Coralville dam debate in revived flood control study
A long U S government report on the Iowa river system and flood control shows that reservoirs would reduce Mississippi floods by less than an inch and finds no justification for broader flood control or irrigation projects. Engineers call for reexamination of Coralville and warn against using dams for power unless substantial benefits emerge.
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U. S. Government Printing Office
Army Engineers
Iowa River
Lytle Brown
Patrick Hurley
Congress
War Department
Congressional
Coralville
Hurley
Cairo
Iowa
Brown
United States
Mississippi River
Towa River
Mississippi
Eneral Brown
Herbert Deakyne
Deakyne
Iowa Basin
Clear Lake
Albert Lea Lake
Forest City
Floyd
Center Point
Ickes targets Texas in anti Garner third term push
Secretary Harold Ickes will tour Texas next week to gauge third term sentiment and unite Texas backers against Garner. The effort aims to build Roosevelt support, empty Garner delegates, and mount a state convention push in Austin with figures like Johnson and Sadler backing the plan.
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Washington
INS
Harold L. Ickes
John WN. Garner
Texas
Ickes
Garner
New Deal
Interior
Alvin Wirtz
Thomas G Corcoran
Brain Truster
James Ferguson
Tom Miller
Austin
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Edward Clark
Jerry Sadler
State Railroad Commission
Lyndon Johnson
House
Roosevelt
Motorist In Crash Fined On Reckless Driving Charge
Police charged Lyle Olmstead 38 with reckless driving after a collision at First avenue and Eighth street at 840 p m. Olmstead and passenger Ed Navratil 20 sustained injuries while Joe Vanicky 20 escaped with minor bruises. Olmstead pleaded guilty and was fined 25 and costs with license suspension for 30 days.
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First Avenue
Eighth Street
Lyle Olmstead
Twenty-ninth Street
Olmstead
Joe L. Vanicky
Eighth Street NW
Vanicky
Ed Navratil
Revival of Coralville dam project faces cost and fairness debate
The discussion weighs equity and justice against the Army Engineers estimates and costs of the Coralville dam and reservoir. Proponents argue for proper compensation and genuine benefit, while opponents warn against wasteful spending to create temporary jobs and add to national debt.
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Coralville
Army
Joel E Rogers ORC secretary treasurer dies in Florida
Joel E Rogers 56 longtime ORC official died of a heart attack in Lakeland Florida while vacationing with his wife and son Billy He had served the Order of Railway Conductors since 1924 rising from assistant to general secretary treasurer appointed in 1928 He was born May 9 1883 in Ornomiah Persia and came to the United States in 1886 Continued on page 2 column 3
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Order of Railway Conductors
Joel E Rogers
Park Terrace SE
Lakeland
C S . Moontooth
Rogers
Billy
New Florida
Home Office
ORC
Grand Division
Mr. Rogers
Ornomiah
Persia
United States
Chat
Shadow and Triumph in a Good Friday Reflection
The piece contrasts the three crosses on Good Friday with Jesus as the noble figure who did good. It notes humanity’s struggle with pessimism, nature’s indifference, and the paradox that the Shadow of death fostered the birth of high religion. The text elevates faith over doubt and ends with a note of spiritual triumph.
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DR Newton
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Hull Rebukes Cromwell For Anti Nazi Talk
Secretary of State Hull rebuked James H. R. Cromwell minister to Canada and husband of Doris Duke for a pro Allied anti German speech in Toronto. Hull warned not to repeat the remarks, noting they violated standing instructions and could strain international relations.
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James H R Cromwell
Uo 5S
Canada
Hull
Cromwell
Toronto
Washington (Ap
James H.R Cromwell
Doris Duke
New Jersey
Ottawa
Walsh
Mass
Phillips Academy
Andover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harvard University
American Independence League
State Department
Secretary of State
James H. R. Cromwell
Georgia Congressman Indicted Over Postal Appointment Sale
ATLANTA AP Rep B Frank Whelchel of Georgia was indicted by a U S grand jury on eight counts charging sale of postal appointments. N Grady Jones Pickens County commissioner was named in the principal indictment as a conspirator to buy sell and barter appointive offices in the Ninth district.
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Atlanta
Frank Whelchel
United States Grand Jury
Whelchel
N. Grady Jones
Pickens County
Jones
Government of
United States
Ninth Congressional District
Georgia
Winter Weather Snap Shocks Cedar Rauids
Winter delivers a cold spell in Cedar Rauids with a 5 degree dawn reading and a two inch snowfall on Wednesday night. Readings climbed to 15 by 9 30 am and 23 by 11 30 am, with a high near 36 during early afternoon.
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Cedar Rauids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Hundredth Birthday Cheers For Martha Jenkins In Greeley
Martha Freeman Jenkins celebrated her 100th birthday in Greeley where she has lived 73 years. A Cambridge NY native born March 22 184? she recalled Civil War era trips, married Duane Jenkins in Dubuque, and served as Eastern Star chaplain for 14 years. She is survived by daughters Miss Rutty Jenkins and Dr Ben Jenkins. her husband died in 1901. She invited Eastern Star officers to visit next week to hear portions of rituals.
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Recarl
Negima Reeley
Martha Freeman Jenkins
Greeley
Manley Freeman
Jane
Manchester
Duane Jenkins
Arrval
Julien
Dubuque
Jenkins
Order of Eastern Star of
Henry Hennesey
John Luense
Greeles
Rutty Jenkins
Ben Jenkins
Macombe
Utility Provides Free Heating Units to Marion Steam Patrons
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Co will end steam heat in Marion and provide 45 customers with free equipment to run private heating plants. The Marion school district and taxpayers gain from a $12,000 heating plant to be installed or financed in the high school and Lincoln buildings.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Marion
Thei
Lincoln
Sutherland C Doans
Cedar Rapids
Marion Board of Education
Alice Faye Divorces Tony Martin Over Cruelty Claim
Hollywood reports that Alice Faye obtained a divorce from Tony Martin on the grounds of extreme cruelty. Martin did not contest the action and is also a singer.
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Hollywood
Alice Faye
Rudy Vallee
Friday
Tony Martin
Martin
Baby Born In Car In Snowdrift Near Fergus Falls
Mrs Arnold Meder gave birth to a baby in a car stuck in a snowdrift during a heavy snowstorm. She and the child were taken to a farmhouse where they recovered. the parents had been en route to a hospital when the car became stranded.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
API
Arnold Meder
Meder
Iowa Boy 11 Confesses Killing 9 Year Old Brother
Emmetsburg reports William Mundus 11 confessed to shooting his younger brother Bernard Mundus 9 while playing stick em up in the Mundus farm yard. Ballistics linked the revolver to the kitchen drawer where the weapon was kept. parents were away at the time.
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Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
William Mundus
Bernard Mundus
Mundus
B. F. Montgomery
William
Bernard
State Bureau of Investigation
Lee Mundus
British Sub Strikes In Baltic to Cut Nazi Iron Ore Supply
A British submarine penetrated Baltic approaches and sank the 4047 ton Heddernheim off Skagen just inside the Kattegat. The 36 German crew members were rescued except the first engineer captured. Denmark coast guardsmen ferried the others ashore. The action sparked talk of a renewed drive to disrupt Sweden’s iron ore shipments to Germany.
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London
Baltic Sea
Heddernheim
Reich
Skagen
Denmark
Kattegat
Sweden
Norwegian
Germany
Narvik
United Press Copenhagen
North Sea
France votes confidence in Reynaud cabinet in split chamber
The French Chamber approved 268 to 156 for Reynaud's government amid context of possible resignations by seven socialist ministers. Deputies abstaining largely opposed the cabinet, while official declarations pledging total war framed the political backdrop as France unites to fight Nazism. Vice premier Champeaux read the declaration in the senate.
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Reynaud
Tadimal-Sociadet
Deffense
Edouard Daledies
Ais
Ingo
Jus
Rahtusets
Rewnauds
France
Mens
Dence
Soviet
Rusia
Sevsets
Sau
Frances
Camille Chaulemps
Senate
Census Man To Quiz You On Thanksgiving Dinners
A humorous column notes a census man questions households about Thanksgiving celebrations with playful incentives. It mentions odd prizes like diplomas for proof of two wishbones and passport photos for an old age pension while in the Boy Scouts. It comments on farmers and a Congress indoor farming effort amid a political jab.
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Baer
Boy Scouts
Congress
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