Linn County fuels system uses color coded charts for careful tracking
A county fuel operation details a centralized distribution with 75 motors, gasoline and diesel tanks totaling 29 000 gallons, and an underground store. Wall charts and meters track car numbers daily output and four week totals, while foremen supervise pumps and mileage to ensure accountability and economy.
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Linn County
Central Distributing Agency
Center Point Road
Linn
Relief Department
Probation Office
Behrens
Want Ads Buy 10 or 12 Room House for Apartments
Fred E. Collard & Co advertise they will buy a 10 to 12 room house to remodel into apartments. They request details, box 1-134, and note property for sale exchange or rent.
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Sth Ave
Rock Road
C. R
Daniels Pk
E. L. Patten
Merchants Bank
Wilson Ave
T. FE
Ravenscroft
Stark Realty Co
Dial
M. H
W. Side
Independence
Gaz
Gazette Ee Ait
Fred E. Collard & CO
Back Home After 25 Years Finds Self Grandfather Of 25
Parrott Va reports Franklin W Price 58 returns home after 25 years of wandering including nearly two years overseas in World War I to find his wife remarried and himself grandfather of 25 children. His former wife, now Mrs Albert Roop of Schoolfield, remarried 16 years ago after she was told he had been killed in the war.
Japanese Push 150000-Strong Army Advances in Shantung Drive
Japanese forces estimated at 150 000 men launched a broad southern Shantung offensive aided by artillery planes and tanks. About 250 000 Chinese opposed the advance as Japanese report nearing Suchow where the Sunghai and Tientsin Pukow railways cross.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Suchow
China
Sunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Maynard Horse Held Hostage Over Damage Suit
Ken Maynard faces a $50,000 claim filed by Josephine Seymour after a backstage fight at the Orpheum theater. His horse Tarzan is kept as a hostage in Marion Arkansas while the actor is away. The suit was filed in Crittenden County Circuit Court across the Mississippi from Memphis.
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Memphis, Tenn
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Ken
Josephine Seymour
Orpheum Theater
McGee
Marion
Ark
Crittenden County
Mississippi River
Memphis
Dollfuss Family Heads to Swiss Exile From Padua
In Padua Italy the widow of Austria's late Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss left with her children and friends en route to exile in Switzerland. The group traveled from Vienna via Hungary and Yugoslavia after fleeing the Nazi takeover. Frau Dollfuss spent an hour in prayer at St Anthony Basilica. Dollfuss was killed in the failed Nazi coup of July 25 1934.
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Padua
Italy
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Switzerland
Frau Dollfuss
Vienna
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Basilica of St. Anthony
Dollfuss
Wild Woman in Red Pajamas Breaks Hollywood Windows
A woman armed with a bamboo pole damaged two beauty shops, a drug store, other stores, and two penny scales along Sunset Boulevard. She claimed the name Frances Bogart Rose, danced for officers, then was taken to the psychiatric ward for observation. She said she was the sister of a famous film actor.
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Hollywood
INS
Hollywood Police Complaint Board
Sunset Boulevard
Frances Bogart Rose
General Hospital
ICC Seeks 16 Million in Railroad Loans
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports applications totaling 16,724,000 dollars from five rail carriers for loans since January. It notes two CFR loans totaling 35,400,000 already approved. A three member ICC panel under Dr. W M W Splawn is drafting a firm program for Congress and the President to back rail rehabilitation and employment.
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Washington
INL
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
W. M. W. Splawn
Roosevelt
Six Seamen Burned In Tug Explosion
Six seamen were burned aboard the Philadelphia tug Visitor during an explosion in Annapolis harbor as it towed a barge carrying 100,000 gallons of gasoline. The gasoline did not ignite and no further damage was reported.
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Annapolis, Md
Visitor
Annapolis Harbor
Lutherans to Meet in Ottumwa This Spring
The Iowa conference of the Lutheran Augustana synod will gather at First Lutheran church in Ottumwa from April 27 to May 1. Host pastor is Rev. Malvin H. Lundeen and conference president is Rev. A. P. Westerberg of Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lutheran Augustana Synod
First Lutheran Church
Ottumwa
Malvin H. Lundeen
A. P. Westerberg
Sioux City
Father and son clash in Clinton County town mayoral race
In Goose Lake Iowa incumbent mayor John Hansen 58 seeks reelection on the citizens ticket while his son Gilbert 24 runs on the people's ticket. Both campaigns nominate a full slate including Gilbert's running mate Clifford Moehr 22 for treasurer. A village of 128 people votes March 28 with no single issue and a lighthearted rivalry turning serious.
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Goose Lake
John Hansen
Citizens
Gilbert
People’s
Citizens’ Group
John
People's Group
Clifford Moehr
Here
Valley Inn liquor injunction after Cedar Rapids raid
District Judge H. C. Ring granted a liquor injunction against Leo Royder and Mrs. Leo Royder linked to the Valley Inn five miles west of Cedar Rapids after a February 20 raid. They are barred from selling or dealing in intoxicating liquor in Iowa. The liquor sale charge was dismissed days earlier.
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G. K. Thompson
Valley Inn
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Leo Royder
Royders
Iowa
Bowers Pleads Not Guilty To Chicken Larceny Charge
Donald Lester Bowers a 30 year old resident of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty before District Judge H C Ring on a larceny charge alleging he took thirty five chickens owned by Mrs J R Ford near Marion after bidding at a Ford farm sale on February 25 Bond set at 1500 dollars He faces a separate pending sentence of thirty days for driving without a license due March 27.
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Donald Lester Bowers
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Bowers
J. R. Ford
Marion
Ford Farm
Landmyer given suspended sentence in minor delinquency case
Julius Landmyer 48 of 1502 Fourteenth Avenue SE received a 30 day county jail term suspended during good behavior on state motion after being accused of encouraging 15 year old Leland Strait Jr to steal coal from North Western railroad cars. Landmyer and Strait were arrested at 12 45 a m with eight sacks of coal. The Strait juvenile was referred to authorities. Judge H C Ring presided.
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Julius Landmyer
Fourteenth Avenue SE
H. C. Ring
Landmyer
Leland Strait, Jr
Cedar Rapids
North Western Railroad
Young Strait
Strait Boy
Ring
Iowa
Confessed Slayer Dies Of Injuries In Buffalo
Peter Burton Detroit electrician who police said confessed to strangling two women died Saturday from injuries after leaping from a third story window. A Detroit prosecutor watched at his bedside as he lapsed into unconsciousness while attempting to obtain a detailed statement about the killings of his estranged wife and her landlady.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Peter Burton
Detroit
Burton
Insurgent Push Near Castellon as Franco Plans Coastal Thrust
Rebel vanguards penetrated toward Castellon, six miles from Castellon province on the Mediterranean, as Franco’s three armies slowed to mount a coastal thrust. Barcelona endured renewed bombing with dozens killed and hundreds wounded while government officials urged unity against the attack.
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Hendaye
France
Castellon
Mediterranean
Valencia
Franco
Spain
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Great Britain
Livestock-Wool Bloc Opposes British Trade Concessions
Representatives from livestock and wool states formed a three-member committee to oppose further concessions in talks with Great Britain. They urged Secretary Hull to halt concessions, and urged senators to protest via a state department committee. The American National Livestock Association president warned of a threat to the industry.
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Washington
Great Britain
Murdock
Ariz
House
Greever
Wyo
Coffee
Neb
Ferguson
Okla
Hull
State Department
Hubbard Russell
American National Livestock Association
Britain
F. E. Ollin
Association
Canada
United States
Gillette
American Claims He Bested Duce's Son In Air Duel
New York report says Derek Dickinson of Oregon claimed a prearranged air duel with the son of Mussolini over the Spanish front. He said the duce’s son threw a glove signaling defeat. Dickinson, a World War veteran, claimed 21 shootdowns and 14 pilot killings as a loyalist flyer and showed credentials of commendation.
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Duce
New York
Derek Dickson
Brandon
Ore
Bruno Mussolini
Dickinson
California
West Coast
Dog Keeps Vigil At Wharf Where Master Drowned
Police found a small black and white dog watching over the body of Charles Bradley, 65, at a Delaware River wharf in Paulsboro. The dog barked for help through the night and refused to eat, biting the officer when removed from the scene.
See No Cause For Worry On Pershing
Tucson report says General John J. Pershing, still recovering at Desert sanitarium from a serious illness, did not make usual gains Saturday but there is no cause for worry according to officials.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ins
John J. Pershing
Desert Sanitarium
Roosevelt and Wallace Ride in Spring Weather
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace enjoyed a one hour motor ride Saturday afternoon in springlike weather near Washington.
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F. D. BR
Wallace
Washington
Roosevelt
Perplexing Ghost Haunts Beds at Huber Home in Chicago
In Chicago, John Huber reports a bed disrupting ghost that musses one bed repeatedly. His daughter Loretta and her sister Dorothy, with 18 onlookers and lawyer Judd Matthews, verify the blowing of the covers while windows stay shut. Huber cites skeletons of five Indians unearthed during construction as the ghost’s origin.
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Chicago
John Huber
Huber
Dorothy
Loretta
Papa
Judd Matthews
Lawyer Matthews
Matthews
Plan Wage Measure to Limit Work Week to 44 Hours
Washington reports a new effort by Democratic leaders to craft a wage hour bill setting a maximum 44 hour work week with a path to 40 hours. The plan includes a graduated minimum wage from 20 to 30 cents up to 40 cents and a gradual reduction over time. The bill aims for AFL acceptance as a compromise for sweated industries and will be submitted to the full subcommittee this week.
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Washington
INS
Democratic High Command
Congress
Organized Labor
House Labor
American Federation of Labor
Senate
House
Reds Riot in Times Square Clash with Cops
Police confront 5,000 Young Communist League members in Times Square during a large anti Nazi protest. Officers arrest one marcher with a large Hitler effigy as traffic is halted and order struggles to return in a volatile demonstration.
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New York
INS
Times Square
Young Communist League
Hitler
Austria
Mr. Vernon Couple To Observe Their 60th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Goudy of Mount Vernon will mark their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a family reunion. They raised a family of four children and have sixteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Both are active. Mrs. Goudy quilts and tend home duties while Mr. Goudy gardens and walks to church.
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Linn Grove
Mount Vernon
Jessie Miller
Eagle Rock
Calif
Will Stewart
Springville
Carleton Goudy
Marion
A. M. Sanderson
Cedar Rapids
Goudy
East Iowa School Leaders to Meet at Cornell Saturday
Public school administrators from eastern Iowa gather at Cornell College Mount Vernon on March 26 for the sixth Cornell Schoolmen conference. Dr H Gordon Hullfish of Ohio State University will give morning and afternoon addresses on developing individual responsibility in learning in secondary schools.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Cornell College
Cornell
H. Gordon Hullfish
Ohio State University
Progressive Education Association
S. J. McLaughlin
Cornell Education Department
A. B. Grimes
Monticello
Iowa Superintendents’ Club
Hullfish
C. W. Bangs
Manchester
K. L. Benner
Clarence
R. W. Johnson
Dubuque
Thomas W. Kerfoot
State Teachers’ Association
Maynard M. Schell
Clinton
R. J. Carroll
Oskaloosa
Earl R. Cope
Jesup
D. J. Kelley
Tipton
R. L. Kiest
Oregon
J. H. McBurney
Waverly
M. B
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Alice Ferber
Elmer M. Seevell
Linn County Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Lena Vogt
Stanley Jonas
Iowa News
Lisbon
Linn County Safety Council
Floyd Philbrick
The
Highway Patrol
Chamber of Commerce
St. John’s Church
James Crowley
J. P. Hennessey
Boise
Idaho
John Harrington
Ryan
Kathryn Kinley
Coggon
Frank
Thomas
Harry Kinley
Columbus Junction
Pleasant Grove Bethel Church
Concord Township
J. Schlichting
Egebert Shellabarger
Scott Blankenhorn
Rudolph Schlichting
Shellabarger
Lou Bonnichsen
V. R. Frisk
Maquoreta
County Auditor’s Office
State Board of Assessment
Attorney General's Office
Howard Crowley
Riverside
William Knebel
H. E. Doud
C. S. Cummings
Knebel
G. A. White
Newton Whetstine
A Lear
William H. Cress
Joseph Heitzman
Albert Klein
Harry Soukup
Joseph J. Pailliotet
R. J. Marner
John Moss
Ralph Kleppfer
F. W. Schnoebelen
William O’loughlin
George Waldschmidt
Schnoebelen
Alphonse M. Libenguth
Lost Nation
Independent
J. W. Schultz
E. E Glick
H. F. Burrichter
F. W. Busch
Arthur Daniel
Emil Mohr
Carl Mohr
Charles Wagner
Dr. R. R. Stoner
J. B Gilroy
Alva Mohr
M. H. Dake
Paul Schubert
R. S. Betts
Carl Wazac
Iowa City
Robert Livesay
Toledo
Ely Lamore
University of Iowa
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Ill
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Omaha
St. Louis
Miami
New Orleans
Denver
Minnea
Eace
Los Angeles
Cleveland
San Francisco
Bismarck
Seatile
Clinton County
Court House News
Lillian M. Petrzelka
J. E. Petrzelka
Ann Henry
Neil Henry
Grace Anderson
Claude Anderson
Newton
Caroline S. Markert
Julius H. Markert
Bertha C. Fry
Yonkers
Margaret L. Warren
Ethel Stam Yetter
Pershing
Mr. Vernon
East Iowa
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