State to Trim Monthly Relief by Two Dollars
Linn county officials were informed that effective with April unemployment aid, the average monthly family allowance will drop by $2. The current average is $25 plus $1.50 for medical care. relief is funded 60 percent by state funds and 40 percent by county funds. The cut comes from Iowa Emergency Relief Administration and aims to limit county expenditures while supporting those in need. County supervisors had not yet discussed the change with relief director Alice Ferber.
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Linn County
Ralph E. Kittinger
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Des Moines
Kittinger
Alice Ferber
Strike Settled At Iowa Machine Co In Harmony Lodge Deal
Two machinists and an apprentice at the Iowa Machine Company ended a strike started last Wednesday. Workers will return to work immediately with no wage raise, but a closed shop was agreed. The men belong to Harmony Lodge No. 831, Machinists, A F L affiliate, with aid from J L Farr of the IAM grand lodge.
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Iowa Machine Company
Milroy Horsky
Horsky
Harmony Lodge No
A. F. of L
J. L. Farr
Grand Lodge
The
International Association of Machinists
Income Tax Deadline Nears For Belated Filers
Washington AP notes the income tax deadline looms as readers weigh Sunday leisure versus tackling a balance tax return. Those not ready face the penalty for belated filing with only two days after Sunday to complete.
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Washington (Ap
Funny Papers
Garden
Barnes circus pits elephant against popcorn challenge
In Baldwin Park California Ruth the elephant devoured five bushels or 35 pounds of popcorn in ten minutes as a stunt to enliven winter quarters. Four rivals lasted through the second or third basket in the playful test.
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Baldwin Park
Calif
Barnes’ Circus
Ruth
Two Women Claim Widow Status Of Writer McNutt
Hollywood UP reports a probate battle as two women, Mrs Louise McNutt and Mrs Georgia McNally McNutt, claim to be the late writer William Slavens McNutt’s legal widow. McNutt died in January and letters of administration have been sought by both claimants. The court will decide which woman qualifies as his widow amid past marriage and divorce details.
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Hollywood
William Slavens McNutt
McNutt
Louise McNutt
Georgia McNally McNutt
Leo V. Glorious
Peekskill
Glorious
New Jersey
Six Firemen Die as Wall Collapses in Paterson Warehouse
In Paterson New Jersey a warehouse housing Quackenbush store stock and repair shops collapsed after a fire. Six firemen were killed as walls buckled trapping crews in a narrow alley. Dozens worked through the night to reach others and recover bodies.
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James Sweeney
John Davenport
Louis Rodesky
Mat O'Neil
William Lynch
Paul Schaub
James Coyle
John Turri
Hickenlooper To Speak At Maine Lodge Meeting
The Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows will confer the second degree on a class of candidates Tuesday evening at Maine lodge hall 838 First avenue East. After the meeting, Attorney B B Hickenlooper a state representative and Republican lieutenant governor candidate for Iowa will address the gathering. He is a member of Maine lodge.
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Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Beeville Officers Wounded in Bank Robber Chase
Two Beeville police officers were wounded in a gun battle near Beeville Texas while intercepting a bank robbery suspect fleeing a prior gunfight with another officer.
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Beeville, Tex
INS
BeeviLle
Here
Hitler Triumphs As Austria Falls To Nazi Rule
Berlin reports Hitler proclaims Austrian coup and returns to Linz amid mass Nazi cheering. Vienna renames a plaza Adolf Hitler square as Goebbels broadcasts the proclamation. Frontiers close, Jews face bans, and Schuschnigg plans exile while Hitler forecasts a plebiscite and a united German realm.
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Austria
Hitler
Kurt Schuschnigg
Belvedere
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Dollfus
Linz
Goering
Grant Parole To Slayer Of Poet
Judson C. Doke, 40, who killed Poet Lamar Hollings in a sensational 1934 case over his wife, was granted a parole date by the state board. Doke, acquitted of murder after two trials, had served a six-year term for embezzling San Leandro city funds as a milk inspector at San Quentin.
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San Quentin Prison
Calif
INS
Judson C. Doke
Lamar Hollingshead
Doke
State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles
San Quentin
San Leandro City
End of Beer War Brings Michigan Brewers Access to Indiana Market
Detroit AP reports a trade pact signed Saturday by Michigan and Indiana officials ends the beer war. Michigan brewers gain right to sell in Indiana at the same price level as Indiana beer. The agreement concludes years of conflict over market access.
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Detroit
Michigan
Indiana
Franklin Players Triumph in Class A Drama Festival
A Cedar Rapids Franklin high school cast of twelve from Iowa City earned superior ratings in Class A for The Romancers at the University of Iowa festival. Judges were Dr. Lowell Lees and the results named Chariton Davenport East Waterloo Abraham Lincoln Council Bluffs Fort Madison Muscatine Atlantic as other superior or excellent in their divisions.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Edmond Rostand
Geraldine Green
Chariton
Davenport
East Waterloo
Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Fort Madison
Muscatine
Atlantic
Bob Ray
Dorothy Franklin
Don Wierda
Lorraine Winkler
Lowell Lees
University of Minnesota Theater
Betty Holloway
Whiting
Helen Crippen
Traer
Lucille Robinson
Thompson
Evelyn Weise
Lone Tree
Earl Grinstead
Danville
Jack Morrow
Herbert Olson
Winfield
George Ross
White
Stanley
Hudson
Delmar
Marcus Bach
University of Iowa Dramatic Arts Department
Current Comment on Press Freedom and Publisher Power
The piece warns that money and ambition allow anyone to publish without government approval, risking future control by an agency that could suppress or kill the press. It notes the American press has resisted those who insult freedom, unlike countries where regimes censor media.
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Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
Japan
China
Mexico
Woodring Urges Strong U S Defense Amid Global Arms Race
In Orlando on a Saturday night speech to the Young Democrats of Florida, Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring warned the United States cannot ignore the worldwide arms race. He urged strengthening national defense to safeguard peace with honor and security. He did not name the Austro German crisis but warned against invasion risk if defense remains neglected.
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Orlando
Fla
United States
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Young
Democrats
Florida
Austrian Consul Resigns Over Swastika Display Issue
Viktor F. J. Tlach, honorary consul general for Austria in Cleveland, resigned to protest instructions to display the swastika with the Austrian flag. He said he would not represent Nazi ideas and submitted his resignation to the Austrian legation in Washington.
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Cleveland
INS
Viktor F. J. Tlach
Washington
Tlach
Britain weighs action on Czechs amid mounting central Europe crisis
Britain’s cabinet debated including communists in a French cabinet as Hitler pledged expansion limits to Italy and France. Prime Minister Chamberlain faced pressure on a strong foreign policy and a possible snap election, while German troops moved toward the Brenner pass signaling English and French limits in stopping the Nazi advance.
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Hitler
Italy
France
Clement Attlee
Laborite
Archibald Sinclair
Whitehall
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Brenner Pass
Britain
Mussolini
Europe
Britain Sees Brenner Pass Meeting Shadowing Pact Hope
The Brenner Pass encounter with the Italian frontier garrison symbolized to many Britons the prospective failure of Chamberlain's month-old bid to secure a friendly agreement with fascist Italy.
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Brenner Pass
Chamberlain
Highlights Of Crisis Evoked By Hitler
The report outlines Hitler’s victory march into Austria with German troops tanks and planes as Austro German union is proclaimed observers warn the move may herald next targets in Czechoslovakia. It notes reactions from Britain France Germany Italy the Vatican and neighboring nations with concern and alarm across Europe.
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Hitler
Linz
Austria
Munich
Vienna
Square
Kurt Schuschnigg
Free City of
Danzig
Saar Valley
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Blum
London
Rome
Mussolini
Brenener Pass
Vatican City
Holy See
Brussels
Archduke Otto
Warsaw
Poland
Tokio
Japan
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