Des Moines Man Bags Game With Primitive Slingshot
Richard Elvert Berger a 30 year old Des Moines structural steel worker living in Cedar Rapids this summer hones a crude forked stick sling with inner tube rubber bands. He bags pigeons squirrels rabbits ducks and even a pheasant using handmade slings and steel pipe models. Berger credits long practice for his accuracy and also crafts bird houses and hunting with bow and arrow made from hickory.
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Richard Elvert
Dick” Berger
Des Moines Structural Steel
Cedar Rapids
Berger
Des Moines
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Society Snips
Walter Winchell on Broadway collage highlights two Italians meeting in Rome with a quip about being better than next year Mrs Harriman corrects the society reader claiming she is Whitney not Harriman satire on elite schooling James Roosevelt film Pastor Hall opens at the Globe next week with a planned radio peek by Mrs Roosevelt but blocked by Elliott Roosevelt Presented in a breezy society and entertainment tone with brief world notes
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Wilson Woodside
Rome
Averill Harriman
Harriman
Hitler
Mussolini
Mediterranean
North Sea
WMCA
James Roosevelt
Pastor Hall
Globe
Martin Opens Floor With Five Minute Speech Fight
In a Washington dispatch from Iowa, Tom Martin recounts a parliamentary maneuver to deliver a five minute floor speech during a contentious conscription debate. He describes being diverted to the cloakroom repeatedly and how a preferential motion nearly blocked his remarks.
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Jacobsen
Eugene T. Burke
Clinton
Tom Martin
University of Iowa
Burke
State University of Iowa
Martin
House
BYU Star Wing Keeps In Shape Shearing Sheep
Provo Utah AP star George Wing prepares for Brigham Young football season by staying fit on a sheep ranch near his Edgemont South Dakota home.
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Provo
Utah
George Wing
Brigham Young
Edgemont
S. D
Peggy the wonder dog of Clanton Alabama town
In Clanton Alabama Peggy the little rat terrier has become the town’s wonder since last week. Residents say she performs surprising feats and brings joy to local families as the story spreads through the community.
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Clanton
Ala
Peggy
Alabama
May the snake-hunting dog takes on 48 reptiles
May, a dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baker, has hunted and killed 48 snakes. The owners report all snakes are accounted for and say the dog hunts reptiles similarly to a bird dog pursuing quail.
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May
Bob Baker
Henry VIII Aimed to Ease Ulcer Pain with Aden Ads
Advertisement text frames stomach ulcer pains and indigestion as Henry VIII’s era style problem. It promotes a 25¢ Aden tablet trial to relieve heartburn burning sensation bloating and excess stomach acid with a money back offer at drug stores.
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Henry VIII
Aden
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Carl Dueser
Dick" Berger
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Iowa
Washington
U.S
Naval Committee
U. S
Caribbean Sea
Jamaica
Annapolis
West Point
University
Thomas Martin
Military Affairs Committee
Military Affairs
S.U.S
Gridder Shears Sheep
Mra Ola
Wat
Brand New
Joni
Sire
Smulekoff
Ord
Henry
Simmons
Wife oXert
Beebe
Beautyrest
Govase Aemyer
Phil Gales
3Rd Ave
West Side
Tlord Ave
Smalekofis
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