All-Iowa Fair Opens at Hawkeye Downs with Daily Specials
The 1949 All-Iowa fair at Hawkeye Downs runs eight days starting Aug 14 with daily special events. Flying Farmers guests, reduced night rates, free under 12, and a packed program including auto races, horse shows, Kids Day, Derby days, Palomino shows, and a concluding Thrill Day finale with Chitwood stunts.
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Mawkeye Downs
Andy Hanson
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
All-Iowa
Joie Chitwood
Wallendas
Zacchinis
Hanson
Jose Chitwood
Coe Names George Layton Journalism Instructor for Fall
George Layton, longtime newspaper professional and current director of Coe College evening programs, will lead journalism classes this fall. He follows retired Prof. Ethel R. Outland and brings Iowa University a 1923 graduate, with roles at Muscatine Journal The Daily News Newton and Missouri Valley Daily Times plus public relations work with the Iowa Chain Store Council.
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George Layton
Coe
Ethel R. Outland
University of Iowa
Layton
Muscatine Journal
Newton
Daily News
Missouri Valley Daily Times
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Iowa Chain Store Council
Swanson Named Head Of New Officers Club
Byron C. Swanson has been named president of the newly organized Officers club which has taken over the former Embassy room in the Montrose hotel. Jack E. Durin is vice president and Donald L. Hunt secretary. Board members include L. D. Burkhalter Jr. C. A. Palson Frank J. Callahan Edwin S. Harris and K. G. Wodtke. The organization is open to army navy air force and marine officers in active inactive or reserve status. It is a non profit group pledging fraternal charitable and civic goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron C. Swanson
Officers Club
Montrose Hotel
Jack E. Durin
Donald L. Hunt
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
C. A. Paulson
Frank J. Callahan
Edwin S. Harris
K. G. Wodtke
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine
New Officers Club
Siegler
Kansas Leads Union in Wheat Output
Kansas produces almost twice as much wheat as any other state in the Union, underscoring its dominant role in U S grain farming and agricultural economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State
The
Union
Diet and vitamins as relief for chronic rheumatism
A reader reports migraine relief and joint improvement after calcium and vitamin D supplementation. The author argues chronic rheumatism is degenerative, not inflammatory, and claims cold damp exposure does not cause it, offering dietary guidance rather than medicines.
35 Year Crusade Against Race Murder by Richard Kleiner
Raphael Lemkin fought to outlaw genocide a word he coined to describe race murder. The article traces his life from Warsaw to the United States, detailing his advocacy with the United Nations and the 1948 convention, and notes the need for ratification by 20 national parliaments to bind the treaty.
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Richard Kleiner
New Haven
U.N
Bezwodne
Poland
Lemkin
Warsaw
International Conference of Lawyers
League of Nations
Iraq
Hitler
Nitrogen Used To Shrink Bushings At Bell Aircraft
Liquid nitrogen is used to shrink steel bushings before fitting into magnesium castings for helicopters at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo. The bushing is cooled to minus 300 degrees while the casting is heated to 300 degrees to achieve a tight fit, then the softened assembly is placed and allowed to warm.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Cuba Largest Island Between Americas
Cuba stands as the biggest island located between North and South America, forming a geographical landmark in the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
North
South America
Scientists Show Fish Hear Better Than Humans
In New York AP report Dr Karl von Frisch notes some fish hear very well, even finer than humans. Fresh water species like minnows carp and catfish hear tones underwater that humans cannot hear. He explains air bladders connected by bones enable this hearing and cites his bee language research. Lectures in the United States are sponsored by Cornell University and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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New York
Karl von Frisch
Ver. Frisch
von Frisch
Dr. von Frisch
United States
Cornell University
Rockefeller Foundation
Great Salt Lake Rises Slowly in Utah
The Great Salt Lake, a shallow remnant of Lake Bonneville, is rising again with about 350 miles of shoreline. After dry spells, evaporation lowers the level, and scientists note it is roughly five feet above its 1940 low, with the highest level on record in 1870.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Lake Bonneville
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Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Swanson
William Brady
Lithuania
Sweden
Duke University
Judge Advocate General
War Department
Henry Stimson
Europe
Nuernberg
U. N. Assembly
Lake Success
Panama
India
General Assembly
Raphael Lemkin
Burianek
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
W. E. Brennan
Willis Otto
F. K. Hahn
Brennan
Otto
Rock Island
Glen Rogers
Pocahontas Furnace
Kenwood
Roy M. Rice
Mgr
DIAL
Siegler’s
Dept
Centralia
III
Utah
Full Gospel Assembly
11Th Street
N.E
William Christopolus
First Trust
Federal
Dapotit Insurance Corporation
Ales Ly
Twelfth Avenue
Eee Su Lise Rg
Savings Sane
And
Hladky’s
Hlacky
Hardy
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