Hopkins Faces Impossible WPA Job Push in Three Weeks
The piece lays out WPA chief Harry Hopkins must place about 2.37 million new workers in three weeks to reach a total of 3.5 million employed by January. It notes current disbursements, CCC placements, and other agencies contributing to the effort amid Roosevelt era concerns and other political appointments and public notices.
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Washington
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Harry Hopkins
WPA
CCC
Hopkins
Mount Vernon intervenors seek to dissolve school board injunction
Six residents including Lyall Bryant and Mrs J D Peet file in district court to dissolve a Sept 13 injunction restraining the Mount Vernon school board from hearing charges against Anselm and from interfering with his contract. Judge Ring set the Oct 14 hearing.
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Mount Vernon
George Anselm
Anselm
Lyall Bryant
J D Peet
Lee A Stinger
E Weisley
E E Daubenmeir
Freeman
H C Ring
Begin Trial Of Man Held For Store Breakin
The state case against Robert Boone a 23 year old Negro of 117 Twelfth Avenue SE opens before Judge H C Ring and a district court jury in the store break in at C H Brittin grocery 600 Seventeenth Street NE on Sept 12. Boone was arrested about noon Sept 13 at a rooming house after police sought the burglar who dodged bullets earlier that morning.
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Robert Boone
Twelfth Avenue
C H Brittin
Seventeenth Street
H. C Ring
Boone
Norn
Radio Airwaves Reveal Full Day of NBC CBS NBC Programs
A dense schedule lists morning to late evening broadcasting across NBC and CBS networks. Programs include The Honeymooners, Mary Marlin, Diana? voices, musical ensembles, and orchestras with stations WJZ WEAF WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO WOC.
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Travell Kitchen
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WIZ Chain
Mary Lee Taylor
CBS
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U. S. Navy Band
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Fountain of Sone
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Charlie Boulanger Orch
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Louise Florea
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Joseph Jastrow
Bil Verkins
Vic and
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Old Kentucky
Edith Warren
Piano Due
Myrt and Maree
Buddy Clark
Wee the Sailer
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Muse
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Kate ‘Smith
Kmoxx
Rudy” Vallee
Lanny Ross
Joe Candullo
Joe Rines Orch
Wwaney Game
U. S. Naval Academy
Weaf Chain IL
Shander
Frankie Master
WAB
WCC
Agitio—Faileres Orch
Weaf Cha
Charies A Orberser
Witness identifies Boone in break in case near Fourteenth avenue SE
After a break in police recovered a cash register from the store in a nearby residence yard. Patrolman William Milke identified Boone as the man who arrived in a car registered in Boones name and approached the register while Milke watched in the darkness. C. H. Brittin testified as state proprietor with attorneys Hendrickson and Fordyce for the state and Richmond for the defendant.
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Fourteenth Avenue SE
William Milke
Boone
Resume Hearing In Appeal Of Fairfax Viaduct Case
Judge A B Clark and a district court jury resumed hearing an appeal from a condemnation award for land taken for the Fairfax No 149 viaduct site. Plaintiffs Rosa Farrell et al contend highway grade altered drainage and access causing damage. jury could not hear damages. The parcel measures .13 acre.
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District Court
State Highway Commission
Fairfax
Rosa Farrell
Mary Farrell Reagan
Lillian Barger
Rose F. M Farrell
Leo T. Farrell
Cedar Rapids Attorney Suing for 400 Over 1933 Services
G P Linville filed a district court suit Wednesday against Miles A Peel John Cox and Anna Cox seeking 400 for services allegedly provided at their request in 1933 during an attempt to incorporate Capin park area west of Cedar Rapids to obtain beer permit rights. Accusations of illegal possession of alcohol against Ben Jones are involved. Jones pleaded not guilty on Sept 27 and the case was dismissed on a state motion for lack of defense in district court Wednesday. Judge H C Ring denied the motion.
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G P Linville
Cedar Rapids
Miles A. Peel
John Cox
Anna Cox
Capin Park
Ben Jone
H C Ring
Jones
Herring Defends Administration of Old Age Pensions
Gov. Clyde L. Herring defended the old age pension administration in Des Moines, rebutting Rep. Morris M. McNie’s letter criticizing pension funds. He accused McNie of blocking funding and noted the legislature approved a million dollars for old age assistance.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Old Age Pension Administration
Franklin County
Morris M. McNie
Hampton
McNie
Herring
Herring Seeks Fast PWA Grants for Oakdale and Clarinda
Gov Clyde L Herring wired Interior Secretary Harold L Ickes asking speedier approval of two state public works grants The Oakdale tuberculosis sanatorium project seeks 105 000 dollars while the Clarinda hospital for the insane requests 200 000 dollars for expansion and improvements.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Oakdale
Clarinda Hospital
Barrymore Divorced as Dolores Costello Wins Custody
Dolores Costello and John Barrymore were divorced in Los Angeles after seven years of marriage. Custody of their two children, Dolores and John, was awarded to Costello by Superior Judge Charles Bogue. Elaine Barrie announced an end to her romance with Barrymore, saying he cannot be trusted, amid reports he is vacationing with a Pasadena beauty aboard Barrymore’s yacht.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Dolores
John
Charles Bogue
Miss Costello
Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Miss Barrie
Cedar Rapids Among 14 Iowa Cities With No 1935 Diphtheria Deaths
State health figures show Cedar Rapids and 13 other Iowa cities had no diphtheria deaths in the first seven months of 1935. From 1930 to 1934 Cedar Rapids had a 2.8 per 100 000 death rate and 23 per 100 000 average case rate, while Ames Boone Newton recorded no deaths. The department is coordinating with medical groups to prevent illness and deaths from diphtheria.
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Iowa’ State Department of Health
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Boone
Burlington
Clinton
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Iowa City
Keokuk
Mason City
Muscatine
Newton
Oskaloosa
Council Bluffs
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State Department of Health
Six Die In Plane Crash In Finland
A Finnish junker plane named Ohah crashed into the gulf between Helsinki and Reval killing the pilot, a mechanic, and four passengers. The article notes the crash occurred Wednesday near Reval as the craft flew the route. The wreck results in multiple fatalities.
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Helsingfors
Junker
Ohah
Reval
Bar Pacifist From School Case May Go High Court
Lynn Massachusetts June case concerns Carleton B. Nichols Jr who was barred from public schools for refusing to salute the American flag citing religious tenets. Nearby Saugus authorities also sought additional action in the dispute.
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Lynn
Mass
Carleton B. Nichols, Jr
Saugus
State AG Warns Four Children Over Salute Refusal
State attorney general endorses action against four pupils who refuse to salute on grounds stated, detailing legal basis and potential penalties as the case proceeds through official channels.
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State Attorney General
Guffey Coal Act Hearing Set For October 28
Washington report says the first constitutional test of the Guffey coal control act will go to trial October 28, three days before the act provisions take effect. The hearing marks the initial judicial challenge to the measure.
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Guffey Coal Act
Washington
Lithuania Wins Seat in Parliament in Elections
Partial results from the September 29 elections show Lithuania gaining a larger seat share. The voting tally indicates a shift with several parties securing seats and a new configuration emerging in the parliamentary chamber.
Trotzky Seriously Ill In Hospital Near Oslo
AP reports exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotzky seriously ill with tuberculosis in a Oslo area hospital. The note mentions his incognito status and unclear location details amid World War I era turmoil.
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Trotzky
Oslo
Copenhagen
Denmark
Leon Trotky
Ole Trotzky
Nervas
Fire destroyed house in Sprns Coeck township
A fire gutted a house belonging to a man named Witham Christian in Sprns Coeck township. Firefighters arrived too late. the structure was a total loss but damage was covered by insurance.
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LA Porte
Min Do M Witham Christian
Coeck
Ds Typ Parentis
Porte
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