Farm Price Index Holds At Seventy With Mixed Movements
The Oct. 15 farm price index stayed at 70, unchanged from Sept. 15, as prices for grains fruits vegetables fell while hogs dairy products and eggs rose. Cotton hay and cottonseed rose, with poultry up sharply. prices paid by farmers and the terms of trade shifted modestly. Hog prices rose about twelve percent as demand for fresh pork increased. Wheat fell about eleven percent with ample southern hemisphere shipments and a firmer dollar. Egg prices averaged 208 cents per dozen, up 28 percent since Sept. 15 amid lower production and smaller stocks.
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Ashington
D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Oeton
Butterfat Tax Aims for 27 Million in Revenue
The agricultural adjustment administration plans a nationwide 1 cent per pound butterfat processing tax to fund surplus dairy measures. The tax, offset by slight butterfat differences, targets 27 million dollars in new revenue, with 10 million for admin and 17 million to buy and slaughter surplus cows.
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Cazette Iwashington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Winners Named At Corn Empire Day Show In Towa City
Prizes totaling over one hundred dollars were awarded at the Corn Empire show in Towa City. The contest, organized by the TC Merchants Bureau and the county Farm Bureau, drew 51 entries in adult and 4 H divisions. Winners include Hans Frehner and Elliott Ox ford in the adult open, and Paul Prat Meister in the four H open, among others with top three placements listed.
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Towa City
Oxford
Fuhr- Mester
Tibet
Glen Speight
Elmet Walhams Town
Holden Wilhamsbure
Mellecker Riverside
Yoder Wellman
Big West Branch Sale Features Livestock From Local Herds
Auction listing for Arthur Vickers and M OR Vincent herds offering two young Angus bulls, one two year old Angus bull, 50 Hereford calves, stock cows, calves and stems, 25 open vaccinated Hampshire gilts at 235 pounds, 25 open Hampshire sows at 130 pounds, 10 young sows, 35 heavy hogs, 50 vaccinated red hogs at 125 pounds, plus 500 hogs expected. Also two Hampshire boars and a few more young boars. potatoes and onions available. buyers invited to bring items to sell.
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Arthur Vickers
M OR. Vincent
Hampshire
Fragmentary Canadian Contingent Notes and Clues
A garbled OCR fragment references a Canadian contingent and actions around a rule era. It mentions threats, a portrait, Mesnard, and various scattered items including numbers, tasks, and directions. The exact events and identities are unclear due to damage.
Farm Auction Set for Thursday November 2 at West Branch
A consignment sale is scheduled for Thursday November 2 in West Branch. The event will feature a variety of farm equipment, livestock and related items as bidders gather to compete for advertised lots. Local bidders are invited to inspect items prior to bidding.
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West Branch
Vet Proposes Town Borrow RFC Funds For TB Eradication
A letter from the Eastern Town Veterinary Association policy committee urges Town to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund immediate bovine tuberculosis eradication. It argues current costs and out‑of‑state buyer premiums burden local dairymen, with anticipated savings from lower reimbursement and quicker statewide cleanup.
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Ray Murray
Eastern Town Veterinary Association
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
Town State Dairy Association
Iowa
Pilothean Sunday class husks 600 bushels for fundraiser
Members of the Pilothean Sunday school class husked more than 600 bushels of corn on the George Dinger farm to raise money for their organization. Women helped Mrs Dinger with dinner. the report notes influenza and the common cold cause substantial industrial illness days.
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South Bathel
Pilothean
George Dinger
Dinger
Cedar Farm Band Photo Wins Second At Ames Contest
A photo by Emmett C Gardner of the Cedar county Farm Bureau band earned second place in the Iowa Photo graphic contest held at Ames during the county agents conference. The image, entered in class F for clippings used to illustrate a story, appeared on The Gazette farm page.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Emmett C Gardner
Iowa
Ames
The
Tse
Manchester Farm Auction Nets About $1200 in Cash
Community sale at the fairgrounds under C J Hockaday realized roughly 1200 in cash. Fifteen Holstein cows sold 20 to 82, a yearling Holstein bull 27, mules 70, aged horses 40 to 50, a pony, brood sows 710 each, 44 weanling pigs 250 each, feeding shoots 3 to 640, and machinery including a side delivery rake 34.
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Manchester
C J Hockaday
Independence — State Hospital
Farm editor called to mother's bedside
Ray Anderson the Gazette farm editor was summoned to Ventnor New Jersey by the serious illness of his mother Mrs A E Anderson who is spending the winter with her son the Rev Howard E Anderson Mrs Anderson had a stroke of paralysis after going east in September
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Ray Anderson
Gazette
Ventnor
N. J
A. E. Anderson
Howard E. Anderson
Anderson
Springdale Team Wins Husking Meet in Tipton Area
Springdale consolidated school won the corn husking contest sponsored by Cedar County School Men’s Club on the G A Lembaugh farm northeast of Tipton. Team members Anders Mather Jr and Herbert Hinkhouse husked 2304 pounds in sixty minutes, with other teams from Bennett Mechanicsville Tipton Lowden and Clarence following.
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Tipton
Cedar County School
Everett Kline
Buell Jackson
Mechanicsville
Harold
Harry Wehde
Tipton Schneider
Hein
Lowden
Richard Meyers
Edwin Decker
Clarence
Anders Mather
Springdale
Herbert Hinkhouse
Marauding Dogs Kill 300 Turkeys in Jackson County
Spragueville residents report extensive losses as dogs attack fowl. County auditor Charles Feugen notes thirty turkeys valued at $75 lost this month. Mrs. A L Meyer seeks $7.50 for five geese. Damages total about $250 with one dog killed and further losses claimed. Bounties on stray dogs discussed as potential relief.
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Maquoreta
Spagueville
Howard Crowley
Charles Feugen
Spragueville
A. L. Meyer
Kidda
Ora
Elwood Hain Wins Cup For High Yield In Corn Test Plot
Elwood Hain of Moscow area won Cedar county Farm Bureau’s cup for the highest corn yield in a test plot on Frank Kiser’s Sugar Creek township farm. Hain’s corn averaged 68 bushels per acre, with other entries by W R Whitmer 67, Bert Whitmer 66, from a field of twelve competitors.
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Elwood Hain
W R Whitmer
Bert Whitmer
Lee Whitmer
Leroy Whitmer
JoNn Wiese
Herschel Frater
George Kiser
C CC Baker
Flavis Port
Frank Kiser
Frank Chapman
Delaware Farmers Receive $90 700 In Land Bank Loans
Delaware county farmers have secured about 90 700 in land bank loans through the Delaware County National Farm Loan association. JP Sloan, local manager, announced progress after weeks of operation, with 12 loans fully funded and several more commitments pending. Forty commitments have been received from 100 appraisals, and lenders expect further reductions to approve larger loans as farmers refinance debts.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Delaware
Federal Land Bank
Sloan
Dr Hogan
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Land Bank
Murphy says Land Bank tightening up on Iowa loans
Dubuque AP says Senator Louis Murphy reports partial progress with the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. He cites improved security standards for commissioner's loans and says the bank now lends closer to the maximum, after months of pressure to align with emergency loan intended needs.
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Dubuque
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Iowa
Louis Murphy
Congress
Dennis Hogan
Jones Counties
Omaha
Hogan
Roosevelt
Hog Cholera Outbreaks Reported by Veterinary Association
The Veterinary Association lists recent hog cholera outbreaks across multiple Iowa towns including Linn County Center Point Cedar Rapids Alburnett Springville (2) Benton Belle Plaine Atkins Center Point Chickasaw New Hampton Elmo Maple Leaf Jericho Howard Davis Corners Chester Jones County Wyoming Mar telle Jackson Preston Delaware Manchester Lamont Dubuque Dubuque and Decorah.
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Eastern Town Veterinary Association
Linn County
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett
Springville
Benton
Belle Plaine
Atkins
Chickasaw New Hampton Elmo Maple Leaf
Jericho
Howard Davis Corners
Chester
Jones County
Wyoming
Martelle
Jackson Preston
Delaware
Manchester
Anamosa Farmer Feeds Ninety Hogs Net $869.12
August Woeseman of Jones County sold ninety hogs at the Cedar Rapids market last week. The 233 pound seven month old hogs brought in a total of $869.12.
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Operin
Onterre Anamosa
Woeseman
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Loyalty appeals mark fifteenth Czech independence anniversary
Terezie Brazilska of Brazil urged loyalty to Czechoslovakia at a C S S P hall event. The occasion featured the play Best For Daddy directed by Theodore Hrubucek Jr and introduced by Dr. Rose Wistein. Brazilska warned of enemies around the republic as the audience joined in singing the Czech hymn.
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Terezie Brazilska
Terezie
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Chicago
Theodore Hrubucek Jr
Daddy
Republic
Masaryk
Rose Wistein
Farmer Charles J. Raymond Dies by Self Inflicted Shot Near Manchester
The 68-year-old Delaware county farmer Charles J. Raymond was found dead Sunday morning by his son near his Manchester area home. An inquest found death by his own action from a self-inflicted gunshot with health as the cause. Surviving are his widow Bartha and four children including Albert C. Raymond and Mrs. Ray Miller, all residents of the local community.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Charles J. Raymond
Delaware County
A. C. Raymond
J. A. May
Raymond
Ray Miller
Albert Raymond
Bartha Oeestrich
Earl Farley
Yuma, Ariz
Albert C. Raymond
Ray Miller Ageaurice Raymond
Lupe Velez Admits Marriage To Weissmuller in Las Vegas
Hollywood star Lupe Velez confirmed on Monday that she married Johnny Weissmuller in Las Vegas at 4 a.m. on October 8 with Justice Frank M. Ryan officiating. The couple had obtained a license that day but initially denied using it, saying the news was intended for a fan magazine.
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Hollywood
INS
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Las Vegas
Nev
Miss Velez
Frank M. Ryan
Weissmuller
Lupe
Four Die In Massachusetts Plane Crash Near Westboro
Four persons died Sunday afternoon when a small cabin aircraft crashed on the Fairbanks farm near Westboro airport. Victims include Oliver H Walton 34 of Needham the presumed pilot and his wife Ruth M Walton 34 George F Chapman 35 a Westwood instructor and pilot and Clarence E Heath 25 of Dedham.
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Westboro
Mass
Fairbanks
Westwood
Walpole
Oliver H Walton
Needham
Ruth M. Walton
George F Chapman
Clarence E. Heath
Dedham
Will Rogers criticizes football rules and NRA in California column
In a Santa Monica Gazette column from 1933, Will Rogers questions eligibility and substitution rules, noting Oregon and Washington teams used same eleven all season and suggesting variations due to lunch engagements, fatigue, and friend visits. He jokes about the NRA era yield.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Oregon
Washington
Sarraut Government Plans to Default on US Debt
Paris reports Premier Albert Sarraut's government intends to default on the December 15 American debt installment of 22,200,928 dollars. Officials say the policy avoids parliamentary debate, risking renewed debt questions with Edouard Herriot opposing the move.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
Edouard Daladier
Edouard Herriot
M. Herriot
France
Bank of France
Recovery Leaders Watch Retail Code At Opening Today
Washington AP reports that U S retailers began applying the NRA code nationwide with uniform trade practices. President Roosevelt, meeting steel leaders, weighs their agreement on the industrial program and a potential constitutional test as Hugh S Johnson plans a westward tour to observe conditions firsthand.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Picks Up Hitch-Hiker and Loses Car and Cash
Mrs. Harry Clark of Ottumwa picked up a hitch-hiker while driving from Chicago to Ottumwa. A demand for her purse followed and after the man took the cash he forced her to leave the car. He returned the purse with jewelry still inside and drove away. A second item reports a fire destroyed a ten room farm home near Stanwood while the owners were in church. the fire was discovered late and the building, insured, suffered heavy damage.
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Dekalb, II
Harry Clark
Ottumwa
Chicago
Stanwood
Walter Meyer
L. B Williams
Meyer
Stanwood Fire Company
Evangelist Burke rails at divine healers in LA views
The Rev Henry F Burke Los Angeles evangelist preached at First Evangelical church on divine healers and the full gospel movement. He dismissed the gift of healing as never delegated and criticized tongues speaking while linking McPhersonism to sensationalism. Ainsworth and DeWitt notices follow with obituary and fire loss report.
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Henry F Burke
Los Angeles
First Evangelical Church
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles Angeles
Burke
Jonah
Jesus Christ
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