Detour List For Iowa Highways Includes Many Routes
The Iowa highway commission released the weekly road condition bulletin ending May 24 detailing detours on numerous routes. Major closures include Mount Zion to Jefferson county for 19 miles, Traer to Dysart for 11.7 miles, Edinwood to Iowa 38 for 11 miles, and Knoxville to Brave town for 3 miles plus detours on another 13 miles. Travel construction notes include culvert work on cascade south of Cascade and a 15 mile clearance from Kinsley to Iowa 5.
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Jefferson County
Traer
Dysart
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Edze
Wood
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Knoxville
Chariton
Gosport
Jefferson
Poca
Hontas
Muscatine
Nichols
Hopkinton
Rolfe
USS
Ottumwa
Berinning
Guthrie County
Bennett
Scott County
Jasper County
Story County
Agmotis
Des Moines
Lake City
Auburn
Crater
Waucoma
Jackson Junction
Towa
Bota
Newport
Linn Grove
Towa 10
Waterloo
Cascade
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Kinsley
Iowa No. 5
Dinner to Dedicate New Exhibition Hall at Hawkeye Downs
The Linn County Chamber of Commerce and Farm Bureau prepare for a Brig dinner in the new Hawkeye Downs exhibition hall on Monday May 27. Tom Collins of Kansas City will headline as a humorous speaker, with a temporary platform already built for the formal dedication and program. Reservations are urged to close the gap between Farm Bureau and Chamber members by May 24.
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Hawkeye Downs
Linn County Farm Bureau
Chamber
Ray L. Short
Tom Collins
Kansas City
Middle West
Collins
The
Kansas City Journal
United States
Concert To Benefit War Victims In His Home Town
Jacques Jolas, Cornell College pianist teacher, will perform in Cornell chapel at 4 p.m. Sunday May 26 to raise funds for Forbach refugees. Ernest Hutcheson of Juilliard, honorary sponsor, joins noted musicians. Jolas previously visited Forbach in wartime.
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Forbach
France
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Jolas
Ernest Hutcheson
Juilliard Graduate School of Music
New York
Mr Tolas
United States Army
Cornell
Ostrich Flight Lengths Describe Ultra Fast Strides
In flight, a mature ostrich covers about twelve feet per stride, highlighting its extraordinary leg speed. This natural fact underscores the bird's extraordinary locomotion and ground-covering ability.
Austrian Pretender Otto and Zita Safe in France
Archduke Otto and his mother Empress Zita escaped from Belgium as Germany's blitzkrieg rolled through Europe and are now in France. The Duke and Duchess of Guise who live in Belgium are reported to be in Morocco. The Countess of Paris is in Rio de Janeiro and the Count of Paris whereabouts is unknown. Otto's entourage did not disclose the French location.
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Archduke Otto
Austria
Zita
Belgium
Germany
France
Duke
Duchess of Guise
Manoir d’Anjou
Marocco
Duke of Guise
Rio de Janeiro
Count
Otto
American Vacations Described In Books At Public Library
Public library shelves feature guides on seeing America first with budgets for trips and itineraries. Horace Coon’s American Vacations surveys routes and costs from 25 to 250 dollars, while The Vacation Guide by R S Benjamin outlines ten auto trips and lists sixteen national parks. The Modern Camping Guide covers equipment and safety for camping by auto, canoe, or foot, and The Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts provides detailed tours with maps from the Federal Writers Project. Gorillas are shy and retreat from man, becoming savage only if molested.
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Public Library
America
Horace Coon
R S Benjamin
G. W. Martin
United States
Federal Writers Project
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Larry Nixon
Radio stations to shut down nationwide in wartime
Washington report quotes General H H Arnold stating all American radio stations would be shut during war. He told a Senate subcommittee that stateside stations would be closed to prevent inviting hostile planes and vulnerabilities, demanding many changes in wartime policy.
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H. Hf Arnold
Army Air Corps
Senate Appropriations
Arnold
United States
Hitler Bodyguards Guard Ex Kaiser at Doorn Manor
Two black uniformed guards of Adolf Hitler have taken posts before the manor of ex Kaiser Wilhelm II in Doorn Netherlands. The Dutch gendarmerie previously safeguarded the former ruler who fled to Holland after World War I. Hitler’s crack troops were assigned by the Fuehrer himself.
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Holland
Hitler
Fuehrer
Des Moines Safe Cracked at National Cash Register Office
A Des Moines AP report states more than $400 in cash was stolen early Saturday from a safe in the offices of the National Cash Register company. The knob and combination lock were knocked off the safe.
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Des Moines
National
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Iowa State College
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