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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1946
Page
1
News brief from The Cedar Rapids Gazette dated November 26 1946 covers local happenings and short notices for residents, including community updates and items of interest from the city and surrounding area.
Iowa State college economist Lauren K. Soth told 125 Linn County Producers Association members that 1947 should see a strong business year barring a prolonged coal strike. He cited savings, export commitments, and favorable cattle markets as factors supporting continued activity into 1947. Rex Conn noted Central American agriculture from his Guatemala trip. Vernon Dice was elected president, Douglas Ross vice president, and Lee Stinger secretary treasurer at the end of the dinner.
Anamosa FFA members Henry Pillard Bobby Kurth are awarded two day trips to the International Livestock Show for their work with the organization. Attending with them are James Hartman Glen Soper and Lloyd Buscher. Leon G. Pine instructor accompanies the group to Chicago.
A long list of upcoming farm auctions and sales across central Iowa with dates from Nov 27 to Jan 2. Items include dairy cattle and Brown Swiss auctions, land sales, and public sales led by various auctioneers and referees near towns such as Cedar Rapids Center Point, Oxford, Monticello, Anamosa, Tipton, Nor walk.
The United States urged creation of a three member interim committee to speed international agreements aimed at averting future surpluses of basic commodities. The plan, submitted to FAO in London and the ITO preparatory bodies, seeks to replace a world food board proposal with a broader ITO framework.
Keswick The Vinton Produce Company has acquired the Kenney Produce Company with Homer Means of Sigourney to oversee management of the business in Homer.
Rex Conn reports two farm policy perspectives from Fort Des Moines events. Guy Smith argues for exploring nonprice controls while protecting farmers, citing Steagall parity challenges amid potato surpluses. Prof. O B Jesness questions parity as a fixed standard, warning past baselines ignore shifts in production and demand.
Five miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 Charles Gorrell offers purebred spotted Poland China boars weighing 275 to 300 pounds at farmer friendly prices.
A two year old cow on Dan F Kaestner farm four and one half miles NW of town choked on a light bulb hung from a drop cord. The animal died after feeding on the bulb during morning chores. Investigators reported the bulb was within reach of the animal.
The origin of the name Oregon is traced to an Indian term interpreted as a description of abundance or place with plenty.
A fragmented list shows multiple sale notices across Iowa towns in December and November. Entries mention firms like Oxford Sales Company and Iowa City Sales with locations several miles from county seats. Details are incomplete but indicate a sequence of property or asset sales by various vendors.
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