Willkie Declares No Abrupt Change In Program Contemplated
Willkie told Iowa farmers and farm leaders after a Des Moines conference that he does not favor changing the farm program unless a better one is gradually evolved. He pledged not to remove benefits gained by agriculture and stressed industrial recovery to boost farm purchasing power. The talks touched on administration controls and urged a clean campaign, with farm group leaders praising his sincerity and readiness to defend himself if attacked.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Gazette
Willkie
Washington
Ralph Smith
Newton
The
Grange
State Aaa Committee
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Earl Smith
Chicago
Ilinois Agricultural Association
American Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Willkie
Middle West
Farm Bureau
Wallace
Bill Yungelas
Webster City
Farmers Union
Progressive Farmers Union
George DeBar
Aurora
Who
Jean Wheeler Named Keokuk County Health Girl
Jean Wheeler of Webster, member of the Gypsy Lassies 4-H club, has been chosen Keokuk County health girl to represent the county at the state fair. Dr Dulin of Sigourney examined the five 4-H girls in the county contest alongside entrants Margery Shanatfelt Ruth House Ruth Green and Hilda Dyson.
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Sigourney
Jean Wheeler
Webster
Gypsy Lassies
Keokuk
Dulin
Margery Shanatfelt
Ruth House
Lancaster Lassies
Ruth Green
Benton Live Wires
Hilda Dyson
Adams Hustlers
Louisa F B Sports Festival Draws 600
About 600 people attended the Louisa county sports festival at the fairgrounds on a point basis. Wapello township finished first with 100 points, Marshall second with 86, and Grandview third with 176. Winners included Margaret Boysen quosts, Harriet Dotson clock golf, Mrs Jack Schneider darts, Dick Stineman baseball throw, Mrs Verne Hiller nail driving, Anna Boysen 40 yard dash for girls over 16, Colleen Swan 40 yard dash for girls 15 and over, Berk and Steinman men s horseshoe pitching, Mrs Harold Swan rolling pin throw, and Ray Barrick hog calling. Concord-Grandview won the boys kittenball game over Marshall township. rain halted the men s baseball game.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Fairgrounds
Wapello Township
Marshall
Grandview
Margaret Boysen
Harriet Dotson
Jack Schneider
Dick Stineman
Verne Hiller
Anna Boysen
Colleen Swan
Berk and
Steinman
Harold Swan
Ray Barrick
Concord-Grandview
Marshall Township
New Tester Employed For Fayette No 2 DHI Assn
Dwight Rogers of Albia was employed as new tester for Fayette DHIA No 2 succeeding Stanley Hamilton who resigned Sept 1 in a reorganization meeting. Noel Campbell of Hawkeye was reelected president with E C Brandt Postville as vice president Karl Miller Elgin as secretary treasurer and Walter Platt Clermont and Mervin Doughty Fayette as directors.
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Fayette
Dwight Rogers
Albia
Fayette Dhia No. 2
Stanley Hamilton
Noel Campbell
Hawkeye
E. C. Brandt
Postville
Karl Miller
Elgin
Walter Platt
Clermont
Mervin Doughty
Aug 10 Deadline Set for Iowa City 4-H Show Entries
Iowa City entries for the annual 4-H show Aug 14 to 16 must be filed by Aug 10, County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced. The opening evening features a pet parade, an amateur contest, and the draft horse hitch class, with Francis Donahue of Iowa City already entering a grand champion 4-H colt and its dam in the latter event.
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Iowa City
Emmett C. Gardner
Francis Donahue
New car registrations surge in 1940 over 1939 five months
Registrations for the first five months of this year rise sharply, totaling about 2844 per cent higher than the same period in 1939. The data indicate a substantial rebound in new car sales compared with the previous year.
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United States
Egg imports at record low level in 1939
A Foreign Crops and Markets report shows U S egg imports in 1939 totaled 6,212,000 dozen, only 0.2 percent of domestic output of 3,185,417,000 dozen, marking the smallest import level since 1923. Declines reflect reduced Chinese production and shifting trade to Argentina and the Orient amid high U S prices.
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U.S
China
United States
Argentina
Orient
Netherlands
Poland
Germany
Irish Free State
Eire
C. i F
Buenos Aires
Japan
Powell Executrix Appointed in Iowa Estate
Notice states that on July 29 1940 Mary W Powell was appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Thomas B Powell deceased in Linn County Iowa All persons owing the estate are asked to pay promptly and all claims must be filed with the Linn County District Court clerk through attorney John M Powell
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Thos
B. Powell
Iate
Iowa District Court
Mary W. Powell
John M. Powell
Columbia Oats Tops Louisa Test Plot Standouts
Columbia oats led the standard community oats trial on L. B. Hall farm Elm Grove township Louisa county this season yielding 73.3 bushels per acre at 35.8 pounds per bushel. Other varieties ranged from Fulghum 66.1 to Vanguard 44.4 bushels.
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Columbia Oats
Louisa
Gazette
L. B. Hall
Elm Grove Township
Louisa County
L. C. Barnett
Iowa State College Agronomist
C. T
Vanguard
Landscape Meetings In Fayette On Aug 13 14
Iowa State College professor John R Fitzsim mons will visit Fayette county with two landscape meetings on August 13 and 14. The events focus on home and farm landscaping and finishing demonstrations. Activities begin August 13 at 2 p.m. at Taylorville cemetery Fairfield township and August 14 at 2 p.m. at the A E Bochmlier farm Center township. Sixty demonstrations have been established in Fayette over the past 20 years.
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Fayette
John R. Fitzsimmons
Iowa State College
Ames
Fayette County
Taylorville
Fairfield Township
A. E. Bochmlier
Center Township
Oats Sprout In Shocks and Straw Damaged By Rains
In Edgewood and Decorah districts rains have damaged oats in shocks with sprouting and rotting, while some farms like Ralph Tucker and Willard Farmer report excellent grain. Volga City notes oats sprouting. West Union reports corn progressing despite a hail strip along the Turkey river and soybeans thriving.
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Edgewood
Ralph Tucker
Willard Farmer
Here
West Union
Turkey River
Fairs and 4-H livestock shows across eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa hosts fairs and 4-H livestock events this week. Clinton DeWitt Benton Tipton Manchester Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids stages run from Aug 6 to Aug 16 with the All Iowa Livestock Exposition in Cedar Rapids Aug 11 to Aug 16.
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Iowa
Clinton County
DeWitt
Benton County
Vinton
Tipton
Delaware County
Manchester
Marengo
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Grain harvest paused by rain but sprouting weeds appear
Report notes pastures meadows and new seedings affected. Small grain damaged as it sprouted through wet shocks after a week long threshing interruption due to heavy rainfall. Threshing and combining are expected to resume this week.
Joslin Heads Cedar County Beef Producers
Officers of the Cedar County Beef Producers association were elected in Tipton Saturday night. Roy Joslin of Clarence was chosen chairman, Harley Anderson of West Branch as vice chairman, and Lester Nicoll of Mechanicsville as secretary-treasurer.
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Tipton
Cedar County Beef Producers Association
Roy Joslin
Clarence
Harley Anderson
West Branch
Lester Nicoll
Mechanicsville
Lightning hits crib on Earl Bedwell farm near Columbus Junction
A double corncrib measuring 26 by 40 feet on the Earl Bedwell farm four miles northeast of Columbus Junction was struck by lightning early Monday morning and destroyed. The structure housed baled hay and at the time Jud Preston was the tenant.
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Columbus Junction
Earl Bedwell
Here
Jud Preston
Cedar Rapids sidewalk project list set for 1940 construction
City Council resolves to construct permanent sidewalks along numerous properties in Cedar Rapids under Ordinance 1964 and Code 5962. Plans and specifications are on file. work must begin by September 1 1940 and finish by October 15 1940 with costs assessed against abutting property.
Cedar Rapids Sealed Bids Sought for Permanent Sidewalks
The Cedar Rapids City Council directs the City Clerk to receive sealed proposals for furnishing labor and materials to construct permanent sidewalks along city streets. The notice specifies bidding requirements and submission details for contractors.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sidewalk Order No 5 1910 Cedar Rapids Iowa
City council resolves to construct permanent sidewalks along and abutting numerous parcels in Bever's 2nd Add Central Park area and adjacent blocks. Plans reference First Avenue, 15th Street NE, Sixteenth Street NE, A Avenue NE, B Avenue NE, C Avenue NE, Center Point Road NE, and other tracts. Orders specify precise lot and block descriptions, alignment, and widths under Ordinance 1966 and Iowa Code 4962.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Buchanan’s
Buchanans
Fourth - Street
Buchanan
Fifth Avenue
4Th Street
Oseee Avenue
Buchanan's
Seventh Street
Buchanan's and
Reed's
Dessely
Fo Avenue
Ira Street
Brown's
Eighth Street
Cooper's
Abled Avenue
Tate Avenue
Taira
Coopers Third Avenue
Coopex's
Apne Avenue
Dean
Aagtea
Dean's
Hull
Second Street
Ee Street
G_ avenue
Vernal Street
4Th Add Avenue
Ond Street
I Avenue
Kingston
Second Avenue
3Rd Street
Third Street
Kingston Fourth Avenue
First Avenue
15Th Street
Bever
Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Bever’s
A Avenue
Bever's
Park Avenue
Bever Park
C Avenue
R. Imp. Co
Center Point Road
E Avenue
Central Park
D Avenue
Central Park D' Avenue
Farm Hand Wages Average $34.25 A Month With Board
Iowa July farm labor supply slightly above demand in most areas, with southeastern Iowa reporting higher demand than supply. Wages averaged 34.25 dollars per month with board and 44 dollars without board, per the Iowa Farm Economist from Iowa State College.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Farm Economist
Iowa State College
Friday Is F. B. Day At DeWitt 4-H Show
The seventh Clinton county Farm Bureau festival and 4-H club show opens in DeWitt with entries of seventy baby beeves twenty dairy calves twenty two pens of lambs and over thirty pig litters. Mrs Raymond Sayre guides the women’s division spokes. J C Holbert and D Jontz judge livestock while Charlotte Drummond oversees girls 4-H and home exhibits. Allan Kline VP of the Iowa Farm Bureau speaks Friday afternoon.
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J. C. Holbert
D. Jontz
Iowa State College
Charlotte Drummond
Davenport
Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Biggest Apple Crop Forecast Since 1935 In Iowa
Iowa may harvest about 1,800,000 bushels of apples, the largest crop since 1935, as heavy rains boost production. S. W. Edgecombe of Iowa State College extension notes the crop could be 25 percent larger than last year if conditions stay favorable, with good quality and minimal codling moth damage. Central Iowa sees the biggest gains, while southeastern Iowa might be only modestly higher. Harrison County hopes for a top year after last year’s wind damage.
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Ames
Iowa
S. W. Edgecombe
Iowa State College
Gina
Edgecombe
Harrison County
Newly Wed Discussion Endorses Farming For Youth
James Green of the Iowa Farm Bureau met with about 80 members of the Fayette county newly weds group Monday evening. They discussed whether a young couple should continue farming today and reached an affirmative conclusion that they should continue farming.
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Fayette
James Green
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Fayette County
Cedar Rapids sidewalks plan details and property notices
Cedar Rapids Iowa outlines a plan to construct permanent sidewalks on public streets. The resolution lists numerous property descriptions in Central Park Add and Coe College Add blocks with proposed frontage and assessment rules. It directs publication of the notice in two Gazette issues before August 22 1940 and notes property owners may opt to build their own walks or have the city build them with costs assessed to the properties.
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Second Street
Kingston
Third Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Palmer and Thompson Replat
Covell
Palmer and
Thompson
First Street
Palmer and Thompson
Sixth Avenue
Murray
Seventh Avenue
Fourth Street
4Th Street
Eighth Avenue
6Th Street
Reed's
Biath Street
Reed
Ninth Street
Tenth Street
Young
Youne
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Towa
F. K. Tian
L. J Storey
Burgus
Stefan
Yeas
Hahn
Benesh
Bureus
C Avenue
16Th Street
Central Park
Sixteenth Street
B Avenue
D Avenue
Coe College
Fourteenth Street
14Th Street
Buavenue
15Th Street
Boavenue
Twentieth Street
Greene
Twentieth Stret
College
Greene and
Colline
First Avenue
First Avenue E
College Add
Block
Block & Greene and
State of
F K
Attest’ & J Storey
Yens
Counselimen Benesh
Notice for Permanent Sidewalks in Cedar Rapids Iowa
City announces proposal for permanent sidewalks on designated street frontages under sidewalk order No 5 1940. Bids require a ten percent certified check and bonds. work must start by September 1 1940 and finish by October 15 1940. Cedar Rapids Gazette published notice August 5 6 1940.
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Ray Anderson
Farm Union
Lloyd Cunningham
Cresco
Scott Ellis
Dallas Center
George W. Patterson
Burt
Clarence Hill
Milburn
Howard Hill
Minburn
Henry Fisher
Keokuk County
Louisa F. B. Sports Festival
Fayette No. 2 Dhi Assn
U. S
Decorah
Volga City
Joslin
Cedar County Beef Producers
Columbus Jet
Guy Clerk
Martha
Sir Cecil
Beagt
MR. Astorbilt
Gladang
Williams
Islands
Merle F
Gaprmort
F. B
L. J. Storey
Sunkist
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