Thrill Show on Children’s Day at All-Iowa Fair
About 15,000 youngsters are expected for Children’s Day at the All-Iowa fair Monday. A 90 minute auto crash thrill show by Minneapolis drivers will headline with stunts including a 70 mph ramp jump and a 75 foot leap over a truck. Admission details and other carnival attractions are noted along with acts from the night show Under the Stars.
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Minneapolis
Jimmy Dawton
Springfield
Cook
C. V. Winkley
Raido
Northeast Iowa School Superintendents Picnic Start Time
Mrs Nellie Morey Jones county schools and Walter A Shupp Linn county superintendent will welcome northeastern Iowa officers at the annual picnic Tuesday. The event begins at 12 30 p m at Ellis park river pavilion with superintendents from 20 counties expected to attend.
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Nellie Morey
Jones County
Walter A. Shupp
Linn County
Northeastern Iowa
Ellis Park
River Pavilion
Morey
Lois A. Grimm
Allamakee
Ella M. Mehlaus
Benton
A. E. Jewett
Black Hawk
Mildred E. Smith
Bremer
Frank K. Kiple
Buchanan
Hazel M. Black
But
Local Names in Winneshiek County Record
Orpha Noble Jackson and Charles G. Stoen, along with Mitchell and Tin, are referenced in a Winneshiek County entry noting residents or participants in a regional record.
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Tin
Jackson
Orpha Noble
Mitchell
Charles G. Stoen
Winneshiek
End Night Shift At Dry Dock In Union Dispute
Seattle shipyard workers lose night shift on two steamers at Todd dry docks after navy order accuses machinists union of seeking double time pay on weekends. Captain Newton L. Nichols says continued union stance could shift future work to east coast yards. Landing agent-union members allege higher pay is due.
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Seattle
INS
Machinists
Navy Department
Todd Dry Docks
Newton L. Nichols
East Coast
I. A
Union
Detheraty
Aliei’ Cad Nail
Junk Dealers Uncover Gold Treasure in Old Chest
Indianapolis junk dealers Franklin Keller and Mack Winters found a dust covered trunk containing corroded metal pieces. Some pieces bore 1842 dates and money stamps. The treasure valued at about 6000 dollars includes collector value besides its face value of around 4885 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Franklin Keller
Mack Winters
Winters
Keller
Federal
Loy
Blame Big Feet For Army Shoe Problems
Washington defense officials say the army’s latest shoe bill rose by 2 cents per pair due to larger foot sizes among new recruits. An office of production management source notes the 1,000,000 pair order costs increased from 3.38 to 3.40 dollars per pair because more leather is required for bigger shoes. The 1941 army now uses feet about one size larger than those of World War I doughboys.
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Washington
INS
Defense
Office of Production Management
OPM
America
Hogs Consume Strawberry Cream Feast in Denver
In Denver area on Saturday hogs fed on 125 barrels of strawberries and 400 gallons of cream deemed unfit for human consumption. Wendell Vincent, regional food and drug administrator, urged farmers to take the feed for their pigs.
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Denver
INS
Wendell Vincent
U S Plan to Allow Heavier Loads On Cargo Ships
The United States will suspend national loadline limits on cargo ships in ports and waters to boost inter American trade and ease cargo shortages. The measure, tied to the London 1930 convention, lasts for the current emergency and sets new loadlines by the commerce secretary under a 1929 act.
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Washington
United States
Tion
London
State Department
Great Britain
de Tory
Secretary of Commerce
This Couple Had Little Grounds For Agreement
Los Angeles based divorce filings reveal disputes between Walter J Donaldson the composer of My Blue Heaven and his wife. He asserts marriage on October 1 1934 in Tijuana she says October 6 1934 at Agua Caliente they also dispute separation dates and her name Dorothy Ann rather than Walda both seek custody of their two children.
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Los Angeles
INS
Walter J. Donaldson
My Blue Heaven
Tijuana
Agua Caliente
Walda
Dorothy Ann
Estes Park crowns first Yoo-Hoo Queen Patty Moomaw
Patty Moomaw, daughter of a Rocky Mountain park ranger, was crowned Estes Park rodeo’s first Yoo-Hoo Queen after a female contestant field of 16. A masculine chorus of yoo-hoos accompanied the announcement.
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Estes Park
Colo
Ins
Patty Moomaw
America
Rocky Mountain Park
Patty
Z C B J Picnic Draws South Side Crowd
Favorable weather draws a large crowd to the Z C B J park where the state Z C B J picnic is an all day event. The Chicago C S A softball team will host the local C S A team next Saturday and travel to Chicago for a Sunday game.
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Z. C. B. J. Park
Chicago C. S. A
Chicago
John Lana
Roger Schrodermier
Elmer Svoboda
Charles Polansky
Bob Smith
Fred Peterson
Don Christie
Lumir Zitek
Jim Beville
A Svec
Leo Mraz
Billna
Z. Co. B. J. Lodge Plans Week Agenda
The lodge announces a week of events led by Prokop Velky Tuesday Zizkovy Dub Wednesday and Kare IV Thursday with meetings and schedules for members.
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Z. Co. B. J. Lodge
Prokop Velky
Zizkovy
Kare IV
Boy Builds Model Railroad In Basement
Russell, 17, son of Mrs Ilda Boyer of 613 Fifteenth Street SE, has constructed an extensive model railroad in his basement. With about 70 feet of track plus 30 more in yards, he designs, plans, and builds cars and bridges, plans a future outer circle and rivers, seeks a central switchboard, and invites visitors before dismantling to fit new plans.
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Ilda Boyer
Fifteenth Street
Russell
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