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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
1
Moravia reports soggy streets with daily showers except for a new grader improving gravel. Moravia school adds a second two passenger Studebaker bus with a Hicks body, continuing a plan to buy a bus a year and retire a seven year old model. A reader from the Union’s Montana sub offers an informative letter.
Dear Editors: Here is a check to extend our subscription another year. We recall Mamie Blumenstock's writings with fondness and store them for posterity. We correct an error about the Dodds noting Reed W. Dodd earned the land grant. our grandfather from Virpalia via Indiana passed it to our father Frank Dodd. We enjoy items from all your correspondents and read Kinser Valley first. We had a backward spring with snow over four feet on May 31 when our granddaughter Donna Lea Downs graduated eighth grade. Reports from Big Sandy say crops look fine. We are thankful we grew up in the Moravian church community. Sincerely, Chas and Naomi Ensley.
A wet spring raises corn root exposure and warns against cultivating too deep or near the row as plants grow. Iowa State College agronomist E S Dyas notes corn roots extend below ground as much as visible growth. Shallow cultivation kills weeds and can yield as high or higher than deep cultivation. Contour cultivation can help moisture on slopes.
National Rural Letter Carrier portrays our hard working postal riders who push through rain and shine to deliver mail. They face many issues from unpaid money orders to troublesome boxes and high or low postage costs.
A good coat of paint will extend farm buildings life by protecting wood from warping and checking. Iowa State College extension engineer C H Van Vlack notes higher quality paints cost more upfront but save money long term. Check can labels for pigment percentages and avoid weak fillers to ensure durable protective films.
Detroit reports a nationwide Politz survey showing 59 million adults ride in cars daily, with over half using autos for livelihood and shopping. The study notes a 60 percent rise in car registrations since 1940, aging fleet, wartime production gaps, and autos as key to business, employment, and tax revenue, totaling nearly two billion dollars in federal taxes and related highway costs.
The text lists common solid fillers such as calcium carbonate silica magnesium and aluminum silicates calcium sulfate and barium sulfate. It notes outside references like linseed or soybean oil as major components and warns that substitutes like fish oil oriental oil Palmer's oil boiled oil may appear in cheap liquids.
A fragment notes that for real durability paints should include a higher percentage of pigment by weight than another component. The sentence implies pigment content as the key factor in durability, but provides no specific quantities or additional context.
Des Moines Iowa two thrill days headline Iowa State Fair Aug 25 Sept 3 with stunt men Jole Chitwood Hollywood daredevil Ramon LaRue and 15 more thrill pilots. About 30 thrill events on Aug 27 and Aug 30 include head-on collisions motorcycle leap frog car catapulting and 50 mph crash rolls with male and female drivers. Ramon LaRue noted as international escape artist in feature segment.
A garbled OCR fragment references a mid century amphitheatre, rodeo, horse races, stock cars, a musical revue, and protests about grass silage. It mentions a balloon or shell event at 200 feet, and distant figures like a theater or exhibition. The text is incomplete and unclear.
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