Linn county institutional care costs rise under state action
Legislation boosting state institutional appropriations increases Linn county bills for Independence state hospital patients. Ray C. Coutts notes per patient costs climbed from 45.81 to 61.56 and 63.29 for late 1939 quarters, with total payments listed for the second through fourth quarters.
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Linn County
Independence State Hospital
Ray C. Coutts
Iowa Tax Service
Coutts
Independence Hospital
Robert M. Vesely
Heavt
Woodward
Glenwood
Linn
Doctor's Invention Truss Trial Offer in Kansas City
A physician's device for reducible rupture is offered with a 30 day trial. Readers may receive a $3.50 Truss Free, with no leg straps or elastic belts. If unsatisfied, return it but keep the $3.50 Truss. write to Physician's Appliance Co., 3466 Koch Bldg., 2906 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., for details.
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Kansas City
Physician’s Appliance Co
Koch Bldg
Main Street
Scientists Say Chemistry Breaks Drunk Driving Alibis
Chicago report cites Donald Berry of the National Safety Council as saying chemistry tests eliminate guesswork in intoxication cases. He predicts more states will adopt blood alcohol standards similar to Indiana and Maine 0.15 percent as prima facie evidence.
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Chicago
Donald Berry
National Safety Council
Berry
Indiana
Maine
Linn County Supervisors Raise Pay For Woodside And Jailers
Linn County supervisors approved a 1940 salary schedule boosting J. H. Woodside apportionment accountant from 1380 to 1600 dollars to near former levels. Jailers Frank Chiamosta FP J Whittemore and John Henderson receive small monthly raises, foremen added at 1600 dollars yearly, and James F. Scolaro’s extra services contract extended for another year.
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Linn County
J. H. Woodside
Frank F. Bates
Frank Chiamosta
FP. J. Whittemore
John Henderson
C. L. Peterson
Dewey Alexander
R. M. Clark
K. E. Graver
W. A. Peterson
James F. Scolaro
Cedar Rapids
Scolaro
Air Activity Over Shetlands Renewed
Three German combat planes were sighted over the Shetland Islands on Wednesday as British fighters intercepted them. The British patrols failed to contact the intruders, who remained hidden behind clouds and apparently withdrew.
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Shetlands
London
Shetland Islands
Linn County restricts purchases to board sessions
Linn County supervisors voted to confine all purchases over $200 to regular or special board sessions at the courthouse. They authorized a $7,100 cash purchase of a No 12 heavy duty road maintainer and snowplow from Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment, Cedar Rapids, and approved a $2,800 used tractor as a power unit at Ellis Park quarry.
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Linn County
Clarence Petty
Viola
Elmer M. Seevell
Marion
Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Beeson
Martin- Roasa
Seevell
Petty
Martin-Roasa
Ellis Park
County Home
County Treasurer Reports Balance and Activities for 1939
Linn county supervisors approve the semi annual report of Treasurer Frank F Bates showing a year end balance of 791 067 81 with total disbursements 2 894 931 and receipts 2 746 701 27 for the seven months June 1 to December 31 1939 The report lists major receipts including current taxes delinquent taxes and use tax among others and major disbursements to state treasurer county auditors and school districts The board also accepts the 1939 fourth quarterly fee report and approves the County Engineer Behrens road and bridge system report covering 1939 detailing miles graded surfaced and bridge projects and expenditures on local and trunk county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Bates
Linn County Supervisors
W. H. Behrens
Moose leader to attend Cedar Rapids initiation event
Malcolm R. Giles supreme secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose will visit Cedar Rapids to initiate 110 candidates into the local lodge. Local officers will honor him with a 6 p.m. dinner at the Roosevelt hotel after a 5 30 p.m. radio address on WMT. The initiation occurs at 8 p.m. in Moose hall.
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Malcolm R. Giles
Mooseheart, Ill
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Cedar Rapids
Giles
Roosevelt Hotel
WMT
Moose Hall
Mitvalsky Speaks at Cedar Rapids Coin Club Meeting
Cedar Rapids coin club met at the Montrose hotel to hear M. F. Mitvalsky discuss making money from coin collecting. A series of IQ programs began, with plans to attend a Muscatine convention. Card party set for Feb 2 at 8 p.m. in the Light Company bungalow. Reservations from callers 2 3928. Prize committee named for Frank Gorup. next meeting Feb 12 at the Montrose hotel.
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Cedar Rapids
Coin Club
Montrose Hotel
M. F. Mitvalsky
I. Q
Robert Stahl
Muscatine
Light Company
Frank Gorup
John Culbreth
Hellene Alexander
Fred Wentz
Roy Jackman
Tree Growth Timeline for Lumber Production
A tree requires fifty to a hundred years to mature to a size suitable for lumber. This long cultivation period affects forest management and timber supply planning.
Orazio Sinking Blamed on French Blockade Action
Mussolini's Popolo d Italia accuses French blockade officers of forcing the Italian liner Orazio to halt for four hours before a fire off the French coast. Genoa reports 104 missing as the ship, carrying German nationals among others, faced an inspection by Ville d Ajaccio prior to the disaster.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Milan
Orazio
Genoa
Ville d’Ajaccio
Barcelona
NLRB Defends Hiring Ban On Union Workers in New Hampshire
The NLRB argues that Wagner Act bans discriminatory hiring against union men as strictly as firing union organizers. Alphonse Chartier and Edward Geoffrion seek back pay and hiring, after Waumbee Mills in Manchester refused July 1937 employment. The board presses for court enforcement in Boston, citing Congress clear wording against hiring discrimination.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Manchester
N. H
Alphonse Chartier
Edward G. Geoffrion
Waumbee Mills, Inc
Waumbee Mills
Boston
Congress
Circuit Court
New York
National Casket Company
Waumbee
Willie Willis Reflects on Seasonal Morning Scents
Willie Willis remarks on changing morning routines with the seasons. He notes summer breakfasts with cornflakes and winter mornings waking to the smell of bacon and hot cakes.
British Clash With Rumania On Oil Exports
London reports a diplomatic clash over Rumania's oil shipments to Germany and alleged withholding of oil from the Allies. Britain pressed for a solution tied to permission for Romania to obtain British war materials, amid broader questions of neutrality and wartime blockades. The dispute arises as transport routes via the Danube, sea, and Polish railways face disruption.
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London
Rumania
Germany
Britain
Romania
Danube
Poland
French Machine Gunners Hit Germans Near Vosges
French troops along the Lauter river east of the Vosges mountains inflicted new losses on German forces in a no man's land skirmish as of Wednesday, according to military officials.
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Paris
Lauter
Vosges Mountains
Finns Brace for Heavier ATR Raids Across Finland
Finland faces the prospect of hundreds of air raids as Soviet attacks intensify along the Mannerheim line and near Lake Ladoga. Nurmes reports the heaviest single bombing toll with 19 killed, including nurses and a doctor, as 102 towns have been bombed to date.
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Helsinki
Russia
Fineland
Mannerheim
Karelian
Lake
Ladoga
Finland
Nurmes
Markajarvi
Hitler pledges to defend Italian Hungarian zones from Russian intrusion
Paris based Petit Parisien reports that Hitler promised Mussolini the Reich will block any Soviet violation of Italian or Hungarian zones. The chancellor said Russia would not breach those areas without German resistance.
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PARIS
INS
Hitler
Mussolini
Reich
Petit Parisien
Russia
African Antelope Genera Unique to Continent Count Surges
A zoological overview notes that over fifty antelope species are exclusive to Africa, not found on any other continent, highlighting the region’s unique biodiversity. The report emphasizes endemism and conservation implications for African wildlife.
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Clyde Lewis
Professor Tosconscheri
School OF
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NEA Service Inc
TM. Reg
U.S. Pat
Caruso
Friday
Lamorrt Pharmacan Co
St. Mo
GMCS
GMC
YMAC
Stone’s Truck Service CO
First Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Sessions
MOOSE
M. S. Mitvalsky
Pertussin Coucus
Dept. -E
Washington Street
New York City
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NLRB
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