Feeders Reluctant Buyers Cattle Market Cautious
Des Moines Iowa feeders proceed cautiously with autumn purchases as the October 1 count of feeder cattle sits near the 1947 low. Leslie M. Carl director of the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says most feeders will market before January 1949. Only five percent of cattle on feed lots are earmarked for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carl
Rapid Progress Made on Iowa Harvest of Corn
Iowa farmers harvested 1,500,000 acres of corn last week, about 23 percent of the total, the weekly crop bulletin reported. The corn crop is early, of excellent quality, and yields exceed expectations with some areas reaching 100 bushels or more. soybean combining nears completion, weed growth has slowed after freezes, and weather remains ideal for harvest though soil moisture and stock water are tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Weekly Crop Bulletin
Gome
Feed Available For Increase in Livestock Crop
A national survey committee sponsored by the American Feed Manufacturers Association predicted a moderate increase in livestock and poultry production next year. Based on a 15 percent rise in total feed supply the 21 member panel projected a 13 percent increase in the 1949 spring pig crop a 16 percent rise in replacement stock chickens a six percent rise in commercial broilers and a 15 percent jump in turkeys. The group said 1949 would be the first time in five years that feed supply is adequate for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Feed Manufacturers Association
P. §. Shearer
Iowa State College Department of Animal Husbandry
Salvation Army Halloween Party For South Side Kids
The Salvation Army and Sinclair Memorial Playground Commission host a Halloween party for South side children up to 16 at 1123 Third Street SE on Saturday from 7 30 to 9 pm. Prizes for best costumes, two free acts, games, apples bobbing, hot dogs and pop. Acts include a magician and an accordion band. Master of ceremonies Uncle Lee Osborn. Captain W W Kyle oversees decorations, Sgt Leonard Bruce entertainment, Edward Kuba refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
South Side
Third Street
Lee Osborn
Southside
Sinclair Memorial Playground Commission
W. W. Kyle
Sgt
Leonard Bruce
Edward Kuba
Sinclair Playground Commission
Crown Poultry Manager to Join ISU Poultry Staff
Leonard Eggleton, manager of Crown Poultry Co in Shenandoah, will join Iowa State College as extension assistant professor of the poultry department starting November 1. The note recalls Iraq’s formation from three former Turkish provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
INS
Leonard Eggleton
Crown Poultry Company
Iowa State College
Beiining
Collins Radio CO
Mardi Gras Camps Offer Free Tickets To Linn County Students
Students have three days to claim free Mardi Gras show tickets, offered by Hanford post of the American Legion and Moose No. 304, for those pledging not to damage property. Tickets are in the principal’s office. parade starts at 6 p.m. and the dance follows in the Coliseum Armory for 16 to 18 year olds. The Meyers sisters and WLS stars will perform after the parade with free music by AFM Local 137 under Vic Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Coliseum
Hanford Post
The
American Legion
Loyal Order of Moose
Austin Egyptian In Hot Exchange In UN Palestine Session
Paris AP Warren Austin, president of the United Nations Security Council, adjourned debate on Palestine after Egypt's Mahmoud Bey Fawzi pressed for immediate action. Fawzi charged Israel violated a cease fire in the Negev front. Austin said the council needs study and cannot be rushed by bias claims, delaying action until Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Warren Austin
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Austin
Mahmoud Bey Fawzi
Egypt
Israel
Neney
Palestne
Fawzi
Council
Negev
Security Council
Open verdict in stomped death of circus roustabout
A coroner's jury in Springfield returned an open verdict on the stomping death of William Pettit a 19 year old circus roustabout from Louisville Ten Dailey Brothers laborers and a woman aerialist were released from jail with prosecutors saying there is absolutely no evidence to file charges Pettit's body was found wrapped in tarpaulin in a circus wagon when the show arrived in Springfield for a performance Coroner Clyde Abbott said he believed Pettit was stomped to death Friday night at Lamar Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
William Pettit
Louisville
Dailey Brothers Circus
Clyde Abbott
Pettit
Lamar
Dewey Scorn for Plain Americans Says Murray Speech
CIO President Philip Murray accused Thomas E Dewey of contempt for the plain people of America in a radio speech prepared for broadcast He mocked Dewey for favoring gasoline powered cars and fish filled streams while arguing government by platitude cannot replace government by the people He warned that a Republican victory would allow a wealthy donor funded government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Thomas E. Dewey
Plain People of
Republican Party
The
United States
Buchanan Farm Bureau Women Meet at Courthouse
Independence report says the Buchanan Farm Bureau women's contact meeting will be held Friday in the assembly room of the courthouse starting at 10 30 am Mrs Floyd Dittmer state committeewoman will preside at the gathering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan Farm Bureau
Floyd Dittmer
Iowa Briefs Snapshot of local notes and events
Iowa Briefs reports a Maquoketa man injured in a rollover on Highway 64 near Wyoming. decorah and Monticello items note anniversaries and speakers. Shellsburg and Strawberry Point feature junior class plays with listed casts. Calmar, Woolworth area clubs elect officers and church auctions raise funds. Wyoming announces a Cpl James Tasker return from Germany. Delhi, McGregor, Lisbon, Tama and Manchester notices cover weddings, graduations, new stations, and missionary appointments with names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ivanuel Gibbins
North India
First Presbyterian Church
Shellsburg
Jane Dickson
Echo Beth Peterson
Patty Sheeley
Harold Robertson
David Hagan
Phyllis Holsinger
Paul Holliday
Ramona Hayes
Vernon Tumilly
Bob Mcllrath
Dean Mullinex
Helen Irish
Calmar
Banid Boosters Club
Robert Bjonerud
Don Meyer
Clarence Rothmeyer
Wyoming
James Tasker
Johanna Lang
Robert Tasker
Frankfurt
Germany
Cpl Tasker
Strawberry Point
Pat Chapman
Delva Torrence
Miriam Easton
Harold Schuchmann
Lee Comner
Verla Miller
Leroy Potter
Jane’ Feller
Vera Mac Dunn
Pat Resor
Norbert Dittmer
South Englis HI
Union Church
Ed O’brien
Kinross and Hudson
Earl Tremmell
Sigourney
Delhi
John E. Swinburne
Madison
Wis
Harry W. Swinburne
Lillian E. Brause
Wisconsin Dells
Lewiston
Robert Palen
Parkersburg
St. Aloysius Church
Mcgregor
Clayton County
F. Oelberg
Brandon
Mechanicsville
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Floyd S. Pearson
Iowa
Miller and Houck
University of Iowa Law School
P. S. Pearson
Harpers Terry
Lisbon
Benjamin A. Stahl
John H. Miller
Air Tactical School
Tyndall Field
Florida
Stahl
China
Lorna Laney Phillips
Minneapolis
Anna K. Mayer
Texaco Oil Company
Animal bounty near Winneshiek nears $3000 in 1948
In Decorah Winneshiek county has spent about 2900 on animal bounties through October 1 1948. Records show payments for 10794 pocket gophers 445 moles and 364 ground hogs at 10 cents each totaling 1150. Farmers mostly trap them. fox hunting yields 856 killed at 2 each led by Olaf Kjarland. Rattlesnakes along the Upper Town river bluffs brought 89 pays at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Mel Sattle
Olaf Kjarland
Pleasant Township
Town
Sioux City Considers Banning Rope From Theaters
Sioux City officials and a 19 member panel review the film Rope after protests from clergymen teachers and civic leaders. The motion picture explores thrill murder themes and faced objections from the Parent-Teachers Council led by Mayor Dan J Conley. A Volga City report notes a doe deer has joined cattle at the Oscar Andreae farm nearby and appears settled near farm buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Dan J. Conley
Parent-Teachers Council
Volga City
Oscar Andreae
Gazette Want Ad Rates and Mixed Lost and Found
Gazette ad rates listed for consecutive days and small type. A variety of lost items including a bracelet, rosary, a dog named Corky, glasses, a wallet, a billfold, keys, and other personal items are advertised with rewards. Found glasses and a shell rimmed pair are noted, plus multiple business and service ads for tailoring, jewelry, and rental services. Local addresses and contact numbers are included for follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inc
Gazette
Sunday Gazette
Janera Funeral
BAT
Corky
Brady
Francis Vaughn
Verne Miller
Anamasa
Towr
Atoen's
Wy Bunch
Bishop's
34Th St
Leahy
S.E
B Ave
Webster
Iowa Theater
ST Rapa
Wide Range Auto and Home Services Ad Listings
A dense classified style page lists free estimates for auto body work painting repairing passenger car seats and trucks along with top coats sale prices at Jacks Store, chairs tables for rent, piano lessons, Halloween parties, dance halls, and many home repair services. Numerous trades advertise painting, wallpapering, floor work, carpentry, plumbing, hauling, roofing, and cleaning with contact numbers through Marion and nearby streets.
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R. A. Koranda
Wilson
REENE
J. J. Smith
N.E. Roosevelt
Spencer
3Rd St
Kenwood Tra
Yellow Cab Inc
7Th Ave
Sisterhood of
Temple Judah
Sallach
Ing
B Ave
N.E
H.L. Concannon
Istepanek
11Th Ave
ST. NE
B. Hibnes
Marion
Kutchera
Virgil Horak
Michels
Linn Cautty
Ford Tractor
A. Blood
1St Ave
Dick Alexander
Larry Lawrence
C. L. Gillam
M. R. Kennedy
Christ Anderson
C. R
Leo J. Smith
Conway
Kirkpatrick
D. K. Schmidt
Iowa Theater
R. C. Henderson
Mack Augustine
Ave.bw
Frank Zobach & Sons Construction Co
Asher
Noble
Multiple Help Wanted Ads From Cedar Rapids Gazette
Numerous 1940s style ads seek men for sales, foreman, and line work plus cooks, drivers, carpenters, and service staff. Listings include Eddy Paper Corp head sales, truck drivers, insulation and sales reps, hotel staff, housekeepers, and clerical roles with locations in Cedar Rapids and Amana Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart, Incorporated
Phone
Anagniosa
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
W J. Bagnall
Montrose
Sage
Ralph F. Dresher
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Gates
Hatch & Brookman CO
Cedar
Abel Home Co
Owl Electric Light & Power
6Th St
C. R. News Agency
1Th ST
Union Shop
H. L. Johnson
Gazette
Shipe
Canada Dry Bottling Company
Jist St. NE
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Crown
ISC
Iraq
Pat
Rose Meyers
Dewey
Murray
Iowa Briefs
Emmet M. Packard
Maquoketa
Highway 64
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
George Taune
Harold
Ernest
Dakota City
Walton
Karenen
S. D
Manchester
Delaware County
Mabel Miller
Oneida
Gold Coast
West Africa
First Baptist Church
Alta
Kentucky Mountains
Winneshiek
Renair
Trav
Rosen Tailor Sop
4Th St
Vincents
Goodman Detective Service
Probas
Palace Theater
Kenwood T Bus Department
Buresh Motors, Inc
3Rd
St. SE
Kenwood Transfer Inc
Mr. DeLong
Jacks
St. S.E
Kenwood Transfer Home Service Cent
DIAL
Owe
Danceland
Stan Nonley
Kenny Hofer
Larry Foster
Orrin Tucker
America
Jerri Ray
C.S.P.S. Hall
Clarence Zahina
Ce Mar
Warren Rambo
Organ Tor
Darwin Moesen
MGR
Marion Blvd
Mayvu
Elmer Young
Swift
Draport Inn
Melody Lane
New 6Th St
Bmighway
Shellsburg Community Hall
Louie DE Klotz
Venetian Blind Hospital
Blind
John Vosdingh, Jr
Psoth St
Exiog Bisengentus
Morris Fushop
Granby
McClellan's
Eager's
Sorel Gai
Hatch & Grookman Co
Rubdigh
William Turner
Ryom
Mulekoft
Armbrechtt
Arnett
Lear Repair Show
4Th Ave
Hawkevye Electric Electric Vining
Schuknecht
Ronnie
Mena Apeate
M-281
Ave
TIOUR
MR Moore
Baxter Motors, Inc
Mechanics
Harold Feeming
Culver Motors, Inc
Christensen
Jack Augustin
International Harvester Co
Eddy Paper Corp
Fave N.E
Leity
Iowa Illinois Gas & Electric CO
IST
L. A.mcdermott
Wathan Motor Co
Quaker Oats Co
Bisnor
Hotel Roosevelt
Salewyun
Jbhoe
Bishop‘s Cafeteri
Ieke
WARKTED _ Tor
Martin
Frankel
Mus
Hiei Schaal Education Appslin
Ralph Fo Dierher
Lowe 'Electric Light É Power Co
Steurits
Juagetts Drug Co
Bishop
Indy
Ralph F Dresher
Town Electric Light
Power Co 412
Dillon Gilmore
Ilona
AVON
Washington Ave
Poi
Ridgeway
Krebs
Royal Laundry
Gordon Hatch
Fieet
BELL
Roosevelt
Smulekoffs
Naxera Pastry Shop
Newmans
Hillger
Attra
Killian CO
Miss Hillger
Charles Levin
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Leo Klinger Klinger Paint CO
Burroughs Bookkeeping
Pippi
Sam
Dodge
Handler Motor Co
Dodge & Plymouth
Second Ave SE
3Rd Ave
Hearn Stevenson
G.M.C
St. S
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Wir Bros
Kal Ave
Plymouth
5Th Ave
6Th Ave
Teap
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