Missouri flood blocks main line through Langdon area
The Creston branch between St. Joseph and Creston becomes the main line as Missouri flood water disrupts the system. Heavy westbound freight moves via Maryville while repairs rush to reopen the St. Joseph to Omaha route, with trains running day and night and a surge in traffic lasting while flood waters hold.
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Missouri
Burlington
Langdon
Atchison County
Creston
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Maryville
Ed Goforth
Omaha
Goforth
Maryville Forum
What’s Your Car Worth or Do You Really Know
The Clarinda Herald Journal notes the U S Office of Price Administration released ceiling prices for common cars to guide dealers and owners. It lists examples like a 1938 Ford V eight Deluxe at 485 dollars as is or 506 warranted, a Chevrolet 4 door at 530 as is or 663 warranted, and Plymouth Deluxe at 515 as is or 644 warranted, with region B including Iowa.
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Sam
OPA
Washington
Iowa
Clarinda Herald Journal
Bridgewater Garage Fire Destroys Fire Company Gear
Firefighters arrive to find their own equipment stored in the burning garage and contributing to the flames. The blaze destroys the gear and highlights the odd peril faced by the Bridgewater crew as they battled the fire reported by the Afton Star-Enterprise.
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Bridgewater
Afton
Star - Enterprise
What would Lincoln say to us poor slaves today
A Webster City Freeman Journal reader poses a provocative question about current governance. The piece contrasts government by organized labor with a government of and for the people, invoking the legacy of emancipation leader Abraham Lincoln to spark discussion.
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Lincoln
Webster City
Freeman-Journal
Dewey
Wilkie
Europe
South Seas
Sugar Shortage Rumors Stir Public Debate
The Knoxville Express questions why sugar remains rationed and scarce. It argues ships are used for liquor imports while beet and Central American sugar growers were paid not to grow. The paper seeks a reasonable explanation and offers to publish it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Milk Products Plant Expands at Maryville
The Center Milk Products plant on the Wabash tracks adds a north extension for processing buttermilk into paste form. Once idle, the facility now operates at full capacity, supporting dairy development in this bread basket region.
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Center Milk Products
Wabash Tracks
Maryville Forum
25-Year-Old French Getting Alterations
Readers joke about the Normandy era AEF 25 years ago noting how a 1918 Yank would mispronounce French place names. Bob Burlingame remarks that the current French pronunciation is correct, sparking amusement in Corydon Times Republic.
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Normandy
A.E.F
Bob Burlingame
Corydon Times-Republican
Started Use Of Iron In An Early Day
Hamburg Reporter notes that iron appears in ancient texts including iron tools and chariots. The article discusses uncertain iron sources with meteoric iron possibly present but scarce, and cites carbon in old instruments as evidence iron was produced from ore by ancient peoples.
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Hamburg
Crime Doctors Strangest Case at Rialto Fri Sat
Dr Ordway faces six suspects and two murders in the Crime Doctor film at Rialto Theatre showing Friday and Saturday June 30 and July 1. Warner Baxter pursues the truth through intrigue and danger as the cast includes Lynn Merrick Reginald Denny and others in this tense mystery.
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Dr. Ordway
Warner Baxter
Rialto Theatre
Lynn Merrick
Reginald Denny
Rose Hobart
Jerome Cowan
Gloria Dickson
Virginia Brissac
Lloyd Bridges
Constance Worth
Barton McLane
Here Comes Elmer to Play Rialto on June 30 and July 1
Al Pearce and his Gang headline the photo play Here Comes Elmer filmed around their escapades. The Rialto screens Friday and Saturday June 30 and July 1 with Arlene Harris Will Wright Nick Cochrane Artie Auerbach and guest appearances by Dale Evans Gloria Stuart Frank Albertson Pinky Tomlin Wally Vernon Ben Welden Jan Garber and his band and the King Cole Trio.
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Elmer
al Pearce
Rialto
Saturdy
Arlene Harris
Tizzie Lish
Dale
Dale Evans
Gloria Stuart
Frank Albertson
Pinky Tomlin
Wally Vernon
Ben Welden
Jan Garber
King Cole
Shine On Harvest Moon at Rialto Theater
Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan star in Shine On Harvest Moon a warm musical romance about Nora Bayes the early 1900s crooner The film presents burlesque era music color and legend surrounding Bayes discovery and rise to fame in Milwaukee cafes and vaudeville venues.
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Ann Sheridan
Dennis Morgan
Rialto Theatre
America
Nora Bayes
Dinah Shore
Legend
The
Bros Warner
Jack Norworth
Milwaukee
Golden Horseshoe
Norworth
Jam Session at Rialto Theatre Starring Ann Miller
Ann Miller headlines a musical comedy at Rialto Theatre on July 4 and 5 with Jess Barker and six top bands. The film follows a Kansas girl who travels to Hollywood to seek fame, visiting a movie studio and romance with a studio writer as she lands her break.
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Ann Miller
Rialto Theatre
Ann
Jess Barker
Hollywood
Prompt reporting urged by Adams County Free Press staff
The editor urges faster news submissions from contributors, noting an item dated June 16 published for an event on May 31, a 16 day gap. The note asks reporters to mail items promptly and be diligent in meeting print deadlines.
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Relub
Adams County Free Press
Mor montown visits and county market notes
Sid Schram and Pete King visit Mor montown to catch up with old friends. A series of local reports covers farm conditionsCrop prospects in Buchanan and Clayton townships harvesting timeline June 27 and a market summary with prices for corn oats rye wool eggs butter potatoes and livestock. A fatal lightning incident kills two horses near Swan Sherbeck and a boy named Charles Steele Jr suffers severe head injuries in a pony accident while a heavy rainstorm disrupts Conway and nearby areas.
Liberal Education by Van Doren praised in review
The review discusses James Van Doren's Liberal Education, its wartime relevance, and critical opinions. It notes support from the Association of American Colleges and Carnegie Corporation to complete the book at Columbia University. Critics differ on emphasis of learning normality of difference and the work's appeal to broad readers.
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Mark van Doren
The
Association of American Colleges
U. S
U.S
James Marshall
van Doren
St. John's College
Sheep Mowing Called Back at Clarinda Country Club
The Clarinda Herald Journal notes a herd of sheep was the first grass mower at the country club and suggests many homeowners may return to this method for lawn care due to a lack of workers.
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Clarinda Country Club
Clarinda
Readers Letters and Travel Tales Stir Up Community Notes
A column of unsigned readers with signed praise reappears as the writer recalls Hank and his travels from coasts to the Midwest. Anecdotes cover Shenandoah clover fields Iowa red clover and a humorous boarding house potato crop tale. A Cedar Rapids doctor’s railroad trip to Chicago and the political scene predicting Dewey’s GOP bid wrap the piece.
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Ben Wolverton
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Soa
Ben, Junior
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Chicago I, Il
Holbrook Bldg
San Francisco, Cal
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the Times-Press
Sid Schram
Pete King
Mormontown
J. B. Asher
Ross Township
George S. Brodkman
Levi Davis
Shepherd Shaw
Fleming
Washington Township
Flora Kidder
Kirksville
State Normal School
Ormsby Brothers
Cole Brothers
John Graff
Savannah
Thos. W. Holman
Buchanan
Argus
Sim Wright
Clayton Township
Swan Sherbeck
Tom Meredith
Conway
John Law
Charles Steele, Jr
Charley Steele
Ellen Beebe
Dodie
Evry Week
Hank
Fort Riley
Shenandoah
Hole
Ben
Dairy
New Market
Siam
Jersey
Part
P.S
Kilda
Glen Bradley
Oxley
Earl Graham
Clyde Neil Andrews
Merchant Marine
U.S. Treasury Department
J. Kirketeg
Bedford National Bank
M. R. Brant
BeDford, Iowa
Wayland H. Maloy, M. D
Shenandoah, Iowa
J. M. Haddock
Dpataira
Court Street
C. W. Steward
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J. H. Gasson, M.D
James R. Locke
LAW
Locke
Redford National Bank
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