Two Thousand New Jobs Created in Iowa
Across ten large Iowa cities the NRA code program added about 2000 new jobs last week. Davenport reports 800 hires or starts. Cedar Rapids about 300. Clinton 350 plus railroad recall. Burlington notes 100 plus planned increases. Keokuk 30 to 50. Council Bluffs about 100 now and 150 more soon. Waterloo 550 employers signed. Ottumwa awaiting insignia. Iowa City 300 employed under code. Marshalltown stores expand. Fort Dodge noted overall rise. Mason City 400 signatories. Dubuque over 150 firms showing blue eagle.
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Associated Press
Iowa
NRA
Davenport
Chamber of Commerce
NRAA
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
The
Clinton Herald
North Western Railroad
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Frank P. Hoffman
City News Briefs From Muscatine Area Activities
Various club meetings and social events are announced including the Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting at city hall at 7 45 p m and Beacon city World's Fair workers at the Y M C A Friday night. Elks stag party planned on Muscatine Island with sports and entertainment. Illinois City vs Muscatine and Skolnik's Riveteers vs Lone Tree baseball games scheduled. Several court actions note dismissals of assault and bad check charges.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elks Lodge
Mittman
Muscatine Island
Elks
Illinois City
Light and Water Team
Muscatine
Skolnik
Riveteers of
Lone Tree
Oregon Street
Circus Tickets Prove Popular In Muscatine
The Russell Brothers circus draws eager crowds ahead of two shows in Muscatine next Monday. Twenty seven local firms join a guest ticket plan issuing tickets with every 50 cent purchase. Child admission costs 10 cents and adult 20 cents with these guest tickets.
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Russell Brothers Circus
Muscatine
Journal
Russell Brothers
Iowa
South Muscaine
Iowa Jailbreak Attempt Foiled at New Hampton
Sheriff George C. Murray halted a noon breakout at Chickasaw County Jail when the west wall was found breached by one and a half feet and one foot deep. A smuggled screwdriver was used to drill the wall, implicating four men placed in solitary confinement.
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New Hampton
Chicka- Saw
George C. Murray
Murray
Correction on Dr. J D McPike Practice Specialty
The correction states Dr J D McPike has opened a new general dentistry practice in the Hershey building, and is not specializing as previously reported yesterday.
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J. D. McPike
Hershey
Denver Flood Forces 5000 Homeless as Dam Breaks
Torrential rains unleashed millions of gallons of water when Castlewood dam burst near Denver. Five thousand residents evacuated from homes, with miners missing after panning gold in Wildcat canyon. Mrs. Claude Hill, 50, drowned in a separate cloudburst near Matson. Bridges swept away as Cherry Creek reached city limits around 6 a.m.
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Denver
Castlewood
Wildcat Canon
Here
Claude Hill
Mateson
Cherry Creek
Denver Flood Strands Downtown After Bridge Washout
Firemen and police rescued dozens trapped as Champa Street bridge washed away and power lines broke. The flood halted business across downtown Denver impacting fashionable homes in Polo Club and Denver Country Club areas.
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Polo Club
Denver Country Club
Champa Street
Denver
Court orders Davis to Leave City Amid Liquor Nuisance Case
Davis, a colored man, faced permanent continuance on charges of maintaining a liquor nuisance in Justice J. C. Coster's court and was ordered out of the city. Police arrested him at Happy Hollow along the river where they allege finding a quart of hooch and several glasses in his possession.
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Ben Davis
J. C. Coster
Davis
Happy Hollow
Death of Hellen Osborn City Editor of Quincy Herald
Miss Hellen Osborn city editor of the Herald Whig Quincy died suddenly at noon in her apartment after a relapse following a recent illness in St. Louis. She had 30 years in newspaper work and was among the few women to reach city editor rank.
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Quincy
Hellen Osborn
Herald- Whig
St. Louis
Miss Osborn
Lewis Protests Restaurant Stand In Iowa Labor Fight
Des Moines reports State Federation of Labor president J. C. Lewis telegrammed Administrator Hugh S. Johnson declaring the Iowa Restaurant Employers Association will not sign the blanket agreement or display the NRA insignia. Lewis said the group demands removal of insignia from signed establishments and notes employees are paid low wages while labor is drawn on for bonus items. He urged federal action amid claims of snipe and chiseling by employers.
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Des Moines
J. C. Lewis
State Federation of Labor
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Act
Iowa Restaurant Empoyers’ Association
NRA
Lewis
Labor Organization
Restaurant Employers Association
Federal District Attorney
Two Arrested for Walkathon Violate City Endurance Rules
A. R. Corey secretary of the Iowa State fair and Jack Ray director of a Walk athon contest at the fairgrounds were released on their own bonds to appear for trial Friday on a charge of violating a city ordinance prohibiting endurance contests. They were arrested Wednesday night just before the event. No charges were filed against the 176 participants.
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Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Jack Ray
Fairgrounds
Corey
Ray
J. E. Mershon
Mayo Kidnaping Attempt Revealed
Rochester is stunned by a foiled kidnaping attempt at the Mayo estate Mayowood. Three Mayo children aged 2 1 2 to 6 slept as a nursemaid’s vigilance and a locked door thwarted the would be abductor. The kids are grandchildren of renowned surgeon Dr. Charles H Mayo.
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Rochester
Minn
Charles W. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo
Mayo Home
Mayowood
Miles
Incident Near Rochester Involving Nurse and Car
A nurse named Marie Langseth slept in the same room when a car approached the house around 2 30 a m. The engine was shut off and the car coasted away after passing over a hill near the residence, leaving locals curious about the nighttime intrusion.
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Rochester
Marie Langseth
Lydia E Pinkham Tablets for Women Relief
Old advertisement touts 50 cent tablets for women by Lydia E Pinkham. Claims relieve iodic pain and associated climate discomfort and prevent recurrence with persistent use. Sold by all druggists.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Moscow
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Cedar Street
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Washington Street
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Minneapolis
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Henry Simmering
East Fifth Street
Hershey Hospital
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East Seventh Street
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Mulberry Avenue
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Fairview Avenue
Mildred Fogarty
West Eighth Street
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William Green
Ernest Naber
Decorah
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Bennett Story
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Verle D. Nietzel
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Chicago
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Agnes K. Brogaard
Jean Shinabarger Jahnke
Milwaukee
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
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Outlet Clothing Store
Sheridan Road
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Til
Lake Michigan
U. S. Route 41
Illinois 42
R. W. Larke
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Armour
General Store
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Paxton & Gallagher
Sane
Sou
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Ear
Bar Pai
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