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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1938
Page
32
Cedar Rapids window cleaners face a divide between ground and top floor work. Louis Gillman and son Morris run American Window Cleaning, while W S Oakley and son supervise the other firm. Safety gear and careful technique define the trade as fear and skill collide.
A Cedar Rapids observer notes housewives are curious about shining windows claimed by various window cleaners. The cleaner asserts there is an art to window washing and that a man can either wash windows or he can’t, a claim tied to farm life near Jesup where someone enjoys climbing around the ranch.
Linn county reports 1 581 old age pensioners received 31 692 in February per state old age assistance office. The county ranked second to Polk in total payments with an average of 20 05, above the state-wide average of 19 08.
Karl P. Blaise vice chairman announces the annual welfare bureau meeting for Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. Open to any Community Chest subscriber. The note mentions the Providence RI machine shop as the world’s largest is located there.
L. M. Chipman, special agent in charge of the FBI Des Moines office, will address Knights of Columbus council 909 at 8 pm after a brief business meeting. Chipman has served as a G-man since 1928, with postings in Chicago, San Francisco, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Denver, and as Hoover’s administrative assistant.
Mr. Chipman, appointed after serving as interim head of the Des Moines field office since last August, is a World War I veteran who enlisted at Presidio San Francisco and was commissioned at Camp Perry. He graduated from George Washington University Law School and is admitted to the district bar.
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