Escaped convict now a free man
Des Moines reports Robert Hayes 31, formerly Carl Gratz, walked out of the city jail a free man after authorities, recognizing his good conduct, granted an unofficial parole. Hayes hoped to return to his wife and child while avoiding past identities and dangers from his fugitive days.
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Des Moines
Robert Hayes
Carl Gratz
Ohio
Lucas County
Reformatory
Chicago
Goldie de Heer
Eldora
Iowa
Hayes
Goldie
Frank Moorhead
Moorhead
Ohio Reformatory
Arthur L. Glattke
Glattke
Bob
Fined For Operating Truck Without Permit
Louis Kruegger of Giard was fined $10 and costs in Justice H N Albeck's court for operating a truck for hire without a permit. The fine supports the local school fund. Kruegger, arrested by R W Schug, Iowa railroad commission inspector, had been trucking livestock for farmers.
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McGregor
Louis Kruegger
Giard
H. N. Albeck
Kruegger
R. W. Schug
Iowa Railroad Commission
Iowa
McGregor Farmer Hurt By Cow During Milking
McGregor resident Henry Miller, 79, was kicked by a cow while milking and taken to McGregor hospital with severe head injuries Wednesday evening.
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McGregor Farmer
McGregor
Henry Miller
McGregor Hospital
Borah In Nomination Fight Not Open To Deals
Borah's campaign manager says the Senator will fight to win the Republican nomination to June's national convention and is not interested in compromises or deals. Bachman relayed the statement after meetings with Macy Levinson and other backers.
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New York
William E. Borah
Carl] G. Bachman
W. Kingsland Macy
Salmon Levinson
Chicago
Borah
Macy
Bachman
Man awarded $1300 for foot injury in Middletown
Fred Graham a municipal sanitation employee received $1300 in compensation for a foot injury. He checked the clock noting it was exactly one year since the accident.
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Middletown
N. Y
Fred Graham
Paroled From Five Year Sentence For Store Breakin
Harold Scott, 31, paroled for good behavior on a five year indeterminate sentence for larceny after a district court judge handed down the term. Scott was arrested Wednesday night and gave an address at 1337 Fifth Street NW, which a resident denied. Officials said Scott admitted details of the Kellogg grocery break in and the disappearance of an International Harvester truck on March 23, implicating Lester Ruk, 46, of 423 K Avenue NW, who faces related charges and pending trial for illegal possession of liquor and received a one year penitentiary term. The break in targeted tobacco and groceries. Officials said both men had been at the scene.
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Harold Scott
B. Clark
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Scot
Scott
Fifth Street
Sai Scott
Kellogg
M Avenue NW
International Harvestr Company
Lester Ruk
K Avenue NW
Ruka Coun
G. K. Thompson
Ruka
Clark
Radio Schedule Highlights Major NBC CBS and CBS Programs
Evening and afternoon radio grid lists multiple programs across NBC and CBS networks. Notable segments include Al Smith relief talk on NBC WJZ, Amos n Andy, Jessica Dragonette, Irene Rich, Natl manufacturers dinner, and various orchestras led by Roy Shield, Fred Waring, Don Redman, and Guy Lombardo.
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al Smith
NBC
WJZ Chain
Amos ‘N Andy
WEAF
Kyw Myrt
Marge
CBS
WABC
Lasyen
WBBM
Small
Ezra
Weaf Wow
Roy
Campbell Arch
Weaf Chain
Nem Nee
Jessica Dragonette
Irene Rich
Flying Red Horse Tavern
KMOX
Islands of Romance
WJZ
Phil Baker
WCCO
Natl
Ass’n of Manufacturers
le Sturman
Bob __Crosby orch
Georgesen
Wcco Woc
Sis A Orch
WJZ Ea
Hines Orch
Bernie Cummins Or
WGST
Ranny Weeks
Levant
Emerson Gill
Weaf Ain Guy Lombardo
The Taxpayers’ Friend Takes The Mound
A satirical verse rails at political manipulation as a so called taxpaying candidate is introduced as a miracle pitcher. It mocks public gullibility and hints at an election outcome with the line Back to the bush goes the tax.
Morning Radio Schedule Mixed CBS NBC and ABC Programs
A fragmented TV radio timetable lists CBS NBC and ABC programs including Bradley con dain incaid breakfast club wife saver and Honeymooners. Mentions WABC WJZ WEAF and WGST. references to gospel singer and Cincinnati conservatory and Our American Schools.
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CBS
Wabc Chain
NBC
WEAF
WJZ Chain
Glee Club Band
WABC
Carnegie Tech Symphony
Weaf Chain
Ee Theater
Wabc GS
Bradley Incaid
Breakfast Club
Cheerio
NBG
Rennie
ABC
WGST
Cisdle
WJZ
Marie de Ville
Pones
Stephen Aerem
Cincinnati Conservatory of of Pussy
Wabc Honeymooners
Wizh
Our American Schools
Washington Sideshow: Diplomatic Intrigue and Senate Moves
The column sketches Kemal Pasha’s Dardanelles posture influencing U S policy while London presses oil embargo plans against Mussolini amid Roumanian supply routes. It notes a New Deal move to appoint very young Supreme Court nominees to entrench a pro New Deal bench long term. It also reports Senate ex judges voting on Ritter case and Holt’s brief biography.
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Universal Service
Washington
Kemal Pasha
Europe
Turkey
Dardanelles
State Department
Atlantic
Hull
London
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Roumania
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Suez
England
Straits
Britain
Anthony Eden
Carol
New Deal
Senate
Joe Robinson
Supreme Court
Joe
Robinson
Justice van Devanter
Genate
Florida
Ritter
Pat McCarran
Reno
Kentucky
Logan
Barkley
Gibson
Vermont
Hastings
Delaware
George
Georgia
Hatch
New Mexico
Dieterich
Illinois
Norris
Nebraska
Wagner
New York
Bulow
South Dakota
Bachman
Tennessee
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Weston
W. Va
Capture of Escaped Convict in Oregon
Fort Madison officials report 26 year old Fred A. Bergen an escaped convict from Des Moines with a 1933 forgery sentence was found in Portland Oregon. He escaped from the prison farm on March 9 and will be extradited.
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Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
Fred A. Bergen
Portland
Ore
Bergen
Des Moines
Real elephant to lead Oberlin mock GOP convention
Oberlin College officials announced a spoof GOP convention with a real elephant to lead the parade and open pyrotechnics on May 8. The staged event is part of campus satire reflecting political theater.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
Army Orders in Iowa Retirements and Transfers
Army orders list Major Daniel Becker Cavalry Fort Des Moines retires April 30 Major Harry W Hill C E Ames transferred to Gary Indiana Captain George A Rehm Cavalry Fort Des Moines transferred to Fort Riley Kansas.
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Washington
Daniel Becker
Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Harry W. Hill
C. E
Ames
Gary
Ind
George A. Rehm
Fort Riley
Kan
Mayor Suggests Drinking Pools For Pets At Schools
Kansas City Missouri Mayor Bryce B. Smith proposed creating drinking pools at schools for children's pets that follow them to class. He hinted at tying the idea to Mary’s lamb and educational life themes during the discussion on campus pet needs.
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Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
Mary
Lyons fined for overloading and license purchase
James Lyons of Van Horne was fined 25 dollars and costs for overloading his truck by 2,920 pounds, the fine remitted after he obtained a license for maximum load. Nathan Grassfield of Anamosa paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to stop before entering an arterial highway. State Patrolman Kenneth Rhoades apprehended both men before Justice J A Ruhl.
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Vinton
James Lyons
van Horne
J. A. Ruhl
Lyons
Nathan R. Grassfield
Anamosa
Justice Ruhl
Kenneth Rhoades
Alson Barnhart 90 Pioneer Type Founder Dies in Chicago
Alson Elverton Barnhart aged 90 a pioneer Chicago type founder and former publisher of Iowa newspapers died at his home Wednesday night He and his brother Arthur M Barnhart helped establish Barnhart Brothers and Spindler in Chicago in 1872 starting copper mixed type casting They began a network of Iowa newspapers between 1865 and 1872 Barnhart retired in 1911 selling the firm to American Type Founders.
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Chicago
Alson Elverton Barnhart
Pioneer
Chicago Type
Iowa
Arthur M. Barnhart
Barnhart Brothers and Spindler
Barnhart
American Type Founders
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Sams Haberdashery
Sove
Alderman Fattleton
Bandwagon
Mator
Williams
U.S
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Curly
Johnstone
Sunbet Radio Journal
Cadet's Quartet
Ry Sears Orch
Genis Iat
George Hall
George Hall Orch
Wwoc
Wcco Farmer's Union Program
Fravy and Baum
Wabc Chain Message of Israel
Hampton Institute Singers
Zieefeld Follies
One Symphony Arch
Lilvy Pors Sincer
Frank Fay
Armchair Quartet
WTZ Chain
Ann Harding
Gloria Swanson
Weaf Kyw
WLW
WOW
Col. Stoppnagle
Budd
President Roosevelt
Lehman
Teares Olsen Orch
Weaf Kyw Wow
Nick Lucas Orch
Philip Care Orch
Emil Unees Orch
Weaf Ain
Harry Sosnik Orch
Wwcco
Glen Gray Orch
Charles Dornberger
Nelson Orch
Bas Duchin
Tommy Harris
Eney Halstead Orch
Kee, Vallee Orch
Weaf Veloz
Yolanda
Orch
Bernie Cummins _ orch
Edgar A. Guest
POL
Kemal
Oregon
Alson Barnhart
Howard Heathman
Armstrong
Armstrong’s
Rosenbaum
Rosenbaums
Harry Corot
Axminsters
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