All-Iowa Thrill Shows Highlight Run Over Stunt
Jimmie James, ace daredevil of the All-American Thrill drivers, will have a truck driven over his chest as a featured stunt at three All-Iowa fair thrill shows announced by Fair Manager Andy Hanson. The program includes two matinees on Aug 17 and 21 and a Saturday night show with airplane stunts by Capt. George W. Waltz and his brother Larry, culminating in a lighted parachute jump.
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Board Snips Red Tape Members Pay the Bill
In Superior Wisconsin eight county supervisors faced a legal puzzle over an $8 coal bill for a relief client who died. They resolved the issue by each pulling a dollar from their wallets and attaching it to the relief voucher before stepping outside to celebrate triumph over government red tape.
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Former Opera Star May De Sousa Dies in Chicago
The body of May De Sousa a once renowned light opera soprano lies unclaimed in Cook County morgue. She died of starvation at age 66 after years entertaining royalty and audiences in Europe and America. She sang across London Paris and Parisian stages and was noted for Dear Midnight Love.
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De Sousa's Turbulent Life Tracks From Moulin Rouge To Hard Times
The article recounts Miss De Sousa’s marriage to English nobleman Eton Arthur Haines in 1910 and their brief divorce. It notes her rise from stage to Shanghai life, internment by the Japanese in 1941, return to America, and later anonymity. She ends in Chicago living in a cheap hotel with work at a school, while a morgue body is moved to avoid Potter's Field.
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Return of 25,000 World War II dead to the United States
The Dalton Victory is scheduled to arrive Thursday with the bodies of 25,000 World War II dead. The ship stops at Manila Saipan Honolulu and will bring the fallen home for burial in the United States, marking a major repatriation effort.
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Dalton Victory
Incomplete OCR Notes On 16 Miles Of Abandoned Railroad
Fragmentary text cites a deal involving 16 miles of right of way of an old Yosemite Valley railroad. Mentions Kelog Mushe new company and a tunnel with reference to farms. Details are unclear and names are partially garbled.
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Kelog Mmushe New Company
Mushroom tunnels in Kellogg grow underground produce
Bowkht notes Kellogg converted tunnels to house mushroom growing. Tunnels are 24 feet high, with interior temperatures from 53 to 60 degrees, ideal for mushrooms. Trays line the tunnel floor, with plans for bunked trays toward the ceiling as water seepage concerns arise.
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