Iowa Spring Pig Crop Rises Five Percent This Spring
Des Moines reports an estimated 11,264,000 pigs were farrowed on Iowa farms this spring, five percent above 1940. The forecast notes improved returns from government pork campaigns and projects fall sow farrows totaling about 785,000, with an overall Iowa crop near 16,000,000 pigs for 1941, the largest on record.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal
Carr
Carl
Corn Belt
United States
Pigs Farrowed Near 1940 Levels in Report
The data show pig farrowings almost unchanged from 1940, totaling about 50,066,000. This parity highlights steady hog production despite broader agricultural shifts and market factors.
Plan Women Drivers For Omaha Taxicabs
Omaha may hire women taxi drivers within a month to alleviate a driver shortage at Safe Way Cab. President Marvin F. Burns says replacements are scarce due to the draft and defense industries, and if hired, women will work only day shifts. Eligible applicants would be 25 or older with a good reputation.
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Omaha
Safeway Cab Company
Marvin F. Burns
Defense
Burns
Big Golf Tourney Starts Next Week
One of the largest golf tournaments ever will run from Tuesday to August 30. The Peter Dawson National Ringer draws 242 clubs with entries open to all members, men and women, offering prizes. Flivver planes are moving into business with surveys showing over half of 1940 buyers use light aircraft for varied jobs.
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New York
Peter Dawson
Chicago man gets life for killing mother in law
William M. Evans, 25, was sentenced in Chicago by Judge Julius H. Miner to life imprisonment for the murder of his mother-in-law Mrs. William H. Sanders and his two-year-old son. He received additional 1 to 14 years for stabbing his wife Nedra Evans during the same incident. The case noted Evans pled guilty and defenses cited jealousy and lack of memory of the events.
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Chicago
Julius H. Miner
William M. Evans
Nedra
America
Evans
William H. Sanders
Douglas
Sanders
Illness hits 88 Des Moines soldiers at Camp Claiborne
An investigation began into the stomach illness of 88 Des Moines soldiers from company C of the 168th Infantry at Camp Claiborne. The men fell ill in the field and received immediate medical care at the hospital. One was described as in serious condition.
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Camp Claiborne, Ia
INS
Des Moines
168Th Infantry
Camp Claiborne Hospital
Army doctors cite food as cause of stomach epidemic
In serious condition but the remainder are expected to be released soon. Army doctors said the epidemic of stomach ailments was probably caused by food.
Largest Recorded Earthquake Reported Near India
The Liverview Observatory in Sydney reports a gigantic quake with epicenter near the Licobar islands east of the Bay of Bengal. Officials say vibrations traveled around the earth twice and call it the greatest earthquake ever recorded.
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Sydney
Australia
INS
Liverview Observatory
Licobar Islands
Bay of Bengal
Observatory
Caretaker at Macbride State Park Dies in Iowa City
Glenn Humphrey 48 of Solon longtime caretaker of Lake Macbride state park died Friday at University hospital in Iowa City. He served at the park for many years and his death is reported by authorities.
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Macbride State Park
Iowa City
INS
Glenn Humphrey
Solon
Lake Macbride State Park
University Hospital
Mustaches Conditioned at Camp Blanding Inspection
At Camp Blanding Florida the headquarters platoon of Company F 169th Infantry will conduct weekly inspections to ensure every man’s mustache grows in conformity with the set style, aiming to lend distinction to the outfit at the Army training center.
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Camp Blanding
Fla
169Th Infantry
Car Mows Through Bedroom in Dunn Wake. No Injuries
An automobile left the highway and plowed 120 feet into a bedroom in Dunn North Carolina. A man and his wife were asleep. no one injured. The driver claimed he nodded at the wheel, paid all damages, then took a nap before continuing.
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Dunn
N. C
Hooded riders terrorize workers on Key West housing project
Sheriff Berlin Sawyer said he would deputize 100 men to protect the $400000 defense housing project workers after a mob of about 200 hooded riders battered two carpenters and menaced others in their barracks at the Lester Preu Company site. Edward Walker of Lester Preu accused labor agitators. an anonymous call warned of trouble if unions did not back labor.
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Key West
Fla
Berlin Sawyer
Edward Walker
Lester Preu Company
Miami
Preu Company
Lester Preu, Jr
Nighttime blast fuels new car cleaning device claim
The source describes a night time dynamite charge detonated near a cottage about 100 yards away. It notes a newly developed vaporized solvent cleaner that, with a timer activated heater, purportedly cleans a car’s transmission and differential in nine minutes.
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