New oat varieties developed at Iowa State College
Ames Iowa January 24 three oat hybrids Boone Marion and Hancock named for Iowa counties will be distributed to farmers in 1940. They are high yielding disease resistant and superior to existing oats and resist loose and covered smut crown rust and black stem rust. Seed to Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association next August for 1940 plantings. Breeding work conducted jointly by Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA.
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Ames
Iowa
Boone, Marion and
Hancock
Iowa State College Agriculture Experiment Station
H. C. Murphy
Federal
L. C Burnett
College Agronomist
Boone
Marion
Kanawha
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Railwy awarded damages after crossing crash at Riley Kansas
A jury in Manhattan Kansas awarded the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 3252 dollars 83 cents against Herman Oil Company of Fremont Nebraska for a fuel oil truck collision with a Rock Island freight train at Riley Kansas. The verdict covers property damage and repair costs while fault was placed on the driver for disobeying crossbuck signals and speeding. The driver was killed.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Herman Oil Company
Fremont
Nebraska
Rock Island
Riley
Kansas State Corporation Commission
W. F. Dickinson
Rock Island Lines
Chicago
Confessions Clear Up 29 Break-ins Across 8 Counties
A full confession from one woman and three men cleared up twenty-nine break ins across eight counties. The suspects William Ralph Dye Robert Dye and Don McIntyre are jailed in Webster City. Victims include Livermore Bode and Hardy area targets. In Livermore Anderson garage was broken into last week yielding ten tires and two batteries. Items recovered by officers. Espland garage in Bode had no loot but a slev at and a bulk sale were noted.
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Webster City
William Ralph Dye
Robert Dye Big Cousin
Don McIntyre
Livermore
Bode
Hardy
Anderson
Espeland
A Newfoundland Doctor’s Remote Practice Described
The text contrasts urban medical ease with remote work by Dr Burton Yuill, a London University graduate who treated fishermen along Newfoundland’s coast without modern hospitals or trained nurses. He performed many surgical operations under candlelight on kitchen tables with fisherfolk as assistants, relying on his own judgment and improvisation.
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Burton Yuill
London Uni
Versity
Newfoundland
Yuill
Dr Yuill Leads Coastal Medical Mission by Motor Boat
A doctor serves 225 villages along coastlines using a forty five foot motor boat as mobile clinic and surgery. He treats influenza patients during epidemics, often for free, sleeping aboard four nights weekly while also distributing books and magazines to settlements. Despite poverty among fisherfolk, he continues selfless care and risks to reach those in need.
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Canada
Yuill
New Ulm Wins In Speaking Tourney Locals Participate
New Ulm Minnesota won the speaking contest at Worthington on Saturday in debate extemporaneous and oratory with Estherville teams taking roles. The Estherville affirmative team included Richard Dawson and Wieth Griffith. the negative team was Donna Jean Sondrol and James Johnston. Helen Ann Ressell led the Estherville extemporaneous speakers as the region heard a United States Britain alliance resolution. Schools attending included Spencer Lavern Primghar Orange City Esthaville Pipestone Mankato Worthington New Ulm Madison Sioux Falls.
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New Ulm
Minn
Worthington
Estherville
Madison
Dak
Sioux Falls
Pipestone
Richard, Dawson
Wieth Griffith
Donna Jean Son
United States
Great Britain
Spencer
Lavern
Primghar
Orange City
Mankato
Married Nine Times But Had Only Two Husbands
The American Weekly magazine offers a feature set including stories on marriage and fashion. This issue highlights women’s pants and other engaging content distributed with the Sunday Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
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Iowa State
Boone, Marion
Hancock Counties
Washington, D. C
Kensuke Horinouchi
White House
Stanley Woodward
State Department
Roosevelt
E. Aughinbaugh
Northern Lumber Company
Northern Lumber
V.r
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