Nature tours expand playground program with hikes and crafts
Palisades-Kepler State Park naturalist Aureal T. Cross leads extended nature hikes from multiple playgrounds this week through August. Tours feature native flora fauna and geology with group departures after 10 am and returns by 2 30 pm.
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Aureal T. Cross
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Cross
Coe College
University of Cincinnati
Bever
Buchanan
van Vechten Park
Daniels
Shaver Park
Roosevelt
Harrison
Ellis Park
Sinclair
McKinley
Riverside
van Buren
Lincoln
Prairie Creek
Whitlam
Ellis
Arthur
Kenwood
Indian Creek
Supervisors To Open Bids On Trucks And Bridge Work
Linn county supervisors schedule a busy week with three bid openings. On Monday 10 a.m. sealed bids for nine county road department trucks. trade-ins total four trucks and one pickup. On Thursday 10 a.m. bids for roof and attic insulation at the county home. 11 a.m. bids for Hill's Mills I-beam bridge and approach grading southwest of Prairieburg aligned with the three year road program.
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Linn
Linn County
Hill’s Mills
Prairieburg
Speak Softly Idea for Women Campaigning
Mrs James J Billington of Jersey City New Jersey urges at the sixth national democratic convention that women win men over by speaking softly wearing feminine clothes and using gentle reasoning rather than loud campaigning or badge wearing.
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Chicago
Democratic National
Young builders craft 16 foot in board boat on Cedar river
Hollis Kelley 18 and Don Schindler 16 spent 800 hours and about 30 dollars to build a 16 foot in board motor boat aimed to rival factory skiffs costing 800. The pair towed the hull to the Cedar opposite Ellis Park to test floatability and plan finish with a four to six horsepower propulsion and railcar like trailer in addition to a future boathouse and a robot project.
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Cedar River
Ellis Park
Hollis Kelley
G Avenue NW
Don Schindler
F Avenue NW
Public
Kelley
Roosevelt High School
Schindler
Galleon
Robert Fultons
Avenue Dam
Gazette
All Iowa Fair improves Hawkeye Downs with WPA projects
The All Iowa Fair will open Aug 11 and shows extensive remodeling at Hawkeye Downs funded by a WPA project. Improvements include 39 000 square feet of stockyards with 1000 head capacity, two new horse barns, 12 new horseshoe courts, a rebuilt race track, 10 new booths, 7500 feet of drain tile, over a mile of water mains, and 15 000 cubic yards of dirt for parking.
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Hawkeye Downs
Charles Moore
Illegal to buy or sell poached eggs in England
The article notes a law prohibiting the purchase or sale of poached eggs in England, clarifying that poached in this context means stolen property of the post office.
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England
Democrats Push Willkie Nomination in Democratic Party
Texas Democrat Guy Warren opened a campaign in Chicago to nominate Wendell Willkie, the Republican standard bearer, for the Democratic presidential nomination. He set up Willkie Democrats headquarters at the Palmer House and expected 20 more Texas Democrats to arrive to campaign for him. Warren, from Corpus Christi, is vice-president of Renwar Oil Co.
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Chicago
Guy Warren
Texas
Wendell L. Willkie
Warren
Willkie
Palmer House
Corpus Christi
Tex
Renwar Oil Company
Star-Gazers See Early Hitler Demise
Hollywood based astrologers predict Adolf Hitler will face a violent death within six days due to a shifting lunar cycle. The group foresees intrigue likely involving a woman and notes Hitler has missed his chance for conquest. Edna L. Scott, treasurer, cites planetary aspects signaling decline.
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Hollywood
INS
U. S. Association of Scientific Astrologers
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Saturn
Edna L. Scott
McNutt undecided on vice presidency in Chicago rally
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt said he believes Roosevelt will seek a third term. He avoided direct talk about his own candidacy while supporters pressed for him as Roosevelt’s running mate in Chicago ahead of the convention.
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Chicago
INS
Paul V. McNutt
Roosevelt
McNutt
McNutt firm on convention spot as Willkie challenge grows
At his campaign HQ in Stevens hotel McNutt declared his name will not appear before the convention if Roosevelt runs. McNutt allies, including Frank McHale, press delegates and work to place him on the ticket, while Wendell Willkie remains the GOP nominee target.
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Roosevelt
Stevens Hotel
Hoosier
Frank McHale
McNutt-for-President
McNutt
Willkie
Carol Demobilizes 200 000 Troops
In Bucharest, King Carol ordered the demobilization of 200000 Romanian troops after a conference with the German military attaché. The move signals likely settlement of the Transylvania issue. The government has seized 50000 tons of Danube steamers from Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands to ship oil to Germany and plans to nationalize oil companies, with a German export monopoly in view.
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Bucharest
INS
Carol
Transylvania
Germany
Wilson Widow At Democratic Rally
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the World War president, arrived in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention opening session. She was with RFC executive Jesse H. Jones and Mrs. Jones, while Jones declined to comment on a third term for Roosevelt or Garner’s presidential boom.
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Chicago
INS
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
Jesse H. Jones
RFC
Jones
Roosevelt
Garner
Great Britain Begins Military Service Registration
London reports the start of compulsory registration for all Britons aged 32 as part of a new military service program. The move aims to organize conscription and ensure manpower for national defense amidst ongoing tensions.
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London
INS
Great Britain
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Batiste
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Playtex
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