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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1946
Page
3
Chicago report cites 27,000,000 milk cows kept in service to meet 1946 dairy production quotas for domestic use and overseas exports. It urges pasture improvement, abundant legume and grass stands, and soil fertilization with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash to boost tonnage and protein content, stressing long term soil investment.
Thirteen girls were invested as Girl Scouts on Monday evening March 7 1946. Names include Zauda Bohman Claire Dalton Patricia Dirks Shirley Wonockson Margie Harvey Helen Lewison Wilma Sorensen Hula Marienau Dorothy Peters Janice Peters Mai Lou Pallock Evonne Steel and Joanne Steel. The meeting featured color guard presentations and a candlelight service followed by the Ten Laws. Officers elected include Dorothy Peters president and Patricia Dirks Helen Lewison patrol leaders with Barbara Smith and Claire Dalton as color guards. The group plans weekly meetings, notes their progress toward Second Class, and lists troop committee members Mary Lou Pollock and Joanne Steel. A Christmas carol sing occurs with several girls and leaders prior to noting a local market for unwanted items through the Register-Tribune Want Ad.
Herbert Hoover urged nationwide drive January 7 to 31 for overseas relief through UNRRA. He warned Europe faces undernourishment and fuel shortages, citing millions of affected children and urging serviceable used clothes, shoes, bedding donations. Henry J. Kaiser chairs the campaign, building on a prior successful clothing drive that aided 26 million war victims in Europe, the Philippines, and China. The Register-Tribune invites readers to report guest visits to ensure coverage.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to order plant food early for spring seeding as 1946 crop goals require large production. Delays could leave growers short on nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash. continued steady factory-to-farm flow is needed to meet demand.
Dr. George N. Hoffer, agronomist, says corn and legumes best indicate plant food shortages in soil. Yellowing leaves signal nitrogen lack. purplish young leaves show phosphorus need. scorched leaf edges reveal potash deficiency. Recommend legumes in rotation, residue return, lime for acid soils, and applying potash fertilizers to correct exhaustion.
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