Airliner on Fire Returns to Shannon for Emergency Landing
A Pan Am Stratocruiser bound for New York with 63 aboard caught fire over the Atlantic and raced 600 miles to Shannon Airport for an emergency landing. 45 passengers including Danny Kaye and Louis Crough, plus 18 crew, wore life jackets as a ditching was anticipated. Flames died out after 45 minutes and the plane landed on three engines under escort. no panic was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Ireland
Danny Kaye
Louis Crough
Margaret Dupont
Paul V. McNutt
United States
Philippines
McNutt
America
Paris
Atlantic
New York
H. C. Gulbransen
Great Neck
Long Island
Pan American
Stratocruiser
Strip Teasers Warned To Keep Some Clothes On
In Chicago the union head says strip teasers and exotic dancers must wear enough clothing despite heat. Jack Irving, regional director of the American Guild of Variety Artists, will expel members who strip too much. He warns that indecent dancing could prompt police actions closing venues and reducing jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Irving
American Guild of Variety Artists
Contract of Butchers Provides Free Glasses
In New York a contract between Butchers Local 174 and the Meat Trade Institute guarantees eye tests and free glasses for more than 2,000 AFL butchers and their families. The institute said there is no specific eye hazard in the trade, but the union pressed for glasses and received them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
AFL
Butchers Local 174
Meat Trade Institute
Joseph Cohn
Institute
Butchers’ Trade
Marion News and Community Briefs From The Era
Obituary notes Mrs. Hans Hansen of West Branch dies at 67 after living in Marion. Other items report Tag Day by Volunteers of America, new assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s, a 3rd birthday party, travels of locals, nominations for Marion Corn Festival queen, local court actions, liquor license renewals, a softball schedule, a swimmer injury, a birth in Ann Arbor, and a Marion resident’s return from Palo Alto. The mix reflects town life and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteers of America Organization
M. H. Biddick
Marion
Jean
Phyllis Carlson
Public Library
Ion Theater
George Goodyear
James P. Gable
C. V
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Homecoming
Krause's brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs William Detlefsen visit. Mrs W Shank returns from Blair Nebraska after two weeks with relatives. Edward Kacena from Hines VA hospital visits his parents Joseph and Mrs Ka cena. Miss Bess Boyles of Milwaukee visits her aunt Mrs Frank S Skinner. Merle Van Fossen obtains a permit to build a dwelling at 402 Third Avenue. David Little of Mechanicsville visits cousins Donna and Diane Hall. Mrs Mary Bailey is at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kacena
Hines, Nl, Veterans Hospital
Joseph Kacena
Bess Boyles
Milwaukee
Frank S. Skinner
Merle van Fossen
Third Avenue
David Little
Mechanicsville
Donna and
Diane Hall
Local notes on visits and hospital patient
From Anamosa, a visit to her sister Mrs Cleo Northrup is noted. Mrs Leon R Blinks of 1177 Tenth Street is hospital patient at St Luke's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Cleo Northrup
Leon R. Blinks
Tenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Paroled Bank Robber Louis Burry Freed After 11 Years
Louis L. Burry, 32, of Victor, freed on parole from Fort Madison after 11 years. He was one of 15 life term prisoners whose sentences were commuted by Gov. Blue last December. Burry and Richard D. Ringler, involved in the Hedrick Savings Bank holdup on Sept. 1, 1938, yielded $1,200. Ringler also had his life term commuted and faces parole next week.
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Des Moines
Louis L. Burry
Victor
Robert D. Blue
Fort Madison
Burry
Richard D. Ringler
Hedrick Savings Bank
Org
Ringler
Monkey Land To Be Opened With Sunday Concert
Monkey Land in Bever Park will open Sunday at 1 30 p m with a concert. Harry Golwitzer, chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788 committee, announced the completion after delays in securing industrial wire fencing. The 36 by 16 by 12 foot cage is finished and fifteen monkeys have been obtained. other monkeys were already owned by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bever Park
Harry Golwitzer
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 788
Parks Department
Monkey Land Opens After Two Year Park Project
The Monkey Land enclosure adjacent to the large habitat will debut this Sunday with a post 788 ceremony. The project began two years ago when funds raised for a monkey island were placed in escrow. Bud Gardner proposed the monkey land idea to cost effectively display the monkeys and ease maintenance.
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Post 788
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Bud Gardner
East Side Parks
Morkey Land
Golwitzer
Ed Klekar
Art Winne
Bill Matus
Gardner
Dick Jones
Dill Pickle Attends Packers Convention Invitation
In Rolling Fork Mississippi a man named Dill Pickle receives an invitation to attend the Packers Association convention, a quirky local moment highlighted by his unusual name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolling Fork
Miss
Dill Pickle
Ickle Packers Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dickey's
Blue Barrel
Jack Sprat Super Market
Case Lot Sale Jack Sprat
Jack Sprat
Washington
Bing Cherries
FE Avmiq
Doan
Marion News
Hans Hansen
West Branch
Elsie Plough
Clarence Feldman
West Liberty
Hansen
Marion Christian Church
Feldman
Iter
Merle Pierce
Centerdale
Pearl Newman
Bertha Freeman
Paul Hansen
Thomas Budd
Maurice L. Scallon
St. Joseph’s Parish
Father Scallon
Loras College
Dubuque
St. Paul’s Seminary
St. Paul
Waterloo
Claude Norton
Independence
Janie Ford
Thirteenth Street
Claudia Young
Carol Haggerman
Wayne Molyneux
Susan Baker
Cheryl Ford
Kimmy Young
California
Bernita Sebern
Pasadena
Mrs. W. B. Sebern
D.X
V.F.W
Eagles
Edison’s
Lewis Weis, Jr
Cedar. Rapids
McEnany
William F. Fleishter
Janesville, Wis
Charles A. Nelson
Nelsons
Arnold Carlberg
Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Anthes
Springville
Richard Paul de Voe
James D. Chesley
Club Royale
Marvin Edison
Edison’s Pharmacy
Dot and Fern’s
Veterans’ Club
Edaburn’s
Grassfield
Knapp’s
Club Hiawatha
O. K. Drive In
Charles W. Joiner
Ann Arbor
Mich
Richard Martin
Joiner
Anna Helen Martin
Arthur E. Granger
Palo Alto
John V. N. Granger
John Arthur
Walter Krause
Crosley Shelvador
White Star Gas
Elgin Steel
Ex-Lax
J. W. Darragh
First St
Iowa
Krause
Inlaw
William Detlefsen
Mrs. W. Shank
Blair, Neb
Mary Bailey
Wrisley
OSCO
Sanitary Freezer
Orin
Sisryin
Delagar
BATH
Seiberling
Dr Scholls Foot
Cost Dess
Golden Beach
Carnation Milk
Lux
King Edward Cigars
Gerber's Baby Food
Caxs
Dolcin
Tatanard
Upjoh
Louis Burry
Victor Freed
Monkey Land
V.F.W. Drum and Bugle Corps
Howdy, Dill
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