OPA Revises Corn Rules And Box Car Reallocation
The OPA announced immediate changes to corn and processed grain pricing to restore normal distribution. Ground corn prices drop about 1.90 a ton. retail corn sales capped at 1000 pounds. country shippers smaller carloads see reduced markups. The ICC also moves to pool empty box cars to speed food transport and aid overseas relief.
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Wee Oe
OPA
Interstate Commerce Commission
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Johnson
ICC
Warren C. Kendall
Association of American Railroads
United States
Patton Urges Union to Enter Politics and Build Bureau
James G. Patton president of the National Farmer's Union urged creating a political information and action bureau within the union. He set goals to elect 25 senators and 200 congressmen by 1950 and to grow to 1,000,000 members with a large national staff and active locals. He also proposed a national publication, a billion-dollar cooperative system, and control of several radio stations.
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Topeka
James G. Patton
National Farmer’s Union
Patton
4 H Dairy Record Winners Named
Waterloo Iowa report states Jack Hansen Cedar Falls named state winner in the 1945 dairy record book contest for a three year record among 360 entries. He wins a gold wrist watch from American Steel and Wire. Other Iowa winners receive 200 dollar awards including Lang Lang Redfern Tigner Scharf Van Auken Reece Taylor Canton wine Dankenbring Moellers. West Union County planners meet to discuss next year’s extension program.
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Waterloo
Jack Hansen
Cedar Falls
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Hansen
Holstein Club
Iowa
Iowa State Dairy Association
Maynard Lang
Poweshiek
Jack Lang
Nancy Redfern
Lee _ county
Charles Tigner
Webster
Arlene Scharf
Lyon Brothers
Tama
Stanley van Auken
Keokuk
Lewis Reece
Adams
Hilda Taylor
Donald Cantonwine
Benton
Ray Dankenbring
Black Hawk
Arthur Moellers
Winneshiek
Farm land prices in four states run conservative
Farm Credit administration in Omaha reports Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming farm land prices below national average and far under the 1920 boom. National index 133 with Iowa 112 Nebraska 89 Wyoming 119 South Dakota 62. 1920 peaks were higher. Rural mortgage debt down to 930.9 million in these states, with most buyers paying cash down to first mortgage limits.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Farm Credit Administration of
FCA
FDA
Agronomists Name Two More Ames Men
Two additional members of the Iowa State College agronomy staff were named officers of the American Society of Agronomists. W. H. Pierre, head of the agronomy department, becomes vice president, and Iver J. Johnson is named one of eight fellows. H. D. Hughes, in charge of farm crops, was appointed president of the society.
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AMES
Iowa State College Agronomy
American Society of Agronomists
W. H. Pierre
Iver J. Johnson
H. D. Hughes
Cedar Rapids Man Buys Oxford Junction Farm
Charles Novotny of Cedar Rapids purchased a 336 acre farm west of Oxford Junction from Manford Powelka of Maquoketa. The transaction includes details of the farm and sale terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
Charles Novotny
Here
Manford Powelka
Maquoketa
Cneh Eichorn
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Highlights Regional Sales
A sequence of farm auctions is listed with dates in March. Frank Randall hosts a closing out sale northeast of Springville. H E Howden runs a horse sale at Ridgeway. Mrs James Welsh offers land for sale four miles southwest of Williamsburg. E L Hill holds a closing out sale three miles northwest of Coggan. Franck and Boddicker conduct a dairy sale one mile southwest of Newhall. A W McArthur presents a public sale four miles northwest of Springville. Zack McArthur of Fairfax runs a closing out sale.
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Frank Randall
Springville
H. E. Howden
Ridgeway
James Welsh
Williamsburg
E. L. Hill
Coggan
Franck and Boddicker
Newhall
A. W. McArthur
Zack McArthur
Fairfax
National Horse Show Slated for May 30 at Fairgrounds
A spring horse and pony show will be held at the fairgrounds on Thursday May 30. L T Birdsell secretary of the Clayton county agricultural society announced the event. John Hartwick McGregor chairs the show committee and is handling arrangements.
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Fairgrounds
L. T. Birdsell
Clayton County Agricultural Society
John Hartwick
McGregor
Johnson County approves soil district in Iowa
Johnson county landowners voted 159 to 10 to establish a soil conservation district. Elected to six, four, and two year terms were J B Burns Oxford Ray Cummings North Liberty and Kenneth Wagner West Liberty. Johnson county becomes the sixty fifth county to form a soil district.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
J. B. Burns
Oxford
Ray Cummings
North Liberty
Kenneth Wagner
West Liberty
Wheat shortage feared as world needs exceed supply
Chairman Stephen Pace of the House Food Investigating Committee warned that world wheat supplies will be little more than half the world’s needs until after this year’s harvest. The panel pressed Secretary Clinton Anderson for action to maintain U S nutrition and curb famine abroad while balancing domestic needs.
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Washington
LLP
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
House Food Investigating Committee
Pace
Europe
Asia
Clinton P. Anderson
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Davenport man buys 160 acre farm northeast of North English
North English reports that N J Peiffer of Davenport purchased the 160 acre Bill Cuttill farm located northeast of town. The deal confirms regional land transfer activity this season.
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N. J. Peiffer
Davenport
Bill Cuttill
Ere
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