Flying Arrow returns to New York after Shanghai shelling
The Isbrandtsen Lines cargo ship Flying Arrow reached New York with hull damage after a Chinese Nationalist gunboat shelled it off Shanghai January 19. Captain David Jones condemned the state department for lack of protection on the high seas as reporters and executives, including Hans Isbrandtsen, greeted the crew at Liberty Island.
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Isbrandtsen Lines
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
David Jones
Capt. Jones
Wyoming
Chicago
Jones
State Department
Wayne Richardson
Associated Press
Richardson
Overseas Club
Hans Isbrandtsen
Ship Line
Isbrandtsen
Statue of Liberty
State Men Find Liquor No Slots
Four state agents raided taverns in Jones county on Saturday seizing liquor at four locations near Anamosa and Oxford Junction. In Rainbow Inn 22 bottles. Williams tavern five fifths. Brown's tavern eight bottles. Gaytime Inn six bottles plus three empty numbers jars. No slot machines found. County Attorney James T. Remley will file liquor violations against owners by Tuesday.
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the Gazette
Anamosa
Jones County
James T. Remley
Rainbow Inn
Ralph
Eddie Smith
Williams Tavern
Arthur Butler
Brown’s Tavern
Herman Kray
Remley
Mrs Mayhew Eaton Dies at 91 in Waukon
Mrs. Mayhew W. Eaton 91 widow of a former Waukon banker died Saturday after years as an invalid. Born Ella Minert August 22 1858 she married in 1879 to Eaton a former mayor stock buyer and show and grain business man. Survived by three daughters Dora of Washington DC P D Cote and H G Ludeman both of Waukon and two sons Arthur Minneapolis G W of Waukon. Body sent to local funeral home.
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Mayhew W. Eaton
Ella Minert
Eaton
Post Township
Dora
Washington, D. C
P. D. Cote
H. G. Ludeman
Arthur
Minneapolis
G. W
M Nll
More Doctors Locating in Rural Areas
The Iowa State Medical Society told legislators Iowa is well covered for medical care. A May 1 1949 to Jan 1 1950 check found 59 physicians settled in rural Iowa, signaling a trend toward rural practice. The society noted six general practice residencies start July 1 and an 81 percent of residents live within five miles of a doctor.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa
University of Iowa
A. B. Phillips
Parley Fails To End Bus Strike In Ottumwa
Ottumwa nine week bus strike persists after negotiations between Ottumwa City Lines and AFL employees end with no settlement. No further talks planned as drivers protest a 20 cent wage increase rejection since December. Attorney Ben Franklin says National City Lines approves no raise and will raise with officials in Chicago.
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Ottumwa City Lines
AFL
Ben Franklin
National City Lines
Chicago
New Insecticide Kills Cutworms
Iowa State College entomologist J. H. Lilly reports toxaphene killed about 90 percent of cutworms in field tests and also killed webworms. He notes tests reduced replanting corn for cutworm damage and recommends two pounds of toxaphene per acre in spray.
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Ames
Iowa State College
J. H. Lilly
Towa
Lilly
Dr. Hart to Lecture at Cornell on The Sea Road to the Indies
Dr. Henry Hirsch Hart of San Francisco famed for oriental studies will speak at 8 15 p m in King Memorial chapel as part of Cornell college lecture and artists series. The talk titled The Sea Road to the Indies mirrors a recently completed book. Hart, a UC translator of Chinese and expert on drama, returns by invitation after a prior campus visit with the Midwest Association of Liberal Arts Colleges.
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Hart
I Drama
Hawkeye Calendar Inc Opens Aerial Photo Venture In Independence
In the basement of the Malek theater in Independence, Hawkeye Calendar Incorporated builds a new Iowa industry. B Malek, longtime theater owner, fronts a firm producing calendar art and extensive aerial photo murals from hundreds of negatives. The company operates its own four-seat Stinson aircraft and plans flights over Indiana Ohio Michigan and Missouri to expand its image library.
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Hawkeye Calendar
Malek
Buchanan County
Independence
Iowa
Hawkeye Calendar Incorporated
B. Malek
Calendar
Denver
Missouri
St. Cloud
Minn
Indiana
Stinson
Hawkeye
Ohio
Michigan
American Air Lines
Gedney
Rabid Cat Bites Three Des Moines Children
A Des Moines family reported a cat bite incident on February 27 that left three girls Sandra 5 Janet 9 and Marlene 12 exposed to possible rabies. Health officials advised immediate treatment and the cat’s head was sent to the state hygienic laboratory for analysis.
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Des Moines
H. E. Ransom
Sandra
Janet
Marlene Hendrickson
Louis O. Knutson
Iowa
Man Delayed Travel Leads to Custody Shuffle in Iowa
Ronald Kohl 20 of Anamosa traveled between Cedar Rapids Marion and Anamosa over three days. Marion police arrested him Thursday night and jailed him in Cedar Rapids for Jones county to face a check charge. In Anamosa the charge was dismissed after restitution and a 30 day suspended sentence was given pending restitution.
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Ronald Kohl
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Kohl
Linn County
Jones County
Harlan Snyder
Leighton Ford
Justice of the Peace
Mildred Titus
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Lowan
Oxford Junction
Max Studer
T. A. Thompson
Anamosa Reformatory
Sam Kelly
Glender L. Mueller
Mayhew Eaton
Dr. Hart
Cornell
Ray Walton
Mawkeve Calendar
John Reynolds
AAL
Air Line
A. J. Beck
Ronald
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