More Champs Selected at Stock Show
Chicago December 3 judging of breeding cattle at the 42nd International Livestock Exposition highlighted aims to produce better meat at lower cost. Exposition president Henry W. Marshall noted science as a partial solution to the high cost of living, describing the transformation from the longhorn herd to today’s leaner, meaty steers through economic pressure and feed efficiency.
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Chicago
Henry W. Marshall
Lafayette
Midwest breeders seek quicker meat via baby beef trend
Farmers in the Midwest pivot to baby beef to shorten production time, from one year to 18 months, as feed costs rise. Breeding shows feature shorthorns, Herefords, Aberdeen Angus, Hampshires, Dorsets, Oxford, and Suffolks. In horses, Renfleur's Jay Farcour wins Belgian grand champion stallion. Percheron champions include Silver Down Koncarno and Nerva with Fairholme Farms and Lynnwood Farm among exhibitors.
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Ers
Midwest
Ohio State University
Carmel, Ind
Record corn yield reported in Indiana club contest
A 33-year-old farmer from southern Indiana, Herman Barrett, produced a probable world record corn yield of 190.1 bushels per acre on a 68 acre drained marsh farm near Fort Branch, winning the Indiana Five Acre Corn club championship among 2,230 farmers. The yield was certified by a three member committee with M. O. Pence, field crop expert at the time, noting the significance of the result.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Herman Barrett
Fort Branch
Giteon
M. O. Pence
Barrett grows world record corn yield on acre field
Barrett, born in Gibson county and formerly a furnace-floor foreman, reports a remarkable corn yield from a tile drained acre in Evensville area. He planted May 15 after plowing May 14 and fertilized with 200 pounds fertilizer and 20 pounds phosphate. The field standards include 35 years of cultivation and initial plantings showed shoots in three days after rain. Barrett has farmed since 1913 and also bought hogs cattle and sheep for the local Livestock Producers Commission.
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Purdue University
Barrett
Gibwon County
Illinois
Evensville Livestock Producers’ Commission Association
Industry ahead of defense quota, NAM says
New York Dec 3 4 Industry has delivered defense goods beyond government needs as of Sept 29 1941 eight months after planning began according to William P Witherow chairman of NAM defense committee and Blaw Knox president. He warned government emergency controls may be needed yet must preserve free enterprise. Delegates will consider outlawing strikes to enforce closed shop during the national emergency. Also parish Home Demonstration clubs plan a December 13 luncheon with Christmas gift exchange.
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New York
William P. Witherow
National Association of Manufacturers
Witherow
Blaw-Knox Company
Pittsburgh
N. A
Western Star Lodge Reelects H B Cannon as Master
Western Star Lodge No 24 F and A M reelected H B Cannon worshipful master at the annual officers election held in the Masonic Temple Tuesday night. BE R Baham John Coon Fred Culver Sig Haas named senior warden junior warden secretary treasurer respectively. Other officers to be appointed later. Past master's night Wednesday. Master degrees to be conferred by Luther Jordan of Bunkie. Refreshments to be served.
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Western Star Lodge
A. M
H. B. Cannon
Masonic Temple
BE. R. Baham
John Coon
Fred Culver
Sig Haas
Luther Jordan
Bunkie
Illinois Central Group Will Meet
The Ulinois Central Service Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the W. O W. Hall with E P. Morgan as chub president. Superintendent W. W. Cunningham will be guest speaker and the P. H. S. Glee Club will provide music. Attendees urged include employed persons, their families and friends. A bicycle theft report from James Johnson notes his Hawthorne bike was blue.
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Ulinois Central Service Club
Nominate Davis to State Board
A Monroe bar member, Ronald Lee Davis, was unanimously nominated by the local bar committee to serve on the board of governors from the Fifth Congressional district for the upcoming term. The nominating committee included Travis Oliver Jr, Frank W. Hawthorne, Allen B. Guthrie and W D Cotton.
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Ronald Lee Davis
Monroe Bar
Fifth Congressional District
Travis Oliver, Jr
Frank W. Hawthorne
Allen B. Guthrie
W. D. Cotton
Nursemaid Saves Child as Car Strikes Vanished
In Denver on December 3 a 19-year-old nursemaid Cordelia Manchego shielded a two-year-old, turning away from an oncoming car. She was knocked unconscious, but the boy George Stoskopf landed safely. Manchego escaped serious injury.
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Denver
Cordelia Manchego
George Stoskopf
Miss Manchego
Bicycle Stolen From In Front Of Capitol Theater
Lee Edward Sims of Brownsville reported to Monroe police the theft Tuesday night of his Wing bicycle. The black machine with red trim was parked in front of the Capitol theater when it disappeared.
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James Johnson
DeSiard Street
Hipp Marks Alley
Lee Edward Sims
Brownsville
Monroe
Capitol Theater
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
Constipation and stomach upsets troubled by lazy bowels and gas are eased by Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin. The liquid laxative wakes up nerves and muscles in the intestines and is gentle on the stomach. Children enjoy the taste and relief. Buy at your druggist today.
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Dr. Caldwell
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