Open News Flow Limited by Iowa State Officials
A Des Moines AP report notes Iowa state agencies increasingly funnel information through official channels. The liquor commission now restricts news to chairman M. L. Curtis, while public safety files are for law enforcement use only. Open meetings exist in some councils, but many agencies withhold minutes and disclose little about personnel changes.
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Des Moines
Liquor Commission
M. L. Curtis
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Public Safety Department
R. W. Nethergall
Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Iowa Unemployment Compensation Commission
Berry Halden
Executive Council
Halden
Up She Goes Echoes Over Fairground
All Iowa fair preparations in progress with tents for farm machinery food concessions and midway rides. Ernie and Mrs Murray, fair clowns, autograph Lieut. Gov Hickenlooper as John Beck nails signs near the grandstand. A Brown Swiss cow owner tends to a hair treatment while two city girls ride a tractor. Charley Moore and aides assign IDs for 1200 head of cattle.
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Ernie Murray
B. B. Hickenlooper
John Beck
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Azeltine
LaPorte City
Charley Moore
Doris Stein
Marie Kearney
Des Moines Elks raid uncovers gambling gear at Christmas fund
Sheriff Van Overturff said deputies helped state agents raid the Des Moines Elks lodge Christmas fund party at Sycamore park. Gambling equipment including slot machines dice tables and card tables was seized and stored at the Polk County courthouse. Officials said no warrants were issued and no charges filed. Overturff claimed he was accommodating state agents and did not witness the raid.
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Des Moines
van Overturff
Elks Lodge
Des Moines Elks Lodge
Mac Byers
Sheriff’s Criminal Division
Byers
Elks
G-Man In Iowa Finds Son's Lost Dog In Arkansas
Des Moines dispatch says G-man James Coulter of the FBI traced his son's dog to Little Rock Arkansas without looking. Coulter notified his wife and son, who were visiting Arkansas, and his son recovered the pet after a phone call confirming the licensed dog 2849 belonged to Coulter.
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G-Man
Iowa
Son
Arkansas
Des Moines
INS
Little Rock
Ark
A. 2Ee Coulter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Rutherford
Rutherford
Coulter
26 School Building Jobs Completed in Iowa under PWA program
Regional Director R. A. Radford announced that twenty six school building projects costing 1,210,700 have been completed in Iowa under the 1938 PWA program. Twenty five more school buildings costing 1,904,400 are scheduled for completion by early September. In the region including Iowa and seven other states, 115 projects costing about 4,330,500 have been completed.
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Omaha
Iowa
PWA
R. A.dford
Radford
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Woman Trapped Seventeen Hours in Cistern Top
Nellie Robinson 82 suffered bruises shock and exposure after being wedged in the open cistern top on her back porch for 17 hours. Her daughter Mrs. John Zanker heard cries and helped summon aid while rain soaked the porch. She was hospitalized in Boone.
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BOONE
INS
Nellie Robinson
John Zanker
Robinson
Van Horne Harvest Festival At Immaculate Conception Grounds
The Van Horne festival will be held on Immaculate Conception church grounds next Sunday. Magical Moments a review of modern mysteries runs at 10 15 a.m. followed by other attractions. A chicken supper will be served. Admission to the grounds is free.
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van Horne
Immaculate Conception
Chairman of Liquor Board Has to Have a Sense of Humor
Des Moines AP report on M L Curtis newly named chair man of the state liquor control commission recounts a humorous phone exchange. He received a caller insisting a liquor store manager be fired after a morning sale and a refused extra purchase, then stated it was a collect call.
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Liquor Board
DES Moines
M. L. Curtis
State Liquor Control Commission
Curtis
Twenty-five Cars Derail On Burlington Road Wreck
A fast eastbound freight derailed on the Burlington main line near Rome Indiana about seven miles west of Mount Pleasant. Crews worked two wreckers at each end to clear the line. Five transients were injured and treated at Mount Pleasant hospital. Hubert McCoy of Sharon West Virginia with multiple broken ribs and facial lacerations remained overnight.
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Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Rome
Mount Pleasant
Hubert McCoy
Sharon
W. Va
Call For Bids On Eastern Iowa Highway Projects
The state highway commission sets August 22 as bid date for 41 road projects in eastern Iowa. Work includes 16.6 miles of paving across Jackson, Buchanan, Winneshiek and Johnson counties with bridges, culverts, and grading on routes 64 248 261 and county trunk roads.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Buchanan County
State Hospital
Jackson
Preston
Miles
Johnson
Newport
Solon
Winneshiek
Jumps As Limited Train Hits Truck
Des Moines man Carl McCune leapt from his stalled truck at a sideroad crossing as the Rock Island Mountain Limited struck it. The westbound train pushed the vehicle a quarter mile. McCune escaped injury apart from a back wrench. He was alone in the truck.
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Altoona
Carl McCune
Des Moines
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain Limited
McCune
Union drives win at Maple Egg in Des Moines
Frank McCarty, director of district 3 for the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, announced that the union won bargaining rights at Maple Egg in Des Moines in a national labor relations board election. He said the union will push to organize all egg candling and poultry plants in Iowa.
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DES Moines
Frank McCarty
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Maple Egg Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
McCarty
Iowa
Window Smashing Thieves Net Third Haul in Two Weeks
Des Moines police intensified the hunt for window smashing thieves who struck a downtown jewelry shop for the third time in two weeks. Daniels jewelry shop lost 25 watches worth hundreds of dollars between 4 30 and 5 a m. Helzebergs jewelry store had been robbed in the two prior incidents.
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Des Moines
INS
Daniels
Helzeberg
Strep Germ Kills Manchester Man
Merritt Henry Allen of Manchester died after a five day illness from streptococcus infection. The 26 year old's body was taken to Shelly Funeral Home. Services were scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian church.
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Manchester
Merritt Henry Allen
Winterset
Shelly Funeral Home
The
Presbyterian Church
Obituary for Allen, Manchester native
The Rev Donald Freeman officiating son of Acquilla and Edna Allen formerly of Manchester born there and educated here. Formerly employed in Rossman jewelry store here he recently worked for the Construction company at Winterset. Survivors include his father and sister Verna Pate of Chicago.
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Donald Freeman
Acquilla
Edna Allen
Manchester
Allen
Rossman Jewelry
Winterset
Verna Pate
Chicago
Issue Booklet On Iowa Safety Laws
DES MOINES INS The state department of public safety issues a booklet containing the laws relating to the department regulation of itinerant merchants motor vehicles and motor vehicle dealers The booklet will be available to persons requesting copies.
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Des Moines
INS
State Department of Public Safety
Department
Ottumwa Plumber Dies From Electrical Shock
Philip Engle a 26 year old Ottumwa plumber died from an electrical shock in a flooded basement. Coroner Gordon Traul said Engle apparently touched a live wire supplying light to his work.
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Ottumwa
INS
Philip Engle
Gordon Traul
Engle
Liquor Prices Fall Yet Profits Rise Under State Control
The liquor control commission said it cuts wholesale prices on many brands while keeping higher consumer markups. A whisky quart cut 46 cents and pint by 20 cents, another from 1.18 to 98 cents per pint, yet profits rise as consumer increases reach 50 percent of wholesale. Liquor remains cheaper in Iowa than private states due to absence of state tax.
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Des Moines
INS
State Liquor Control Commission
Commission
lIewa
Iowa Vocational Education Reaches Record 33790 Enrollees
The Iowa vocational education program enrolled 33 790 persons in the fiscal year ending June 30 1939 the highest in state history. The rise stems from more agricultural and homemaking courses and more adult and out of school youth in evening classes.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
F. E. Moore
Board For Vocational Education
Moore
George Deen
Old Fire Station Doomed By Storm in Des Moines
Des Moines city officials report the old central fire station at Second Street and Grand Avenue is to be torn down after brickwork loosened by Thursday’s cloudburst. Safety Commissioner Henry HasBrouck said barricades would be set to protect pedestrians while a contract for demolition is awarded.
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DES Moines
Central Fire
Second Street
Grand Avenue
Henry HasBrouck
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