Army of men seek Hoover Dam jobs in Las Vegas
Reported by INS from Las Vegas Nevada between 1932 and Hoover Dam labor. Thousands applied for work and a flood of hopefuls arrived daily while engineers forecast peak employment at under four thousand workers across 123 classifications. Ex servicemen get preference but many live in makeshift camps near the city with little shelter.
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Army OF Men
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas
Nev
INS
Leonard Blood
Ix Cee
Reclamation Bureau
Absent-Minded Grocer Visits Family Doctor
An absent-minded grocer calls on his old friend the family doctor for a long chat. As he leaves, the doctor asks about his family and the grocer suddenly remembers his wife is having a fit. Tit-Bits shares the amused anecdote.
Ex King of Spain and Other Word Puzzle Clues
A clipped list of crossword style clues and numbers including references to the ex king of Spain Chum Nominal Long series and clues for various words such as payment to miners and a field of granular show with many cross references and wordplay hints
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Spain
La Porte City Child Drowns In Shallow Pool
Special to The Gazette reports eighteen month old Melvin Knipp son of Mr and Mrs Will Knipp drowned in a lily pond about fourteen inches deep near his home in La Porte City shortly after 10 am Friday. The body was found floating in the pond with his family and neighbors present as authorities investigated the incident.
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The
Gazette
LA Porte City
Melvin Knipp
Will Knipp
Attempt To Kidnap Son Of Michigan Congressman Fails
DETROIT UP A kidnapping attempt at the home of Congressman Clarence J. McLeod endangers his 12 year old son. Two Black intruders overpowered maid Donella Stetson and sought the boy while the congressman reported a suspicious call and a fast getaway. The boy was visiting his grandmother Jennie Posselius when police traced the incident. The maid fainted from fright and was found unconscious by Mrs. McLeod on her return home. No motive or reason given for the attempted abduction.
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Detroit
Clarence J. McLeod
McLeod
Donella Stetson
City clerks aim to register 450 daily for ten days
The commissioner of registration announced a goal of 450 registrations per day for the next ten days as the pre election deadline nears. About 200 people are registered daily now, with some 4500 voters not yet eligible. A Saturday open house at City Hall aids traveling registrants.
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Louis Burgus
Burgus
Statement of the Condition of United State Bank
Sworn statement from Linn County bank officers shows total resources at 572 963 40 with liabilities equal to the same amount. The report lists cash items 509 139 62 and 4 180 00, plus capital and surplus figures and names vice president Sherwood and cashier Kriz.
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United State Bank
Étfi
Demana
Cavin Seine
Soshabenaake, Jr
Charles Kriz
Do Ny
Charles Kay Pees
Ian Gashier
Ieee Jr
Eee Kris, Yavra
Democrats Open Local Headquarters in Linn County
Wal ter R. Hutchinson announces the opening of the Linn county democratic central committee headquarters on the Roosevelt hotel mezzanine. The center will direct campaign work through Nov 8 and host a final campaign drive dinner Tuesday at 6 pm with state leaders like B. M. Jacobsen and local candidates. A rally will feature local speakers and a farmer representative, with literature badges and a telephone available for public use.
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Democratic
Roosevelt Hotel
Walter R. Hutchinson
Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
Hutchinson
County Central Committee
B. M. Jacobsen
Congress
James A. Reed
Missouri
Des Moines
Bridge Experts Demonstrate Inference Leads to Top Score
The article recounts Samuel Pry Jr of New York achieving a high score in the mixed pair championship at the Bridge League event inbury Park New Jersey. Pry outplayed P Hal Sims and partner Mrs. Margaret Stengel with deft bidding and inference as South dealer with both sides vulnerable.
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Ian
Margaret Stengel
South
Question on bidding and play from Cedar Rapids Gazette readers
The page recounts a reader question on bridge bidding from Mrs. Culbertson, noting South's one heart opening and West pass. It explains that South likely holds a strong heart suit and a fairly strong hand, hoping partner continues the bidding if holding more than a minimum. It mentions the heart nine lead and subsequent plays, with references to specific players and clubs.
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South
West
Lieut Rall Transferred From Coe To Canal Zone
Lieut Rall formerly of the Coe R O T C unit is ordered by the war department to report for duty with the infantry in the Panama Canal Zone. The report recalls his three years with Coe and prior service in the Philippines and Manila with the Thirty first Infantry. The article also mentions local items about wells and a homecoming in Riverside and a wedding in Buckingham.
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Lieut
Rall
Coe
Canal Zone
Staten Rall
Coe R. O. T. C
War Department
Panama Canal Zone
Tyger
Owen Woodward
New York City
Canes Ae Ee
J. F. Ball
Crook
Seventeenth Infantry
Philippine Islands
Thirty-first Infantry
Manila
The
Cee
Unemployed League Opposes Publication of Relief List
The Unemployed League and the Progressive League urge the county board to withhold publishing the county relief list. They argue publicizing names would lower morale and call for a petition against disclosure of those who received relief in the last month.
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Unemployed League
Progressive League
County Board of Supervisors
League
Knights of Pythias lodge installs officers at Anamosa
Belle Plaine Temple 19 Pythian Sisters and Fifth district Knights of Pythias held a joint installation at Anamosa. Claire Collins officiated with Bertha Moore and Hazel Neuman among officers named and Mary Van Dike noted for records and correspondence duties.
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Belle Plaine
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Anamosa
Temple 19
Claire Collins
Bertha Moore
Hazel Neuman
Mary van Dike
May Ward
Minnie Hoover
Loma Peters
Florence
Weathers
Susie Eige
Blanche Young
Collins
Notice of action in Linn County District Court
Action filed in Linn County District Court case 43830 between North Plaintiff and Stanley Securities Corp defendant. Receiver states the property to be sold is the west 136.92 acres of the fractional quarter section 78, township 3 north, range 8 west, as described in the petition.
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Linn County
North
Stanley Securities
Seu
Stanley Securities Corp
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