Former Iowan in Berlin tells of Czech conquest
In Berlin, an Iowa-born AP writer recounts the Nazi propaganda drive led by Czechoslovak deputy Kundl and Nazi-aligned Czech figures. The piece outlines covert schemes, Czech internal strife, and the march into Bohemia and Moravia on March 15 under German domination.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Ernst Kundal
Konradie Klein
Germany
Austria
Bohemia
Moravia
Kundt
Henlein
Czechoslovak
Munich
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Prague
Chvalkovsky
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Bratislava
Tiso
Karl Sider
Hitler
Ferdinand D »Ansky
Vienna
Sidor
Carpatho-Ukraine
Sudetenland
Emil Hacha
Nazifuehrer
Czech
Prosperity Itemmployers Show Interest In Graduates
Iowa State College officials report demand for 1939 graduates up sharply over 1938, with civil engineering and other branches showing strong hiring. Agriculture graduates also enjoy good prospects. Employers increasingly interview seniors on campus and value student personnel sheets.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Iowa State College—Science
Home Economics
Veterinary Medicine
Ans
Prai Y
Iowa lawmakers push bid to end freight rate inequities
A proposed Iowa resolution asks Congress to investigate and correct sectional freight rate disparities that favor northeastern states. Senators Beardsley and Levis will sponsor in the Senate with Siefkas Hoegh and Clark guiding in the House. The plan argues current rates penalize southern and western areas and cites a 25 percent westbound rate jump near Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Congress
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
William S. Beardsley
New Virginia
H. V. Levis
Chariton
Henry Siefkas
Osceola
Leo Hoegh
Clarence L. Clark
Corydon
Eldora
Chicago
Mississippi River
Iowa River
Illinois
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
One Minute Washer Company Petition for Reorganization
Don E. Neiman, trustee, filed a reorganization plan in federal court locating Prima Manufacturing of Sidney, Ohio to take over the Newton firm. The plan envisions a Newton area washing machine factory using One Minute equipment and pays unsecured creditors 25 cents on the dollar with stockholders receiving nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Don E. Neiman
One Minute Washer Company
Prima Manufacturing Company
Sidney
Ohio
Newton
Prima
One Minute
Neiman
Federal
Charles A. Dewey
Prima Company
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Jasper County
Iowa State College Awards 100 Degrees at Winter Commencement
One hundred Iowa State College seniors received bachelor of science degrees at the winter quarter exercises in Memorial Union. Graduates included 38 agriculture, 36 engineering, 18 home economics, and eight science students. names listed include Waren Urdett, Clark Davis Paris, Raymond Pilgrim, Ray Campbell, Lauress Collister, John Helscher, Glenn Truesdell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Agriculture
Engineers
Waren Urdett Linn
Montezuma
Clark Davis Paris
Manchester
Raymond E. Pilgrim
Grinnell
Ray Campbell
Hedrick
Lauress Charles Collister
Cedar Rapids
John William Helscher
Sigourney
Glenn Cecil Truesdell
Arlington
Amana Man Killed in Car Crash on No 149
Ernest Schaeffer 55 of East Amana was killed when the car he rode in ran off highway No 149 and overturned in a ditch north of Homestead. Driver Henry Ackerman 49 of South Amana, slightly injured, reported a tire blowout caused the crash. Coroner E M Mahannah investigated.
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C. Herman
Middle Amana
Schaeffer
Rudolph
East Amana
Richard
E. M. Mahannah
Iowa County
Work Must Go On Despite Missing Enforcement Power
Des Moines reports that the state labor commissioner’s office must continue to inspect freight and passenger elevators despite losing enforcement authority in 1924. Deputy AG Horace E. Pike issued opinions stating the inspections should continue.
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Des Moines
INS
Milton Peace
Horace E. Pike
Pike
Mark Thornburg
State Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
City’s Respirator Saves Des Moines Infant From Death
In Des Moines a 15 month old child named Helen Darlene Cooper with convulsions was kept alive by neighbor Mrs. Leland Atkinson until the city fire department arrived and used a new respiration machine. The device was one of two recently bought by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
City
Helen Darlene
J. G. Cooper
Leland Atkinson
Samaritan act costs Sioux Falls man a fine in court
Lee L. Anderson of Sioux Falls stopped suddenly to aid a hitchhiking woman and two girls near Vinton. He and driver Angus Robinson faced a charge for stepping on the pavement and picking up persons. Justice J A Ruhl reduced the usual $5 fine to $2 because of the good deed. The woman said she sought Hot Springs for her sick father in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Vinton
Angus Robinson
J. A. Ruhl
Justice Ruhl
Anderson
Iowa House Expands Subscriptions To Six Months
The Iowa House passed a bill defining a bona fide newspaper subscriber as someone who has taken a paper for six months by mail or carrier, up from three months under current law. The measure, backed by the senate committee on printing, moves to the governor for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House
Senate Committee On Printing
Cornell College Plans Auditions for Conservatory
The Cornell College conservatory of music announces competitive auditions in music on April 21 and 22 open to graduates and seniors of accredited schools. The Cornell Symphony Orchestra will give a concert Friday evening April 21, with an informal faculty reception to follow. Contestants will be guests of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Conservatory
Real Life Godmother By BESSIE MOYLE
Annie Langham, 85, has lived in Maquoketa since 1872 as a hired girl who became a lifelong family matriarch. Her care shaped five Mitchell generations, earning honored wedding guest status and strong discipline, with English poise and unchanged church ties.
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Maquoreta
Miss Langham
Maquoketa
Annie Langham
England
John
Wheatland
Mary Shellenberger
Mr. Mitchell
John Barrowman
Des Moines
Margaret Anne Samuelson
Laura Mitchell Samuelson
Annie
Anne Langham Mitchell
Mitchell
Anne
Pierce
Iowa Senate Faces Busy Push Toward Easter Adjournment
Governor George A. Wilson predicts possible adjournment around Easter, possibly by April 10 or 12, as four main bills near completion. House and Senate debate public safety, tax streamlining, farm to market roads, and appropriations while dozens of appointments await action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Forty Eighth General Assembly
Public Safety Department
State Tax Board
Senate
Wilson
Iowa Receives WPA Support for Aviation Groundwork
Washington AP reports the Works Progress Administration has spent 275584 dollars in Iowa on aviation grounds and facilities since 1935. WPA chief Colonel Harrington notes funds supported wages for relief workers on ten projects at six sites, part of a 112 million dollar national program to prepare ground facilities for modern air transport and potential defense use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Iowa
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Harrington
United States
Beneficiaries Seek Final Maytag Estate Payouts
Executors of F L Maytag estate in Jasper county ask court to approve about 375000 dollars in remaining cash bequests for 180 beneficiaries. Hearing set for March 25. payments could be made immediately if approved. Bequests range from 1000 to 25000 dollars with annuities totaling around 680000 dollars for family members.
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Newton (Ap
F. L. Maytag
Jasper County
P. J. Siegers
Tim J. Campbell
B. Maytag
Vary Sega
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Antmandaine AT
Roy Porter
Associated Press
Roy P. Porter
University of Iowa
New York City
Associated Press Cable Desk
Paris
Roy FP. Porter
Kurdt
Amana
Wm. F. Noe
Mrs
Katherine Frey
Frey
Ferdinand Zsherney
Assembly
Ernest Schaeffer
Amanas
Cornell College Plans
Bessie Moyle
Henry
Episcopal Church
Shellenbergers
Congregational Church
Public Safety
Bureau of Investigation
Highway Patrol
Board of Assessment and Review
State Tax Commission
Revenue Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Highway Commission
Safety Department
Planning Board
Capitol
Maytag
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