Woodring lauds U S flood control record and costs
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring told President Roosevelt that the federal flood control program has kept the Mississippi valley free from flood damage for 12 years. He noted Congress appropriated 390,153,424 of 637,000,000 authorized since 1926 and that traffic on improved channels in 1938 totaled 466,900,000 tons valued at 17.019 billion dollars, with maintenance costs only two tenths of one percent of commerce value.
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Washington
Harry H. Woodring
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Army Engineers
Woodring
Congress
Maine lodge to install 1940 officers Tuesday
Maine lodge No. 643 S. O. O. F. will install its 1940 officers Tuesday at 7 30 p m at 838 First avenue E. The State Employment office will be closed this Saturday as well as New Year s day Lloyd Grover manager announced.
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Maine Lodge No
First Avenue E
Lloyd Grover
Evelyn Cripps
Y.M.C.A
Miss Cr
Flapper Fanny Lee Advises Efficient Kitchen Habits
The article urges waste-free habits in homemaking from tools to motions. It highlights reachable utensils, small cost aids, and progressive work flow, ending with menu budgeting tips and a temperature range for North Carolina regions.
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North Carolina
Linville
Blue Ridges
Southport
New Year Budgeting Tips For Healthier Family Meals
A homemaker’s guide to smart early 1940s meal planning. Emphasizes family council budgeting, weekly shopping lists, and menus to boost nutrition. Advises daily servings of milk vegetables and fruits, leafy greens, citrus, eggs for children, and home canning for winter. Encourages reading labels and choosing A B or C grade cans by need and purse.
Brother Of Local Woman Saves Man Trapped In Car In Lake Michigan
Harvey Sprout formerly Palo Alto county sheriff now living in Hammond Ind saved a man trapped in a car that plunged into Lake Michigan after hitting a curb. A Hammond paper notes Sprout received no thanks for his Christmas Eve effort and that the trapped man’s family hoped their car could be saved.
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Lake Michigan
S. S. Howard
Avenue NE
Harvey Sprout
Palo Alto County
Hammond
Ind
Sprout
Popular 1939 Books Include Mein Kampf and Grapes of Wrath
The American Library Association delegates named 20 popular books for 1939. Hitler's Mein Kampf and Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath appeared among the selections despite censorship pressures.
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Chicago
INS
Hitler
John Steinbeck
American Library Association
Sorenson
Paris to Name Street for President Roosevelt
The municipal council on Thursday night approved a proposal to designate a segment on Roosevelt Street in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Paris
President Roosevelt
Speakers Named for Iowa Jackson Day Dinner in Des Moines
The Des Moines Iowa Jackson Day Dinner adds notable speakers including U S Senators Guy M Gillette Clyde L Herring Justice Richard F Mitchell and former Gov Nelson G Kraschel Walter H Bease of the Young Democrats will host Henry A Wallace returns as main speaker Ed Birmingham reports ticket sales are 25 percent ahead of last year Wallace may address agriculture policy and 1940 platform questions.
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Des Moines
LLP
Iowa
United States
State Supreme Court
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Nelson G. Kraschel
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U. S. Flood Control
City Briefs
Dial
Townsend Club
Odd Beons Hall
Second Avenue E
Shueyville United Brethren Church
Senior Christian Endeavor
Internal Revenue
Bessie G. Engle
Federal Court
Helen Dinnie
Third Avenue SE
William C. Culver
Second Avenue SE
Clarence E. Hickey
Melrose Dairy
Ralston
Bernard Ralston
Bever Avenue SE
Harry Johnson
Fifteenth Street
Mount Vernon Avenue SE
Pettit
Gerald Pettit
Fourth Street SE
Thomas B. Powell
Rudolph Fisher
Tenth Avenue SE
Fisher
Tenth Avenue
Third Street SE
Powell
Army Recruiting Office
Fort Devens
Mass
Coast Artillery Corps
Panama
Coast Artillery
Super Service Oil Company
2Nd Ave. and
Eighth St. SE
Flapper
Lee
By Sylvia
Bernice Hopper
Community Nutrition Service
Mac
QOIKA
16Th Ave
Iwarket
Wilson
Rath
First Street
Az Ib
Mel Nee O
Wii
Best Buy
Pound
Ol5e
Lamb
Buehler Bros
First ST
Titile Bros. Chang CO
Second Street
First Avenue
Campbell's Tomato Soup
HEINZ
Wheaties
Ade
Nash
PABST
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Turkeys
Ave
S.W
Save
S.E
Third Avenue SW
Jpancy
Third Avenue
16Th Ave. SW
Libby
Heinz Ketchup
Gatto’s
Bobby
Texas
Sunkist
Queen Olives
del Monte
Kraft’s
Farina
Mega
aReler
4Th Avenue
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