Funds Shortage Threatens Federal Slum Clearance Plans
Washington reports that 36 of 37 PWA slum clearance and low cost housing projects face funding gaps. Only $2.5 million spent of $146.8 million allocated. $95 million loaned to direct relief, $15 million impounded, and $1.9 million tied up in site options. Only Techwood project has contracts.
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Washington
INS
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
Congress
Techwood
Georgia Institute of Technology
Chicago
West Side
South Park Gardens
Blackhawk Park
Four-Year-Old Hero With Ax Aims To Help Mother
A Chicago boy about four walked the north side streets before dawn with a tall ax saying Mama's cold and I'll get some wood. He slept at the police station after a tour with officers, cradling the axe under a lieutenant's coat. The boy did not reveal an address or home, and police later returned him to a safe place.
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Chicago
North Side
Four More States Move To Repeal Prohibition Acts
Prohibition repealists report victories in four states on Tuesday while Alabama votes on its 20 year dry laws. Georgia, Arkansas and Texas advance measures toward legalized liquor, with Alabama weighing beer wine and hard liquor options.
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Associated Press
Alabama
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Arkansas House
Senate
Texas State Senate Committee On
Texas
Georgia House
State closes two soft surface routes to heavy truck loads
W D Johnston Iowa state highway commission engineer said highways No 1 and No 38 from Iowa City to Tipton are closed to heavy loads in line with state commission edict restricting trucks on soft surface roads.
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W. D. Johnston
Iowa State Highway Commission
State Commission
Iowa City
Tipton
The Debunker by John Mersey Farbay
The Debunker discusses needle and pin hygiene noting both carry germ infection risk if not sterilized before use. It argues there is no difference between pins and needles in causing poisoned wounds, emphasizing sterilization.
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John Mersey Farbay
Ph.d
Road watch bans heavy travel on oil-gravel Iowa City Tipton road
Authorities say four tons plus vehicle weight violate limits on the oil-gravel Iowa City Tipton road. Warning signs were erected Monday. Mr Johnston notes no untreated gravel or rock roads in the district are banned yet though some may be soon. The engineer cites road damage from weather as the reason.
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Iowa City
Tipton
Johnston
Stars fill a 60 billion mile cube according to estimate
A recent estimate suggests that if all known stars were placed together they would occupy a cube about 60 billion miles on every side, underscoring the vast scale of the universe and the sheer number of stars within it.
Trade Gains Shown In Reserve Report
The Federal Reserve Board reports January industrial output at 90 percent of the 1923 25 average, the highest January since 1930 and up from December. Payroll and employment rise mid December to mid January, while building activity stays weak and wholesale prices rise on livestock gains.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Paraguayans End Attack on Bolivian Chaco Fort
After over a week of fighting and about 2000 Paraguayans killed, forces abandoned their assault on Fort Villa Montes in Bolivia’s Gran Chaco. Paraguayan troops had pressed from the north but faced strong Bolivian resistance and retreated from sites around the fort.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Ins
Fort Villa Montes
Gran Chaco
Villa Montes
Gulesian Returns After Amnesia Episode
Moses H. Gulesian, 71, once a Boston Newton real estate figure, returned to his Newton home after being found at New York City Bowery mission. His son-in-law James L. Beck said he was placed on a Boston bound train by Bowery officials and showed amnesia. A physician was summoned to examine him.
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Newton, Mass
Moses H. Gulesian
Boston
Newton
Bowery Mission
New York
James L. Beck
Associated Press
Gulesian
Grace W. Gulesian
Beck
Physeit
Carl Saeur Missing. Family Seeks Police Search
A. E. Torson of 1242 Fifth Avenue SE asked police Monday night to search for Carl Saeur age 45 who disappeared Monday forenoon. Saeur was still missing Tuesday. He is about five feet ten inches tall, 140 pounds with black hair brown eyes wears glasses and was last seen in a blue suit blue overcoat and a grey felt hat. Saeur disappeared about two years ago but later reappeared.
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A. E. Torson
Fifth Avenue SE
Carl Saeur
Saeur
Torson
Sauer
Irons R L 49 Died After Pneumonia At Vinton
Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives. Leroy Richard Irons born Benson Illinois married Sarah Wall Jolley Iowa February 5 1908. Meat market operator in Garrison later worked in Vinton markets and district representative for the Iowa Benevolent Society Cedar Rapids. Survived by widow three children mother two sisters one brother. Also notes a student poet sonnet prize and alumni verse in anthology.
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Vinton
L. R. Irons
Leroy Richard Irons
Benson, Ill
Sarah Wall
Jolley
Garrison
Iowa Benevolent Society
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Shepard
West Union
Leland Holst
Jerry Irons
Loren Minkler
Waverly
Ed Hall
Kanawha
Raymond Irons
Algona
Five Cornellians in Contem porary Iowa Poets anthology
Five Cornellians are represented in a new anthology titled Contemporary Iowa Poets edited and published by Carroll D. Coleman of Muscatine. Most works were originally printed in The Husk Cornell lit.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Carroll D. Coleman
Muscatine
Husk
Cornell Lit
Marmola reduces obesity with simple tablets
An advertising alert promotes Marmola tablets as a safe alternative to dieting and drastic purgatives. It claims a long history since 1907 and over 20 million packages sold, urging immediate use and stopping once the user has shed fat. The product is sold nationwide at $1.
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America
Pineex cough remedy from pine extract marketed as home remedy
A persuasive vintage ad claims Pinex Pine extract mixed with sugar and water creates a pint cough remedy. It promises fast, lasting relief for severe coughs and soothing inflamed membranes, with a money back guarantee.
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