Canneries Start Sweet Corn Pack Across Iowa
Iowa canneries opened the 30 day season with an expected 74 685 tons of sweet corn from 47 plants covering about 9 000 acres. Production would exceed 1940 by 26 percent with 4 000 workers earning around 900 000 dollars. Major firms include Marshall Canning Iowa Canning and J LeRoy DeLaboa with plants in Marshalltown Cedar Rapids and Altoona.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles W. Harness
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Storm Lake
Hamburg
Elgin
Iowa-Nebraska Canners Association
State Bureau of Labor
Marshall Canning Company
Marshalltown
Iowa Canning
J. LeRoy Deabora
Cedar Rapids
Old Grimes Canning Company
Altoona
Iowa Canned Goods
Winton
Hoyt Ellis
Iowa Canning Company
Elief
I Iowa- Nebraska Canners
Canning Industry Faces Higher Tin Plate Costs
Ellis notes tin can prices remain identical to 1240 levels while raw tin plate costs have risen. He cites corrugated and solid fiber boxes as scarce and price-inflated due to government orders. Most Iowa Nebraska canneries to operate this week though some tomato plants may delay due to raw product shortages. Heat continues to hurt the sweet corn crop, with early golden varieties yielding fair returns now and white varieties likely to show more damage later.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Ellis
Local Winners Enter Chicagoland Music Festival
Local artists win top honors at the Hawkeye Music festival earning entries to the Chicagoland Music festival in Soldier Field on August 16. George Triebel Richard Keen Gordon Myers and Linn County rural women’s chorus directed by Mrs Helen Kacena Stark will perform alongside Giovanni Martinelli and a massed band of 3000 pieces plus 1500 accordions. The program includes a memorial tribute to Ignace Jan Paderewski with 500 baton twirlers and flag throwers in the grand opening and Philip Maxwell will direct ceremonies with a match lighting ceremony.
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Ignace Jan Paderewski
Soldier Field
Hawkeye Music Fesopeg
Bath Net
Ing
George Triebel
Ellis Boulevard
Richard Keen
Second Avenue
Gordon Myers
Philip Maxwell
Cedar Rapids
Hill Park
Farmer Interview Reflections on War, Taxes, and Cattle
A Cedar County farmer recalls annual profits over feed costs, discusses President Roosevelt, potential war, mining inflation, and defense spending. He notes Holstein cattle for milk and butterfat, TB testing support, soil conservation pay ments, and the farm program’s gains. He cites local storms, labour shortages, and pride in farming life and community.
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Ames
Famous Actress of the 90s Dies Poverty Stricken
Eleanor Dakin, once lauded for stage triumphs alongside Sophie Tucker and Eva Tang uay, died in poverty in Los Angeles. She had been blind for years and lived on public relief in a rooming house, surrounded by clippings that recalled her career.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor Dakin
Bertie Fowler
Potter's Field
Ste Aan
Iday
Sophie Tucker
Eva Tanguay
U.S. Cruisers Leave Australia After Port Visit
Two United States cruisers that toured Australian ports depart for an undisclosed destination. Rear Admiral Sherwoode A. Taffinder thanks Australians for their hospitality in a Saturday farewell message.
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Melbourne
United States
Sherwoode A. Taffinder
End of Playground Program This Week
The city runs a week of playground activities with finals on Friday. Champions in boxing, tennis, checkers, horseshoes and table tennis will compete for city titles in junior and senior divisions. A 6 p.m. picnic, 7:30 p.m. community night, and various daily events at Harrison Roosevelt Van Buren Lincoln Riverside Daniels Bever Arthur Kenwood and others are listed.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
Harrison
Roosevelt
van Buren
Lincoln
Riverside
Daniels
Bever
Arthur
Kenwood
United Air Lines Expands Pilot Training Program
United Air Lines announces enrollment of about 100 more pilots at its Tracy California pilot training school starting November 1 to meet demand. Earlier classes enrolled 95. about 10 percent were dropped. Thirty graduates already serve as co pilots with strong performance and remaining students to graduate in three months.
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Chicago
INS
United Air Lines
Tracy
Calif
Boeing
Thai Minister Vows Fight to Defend Independence
Luang Vichitar Vada karn, Thai minister without portfolio and land commission chairman, said in an interview that the Thai people will fight to the end against any aggressor to safeguard their national independence.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Luang Vichitar Vadakarn
Folio
The
Land Commission
Chicago expert to demonstrate Zoetic Shield in Cedar Rapids
S. M. Shevnan of Chicago will be at the Montrose Hotel Cedar Rapids Tuesday April 12 from 9 AM to 6 PM to demonstrate the Zoetic Shield. The device claims immediate results, holds rupture, increases circulation, and strengthens weakened parts without medicines or medical treatment. Demonstration offered without charge at 6505 N. Artesian Ave. Chicago.
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S. M. Shevnan
Chicago
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Aurest
Mr. Shevnan
No Wonder He Didn't Register For Draft
Ray Haviland, a German prisoner of war held after the Zamzam incident, was told by his draft board in St. Louis that it was acceptable he did not register on July 1 under the selective service act due to his circumstances. He had been among 24 Americans seized following the Zamzam sinking last April 17.
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ST. Louis
INS
Ray Haviland
Haviland
Zamzam
Ps Oma
Registratio
Start New Industry In Defense Slogans
Washington report says the United States plans a nationwide defense slogan drive. More than 1.5 million large posters will circulate with messages like Time is short Keep em flying and Arm for defense. Knudsen directs factories to display defense plant banners as part of the arsenal of democracy. A new emergency management office oversees slogan development with five posters produced so far.
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OPM
William S. Knudsen
Defense
Arsenal of Democracy
Office of Emergency Management
America
End CIO Dispute at Armour Chicago Plant Reaches Settlement
Mediation board says an agreement was reached to avert a CIO strike at Armour and Company Chicago plant supplying about one third of the army's meat eggs and butter. Details are secret pending ratification by about 14 000 workers at a weekend mass meeting.
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Washington
INS
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
Armor and Company
Chicago
U. S. Army
Mediation Board
Communist Party Changes Emblem to V Shape for Elections
New York report notes the hammer and sickle emblem is redesigned into a V to fit campaign needs. State election law bans foreign government symbols for parties, outlawing the Russian emblem. no prohibition on alternate symbols is specified.
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New York
INS
Russia
Hull Talks With Halifax on East Far Eastern Situation
Secretary of State Cordell Hull met Saturday with British Lord Halifax for 45 minutes to discuss the Far East situation and possible practical aid. Hull also conferred with Dutch Minister Alexander Loudon after the Halifax session, both nations seeking ways to respond.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Lord Halifax
Great Britain
Hull
Alexander Loudon
Halifax
Army awards 2.68 million pounds moth balls
Chicago quartermaster depot awarded contracts to five companies for 2,678,400 pounds of moth balls to be delivered to 15 quartermaster depots coast to coast.
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Chicago
INS
Uncle Sam
Chicago Quartermaster Depot
Danish Ships Chartered To New Zealand Lines
The Maritime Commission authorized the charter of three Danish cargo vessels for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand to replace diverted British tonnage. The ships, operated under Panamanian registry, were taken over by the U.S. government under the ship requisition act and were originally allocated to the Oceanic Steamship Company.
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Washington
INS
Union Steamship Company of
New Zealand
Maritime Commission
U. S
Oceanic Steamship Company of
Lottery Authorized For Lancaster Woolen Mill Fire Victim
The Ohio legislature authorized a lottery to aid a Lancaster man whose woolen mill burned, directing proceeds toward relief for the affected worker and his business.
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Ohio
Lancaster
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Saturday Evening Post
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