24 Feb 1949
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
1
Rates listed for Palo Alto Emmett Fenton and Terie areas with one year six months and three month options. Outside the territory the same pricing applies with one year six months and three months durations.
The United States continues to see population rises driven by births and immigration. 1948 death rate fell slightly to about 9.9 per thousand while infant mortality dropped to around 31 per 1,000 live births. The share aged 65 or older rising from 4 percent in 1900 to 6.8 percent in 1940 and continuing to grow. Regional density varies by state with Far West and Florida showing larger increases. Window Treatment program highlights March Extension lesson by Rural Women’s Clubs on drapery fabrics, color, and patterns, plus hands on pattern-making activities.
The Rural Electrification Administration founded to bring power to farms has raised central station service from eleven to seventy percent over fourteen years. The piece notes electricity as a social and economic advance akin to the automobile, enabling home luxuries, and cites the Soliday farm’s century of family ownership, now owned by John Soliday, 70.
R W Ashby County Extension Director announces the annual county crop and weed meeting in the Emmetsburg Public High School auditorium on March 1. Dr Harold Gunderson from Iowa State College will discuss crop pests with emphasis on the European Corn Borer. E P Sylvester presents weed control, Ed Kyas covers new crop types including soybeans corn and oats. Ed Mitchell of the Flax Institute of America will speak.
A government appeal urges Americans to prepare for big life costs by buying U S Savings Bonds. It promotes the Payroll Savings Plan and Bond-a-Month Plan at banks to fund education, retirement, and family health needs.
Flax and J Oberhauser agricultural agent of the Milwaukee Railroad will discuss barley at a county meeting noted for popularity in recent years. The event, moved to an evening session due to busy schedules, will cover new crop developments and weed control with discussions beginning promptly at 8:00 p m.
Les Rhodes Bill Thompson and Clarence Underwood with Farm Bureau President Henry Depenbusch traveled to Des Moines last week to discuss import issues and industry priorities with state officials.
The article covers Farm Bureau leaders in Des Moines discussing proposed legislation affecting farmers including licenses, tax shifts, and road and school funding. It notes growing support in the House and Senate, urges readers to write legislators, and reports two local anecdotes about Eugene Coon and Otto Oetchen traveling abroad with plane travel to Germany for 80 days.
The 1882 New York observance by the American Federation of Labor is noted and by 1948 about 60 million wage earners join the 66th Labor Day. The Payroll Savings Plan automates Savings Bonds purchases, with a $3.75 weekly allotment yielding $2163.45 in ten years.
Millions of Americans can cushion financial bumps with U S Savings Bonds. By committing $2.50 a week, one can accumulate $1440.84 in ten years. Two purchase methods exist the Payroll Savings Plan through employers and the Bond a Month Plan via banks.
Citizens who perform public service without compensation are entitled to the respect of their people if they can get it.
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