Cancer Month Promotes Early Detection and Treatment
The Graettinger Times notes April as National Cancer Month with Dr. E G Zimmerer urging early suspicion, accurate diagnosis, and prompt treatment. Signs to watch include changes in moles, nonhealing sores, persistent hoarseness, lumps, indigestion, abnormal bleeding, and bowel changes. The piece also reports Iowa unemployment payments peaking in March and expected declines in May.
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E. G. Zimmerer
Division of Cancer Control
Iowa State Department of Health
Zimmerer
March Unemployment Payments Reach Record Iowa Total
March unemployment insurance payments in Iowa totaled 720 800 dollars the highest monthly total since March 1939 the employment security commission reported. The commission also paid veterans 676 500 dollars under the readjustment act bringing total payments to 1 897 800 dollars for unemployed Iowa workers. For the first three months of 1949 unemployment insurance payments totaled 1 526 300 dollars and 1 698 in veterans benefits.
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Employment Security Commission
Iowa
Iowa Fur Take Fails To Break Million Mark In 1948 49
Iowa trappers failed to hit the million dollar threshold in 1948-49 as fur values totaled 737 577 22. About 276 021 fur animals were trapped, up from 166 366 last year, aided by musk rat seasons opened widely. Average fur values declined, reflecting weaker markets. Other notes include new fishing licenses for 1949 50 and a Red Oak farmer tradition, plus a tiny elephant herd in Rock Valley and a three yolked egg in Sac City, and inventor Osterhaus receiving a patent for a small tractor.
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Iowa
Towa
Conservation Commission
Mississippi River
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