Experts praise Washington course conditions and greens staff
Dr Edgecombe the Iowa State extension horticulturist visited Washington last week and spoke on the course condition. He complimented greens keeper Gene Holcomb and noted fairways were not burned as badly as many courses this season.
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Edgecombe
Iowa State College
Washington
Edgecomb
Gene Holcomb
Edegcomb
Hud Connell
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Muscatine
Connell
Washington High Dance Promoted by Mothers Association
Washington high school students and guests are invited to a dance sponsored by the high school mothers association on July 31 at 8 30 P M in the Memorial Hall Auditorium admission details incomplete but indicates a school social event with community sponsorship.
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Washington High School
Sigourney High School
Mothers Assn
Memorial Hall
Admmission le
New Oat Varieties Highlight Harvest Report
Harvesting is nearly complete in Lexington area with interest in new oat varieties. Improved 103 from Alli son Mans farm yielded sixty bushels per acre, followed by Gopher Vaneyard and Columbia. 4H dairy heifer tour visited local farms. Mrs. Stewart improves after illness. Wade Gardner hosts guests from Cherokee and St Louis en route to the International Poultry Congress.
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Wade Gardner
Lexington
Allison Mans
Vaneyard
Columbia
Chas
Stewart
Wahl
Marie
Henrietta Stewart
Washington
Ray France
Vernice
Marguerite
St. Louis
France
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Hearing for Two Convicts Opened
In Fort Madison Iowa a district court opened a hearing to decide if Ivan Sullivan and Lowell Haenze two Iowa state prisoners will be sentenced to life imprisonment or death by hanging for the first degree murder of prison guard Robert Hart.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Distriot
Ivan Sullivan
Lowell Haenze
Cnnection
Robert Hart
Britons in Japan Arrested for Spy Activities
Twelve Britons including a Reuters man were arrested in Tokyo on charges of involvement in British espionage. The ministry of war and justice announced the death of Melville James Cox, Reuters chairman in the Far East, who reportedly committed suicide by leaping from the third floor of the Tokyo military police building. The note mentions famine conditions tied to old reserves.
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Tokio
Melville James Cox
Reuters
Far East
Ministry of War and Justice
Cox
Wheat Shortage Seen in Europe Forecast by U S Officials
Washington July 27. An agricultural department forecast said the 1940 wheat crop would be 20 percent below last year and a food shortage on the continent next winter appears probable. Other food crops are reduced due to war and a cold spring.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Archko Volume by W D Mahan Declared Fake Yet Sought
The Archko Volume by Rev W D Mahan of Boonville Missouri claimed to record Jesus Christ’s trial and death for Emperor Tiberius. Despite experts like Edgar J Goodspeed proving it false, many still believe its authenticity and rare original printings fetch up to fifty dollars.
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W. D. Mahan
Cumberland Presbyterian
Boonville
Jesus Christ
Tiberius
Pontius Pilate
Judea
Mahan
Vatican
Rome
Christ
Constantinople
Archio
Edgar J. Goodspeed
University of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Gray Families Observe Centennial of Ownership
At the Gray farm southwest of Columbus Junction a centennial celebration drew 650 attendees. The James Gray family began settling the 1840 property. speakers included Dean Charles F. Curtis and Mark Thornburg. relics, performances, and a baby beef judging contest highlighted the event.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Gray Farm
James Gray
Columbus
Ohio
W. A. Bloomquist
Shellbark Club
Lee Hunt
Locker Plant
J. J. Jenkins
Louisa County
Charles F. Curtis
Iowa State College
Ames
Mark G. Thornburg
McCann
Dry Milk Producers’ Association
Chicago
Shorthorn Association
Oscar Hale
Wapello
Eleanore Colton
Columbus City
Gray
William Owen
Cotter
Wales
J. K. Helmick
R. S. Johnston
Black Light Aids Pilots In Aircraft Dials
Indianapolis inventor William Garstang touts a blue near ultraviolet light, paired with a black glass lens and phosphor coating, to illuminate airplane instrument dials without producing visible light. Army engineers and major airlines ordered its installation, despite initial pilot skepticism.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Garstang
Garstang
U.S. Army
America
Black Light Aids Aircraft Instrument Readability
The article describes radium based dials giving way to a new “black light” system for cockpits. Carstang developed a light current inverter to convert DC to AC enabling use of the device, with installation costs about $130 per unit. Small airplanes need one to three units. larger planes like flying fortresses up to six to ten units.
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Garstang
Carstang
Buses Transport Over Three Million U S Students Daily
The United States moves about 3 250 658 students to and from public schools each day at government expense. This vast fleet supports school operations across numerous districts and states.
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United States
Weather outlook for upper Mississippi valley July 29 to August 3
Weather outlook shows showers at the start of the week with little precipitation afterward. Temperatures near normal for the period in the upper Mississippi valley.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
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