B-29 Breaks Across U S Flight Record in Transcontinental Flight
The B-29 known as the Dreamboat set a new U S transcontinental record of five hours 31 minutes 44 seconds from Burbank California to LaGuardia New York covering 2464 miles at an average speed with tailwinds up to 40 miles an hour. Piloted by Col Clarence S Irvine and Lt Col G R Stanley the crew included Lt William F O Hare and two civilian observers.
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New York
Burbank
Calif
LaGuardia Field
National Aeronautical Association
Jack H. Carter
Irvine
William F. O'Hare
Humboldt, Ia
Charges Dropped in Cremation Case at Manchester Camp
Murder charges against H. H. Peters his wife and her son Harry F. Carraway were dropped due to lack of evidence. Two camp employees said five babies were burned at the touristic camp they ran in Manchester Tennessee but a lab test found no human ashes at the site.
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Fayetteville, Tenn
H. H. Peters
Harry F. Carraway
Manchester
Tenn
Theater Schedule and Historical Note at Marion
Wednesday listings for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Marion theaters show multiple films with showtimes across the day and a short subject. The fragment notes Benjamin Franklin born in Boston January 17 1706.
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Paramount
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Southerner Realistic Tale Of Small Town Struggles
The Southerner presents a realistic view of the small man in the South through Sam and Nona Tucker who abandon a large sharecropping outfit to start a river bottom farm. They confront a petty neighbor who resents their efforts and youth as they seek security and independence.
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John Steinbeck
South
Sam
Nona Tucker
Zachary Scott
Betty Field
Picayune
Comedy and Crime Mix in Wartime Film Theaters
A review describes a double feature with a Sam Western tale where he battles pests and a spring blight, and a comedy about a detective whose wife moonlights as a sleuth. Supporting cast includes Percy Kilbride with a Yankee drawl and Granny, a curmudgeonly matriarch.
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Sam
Jody
Percy Kilbride
Ferne Gater
Linn County Iowa estate notice for Carl W Thulin administrator
The State of Iowa Linn County notices the estate of Carl Walter Thulin deceased. Creditors must present their claims duly authenticated to the Linn County District Clerk. Wm W Crissman is the attorney for the administrator.
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State of Iowa
Linn
Co. Thulin
Linn County
Iowa
Carl Walter Thulin
Wm. W. Crissman
Notice of Will Hearing in Iowa District Court
Notice is hereby given that on December 17 1945 at 2 o clock p m an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth McKernan is to be heard in Linn County Iowa District Court Trewin Simmons Perrine and Albright Attorneys represent the case.
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State of Iowa
Linn Eaeniy
E District
Elizabeth McKernan
Hearine
Farm Goals to Be Discussed in Des Moines Friday
Des Moines AP Iowa's tentative 1946 farm goals call for practically all-out production in crops and livestock for at least another year. State PMA chair A J Loveland said the goals, received from Washington, will be discussed by the state USDA council and farm leaders at an all-day meeting starting 9 a.m. Friday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
PMA
A. J. Loveland
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Loveland
Usda Council
Visitor police mixup yields wrong fingerprint in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana plainclothes visiting officers crowded the fingerprint room as local officers prepared to fingerprint a prisoner. A mixup led to one outsider being fingerprinted instead of the inmate.
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Muncie, Ind
Muncie
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Beardsley Book Store
WANT
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Alan Ladd
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Richard DIX
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