Iowa Education Wages Rise Amid Low Pay Concerns
The state board of education increased aggregate wages at the three institutions by 205998, with the best boosts going to the lowest paid workers. Forty two university raises went to staff earning under 1000 a year and 82 to those earning 1000–2000. Critics note ongoing underpayment of manual labor staff despite overall gains.
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State Board of Education
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
Community Chest
Trapped Kidnapper Ends Life in Topeka Hotel Shootout
Davenport auto dealer Floyd Wadden says the kidnapped man abducted him in Davenport Tuesday and drove through Iowa Missouri and Kansas before a Topeka room standoff ended with the suspect fatally shooting himself after a tear gas raid. Police countered by questioning a missing person lead from Aledo Alabama.
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Topeka
Kan
Floyd C. Wadden
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Charles D. McEnaucht
Aledo
Des Moines
Wadden
Indianola
Kansas City
al Moore
Fearful admission of officials backing wartime effort
A cautious report notes that many influential officials openly acknowledge support for the war. The piece warns readers not to dismiss the disclosure, stressing the serious implications of such unity among appointive and elective leaders.
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Uine
Board removes head of state juvenile home
Mrs. Virginia Silver, superintendent of the state juvenile home in Toledo, resigns and leaves effective December 4. She has accepted a position as state supervisor of foremanship for the professional and service division of WPA, with headquarters in Toledo.
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Toledo
Virginia Silver
Board of Control
WPA
Resignation of Virginia Silver As Superintendent
Des Moines AP resignation of Virginia Silver as superintendent of the state juvenile home at Toledo announced by David R McCreery chair of the state board of control. Silver will leave Dec 4 after serving since 1935. salary 2200 a year. The board declined to state reasons for the resignation.
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Virginia Silver
Toledo
Board of Control
Dave McCreery
Alburnett
Iowa
Dave
Wilson
Senate
State Social Welfare Commission
DES Moines
David R McCreery
State Board of Control
Silver
McCreery
George A. Wilson
Dee
Harold Dye
Glenwood, Lu, State Hospital
Thomas Lacey
Dye
Foss Davis
Anamosa State Reformatory
William H. Fra
Seven German aircraft downed by British forces in France
Reports say British Royal Air Force pilots shot down seven German planes on Thursday, with four Dornier losses confirmed. three more pilots were later reported downed. Meanwhile shipping losses mounted as seven more vessels were sunk off the British coast including the British trawler Sulby and the Greek freighter Elena R. Survivors were rescued from several vessels. The British exchequer warned the war costs run to about 23.58 million dollars daily.
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Buletin
Royal Air Force
France
London
Elena R
Argentina
Antwerp
England
Darino
Hitler Has Bride in London Diary Column
An Evening Standard London diary column claims Adolf Hitler has married Fraulein Eva Rao, an assistant to photographer August Hoffman, but he plans to reveal the union only after the war ends. The report cites a German friend in Switzerland as the source.
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London
INS
Adolf Hitler
Evening Standard
Hitler
Switzerland
Fuehrer
Eva Rao
August Hoffman
First Table of Dual Turkey Day Observed by 25 States
The Associated Press reports 25 states dine at the first table of the dual Thanksgiving with the President and Mrs Roosevelt serving in Warm Springs Georgia. A second table will be served next week in states that did not follow the President’s date shift.
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Turkey
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Tot
Plymouth
Mass
New England
Washington
McNary
Oregon
Colorado
Mississippi
Texas
California
Delaware
Georgia
Ilinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Wisconsin
Iowa Board Extends Eddie Anderson Six Years As Coach
The Iowa University athletic board voted to extend Eddie Anderson’s contract six years beyond the current term with a salary increase not disclosed. Anderson hailed the measure and said he is satisfied and plans to remain Iowa’s coach as long as the university and people are content.
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Anderson
Iowa
Boost
Iowa City
Iowa University Athletic Board
Wawkeye
Eddie Anderson
Arting
Dr. Anderson
Big Ten Walderness
Towa
German Romanian talks collapse as Bucharest cabinet resigns
Romania's government quits after failed trade talks with Germany over oil and food prices. King Carol asks former premier George Enescu to form a new cabinet after a split within the old government over German demands and exchange-rate concessions. A German economic mission left for Berlin after failing to secure a higher mark rate.
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Carol
Premies
George ‘Atureseu
Constantin Arsgetoianu
Reich
Rumania
Berlin
Sun Breaks Clouds in Cedar Rapids Reaching 42
Cedar Rapids records show a morning cloud blanket giving way to sun by early afternoon. The thermometer rose from 21 at 1 30 a.m. to 33 at 10 a.m. and 42 by 2 30 p.m. Wednesday's high of 38 gave way to 28 by 7 p.m. and 22 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Thanksgiving dinner birds sold with cash buyers rush
Advertises six day window to sell turkeys ducks chickens geese capons and guineas for Thanksgiving. Want Ad under Thanksgiving Dinner Specials promises hundreds of buyers with cash in hand and special rates for three or five days. ad-taker phone 2 1121.
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Gazette
Iowa City Keokuk among towns reporting earth tremors
An earth tremor lasting about 30 seconds rattled many cities across Iowa Missouri Wisconsin and Illinois. Seismologist from St Louis University pinpointed the epicenter roughly 30 miles south of St Louis. Shocks were felt in Kansas City Jefferson City Ste Genevieve Columbia Festus Hannibal Belleville Alton Springfield Chester Keokuk and Town City.
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Iowa City
Keokuk
ST Louis
Missouri
Wisconsin
Hanoes
James BL. Macklnane
St Lows University
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Ste. Genevieve
Columbia
Festus
Hannibal
Belleville
Alton
Springfield
Chester, W
Town City
Towa City
Thanksgiving Day through American presidents and reform
A mashed summary traces the holiday now known as Thanksgiving from colonial humbleness to presidential proclamations. It cites Bradford, Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt while noting writings by Sarah Hale advocating annual observance and later proposals to replace it with a grievance day.
Cop Falls for Old Dodge Frees Passer of Phony Bills
A Cedar Rapids man passed counterfeit ten-dollar bills Monday night in two locations. A patrolman questioned the passer after a shopkeeper and a waitress suspected the money. The suspect was released after showing a bill the officer deemed real, with no bad notes found at a local bank.
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W. F. Helms
Davenport
Wadden
Dave Lines
Cedar Rapids
Cop
Old Dodge
Mindrite
First Avenue
Rose Veroshek
Uncle Sams
Ening Place
Harold Prasil
Meoroshek
Thirteenth Street
Prasit
Peoples Savings Bank
German Planes Laying Mines
London dispatch reports a dramatic new mine laying method by German seaplanes over the Thames estuary. The mines, football sized and parachuted from aircraft, were dropped indiscriminately to flood waterways and threaten surface craft and submarines.
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London
INS
Thames
Gestapo taunts British spies who told secrets
Berlin AP report details 21 days of coded wireless talks between Gestapo and British intelligence ending with a taunting farewell. It cites the arrest of two British agents Captain Richard Henry Stevens and Sigismund Payne Best and ties to the Munich bomb plot.
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Gestapo
DNB
Georg Elser
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Elser
Secret Service
Richard Henry Stevens
Sigismund Payne Best
Hitler
Hague
Netherlands
Des Moines Airport Hangar Fire Kills Man Two Hurt
A Des Moines two-alarm blast destroyed the municipal airport hangar injuring two WPA workers and killing a man identified as Maiti Barnes. Nineteen planes were lost including the Register-Tribune ship. The fire caused extensive damage to the hangar and office structures.
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Des Moines
Maiti Barnes
Louis Bender
Arts Parks Department
Emeplore
de Eree
Waltham L Richardson
WPA
Bender
Richardson
Register-Tribune
Pangea
Atha E. Thomas
Cral Aeronautics Authority
United States Weather Bureau
Stalfar S F Decke
Sid
Des Moines Loop
United Airlines
Des Moines Airport Fire Described as Hellish Scene
Des Moines AP reports a dramatic account of a recent airport fire described as the nearest thing to hell by a witness. The piece notes vivid, graphic details and indicates continuation on page 2 column 1.
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Des Moines
Des Moines’ Airport
Baer Offers Wife Led Rule For Everyday Thanks
The text cites Arthur Bugs Baer quoting a “wife only boss” rule, suggesting a society where gratitude and freedom hinge on spousal permission. It contrasts daily thanksgiving with a calendar of meals and wishes, mentioning turkey for next Thursday and a land of freedom and plenty.
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Clayton Mo
Auer
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Wahington
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