Catfish Season Opens as Fishermen Return to Iowa Hooks
Des Moines readers report catfish season opening today after the spawning period. Angle worms and night crawlers were used on hooks in streams across the state while officials note uncertainty about whether spawning was completed. State conservation leaders forecast good fishing based on sample census data and new conservation laws.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Conservation Commission
M. L. Hutton
Convervaton
Jones Family In Big Business at Fox Theater
Article previews Twentieth Century Fox film Big Business starring the Jones Family. It describes the Jones home at 844 Fifth Avenue Hollywood rented by Fox while filming and details the family's middle class life, keeping the house furnished and up to date. It also notes stock swindle peril faced by Dad Jones in the plot. It mentions a state license change affecting onetime dealers and the need for hearings before license revocation.
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America
Twentieth Century-Fox
Jones
Fox Theater
Joneses
Herbert Pelton
Ftn
Hollywood
Toto
Jed Prouty
Spring Byington
Bie
Dad Jones
Tifth Avenue
Tea Plant Grows High in Early Report on Rivers
The article notes that several tea plant varieties grow tall and discusses licensing for seine use in the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It lists fish such as carp, buffalo, gar, suckers, pike, pickerel, bullheads, catfish and sturgeon allowed seasonally. The fishing window in both rivers runs from July 31 to December 1 with the camming season open until November 30.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Every Person a Life Guard Campaign Launched in Des Moines
M L Hutton Iowa conservation director announced a state program urging all residents to learn swimming rescue and first aid. He urged civic groups clubs and youth organizations to include life saving in their activities to reduce drownings in Iowa waters.
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Des Moines
M. L. Hutton
State Conservation
Hutton
Iowa
Toby and Susie on Radio in Washington Tent-show
Neil and Caroline Shaffner of the Shaffner Players appear on the National Porn Dance Frolic broadcast. They travel from Chicago to Washington for a tent-show engagement during the week of July 19 and join Uncle Kizra on WLS at 7 35 and WLW at 9 35 Saturday evenings.
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Toby
Susie
WLS
WLW
Neil
Caroline Shaffner
Shaffner Players
Washington
Shaffner
Shaffners
Chicago
Uncle Kizra
Mrs. Shaffner
Cooperative Dinner Gatherings Across Applegate Homes
Several couples shared meals and social visits at Applegate and Stanley Baird homes in Verdi. Guests included relatives from Crawfordsville and Winfield, with extended visits and family chatter noted throughout the week. In Des Moines, Elizabeth Scales, an 80 year old African American woman from North Carolina, prepares to learn to read at a roadside settlement, saying education opens new worlds.
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Darrel Ross
Phil Weldin
Fred Klopfenstein
Winfield
Howard Anderson
Crawfordsville
Jean Applegate
Mildred Anderson
J. Hoxworth
Stanley Gaird
Ray Miller
Wil
Muscatine
Edd Miller
Des Moines
Elizabeth Scales
Caroina
Firecracker Injury Claims First Fourth of July Victim
Fort Dodge reports the first Fourth of July casualty as Theodore Coppick a 13 year old, injured by a one inch firecracker that exploded in his hand. Doctors amputated the thumb tip and half the middle finger.
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Fort Dodge
Theodore Coppick
All-White Crow Found Nest of Four Young in Iowa
In Parkerburg Iowa a white crow observed with its mate near All-White Crow Park attracted attention as it built a nest holding four young birds. The find highlights local wildlife interest and unusual coloration in corvids.
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Parkersburg
Iowa
Politeness and the Swallow-Tail Coat Image
Uncle Eben laments sudden politeness while contrasting a swallow-tail coat overalls illusion. He notes some men try to appear polite, which makes rea think of hurried attire.
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Uncle Eben
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Wayne Morris
Jame Bryan
Harry Carey
Shorts
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Gann
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DE Monte
Libby
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East Side Square Call
Applegate
F. J. Longer
Bette Davis
Edw. G. Rob
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