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Iowa City Daily Iowan (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Iowa City, IowaIt e Daill baseball partly Cloudy Iowa part Joudy Tola and tomorrow Wilder too a l a lilt rerl1larll of Tell or. Yaun Lafans r,.,. Story on pare i Iola Cit Horning sunday March 31, 1940 volume xxxv number 337 Low a City Iowa five cents watch out there la be those who la remember Tom Orrow s All fool s Day by Mary a Mogens april Foo All of which goes to show that putting one Over on the other fellow is by no Means a new idea. April fool s Day in fact seems to be an almost uni Versal custom throughout cd is t endom. I to origin is definitely unknown but it probably had its beginning in France about 1564 when new year s Day was car ried Back to the first of j january instead of being celebrated on a prank on one or a Lew per bearer and Friend to View the Hiil All that sunday morning March 25, As had been the Case sons but on a whole portion of annual ceremony of washing the earnestly and vainly trying to bearing a Hod on his shoulder and. Later he go enor was told the other a Basket of rubbish 01 the incident As a j t. Bub the governor was suspicious and Orde de the oct to be proved. Bui it was too late the Duke and his Wile we e w1l on their Way. April 1st aved them. The first of april some do say is set apart Lor All fools before. Society. For example an extensive White Lions on sunday april find the White on Ber Back they Well through the Gates 01 the City at an Early hour. A woman who knew who they were in to the guard to warn the sentry of their Iden Tity. April fool cried the 01 Dler. And then All the guard shouted april fool thus quoted poor Robin s Ai Manack Way Back in 1760, poor Robin being the imaginary auth or of a series of almanacs quite different from poet Richard s almanac which As you know was Benjamin Franklin a. But the d a has a character al l hoax was perpetrated in England 1st 1860. Admitted Only at the it is related in f Rance that its own because it alone is con in March 1860. White Gate. It is particularly e Francis Duke of Lorraine and secreted to practical joking. Who a Large group of people re Quested that no gratuities be his wife who were held captives can Fot get the Brick under the Cei Ved through the mail past Given to wardens or their assets at Nante Eue ded their escape hat on the Side Wilk or the cards with a Seal marked by an ill consequence of the attempt pocketbook fastened to a siring Inver ted sixpence. The e is car it is said that the trick was being made on the 1st of april. So tomorrow when april comes in watch your st very one has forgotten Thot it j Aii pools Day. At times individuals h ave gone ried the following invitation highly successful and that cab3 Dii use to great l length to not Only play Tower of London. Admit the were Tat lung about on Tower disguised As peasants one. Report Turkey Iowa fit Over w oud admit committee my a hoboes must live and Iowa City offers fact Jittie above the Ordinary Superior player Superior play a. Incl so a b and c of the Iowa Rich school play prod cuon Fth Olval of the past week were named by Fth Oval Jade yesterday. New Cert will follow White Book Allied vessels takes spotlight a Winter Era ends for the bums to permit passage through a Dardanelles of Cut nazi Supply Bucharest March 30 a Turkey was represented in unusually Well informed b a i k a n diplomatic quarters tonight As having agreed to permit passage of British and French warships through the Dardanelles to choke off Germany s Supply line Tram Russin in the Black sea. The newspaper be moment regarded As close to the French embassy Here reported moreover that Turkey had agreed to place her naval bases at Trebizond Samsun and sin Ope at the allies disposal for use As contraband Des Moines March 3d a _ a state fight Over National by Morty Tonken committeemen took the spotlight daily iowan news editor away from the presidential Cam Dante s inferno depicted the pain picture in Many counties rather t o r r id habitat of the today As republicans met to pick damned. That Story has intrigued delegates to the state convention people throughout t the world Fol Here april 12. Many years. Yet r ight Here in interest entered in attempts Iowa City in an environment a to select either Friendly bit less Tor r id but still quite warm or unfriendly to Harrison e. Exists an i n Fer n 0 " k n of n Spangler f Cedar rapids pres throughout the 48 states As a a ent National committeeman from Ven. Iowa. I there is nothing incompatible the National committeeman or contradictory in. The two words will be elected for a four year As Lar As a Ceram stratum of term by Iowa delegates at the american society is concerned. National convention at Philadel they Are merely relative terms. Phi a in l me. It All depends on the interpret dam project up to army Tion one puts on the Catacomb like underground structures wind ing through a Large portion of the City and Campus and known As the steam t unnels. But this Story does not concern the tunnels Only it deals with the unfortunates who through sheer control bases. Iowa governor declares necessity must inhabit these ". F i this week Ber no or Tomor Row Junior Collen and Community players jul compete at University Thaier. For re Lelta of the put week s comp Elton and the line up for this week. See the Lead tory on e 5 01 thl Moraln r s daily iowan. Court revoke appointment of b. Re Ell w York Julie re Engli Man not fit for chair Rich of ii in hint Locum no l a be Bulli it to t"r8 a Kington. Larch 30 a rep. Fish Rny said tool he that he would demand 1\ come " inv Puon of the onn&1l"hi Book and would Elk Impe Hal it of ambassador will m bul ii if the facts by to i p. To h r Berlin March 30 a German . 24 hours Atter Dunlea Hing a diplomatic Blitz Arlel of 16 documents about alleged United Tat pre War diplomacy 1 an d Bock Tonj it in go Cui contemplation and prom i eel even More explore Casa Lions Oon nobody need try to prove an new York March soap Alibi loth effect he it. Min official circles in London pro s a i d heated holes if they Are to survive blessed no knowledge of the prostate on t n or the severe cold of Winters. There. Posed agreement with Turkey. It u. S. A t Coralville is no doubt whatsoever but that on the grounds that Bertrand Del Tood or that he a mis sell has Tau it in his books in quoted by polish envoys said moral and Ajac iou Doctrin " one out Cal up Akin. At the Docu who e produce would Vollat the ment to come. Was said however that if it is Joumaa being would relish the True it will be a Strong boost to Des Moines March 3d a experience of spending a night the Allied dipl9matie offensive in United states army engineers wedged in Between two steam the balkal1 l said the statement issued today pipes were he not forced to do so. Informants Here reported the by governor George a. Wilson turkish decision was reached at cleared the Way for the construct hoboes i ramps transients a British French turkish Mili Tion of the proposed $6,000,000 vagrants and hitchhikers who tary conference a few Days ago Coralville dam and flood control Indge the 7111 lion s highways at Hilepo although such action is project insofar As they Are con or who ride the rails pass contrary to the Monteux Conven corned. The word Amul where one Tion of 1936 to which Turkey was in answer to a request for his May find shelter Fot a few a party. Personal View on the subject this convention stipulated that governor Wilson wrote Lieut. Col. Nights in com l a alive safety. The Dardanelles would be closed Charles p. Gross head of the they know the facilities of to warships of belligerent nations army engineers Rock Island ill., each Jotun and cily in every except when they were serving District that slate. And Iowa cite is on under league of nations mandate it is not for me to make a de the Honor ? Oil for it offers or helping a victim of aggression termination As to the feasibility steam Hen de sll7lcltlary for under a Mutual assistance pact or practicability of a project not the wayfarers. Concluded within the framework approved by the Learned army of the league to which Turkey walking along the Campus or was a party. Wilson added however that the Banks of the River one sees a Way for Turkey to get around the state does not intend to in i Many cellar like entrances. Some this however is explained by i join the of the dam Are built on the style of entrances Deputy Petko Stunoff of the for across the Iowa River. To bomb proof shelters while eign affairs committee of the bul at Rock Island colonel Gross i Garian chamber of deputies who said it seems evident from that exports rut Bleb told the Sofia newspaper Slovon i statement governor Wilson s Washington a the e that Turkey would let herself letter tha t the United states Commeree department reported be forced to fail to prevent Brit i May proceed with this project yesterday that exports of Indus ish warships from crossing the without embarrassment from the trial machinery r reached a new strategic Dardanelle i state of monthly High in february. " and while Spring As the poets say turns a Young Man s fancy to one thing or another the eternal traveler looks 10rward to something else. In the warmth of Spring and summer he can sleep in freight cars Eattle stalls and in Jungle Camps on River Banks. This is the time when the Jungle Low comes into play. And with a Lily Towall Piloto Ell graving it comes that intriguing sign code which Only a confirmed Hobo can read and understand. Others appear like the old Tash i tals at steam and heat just a bit i toned entrances to Back Yard cel of initiative is enough. All one Lars. Not so Long ago every one has to do is yank open the double of these openings led to the in doors lying almost Flat on the Side of the steam tunnels but re ground enter pull the doors shut gently the majority have been and proceed Down the Stone Steps. Blocked and Only a few Are now the parlor available to those seeking admin a i i he Millom of ale Steps Sion. On the spacious Lawn South of Lii 1"1 is an spelling Cut i7l the quadrangle lies the Entrance half by a Lillge pipe. By to the most popular Hobo abode. Kllc kill tinder this pipe mul one does not need a calling card drop Ling in be or Fout fact to or an invitation to enter the por a cent floor Aile reaches i h "l1obo Here i gallic boilers Hiss team pies ii if intertwined cobras twist thei Way in flt Nydi l Erli Jii a111l al Coll ill Otis flow of raid water from 0111 of the pipes makes this Para Dise rom Irtz. One Corner of this Structure shows signs of recent habitation. Papers Are spread on the Cement see steam heat. Page 8 find Salesman s body Davenport a the body of Harry Shunk 51, former f Lour Salesman who had been missing Sinee nov. 211939, was found yesterday in the Mississippi. Clues baffle open door investigators t b re in coed slaying 0 e evolve penal Law of new York state a Spok a n would not stat supreme court Justice today the m Lve 8 to Precley what revoked the oppo ulment. Of the i Slat m n would be Nam d in the Brit h Earl philosopher to a pro forthcoming r in although one lessors help at City Rouege. He need that. The German Overn the appointment d flared jus m it ii in to Ion of direct use John e. Mcgeehan in a 4,000 communications by the United word dec Sjon which he himself stat Ambas Elldor to Paris i termed dynamic was an insult Liam c. Buvitt. To the people of the City of new yesterday s White Book made York and in effect an a met up i documents said to have by the City Board of High r do b n taken As spoils of Conquest cation to establish a chair or in trom the vaults of the Warsaw decane a at the parti coeducation of Reilly office purport d to quote Iii institution of 8,600 students. Bullitt and u. S. Ambassador to Bilter argument London Joeph a k in by at thus was climaxed a Bill r con Len Lith the quote being att Troverso touched of by episcopal buted to diplomatic reports of Pobi hop William t. Manning Short i h diploma in to Hon Elton 1y after Russell s appointment to Paris and London made in late an Sood a year Post in the de 1938 and the first half of 1939. Parment of philosophy Etc Ellve they ascribed to Bullott the in february 1941, announce de conviction Thal America would Era i months allo pros and cons Toni boo the War on the Sid o were Flung into the debate by not the allies to k needy a Promise de personages and with the Ellsi to put or sure on the British to As a springboard the state legis lend Money to Poland pre ident lature this week set up a Cornit Roosevelt by India Cllon was d Lee to investigate new York City s dared to have fostered an Amer education system. Ican War psycho is in order toll i ral Apprill then help the allies in the Comini con Hawarden captures class b debate honors state College pa., March 30 a investigating the baffling three Day old aex fiend murder of Chubby Rachel Taylor 17-year-old coed and new banking regime seeks recognition but it was a Brooklyn House Flint and have charled bullitt to wife mrs j Ean Kay Mother of Stop any Turt Ier British attempts two children who brought the a at appeasement. Tion leading to today s verdict. These reports w re wholly de she charged tha t the appointment need by oficial Wahington i was illegal l on three grounds that nevertheless German. Officials Russell was not a citizen that it expire de themselves today As did not comply with the statute completely satisfied with the of ". Congratuia1ions Are in order As Happy Contes Tants at the Iowa High school Fornaio 1inols get together. Shown above arc among the Inners Albert Pfaltzgraff of Manly Hiah school Aldrich Paul at Waukee Ond Kenneth Boutelle of Manly. Ellul a member of the team which took first in the class c division ranked first in individual ratings. Boutelle and Pfaltz raft were second arid this d. By foreign Polley fitted tonight thei r exhausting banking March 30 a work had led them nowhere by t Wang Ching Wei and his japanese up a bund Alley. Announcing that a suspect who sponsors made a bid for internal had been questioned for two Days tonal recognition of his regime announce ments of results yes had Beell definitely eliminated inaugurated Here today by Declar Tei Day climaxed the third Day of trom the puzzling Case commis ing respect for the rights and in Somr Lynn g. Adams of the state Teress of Friendly nations and an the Iowa High school forensic motor police declared intention to re open China s of league fim. Is of which prof. A. We Are just As much in a fog in door to the peaceful economic e. Sioux City Waukee at top Craig Baird of the speech de As activities of Powers who con apartment said i have never form to the situation in East seen such keen Competition or ratings which we re so High no floor menace in his declaration announcing or Mal establ13hment of the Japan outstanding team of the whole i c Lif. Ese backed regime with Hijra self As tourney from Hawarden t8 a or la i provisional president and Premier High school entered in the class i Wang said his Aims included inter b division. Both affirmative and National cooperation against com negative teams won first and All san Francisco March 30 monism and promotion of foreign four debaters placed in the up a a flood of major pro. Friendship. Per 25 per cent of class b speak portions is rapidly developing in re declared his Nankin regime ers regardless of schools. Haar i the Sacramento Valley after a to be the Only Legal government Den won top honors in last year s week of almost record rainfall of China and warned foreign pow Competition also. Members of this Federal meteorologist e. H. Ers against interfering with China s team coached by Edmund t. An i Fletcher said tonight. Internal a airs by continuing a Derson Are Charles Mcmanaman terming the situation critical Tive support of Chian Kai seek s Jack Hod away Lorraine Peck he named the Sacramento Fea l Chungkan government which and Elaine Armstrong. Velma tier and american Rivers As Chiel Wang termed a regional refugee Martin of Laurens also placed in danger spots. the upper 25 per cent of class b the new menace followed by Secretary of state Cordell Hull speakers. A month a devastating flood that in Washington today said that the for select Long Public employees on facts of their Surprise move and the basis of Merit and fitness and let everyone know that compared that it was against Public policy to the Vintage material that is in because of Russell s team Hills and the oiling yesterday s White Book his immoral was cheap a military visitor in class a debate East High inundated Many thousands of United states Contin jell to recon school of Sioux City pinched acres in Northern California Nils the chinese nationalist Lov through on a percentage basis to forced 6, persons from their Ern ment at Bun Skilli rather than Gate first honors. Thomas Jet Homes and caused damage Esti the japanese sponsored regime set col. Gec Lrae f. N. Daller Center department Here. Colonel Dailey Ferson High school of Council mated by Tate Ohio gals at $15, up at Nankin the United state stationed at it. Crook neb., and arrived by army plane with 2nd blues and Central Halih of Sioux 000,000. Nine persons lost their he said had ample reason Tor be until last june head at the s. Lieut. C. B. Sim molls 01 Lincoln City who lied for second had lives. Kevin. The chunking novem u. I. Military department Here who flew Bere on a Cross country the same number of wins and in the Marysville area today ment has had and still has the new into town Early yesterday to reconnaissance Fligh l they re losses. Each school von nine about 10,00 1 acres of Low farm allegiance and support of the a spend the Day with col. H. H. Turned to Nebraska late yester see debate Pace 5 and Dairy land was flooded Jority of the chinese people Slaughter left present head of the Day

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