Linn County 1935 Budget Tops 217 409 44
The 1935 Linn county budget totals 217 409 44 with increases in poor relief secondary roads and bond need. County to contribute 172 000 to the poor fund, Bonds 253 000, emergency relief 87 957 81, and a full levy for school purposes adds 28 900. Secondary roads outlay jumps to 117 369 45 due to bridge work and surfacing.
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Linn County
County Poor Fund
State Federal Relief Department
William H. Behrens
State fund allocations and balance reports for 1934 35
The report shows the state institution fund allotment dropping from 75200 to 66000 for 1935 due to lower rates. 1934 receipts were 78748.21 with expenses 64431.96 and a January 1 balance of 14757.11. Other funds note tuberculosis eradication allotment of 8000 and a 1934 outlay of 1500 with January 1 balance 1 0925. Domestic animal fund remains 2500 with a January 1 balance 3373.10. County fund operating costs show reduced 1935 appropriation to 199532 from 2161594, 1934 receipts 270443.01 and expenditures 231086.32, balance 53981.65.
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State
Jury Rules Man Who Killed Two Relatives Insane
John Dixon, 72, killed his daughter in law Mary Dixon 40 and her son Herbert Doud 16 during a family quarrel on February 1. A circuit court jury acquitted him by insanity and Judge W R Hunter ordered his commitment to Kankakee State Hospital. His wife Fimma, who witnessed the slaying, is now hospitalized.
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Kankakee
John Dixon
Mary Dixon
Herbert Doud
W R Hunter
Kankakee State Hospital
Dixon
Fimma
Des Moines Bank Head Fatally Shoots Self
A Des Moines bank head, identified as Ray Poten, shot himself after a bank event. Investigators report no clear motive and say the bank will begin standard post incident procedures. Officers and local residents express shock at the tragedy.
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State Bank of
Des Moines
Hatik Neans
Butter-Nut Lax-O-Loaf Bread Promises Easy Digestion
Cedar Rapids Bakery promotes Butter-Nut Lax-O-Loaf Bread as a new laxative loaf made with crushed wheat and honey. The ad claims natural relief from constipation, improved digestion, and a kinder alternative to habit forming laxatives. Sold by Cedar Rapids grocers. bake shop contact at 2056.
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Cedar Rapids
Earlville Men Given 10 Year Suspended Terms
Lawrence Thomas and Ocie Hepker pled guilty to breaking and entering and larceny from a building in a district court session. Both received indeterminate suspended ten year sentences to Fort Madison state penitentiary conditioned on staying out of the county and with additional thirty day county jail terms. Police arrested them for taking a zipper coat from an Iowa theater locker and a purse from an office in the Higley building.
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Lawrence Thomas
Earlville
Ocie Hepker
Sixth Street
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
H C. Ring
Thomas
Hooker
Iowa Theater
Higley
Studebaker Defines Academic Freedom For Learner
In Atlantic City Dr John W Studebaker US commissioner of education defined academic freedom as the learner's right to learn, not the teacher's right to teach, during a public education trial at the 65th annual NEA convention. Frank W Ballow, Washington superintendent, challenged educators to resist new social doctrines in the classroom and focus on preparing pupils for existing social order.
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Atlantic City
John W Studebaker
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
Frank W Ballow
Washington
Navy Band Dedicates Music To Girl Undergoing Surgery
A Pentagon band concert in Washington dedicated a number to a young girl facing a delicate operation for an inverted stomach. The 19 year old Om ha Neb child, named Tine Miltonary, chatted with her mother and read fan mail while awaiting anesthesia and a possible operation date this week. Philemon Fo Truesdale is expected to arrive to assist.
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United States
Washneton
Philemon Fo Truesdale
Mic Louella McHenry
Dolis
Capsizing Tragedy Off St Lucia Kills Twenty Eight
A motor launch capsized three miles off Castries St Lucia over the weekend. Of 102 excursionists aboard, 28 are dead and 74 survived. Six bodies, including two children, were landed at Laborie. A chance remains some missing passengers may be found alive in the overturned hull.
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Castrifs
St Lucia
Windward Islands
Caribbean
Labori
Congress Maps Laws Assuring Safety at Sea
President Roosevelt proposes sweeping navigation reforms after Morro Castle and Mohawk disasters. Bills from Secretary Roper expand the steamboat inspection service into the bureau of marine navigation and inspection with stricter crew standards, inspections, and explosive cargo controls. A senate inquiry and a $15,000 appropriation finance the disaster investigation. Captain Warms faces a 90 day license suspension and a year of service before re‑examination.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Morro Castle
Congress
Secretary of
Commerce Roper
Senate
Copeland
New York
Steamboat Inspection Service
Bureau of Marine Navigation and Inspection
William F Warms
600 lb Woman Dies of Heart Ailment in Chicago
Mrs Victoria Hernandez a 60 year old woman weighing 600 pounds died of a heart attack after eight years confined to her home. Firemen cut down doors to remove her to a hospital when she was stricken.
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Chicago
Victoria Hernandez
Huey Long Emerges as Capitol Power in 1935
A year after his political obituary Huey P Long shakes Capitol Hill as crowds seek floor time and his influence widens. He joins the progressive bloc, wins clerks support, and presses a radical old age welfare appeal while confronting Roosevelt and splitting the Democratic Party ahead of 1936.
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Washington
Huey P Long
Long Island
Huey
Senate
Huey Long
Congress
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Hitler
White House
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Radio Schedule Highlights NBC CBS and Local Stations
A dense listing of radio programs across NBC CBS and affiliated stations for daytime and evening, naming shows, hosts, and orchestras. Notable entries include Jane Wilson, Halloreh, Jack Little, Vic and Sade, Fred Allen, Burns and Allen, Guy Lombardo, and Ed Wynn, with multiple WJZ WEAF WMAQ WBBM WCCO WABC chains and various time slots.
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Honeymooners Sndc
Bocklor
Iob
WBBM
Tony Wons
NBC
WJZ Chain
Weap Who
Army Band
Betty Moore
CBS
WCCO
Sosenhine
Gibson
WLS
WTI Farm
Home Hour
WJZ
Kyw Wow Madeane
NBC Weaf Chain It
WABC
Halloreh
WEAF
Jack Littl
Eddie_ Dunstedter
Carel Nereis Sanford Orch
WEAP
Gabrielle de Ly
Noble Orch
WMAQ
Princess Marie
KMOX
Vaudin de Leath
CBS1
Amer Jewish Congress
Wilo Betty
Roh
CBB
Vic and Sade
Jack Heller
330
Ma Perkins
WENR
Rochester Elvicared
Shirley Howard
Chan Oz
Weco
Tom_ Mix
Jack Armstrong
Gould and Shelter
Lowell Thomas
WLW
Orphan Annie
WSM
WBAP
Lea Black
Panico Orch
Willard Robison
Southernaires
WJZ Wenr
Easy Aces
Rei Davis
Buck Racers
Uncle Ezra
Rooke Carter
TenMark Hellinger
Gladys Glad
Mary Pickford
Bercher Orch
Edwin Hill
Lanny Ross Orch
Everett Marshall
Wayne King
Fred Allen
Hayton Orch
Jack Peart
Patti Chapin
Aime
Sylvia
Inbc
Marty Wooley
Sky Orch
Chain Bridge Aces
Wabo Chain
WCGCO
Robert Royce
Herbie Kay
Duchin Orch
NHC
Wes Fatman
Arnheim
WEGO
Florence Richardson Orch
Beecher Orch
Agnew Orch
Jane Orch
Hall Orch
Myers Orch
NBO
Ribbon Quilt Design Pattern From Nancy Page Club
Flor ence La Ganke describes Selkirk Ontario patterns from Mrs M I Hoover showing red and white color schemes and edge effects. The article details cutting using cardboard patterns, seam allowances, and sewing with 60 white thread, plus instructions to obtain the pattern and back patterns by mail. A closing note mentions a German glider pilot reaching 7000 feet in Brazil by trailing a buzzard.
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Selkirk
Ontario
M. I. Hoover
Nancy Page
Brazil
South America
Twenty Barrow gang relatives punished in Texas roundup
Federal judge sentences twenty relatives and associates for conspiring to protect Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Sentences range from one hour to two years with many mothers and siblings receiving short terms. Floyd Hamilton gets two years at Leavenworth.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Barrow
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
William H. Atwell
Emma Parker
Bonnie
Camile Barrow
Louisiana
Floyd Hamilton
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Henry Methyin
Steve Davis
Raymond Hamilton
Billie Mace
Marty O'Dare
Alderson
Blanche Barrow
Buck Barrow
Buck
Clyde
Iowa
S J. Whatley
Leavenworth
L. C. Barrow
James Mulle
Waxahachie
Mildred Hamilton
Hilton Bybee
Joe Francis
Marie Francis
U. S
W O D. Jones
Clyde and
Audrey Fay Barrow
John Basden
Grand Prairie
Barrow Gang
Joe Chambless
Mary O'Dare
Labor Chiefs Meet To Plan Fight For Relief Wage Clause
Washington officials from the American Federation of Labor and union legislative leaders met to defend the McCarran prevailing wage amendment in the relief bill. Senator McCarran attended, opposing Roosevelt’s stance, as President Roosevelt urged no compromise.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
McCarran
William Green
New
Roosevelt
Faber Millen Trio Sentenced to Death in April
In Dedham Massachusetts the Faber Millen trio, blamed for a terror reign with four men killed and several wounded, were sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of April 28.
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Faber-Millen
Dedham
Mass
Glain
Missionary Couple in China Bandit Raid Reported Safe and Slain
Ruth Wheatley Frencham, wife of a China Inland mission worker, reportedly slain by bandits who hold her husband Rev. S. C. Frencham. The couple wed in Shensi province last year and were abducted near Ningchao. Nearby missionaries fled to government protected cities while Ruby Thompson and Alma Arti bey reached safety in Shanghai.
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TORIO
Ruth Wheatley Frencham
China
Shanghai
Ningchao
Ningkiang
Shensi
S. C. Frencham
Melbourne
Australia
London
Frenchams
Hanchung
China Inland Mission
Ruby Thompson
Nevada
Alma Artibey
Chicago
Honest Sandwich Man Violent Again
New York reports Frank Greges, once praised for returning $42 000 in securities, is violently insane again at Bellevue Hospital. An attendant says he has delusions of fraud and fears others will poison him or steal his money, with recurring violence requiring a straitjacket.
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New York
INS
Frank Greges
Bellevue Hospital
Greges
Appendicitis Fatal To Famous Archer
Arthur H. Young, 52, world renowned archer, died Tuesday at Harvepes Hospital from acute appendicitis. A former San Francisco resident and Californian, he hunted big game in Africa, Alaska, and Greenland using a bow and arrow to give the beast a chance.
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Chicago
Arthur H., Young
Harvepes
San Fran
Cisco
Africa
Alaska
Greenland
Brother-In-Law Of Pres. Wilson Dies
Dr Stockton Axson 67 brother in law of Woodrow Wilson and English literature professor at Rice Institute died from a cerebral hemorrhage after a stroke at his bachelor apartment.
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Houston
Tex
Stockton Axson
Woodrow Wilson
Rice Institute
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Bronson Cutting
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Cutting
Doctor Long
Florence la Ganke
Pres. Wilson
Foley
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