Stassen urged unity for world peace at Farm Bureau gathering
Harold Stassen, former Minnesota governor and potential 1948 candidate, told the American Farm Bureau Federation's women’s association that world peace hinges on a united America with a strong economy. He warned against postwar partisan divides, urged six key economic pillars, and tied domestic and international policy together amid a North American meeting in Chicago. He spoke as the federation prepared to hear Secretary Clinton Anderson address the conference amid favorable farm price and production forecasts.
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Chicago
Harold&. Stassen
Minnesota
America
Pearl Harbor
Stassen
American Farm Bureau Federation
Women’s Association
Army
Navy
Clinton P. Anderson
Federation
United States
Puerto Rico
Agriculture Department
Second District GOP post to Mrs Raymond
Mrs Arlene Raymond of Independence was named Second district vice chairman at a meeting of the Republican state central committee in Des Moines. She succeeds Mrs Harriet Ballard of Cedar Rapids, who was appointed to investigate complaints involving board of control institutions. Howard Brooks and Miss Mildred Veatch, both of Des Moines, were named national committee men. Edward Kelly of Des Moines will succeed Brooks as state organization chairman, and Miss Marvel Stevens of Mason City will succeed Miss Veatch as state vice chairman.
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Des Moines
Arlene Raymond
Independence
Republican State Central Committee
Harriet Ballard
Cedar Rapids
Board of Control
Howard Brooks
Mildred Veatch
Iowa Young Republican League
John Budd
Edward Kelly
Brooks
Threat of Black Market in Corn Watched by OPA
In Des Moines the state OPA director Walter D. Kline warns of a potential black market in corn due to tight supplies this year. He cites lower yields, inferior or immature corn, and high feed demand, with eastern industries pressing price ceilings. Some buyers seek to store corn on farms, but OPA rules prohibit storage charges, while many offers come from feed manufacturers at above ceiling prices.
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Des Moines
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Kline
Iowa
Roan Geldings Sell For 200 At Greeley Sale Barn
A team of roan geldings weighing 4130 pounds sold for 200 dollars at the F H Schenke sale barn in Greeley. The purchasers were an Omaha firm planning shipment to New York.
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Greeley
F H. Schenke
Oelwe
Newark
State Tax Commission Reports 2 Million Drop in Land Values
DES MOINES AP A drop of 2 000 000 from the 1944 figure in the 1945 adjusted taxable valuation of farm land and buildings in Iowa is reported by the state tax commission. Land assessments rose 16 858 023 over 1944 while buildings fell 19 050 790, leaving total farm land and building value 1 679 844 771 versus 1 682 037 538 in 1944. City land and building totals rose 15 000 000 since 1941 due to new construction, and soldier exemptions on real estate jumped from 22 581 211 to 33 478 017. Dairy returns per feed dollar may vary up to 50 percent per G A Williams Purdue extension dairyman.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Brief Income Tax Facts for Farmers
Questions and answers from Internal Revenue specialists explain who is a farmer and who must file federal returns. Farmers include those who cultivate or manage farms for profit, owners or tenants. Statutory gross income includes farm and non farm receipts plus barter value. low producing cows lose money due to costs exceeding returns.
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Internal Revenue Office
Son bests dad in Keota bean yield contest
Lyle Palmer toppled his father Doyle Palmer to win the Keota Future Farmers bean yield contest with 43.32 bushels per acre on land rented from his father. Bill Hamilton took second at 37.77 on 23.4 acres. Donald Hahn was third at 36.75. Top yields included Cletus Reed, Everett Coffman, and Russell Greiner. Moore moisture and purity tests were conducted in the Keota VTA lab under instructor Lewis A. Baer.
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KEOTA
Lyle Palmer
Doyle Palmer
Palmer
Lyle
Future Farmers
Bill Hamilton
FFA
Donald Hahn
Cletus Reed
Everett Coffman
Russell Greiner
Holsteins Average $150 In Sale at Blairstown
Blairstown buyers purchased 31 Holstein milk cows at Grunewald Brothers sale for an average of 150 dollars. Top three cows brought 200, 190 and 187.50 dollars. Calves sold for 12 and 14 dollars, with larger lots noted.
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Blairstown
Grunewald Brothers
Coming Farm Auctions in Eastern Iowa Gazette Ads
A string of farm auctions and closing out sales listed with dates from December 18 to January 7 across multiple towns in Iowa. Advertised sellers include Nellie F. Houska Peter C Bremer Jr Cleone Carr Mina Untiect Crosby Bros Edward Sankey C A McCormick R Dick Greenwald Walter Lahue Jack Takes M K Keseberg A E and Glen Miller Jesse Travis Glen D McCall Davenport and Theo Kahler Graham and Fowler Coverage notes distances from towns such as Viola Central City Elberon Prairieburg Walker Mechanicsville Linn County Home Cedar Rapids Key Stone Linn County Home and East Central Iowa Hereford Breeders Assn.
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Nellie F. Houska
Viola
Peter C. Bremer, Jr
Central City
Cleone Carr
Elberon
Mina M. Untiect
Crosby Bros
Prairieburg
Edward F. Sankey
Walker
A. E
Glen Miller
Linn County
Jesse Travis
Marion
Glen D. McCall
Keystone
Iowa
Hereford Breeders Assn
Davenport
Theo Kahler
Graham and Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Heifer Calves Sold At Auction For 30 Dollars Each
Hartz and son acted as auctioneers and the Benton County State Bank of Blairstown served as clerk for the sale of heifer calves at thirty dollars per animal.
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Hartz and Son
Benton County State Bank of
Blairstown
Farm Sells at $250 Per Acre Near Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction report shows Robert Schmidt buying the 200 acre Bert Lowe farm northeast of town for 250 dollars per acre. H A Harbison of Columbus Junction purchased the 180 acre Nelson Duncan estate west of town for 195 dollars per acre. Harbison's son, now serving in the armed forces, will occupy the farm later. Fred Duncan has been tenant for several years.
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Columbus Junction
Robert Schmidt
Bert Lowe
Here
H. A. Harbison
Nelson Duncan
Buying Dwindled on Boston Wool Market
BOSTON UP Buying interest in domestic wools dwindled last week due to an unfavor able price relationship with foreign wools and reluctance to add to inventories near year end. Large topmakers and manufacturers were out of the market with scattered small lots selling for immediate consumption. The PMA noted confusion from a new price schedule based on descriptions differing from those on buying schedules and certificates.
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Boston
Wool Review
PMA
Pedigreed dogs burned at Dairy Cattle Congress grounds
A fire believed to have started from an oil stove destroyed a barn at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo Sunday and burned to death 50 pedigreed dogs.
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Waterloo
INS
Dairy Cattle Congress
Pheasant Population Cut Demanded Before Planting Season
Representatives from twelve southeastern counties urged drastic pheasant population reductions and redirected upland game license revenue to county road funds. Resolutions call for removing bag limits and extending the season, plus pro rating half of license revenue to township roads due to high raising costs and crop damage.
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Mitchell
S. D
District Farmers Union
State Farmers Union
Cows Bring Top Prices At Cotter Farm Auction
Vern Heither and F. Stewart farm sale two and a half miles north of Cotter saw cows sell at 120 to 125 dollars. Yearling cows 85 to 87 dollars fourteen, calves 45, fall pigs 10, sows 49 to 55, stock hogs 33. Twenty tons timothy and clover hay 13 to 14, a tractor plow 41. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H M Duncan of Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Vern Heither
F. Stewart
Cotter
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
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