Porter Issues $2.4 Million Unemployment Check
Fred Porter deputy state comptroller wrote a $2 400 000 check from Iowa employers money collected since Jan 1 under the unemployment compensation law. He said it is the largest check he has filled for the state in twenty years and it is made out to the Federal Reserve Bank Chicago as fiscal agent for the U S Treasury. Requisitions will be made to meet ongoing claims beginning July 1 1928.
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Des Moines
Fred Porter
State House
Porter
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
United States Treasury
Elighe
Iowa
War Time Romance Tale Stars Muni and Hopkins
In RKO Radios World War drama The Woman Love Paul Muni and Louis Hayward play two men in love with the same Paris wife. Hayward, a French flying lieutenant, discovers his friend's wife is the object of his affection as war pressures the trio toward a dramatic denouement.
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Miriam Hopkins
RKO Radio
Paul Muni
Louis Hayward
Hayward
Leutenant
Paris
Muni
Joseph Kessel
France
Anatole Litvak
Hollywood
Paul Guilfoyle
Colin Clive
Vince Barnett
Mady Christians
Owen Davis, Jr
Donald Barry
al Lewis
Iowa City Schools to Open Dental Clinic Next Fall
Iowa City board of education approved establishing a dental clinic for public schools in the coming fall and hired Dr. L P Graham to run the clinic at a monthly salary of 230 dollars.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Board of Education
L. P. Graham
Payroll Tax Rate Change Proposal Summary
A proposed policy caps payroll deductions at nine tenths of one percent for the payroll base and applies to all employers with and beyond January 1. The plan targets widespread adherence, aiming to balance funding with minimal burden on workers.
Prices Raised a Little by Barbers in Washington
Washington barbers announce small price increases across two shop groups. Shaves rise from 20 to 25 cents and haircuts from 35 to 40 cents in four shops. another four raise from 15 to 20 cents for shaves and 25 to 35 cents for haircuts. Children’s hair cuts fixed at 35 cents. Officials cite higher supply costs and note Washington remains among the cheapest barber towns in the county. Funeral services for Mrs Jhe McAvoy were held at Sherman’s Funeral Home with Rev. M. C. Carstensen presiding. Casket bearers were George Breitenbach Vic Masson A. F. Atchison S. W. Kaster and A. W. Yard.
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Washington
McAvoy
Jhe McAvoy
Sherman
M. C. Carstensen
the Baptist Church
George Breitenbach
Vic Masson
A. F. Atchison
S. W. Kaster
A. W. Yard
M M Boughtin Visits in Home at Haskins
Local notes recount visits by Ottumwa resident M M Boughtin to the Haskins area and gatherings for Mother's Day. Families from Davenport Muscatine Sigourney Davenport and Gladwin share visits, meals, and Saturday night arrivals. Burial recorded as Elm Grove Cemetery.
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M. M. Boughtin
Ottumwa
Haskins
Dave Fenson
Elm Grove Cemetery
State Highway Board Loses $2,000 Suit
Spirit Lake Dickinson county won a court ruling allowing it to keep 2000 dollars in road funds after the state highway commission demanded payment. District Judge F C Davidson hand ed down the opinion. The highway board had sued last summer after prior requests for the excess funds from building five miles of pavement south of Milford.
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Spirit Lake
Dickinson County
State Highway Commission
F.C. Davidson
Highway Board
Milford
CCC Enrollers to Plant 5,000,000 Trees in State
Frank Meade acting state coordinator says CCC enrollers will plant five million young trees this spring under Soil Conservation Service supervision in cooperation with Iowa State College.
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CCC
Ames
Iowa
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa State College
Frank Meade
R. O. T. C. Parade On 56th Governor's Day
About 1,400 ROTC cadets will pass in review at the University of Iowa on Governor's Day. Gov Nelson Kraschel and staff will view the regimental review as the day's climax. Governor's Day marks the 56th observance of the ceremony.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Nelson &. Kraschel
Sunday visitors at the G C F knew home
In Ovlwein Sunday afternoon callers arrived at the home of Mrs. Sam Sands after a trip to Washington to see her mother.
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Ovlwein
Gq. C. F
Washington
Sam Sands
Funeral service for Paul Holtz in Riverside
Funeral services for Paul Wesley Holtz aged 35 were held Friday at the Riverside Methodist church conducted by Rev. Frank Ward. He died Tuesday night at his mother's home in Sac City after a week of illness from tonsillitis. Burial is in Riverside Cemetery. Surviving: his mother Minnie Holtz and brother Roy Holtz of Sac City. one sister died in infancy. Holtz had lived in Riverside Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and Sac City and worked in insurance.
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Riverside
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Paul Wesley Holtz
Sac City
Marner and Adams
Riverside Cemetery
Carrie Iden
Oregon
Edith Lukavsky
Orville Schroeder
Chicago
Chiloquin
C. L. Worley
Charles
Hazelton
Walter Albright
Samuel Younkin
Logan Myers
North Liberty
Rose Dautremont
Waterloo
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Rita’s Court
Weinhardt
Berwns Station
Moniigner
Bernard Jacobsmeier
St. Mary's Rectory
Elizabeth Mellecker
Iowa City
Barber Price Increase Aligns With Former Rates
We the undersigned barbers announce price changes effective Monday May 17. Adults Haircut costs drop to 40 cents at R. D. Arnold Hampsher and Lee Rickey Barber Sh Ray Minick and others. Several barbers quote 35 cents for adults and 35 cents for children to reflect rising costs and restore former levels.
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R. D. Arnold
Hampsher & Lee
Rickey Barber
Sh. Adul
Ray Minick
Guy 8
Troxell
C. P. Berkhoff
Sheriy Johnston
John Bruegge
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