Upper Mississippi nine foot channel near completion
Winona Minnesota reports progress on the Upper Mississippi nine foot channel project part of the New Deal public works plan. Two dams completed at Minnieska Minnesota and Alma Wisconsin, each costing five million dollars, with a total expected project cost of 125 million. The system will create a chain of large lakes with nine foot navigation depth and will boost regional trade and employment as workers, merchants and landlords benefit from construction activity.
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Winona, Minn
MisSissippi River
Upper Mississippi
Winona
Upper
Mississippi
Pepin
Chippewa River
Minnieska
Minn
Alma
Wis
Public Works Administration
National Re-Employment Service
War Department
Great
New Orleans
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Twin Cities
The
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Bur
Duck Hunters Benefit From Fisheries Development at Lake Pepin
Sportsmen reported the past fall’s duck hunting was among the best in years in the Minneiska and Alma Dam pools while fishermen enjoy good catches. Local officials note fisheries rearing ponds and hatcheries support the effort and the area may become a world famous playground with an expected industrial boom along the upper Mississippi. Lake Pepin already hosts a large summer colony.
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Minneiska
Alma Dam
Upper Mississippi
Lake Pepin
School Election Precinct Map And Polling Places Listed
Map shows precincts for the school election with the tenth precinct combined with the ninth. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm. Listing includes 23 voting sites such as Rude Auto, Benjamin Franklin high, McKinley high, Roosevelt high, and Adams, Taylor, and Harrison schools, among others.
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Rude Auto Company
Second Avenue
Fire Station
B Avenue
India’s
Oakland Road
H Avenue
Benjamin Franklin High School
Twentieth Street
Hayes
Twentieth Avenue
D Street
van Buren
14Th Avenue
Third Street
Taylor
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
City Barn
Seventh Avenue
H Street
First Evangelical Church
First Avenue
Harrison
Eleventh Street
M Avenues
Roosevelt High
Thirteenth Street
C Avenue
Cleveland
Fifteenth Street
Pastor urges citizens to study politics at luncheon
Rev. C H Hook of Central Park Presbyterian Church and two year chaplain for Minnesota's legislature told Linn County Progress club members at the Hotel Roosevelt that people do not know enough about politics today. He said many laws should be voted on with informed understanding.
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C. H. Hook
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Minnesota
Linn County Progress Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Legislature Halls Shape Pigeonholed Bills Says Clerk
A clerk accuses lawmakers of pigeonholing bills in Minnesota legislative halls and notes small majority approvals that might not survive a full house vote. He stresses politics' size and the need for competent state and national representatives.
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Minnesota
Bandits Rob Peter Pan Grocery Store in Des Moines
Two bandits armed with shotguns robbed the Peter Pan grocery store in Des Moines on Saturday. They escaped with 200 dollars in receipts and 20 dollars taken from three clerks. A fourth bandit waited outside in a stolen car. Police said the automobile had been stolen less than an hour earlier.
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Des Moines
Air Bubbles Dent Bronze Propellers on Racing Speedboats
Air bubbles dent bronze propellers on racing speedboats affecting performance and potentially causing instability during high speed runs. Technicians inspect hulls and props to assess damage and plan repairs or replacements.
Rev C H Hook to Speak at Coe College Vespers
The Rev C H Hook of Central Park Presbyterian Church will speak at Coe college Sinclair Memorial chapel this afternoon at 4 o clock. His topic is The Irresistible Cross. LaVon Buchanan will sing I Am Alpha and Omega with the A Capella choir directed by Prof Paul S Ray. James Manville class of 1934 will perform Out of the Depths. Prof Max Daehler will play the organ prelude and postlude.
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C. H. Hook
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Sinclair
Coe College
Hook
LaVon Buchanan
I Am
Alpha and Omega
Stainer
A Capella
Paul S. Ray
Rogers
James Manville
Max Daehler
Linn County Democrats Endorse Roosevelt at Precinct Caucuses
Linn county Democrats meet in 48 precinct caucuses to select 349 delegates for the county convention at the courthouse, adopting resolutions endorsing Franklin D. Roosevelt and instructing delegates to back an instructed Iowa delegation for the national convention. The county convention will choose delegates for the Des Moines state meeting and then the Iowa delegation to Philadelphia in June. Delegates from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas are listed by precinct with many reports incomplete.
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Linn County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Philadelphia
D. L. Morrissey
Democratic Central Committee
Cedar Rapids
Rapids
T. F. Corbett
James E. McInerney
E. R. Petro
W. Bickford
Fred Bervid
W. H. Olds
George B. Havercamp
Anna Zalesky
Peter Cutler
Adah Thompson
E. E. Henderson
W. P. Grunewald
Jack H. Patton
David A. Crowley
Julia Carberry
W. P. Long
Mary Schwinn
Leo E. Varns
Dorothy Cahill
Ann Gatens
Jean Fagan
Christina Yount
Theodore Eicherly
Anna Lamey
H. J. Achter
Harry Soper
W. J. Neuzil
W. S. King
Walter Hutchinson
Louis Roth
Leo P. Peiffer
A. W. Pailthorpe
T. J. Leahy
Aldrich B. Sulek
Erma Swatosh
Elizabeth Neary
Antone Nemek
John Schimmelpfenig
Fred J. Payneer
Z. L. Danner
L. A. Fuhrmeister
J. H. Lattimer
Frank M. Barta
R. J. Brown
Margaret Doherty
Reiner M. Ferguson
Charles Glar
Frank Healy
John A. Sheppard
Charlie Brown
Joseph Stodola
Milo Grubhoffer
Mary Vavra
Jerry Navratil
Joe Balik
Anthony Wosoba
Frank Tradiata
Frank Janeba
Eddie Kuba
Frances Duchan
Joseph Lesinger
Steenth
Emma __ Feiter
Frank Stastny
Wilbur Matus
J. L. Procake
É. Eres
Spencer
J. John
Josen Opinka
Y Serovy
F. Frycek
Prank Frycek
Hugh Sheridan
Louis Baker
Lumir Felter
A. Marsoun
Frank Rika
Louis Jiricek
Philip Berger
Mattie Demory
Theodore Suchomel
Frank Suchomel
Esther H. Hayner
Julia Peacock
Viola Jiricek
William Tehel
Clarence Pitlik
Wesley Suchomel
John Melichar
J. I. Ford
William Cody
Mary Ellen Hubbard
S. E. Dale
Adolph Walter
George Scott
F. O. Green
Fred Barta
C. H. Miller
Farmers Hear Plea By Sec Wallace On Long Term Farm Act
Secretary Wallace urged farmers to back a lasting act aimed at expanding soil conserving crops and providing a durable foundation for national civilization. He warned against removing support and argued tariffs harm farmers while the foreign market could only absorb limited increases in farm products over the next five to six years. The act would boost acreage and distribute income gains more broadly.
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Wallace
America
Farm conference backs soil program with seven committee plans
Seven committees proposed at a Chicago farm conference to adapt a new soil conservation program for the Midwest won approval. Key ideas include paying soil improvement benefits averaging 7 to 10 dollars per acre on land in grasses and legumes when crop acreage exceeds county averages, with payments to cash tenants rather than landlords and share tenants receiving a portion.
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Chicago
Chicago Farm Conference
Rural Conservation Program Outlined by Committee
The plan proposes sharing money equal to crop shares, electing small county committees to run the program, and using special forms for weed eradication pasture liming summer fallowing soil-building crops wood lots and ponds. It recommends certificates of performance and special allotments for sugar beets flax and tobacco with efforts to open markets for livestock and dairy products.
Jacobsen Assured Of WPA Help In Combating Flood
Rep B M Jacobsen of Clinton Iowa said he secured assurances of WPA cooperation to fight floods in Iowa He quoted L S Hill Iowa Works Progress Administrator as saying WPA workers would be available and Washington authorities had granted permission The Cedar River threat to Cedar Rapids would receive all resources if needed.
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Washington (Ap
B. M. Jacobsen
Clinton
Iowa
WPA
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Jacobsen
L. S. Hill
Works Progress Administrator
Washington
Salvation Army Leaders to Lead Iowa Services Here Today
Major P. L. DeBevoise and Mrs. DeBevoise will conduct Salvation Army services at the Salvation Army hall 1030 Seventh Street SE. The day includes a holiness meeting at 11, Sunday school at 2, the young people's Legion at 6 15, and a public service at 8. DeBevoise will address the men at Anamosa state reformatory at 9 and speak to the Cedar Rapids Ministerial association Monday.
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P. L. DeBevoise
Des Moines
Salvation Army
Iowa
DeBevoise
Salvation Army Hall
Seventh Street
Young People’s Legion
Anamosa State Reformatory
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
Chicago
Salvation Army War Cry
Birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Hedges
Mr. and Mrs. George Hedges announce the birth of a son Friday at Edgewater hospital in Chicago. The baby’s mother is Mrs. Vaughn Davis before marriage, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davis of Centerville. The Hedgest reside at 2225 Ridgeway drive SE.
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Harry T. Hedges
Ridgeway Drive
George Hedges
Edgewater Hospital
Chicago
Hedges
Vaughn Davis
Lloyd Davis
Centerville
Iowa Well Drillers to Convene Tuesday
About 100 well drillers and jobbers’ representatives will gather in Cedar Rapids for the Iowa Well Drillers convention at the Hotel Roosevelt Tuesday and Wednesday. A series of talks on pure water, drilling records, underground water protection, and association benefits are on the program, ending with a Wednesday banquet.
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Iowa
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
H. R. Green
H. F. Blomquist
A. C. Tester
J. J. Hinnman, Jr
Iowa City
K. M. Brown
Fairmont
Minn
Thomas Woods
E. I. Leighton
Fort Dodge
A. H. Wellers
Des Moines
Iowa Well Drillers Association
A. O. Rosemussen
Ida Grove
W. W. Nelson
Fairfield
F. S. McCutcheon
J. J. Becker
Charles D. Nolan
Early Chicks Mean Early Checks in Want Ads
An ad note urges readers to order baby chicks now through classification 38 in the Want Ads section, signaling early purchases for poultry buyers and farmers.
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Buffalo City
Cochrane
Onalaska
Red Wing
Arthur
Twenty-seventh Street
Kenwood Park
J—Jackson
Fourth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Eighteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Buchanan
Mount Vernon Road
McKinley High
Tenth Street
Adams
Fifth Street
Ionallon
Newman
Coe Vespers
Democrat
Joseph Francis
William L. Benner
Henry Geerhold
Jackson Township
John Smith
Roy Chismore
Charles Holub
Sec
Phoenix Hosiery
Phoenix
Paris
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