Iowa Farm Prices Show Decline Report
Iowa farm price data as of March 15 show most commodities unchanged or down from Feb 15. Corn 49 cents per bushel. wheat 89 cents. barley 38. oats 23. rye 42. potatoes 85. soybeans 70. hogs $9.40 per cwt. cattle $7.20 per cwt. chickens 15.1 cents per lb. eggs 15.5 cents. butterfat 34 cents. hay prices little changed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Luther College Treasurer Seeks GOP Backing for Congress
Decorah Iowa H O Talle head of economics department and treasurer of Luther college has announced his candidacy for congress in the republican primary from the fourth district A primary victory would pit him against Democratic incumbent Fred Biermann in November.
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Decorah
H. O. Talle
Department of Economics
Luther College
Congress
Mr. Talle
Fred Biermann
Iowa State Student Dies In Motorcycle Accident
Gordon Funck, Iowa State College engineering student from Osceola, died of injuries after a truck struck his stalled motorcycle on Highway 65 near Oxley. The accident occurred late Sunday evening.
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Ames
Gordon Funck
Iowa State College
Osceola
Highway 65
Oxley
Bold Diamond Play Tests Squeeze in Bridge Hand
In a tournament deal North as dealer faced a vulnerable two diamond overcall by East. Declarer led diamonds, executed a squeeze on West, and finished with a flawless line including a heart finesse and precise discards, illustrating the danger of overcalling with a vulnerable two diamonds.
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East
South
North
Declarer
Case Declarer
Free copy of Bridge Rules and Etiquette offered to readers
The Gazette offers a free copy of Bridge Rules and Etiquette by Josephine Culbertson. Readers may obtain it through a special arrangement by addressing Mrs Culbertson in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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The
Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Maj Berry Named Jobs Co ordinator
President Roosevelt designated Maj. Gen. George L. Berry as co ordinator for industrial cooperation to boost employment. The executive order, issued aboard the Potomac, calls Berry to arrange and supervise meetings of industry investors labor and consumers to supplement government efforts and report recommendations to the President.
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Miami, Fla
Roosevelt
George L. Berry
Potomac
White House
Miami Biltmore
Berry
Clarence Darrow Visits Leopold in Joliet Penitentiary
Chicago lawyer Clarence Darrow visited Nathan Leopold at the state penitentiary in Joliet after Leopold’s parole bid for Jesse Binga. Darrow spent about twenty minutes with Leopold as Deputy Warden Robinson watched. Leopold expressed he was feeling pretty good and vowed to be a good boy.
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Leopold
Nathan
Darrow
Belfast Shipyard Barred From Bid On New Line
Belfast's Queen's Island yard, the world's largest and birthplace of many ocean liners, cannot bid on a $20,000,000 sister ship to the Queen Mary as British parliamentary law requires vessels to be built in Great Britain, excluding Northern Ireland unless the term United Kingdom is used.
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Belfast
Ireland
Queen’s Island
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Federal Ranger Reports Mass Fish Mortality Along Mississippi River
Federal Ranger John Lundberg says millions of fish died last winter under the ice along a 75 mile stretch of the Mississippi River north and south of McGregor. Gull and crow flocks feast on the dead fish piled on banks and ponds as rising waters wash them in.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Mississippi
John Lundberg
Police Corner Wild Hog After 20 Minute Chase
In Chicago four officers were summoned to capture a 250 pound hog described as a wild animal. After a tense pursuit the police captured the hog though it eluded several tackles. The owner faces cleaning bills before reclaiming the animal.
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Chicago
DePauw President Fosters College Flying Club
Dr G Bromley Oxnam advised his son Robert to fly a plane instead of a motorcycle. The DePauw University flying club formed, with Robert as president, and many students began flying lessons at Indianapolis airport. The president presented him a plane after he earned his pilot’s license.
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Greencastle
Ind
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Robert
DePauw
Indianapolis
Convict Farmers Cultivate Spring Crops at Leavenworth Prisons
Leavenworth Kansas AP reports convict laborers at two state and federal prison farms tending crops this spring. A 150-man crew works half of the 4000 acre state farm sowing oats clearing land and preparing to plant corn vegetables while caring for 140 calves. The 80 men on the 750 acre federal farm plant 500 acres to corn and 250 acres to truck products for prison use.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Radio Schedule Thriller of NBC CBS Networks Tonight
A dense listing shows daytime and evening radio programs across NBC and CBS networks. Programs include Amos n Andy, Easy Aces, Lum and Abner, Vox Pop, and Eddie Duchin orchestra with multiple station chains and presenter lineups. Numerous hosts, orchestras, and choirs are noted with station affiliations WJZ WEAF WMAQ WABC KYW WBBM KMOX WCCO WOW KOA WOC. The schedule spans morning to late night with religious devotions, children's stories, music, and talk shows.
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Amos
Andy
NBC
WEAF
KYW
WLW
WMAQ
WJZ Chain
Myrt
Marge
CBS
WABC
KMOX
Weaf Chain
Lum
Abner
Kate Smith
WBBM
WCCO
Leo Reisman Orch
WJZ Eox
Frank Mann
Tenor
Wayne Kingian
Edgar Guestine
Ben Bernie
Ethel Merman
Glen Gray _orch
Eddy Duchin Orch
Singers of
Western Reserve
Fred Waring Orch
Benny Goodman
Nickelodeon
WJZ
Chai
Mary PS
Jimmy Fidler
Gossip
WOW
Willson Orch
WJZ Willstd
Robinson _ orch
Charles W. Tobey
Ae Hampshire
Ee Ee Newman Orch
Ozzie Nelson
Henry Busse
Lucio Ricardo Orch
Reoey King Orch
Bernie Cummins Orch
Wwoc
Ted Lewis Orch
Pieterd Maxwell
ABC
Breakfast Club
Vaughn de Leath
Happy Jack
Bill and Ginger
Wabc Chain
Weaf Kyw
WGST
Music Educators Conference
WJZ_ chain
Maurice Brown
Helen ‘Trent
Mary Dietrich
Sprucehead Bay
Gene Arnold
Voice of Experience
Mary ‘Matlin
Ar’ R
Steen Dailey Orch
A Cotton, Tenor
Maurice Spitalny Orch
Lawrence College
Eeeeee Civic Orch
Forever Young
Weaf Wow Ee
Wabc 2
Ee Student Federation
Weaf Wow
Bob
Curtis Institute of Music
Benny Venuta
Elmira College Glee Club
Animal News Club
Mary Small
Boake Carter
Father Finn
Paulist
One Man’s Family
Calvacade of America
Burns and_ Alien
Rubin Orch
Wayne King _orch
KYW Wow
Warden Lewis Lawes
Ray Noble
Eddy Duchin
Wwcco
Ea Busse
Ee Orch
Icee Light
WJZ Ain. A
Wabc Ee Cummins Orch
Wcco Wooc
Levant Orch
WJZ Ain
Pletcher Henderson Orch
Dhaneste
Weeks Orch
Wabc Ice Rines Orch
I ‘30
Bteking Young Orch
Wabcerry Sosnik Orch
WOC
Romanelli Orch
Onawa High President Ruth Hathaway Takes Poison Death
Ruth Hathaway 18 Ona wa high school senior class president drank poison in the locker room as she told classmates she would end her life. She died minutes later after handing letters to the senior class and faculty, thanking teachers and asking classmates to carry on.
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Onawa
Ruth Hathaway
Reva Terry
Rosina Junger
Phyllis Smith
Buehlah Saunders
Ruth
Hazel Wiese
Iowa City
I. E. Hathaway
Frank Hathaway
Alliance, Neb
Seven Year Plan for Technical Education in Britain
Oliver Stanley president of the board of education announces a seven year plan for technical education in Great Britain with a total cost of 60 million dollars. The program aims to expand technical instruction and modernize schools across the country.
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Great Britain
Oliver Stanley
Board of Education
Washington Sideshow of Navy Maneuvers for Latin America
The piece alleges Hull and Swanson plan a staged naval display to woo Latin America ahead of a peace conference. It claims ships will Operate from Mexico to Chile, with a pretend foe, an unnamed Asian power, to highlight U S military aid and Panama Canal protection, amid White House political concerns.
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Universal Service
Ashington
Hull
Navy
Swanson
Latin America
United States
White House
Central Pacific
Mexico
Central American
South America
Santiago
Chile
Panama Canal
Central
Japan
Congress ranks sore as access to the President tightens
A Washington report notes that the White House has restricted entry for visitors. In the prior session open doors allowed personal conferences, but now even nonessential inquiries are blocked. First Secretary Marvin McIntyre leads visitors in with apologies, and only a few are admitted.
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Marvin McIntyre
Mac
Flag draped curtain at Capitol sparks ire over display
Report notes a misused American flag hung as a curtain during a Lief Erikson painting unveiling in the Capitol. Kingsley observers say the flag remains draped on one side despite rules, as visitors and lawmakers pass by daily.
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United States
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Lief Ericson
America
Bortewie elected mayor of Stanwood in close race
Stanwood voters chose Louie Bortewie as mayor over Roland Spear by ten votes. Mrs. Lou Jackson was elected treasurer and John Grant assessor. Council members elected were G. F. Findlay N. V. Hart Russell Rhoads and W. C. Jackson with a tie for fifth between Dick Gallmeyer and Gerald Jones likely decided by drawing.
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Stanwood
Louie Bortewie
Roland Spear
Lou Jackson
John Grant
G. F. Findlay
N. V. Hart
Russell Rhoads
W. C. Jackson
Dick Gallmeyer
Gerald Jones
Keystone and Earlville Postmasters Named
Representative Fred Biermann of Decorah Iowa recommended three Iowans for regular post master appointments Paul Mord at Fredericksburg H W Alexander at Thornton and Gerald Faust at Earlville Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa recommended George Harder as postmaster at Keystone Iowa
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Washington
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Iowa
Paul Mord
Fredericksburg
H. W. Alexander
Thornton
Gerald Faust
Earlville
Louis Murphy
George Harder
Keystone
Cockpit Enclosure Lets Planes Serve Year Round as Ships
Open planes can be converted into year around ships with a cockpit enclosure that does not require altering the main aircraft structure.
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G.O.P
Iowa State
Westinghouse Ae
WMT
Grace
Eddie
Westinghouse
Nct
Westinghouse Metallca Elit
North East South West
West
Maj. Berry
Jobs
Clarence Darrow
Ken Murray
Jack
Phil Regan
Russ Morgan
Rinso-Lifebuoy
C. S
Columbia Network
KRNT
Mississippi River
Porker
Ala
Joe Robinson
Joe Burns
Dern
Luther
Bavaria
Couturiere
Paris
Gibson Girl
Red Cross
Newman
Newmans
HI Jack
Bortewie
Mustrated
Tewman’s
Cartwright
Missy
Martha Gale
Gotham
Cedar Rapids
Newman’s
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