Night Stage Show At Fair Dazzles Hawkeye Downs
The Follies International closed the All Iowa Fair first day at Hawkeye Downs with a glittering night show. A chorus of twenty danced in Jewel finale numbers beside acts by the Dunedins Karolis Webber Sisters Faith Hope and her horse Zingo Eleanor Zita Charles Annis and Inez Gambel. Monday adds the Four Lorenzos high act while the saddle horse show runs at 7 30 p.m.
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Hawkeye Downs
Jazznocracy
Karolis
Bailey and
Marr
Golder
Inez Gambel
Webber Sisters
Zita
Annis
Faith Hope
Eleanor Zita
Charles Annis
Paul Cadells
Jimmy Miller
Miller
Eldon Holst Wins Grand Champion Steer Feeding at All-Iowa
Eldon Holst of Davenport won the grand champion pen of five junior fed commercial steers at the All-Iowa Livestock show in Cedar Rapids. Sixty-two pens were judged, with Dale Wendt and Lloyd Fey taking reserve and third, respectively. The project involved 375 head bought last October in the Nebraska sandhills, allocated to 75 boys across 17 counties, and now 62 youths will attend a banquet as awards are split across gain and records.
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Cedar Rapids
Scott County
Eldon Holst
Davenport
P. S. Shearer
Ames Animal Husbandry Department
W. J. Finnegan
Omaha
John Burrell
Waterloo
Delaware County
Dale Wendt
Delhi
Lloyd Fey
Delmar
Clinton County
Nebraska Sandhills
Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders Association
Fred Hinkhouse
West Liberty
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
R. R. Blinks
Marion
Rex Beresford
Ames
Hawkeye Downs
Dave Wendt
Mac Towers
Keith Carson
Ely
John Clark
Leo Levien
Dale Risdon
Ladora
Alvin Eggert
Marengo
Woodrow Lee
Kinross
Leland Grove
Harold Schmidt
Nichols
Conrad Kelley
Bryant
Ronald Doty
Brooklyn
Record crowds at Hawkeye Downs fuel busy fair week
Hawkeye Downs hosts a kaleidoscopic fair with Farm Bureau day to come and a strong harness and auto racing lineup. Thorpe notes high attendance, Red Cross aid, Jersey cattle judging, 4-H feeders and a saddle horse show as activities fill the day. Top results include Gus Schrader and Jim Miller in auto heats and Bayliss Levrett in the Hawkeye consolation.
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Farm Bureau
Hawkeye Downs
Sheesley
Byron Stoney
Iowa Association
John Paxton
Cedar Rapids
Russell Scheetz
Lyle Brown
Des Moines
Dale Dixon
Robert Tompkins
Dysart
Gus Schrader
Schrader
Miller
Les Adair
New York City
Bobby Sail
Patterson
N. J
Bayliss Levrett
Glendale
Calif
Dave Champeau
Hollywood
Johnny Holmes
Inglewood
Sall
Jimmy Miller
Portland
Ore
Bobby Sall
Paterson
Ine
Ewood
Hawkeye
Don McDonald
Chicago
Emil Becker
Peoria
Til
Wade Crew
Eddie Wagner
Boston
Bobby Salil
Jersey cattle judge awards at All Iowa Fair Hawkeye Downs
Senior and grand champion Vol unieer Aldan Lad Raleigh shown by E. S & S. Baughman of Bloomfield wins senior and grand titles at Hawkeye Downs. Junior champion is Sybil's Design Lad from Williamsburg. J. B. Fitch of St. Paul judged 5 bull classes with 27 entries.
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Jersey
Hawkeye Downs
Aldan
Raleigh
E. S&s
E. S. Baughman
Sams and Sons
Marshalltown
Meredith Jersey Farm
Des Moines
Sutherland Cows
Ceedar Rapids
A. M. Spencer
Downey
Swaney Jersey Farm
Grinnell
Jesse M. Adeams
Moulton
K. A. Dyer
Inedianola
Smith and Werner
Herbert F. Hoover
Oskaloosa
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Jones Brothers
Iowa City
B. F. Hoover
Graceland Jersey Farm
H. F. Hoover
Leo B. Smith
Sutherland Dows
Meredith
M. Marshall Nabholz
Independence
Ivan N. Gates
All-Iowa Fair Program Highlights Events
The schedule lists 4-H horseshoe pitching at 5 a.m. and several judging events including Jersey cattle junior livestock purebred beef heifer and Guernsey Holstein cattle starting 9 a.m. The Mighty Sheesley midway runs 9 a.m. to midnight, with harness horse races at 2 p.m. Saddle horse show at 7:50 p.m. and Follies Internationale revue at 8:50 p.m. Grounds open at 8 a.m. and another revue at 8:30 p.m.
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J. B. Fitch
University of Minnesota
Jersey
Iowa
Red Cross
E. A. Millikan
Leona Burke
Mighty Sheesley Midway
Society Saddle
Follies Internationale Revue
Guernsey
Mighty Sheesley
Irish Republican Army vows continued bombing of London
Sean Russell told about 15 000 Chicagoans of Irish descent that the Irish Republican Army would keep bombing London until Ireland is free from British rule.
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Chicago
Sean Russell
Irish Republican Army
Government of Eire Acts Against IRA Raids 20 Houses
The Irish government raided 20 houses under a new public safety law. Leaders were arrested and numerous people questioned as authorities seize papers and move against the Irish Republican Army.
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Government of
Eire
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
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