Edgewood cut off on track to open Monday
Chicago May 5 The 169 mile Illinois Central Edgewood Fulton cut off will be put in service Monday May 7 announced by President L A Downs The line replaces the old route with 169 miles of new main track 34 miles of yard tracks and 21 miles sidings eliminating many highway grade crossings and increasing capacity for through traffic It traverses Illinois and Kentucky counties and includes three tunnels and substantial construction details with a yard at Bluford and a new terminal setup
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Ilinois Central
Edgewood
Fulton
L. A. Downs
Dimois
Kentucky
Clay
Marion
Jefferson
Franklin, Williamson
Saline
Pope, Johnson and Massac
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Ohio River
Metropoli
Ill
McCracken
Graves
Hickman
Illinois Central
Cairo
Jess Hain
Fulcom
Dinois Central Engineers
Searce
Bluford
AL Edgewood
Xenia
Thompsonville
Tminois Central
Canadian eggs consumption rises in Canada and Iowa program
Des Moines May 6. Canada now consumes over 28 dozen eggs per person yearly after adopting graded egg trade. US average is about two dozen. Iowa highlights include promoting higher egg consumption and buying eggs on advance. State group joins national Egg Week with dealers grocers poultrymen agents and civic groups. Licensed in Mitchell County Osage May 5. Marriage licenses for April list seven couples including Peterson Hagen Byrnes Exgen Hanson.
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Cankee Special Service
Des Moines
Canada
Towa Department of Agriculture
United States
Department
Iowa
Mitchell County
Osage
Sven Edwin Peterson
Mitchel
Almie Hagen
F. J. Robinson
Winslow
Art
Agaytha Elizabeth Byrnes
Welter R. Exgen
Clarice M. Hanson
Lyle, Minn
Saturday Night Musical Schedule and Events
A fragmented radio and live music timetable lists Walt Wood's Orchestra Talk Mediterranean dance acts and various ensembles. Dates show evening concerts from 5 30 PM to 9 35 PM with weather updates and scores, featuring names like Bernie Schultz Organ recital and Hawaiian trio among others.
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Walt Wood
Congressman Cellir
Little
Als D'Or
Chestra
Woc
Davesport
Bernie Schultz
Davenport
Bernie Schulz
Ethan Allen
Port Ticonderoga
General Motors Family
Tisk
Schubert
Herb Heuer
Sunday Radio Schedule With World and Local Arts
A cluttered Sunday broadcast list details programs from morning to late night including church services, orchestras, news summaries, baseball scores, and educational talks. Notable items reference Atwater Kent programs, Christenson’s orchestra, and the Mordi Gras event amid a wide mix of music, drama, and public affairs.
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den Maines
Phonograph
Roxy
YMGA_ conference
Sotoist
Theatre
New York
Maytag Company
Christensen
Tima P. M
David Lawrence
Woc
Davenport
Young People's Conference
Symphony Orchestra
Mac Sritey
Cubs
Des Moines Monday Radio Schedule Broad Overview
A dense listing of daytime and evening radio programs in Des Moines including music by organists and orchestras, weather and market reports, farm and livestock broadcasts, talk segments on homesteading and industry, concerts, and sports highlights. Multiple stations and time slots feature a mix of performances, discussions, and market updates with frequent references to specific acts and presenters.
Initiation Postponed for Mrs Rowntree at UI Urbana
Mrs Joseph W Rowntree of 100 Kingbard avenue planned to attend the University of Illinois Mortar Board initiation in Urbana but was prevented by Winess. Her initiation is postponed until spring 1929. Rowntree, a university senior, was a member of Phi Delta Pi which later became Mortar Board.
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Joseph W. Rowntree
Kingbard Avenue
Urbana
University of Illinois
Mortar Board
Winess
Rowntree
University
Phi Delta Pi
Eleven artists to appear in coast to coast hookup
A 90 minute coast to coast program will open National Music week on Sunday evening with 11 nationally known artists. The lineup includes Anna Case Maria Kurenska Kathryn Meils e William Simmons Charles Hackett Allen McQuhae Richard Bonelli Toscha Seidel Graham McNamee Agnes Davis Wilbur Evans. The program airs 8 15 pm eastern over 30 stations led by WEAF with seven Pacific coast transmitters joining. It closes the winter series of the Atwater Kent Sunday night concerts ahead of the May 1 start of the summer series.
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New York
WEAF
Pacific Coast
Anna Case
Metropolitan Opera
Maria Kurenka
Kathryn Meisle
William Simmons
Charles Hackett
Chicago Opera
Allen McQuhae
Richard Bonelli
Toscha Seidel
Graham McNamee
Agnes Davis
Denver
Wilbur Evans
Philadelphia
Hasso
National Radio Auditorium
Atwater Kent
Grand Opera
Kathryn Melsle
Man Leaves Part of Mother's Estate Wins Riches Abroad
John G Walter of Hudson long ago sailed from San Francisco to South Africa to seek diamond fortunes. In his mother's will he receives one ninth of her estate, and he now pursues mining ventures in Rhodesia after years of working as a mechanical engineer. He recalls diamond laborers concealing gems in wounds and shiploads of adventurers blocked from landing in Rhodesia. Walter has visited home only once since 1906.
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Hudson
John G. Walter
San Francisco
Henry
John
Margaret Walter
British South Africa
Walter
Alfred Oc. Mueller
Irving
Center Street
Albert Walters
Kimberley
Rhodesia
New Diamond District
John Walter
Waterloo student wins role in Ames Weishea event
Robert L. Stilson, son of Mr and Mrs W R Stilson of 1005 Mullan Avenue West, a senior in agricultural economics at Iowa State College, was chosen for the musical comedy featuring the annual Weishea exposition at Ames May 7 to 19. Stilson, who participated in Simoom last year, is active in the glee club journalism dramatics and is a member of Alpha Zeta honorary agricultural fraternity.
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Robert L. Stiison
W. Stiison
Mullan Avenue West
Iowa State College
Ames
Stilson
Simoom
Veishen
Glee Club
Alpha Zeta
Senate investigates presidential campaign funds hearings in Washington
The Senate committee on presidential campaign funds plans hearings starting Monday with 15 presidential candidates and their managers to testify. Senators Curtis Norris Gulf Borah Walsh Reed George plus Hoovers status are listed, with possible trips to Albany and Annapolis to hear Smith and Ritchie.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Presidential Campaign Fund Committee
Kansas City
Albany
al Smith
Annapolis
Albert C. Ritchie
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Curtis
Kansas
Norris
Nebraska
Gulf
West Virginia
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Montana
Reed
Missouri
George
Georgia
Watson
Indiana
Will Catt
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Lowden
Sinois
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Pomerone
Ohio
Joy Street raises risk and romance in New York tale
Gay Hilton, a 20 year old private secretary, accepts $300 to relocate to New York and vanish. In the city she becomes a fashion model while a mysterious suitor tracks her. A powerful suitor Crosley Webb confesses a longing for beauty and desire as Gay contemplates an uncertain future and a risky romance.
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Gay Hilton
Howard Weston
H. & H. Manufacturing Co
Ailure
Weston
New York
Gay
Samuel J
Howells
Ftill House
Samuel Howells
Lewis Bruck
Madge
Guy
Lucia Careters
Pat
Crosley Webb
Mad
Wall Street
Croslay Webb
Kiwanis Special Car to Convention Leaves June 12
Waterloo Kiwanians plan a Pullman special car for the international Kiwanis convention in Seattle June 17-21. The car will depart Waterloo Tuesday night June 12 after 9:30 and reach St Paul around 7:30 the next day, joining the Texas and Oklahoma Kiwanis train from St Paul at 10:30. Stops for sight seeing include Banff Lake Louise and Victoria with a Seattle boat transfer after Vancouver.
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Waterloo Kiwanians
Here
Seattle
Waterloo
Great Western
Rock Island
St. Paul
Texas and Oklahoma Kiwanis
Evans Wagner Kindig Up For Old Jobs
Des Moines May 5 Terms of four Iowa supreme court members expire this year and all seek re election The nominations go through the Republican state judicial convention not a primary Justices William D Evans S Stevens H F Wagner and James W Kindig are named Democrats plan a ticket Eight judges on bench and James W Kindig was appointed to a new seat last year Evans leads with 20 years on the bench Stevens has 11 years Wagner filled vacancy caused by Vermilion’s death Monte Carlo casino earned 3 5 million profit last year about seven dollars a minute around the clock
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme, Court
William D. Evans
Hampton
Truman
S. Stevens
Hamburg
Sigourney
James W. Kindig
Sioux City
Iowa Supreme Court
General Assembly
Hammill
Evans
Supreme Court
Stevens
Wagner
Charles W. Vermilion
Centerville
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