Hunger in Europe Threat to Lasting Peace Warns UNRRA Leader
Roy F Hendrickson deputy director general of UNRRA warned that famine in Nazi overrun Europe could threaten durable peace. He outlined factors including poor transport and wrecked admin systems, and noted Greece Yugoslavia Albania Poland and Czechoslovakia as recipients. He cited a half crop forecast and need for port and rail restoration to move aid.
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Chicago
Roy F. Hendrickson
United Nations Re
Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
Hendrickson
Food Forum
Norway
Denmark
Romania
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Russia
Italy
UNRRA
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
County Extension Appointments At Ames Iowa State
Two county extension home economists in Mahaska and Story counties and five War Food assistants in home economics were announced by R K Bliss of Iowa State College. Appointees include Clare Gordon in Mahaska and Mary E Burton in Story counties, effective July 1. Mrs Eleanor M Moulton named food preservation assistant at large. Other War Food assistants named for Humboldt Webster Grundy Woodbury counties.
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National Livestock and Meat Board
Chicago
Burton
Penick and
Ford Laboratories
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Eleanor M. Moulton
Grinnell
Iowa
Ruth M. Meyer
Humboldt
Humboldt County
Delma A. Schwidder
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Esther A. Rohner
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Mabel B. Aldrich
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Farm Women Alert to World Problems by F B Speaker
Kathryn Worley reports Mrs. Helen Carlton Smith of London, executive vice chairman of the Associated Country Women of the World, told Farm Bureau district women at a Roosevelt hotel conference that American farm women have grown keen on international affairs. She credited Farm Bureau club work for improved leadership, food knowledge, dress, grooming, and meeting conduct, noting her wartime England experience and cross continental exchanges among 48 countries. The next conference of the Associated Country Women will be held in America one year after the war.
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Helen Carlton Smith
London
Associated Country Women of the World
Inter
Farm Bureau District
Roosevelt Hotel
Texas
States
England
Mrs. Smith
America
Perryville
Rogue’s Hall
Oxford
Associated Country Women
Number of Farms Gains Slightly in Linn County
Preliminary 1945 Linn county agricultural census shows 3 765 farms up from 3 728 in 1940 and 3 848 in 1935. Average farm size 114 acres, down from 115 in five years ago and up from 110 ten years ago. Total farm land 429 992 acres, vs 428 288 in 1940 and 423 576 in 1935. figures tentative pending final census tabulation.
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Linn County
Max H. Jenk
Dubuque
Jenk
Bureau of Census
Washington
Iowa Dairy Herds Average 32.11 Lbs Butterfat May Report
Ames Iowa dairy herd tests show 17,308 cows in 975 herds across 47 associations produced 32.11 pounds of butterfat in May while 11.68 percent were dry. Iowa State college extension dairy men released the figures Monday.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Extension
Iowa Electric Light and Power seeks franchise in Linn County
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Cedar Rapids files with the Iowa State Commerce Commission for a franchise to erect operate and maintain electric transmission lines across Linn County including highways streams and private rights of way. Objections must be filed in triplicate at Des Moines five days before the hearing date set for June.
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Iowa State Commerce Commission
Linn County
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Bo Ee
Tomashis
Linncomme
N&s
Said
Sapere
Coggon
Pectin Three
Said Township
Ange
Ee Tupokstral
Acroas
S Moines
Loos
Geo. L. McCaughan
Secreta
Des Moines
Lows
Ieee
Historic Farm at McGregor Sells to Clarence Thiesen
The 160 acre Catherine Geraghty farm on Pleasant Ridge near McGregor sold to Clarence Thiesen of Turkey River for 16000 dollars. The site includes a modern dairy barn hog house hay barn and a six room house with permanent woodland pasture and two springs. The sale follows a long family history tracing back to John Sangander and the early military trail to Fort Atkinson. The new owner takes possession March 1.
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Florence L. Clars
Mcgregor
Catherine Geraghty
Pleasant Ridge
Clarence Thiesen
Turkey River
Mississippi River
Fort Atkinson
Fort Crawford
Wis
Iowa Fort
John Sangander
Geraghty
Sangander
John Geraghty
Iowa
Mr. Geraghty
Andrew Rosenbaum estate farm sold at auction near Ossian
The 180 acre Andrew Rosenbaum estate farm five miles west of Ossian on the Festina gravel was sold Monday to Joseph Holthaus for eighty dollars per acre. Possession will be given March 1. Auctioneer Fred Ronan and clerk Louis Frerix handled the sale.
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Ossian
Andrew Rosenbaum
Here
Festina
Joseph Holthaus
Fred Ronan
Louis Frerix
Soil Nutrient Balance Boosts Top Crop Yields
The soil with an abundant and well balanced supply of nutrients gives the best chance for high yields. Proper nutrient balance supports robust plant growth and maximizing harvest potential.
Farmers urged to maximize feed crops amid shortages
The piece notes beef pork and poultry shortages for civilians due to rising demand. It urges maximizing feed crop production in 1945, with hope for adequate corn. It cites fodder crops like hay oats soybeans for hay, early grain sorghums sudan grass and buckwheat as viable options amid ongoing rains and planting delays.
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Sudan
Black Market Threatens Egg Supply
Washington AP farm editor Oc Ida Martin reports a nationwide black market in poultry risks a sharp egg shortage and loss of laying flocks as illegal dealers pay well above legal prices. Farmers sell now for meat profits while consumers buy direct, with light storage the key factor worsening pre summer supply.
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Ovida. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
House
Midwest
Far West
FASTEETH Denture Fixative Ad for Easy Wearing
An ad promotes FASTEETH powder to secure dentures, preventing dropping or slipping. It claims a comfortable, non gummy taste with no nausea and an alkaline formula that controls denture breath. Available at drug stores.
Improved Crop Outlook In Iowa After Four Days Of Warm Weather
Iowa crop and live stock reporting service notes modest gains in crop prospects after four days of favorable weather, though growth remains delayed in most areas. Northern counties show earlier recovery than the south, while labor shortages slow field work and dairy milking, with replanting continuing and substitutions like buckwheat and sudan grass being planted.
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Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Sudan
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