16 Nov 1950
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1950
Page
1
Le Mars Globe-Post enters second class matter at Le Mars Iowa post office under the act of March 3 1879. Subscription rate listed. R F Starzl publisher.
Political experts examine why labor unions suffered in the last election across farm and factory regions. The article notes farmers oppose union-backed candidates due to wage demands from operations like John Deere in Des Moines, while workers voting against unions highlight reluctant dues.
Strikes drive workers to seek jobs yet fear to cross picket lines as violence at John Deere Des Moines plant prompts beatings and window smashing. Police stand by amid political pressure while union terror abates under public officials’ duty. A Thanksgiving program is planned for Reading No. 8 pupils on November 22.
First Trust & Savings Bank at Remsen pours a reinforced concrete vault with 10 inch walls, steel interlacing, and a future manganese steel safe area. Contractor E J Schumacher oversees the project as the bank prepares for a new vault door and enlarged safe deposit capacity alongside ongoing culvert work and highway lighting. The bank reports 4 million dollars in resources and notes president E H Spiecker and cashier Mike Niggeling. The Kass family tragedy is mentioned in a separate item.
Mrs. Thomas Koch returned Saturday after visiting friends in Manning Iowa. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and memorial gifts after the death of Henry Posthuma. Gerritt Posthuma Jo Ann Posthuma Ralph Posthuma Miss Cora Hilger and Mrs Loretta Kass Trausler visited Adrian Minnesota yesterday.
St John Ameri Lutheran in Preston Township Akron led Loyalty Sunday with 100 percent Sunday School and church service attendance goals. Thanksgiving week features services on November 22 and 23, a Teachers' Institute, and a World Relief Clothing Appeal. City water update notes no contamination. chlorine level blamed for taste, not safety.
Vincent Sitzman, who recently lost his shoe repair shop in a fire in Le Mars, is employed at Akron, erecting steel bins. The Le Mars main street building gutted by fire will undergo nothing new in its reconstruction.
The notice lists multiple vendors and animal lots with counts and weights. Hogs, steers, heifers, and feeder pigs are priced per hundredweight, including Ray Cassen 16 hogs at wt 203 and Clarence Kallsen 54 hogs at wt 230, among others. Continuous entries show buyers such as Alfred Gettner and Elmer Gettner with 31 hogs each and steers weighing up to 1003 pounds.
The clipped bid list shows cattle and hog prices with weights and names such as Berg, Rooyen, Schumbohm, Gebert, and Lawrence. Prices range around 18 dollars for hogs and 35 dollars for some steers, with weights noted in hundreds or thousands on offers and bids. The fragment hints at an agricultural market record or sale results.
Mrs. Maude Betten files a divorce petition charging her husband Jacob Betten with cruel and inhuman treatment. The petition outlines alleged mistreatment as grounds for the divorce.
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