State Printing Board bids for college catalogs and Bul letin
The Iowa State Printing Board will meet in Des Moines on Friday August 138 1948 to receive bids for catalogs and calendars for State Teachers College and other items. Bids due by 4 p.m. and opened then. board may reject all bids. For specs contact Sherman W Needham Superintendent of Printing State House Des Moines.
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Iowa State Printing Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Beef Producers
Agriculture Seeds
Department of Agriculture
State Teachers College
Sherman W. Needham
State House
Brighton Lumber Company Dissolved by Stockholders Vote
Notice states Brighton Lumber Company an Iowa corporation with principal place in Brighton is dissolved by unanimous stockholder vote. The document lists W A Logan president and James Huiskamp Jr secretary with dates July 19 26 Aug 2 9.
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Brighton Lumber Company
Iowa
Brighton
Brighton Number Company
W. A. Logan
James Huiskamp, Jr
Letter From South Wales Describes Postwar Rationing
John R. Hughes writes from Camarthenshire, South Wales, noting changes since 1919. He details travel from Washington via Chicago Detroit and across Canada to New York, weather, and widespread rationing of food clothing and fuel with limited gas for doctors and nurses.
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John R. Hughes
Washington
Wales
Hughes
Camarthenshire
South Wales
Chicago
Detroit
Bill Williams
Canada
Niagara Falls
New York City
Big City
Eddie Albert learns sign language in The Dude Goes West
Two Indian sign language experts teach Eddie Albert for The Dude Goes West at the State theatre starring Albert and Gale Storm. Col. Tim McCoy and Chief Many Treaties instruct in a tale where sign language saves lives during a capture in an Indian village. Kurt Neumann directs scenes filmed outdoors in Southern California.
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America
Eddie Albert
Albert
King Brothers
Allied Artists
State Theatre
Gale Storm
Col
Tim McCoy
Montana
Wyoming
Chief Many Treaties
Col. McCoy
Miss Storm
Kurt Neumann
California
Farm Bureau plans expansion for Iowa fertilizer plant
The Iowa Farm Bureau increases capital stock by 1 million dollars to fund a fertilizer plant expansion in central Iowa. A two week member drive will offer preferred stock in September. The plant food company aims to become a major producer and distributor of high analysis fertilizer under this plan.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Plant Food Company
Farm Bureau
Howard Hill
Plant Food Company
Iowa
Communists Open Convention In New York Tonight
The Communist party begins its 14th annual national convention at Madison Square Garden in New York tonight with platform adoption and candidate selection planned in closed sessions later. Twelve leaders face federal indictments over alleged efforts to overthrow the U.S. government. The party will not nominate a presidential candidate, aligning with 1944 practice and backing Henry A. Wallace’s Progressive ticket. William Z. Foster will deliver the keynote address, with portions broadcast on ABC stations from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. CST.
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New York
Communist Party
Madison Square
Gerien
Grand Jury
United States
Supreme Court
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Z. Foster
American Broadcasting Company
Polio Epidemic Triggers Public Ban in Asheville
Asheville officials banned all public gatherings to combat North Carolina polio outbreak. Streets pools movies and churches were quiet as the epidemic affected the state's tourism economy. The statewide polio cases reached 1,095 for the year.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Africa divided by 1912 among European powers
In 1876 only ten percent of Africa was under European control. By 1912, 95 percent of the continent had been partitioned among European nations, reflecting rapid imperial expansion.
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Century Tires
Century
Gilmere & Long
Dixie Dugan
BY McEvoy
Striebel
Brenda
State Printing Board
Ceatelag
Are Inow
TOD
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Attorney At Law
Jeffrey
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day Attorneys
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul W. Shearer
Court House
John C. Owen
South Side Square
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
C. 8S
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Journa
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Spinal Distortion
Iowa Avenue
W. R. Hayman
N. Side Sq
Mt. Pieasant, la
Europe
Africa
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bank Credit
Aan
Farm Credit
Plymouth
Fields Motor Co
al Bidg
Sentinel Radio Sale & Service
South Ave
D. W.L
Little
Washington Dairy
Welenere
Mee
N. Ave
Mtr
Tae
Reis
TER Bros
Hatchery
Maytag
Reister Hatchery
Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
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