School District Finances Reviewed At Board Meeting
Charles D. Hedberg, secretary to the board of educators, filed a financial statement showing a start of year balance of 539,353.35. Bond retirement in 1936 totaled 159,500 with 100,000 from sinking fund. In 1937 59,500 will be paid from the schoolhouse fund. Budget lists 97,017.30 general fund 148,511.45 schoolhouse fund 293,824.60 sinking fund and 39,163.59 in permanent investments for pension and investment trust.
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Charles D. Hedberg
Board of Educators
Hedberg
Teacher's Pension Fund and Investment Trust
Acosta Recalls Spanish Air War and Refugee Journey
Acosta describes fleeing Madrid amid chaos and reaching Valencia after a three day journey. He details training at Los Alcazares and a chaotic route back to Valencia while crates of Russian planes arrive at Alicante.
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Acosta
Madrid
Valencia
Air Ministry
Los Alcazares
Alicante
Bilac
New York
Fragmented World War II Memoir Excerpt Reveals Air Campaign Chao s
A wartime diary fragment recounts a dangerous mission to bomb Francoist depots and airfields. The narrative highlights a harsh commander Captain Gascon, a perilous test flight, and a veteran pilot Major Fred Lord confronting broken wings and fickle parachutes aboard improvised planes.
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Fred Lord
U. S. Marine Corps
Gascon
Lord
Flight against the insurgents and Russian aid in Spain
The account describes a crash into authoritarian control in Spain with Gascon opposing, Russian protection and discipline shaping events. Mechanics block the director as fighters depart in cold weather using civilian clothes. The narrator notes Roosevelt’s neutrality policy and an evolving view of the Spanish government amid Russian influence.
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Lord
Gascon
Spain
Vittoria
Col
Lewis Landes
New York
Roosevelt
Santander
Red Spain
Supt Deamer Opposes School Boy Patrols At Crossings
Arthur Deamer the superintendent of schools told the board of education Monday night no crossing patrols by school boys would be approved. He cited danger from reckless or drunk drivers and noted that patrols lose effectiveness once the novelty wears off.
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Supt
Deamer
Arthur Deamer
Board of Education
G O P Keeps Snell As Floor Leader
Washington reports Rep Bertrand Snell of New York was unanimously re-elected minority floor leader for a fourth term. The veteran lawmaker, first elected in 1915, was unopposed. In Iowa City the Johnson County board renewed deputies and clerks and added one deputy clerk, Richard P. Bireline of Oxford.
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Washington
House
Bertrand Snell
New York
Congress
Snell
Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Sheriff’s Office
Richard P. Bireline
Oxford
R. Neilson Miller
One Killed And Four Hurt In Derailment
One man was killed and four injured when the engine and tender of a Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed within Austin city limits. The engineer, G. A. Rothman, about 60, of San Antonio, was crushed to death.
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Austin, Tex
Missouri Pacific
G. A. Rothman
San Antonio
Grinnell Lodge to Install Master at Public Service
Cecil F. Myers will be installed as worshipful master of the local lodge of A F and A M Friday evening at a public service. Charles B. Hayes will serve as installing officer.
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Grinnell
Cecil F. Myers
A. F
A. M
Charles B. Hayes
Brandon Hunters Celebrate Wolf Fox Hunt Success
Brandon farmers celebrate a successful wolf and fox hunt with community gathering. Details describe a coordinated drive, shared game, and local camaraderie following the hunting event.
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Brandon
Hunters Bag Wolves and Foxes After Three Day Hunt
Families held a dinner at the I. O. O. F. hall as forty five people gathered. Hunters with dogs and guns killed two foxes and a pair of full grown wolves over three days. One fox, with a broken foreleg, ran ahead for hours before the hunter’s pursuit ended with the fox biting a dog. The bounty and pelts earned the hunters twenty five dollars.
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I. O. O. F. Hall
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Barnard College
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Dunce
Cliff
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San Sebastian
Bert Acosta
G.O.P
LUX
Joan Glondell
Aluminum
West Bend
Newman
Newmans
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Warner Brothers
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