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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1942
Page
1
Planting picked up across eastern Iowa on Thursday and Friday after a pause caused by rain and cool weather. Most farmers expect general planting by Monday and by week’s end about 90 percent in eastern counties like Washington and Keokuk may be planted, weather permitting.
Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation condemns M L Wilson for proposing to ease oleomargarine laws a move he says would harm public health and dairy farmers. He warns dairy farmers may resist and consider congress action amid wartime policy shifts. Bertram article notes a historic elm stump near Joe Michalek farm with a living growth rooted from the trunk.
Ames Iowa State College offers a hatchery operators and managers short course from June 15 to July 11 to train replacements for hatchery workers drafted into the armed services. The 4 week program costs about 23 to 28 dollars including living expenses and books. The course covers sanitation, disinfection, breeding, feeding, egg grading, business methods and salesmanship for up to 20 men with high school education eligible to apply by May 26.
Special to The Gazette reports Walt Schriber, a farmer southeast of Dysart, growing corn that can be rowed while other farmers delay planting due to recent rains. The note also mentions Ladino Clover, a tall white clover from Italy.
A fragmented caption describes a woven wire fence with a tree image and a quotation about truth rising again. The note hints at a grand old tree offering a thrill and lifting the day amid current world tensions.
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog receipts were light this week as prices rose 10 to 30 cents, mostly 15 cents, to recover from prior losses. Five day hog intake totaled 155,800 head, down from 186,700 last week and 142,800 year ago, with year‑over‑year gains of 10 percent.
Clermont Clover 4-H picks Arlene Amundson as district leader at the state convention. Genevieve is nominated for state office with Vaine Follett as campaign speaker. Ora Oestman Eileen Foley Shayne Plant Marjorie Kerr and Dorothy Kerr named to the poster committee.
Francis Thompson, a farmer two and a half miles northeast of Norway, was injured Wednesday noon when his herd bull attacked him while he tried to tie the animal. He lay entangled in barb wire, called for help, and held off the bull until aid arrived before the bull was transported to the packing plant.
Secretary Wickard urged expanding grain alcohol from surplus wheat and corn to produce butadiene for synthetic rubber. He cited 80 million bushels yielding about 200 million gallons of alcohol and 240,000 tons of rubber, stressing wartime needs and storage limits. He noted the 95 percent alcohol to butadiene process is technically established but not yet used commercially in the U.S.
Donald W. Van Vleet, president of the Iowa Farmers Union, denounces the American Farm Bureau Federation for seeking to cut Farm Security Administration appropriations. He says funding should stay or rise to aid small farmers, and criticizes Edward A. ONeal for attempts to undermine the FSA. Van Vleet also calls for across the board income, commodity, rents, and salary fixes.
Crossword style clues mix ages and topics with references to nations and objects. Across and down entries include geography terms and common nouns like capital city Buenos Aires, mother, power, unit, night before, steam remembrance moisture tree flatfish eye retina, visual purple lace frill, eye anatomy, and a duck. Down clues include era it is in South, cloth treasure, that one, gorge, twice five, writing fluid, nervecomb, yes.
Cedar county farmers including Earl Elijah Clarence Carl Mitzner Tipton George Carey Tipton A V Mather Jr West Liberty Ever ett Ferguson Mechanicsville Frank Chapman Tipton H L Busching Stanwood Alba Gaul Tipton and Dwight Krumholtz Cedar Rapids join the program, county Agent Howard A Hamilton reports.
Special to The Gazette reports Poweshiek County bankers and farm leaders attended a meeting titled food for freedom. The event aimed to discuss financing farmers for higher production with speakers J. L. McIlrath Lyle Crisman Marvin McLain H. L. Eichling and Henry Wichman outlining county progress on the war bond and stamp drive.
Linn and eight counties including Clayton Dubuque Clinton Jackson Jones Cedar Scott were called into session Friday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. Albert Loveland state war board chairman and Laurel Dieterich of Des Moines were to explain WPB priorities and regulations governing construction and repair of farm buildings.
Iowa Salvage Administrator H C Plagman warned farmers that truck drivers posing as government representatives are pressuring for scrap metal below market value. Some collectors issue worthless checks or push unusable equipment. farmers should report collector names and truck license numbers. Government trucks will operate in several counties and payments may be by check or war savings stamps from Washington.
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