House bloc backs Wearin for Joe Alesch calls mass meeting
Rep Gustave Alesch of Marcus denounces the farm program as the rottenest of any and organizes a nonpartisan August 17 mass meeting of farmers laboring men and business people to draft a commonsense farm program. He touts parity prices and surplus product use toward alcohol blending gas motor fuel.
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Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Alesch
Roosevelt
Congress
G.O.P
England
J. P. Morgan
Drivers' License Applications Top One Million
DES MOINES, IOWA. The deadline for mail renewals passed at midnight. Clair Beatty reports more than 1,000,000 license applications received, up from 950,000 issued two years ago. Beatty also announced the dismissal of Ed Konigsberge and Harold Post as the lexigraphy department positions were abolished.
Thieves Loot Six Businesses Then Target Gasoline Storage
In Des Moines AP report thieves raided six business locations Saturday and escaped with $400 in cash and merchandise plus 1,500 gallons of gasoline valued at $200. Gasoline was taken from storage tanks at the Superior oil station after holes were drilled in the tanks.
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Des Moines
Superior Oil Station
Iowa Farm Population Rises on Higher 1938 Income
Iowa farm population grew by 2000 from January 1 1938 to January 1 1939 according to the Iowa Farm Economist. Ray E Wakeley notes the rise may be the first since 1933 and ties it to better Iowa farm income in 1938 versus national declines.
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Iowa
Ames
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
Iowa State College Extension Service
Ray E. Wakeley
Iowa State
Farm Economist
Wakeley
North Central
Iowan Found Dead Under Car With Rabbit in Backseat
The body of W. E. Inman of Burlington Iowa was found beneath his overturned car on highway 15 near Memphis Missouri. A live white rabbit and the owner's suitcase were in the car. Coroner Dr. E. E. Symmonds said the skull was fractured and chest crushed, with no witnesses located. Neighbors believe Inman was en route to see his wife and children, possibly taking the rabbit to them. The couple had recently separated.
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Memphis
W. E. Inman
Burlington
Highway 15
Here
E. E. Symmonds
Inman
New Road Board Sets First Meeting July 25
AMES Iowa The new state highway commission holds its first setting July 25 with 24 projects listed including three short paying jobs. Eastern Iowa projects include Delaware county culverts and grading on secondary roads, Allamakee gravel surfacing and bituminous work, and Tama county road improvements on highways 96 63.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Commission
Iowa
Delaware County
Dubuque
Delaware
Allamakee
Yellow River Bridge
Tama
Gladbrook
Charges Dropped Against Five Iowa Coal Firms
The bituminous coal division of the interior department dismissed charges against Atlas Coal Co of Oskaloosa Rathbun Coal Co Colfax Coalfax Coal Co Lorens Heywood Columbia and New Black Coal Co Centerville for failing to pay assessments. The complaints were withdrawn because the firms had paid their assessments.
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Washington
Interior Department
Iowa
Atlas Coal Company
Oskaloosa
Rathbun Coal Company
Rathbun
Coalfax Coal Company
Colfax
Lorens
Heywood
Columbia
New Black Coal Company
Centerville
Coal Division
Clayton Has Iowa's Only Hydraulic Mine
Clayton in Clayton County hosts Iowa's unique hydraulic mine where a water jet at 115 pounds pressure crushes St Peter sandstone ledge into sand for molds and glassmaking. Operated by a Dubuque company, the mine sends processed sand to foundries and a Waterloo tractor company, with 98.94 percent silica and low impurities per the 1905 Iowa Geological Survey.
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Clayton County
Clayton
Mississippi
Iowa
St. Peter
Towa
Waukon
Dubuque
Ward Straitt
Waterloo
Iowan Geological Survey
Serum For Iowa Spotted Fever Victims
Iowa public health officials announced the manufacture of Rocky Mountain spotted fever serum at the state serum center for statewide distribution. A Centerville man, 30, and a 14 year old Chariton boy received supplies, as two other cases were reported near Ottumwa and Grinnell. Dr. Carl F. Jordan noted 20 cases in Iowa this year with two deaths, and warned that serum treatment success is not assured. The disease spreads to humans through infected wood ticks.
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Des Moines
Rocky Mountain
Iowa Public Health Department
Iowa
Centerville
CCC
Lake Wapello
Ottumwa
Grinnell
Carl F. Jordan
Health Department
Towa
Labor Board Mediates Strike At Hawkeye Pearl Button Plant
The National Labor Relations Board sent field examiner H. J. Vogt to Muscatine to mediate the deadlock between Hawkeye Pearl Button Co and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Vogt called the situation hopeful and planned further conferences. A district court hearing Monday will consider the union’s bid to dismiss a temporary anti picketing injunction.
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Anti-Pickering
Judge Dismisses Wage Case Against Hawkeye Pearl Button Firm
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey dismissed a wage and hour charge against Hawkeye Pearl Button and thirteen Muscatine defendants after granting 30 days to amend the petition. The ruling exempted the pearl button industry from wage hour act provisions. government officials planned an appeal.
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DES Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Hawkeye Pearl Button Company
Muscatine
Elmer F. Andrews
Iowa Farmers to Get 18 Million in AAA Parity Payments
Iowa farmers in the AAA corn parity program will receive about 18 million dollars in price adjustment payments. Del DeHaan, state auditor in charge, notes roughly 190 000 farms will benefit and 8 522 applications have been filed. Parity payments exceed 100 dollars per farm with Buena Vista leading in submissions.
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Iowa
Des Moines
AAA
Del
DeHaan
General Accounting Office
Buena Vista
Rath Packing Awards Contract for Employee Building
Rath Packing Co through President J. W Rath announced a four story employee building contract to W. A Kdinger Inc of Sioux City. The brick and concrete structure 85 by 145 feet will house offices on the first floor with locker rooms kitchen and dining on other floors. The roof will be recreation space and an overhead bridge will link to the main plant. Construction starts immediately. cost not disclosed.
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Waterloo
INS
Rath Packing Company
J. W Rath
W. A Kdinger, Inc
Sioux City
Await Ruling On Waterloo Pinball Case In High Court
Waterloo pinball legality stands before Iowa Supreme Court as the state safety commissioner notes the case may define future status for machines. Appeals divide over 83 seized slot machines and 148 punchboards versus released pinball units, with Benton county actions linked to cafe enforcement.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Karl W Fischer
Supreme Court
Iowa
Benton County
Fischer
CO Fouts
George J. Sager
Fouts
R. W. Hasner
Sager
Black Hawk
Blind Wife Divorced Over Mystical Arts Claims
William R. McClurg obtained an uncontested divorce from his wife Anna Passig McClurg in Davenport Iowa. He alleged she practiced mystical arts and incantations that kept him awake and impaired his ability as a laborer. She kept the home and household goods except a sewing machine and may resume her maiden name. The couple wed February 14 1924 in Vinton.
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Davenport
William R. McClurg
W. R. Maines
McClurgs
Vinton
McClurg
Public power group backs Wearin for REA administrator
Washington AP report notes 25 to 30 members of the house public power bloc urged Secretary Wallace to appoint former Rep Otha Wearin of Iowa as REA chief. Rankin says a letter was sent to the President and cites Wearin as a strong ally of farmers and power interests. Senator Gillette and Senator Herring indicate support or openness to confirmation.
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Washington
House
Public Power Bloc
Otha Wearin
Iowa
Rural Electrification Administration
Rep
Rankin
Miss
John Carmody
REA
Federal Works Agency
Wallace
Wearin
Congress
Gillette
Ilowa
Herring
Towa
Wearins
Cedar Falls Firm Plans Appeal of Labor Board Ruling
Viking Pump of Cedar Falls announced it will appeal a National Labor Relations Board order reinstating three discharged workers with back pay. The plant must stop discouraging CIO Amalgamated Association membership and end surveillance of employees over labor activity. The firm will seek relief in the U S circuit court and may take the case to the Supreme Court.
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Cedar Falls
INL
George Weth
Viking Pump Company
National Labor Relations Board
Ing
CIO
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America
Wyth
United States Circuit Court
Nf Apppeals
St. Louis
Supreme Court
NLRB
Labor Board
Girl Loses Leg Amid Weed Cutting Accident
Ira Duncombe reports a horse drawn mower operated by a father injured three year old Jane Housken, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clare Housken, when she played beside the roadside ditch at a farm Friday. The mower amputated her left leg as the father failed to notice her presence.
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Duncombe
Ira
Jane Housken
Clarence Housken
Housken
Boy Hurt Reaching For Lines In Mowing Accident
John Northwall the 12 year old son of Walter Northwall Essex farmer was treated at a Shenandoah hospital after stepping in front of a moving mowing machine sickle. He fell while driving a team and received a deep gash in a leg and other cuts.
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Shenandoah
INS
John Northwall
Walter Northwall
Shenandoah Hospital
4-H Tour Postponed by Clayton County Agent
Elkader club agent Lyle Jones said the Clayton county baby beef tour planned for Tuesday is postponed indefinitely because Carl Oldson of Ames IA Beef Breeders association was ill and could not conduct the event. A countywide livestock judging workout was announced to start Saturday at 8:30 a.m. from Elkader.
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Elkader
Lyle Jones
Clayton County
Carl Oldson
Ames
Iowa Beef Breeders Association
Jones
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Senator Breen
Fort Dodge
Valentine
Steve Hill
Biermann
Decorah
O'Connor
Rabbit
New Road Board
Supt
Straitt
Ray Anderson
Rath Packing Co
Public Power Group
Henry Wallace
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