Unannounced REA shakeup roils rural electrification office
Washington reports a rapid internal reorganization at the Rural Electrification Administration with new deputy Francis J. Sette and new personnel administrator John P. Evans, plus abolished and reassigned sections as higher officials push changes amid a possible congressional probe into bookkeeping and loan practices. The piece also notes naval concerns over ship transfers and decades of defaulted China loans, and mentions Wendell Willkie staying for the Gridiron dinner and meetings with Republicans.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Francis J. Sette
John P. Evans
Coming Republican Purposes Line Likely to Develop
A note suggests a clearer line on Republican aims will emerge, signaling evolving political strategy and a shift in party positioning as observers expect clarified objectives in the near term.
Eight men held on gambling device charges in Sioux City raids
Eight men faced illegal possession of gambling devices after a campaign by the ministerial association against slot machines and punch boards. Names listed include Ernest Coury Ernete Gaskins M Kirschbaum Abe Kaled John Putrite Morton Smith Ben Friedman and M H Eisenberg. Miss Virginia Crummer and Thomas Elliott to wed at the Little Brown church near Nashua with attendants Dorothy Holland and William Fleck.
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Sioux City
INS
Ministerial Association
Ernest Coury
Ernete Gaskins
M. Kirschbaum
Abe Kaled
John Putrite
Morton Smith
Ben Friedman
M. H. Eisenberg
LA Porte City
Virginia Crummer
Bert Crummer
Waterloo
Thomas Elliott
Little Brown
Nashua
Dorothy Holland
Vinton
William Fleck
Hemsworth
Willamette College
Salem
Ore
Delta Phi
Iowa State College
Ames
Alpha Chi Rho
Chicago
Geneseo
Wy Day by Eleanor Roosevelt OUSTON Texas
Eleanor Roosevelt recounts travels through Texas visiting Abilene Dallas and Houston. She observes oil men in Abilene and notes housing in outskirts near towns, reflects on pioneer living and modern society. She and companions visit a train dining car venison sausage and read during long rail hours. She thanks Jesse Jones for hospitality in Houston.
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Ouston
Texas
West Texas
Abilene
Will Rogers
Dallas
Houston
Women’s Democratic
Murrell Buckner
Huston
Jesse Jones
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Fort Dodge Girl Attacked While Traveling to California
Vivian Godfrey 15, of Fort Dodge, claimed a motorist attacked her after hardships on a cross state ride from Clovis New Mexico to Albuquerque and then toward California. She suffered head and internal injuries. authorities seek the alleged attacker as she remains in hospital.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Vivian Godfrey
Fort Dodge, Jr
Here
Clifton Grimes
Fort Dodge
Clovis
N.M
Albuquerque
N M
California
R. A. Hood
Des Moines
Donald Godfrey
Grimes
Vivian
Court Rules $12 348 Verdict In Personal Injury Suit Too High
Judge Frank Bechly ruled the $12 348.30 verdict in favor of Mrs. Erma Erb was excessive in her personal damage suit against Waldo Swartzendruber and Orville Morrison. He set a remittitur to $7,000 within ten days or grant a new trial on the verdict amount. The collision occurred October 1939 in Greene township Iowa county while Erb was a passenger in a Miller car.
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the Gazette
Washington
Frank Bechly
Erma Erb
Wellman
Washington County
Waldo Swartzendruber
Orville Morrison
Bechly
Erb
L. J. Miller
Swartzendruber
Morrison
Greene Township
Iowa County
Mark Shafer Funeral At Wellman On Sunday
Funeral services for Mark Shafer telephone manager and World War II veteran will be held Sunday at 2 pm at the Methodist church in Wellman. He died in a Philadelphia hospital and is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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the Gazette
Wellman
Mark Shafer
Philadelphia
Methodist
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