Ten WPA offices in Iowa to close due to budget cut
Iowa WPA administrator George J. Keller announced that 10 area offices will close as part of a congressionally ordered budget reduction. About 90 administrative employees will be cut over two months, with staff in operations dropping from 125 to 84 by August and salaries trimmed accordingly.
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WPA
Iowa
Des Moines
George J. Keller
Congress
Keller
Grinnell
Orange City
Storm Lake
Mason City
New Hampton
Waterloo
Muscatine
Fort Madison
Osceola
Atlantic
Ames
Marshalltown
George P. Prichett
Story
Marshall
Poweshiek
Tama
Jasper
Keller Wand
Jones County
Clinton
Muscatine County
Town City
Cedar County
Poweshick
Sioux County
Sioux City
Lyon
O’brien
Black Hawk
Cedar Rapids
Atantic
Cass County
Med Oak
Audubon County
Denison
Steeplejack Survives 50Foot Fall From Church Steeple
Rockford Illinois worker Milton Smith 23 fell fifty feet from a ladder while painting St Mary's church steeple in McGregor. A nearby tree likely broke his fall and he suffered only minor injuries after striking a wall and the sidewalk. His partner James West said they have painted steeples nationwide for ten years with no prior accidents. After learning Smith was not seriously hurt West returned to finish painting.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Milton Smith
Rockford
Ill
St. Mary’s Church
James West
Smith
West
St. Mary's Steeple
Horse Leaps From Truck Kills Car in Atlantic
A horse jumped from a moving truck and struck the car driven by Wilbur Layton of Atlantic. The gaited horse owned by Carl Osler of Walnut, valued at 300 dollars, was so badly injured it had to be killed.
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Atlantic (Ap
Wilbur Layton
Atlantic
Carl Osler
Walnut
State Trucks Cut Iowa Liquor Hauling Costs
Iowa liquor hauling for the year ended July 1 averaged 10.59 cents per case, about half the private contract rate. State trucks moved liquor from the central warehouse to 170 stores, with total costs $65,250 for 616,212 cases. The fleet traveled 551,894 miles, wages and depreciation were major expenses, and the wage portion was 44 percent of total.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Commission
Sioux City to Host 20th Iowa Legion Convention
Sioux City will host the twentieth annual Iowa American Legion convention August 20 to 23 with plans for a historic reunion. Expect many Nebraska and South Dakota veterans, a Sunday memorial program at the band shell, a Monday work session led by Gov. George Wilson, a Tuesday parade, and a Wednesday address by National Commander Stephen F. Chadwick. The 40 et 8 society also schedules a Sunday program featuring bands drum corps and box cars.
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Sioux City
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Nebraska
South Dakota
Jowans
Shell
Monahan Post
Sioux
Herring Denies Iowa Patronage Split With Administration
Senator Clyde M. Herring of Iowa rejected reports of a rift with the administration. He said federal patronage in Iowa remains under consideration and that hundreds of recommendations by Herring and Senator Gillette have been accepted so far. He noted recent appointments at his suggestion but did not comment on delays in naming a postmaster for Des Moines.
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Washington
Clyde M. Herring
Iowa
Herring
John Valentine
Southern
George Keller
WPA
Northern
Tom
Edward Fo Mason
University of Iowa
University of Iowa News
Community Weekly
Fred J. Lazell
Adolph Ochs
West Union
al Schadle
E. E .Gabe ™ Miller
Des Moines Safe Robbers Held for Lincoln Crimes
Des Moines detectives report two men and a woman linked to a $700 Des Moines safe robbery will be held in Lincoln Nebraska. Charles Antrim and L O Hardenbrook said the trio Benny Becker 32 Nelson H Silver 39 and Dorothy Silver 30 confessed to the Nesbit Distributing robbery and will face railway safe theft charges in Lincoln.
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Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Antrim
L. O. Hardenbrook
Fred Nesbit
Benny Becker
Nelson H. Silver
Dorothy Silver
Two Cedar Rapids Boys Turn Newspaper Masters In Iowa
Tom Powell and Dick Westerfield, Cedar Rapids natives, built a joint weekly newspaper empire in West Union and Anamosa. They won multiple Iowa and national prizes, modernized the Fayette County Union, and recently purchased the Anamosa Journal while expanding their West Union operation.
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Cedar Rapids
West Union
Tom Powell
Dick Westerfield
Chicago
Washington
New York
Tom and
Fayette
National Editorial Association
Anamosa Journal
Powell
Anamosa
Westerfield
Tom
Thomas B. Powell
Seventeenth Street
Charles M. Westerfield
Beever Avenue
Coe College
Ethel R. Outland
Cosmos
University of Iowa
Hardin County Citizen
Iowa Falls
Aqua-Bike Makes Splash On Cedar River
Adolf Biderman of the Upper Palisades unveiled a tandem aqua-bike with water-tight pontoons and a pedal propeller on the Cedar river. The front rudder links to the handle bars while a Model T Ford rear end supplies the tail, drawing cheers from a crowd who endorsed liniment after the ride. Biderman builds all his boats, including a 14 passenger launch named the Wally.
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Adolf Biderman
Upper Palisades
Cedar River
Biderman
Wife Slayer Is Freed After Sanity Determination
INDEPENDENCE AP Burton Govig, a grocer from Clear Lake and Mason City, was released Saturday from the state hospital for the insane after his con fessed slaying of his wife on February 26, 1937. Release came by writ of habeas corpus against Dr R A Stewart, superintendent, who testified that he and six doctors believed Govig is sane. Judge R W Hasner of Waterloo ordered Govig freed immediately.
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Govig
Stewart
State to Keep Two-Mill Property Levy for 1939
Des Moines AP reports State Comptroller C Fred Porter will certify a two mill general property tax levy for state purposes next year. It is expected to raise about 5 750 000 and keep the state general fund balance at the present level. A fractional mill levy for retirement of soldier bonus funds will accompany the two mill levy.
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Des Moines
Fred Porter
Porter
State Tax Commission
Gambling Equipment Seized In Carter Lake Night Club Raid
Sheriff Riley C. Nelson and deputies raided the Chez Paree and two Carter Lake clubs arresting eight men and seizing gambling gear. No liquor found. Officers forced entry after an attendant asked for a card, halting a floor show and detaining those at a dice table. Croupier sticks and poker chips were seized.
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Council Bluffs
Riley C. Nelson
Chez Paree
Carter Lake
Nelson
Village Inn Club
Yacht Club
Two Harry Millsteads Meet After 21 Years of Mail Friendship
In Des Moines and Chicago two men named Harry Millstead shared a 21 year mail correspondence begun from a poem signoff. They finally met after a Chicago stopover when the Des Moines man tracked him to an address. A letter beat them home, revealing one holds the middle name Orville, the other Oscar.
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DES Moines
Harry O Millstead
Millsteads
Millstead
Harry Millsteads
Harry Orville
Chicago
Harry Oscar
Iowa Independent Retailers Report June Sales Gains
Washington AP reports Iowa independent retailers posted a 39 percent average sales gain in June 1939 over June 1938 based on 809 stores. Motor vehicle dealers led with a 24.8 percent rise. most lines showed gains or small declines. Dubuque 147 percent lead, Cedar Rapids down 0.3 percent, Des Moines down 0.4 percent, Council Bluffs down 0.6 percent.
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Washington
Iowa
Dubuque
Iowa City
Mason City
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Burlington
Muscatine
Davenport
Clinton
Waterloo
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Eggs hurled at Muscatine homes of non-strikers
In Muscatine on Friday night eggs were tossed at the homes of non-striking Hawkeye Pearl Button company employees. Union representative Ed Schultheis warned members that such tactics would not be tolerated and urged actions stay within the plant area. He also threatened expulsion for violators after a special union meeting.
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Hawkeye
Watch and suit tied to Harold Dreher murder found
Omaha police intensified manhunt after watch and suit pawned by two men identified as Dreher’s. Investigators traced items to Buck Marrow of Spokane and Francis Welsh, tied to a Mason City victim. Des Moines and Cherokee detectives pursued a new trail while witnesses described a two man one woman getaway.
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Omaha (Ap
Omaha
Harold J . Dreher
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Dreher
Florence Water Works
A. Riklin
Iowa
Roklin
Buck Marrow
Spokkane
Francis Welsh
Marshalltown
Fred Franks
Franks
Des Moines
Harold J Dreher
Jack Brophy
Neb
Cherokee
Brophy
Dale L. Gillman
Henry Depew
Fort Dodge
Fort Do
Gillman
New Trail
Keosauqua Way
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Dreherg
Carerine
Wasterloy
Osage
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