2008 on federal roll of jobless in Linn County
O L Moore manager of the local National Re employment office reports 2658 men on lists in Linn County with Cedar Rapids totaling 2383. One fourth registered for common labor, others in about 100 classifications including building trades engineers and white collar workers. Only 320 World War veterans registered for public works. Most jobless over 40 or under 25, 49 registered Negroes and 12 Mexicans. No general registration for women as calls are for housemaids. Call 9164 for referrals.
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Linn County
O. L. Moore
Cedar Rapids
National Re-employment Office
Moore
Gly-Cas Herbal Remedy Promises Relief, Ottumwa Claim
Gly-Cas touted by the Gly-Cas Man at Thrifty Drug Store as a long tested medicine addressing stomach liver kidney bowels and blood. C G Wertz of Ottumwa testifies after twelve years of rheumatism that Gly-Cas restored his health and eased pain enabling him to walk farther and eat normally. Free samples offered at the store corner First street and Third avenue SE.
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First Street
Third Avenue SE
Ottumwa
Towa
C. GC. Wertz
Elma Street
Thrifty
Kouba Named Assistant Director of Coe Band
Ben Kouba a Coe college senior was named assistant director of the Coe Military Band for the coming year. He will conduct a concert Monday at 8 15 p m at Sinclair Memorial chapel before a week long Chicago Century of Progress engagement by 54 band members. The program includes Coronation March Issesoo Meyerbeer Sousa King Cotton Sousa Bartered Bride Selection Smetana Century of Progress March and other works.
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Ben Kouba
Coe College
Kouba
Roosevelt
Hoover
Coe Military Band
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Chicago
Coe
Exposition
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Meyerbeer
Washington Post
Sceccescore
Sousa King
Sousa
Smetana Century of Progress
Schubert
Mim. Sk
Tryner
Local Talent Lineup Features Doris Johnson and Scollon Sisters
Doris Johnson Remington and LaVonne Scollon with Audrey Scollon headline a varied program including songs by Mildred Graser. Rex Emry and four Boy Scouts perform a tumbling act, Earl Manholtz Jr with his father read aloud, Mrs. Bessie Scott sings, Donald Griffin with Russell DeMoss orchestra performs songs and guitar, Herman Schloss appears, and Earl Hildebrandt presents "The Lesson of Friendship."
Sears 47th Anniversary Sale Planned At Local Store
Sears Roebuck and Company marks its forty seventh anniversary from September 21 to 30 with elaborate sales. Local manager W H Schaffer announced plans for the event and that 390 stores will participate. A banquet at Hotel Montrose honored 40 employees, featuring entertainment and dancing. The Sears store has operated in the city six years at its current site. A 1932 Iowa spending report shows growth with wages advertising rents taxes and state products totaling 4 944 830 during 1930 31 32.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
W. H. Schaffer
Atore
Hotel Montrose
Schaffer
Sears
Iowa
Mrr. Schaffer
Education Pays Big Returns In Peaceful Revolution Era
Dr. H M Gage argues education yields the best returns as the nation undergoes economic and social revolution. He cites rising college and high school enrollment from 1920 to 1930, stresses adult education, flexible class hours, and the need to develop minds and leadership for a changing future.
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Gage
Associated Press
the Gazette
H. M. Gage
Coe College
Gace
Commission For Richer Education
North Central Association of Colleges
Association of American Colleges
Union of Presbyterian Colleges
Wallace Sounded Inflation Warning on Tariffs and Farm Prices
Secretary Wallace warned that inflation risks loom if tariffs stay high and the US remains a creditor nation. He argued reciprocal tariffs won’t lift foreign buying enough to clear surpluses in wheat and cotton. He urged farmers to cut supply as farm prices improve only with reduced output, noting plowing under cotton and hog slaughter.
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America
Wallace
United States
Man steals extinguisher after using phone at filling station
G. S. Johnson, owner of a filling station at 720 Center Point Road NE, reported at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday that an intoxicated man used the station phone and then stole a fire extinguisher from a wall rack near the terminal. Johnson said he was outside when the theft occurred and only noted the thief’s vague description as the visitor left.
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G. S. Johnson
Center Point Road
Johnson
Ottumwa Man Faces Liquor Charge After Injury and Fatal Accident
Schuyler Palmer aged 25 of Ottumwa returned from an accident near the airport in which his friend Jack Davee was killed. Palmer was arraigned in federal court and fined 50 dollars plus costs by Judge Charles Dewey on a liquor charge. The piece notes dangers from line squalls to airships.
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Schuyler Palmer
Ottumwa
Jack Davee
Palmer
Charles Dewey
One Day's Freedom Cost Escaped Prisoner Long Term
Emmett Bock escaped from an Ohio prison farm a day before release and lived three years as a citizen in Chicago. Authorities seek to require him to serve the remainder of his maximum term eight years. Police arrested him after his wife slept with a baby nearby and he admitted identity after records and photos were shown.
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Chicago
Emmett Bock
Ohio
Bock
Thomas Malone
London
O. Bock
Grim
Williams burg Couple Injured in Rural Car Crash
Mr and Mrs Charles Edwards of Williamsburg and Miss Mary Edwards of Iowa City with Miss Ethel Messer of Victor were injured Monday afternoon when their car collided with an opposing vehicle near Dickens on No 59 west of Brooklyn. Both cars lost a wheel and were otherwise damaged.
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Williamsburg
Charles Edwards
Mary Edwards
Iowa City
Ethel Messer
Victor
Dickens
No. 59
Brooklyn
Car Crash Leaves Edwards Car Occupants Bruised
A damaged report says the Edwards car turned over and all occupants were badly bruised and cut. The other car occupants, a man and his sister from Scotts Bluff, were unhurt.
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Edwards
Scotts Bluff
Railroads seek rehearing on Iowa freight rate cuts
Ten railroads operating in Iowa filed petitions Tuesday with the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners seeking a rehearing of the freight rate case that cut intra state coal shipping rates.
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DES Moines
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Owa
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George Kasper
Lester Frezek
Maddigan School of Music
Elfretta Borden
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Gene Kelly
Nadine Hicks
Helen Jane Prochaska
Mildred Graser
Carletta Swansen
Viola Rowry
Gene
Iona
C. C. Wertz
Sears Company
DR. H. M. Gage
SEC
U.S. Liquor Fine
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Avalon
Dreamland
Fountain Service Bottle Beer
Dixie
Coney Island
Paramount Theater
Detective Bureau
Malone
Ask
Killian’s
Marinette
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Mist
Miriam Gross
Bradley and Snyderknit
Moana Vanes
Oxford
Slater
Killian
ICE & Fuel CO
Century Oil
Pied Piper Juniors
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