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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
1
Editorial notes President Roosevelt's pledge to have the FBI monitor foreign espionage as Europe war escalates. It argues propaganda control would ease national unity and guide cautious participation in world affairs, while weather and pests threaten Malvern area crops. It discusses corn prospects, farming risks, and the wartime price surge.
The American Boy Magazine is described as a living companion to thousands of boys and young men. Readers call it a buddy that understands a boy's problems, offering sympathetic advice and entertaining reading, especially in sports. It cites athletes who credit the magazine's sports articles for guidance and success.
A travelogue describes a vacation drive through the Big Horns and Pryor mountains, noting improved roads and scenic canyons. The writer recalls Yellowstone’s busy year, Montana wheat crops, and hospitality near McClymonds and Wilson families while detailing rough remote trails and mountain scenery.
In Chicago on Sept 28 the American Legion Auxiliary will open its 19th hall gathering. Sir Edith Highs, president of the local Auxiliary Unit, was informed from contest notes on old papers. Plans are being made for the Leader office to broadcast the opening ceremony.
Mills county farmers and others may view hybrid seed corn trial plots this season. Five plots are Farm Bureau sponsored, one state yield test, plus private plots. Red-tagged corn, large signs identify hybrids and cooperators. Locations include George Douglas farm near Emerson, C B Williams near Ta her, W E Agan near Glenwood, S C Lincoln Jr. near Pacific Junction, and J F Wearin Jr. near Hastings. Additional plots by individuals, including Pfister hybrids on a 40 acre Wearin field, test adaptation to local climate and soil. All plots planted under normal farming conditions to indicate real performance. Open for inspection by interested parties.
Reports show 4-H girls’ participation exceeded prior fairs with 2141 entries from 100 counties. Mills County will add 22.55 to the county 4-H fund. five canned goods prizes totaled 2.70. Demonstration team Eva Carmichael and Vivian Watts won white ribbon class earning 6.35 for the county. Mills County placed 12th earning a 4 prize and awards follow blue and white ribbons rather than numerical places.
John Longstreet and Jennie Marie Warren will attend a district conference at Red Oak on September 22 with ISU extension economists to review 1940 production, consumption and price trends for major Iowa farm commodities. They will discuss immediate and long term effects of the European war and plan county presentations for farmers and home-makers. Your ad in The Leader is worth two on the fence.
The Leader notes ticket sales at the station totaling about 1490 dollars for August, frost mornings with no major damage, a feed mill fire later in the week, and the Foulks Bros building cornice installation with lower room ready soon. Baker Knee land’s goods arrive at the depot for early room opening, plus a marriage of O R W Hyde and Besse Smith at Atlantic on Sept 10 and a wedding trip through multiple states with home thereafter near frostings. Kenneth and Carleton Cook depart for Lincoln to resume law studies. Wells Moving Picture Theater sold to Joe Mahoney of Omaha with planned photoplay Through Fire to Fame and Ladies’ Prize Night next Tuesday.
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