Iowa Guard units to train at Camp Dodge and become permanent force
Guardsmen from Burlington Davenport Iowa City Washington and Fairfield join Camp Dodge for a two week summer training period marking the first battalion of the First Regiment. The provisional military police unit becomes First Military Police Battalion and will be stationed at Camp Dodge for emergency Army use. About 300 men serve as instructors during training while new barracks rise at the guard site and Enfield rifles join the shotgun guard. The guard has lost 68 personnel to the Army and more are likely to be called.
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Iowa State Guard
Burlington
Davenport
Iowa City
Washington
Fairfield
Camp Dodge
Iowa Guard
Military Police Battalion
Regular Army
Military Police
Army
Navy
Marines
Army Air Corps
Guard
Comptroller's Office
Liquor sales up from last year across Iowa towns
The liquor control commission reports 24,935 gallons more sold this year than last, totaling 217,046.7 gallons. May sales reached $1,678,798.95, up from April's $1,537,440.44, while war stamp sales rose from $15,343.10 to $28,922.10 in May over April. War stamps show stronger demand in smaller towns, with Algona and Ida Grove among cities posting over $1,000. Des Moines No 1 store led liquor sales at $76,541.88 but only $453 in war stamps. No city over 10,000 population exceeded $1,000 in war stamps and bonds.
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Liquor Control Commission
Algona
Des Moines
Ida Grove
Missouri Valley
Clermont Local News Highlights and Local Travelers
Local notes recap visits and trips across Waukon and Rochester Minnesota including Mrs Sullivan, Mrs Kittleson, and Mary Ann at the Elmer Van Gordon home in Waukon, and Edwin Olson’s trip to Rochester for his wife’s hospital stay recovery. Mentions of Henry Kittle son and other social visits and a rare turkey vulture sighting near Merville. Four clergy in the Rogers family of Mount Etna all in Church of the Brethren ministry. A hen on the Glen Shook farm upright egg production noted with a humorous agricultural quirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Sullivan
Orlando Kittleson
Mary Ann
Elmer van Gordon
Waukon
Barry Stolle
Anna ‘Gunderson
Harry Gunderson
Rochester
Minn
Edwin Olson
Ella Rafferty
Chicago
W. R. Blake
Lolita
Anna Larrabee
Mary Kittleson
Henry Kittleson
Bertha Frisbie
John Stolle
Helen
West Union
Lizzie Gunderson
Elgin
Andrew Wold
O. K. Hoag
Geraldine
St. Olaf
B. Nelson
Tina
Gladys Barnes
Elmer Brainard
Postville
Elizabeth Priest
Lycurgus
A. J. Priest
Hillory Gordon
Jean
Des Moines
Elizabeth
McGreevey
DeWitt Bragomer
Davenport
T. C. Ressler
Ronald Sitter
Logansport
Ind
Reuben Hackmann
Edmund Dogstad
Richard Olson
Harmony
Johnsons
Rogers
Mount Etna
Harry K. Rogers
Gerald
Meredith
Leslie Rogers
Church of the Brethren
Council Bluffs
Hillsboro
Kan
Leslie
Molasses Adds Food To Silage In Dairy Diets
Rutgers scientist reports molasses in grass silage converts sugars to alcohol and various acids, yet trials show cows utilize these products for energy and heat. The finding counters the belief that molasses merely preserves silage, proving its nutrients bolster dairy feed alongside carbohydrates.
Blue Banding Suggests Winter Heavy Layers for Pulsed Flocks
Dr W C Thompson of Rutgers advises mid winter to examine laying pullets for heavy egg yield and apply blue celluloid leg bands on the right shank. The system serves as a durable record and quick indicator of heavy winter layers based on body and eye characteristics.
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W. C. Thompson
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University
Mites on Poultry and Preventive Painting with Nicotine Sulphate
Mites do not live on chickens but suck blood from the skin at night while the birds roost. They hide in cracks and crevices in the poultry house during the day. Painting the roosts with nicotine sulphate will prevent loss from these parasites.
Farm Notes on Feed, Rubber Tires, and Cotton Use
Present prices show 100 pounds of skim milk at about 30 cents for hog feed, replacing 6.5 pounds of tankage. Heat damages eggs’ health value. Exports of most U S farm products, except cotton, fell in the first year of the European war. Rubber tires on farm equipment may cut rolling resistance up to 46 percent. Hog slaughter likely to drop in Q1 1941 per USDA. If cotton used for a cement cotton root ing shingles, demand could reach 1,000,000 bales annually, per USDA estimates.
Twenty five Years Ago in Sabula News
Local notes recount youths Otto Vasby Bryan Yauslin and Don Conner failing army exams after returning home from Sabula. Olaf Hanson joins Company D M G and four Clermont boys join the same unit. Auto crash near Weir's restaurant injures no one. Des Moines trip delays Navy enlistment for Shipton, others visit Waterloo. Firespark near J A O Gilbertson car saved by bystanders. Mabel Olson to train as nurse in Sioux City. Visitors include Mrs Fitzgerald Mrs Gruver and families. Franz Mathis ill with pneumonia.
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Otto Vasby
Bryan Yauslin
Don Conner
Sabula
Uncle Sam
Olaf Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Clermont
Bert Calahan
Millard Johnson
Stewart Buchanan
John Malone
Waterloo
Melvin Johnson
J A. O. Gilbertson
Mabel Olson
Sioux City
St. Joseph's Hospital
John Fitzgerald
Water
Town
S. D
M. W. Calahan
A. G. Gruver
Fay Gruver
Chicago
B. C. Grover
Franz Mathis
Cider Called Wine in England Around 1284
A fragment notes that cider, first made in England about 1284, was called wine. The brief indicates early naming in medieval England and reflects beverage terminology of the period.
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England
Ancient Wagon Tells of Long-Running Use
F Russell of Sweet Home Oregon owns a wagon claimed to have served continuously from 1852 until 1925, marking a remarkable span of operation and preservation through the years.
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F. Russell
Sweet Home, Ore
Aviators Organize SC Aviation Clubs Across 14 Chapters
More than 100 aviators formed the South Carolina Aviation Clubs uniting 14 chapters. Members attend meetings biweekly and coordinate with local flying groups to promote aviation interests across the state.
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South Carolina Aviation Clubs
Entanglement Return Request Clarified in Roanoke
A taxpayer visited John M. Hart Roanoke Virginia commissioner of revenue seeking an entanglement return. It was determined he wanted a form to file returns for intangible personal property taxes.
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John M. Hart
Roanoke
Commissioner of Revenue
Scientific Breath Test for Alcohol Levels Nears Legal Standard
A Lansing demonstration unveiled a breathalyzer device claiming to quantify alcohol in a suspect's blood with a fixed relation to blood alcohol content. The machine would base drunk driving charges on a threshold of five hundredths of a percent, provided other signs of intoxication exist.
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Lansing
Mich
Lieut Colonel Murphy Reports for Duty at Fort Benning
Lieut Colonel Frank Murphy, who left the Supreme Court to wear military uniform, reports for duty at Fort Benning. He will undergo a four week training course here.
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Atlanta
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court of the United States
Fort Bennings
Murphy
Grain Elevator Collapse Shocks Eldora Town
Eldora’s 44 year old Grain Down elevator collapsed June 5 after a dust explosion. Eight thousand bushels stored inside may yield salvage value near zero. Frening Grain Co plans to rebuild the facility.
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Eldora
Frening Grain Co
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Iowa
Agnes Paulson
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
Iowa State Parks
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George Marsh Watrous
I. C, Jerdee
Clermont, Iowa
Dr. R. Y. Brandt
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
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Willie Lamb
Bloomfield
Sam Phillips
Mervill
Glen Shook
Emerson
Glen
Vericultural
Torres
C. B. Bender
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Collier's Weekly
Country Gentleman
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Valle
Gil
Discovery
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Christian Herald
Pathfinder
Vite
Ing Magazine
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R. L. Olson
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