Ohio River Floods Devastate Multiple States
Massive flooding from the Ohio River valley leaves about 150000 homeless and up to 100 dead or missing. Ohio reports the worst floods with 21 feet over flood stage in Cincinnati and over 60000 refugees. Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and other states face widespread damage and emergency levee repairs as water rises and cities brace for possible water shortages and power outages.
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Column notes Davenport man dies in market
Davenport Henry Eikstaedt aged 60 collapsed and died in the Falli Brothers market while waiting for meat to be wrapped. Apoplexy is blamed for the sudden death.
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Henry Eikstaedt
Falli Brothers
Glover Buys Frame Over Ten Dollar Intoxication Fine
Joe Glover aged 55 of Carroll faced a ten dollar intoxication fine. He purchased a frame for the receipt and said he would keep it as a reminder of a good time.
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Boone
Joe Glover
Negie
Carroll
Host to 28 Motorists After Snow Storm at Farm
Storm Lake reports farmer three miles east of town hosted 28 motorists stranded by drifts after a snow storm. The group included truckers, a sales representative, an ambulance driver, Buena Vista college coach Frank Callagher, and a janitor.
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Storm Lake
Thomas Keaj
Adis
Sulesmen
Frank Callagher
Buena Vista College
Crowd Braves Weather to Attend Scotch Festival
Despite deep snow and illness more than ninety people attended the fifty fourth annual Scotech festival at the American Legion armory in Ida Grove. Attendees came from Ida and surrounding counties to join the reform of the event.
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American Legion Armory
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Farm Union to buy tract as memorial for Milo Reno
Des Moines The town farmers union announced it would purchase land near Agency Louisiana and convert it into a memorial path honoring Milo Reno a farm union leader. Reno was born near Agency in willoppo county.
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Reno
Des Moines
Townarmers’ Union
Agency
Milo Reno
Boy Mixed Sledding and Fishing in Pocket Incident
A boy during a sledding outing fell over an eighty foot bank into Village Creek with two other youths. Lester Thompson hurried home, hung his coat to dry, and a fish tumbled from a pocket amid the accident.
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Official Holds Nurseries Not Part of Agriculture
Shenandoah N series horists will have to pay the social security tax on the payrolls, according to a ruling received at this nursery center. The nurseries do not constitute agricultural labor. DD SS. Bliss deputy collector, ruled.
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Shenandoan
SS. Bliss
Farmer Slips Down Hill Yells for Help
Maquoketa-Lee Burkey, 62, near Baldwin, started toward his brother Orville’s farm and slid 200 yards down a hillside pasture. He tangled in a wire fence, breaking his leg, and hung onto a sapling to call for help. An hour later Charles Caven, passing by a road, heard him.
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Maquoketa
Lee Burkey
Baldwin
Orville
Charles Caven
Fire Hall Fire Destroys Town Hall in Lacona
Firemen saved their engine just before flames engulfed the town hall in Lacona. The blaze leaves the community without a town hall for the second time in three years, following prior losses of churches and other buildings in past fires.
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Lacona, Ika
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Thinks Dynamite Safer in House Than Kerosene
Des Moines Iowa State Fire Marshal J. Vincent Pyle cited kerosene as a deadly factor in Iowa fire deaths and warned of rising fire losses in 1936. He noted eight deaths since January and pointed to last year’s total of seventy burns from fires, urging caution.
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J. Vincent Pyle
Lawn
Doctor Bierring reports flu cases rise in Iowa counties
Dr Walter L Bierring state health commissioner reported 3152 influenza cases in Iowa to date, up from last year. He noted one third of cases were in Woodbury county and Cherokee Osceola and Polk counties also reported hundreds each.
Red Cross Flood Relief Appeal Urges Local Support
Washington county Red Cross chairman Roger Sherman seeks $85 quota from local banks or mail to Lucy Dempsey as part of a nationwide drive led by Admiral Cary T Grayson. The national plea requests a minimum $2 million relief fund for flood victims across eight states amid harsh blizzard conditions and urgent aid needs.
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Washington County
Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
Thies County
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Lucy Dempsey
United States
Bombardment Opens in Madrid Center Shelled Eleven Times
Madrid dispatch reports the most serious bombardment yet as of 1 p.m. on January 23, with central Madrid buildings shelled eleven times. Air raid alarms and curfew measures accompany the attack.
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Night Temperature Dips to Four Below Zero
Last night the official minimum temperature fell to four degrees below zero and remained at two below by seven oclock.
Off the Record recounts show GOP gain in 28 Iowa counties
Iowa report says off the record recounts in 28 counties indicate George Wilson leads Kraschel by more than one percent, about 7,000 votes, in the 1940 gubernatorial race. Final decision to contest rests with Wilson. GOP central committee weighing actions as Republican reps review votes statewide.
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Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Carl Cock
George Wilson
Nelson G. Kraschel
Cook
Republican State Central Committee
Krasechel
Towa House
Iowa House
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Robert F& N. Aldrich
Belmond
Robert DP. Blue
Wright County
Blue
Democratic Committee
Republican Party
Wileun
State of
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Senate
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Still Hopeful of Auto Settlement
Detroit January 23 Governor Murphy expressed confidence that key figures in the GM UAW labor dispute could reach a settlement, despite failure of Washington negotiations as leaders returned to Michigan.
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General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
Michigan
Murphy
Washington
Iowa lawmaker seeks free liquor store permits in Des Moines bill
Iowa Representative Frank Engel proposes a bill to repeal the $1 liquor permit fee, arguing free permits would boost state store business along borders and offset revenue loss. The measure, to be filed Monday, follows another plan to cut permits to 25 cents. Engel mentions Illinois cross-border purchases and urges regulated sale of liquor by the drink, though not this session.
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Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Frank Engel
Dem. Scott
Iowa House
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Scott County
Miinois
Illinois
State Liquor Commission
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Senate
RE. P. Donohue
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Chickasaw
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Towa
Richmond Wins Primary Spelling Contest Title
Joe Nayadley of Richmond wins first in the primary division spelling correctly dreary and mention. Dean Stannard of Clay Ind. is runner up and Marilyn Macon of New Haver misspells eight for third. Advanced written contest winner is Jane Graham of Crawfordsville with Evelyn Powers and Edith Jolley second and third. The oral contest followed at 1:30 pm to select county champion speller.
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Richmond School
Dean Stannard
Clay ‘Ndependent School
Clay Township
Jane Graham
Crawfordsville
Evelyn Powers
Edith Jolley
Ainsworth School
Emergency seed loan measure passes in Des Moines
An emergency seed loan program that may reach 7.425 million dollars will take effect Monday after final Iowa legislature action before adjourning for the weekend session.
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Des Moines
Iown
Plans to aid Japan in event of war with United States
Moscow reports reveal an indictment in a Soviet conspiracy trial. Defendants Radek Sokolonikov and Panakov admit plans to help Japan in a future war and to assassinate Premier Stalin. The case links Nazi Germany and Trotskyist groups to an alleged plot against the Soviet regime.
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Germany
Karl Radek
Gregory Soklonikov
London
Gregory Panakov
Nazi Germany
Leon Trotsky
Radek
Soklonikov
Soviet Union
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Grving
Japanese Cabinet Resigns Amid Army Control Crisis
The Japanese cabinet resigns after army influence accusations. War minister General Count Juiechi Teraudhi refused to resign or commit hari kari, prompting the cabinet action. A slim majority opposes dissolution of the diet and calls for a general election.
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Torio
INS
Count Juiechi Teraudhi
Harikari
Diet
British Ordered to Leave Malaga
The British government orders evacuation of all British nationals from Malaga and closes the consulate due to danger from insurgent forces advancing from Madrid.
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Malaga
London
INS
Madrid
Guilty Plea Expected From Slayer Will Jordan
Will Jordan admitted shooting four people with two fatally wounded and waived a preliminary hearing. He was bound over to the grand jury on first degree murder without bail after a hearing at the county jail. He signed a written statement confessing the killings and said he is ready to plead guilty when arraigned in district court. The case will proceed under a county attorney information, with a district court hearing to determine the degree of guilt. Dak Denison, one of the wounded, showed some improvement though not decisive.
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