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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1934
Page
3
The township corn hog training schools are finished and thousands of Town farmers have signed corn hog contracts agreeing to cut corn acreage by at least 20 percent and hog production by 25 percent. In many counties a four or five member committee handles complex sign up issues, assisted by extension workers and state committees. Township leaders warn farmers to complete their contract copies promptly.
Township committeemen trained in sign up work tell farmers that precise corn and hog production figures speed Uncle Sam payments. If many ad justments are needed by township and county allotment committees, contracts slow and benefits delay. Wheat payments totalled 80 million dollars, under half of the first installment. Town benefits reached 224,695 dollars, up over 8,000 since the last notice. Secretary Wallace proposes a tentative dairy production control plan with a processing tax on butterfat and all milk products, with payments based on production or reduction, possibly starting April 1. A.J. Black notes exports and domestic demand fail to absorb current price depressions for corn and hogs, urging actions to reduce breeding and planting losses. Word reaches Ot tumwa of Lucis Hightshoe undergoing a serious operation in Los Angeles but recovering as well as could be expected, forcing her to resign teaching.
In a tense scene a woman named Marion stops to help a wounded man after a crash on a curving road. She retrieves him, drives him home in secrecy, and faces an accusing lover while her father urges caution and reveals a deeper family conflict. The event tests loyalties and she hints at a concealed romance and elopement plan.
Local social notes list business visitors in Udell Centerville and Ottumwa visits. Residents from Des Moines Indianola Chicago and St Louis travel for relatives and meetings. Clubs host luncheons and social evenings with members from Centerville Ottumwa and nearby areas.
The article traces shipbuilding in the colonies from 1607 with the Virginia pinnace by the Popham colony and notes early vessels including the Onrnst and trials in Boston. It mentions Jamestown crafts by 1682 and a rise of port shipyards after 1651, with expansive colonial trade expanding toward the China trade by the 18th century and Newburyport shipping to the Orient.
Deda attested Kane and Arora Beyer were linked to Father’s Day origins. The movement began around 1910 as a tribute to her father, William J. Smart, a 4.B. veteran who raised his own mother. Mrs Dodd prepared a petition and ministerial action on a Sunday in Jongeg day of aatlopwige Obnere ARCR.
Eight counties across the state conduct a part time farming study under CWA, led by Merritt Greene of Marshalltown. Data focuses on occupation types for part time farmers, land use role, and living conditions. The program aims to move city residents to farms and improve poor land areas while coordinating with Iowa State College for a long term land utilization plan.
Fewer babies were born in Iowa during 1923 31 than at any time since 1900. From 1923 to 1931 births declined yearly except 1930. The ten year average 1900 10 22 to 1922 was 44 809 births annually. The peak in this span was 4505 births in 1925.
The report notes the smallest births at 8606 in 1933 and that 1988 births were three fourths of 1999 levels if the same annual percentage decline holds. It estimates maternal deaths from 1929 to 1932 averaged 261 yearly, with never below 200 deaths in that span. An incomplete 1933 count suggests not more than 185 maternal deaths. An all time low maternal mortality rate may occur in 1988 despite fewer births. Bernice Johnson recovering from appendectomy at St Joseph Hospital after surgery at one o'clock Sunday morning.
In the District Court of Town in Apostinose county probate matters the Executor of Eva B Hellyer deceased is named as Theo A Miller who has qualified and will settle debts and claims. Creditors and claimants must present their demands legally. Dated January 31 1634 in Albis Town and Feb 1-8 notices follow.
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