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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1948
Page
4
Des Moines AP report shows Iowa crop index fell 48 points by Oct 15 from a month earlier as new corn for feed increased. Prices for hogs cattle lambs and dairy products declined while eggs rose. The overall prices received by farmers dropped to 314 from 348, narrowing the ratio to 115 from 127.
DES MOINES APHoward Reppert said a man was held on a charge tied to the stripping of a farmhouse of its furnishings. Ernest Thompson, 26, is named as the suspect who admitted removing one item. Police seek two accomplices in the case.
Reppert identified Fred H. Thompson and William Paul Thompson of Des Moines as cousins aiding the suspect in a theft at a Knoxville area farm. They are jailed in Knoxville while authorities plan to bring them for questioning. Emory L. Welshhons reported loss of heating stoves mattresses and a medicine cabinet while his mother Mrs Emma Welshhons was in Des Moines nursing home.
George Carlson, 43, sustained a broken arm and head lacerations when his vehicle struck a horse on the highway five miles east of Charles City. The horse was killed in the crash.
DES MOINES AP seven teen inmates at Fort Madison and Anamosa were paroled last month, up from eight in September. Board officials cited employment opportunities and time served as factors, noting no special significance to the rise.
The Iowa Home Economics Association begins its annual fall session in Des Moines on Friday. New developments in several home economics fields will be presented. Speakers include Dr. Sybil Woodruff of the University of Iowa and Dr. Reuben C. Hill of Iowa State College.
Iowa inspectors found several minor defects in 160 public school buses at the state fair grounds. Buses from Polk Dallas Marion Madison Jasper and Warren counties were inspected as part of a state campaign by the department of public instruction and the state highway patrol to ensure safety compliance.
Dr. Charles E. Friley president of Iowa State college announced two appointments to the extension central staff. Leonard Z. Eggleton of Shenandoah was named extension professor in the poultry department and William G. Zmolek of Newton was named extension assistant professor of livestock marketing, previously with Newton National Bank.
A car and a tractor collided on highway 58 west of Grundy Center. The dash soap on the car windshield blocked vision, according to Roland Sharp. Both Sharp and tractor driver Richard Freese received medical aid.
Washington report notes that none of the 850 displaced persons from Europe aboard the General Black will settle in Iowa though many Iowans sought family entry. Most passengers head to New York Chicago and other metro areas with Poles Catholics Jews prominent among the group. Sponsors guarantee immigrants will not become public charges and future shipments may include farmers and farm workers.
In Des Moines three youths Joe Severino 19 Charles Severino 18 and Bob Livingston 23 were each sentenced to 30 days in jail after convictions for assault and battery on two patrolmen Don Coxe and William Pierce. They were fined 100 dollars on interfering with peace and Livingston faced a drunkenness charge. They also were held to grand jury on riot incitement stemming from a parking lot altercation near the Tramar ballroom on October 9.
The article notes Turkey covers roughly 300000 square miles, giving a sense of its geographic size within the region.
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