Allan Kline declines OWI England invitation from farm near Vinton
Vinton county farmer Allan Kline said he would not likely join a wartime OWI mission to England describing it as tentative and impractical to leave his Iowa farm seven miles northeast of Vinton. He noted the trip would be by boat and did not appeal to him. The invited group includes Frederick Redefer Frank Lausche Clarence Dykstra Eric Johnston Mark Starr Joseph C. Grew Eleanor Meadoo Betty Gram Swing Robert Lynd.
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Ray Anderson
Allan Kline
Vinton County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
the Gazette
Office of War Information
Washington
England
United States
Kline
Vinton
Wash
University of Wisconsin
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mark Starr
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Eleanor Wilson Meadoo
Treasury
War Savings Staff
Betty Gram Swing
Robert Lyndh
Middletown
Feed and Market Notes from Clar ence and Cedar Rapids
Farm update on the alfalfa-brome pasture at F. J. Bachman’s Clar ence farm with a purebred milking Shorthorn herd. Fred Dennie of Winthrop plans to market two carloads of heavy steers and 60 head of yearlings on light grain. Hog care tips for hot weather include resting hogs before loading, calm handling, clean bedding, wetting the car, light grain, and avoiding overloading. War bond purchase urged at The Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids.
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F. J. Bachman
Clarence
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Fred Dennie
Winthrop
Fred
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire Poem Verse
A short poem titled Fence Drift by R F A presents a playful parody of Joyce Kilmer to praise a bee as a tireless worker. The piece imitates a bombastic garden verse with humorous lines about a bee’s busy day and surprising sting.
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R.F.A
Joyce Kilmer
Notable Figures in History and Education Listed
The document names Margaret Mead, anthropologist and author. Henry Steele Commager, Columbia University history professor. Iphigene Bettman, Ohio League of Women Voters chair. Worth McClure, Seattle schools superintendent. Mary B. Gilson, University of Chicago economics. George Denny, director of the Town Hall in New York.
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Margaret Mead
Henry Steele Commager
Columbia University
Iphigene Molony Bettman
Ohio League of Women Voters
Gilbert Bettman Worth McClure
Seattle
Mary B. Gilson
University of Chicago
George Denny
Town Hall
New York
War Service Certificates Awarded to Cedar County Farmers
Approximately 2 000 Cedar county farmers received Certificates of Farm War Service from the local AAA office. Hy Von Muenster, county AAA chairman, reported today.
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Tipton
Cedar County
AAA
Hy von Muenster
County Aaa
Remembering a Fatal Heat Wave
A country woman recalls a deadly Sunday heat claim, noting a young son died from heat or shock. She suggests the warm weather overwhelmed him as men discuss the incident and its consequences.
Army and War Food Run Short on Beef for Military
The War Food Administration says the armed forces face a critical beef shortage. Army buying centers will accept any quantity meeting specifications, as packing plants must allocate 45 percent of weekly steer and heifer production to the services. Cattle receipts at Chicago stockyards were about 5 000 head, a Tuesday low. The board also reviews permits to curb diversion to illegal operators. The Australian monitor, a lizard, grows six to seven feet.
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Chicago
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
WFA
Army S
WPA
Harry E. Reed
Officers Elected by 4-H Girls in Keokuk County Rally Day
Keokuk county 4-H girls elected Mary Louise Wright president Donna Mefford vice president Elizabeth Holsapple historian Laurena Sparrow secretary treasurer during Rally Day in Sigourney A large audience heard leaders honored and a “4-H Builds for Victory” revue presented Readings featured Roberta Starry and Mrs George Grove with county chairman Miss Gladys Adams outlining 1943 plans.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
4-H
Mary Louise Wright
Webster
Elizabeth Holsapple
South English
Donna Mefford
Hendrick
Laurena Sparrow
Thornburg
Hilda Taylor
Lorraine Guernsey
Roberta Starry
George Grove
Glen Grove
South Engish
Gladys Adams
Iowa City
Elizabeth Adams
North Liberty
Johnson County
Ruth Ann Opfell
Shirley Yoder
Evelyn Dohrer
Pauline Leeney
Tiffin
Rose Mary Hotz
Lone Tree
Louise Kadera
Robert M Schwyhart
Chaplin
Navy
Schwyhart
Kenneth Wagner
West Liberty
Corn Crop Menaced by Record Rainfall in Iowa
Des Moines Meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports six days of heavy rains across Iowa with highs of 5.74 inches in Clarinda and 5.63 in Northwood. Flooding and mud cover crops. corn planting slowed or halted while soybeans and small grains show mixed progress. State total rainfall since April 1 at 10.71 inches, 116 percent of normal.
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Des Moines
INS
Towa
Charles D. Reed
Des
Reed
Victory Gardens
Wool Pool Totals 8 433 Lbs at West Union
West Union hosts the second Fay ette county wool pool on Monday delivering 8 433 pounds. Combined with 5 000 pounds received May 27 the year total reaches 13 433 pounds. The largest single entry was 487 pounds from the Harry and Frank Brownell farm near Stanley.
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West Union
Fayette County
Harry and Frank Brownell
Stanley
Eight hundred forty two attend food preservation schools in Washington
In Washington Iowa during May eight hundred forty two county homemakers attended twenty canning and freezing demonstrations led by Ruth Foster county home economist. The Citizens' Service Corps OCD cooperated with the extension service to organize the meetings with Idelia Bakke FSA home supervisor and Eugenia Hoefert Washington high school instructor assisting.
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Washington
Washington County
Six Year Feed Margin Review Highlights Poultry Dairy Hog Returns
The Ames extension specialist Carl Malone reports 1942 had the highest live stock feeding margins in six years, led by hogs poultry and dairy amid wartime demand. Feed costs stayed moderate due to ample supply while margins for cattle were moderate and dairy herds showed consistent returns on roughage.
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AMES
INL
Farm Business Association
Carl Malone
Ames Extension Farm Management
Malone
Iowa Farm Business Associations
Iowa
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OWI
Sarwyard
War Service
Meat Board
Joseph W. Holets
Ely
First Trust and
Holets
First Trust
First Trust & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rome
Dan
Pop
Churchill
Williams
OR Williams
Gazette
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa Livestock Exchange
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
van Horne Gee
B. Basker
Honeymead
Meel
Honeymead Products Co
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