Former Iowan in Berlin Tells of Czech Conquest
Des Moines native Roy F P Porter recounts Nazi propaganda lead by Ernst Kundt in Czechoslovakia as Prague fell to German control. The piece details Kundt's role, Czech leaders aligned with Nazism, and the swift March 15 occupation of Bohemia and Moravia.
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Berlin
Roy FP. Porter
Bertin
University of Town
Associated Press
Des Moines
New York City
Associated Press Cable Desk
Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Ernst Kundt
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten
Germany
Austria
Bohemia
Moravia
Kundt
Henlein
Czechoslovak
Munich
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Prague
Czech
Hitler
Chvalkovsky
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Bratislava
Tiso
Karl Sider
Ferdinand Durcansky
Vienna
Sidor
Carpatho-Ukraine
Emil Hacha
Employers Show Strong Demand for 1939 ISU Graduates
Employers are increasing requests for Iowa State College graduates in 1939 with civil mechanical electrical and other engineering fields seeing strong demand. Agriculture science and home economics grads also face good prospects as firms interview seniors on campus using personnel sheets. The outlook remains favorable barring a new slump before summer.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Iowa State College—Science
Home Economics
Veterinary Medicine
Iowa seeks federal action to end freight rate inequalities
A Des Moines report says Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Minnesota business groups back a legislative resolution urging Congress to investigate and correct a freight rate system deemed unfair to southern and western states. Senators Beardsley and Levis sponsor in the Senate. Representatives Siefkas Hoegh and Clark in the House. The measure argues northeastern regions benefit from current rates, likening it to a regional tariff within the United States. The House also plans sending Rep Peisen to Chicago for a conference on interstate trade barriers.
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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
Reorganization Plan Formed for One Minute Washer
Des Moines AP Don E. Neiman trustee filed a plan in federal court to transfer operations to Prima Manufacturing of Sidney Ohio. The plan envisions a Newton washing machine factory, pays unsecured creditors 25 cents on the dollar, and offers no value to stockholders. Hearing set for March 28. plan requires two thirds debt approval to take effect. Unsecured claims near 85000 dollars. secured creditors include Maytag 40000 mortgage and Jasper County tax lien.
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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
One hundred Iowa State college seniors received bachelor of science degrees at the winter quarter commencement in Memorial Union. Among the graduates were 38 agriculture students, 36 engineers, 18 home economics students and eight science students. Names include Marvin Burdett Linn Montezuma Clark Davis Paris Raymond E. Pilgrim Grinnell Ray Campbell Hedrick Lauress Charles Collister Cedar Rapids John William Helscher Sigourney Glenn Cecil Truesdell Arlington.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Marvin Burdett 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 Driver Kills Passanger In Highway 149 Crash
Ernest Schaeffer about 55 of East Amana was killed when the car he rode in ran off No 149 and rolled into a ditch near Homestead about 6 30 pm Saturday. Driver Henry Ackerman 49 of South Amana suffered minor injuries and was treated in Middle Amana. Coroner E M Mahannah was notified and investigating.
Work Must Go On Despite Lost Enforcement Power
Des Moines reports the state labor commissioner must continue to inspect freight and passenger elevators despite 15 years without enforcement power after 1924 legislation. Deputy Attorney General Horace E. Pike ruled the inspections must continue.
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Des Moines
Milton Peace
Horace E. Pike
Pike
Mark Thornburg
State Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Citys Respirator Saves Des Moines Infant From Death
A neighbor and Des Moines fire department respirator saved 15 month old Helen Darlene Cooper during convulsions. Mrs Leland Atkinson aided until responders arrived. The city had recently purchased two new respiration machines.
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Des Moines
Helen Darlene
JG. Cooper
Leland Atkinson
Sioux Falls man fined for good deed in Vinton
Lee L. Anderson of Sioux Falls and his driver Angus Robinson stopped abruptly to aid hitchhikers on Highway 218 near Vinton. The court fined Anderson $2 after noting the good deed, while the hitchhikers hoped to reach Hot Springs where a father lay ill.
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The
Gazette
Vinton
Angus Robinson
J. A Ruhl
Justice Ruhl
Anderson
Iowa House Rules On Subscriptions
The Iowa House passed a bill doubling the bona fide newspaper subscriber period from three to six months. The measure defines a bona fide subscriber as someone who takes a paper for six months by mail or carrier and now goes to the governor for approval.
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Des Moines
House
Senate Committee On Printing
Cornell College to Host Competitive Music Auditions
The Cornell College Conservatory of Music in Mount Vernon announces competitive auditions in music on April 21 and 22. Contestants must be graduates or seniors from accredited schools and will be guests of the college. The Cornell Symphony Orchestra performs Friday, April 21, with an informal faculty reception afterward.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Conservatory
Real Life Godmother By BESSIE MOYLE
Annie Langham at 85 remains a central figure in the Mitchell and Shellenberger families in Maquoketa Iowa. An English immigrant hired in 1872 she cared for generations in one house. Her strict discipline and English poise anchor a long family legacy continuing through the fifth generation. She plans to vote in a March 27 city council election.
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Maquoreta
Miss Langham
Maquoketa
Annie Langham
England
John
Wheatland
Mary Shellenberger
Mr. Mitchell
Annie
Henry
Anne Langham Mitchell
John Barrowman
Des Moines
Margaret Anne Samuelson
Laura Mitchell Samuelson
Mitchell
Anne
Pierce
Episcopal Church
Shellenbergers
Congregational Church
Iowa lawmakers look for April adjournment amid tax and safety bills
Governor Wilson and Senate leaders indicate the Forty eighth general assembly may adjourn around April 10 to 12. Key issues in play include the public safety consolidation bill, the state tax commission, farm to market roads, and budget and welfare measures.
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DES Moines
George
Wilton
Public Safety Department
State Tax Board
Bureau of Investigation
Board of Assessment and Review
State Tax Commission
Senate
Revenue Department
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wilson
The
Highway Commission
Educational and Board of Control
Iowa
Iowa Gets Portion of Federal Airport Park Work
Washington AP reports the Works Progress Administration spent 275,584 dollars in Iowa since 1935 on aviation grounds and facilities. Colonel Harrington notes WPA financed wages for relief workers on ten projects at six sites, aiding 154 new airports and improving 494 others as part of a 112 million dollar national program.
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Washington
Works 'Progress Administration
Iowa
WPA
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
United States
Maytag Estate seeks $375,000 for 180 beneficiaries
Executors of F L Maytag's estate request court approval to distribute about 375000 to 180 beneficiaries. Hearing set for May 25 before District Judge P J Siegers. Payments would start immediately if approved. amounts range from 1000 to 25000 each. Annuities with residuary legatee L B Maytag totaled 680000.
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Newton (Ap
F. L. Maytag
Jasper County
P. J. Siegers
Tim J. Campbell
L. B. Maytag
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Roy F. Porter
Amana
Mrs
Katherine Frey
Frey
Ferdinand Zsherney
Assembly
Ernest Schaeffer
Amanas
Cornell College Plans
Bessie Moyle
Safety Department
Planning Board
Maytag
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