Iowa Counties to Be Photographed This Season in Aerial Survey
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration in Washington announces 29 Iowa counties will be photographed for field measurement this season. The 16 734 square miles cover Adair Adams Audubon Cherokee Clarke Crawford Dallas Fremont Guthrie Harrison Ida Lyon Madison Mahaska Marion Mills Montgomery O’Brien Osceola Page Plymouth Polk Pottawattamie Ringgold Shelby Sioux Union Warren Woodbury are included in the plan.
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Piwenty
Iowa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Cherokee
Clarke
Crawford
Dallas
Fremont
Guthrie
Harrison
Ida
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Mills
Montgomery
O’brien
Osceola
Page
Plymouth
Polk
Pottawattie
Ringgold
Shelby
Sioux
Union
Warren
Woodbury
Aerial Photo Program for Farm Land Expansion
The AAA envisions photographing 1,300,000 square miles across east central south and west regions by 1938 at a cost of 392,005 79 to create permanent aerial records for farm land. Bids are sought to cover West Virginia Kentucky and more areas to map farm fields with planimeters and rotometers.
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United States
AAA
Washington
West Virgina
Kentucky
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Revenue Shift Signals End of Land Bank Funding
The article notes a transition away from revenue previously sourced from the federal Land Bank of Omaha, with discontinuation set for April 1, affecting local funding streams and financial planning. The move implications touch on budgeting, program continuity, and possible realignment with other state or municipal sources.
Montour Farm Loan Group May Merge With Two Partners
The Montour National Farm Loan association held its annual meeting in Toledo with a 1918 origin and current $2,000,506 in loans. Directors Gary, Meritt, Mitchem, Schrader, and Latham were elected for terms ranging from one to three years as the group moves toward coordination with Beaman National Farm Loan and First National Farm Loan of Marshalltown. The board pledged to seek coordination, with Cronk serving as secretary treasurer for a long tenure, and to finance Toledo office operations if coordination fails.
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Toledo
Montour National Farm Loan Association
Montour
Eeey
Tama County
Marshall County
Charles E Gary
A. M. Merritt
George Mitchem
John W. Schrader
Tama
Delmar Latham
le Grand
Charles Gary
E R. Cronk
Beaman National Farm Loan Association
First National Farm Loan Association of
Marshalltown
E. R Cronk
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Montour Association
Manchester FirmImports 23 Horses
Erwin Dygert horse importer and Colin Gardner returned to Manchester from Europe with twenty three Percheron and Belgian stallions and mares. The horses, from yearlings to three-year-olds, were bought in Belgium and France. The two week trip included ten days at sea and a New York express shipment. Gardner visited England during the voyage and plans another European shipment for the Dygert stables four miles east of Manchester in four weeks.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Erwin Dygert
Colin Gardner
Europe
Dygert
Belgium
France
New York
Express
Gardner
England
Special Creamery Meeting in Guarnavillo Wednesday
Guarnavillo Creamery president called a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon here to discuss a new Iowa cooperative plan. William T. Maakestad, Ames marketing specialist, will present the proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnavillo
August Backhaus
Guarnavillo Creamery Company
Iowa
William T. Maakestad
Ames
Farm Auction Notices March 22 Near Olin Fairfax Cedar Rapids
Postponed McArthur sale and Hach administrator sale join the schedule with auctions to be held at Iowa City Sales Company. Charles Guhl sale sits 3 miles southwest of Olin, with other listings 1 mile west of Fairfax and 2 miles south of Cedar Rapids.
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Charles Guhl
Olin
McArthur
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Sales Company
DeWees and Smith Closeout at Marion Sale
On Wednesday March 23 a closing out sale by DeWees and Smith is held 6 miles southeast of Marion. A spring sale by Les Kelly company is at Marengo fair grounds. Ed Gerst sale takes place 114 miles southwest of Waubeek.
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DeWees & Smith
Marion
Les Kelly Company
Marengo Fair Grounds
Ed Gerst
Waubeek
Farm Bankruptcies Drops in Iowa and Nationwide
The Gazette reports a 40.8 percent share of Iowa bankruptcies in the year ending June 30 with 173 farm cases of 424 total farm bankruptcies. U.S. farm bankruptcies fell to 2,479 of 54,959 total bankruptcies for 1937, as overall bankruptcies rose from 52,169 to 54,959. More effects seen in eastern and western divisions, Indiana drops, and Section 75 cases total 2,671.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specilal
the Gazette
Washington
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
New England Mountain
Pacific
East North Central States
Indiana
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Minnie The Manikin Heads 4-H Posture School
Minnie the Manikin will star in the district 4-H posture training school at the W.C.A. in Cedar Rapids on March 29. The jointed cardboard figure, controlled by Miss Ella Gardner, will demonstrate how posture changes can make a girl more noticeable and sprightly. The session, beginning at 9 30 a.m., continues last year’s posture training series.
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Minnie the Manikin
W.C.A
Cedar Rapids
Minnie
Ella Gardner
U.S.C.A
Hazleton man finds garden in first class condition
August Hamann of Hazleton reports his garden ground in first class condition after plowing on Saturday. He plans to plant potatoes soon if the weather remains favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
August Hamann
Farmer Holds Key To Wildlife Fate
Frederick F. Jordan of the National Wildlife Federation declares wildlife restoration hinges on the farmer and launches Wildlife Week for March 20. He touts science on the farm, cover management, and farmer cooperation as core to reversing dust bowls, habitat loss, and vanishing game while linking farm value to wildlife resources and stable land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wy Ithout
Frederick F. Jordan
National Wildlife Restoration Week
General Wildlife Federation
Camp Fire Girls
the Grange
Linn County
United States
Farmers In America
America
National Wildlife Resolution Week
National Wildlife Federation
The
Wildlife Federation
Spring as a yearly guest and its quiet wonder
A Country Woman reflects on the arrival of spring, urging readers to value this silent season as the forerunner of all good things. She compares spring to a miraculous annual event that farmers and households should greet with gratitude and curiosity rather than take for granted.
Kline and Taber Argue Trade Pacts
Allan B. Kline of Iowa Farm Bureau argues for expanded trade and markets over production control in a Chicago radio discussion with L. J. Taber of Columbus. Taber defends tariff protection for farmers and opposes food imports.
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Gazette
Vinton
Allan B. Kline
Chicago
Farm Bureau
L. J. Tabor
Columbus
Ohio
the Grange
Taber
Washington
Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
United States Departments of State and Agriculture
Poweshiek Women Plan Achievement Day April 5
Grinnell sets Poweshiek county women’s home project achievement day for April 5 with speaker Mrs Raymond Sayre Ackworth Farm Bureau state committeewoman, Lillian B Lewis judge, music memory contest led by Mrs Will Hudson, and a 25 member Poweshiek farm women's chorus directed by Emory Grosenbach and accompanied by Mrs John Willison. The program begins at 10 30 a.m.
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Grinnell
Frances M. Hettler
Poweshiek County Women’s Home Project
Grinfiell
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Farm Bureau State
Lillian B. Lewis
Ames Extension Department
Township Booth
Will Hudson
Poweshiek Farm Women’s Chorus
Emory Grosenbach
John Willison
Hettler
Raymond Sayre Named FCA Director in Omaha Board
Indianola farmer Raymond Sayre was notified by Governor Myers of his election to the Farm Credit Administration board in Omaha. He totaled 39,558 votes, more than double his closest rival, and will also serve as director of the Federal Land Bank, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Production Credit Corporation, and the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives.
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Indianola
Raymond Sayre
Warren County
W. I. Myers
Federal Farm Credit Administration
the Farm Credit Administration
Omaha
Production Credit Corporation of
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Northwest Iowa Horse Show Set for Wednesday
Spirit Lake hosts the second annual Northwest Iowa Horse Show on Wednesday with cash prizes totaling 162 dollars and ribbons awarded to winners by the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association.
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Spirit Lake
Northwest Iowa
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
Held in Threats to Roosevelt Cabinet
A 35 year old self styled educator Lester David O Dell was held in 5000 bail on charges of writing threatening letters to President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and several cabinet members The magistrate Irving Ben Cooper called him a clever shrewd cunning type and set hearing for March 30 The letters allegedly contained false charges against cabinet members including Postmaster General James A Farley and angered the President enough to involve the Secret Service
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NEW York
Roosevelt
Lester David O'Dell
Irving Ben Cooper
F. W. Morris
Secret Service
James A. Farley
BISHOPS CALL FOR HALT TO BOMBINGS IN SPAIN
Sixty-one bishops from Methodist and Episcopal churches across thirty six states urged the Catholic hierarchy to use its influence to stop Franco army bombings of civilians in Spain. The open letter, led by Episcopal presiding bishop Henry St George Tucker, accompanied by the American Friends of Spanish democracy, notes Catholic leaders have defended Franco’s position.
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New York
N. Y
Protestant Episcopal Churches
United States
Francisco Franco
Spain
Henry St. George Tucker
Episcopal Church
Robert L. Paddock
American Friends of Spanish Democracy
Duchess of Windsor Drops High Halo Hats
Paris news notes the Duchess of Windsor has stopped wearing the high halo hats. Horst, the photographer who recent portraits Wallis Warfield, reports that her Paris wardrobe this spring favors brimmed hats shadowing the forehead, signaling a clear discard of the signature headgear.
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Paris
INS
Duchess of Windsor
Horst
Wallis Warfield
Mary
Spy Fever Grips France Over Plots Against Fortifications
PARIS AP Spy fever swept France as Premier Leon Blum met with defense and foreign affairs ministers. Four men and a woman called the beautiful Tatiana were arrested on charges of delivering fortification and mobilization plans for the Italian frontier to a foreign power. A German was seized at La Rochelle for photographing naval works, seemingly unrelated to Tatiana case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Remier Leon Blum
Tatiana
la Rochelle
Sheriff Sale Notice in Linn County Iowa 1938
Special execution attached to the court decree directs sheriff James H. Smith to sell personal and listed assets including desks filing cabinets tools and two trucks at public auction for cash on April 1, 1938 at 2:00 PM in Cedar Rapids. Auction to be held at 108 First Street Southwest. Attorneys L D Dennis D M Elderkin listed.
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District Court
Linn County
Towa
John L. Miller
Rachel Holt
Davis
Mary Anne Rutherford
C. L. Miller Building Companys
Neon ‘Industries
N. G. Robertson
J. J. Robertson
Monroe
Keokuk
Black and Decker
Ist Street Southwest
Cedar Rapids
1St Street
Iowa
James H. Smith
Hoy Radebaugh
L.D. Dennis
D. M. Elderkin
How Americans Spend Their Money in 1930s Survey
A survey report titled How We Spend Our Money analyzes family budgets, noting food absorbs one third of income, clothing and shelter take large shares, and most working or white collar households save nothing. It highlights low spending on education and reading, with many families lacking books and libraries as common sources.
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United States
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Channel Islands
Gobi Desert
America
New York
N. Y
Maxwell S. Stewart
Public Affairs Committee of
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ing
Pastor Sees No Ha In Bridge Fee
Washington reports show health director J C Geiger citing a survey of San Francisco's poor house. He notes 15 percent of inmates were married, 41 percent never married, 31 percent widowed, the rest divorced. He says marriage appears to aid domestic stability.
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Samco (Ap
Poors House
J. C. Geiger
Dr. Geiger
San Francisco
Geiger
Franco Won't Brook Foreign Peace Claims
Rome dispatch says Generalissimo Francisco Franco will never accept armistice terms imposed by foreign intervention. Virginio Gayda asserts Spanish fascists believe foreign-directed accord could only aid the loyalist side. An unrelated notice announces the appointment of Anna Belehrad Executrix of Stepan Belehrad estate in Linn County Iowa with filing of claims and debts.
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Rome
INS
Francisco Franco
Spain
Virginio Gayda
Mon Day
Gayda
State of Iowa
Linn County
Stepan Belecrad
Iowa
Anna Belehrad
Sheriff Sale Notice of Linn County Judgment
By transcript execution from Watsabaugh in Linn County Iowa assignee J K Finch the judge fined against Lawrence P Finch and Mrs Finch. Taxed costs total show sixty dollars ten cents and three dollars ten cents accruing. Lands Lot 6 7 8 9 10 Block 29 Young’s Fourth Addition Cedar Rapids to be sold March 29 1938 at 10:00 AM in front of the courthouse door. James H. Smith Sheriff Linn County Iowa deputy Roy Radebrook signing.
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District Court
Iowa
Justice Court
W. R. Watsabaugh
Rapids Township
Linn
Counety
J K. Finch
Lawrence P. Finch
Sni
Districe Court
Said
Renal
Nated
Linn County
Young
Cedar Rapids
Court House
James H. Smith
Roy Radebrowa
UGH
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R.F.A
Montour Farm Loan Association
Jay N. Darling
Des Moines
St. Louis
Darling
Robertson-Pittman
Rape Elme
Mador
Williams
FCA
Roosevelts
U. 5
Wally
Neip Markets
DIAL
U. S
AB W. Austin
Vernon Methog
Bushes
E. A. Johnson
L. F. Benesh
J. Elliott Davis
Life Insurance
Bankers Life Company
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