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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
4
A pair of baby stone hawks found in the Iowa City post office eavespouts could become University of Iowa football mascots. The nestlings, 10 days old with 12 inch wings, ate raw hamburger and were tentatively named Nip and Tuck by local workers and Marty Bremer.
A recent survey finds one fifth of employed women are at least 45 years old and a rapid rise in the number of married women who work.
Entomologists trap insects high in the air to gather information on the habits and particularly the spread of destructive farm crop pests.
Guy S. Warren, a Texas oil company vp, outlines a plan to place Wendell Willkie’s name in nomination at the Chicago Democratic national convention if Roosevelt is not a candidate. Willkie, once a Democrat, was the Republican nominee.
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