Moving Delayed By Widespread Blizzard In Iowa Farms
Ray Anderson notes that about 25 000 Iowa farmers face moving day amid a blizzard slowing road traffic. An Ames economist estimates the spring shifts, with many postponed to today and tomorrow, while livestock and equipment moves contend with snow and potential thaw. Auction activity wanes as buyers seek dairy cows bred sows and stock cattle, with grain and hay selling near market price where transport factors influence bids.
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Iowa
Rainer Schickele
Ames
Chicago
Storage egg trend hinges on government action in 1939 season
New York City reports the 1939 storage egg season centers on government policy. Purchases for relief may peg prices about one cent under last year, creating a market floor though future values remain uncertain. Production may rise as flocks grow 7 to 10 percent and feed is plentiful.
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New York City
New York
Seaboard
Washington
Middle West
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Butter Market Sees DPMA Price Watch And Surplus Shifts
New York butter trade waits on DPMA policy hints as directors met in Washington to survey prospects with no immediate changes likely before May. They eye a possible lowering of pegged minimum prices and expanding relief quota to move the bulk DPMA holdings now around 70 million pounds.
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New York
Dairy Products Marketing Association
DPMA
Washington
Division of
FSCC
Chicago
Dpma Holdings
Roosevelt letter and labor board shifts fuel expected spring rebound
The piece outlines FDRs peace letter to AFL CIO leaders, work by labor secretary Perkins, and planned administration moves to buoy business. It notes likely revisions to the National Labor Relations Board, hints at broader tax and anti monopoly policy, and forecasts a spring economic upswing with housing, auto, and rail orders improving while NAM reports living standards under dictatorships lag.
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YP Lane
Roosevelt
AFL
Bill Green
CIO
John Lewis
Fanny Perkins
Miss Perkins
National Association of Maanufacturers
NAM
United States
Great Britain
France
Seraseesvewe
Germany
Haly
Russia
Iowa Corn Sealed For Federal Loan Total 117 Million Bushels
DES MOINES AP Iowa farmers now hold 117000000 bushels of corn secured under the 57 cent loan plan state AAA officials said Wednesday Loans have been made on 100000000 bushels of the 1938 crop and 17000000 bushels of the 1937 crop which were resealed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
AAA
Parish 3 Jersey Breeders Meeting Rescheduled to March 8
Parish No 3 of the Iowa Jersey Cattle club postponed due to impassable roads. The meeting moves to March 8 at 1 p.m. in the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce to plan a parish show and the state sale.
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Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau Plans Auto Insurance Backed by Pledges
DES MOINES AP State Farm Bureau officials said the creation of an automobile insurance company for members hinges on pledges of business from county insurance committees to ensure viability A corporation has been formed but no further steps will occur until pledges are secured from county committees
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Des Moines
State Farm Bureau
Davenport Fair Finances Move To New Corporation
The Mississippi Valley fair plans to form a new corporation and buy nearly 300000 in debts and assets of the current firm. The purchase price is set at 55000, and the old corporation will file for voluntary bankruptcy.
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Davenport
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A quiet morning scene describes a cardinal perched in tented treetops behind a barn grove. Whistling like calling a dog, the bird adds calm beauty and melody to the rural setting.
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RF. A
Reed debunks belief late snow guarantees crops
Des Moines area meteorologist Charles D Reed of the federal weather bureau says heavy snow and early spring rain do not ensure abundant crops. He cites 20 years of data showing no link between winter snowfall and spring yields for oats corn and barley, noting droughts heat and soil conditions matter more.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D Reed
Federal Weather Bureau
Reed
Iowa
Farm Auction Schedule Across Three Counties
A sequence of livestock sales listed for early March includes Beverly Cattle Company on Thursday, March 2, In. Live Stock Exchange in Cedar Rapids on Friday, March 3, and J. A. Reed sale at Springville on Saturday, March 4. Walter Hemphill sale near Center Point was postponed.
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Beverly Cattle Company
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Reed
Springville
Walter Hemphill
Center Point
Walter Hemnbill
George Price
Kossmea Aek
Dogs and Hounds Distinctions in Sporting Use
By Albert Payson Terhune the piece explains the difference between dogs and hounds, noting scent hunting defines true hounds and cautioning against calling foxhounds dogs. It highlights bloodhounds as exemplary hounds with historic scenting power and cites European and American sportsmen while condemning mislabeling.
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Leon F. Whitney
America
Europe
William the Conqueror
England
tCopyright
German American Bund Meeting Sparks Free Speech Debate
A reader in Madison Square Garden questions why New York allows the German American Bund to meet, praising efforts to stop it while arguing that free speech must be protected. The letter links the Nazis to war debts, lost lives, and urges keeping Nazi symbols out of the United States. An editor notes the constitutional question of unfettered speech in perilous times. The piece ends with a tangent on an orthodox Japanese wedding rite of nine cups of sake.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Germany
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
Arthur W. Davis
Keystone
Bund
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