Linn Relief Load Drops Sharply in May 1940 Report
Linn county relief office reports 1 070 new aid cases in May 1940 165 fewer than April and 139 fewer than May 1939 1940 totals show 529 general relief family cases 174 general relief single 262 medical only and 5 hospital only expenses of 21 184 44. WPA employment fell to 337 workers with 91 receiving both relief and WPA aid. Eight hundred and thirteen service and medical aid figures accompany the May activity.
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Linn County Relief Department
Tuesay
Relief Office
WPA
Food Stamp Office
Linn County
Gloria Sheppard Celebrates 13th Birthday With 13 Guests
Gloria Nadine Sheppard turns 13 on Friday June 13 and forms a group of 13 for a roller skating party. Guests include Patty Pratt, Rose Rodgers, Juanita Owen, Joyce King, Betty Yuva, Mary Davison, George Homsey, Betty Pohorsky, Bobby Reif, Peter Vourgagnas, John White and Robert Williams.
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Gloria Nadine Sheppard
Gloria
F. D. Sheppard
Eighteenth Street
Patty Pratt
Rose Rodgers
Juanita Owen
Joyce King
Betty Yuva
Mary Davison
George Homsey
Betty Pohorsky
Bobby Reif
Peter Vournagas
John White
Robert Williams
Raincoats and Blanket Found Hidden in Hedge
Police held two raincoats and a blanket found in a privet hedge at 1901 Fifth avenue SE about 6 pm Tuesday. A yard man discovered them tied in a bundle. The coats appeared dry, suggesting recent theft. One gaberdine trench coat pocket contained two Parmount theater tickets after 7 pm June 6. another coat was gray. Police think items were stolen from an automobile.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Paramount Theater
Corn Pops So Hard It Wrecks Building
Thirty thousand bushels of government owned corn popped so violently Tuesday night, tearing a 40 by 50 foot five story section from an old brick storage building in Kansas City. Empire Storage and Ice Company manager W. R. Wilkerson blamed spontaneous combustion. Two box cars were overturned and nearly buried under corn and bricks. No injuries occurred, as workers were in another part of the building.
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Kansas City
W. R. Wilkerson
Empire Storage and Ice Company
Maas Opposes Separate Air Force Plan
Rep. Melvin Maas a World War II Marine flyer argues that creating a separate air force would worsen military centralization. He favors a single unified command and staff over land sea and air forces and expects to return to active duty soon.
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Washington
Melvin J. Maas
Minn
World War Marine Corps
United States
Maas
Marine Air Reserves
Sunbathing Coeds Jam Traffic Near SDSU Gym
Fifty female students sunbathing on the roof of the San Diego State Women’s College gymnasium caused an aerial traffic jam. Cadet pilots from a nearby air school sparked the incident and a complaint was filed. The college sought a closed flying area, but no action followed. The matter will be resolved Thursday as the semester ends.
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San Diego
Parading Shriners Turn Indianapolis Into Bagdad
Parade of Shriners in colorful bloomers turbans and tunics turned downtown Indianapolis into a Bagdad style carnival. Rain threatened but the ski overhead structure kept it dry as crowds watched the procession.
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Parading Shriners
Indianapolis
Bagdad
Testimonial Class Sunday At Mooseheart Ill
Thirty two members of the local Moose lodge to be initiated in Mooseheart Graduates Testimonial enrollment will depart Cedar Rapids by auto caravan at 7 am. Names listed include Otto P. Rigg Arthur Bezdek Earl Robbins Donald Morton Charles Adams Roger Barry Leo Wicke Carl Kun Harry Abel Kenneth Steber J. C Shelton Verne Hepker Dean Thomas Keith Engle Albert Madison William Volz Arthur Davison Bill Svers John Lewis J Lewe Glen Reynolds Harry Smith Don Cooper D A Albaugh Frank Bailey Jr Frank M Smith Arnold Barta Henry Harms August Rothenbacher Norman Strain
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Moose Lodge
Mooseheart
Cedar Rapids
Otto P. Rigg
Arthur A Bezdek
Earl F. Robbins
Donald V. Morton
Charles l. Adams
Roger C. Barry
Leo J Wicke
Carl Kun
Harry Abel Kenneth Steber
J. C Shelton
Verne Hepker
Dean Thomas
Keith Engle
Albert L. Madison
William A Volz
Arthur Davison
Bill Svers
John Lewis
J. E. Cole
Clarence Slaughter
John K Leweis
Glen Reynolds
Harry J. Smith
Don Cooper
D .A Albaugh
Frank Bailey
Frank M Smith
Arnold F. Barta
Henry W. Harms
August Rothenbacher
Nortman L. Strain
Priorities Speed A E F Divisions For Potential Expansion
Washington AP report says a Marine Division at Paris Island and an Army infantry division at Fort Devens were given equipment priorities to form a rapid task force if needed. Congress notes no immediate plan to deploy outside the US. preparations include stripping other units of gear to reach a 15,000 man Marine and 15,000 man Army force.
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Washington
Army Infantry
United States
United Press
Mr. Roosevelt
Caribbean
Guantanamo
Cuba
Fort Devens
Mass
George C. Marshall
House Appropriations Committee
Chungking Raided Again by Fifty-Three Japanese Bombers
Fifty-three Japanese bombers attacked the western suburbs of Chungking on Wednesday in a fresh raid.
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Chungking
China
Pays With Life For Milk Bottle Theft
San Francisco reports that 45 year old unemployed plasterer Joseph Berger was killed after stealing a quart of milk from a dairy truck. The driver Ray Hickman blocked Berger’s escape and struck him, causing a skull fracture. Berger died at Central Emergency Hospital.
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San Francisco
INS
Joseph Berger
Berger
Ray Hickman
Hickman
Central Emergency Hospital
July Fourth Weekend Trip To Camp Claiborne Planned
Parents and friends of men at Camp Claiborne Louisiana are urged to plan an excursion weekend. Meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel to arrange. Round trip train fare is 18.90 dollars. Train leaves Cedar Rapids July 2 at 11 p.m. and returns July 7 at 8 p.m. Reservations urged to confirm attendance.
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Camp Claiborne
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Order Action Against Middlewest Corporation
The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered a corporate simplification proceeding against Middlewest Corporation, top unit in a $500 million holding company system tied to the Insull utilities empire. The action also targets subsidiaries Northwest Utilities and Wisconsin Power and Light Company. A geographic integration.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Middlewest Corporation
Insull Utilities
Northwest Utilities
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
SEC probes Middlewest system and Northwest holding structure
The proceeding accuses the entire Middlewest system of overly complex holding company arrangements. Northwest and Wisconsin Power face questions on whether the structure unfairly concentrates voting power and distributes equity among security holders. Replies were due by June 24 with a hearing set for July 9.
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Middlewest
SEC
Northwest
Wisconsin
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Peir
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