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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1944
Page
22
Farmers crowd J B Pieper sale on Milt Tudor farm four miles south of Olin as Wilbur Colby of Mechanicsville sells a pair of over one ton horses for 355 dollars. The sale grossed 25 horses at about 190 dollars each with the top team fetching 460 dollars.
The War Food Administration on Saturday announced wage provisions for the 1944 domestic sugar beet crop to qualify for Sugar Act benefit payments. Wages must be those negotiated between growers and workers but not below 1943 harvesting wages. A new minimum of 75 percent applies to thinning blockings with segmented seed. Benefits average about $2.50 per ton. Wage determinations come after hearings in Washington Detroit and Denver.
In Anamosa on Monday, Jones County Triple-A and soil conservation groups call a meeting for all producers dealers and truckers of agricultural limestone. The purpose is to determine steps to ensure maximum production of ground limestone for county farms this year.
Elizabeth Peter, clothing specialist from Ames, will conduct meetings in Allamakee County on March 22 in Waterville and March 23 in Waukon.
A new draft rule exempts A B C arm workers from age 18 to 25 unless special approval is given. Local boards will decide farm worker deferments with USDA input as harvest nears. Beef supplies face strain as range cattle rise and 30 cent subsidy proposals meet resistance. Cattle market rumors from Texas and corn elevator shortages threaten meat production ahead of planting season.
A West Union Iowa product promotes BIG GAIN PIG & SOW RATION to raise sow milk flow and prevent nursing loss while supporting baby pig growth and overall profits. It emphasizes high protein vitamins minerals to meet the demand of sows nursing litters.
Chicago report from Middle West Soil Improvement committee warns pasture and hay crops must substitute for scarce high protein feeds to meet 1944 livestock production goals. Says 3,534,000 tons more high protein feeds needed. emphasizes legume crops as essential protein sources for cattle hogs and poultry and as future protein rations.
Harold Gunderson Ames extension entomologist will lead a rat control demonstration at the Frank Zahradnik farm on the Ely road south of Cedar Rapids on March 21 at 10 am. Floyd Robson Linn county agent announced Friday.
An overheated stove started a blaze at the Will Gibson farm. The fire gutted a small building housing six brood sows and 50 small pigs. sows and all but seven pigs were saved. The structure was completely destroyed. In a separate note, meat packers processed about one half again as much meat in 1943 as the ten year pre war average.
A collage of light gossip and satire from wartime radio and stage, noting Walter Winchell, comedian W. C. Fields in a dry state, and Irving Berlin delivering morale messages. It includes zany jokes, remarks on press propagandists, and a playful recap of personalities like Georgia Gibbs and Don Wahn.
The Bohemian Dramatic Association will present a three act comedy Zatoulana Svatka Strayed Wedding on Easter Sunday directed by Vaclav Picek. A second play Na Statka Chaloupce is planned for Mother's Day in cooperation with the Czech school. Members of Czech Home Guard plan a drill at Sokol gym Wednesday at 8 p.m. Sdruzeni Spolka to meet March 30 at 7:30 in ZCBJ lodge rooms.
Uden Tablets are advertised as relief for stomach ulcers indigestion and heartburn with a money back offer. The ad urges readers to try a 25 cent box and return it for double their money if not convinced. It references the fictional King Cole as a hook to promote the product.
Prepared for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America this devotional speaks of putting on the new man created in righteousness. It urges daily growth, prayer for pardon, and steady progress in living the mind of Christ, likening life to a soldier’s step by step enlistment and continual ascent toward a higher pattern.
Leonard Dreiger an 18 year old from Lincoln Nebraska shot himself with a .22 rifle after fearing he could not pass the army physical examination His body was found Friday at the Arbor schoolhouse by teacher Miss Irma Warta The note on the blackboard explained his wartime worry and farewell ending with signed Leonard
A scrambled puzzle clue set lists across and down entries with varied definitions including counts like 1 counterweights, 3 title of respect, 19 supplement, 32 insect, 39 relating to a geologic period, 45 Garbaro, 51 1 Shade tree, 63 Breaks, plus down clues such as 1 Belief, 4 Scum, 10 Refined Iron, 31 Small inlet, and more, with partial OCR errors and mixed capitalization.
Marine Corps Seabee on GREEN ISLAND entertains natives by removing and reinserting his upper false teeth during a meal of roast pig. The crowd amazed, a follower accompanied him back to camp, and later a delegation brought fruit gifts. The islanders planned another feast to show off the remarkable removable teeth.
Tests show the typical traffic stop light requires about 25 seconds of waiting time. The finding highlights delays in intersection signaling and potential driver frustration during red phases.
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