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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
11
Des Moines meat dealers handle corned beef shipped from South America. The product arrives in large Swift packing cans and is sliced to order for customers. Importing beef into Iowa seems odd despite Iowa’s famed cattle. Distribution to Iowa is via Swift and the Des Moines Towa Packing company.
An out of season hail storm hit the country north of Keota Iowa on the eve of Thanksgiving. Eyewitness Mr Richardson reports dark skies after noon and greenish streaks indicating hail. The brief storm lasted about ten minutes, leaving ground covered in hailstones several inches deep and strong winds. Roads and fields suffered potential crop damage.
Des Moines hosts the 16th annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting from December 27 to January 2. Some 1000 scientists and educators are expected to attend, with topics spanning agriculture to physics and psychology.
Leota Lane of Indianola, daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Mullican, described by Seth Shenton as a noted prima donna, plays Contrary Mary in Victor Herbert opera Babes in Toyland produced by the Schubert Company. The show opens for a several weeks run at the Int sov theatre in New York, with Lane also taking a heroine role in a later production.
A band of patriotic women organized at the Third District Red Cross unit in Knoxville delivered luxuries to veterans at the government hospital. Dorothy Genisey of Waverly chaired with Mrs. Fred Julimaon of Clarion assisting. Gifts included chocolates, handkerchiefs, combs, toppers, popcorn balls, balloons and gum for thirty four men. The afternoon featured cards and refreshments of ice cream, cake and coffee at the Red Cross hut under hostess Miss Gaynor.
Indians raised beans for panning under Mesquakie guidance in county. Most accepted the new crop after figures showed potential profits, aided by a haul agreement to the factory. Under Filbert's advice, about five acres were planted, totaling roughly thirty acres, yielding 102,607 pounds sold at 8 and 2 cents each.
Weather bureau director C D Reed explains tests to determine cloud visibility for pilots using hydrogen balloons five feet in diameter sent from Sioux City and Davenport. A parachute basket with instruments returns to ground, offering a $3 reward for recovery. December’s long cloudy spell exceeds any in fifty years of bureau records.
An investigation by M F Clark of Des Moines federal inspector in the aeroantics division of the U S Department of Commerce concludes Paul Stewart died when his plane crashed after losing control due to nausea from fumes from a kerosene burner used to warm the crankcase oil.
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