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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1931
Page
4
Market quotations from eight o'clock this morning note local poultry buyers avoid thin or diseased stock. Miss Mosteller and Miss Hereim visited Des Moines with Miss Agnes Hall during the State Teachers convention. The Junior High declamatory contest is set for Wednesday afternoon, November 25, in the auditorium.
Milford Bluejays host the first basketball games of the season with Jordan first and second teams on Friday night November 20. Squad members include Joe Alfred Frank Crose Lowell Burley Max Arrasmith Floyd Tweet Erwin Alfred Jeffrey Rasmussen Lester Brooks Robert Alfred Ray Watson Leland Paulson Donald Sampson Elmer Watson Leland Black and Robert Lawson. Visiting educators Miss Mae Hanson Miss Ruth Benson and Ralph Moore visited Wed afternoon. Primary grades are continuing work on reading and arithmetic.
A Navy dedication film titled death by own action Fleet opens Saturday at the RKO Orpheum. Three friends who join the Navy during World War I clash over a girl and aid in a daring submarine hunt by manning a decoy ship to lure U boats while destroyers converge for rescue.
A staunch wooden sailing vessel endures depth bomb geysers as destroyers attack. A submarine projectile strikes the powder magazine sending the afterpart of the vessel high into the air. Stars Bill Boyd James Gleason Robert Armstrong lead Ginger Rogers in a feature with added short subjects.
Rod Publishing Co advertises complete job printing services including posters, circulars, and booklets for businesses and individuals. Contact details and pricing not provided in the brief OCR fragment.
The Tall Corn area containing the Roland troop will be dissolved next week and Ames troops join the Des Moines area council. Clyde R. Hesse becomes field executive officer in Ames under the new plan. Many smaller town troops have been discontinued in recent years.
Ben Thompson announces a closing out sale on a farm southwest of Roland to commence the farm sale season. The event starts December 2 with Thompson coordinating the sale.
The issue lists a tentative slate of November and December sales compiled by Auctioneer C. O. Highland with more dates to follow once finalized. Story City high school defeated Nevada high school 6 to 0 in the Armistice Day football game played in Nevada last week.
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