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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
7
Rock Island army engineering district reports 1938 corn shipments totaled 205,539 tons. Muscatine contributed 111,656 tons, more than half of district total. Burlington 48,073. Oquawka 22,147. Keithsburg 18,072. Davenport 4,483. Dubuque 1,108. August saw 39,908 tons sent south for export.
Des Moines reports favorable corn crop outlook in Iowa as the week ends. Federal statistician Leslie M. Carl notes variable conditions across western and southern counties, with some areas seeing higher yields offsetting moisture, hail, wind, or insect damage. Silk damage from grasshoppers appears in several localities and chinch bug damage threatens southern counties.
Proponents of a plan to reorganize the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, bankrupt since July 1923, tell the Interstate Commerce Commission that advantages outweigh objections and file a 38 page brief. A letter from Jesse H. Jones supports locating a new shop while noting practicability must be approved. The plan splits the system into Minneapolis and St. Louis Co. and Corp with little impact on train service and seniority rights for workers.
Nichols Lodge names standing committees for the term led by Mrs Viola Johnson with members for Instructor reporter Hazel Poole floral Dora Nichols Elsie Poole visiting Golda Pike Elsie Poole Anna Meyers finance Dora Nichols Mabel Evans Clare Fridley resolutions Edna Kirchner Edna Hummel Olive Meese. Draping charter Anna Reynolds chaplain Edith Ogren flowers Velora Hummel drape Margaret Fry soloist Doris Chown musician Olive Meese Burial Lorraine Kirchner vice grand Hazel Poole chaplain Olive Meese soloist Doris Chown Gifts Dora Nichols Elsie Poole retainment reinstatement Lorain ce Walker Lillian Richter Felicitas Brown.
A parasitic illness killed two gorillas at the St Louis Zoo, one named Jackie and another Coquette, among about a dozen gorillas in captivity in the United States. The deaths reflect health challenges facing captive primates in zoos.
About 250 Muscatine county landlords and tenant farmers begin receiving government 1939 agriculture parity payments. Total statewide near 18 thousand dollars in checks issued at the county soil conservation office with Goshen and Wapsie township farmers to pick up Wednesday afternoon at West Liberty post office. Other farmers to receive as Des Moines sends checks.
Des Moines detectives Tuesday said John Woods, 35, a wounded man held at Boone, Iowa, is no longer a Dreher slaying suspect after establishing an alibi. Investigators pursued a Schleswig Crawford county holdup tale Woods described, while another suspect remained sought in the Harold J. Dreher case.
The rules and scoring of contract bridge will remain unchanged next year. The national laws commission and the International Contract Bridge league announced jointly that the present code of laws will be kept in force following a favorable executive committee vote and a nationwide poll showing players did not favor changes.
At the 56th Dancing Masters of America convention in New York, about 500 delegates led by president Leroy H. Thayer of Washington say the jitterbug fad is fading as both old and young tire of jumping dances. The group foresees a return to old ballroom styles with quicker tempos and notes fashion trends from the gay nineties influencing the revival.
A fragment notes that last summer Africa purchases were insured for the purchase price of two dollars each. The text is brief and lacks clear context or full details.
A New Hampshire orchardist uses a sheet-iron cart and tractor to burn brush and trash in the orchard. When piles grow too large he stacks trash on poles laid across a low truck for rapid, safe disposal as the crew moves along the rows.
In Carroll County Illinois farmers delay cutting corn for silage until stalks are dry and then cut at least 10 percent of sweet stalk cane into the silo. The cane is rich in juice and sugar and reportedly reduces the need to add water to the corn for fermentation.
Nebraska tests show steers fed corn vs Milo yield cost differences. Corn cost $3.67 per cwt gain while Milo $3.87, though Milo cattle yielded more beef per acre due to higher overall yield. West Virginia station finds succulent pasture saves 13 percent feed while matching grain-fed turkey quality. Bluegrass and alfalfa excel for pasture turkeys, with best results when pasture is short and tender. Emergency pastures include rye oats soybeans rape or Sudan grass, though Sudan requires frequent mowing to stay tender.
Between 1880 and 1935 New York farm acreage fell by over four million while crop value rose about 20 percent due to improved farming. Ohio Experiment Station mortality figures show pullets from eggs had higher death losses than those from breeder stock, highlighting the value of breeders with proven livability and production.
In Kansas, Haperent Station advises planting flax as a catch crop when winter wheat yields are down. Plant early with a fine firm seedbed, drill seed deep enough to cover three pecks per acre, and use Linota or Bison varieties. Avoid bottom land as flax competes poorly with weeds.
Connecticut Experiment Station researchers found two methods to protect tobacco beds from damping-off and bed-rot. One uses benzol fumes every second night, the other places paradichlorobenzene per square yard at night and removes it by day. Both yielded complete protection against damping-off and bed-rot, though they aimed to control downy mildew.
In a 40-year 5-year rotation on acid soil pH around 5, lime outperforms fertilizer for corn clover yields. Untreated corn averaged 7.7 bu/acre. with lime 24.9 bu. with fertilizer 23.6 bu. with both 45.8 bu. Wheat rose from 4.9 to 14.5 bu with lime and to 27.9 bu with both. Clover rose from 546 to 2,045 lbs with lime. 1,288 lbs with fertilizer. 3,405 lbs with both.
West Liberty notes Mr and Mrs L E Bingham and daughter Miss Phoebe Bingham return home Sunday night from a month long Pacific coast tour. They visited Mrs Ed Jennings in Los Angeles and joined a Wayne Side Beach outing then toured the world fair and Yosemite Valley totaling over 5000 miles. Glenn Walker with son Louis and daughter Wayne and Harold Kirby left for Los Angeles to visit Gaylord Walker. Mrs Kenneth Walker and Janet of Cedar Rapids spend the week with the Walkers.
Howard Suman of Moline, 23, charged with manslaughter after his car struck and killed 66 year old John Sowden Sunday night in Davenport Iowa. A coroner jury returned an open verdict and Suman was arraigned before Police Magistrate John J McSwiggin and pleaded not guilty.
Fifty five people, including 27 policemen, were injured in rioting after a demonstration against Bombay’s new prohibition law. Six in a crowd attacking police were wounded by bullets. others by stones. Since midnight, 8,500 bars and liquor shops are closed to natives and rationed for foreigners. Police fear wider Hindu Muslim clashes may follow.
Four individuals received five day jail sentences after arraignment before Justice J C Coster. Frank Rates paid a $5 fine with costs remitted. The other arrestees were Tip Randolph of the city Frank Payne of Cleveland Ohio and transients John Emery and Noah Means. Randolph faced a mooching accusation.
A suspect faced charges with bond set at 2000 dollars. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 19.
Cedar county fair opens Wednesday August 9 with 4-H Achievement Day in Floral hall. Activities include booths judging at 9 a m and demonstrations on closet accessories first aid to closets and washing and storage of dishes. Mrs Edith Barker state 4-H leader will judge demonstrations and articles for state fair entries.
The estate of the late attorney J F Devitt, who died last week, is left to his daughter Loretta L Devitt in a will dated December 13 1938 filed for probate in district court. Loretta L Devitt is named executrix without bond and probate was set for today.
Attorney E C Erwin was named a member of the Muscatine county commission of insanity by Judge D W Jackson to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J F Devitt. He will serve the balance of the term ending January 1 1940. Other members are Ballard B Tipton and Dr T F Beveridge.
Charles Richard son of Mr and Mrs E D Richard will appear as piano soloist at the annual teachers convention at the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago Wednesday noon and as accompanist Friday and this afternoon The Wednesday program includes Scriabin Battle in C Sharp Minor Ravel La Ballée Des Cloches Poulenc Pas Tourelle Debussy Minstrels Debussy Des Pas Sur La Neige Debussy and Feux d Artifice Debussy
Mrs. Ernest Martin hosted a Sunday potluck at her West Liberty home to honor her husband’s birthday. Attendees included Eli and Frances Martin with Floyd, Fran ces and Virginia, Donald and Janet and Barbara, Charles Hahn with Raymond, Merlin and Donald, Henry Van der Horn with Phyllis Martin, all of Muscatine, and Miss Marjorie Moran and Miss Sylvia Sullivan of West Liberty.
Hogs 3,000 head, 230 lb grades down to 180 lb up to 270 lb steady to 15c higher. top $6.30, small lots $6.35. Cattle 5,800 head, steers and yearlings steady to 15c lower. top fed steers $10, yearling steers $10.35, vealers $7.50–9.00. Sheep 5,000 head, opening sales steady, grass slaughter yearlings $6.75, wethers $4.50–4.65. Colorado spring lambs above $6.50.
Hog prices mixed with lighter weights steady to 10 cents lower than Monday and heavy butchers plus packing sows steady to 10 cents higher. Report covers salable hogs 11,000 to 14,000, top 6.75, and cattle and lamb markets with varied weights and prices across steers, heifers, calves, and sheep.
Des Moines reports hog receipts at 10 concentration yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8 am. Light hogs steady to lower while heavier weights and sows hold mostly steady. Prices quoted for various weight classes show mixed movements with deliveries in plants, yards, and area mills.
Bond traders saw mixed action with selective gains and some declines as lack of a clear trend persisted. Foreign issues led gains with Colombia 61 and U S government loans held firm. Purity Bakery 5s and lines from International Hydro Electric 6s Santa Fe 4s of 95 Portland General Electric 4 ks rose modestly amid brisk turnover.
New York sugar markets softened as world futures fell 1 to 2 points amid London easing and thin local buying. September dropped to 1.17 cents from 1.19 cents by mid-afternoon while refined grades held at 4.30 to 4.40 cents.
Local markets list Egg prices and poultry rates with prices by weight. Hens cocks and heavy packers shown in ranges from 4.95 to 6.80 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting varied meat cuts and sizes.
Iowa livestock bids show hog prices mixed across weights in Ottumwa with steady to higher tone. Cedar Rapids reports good hogs with prices up to about 6.00, and cattle prices steady. Mason City and Waterloo note hogs unchanged. cattle prices overall unchanged with a softer tone.
Eggs listed at 15,922 with steady mixed colors from fancy to extra fancy at 19 2314c and other grades ranging to 15 15%c for seconds. Butter totals 1,370,488 with irregular creamery moves higher than extra, priced around 24 25%c for extras and 22 23c for firsts, cheese steady at 397,887 with prices unchanged.
Chicago market saw corn and wheat prices fall due to rains and cooler spring belt weather. Wheat dropped as much as 138 cents a bushel with mixed demand and offerings easing. Winnipeg declined about 1.5 cents, and prices for futures as listed.
Chicago cash grain prices list multiple grain grades with bid figures for wheat corn oats and barley. Prices include No 1 hard 69c No 2 hard around 66 34c No 2 mixed mid 66c sample mixed tough 63c corn No 1 mixed 44 34c No 1 yellow 44%4c oats No 1 mixed 29 29% c No 3 mixed 27 44c Illinois barley 45 56c nominal feed 35 40c nominal.
Chicago markets report butter at 934,987 pounds steady, eggs at 11,730 dozen steady with storage packed extras 18 cents. Poultry live trucks 46 with hens firm and chickens steady. Potatoes shipments total 207 on track Nebraska Cobblers steady while western stock dull with a slight under tone. Prices for Bliss Triumphs and Russets listed with refrigeration and ice storage, futures next updates pending.
Salable hogs 5,000 plus with grades down to 5c. Top hogs 6.49 for 185 to 210 pounds. other weight classes listed from 3.50 to 6.30. Cattle 5,500 salable with fed steers uneven and stockers slow. cows 5.00 to 7.00. vealers 8.50. Sheep 10,500, fat and feeders steady. range spring lambs 8.00 to 8.50. shorn ewes 3.50 down. range feeding lambs 7.50 to 7.90.
Mrs. Sophia Eibel of 516 Jefferson St Burlington Iowa says KruGon eased years of muscular aches back pain and nerve distress improving sleep elimination and overall health after simple doses. She notes it is sold by McDaniels Drug Co 115 E 2nd St.
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