Employment Bureau Places 638 Youths in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids youth division of the Iowa State Employment service placed 638 youths aged 16 to 25 in the last year, from 1,080 applicants. About 190 new jobs came from increased business, adding roughly $100,000 purchasing power to Cedar Rapids. The program highlights struggles, success stories, and the counselor’s view on fitting youths to appropriate work.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Employment Service
Richard F. Carne
Iowa
United States
Syria
County Receives 14122 State Grant for March Relief
Linn county has been allotted 14122 dollars in state funds for unemployment relief in March. The county will add 6448 dollars to reach a total outlay of 20570 dollars to handle an estimated 817 relief cases.
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Linn County
Alice Ferber
Inheritance Mystery Ends as Auld Heir Found
John Thomas Auld and Margaret Dawson married as heirs to a Scotland based $40,000,000 estate. Trustees traced the fortune from the great grandfather through generations to Auld who accepted the inheritance and plans to travel to Scotland to claim the legacy.
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Washington
Llp
John Thomas Auld
Margaret Esther Dawson
State Department
Auld
Ayrshire
Scotland
British Columbia
John H. Auld
United States
Richmond
John Thomas
Coe College to Host Combined High School Bands
Howard Elson directs the merged bands of Newhall Norway and Alburnett at Coe on March 10 with a 9 30 a m chapel concert and a tentative radio broadcast. An evening performance with six soloists and a finale with the Coe Military Band follows, featuring Il Trovatore material and a future Cedar Rapids opera sponsor event.
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Howard Elson
Coe College
Newhall
Norway
Alburnett
Coe Chapel
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Music Department
Richard Bonelli
Metropolitan
Paul S. Ray
Verdi
Stanley Vesely
Coe Band
Leo Courtemanche
Chicago
Richard Simpson
Iowa City
Courtemanche
Carl Hass
Francis Halda
Richard Blahnik
Robert Deamer
Richard Wing
Jail Bert Acosta on Wife's Charge
Noted aviator Bert Acosta was jailed in Mineola New York charged by his second wife with failure to support her two sons. Bail was set at 1000 after a prior 500 bond was ordered forfeited by the court.
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Mineola, N. Y
INS
Bert Acosta
Acosta
Schedule Outlined for Police Station and Jail Construction
Fred Young to start excavation for the new police station and jail as the city council outlines a plan. Approval of plans may come March 4 with bids opened March 18 and award by March 25. Construction could start March 26 and finish by October 1, 1937, with a Jan 1, 1938 completion deadline to allow for delays.
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Fred Young
City Council
Public Safety
W. C. Benesh
PWA
Des Moines
Charles Zalesky
Adenoids More Common in Middle Class Than Poorer Groups
The report notes adenoids occur more frequently among middle class individuals compared with poorer segments of the population, suggesting a socioeconomic disparity in prevalence.
Charge Bill Would Put Flood Control Program In Politics
A congressional debate opens over the Barkley Burkley Secrest flood control bill proposing seven regional authorities to run programs. Critics say it would subordinate the army corps of engineers to politically appointed boards and politicize flood control. The federation, with delegates from New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Ohio and twenty one Mississippi valley states, commends the corps for a non political record.
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Washington
INS
Barkley-Burkley
Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
U. S. Flood Control Federation
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Army Engineers
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