs and a race to pass ten billion dollars in appropriations before July 1. The Senate judiciary committee backs direct public vote on Townsend pension plan.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Act
Chamber of Commerce of the
United State Today
Congress
Chamber
Senate Labor Committee
John W. O'Leary
C of C
Wee
Las
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Townsend
Judiciary Committee
First Communion at SS Peter and Paul Church
At 7 30 mass nine boys and two girls received their first communion at SS Peter and Paul church. The class included Paul Petty Donald Petty Cleo Petty Virgil Petty Jimmie Quinlan Jimmie Lewer Timmie Wood Pat Malone Miss Shirley Quinlan and Miss Mary Ann Arp. The group was sponsored by Mrs Agnes Pogge. The girls choir of thirty sang three numbers and Mary Ann Moore sang Jesus Jesus Come to Me. After mass a breakfast was held at the rectory with Father McDermott.
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SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Paul Petty
Donald Petty
Cleo Petty
Virgil Petty
Jimmie Quinlan
Jimmie Lewer
Timmie Wood
Pat Malone
Shirley Quinlan
Mary Ann Arp
Agnes Pogge
Mary Ann Moore
Jesus
Father McDermott
Sunnyside Park
Bergan
Des Moines
Lions Club Meeting Features E P Chase Speaker
E P Chase will address the Lions Club at the regular evening meeting in the Hotel Whitney.
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Lions
E. P. Chase
Lions Club
Hotel
Whitney
Crumbling Huey Long Machine Shocks Louisiana Senate
Baton Rouge reports a dramatic rift as state police seek Dr James Monroe Smith former LSU president amid alleged university fund shortages totaling hundreds of thousands. Gov Leche cancels plans to resign and WPA investigators probe intensify signaling a political upheaval in Long era.
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Baton Rouge
I. N
Huey P. Long
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Huey Long
Smith
David Ellison
Leche
Long
Dr. Smith
Jimmy
U. S
Frank Murphy
J. Edgar Hoover
Death News from Denmark Reaches Griswold Resident
Paul Larsen of Clarinda learned his brother Conrad Larsen, 52, died in Bornholm Denmark. Conrad had lived with Griswold based A C Hansen family before returning to Denmark and becoming a citizen again. In other notes Mrs Fred Hap pel from Pilger Neb visits relatives near Atlantic and with Ed Pont family after husband’s death.
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Griswold
Paul Larsen
Clarinda
Bornholm
Denmark
Conrad Larsen
A. C. Hansen
Larsen
Early Ball Scores Show Boston Narrow Victory
Boston beat Washington 1 to 0 in the second inning with Grove and Desautels contributing for the run. Detroit trailed Cleveland 0 to 6 in the third as Bridges Tebbetts and Hemsley Harder and Hemsley shared duties in the battery.
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Boston
Washington
Grove
Desautels
Haynes
Ferrell
Detroit
Cleveland
Bridges
Tebbetts
Harder
Hemsley
Anita Woman 70 Years Old Kills 42 Snakes
Anita Iowa June 26 Special. Myre Mary Jensen, 70, crippled, has killed 42 garter snakes in her yard and garden this year near a slough. She uses two blows from crooked sticks to sever the necks, staking her defense against a reptile infestation that others also report but none match her tally.
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Anita
Hamlin
Myre
Mary Jensen
Mrs. Jensen
Mrs Grubb Dies in Cambridge From Sudden Attack
Word reached Charles A. Grubb that his wife died Saturday afternoon in Cambridge Mass from apoplexy. She had been frail for over two years and hoped to recuperate this summer. The body will be cremated and ashes sent for burial later. Also notes moves of several local residents to new apartments.
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Charles A. Grubb
Cambridge
Mass
Edith
Daniel Starck
New York City
Grubb
Charles Crolley Dies at Sister's Home in Atlantic
Charles Crolley, 71, lifelong Cass County resident, died from a heart attack Sunday at his sister’s home in Atlantic. Born in Des Moines, he married Katherine Hogan in 1898 and lived in Cass County until moving to Atlantic in 1927. Funeral at SS Peter and Paul Church Tuesday. burial in Atlantic Catholic cemetery. Big Weekend — Max Bullock's Lake Okoboji trip ended with a sinking boat and a severe cut requiring twelve stitches.
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Charles Crolley
Cass County
Eliza
Kate
Polly Crolley
Poplar Street
Mr. Crolley
Des Moines
John
Margaret Crolley
Massena
Katherine Hogan
Atlantic
Robert
Richard
Los Angeles
Cal
Ada Williams
Louis
Atlantic Catholic Cemetery
Max Bullock
Lake Okoboji
British patience at breaking point over Japanese insult
Amid growing Anglo Japanese tension, Britain faces a Wednesday deadline for a Japan response to local Tientsin disputes. Prime Minister Chamberlain warns of possible action but seeks to avoid wider war in Europe. A British woman in Tientsin endures a degrading search by Japanese guards at a blockade barrier as officials threaten punishment for those responsible.
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Far East
See
Asia
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
Tientsin
Europe
Dansig
Poland
Great Britain
Japan
Chamberlain
Cardiff
D. Finlay
Tientsin Country Club
British Chartered Bank
Tar and feather attack shocks Virginia society figures
Count Igor Cassini, Washington gossip columnist, reports being tarred and feathered near Warrenton after accusing a prominent Virginia family of snubbing a garden party. Warrenton County officials name Ian Montgomery, Colin Montgomery, and Alexander Calvert as suspects. Cassini says he was beaten and left with minor burns.
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Warrenton
Igee Cassini
Virginia
Heres Cet
Count Cassini
Warrenton Country Club
I. N
Igor Cassini
Washington, D. C
Commonwealth
Clarence W. Carter
Cassini
Ian Montgomery
Colin Montgomery
Alexander Calvert
R. A. Montgomery
Montgomery
Washington
Count Arthur Cassini
United States
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Middleburg
Hunt Country
Washington Times-Herald
Ice Cream War Rocks Boone as Prices Plummet
In Boone Iowa June 26 ice cream sold as low as 20 cents a quart and aspirin 8 cents for 100 tablets at one drug store. The price war disrupted shops across town as residents watched competing offers.
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Boone
I. N.S
Governors Clash Over Federal Works Program At Conference
At Albany the List annual governors conference opened with Democratic Gov. Herbert H. Lehman defending federal public works against a Connecticut attack by Gov. Baldwin who warned of invasion of states rights and a potentially political payroll. Lehman said private industry has not absorbed unemployment and disputed claims of direct competition from works projects.
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Albany
N. Y
Herbert H.lehman
New York
Ean
Raymond E
Connecticut
Baldwin
New Deal
States
Lehman
Roosevelt
Oa Ia
Ees Lehman
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
G. O. P. National
WPA
Indiana
Missouri
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Herbert H. Lehman
TVA
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Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Richard Lewhe
W. W. Don Carlos
King Apartments
Cap- Adele
Walnut
Carrie Hunstock
Helen Nissen
Linn
Don Carlos
Chas. Crolley
Sister
Hitler
Tokyo
Rotary
Walter D. Head
Montclair Academy
Montclair
N. J
Rotary International
Omaha
Ing
Mrs. Finlay
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