Vox Poppers Shine With Iowa State Fair Studio
Des Moines hosts 20 000 to 25 600 audience as Parks Johnson and Warren Hull host Vox Pop at the Iowa Centennial fair. The duo interview Iowans from veteran Arch Morley to 80 year old fiddler William Tanner, highlighting sincerity and the show’s interview focus over audience participation.
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Nadine Subotnik
Gazette
Des Moines
Parks Johnson
Warren Hull
KSO
The
Iowa
Arch Morley
Wall I Lake
Doc Melroi
J. K. Lynes
Plainfield
Alfred Ponder
Newton
Tommy Fisher
Grand Junction
Douglas Tucker
Jefferson
Rodney Williams
Scranton
Johnson
Hull
Fairgrounds
Iowa Fair
Mike
Arthur Ponder
Pine
Selby Announces New Shoe Factory for Iowa
Q Selby director of the Iowa Development commission said Joyce Inc will build a factory in Washington Ia to serve the central west United States. The plant will employ 125 workers and expand local industry.
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Des Moines
INS
Q. Selby
Iowa Development Commission
Joyce, Inc
Washington
Central West
United States
Father and Son Die in Light Aircraft Crash
A father and son, Lloyd Eugene Doty 42 of Rock Rapids Iowa and Nick M Doty 70 of Nemo South Dakota, were killed Tuesday when their light airplane crashed near DeGrey South Dakota about 25 miles east of Pierre.
Carp Eradication Efforts Intensify in Iowa Lakes
In a Des Moines report, Iowa's carp problem is labeled the top enemy of local fishermen. The state conservation commission drains lakes like Trumbull Round and Mad to remove carp en masse, selling or destroying the catch to fund the war on carp and restock with game fish next year.
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Iowa
John Zug
Town Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Europe
Wisconsin Conservation Department
State Conservation Commission
Trumbull
Round
Mad Lakes
Clay County
Beeds Lake
Franklin County
Blue's Name Sparks Democratic Fire in Iowa Cartoon Debate
Des Moines reports Gov Wemenday and Democrat state chairman Jake More spar over use of Blue's name on motor vehicle licenses and conservation stationery. More calls it cheap political fraud claiming 210 000 licenses mailed with 1 250 000 remaining. Darling calls it childish maneuvering and political interference.
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Des Moines
INS
Wemenday
Jake More
More
Jay N. Darling
Blue
State Conservation Commission
Darling
Conservation Commission
State Officials Attend Iowa Fair Despite Weather
Des Moines AP reports Gov. Robert D. Blue led Iowa state officials senators and representatives to the state fair as the board added a free Children’s day due to bad weather. Attendance neared a record with 335,364 total after 69,129 on Wednesday, surpassing 289,042 by the same point in 1941.
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Des Moines
Fair Board
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Cedar County Fair Opens Strong at Tipton
The Cedar county fair at Tipton begins with entries in all fees filled. Beef class shows 125 entries. winners to be auctioned at 9 am Thursday. Large crowds expected for the fancy horse show on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Ball games and races noted for Thursday afternoon with minute races highlighted in Fun afternoon. Barns floral hall and other buildings filled. agricultural building hosts 4 H clubs.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Girl, 7, Bravely Near Death at Homecoming Wish
Manchester reports seven year old Janice Elizabeth Hansel, daughter of Mrs Sophie Hansel, near death after two months in University of Iowa hospital. Physicians abandoned hope as she endures heart spleen and liver ailments. She longs to return home to play with siblings. Her father died 18 months ago. she has eight brothers and sisters.
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Manchester
University of Iowa Hospital
Janice Elizabeth Hansel
Sophie Hansel
Iowa City
Annex at Boys Training School Faces Criticism
In Des Moines the proposed 60 cell annex for the Anamosa reformatory draws opposition from state officials who call it penal rather than reformative and worry it fails to prepare inmates for normal life. James Thomas of the Public Administration Service of Chicago completed a survey of Eldora conditions. Workmen say completion may push to next summer unless materials arrive faster.
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DES Moines
Anamosa
James Thomas
Public Admministration Service of
Chicago
Brooklyn man drowns in Cedar River diving incident
Waterloo dispatch reports Frank Loiacono of Brooklyn New York suffered a neck injury after diving into a shallow Cedar river section on August 8 while a passenger on a troop train that had stopped at the area.
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Waterloo
Frank Loiacono
Brooklyn
N. Y Neck
Cedar River
Loiacono
War Plant Bids Opened by War Assets Administration
Chicago reports bids for the Moines Ordnance Drafts opened Tuesday by the War Assets Administration.
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Chicago
Moines Ordnance
War Assets Administration
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