Olds show spurs pride in American commerce and bonds
The writer recalls the annual Oldsmobile pre show in Des Moines with 300 attendees led by L C Willits and Frank Crone. He praises Kettering’s insights, notes the regional sales network, and reflects on the War and Savings Bond Alumni gathering led by Beardsley Ruml and Mayor Glenn Mace.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
L. C. Willits
Willits Motor Company
Frank Crone
the National Bank
Frank
Cloud Willits Jr
Oldsmobile
Iowa
Nebraska
Washington Automobile
Glenn Mace
Iowa War and Savings
Washington County
Lee Holland
Frank Kos
Washington State Bank
The
National
Cloud Willits
Weather Ramblings on a Pleasant 1948 Iowa Year
A columnist muses on nationwide weather chatter and gives a November to December 1948 recap. He notes above normal warmth in early December, no major snow, rainfall of 2.40 inches for November, and a near perfect growing season from winter through autumn in Iowa with mild summers and late pleasant fall talk.
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Iowa
United States
Ife
Record rainfall tallies from local gauges in a small town
Clarence recalls the heaviest rainfall 7.35 inches on August 2 1943. A weather observer Don Sherman notes two day rainfall near ten inches. Summer 1930 saw around five inches in June and July. A federal rain gauge under Mr. Logan now reports to Kansas City as weather teams compile data against forecasts.
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Clarence Logan
State Weather Bureau
Federal Department of Commerce
Washington
Mr. Logan
W. A. Cook
Don Sherman
Preston Wolf
Clarence
Logan
Kansas City
Assigned to Danger opens at Fox Theatre this Thursday
Eagle Lion presents the melodrama Assigned to Danger starring Gene Raymond and Nor een Nash at the Fox Theatre. Eu gene Ling produced and wrote the film with Bud Boetticher directing. The story follows bank robbers routed after Raymond’s hard boiled role and Nash assists in catching the criminals.
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Eagle Lion
Gene Raymond
Noreen Nash
Fox Theatre
Eugene Ling
Bud Boetticher
Raymond
Miss Nash
Turhan Bey
Arturo de Cordova
Gene
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General Motors
Moses
Israel
Promised Land
Glenn
Everette Griffith
Washingtonian
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Caesar
Ruml
R. H. Macy & Co
New York
America
Phillips 66
Phillips
Washington and
Earth Oil Company
Washington, Iowa
Weldin
Ders
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