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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
2
Supt. T. R. Hefly, his wife and Arlo traveled by car to Tingley Sunday evening, visiting for the night and returning later.
Mrs Horace Ginn Thos and Betty drove to Chillicothe on Sunday to bring home Geraldine for a brief visit.
On May 6, 1940 the Clerk of the District Court of Taylor County Iowa appointed W L Masker as executor of Theo Masker deceased. All creditors must pay and all claims must be presented legally authenticated to the court for allowance. Dates Rubber stamped May 9 16 23 with James R Locke as attorney.
The Free Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evangelistic services Sunday evening at 7:30 led by the pastor Mrs. Biggerstaff with preaching. Cottage prayer meetings are held Wednesday evenings at 8:00, location announced each Sunday by W. F. Biggerstaff, Pastor.
In Jasper Alabama a resident reports a year in the first steel Farm Security Administration house proves more comfortable than wood. George Kilgore rents a 72 acre farm for 130 dollars and shares strong yields including 4 1/2 bales of cotton 300 bushels of corn and 550 chickens. The FSA notes the unit may be expanded while nearby Earl Honeycutt and family also praise steel housing after moving in last winter.
A safety advisory urges motorists to avoid passing on hills or curves to prevent head on crashes. The guidance stresses staying behind slower vehicles and using designated passing zones when visibility is clear and road conditions allow. Authorities emphasize patience and defensive driving to save lives.
Mr and Mrs W R Brookman and Betty Lou Blancher spent Sunday at the home of his mother Mrs E M Brookman. The day included family gathering and friendly conversation.
Kenneth Keith of near Corning visited Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Keith. C. C. Hill, wife and son spent Sunday with Mrs Hills parents at Bedford.
Miss Mary Hill was a guest of the Chambers sisters near Bedford Sunday, enjoying a informal social visit. The gathering reflected local hospitality and neighborly ties in the Bedford area.
Dinner guests at the Horace Beemer home Saturday evening included Mr and Mrs Clyde Van Deren and Dr and Mrs V U Thomson.
London reports Sir Ambrose Fleming a 90-year-old scientist who has devised a spy proof lamp for naval signaling. The polarized light beam reads only by a receiver, keeping dots and dashes hidden from others. The system flashes messages in white bursts detectable by authorized equipment.
Vancouver physicist Leonard Chatwin of the University of British Columbia says mountain climbing in a thunderstorm could cure warts. He and a BC Mountaineering Club member were caught on an 8000-foot peak when lightning forks allegedly struck their axes. The partner reportedly shed warts a week later, credited to the storm's electrolysis.
Rome reports a nationwide cost of living rise about 30 percent due to wartime measures. Food and cigarette prices climbed with a 2 percent receipts tax added. Foreign cigarette packs rose to 50 cents, while domestic tobacco increased 12 percent. bread 3 percent, olive oil 6 percent, sugar 12 percent, coffee 30 percent, and dried codfish 6 to 4 percent.
Mr and Mrs Roy Brookman of Springview Nebraska visited over the weekend at the home of his mother Mrs E M Brookman. They left Monday by way of Omaha to return home.
MIT researchers pursue solar heating by storing sun heat in a basement water tank. A shed roof ghadlow style heat collector heats circulating water, with an absorption refrigeration system to follow later. Heat is stored in an insulated tank and can remain hot for weeks to months.
President James D. Hoskins of the University of Tennessee envisions a future university with most students never on campus. Instead teachers would travel to communities under an advanced extension service. He frames the state university as a creator for the state and stresses education for useful purposes, especially in agriculture.
London reports forty thousand marriages in a month as the peak wartime figure. The piece notes many are war weddings and mentions a new scheme for cheap weddings and honeymoons for troops, with the registrar general proposing special licenses for soldiers on leave. Hotels nationwide are offering cheap honeymoons.
Cornell university plant pathology reports describe chloropicrin a heavy colorless liquid used to partially sterilize soils. Injected 6 inches deep at 12 inch intervals it fumigates soil to kill fungi insects nematodes and weeds. Cost limits field use while soil moisture temperature and vapor escape affect efficacy.
A National Fertilizer Association survey of 32,000 farmers across 35 states shows 47 percent conducted field experiments with different fertilizers and applications. Forty four percent tested fertilizers against no fertilizer to assess payoffs, a 7 percent rise from the previous survey. Sixty three percent plan to use more fertilizer, while 12 percent report unsatisfactory results in three years.
One fourth of US motor fuel use is by farmers and American farms boast more tree land acres than any other crop. Fattening steers perform better on corn and cod meal, while improved pastures cut heifer costs. England develops a superior new wheat variety. The western US supports a four billion dollar live stock industry as swine erysipelas threatens hog profits with cholera-like symptoms.
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