Chance for 65 Cent Corn Caps Market Rally Says Ellison
Des Moines IA Prospect of 65 cent corn within a year was forecast by E A Ellison commodity loan supervisor for the state agricultural adjustment committee. He notes high farmer participation in 1939 AAA and outlines four uses for this year’s crop including sealing under government loan and storage options.
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Des Moines
IDPA
E. A. Ellison
State Agricultural Adjustment Committee
Ellison
Secretary of Agriculture
Plans Mapped for Muscatine County Fair Events
Two county committees will outline Aug 21 to 24 fair plans by West Liberty. Miss Mary Grece Martin assists home project work in Ames and will return to meet the groups. Four-H club girls prepare demonstrations aiming to represent Muscatine county at the state fair in Des Moines and the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
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Muscatine County
West Liberty
Mary Grece Martin
Ames
Des Moines
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Club
Home Project
Group to Study Louisa County Marketing Data
A committee authorized by the Louisa County Farm Bureau board will study marketing problems facing local producers. Members include Earl Moyers and Ralph Lowe among others. The group will meet with Herman Aaberg of the Chicago Producers Commission and Duke Arthur from Iowa State College for a preliminary survey. It notes that 90 percent of Iowa corn is fed to livestock and livestock products make up about 41 percent of farm cash income from hogs, cattle and milk.
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Wapello
Louisa County
County Farm Bureau Board
Wiederrecht
Earl Moyers
Lyle Duncan
Cotter
Ralph Lowe
Letts
Clyde Turkington
Hugh Morris
Ainsworth
Frank Scales
Morning Sun
Walter Morris
Cleve Cotter
Columbus Junction
H. Christianson
Conesville
Gay Jamison
Choruses From Two Counties May Sing
Mercer county and Warren county choruses consider a joint public concert. Mercer group meets tonight and Warren county group meets Monday in Monmouth. Officers plan to combine for a stronger program at the state fair and will finalize details if members vote to proceed.
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Aledo
Warren
Mercer County
Mercer
Warren County
Monmouth
Surplus Commodities Expanded Under Stamp Plan
Washington announces lard and cottonseed shortening will join the surplus commodities list for relief clients. Des Moines, Iowa, is among cities where the stamp distribution system will be set up. Secretary Wallace made the statement.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sec. Wallace
Des Moines
Appomattox Scene Renamed After Lee Surrender
The town of Appomattox Virginia, famed for the 1865 surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, was once commonly known by the shorthand name Surrender reflecting that historic moment.
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Appomattox
Lee
Grant
New York Stocks Mixed With Gains and Losses Across Firms
A broad market snapshot shows Am Can trading near 101 percent while Am Loco and other industrials slide and rise. Major movers include Gen Electric up 38 percent, Gen Motors at 48, and Westinghouse at 111, with declines in Nat Dairy Prod and Nash-Kelvinator among others. The ticker list reflects varied activity across oils, autos, and consumer goods with notable shifts in Con Oil, Rand, and Sears Roeb.
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Dupont
Eastman
Firestone
Gen Electric
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Goodyear
Hudson - Int
Kresge
Libbey O F Glass
Mont Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
NY Central
Penney
Phillips Pet
Pure
Radio
Repub
Delay Seen in Awarding Corn Bin Contracts
The agriculture department opened bids for steel bins to store 50 to 100 million bushels of surplus corn in the Midwest and delayed awards to later in the week. Low bids came from Edwards Manufacturing Cincinnati Columbia Steel Tank Kansas City Butler Manufacturing Martin Steel Beatrice Sioux Steel Beatrice and more. Bins of 1000 and 2000 bushel capacity priced 8 to 24 cents per bushel. purchases likely split among bidders. Bins to be placed in rural areas with farmers handing over loans, 57 cents per bushel, as collateral until prices rebound.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Edwards Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Columbia Steel Tank Co
Kansas City
Butler Manufacturing Co
Martin Steel Products Co
Mansfield, C
Sioux Steel Co
Sioux Falls
Dugans to observe 43rd Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. James Dugan of 902 West Second street will observe their forty third wedding anniversary with a family dinner at home on Sunday Aug. 6. The couple has three children Phillip Dugan Miss Theresa Dugan and James Dugan Jr all of Muscatine and four grandchildren.
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James Dugan
West Second Street
Phillip Dugan
Theresa Dugan
James Dugan Jr
Muscatine
Farmers urged to control Hessian fly in Iowa crops
Iowa State entomologist Carl J. Drake warned of exceptionally large Hessian fly numbers in winter wheat areas and a heavy toll on the 1940 crop unless farmers use fly free dates and destroy volunteer wheat. He urged September destruction of volunteers and planting during the fly free dates to be announced after a survey. Grasshoppers have been reduced in central and eastern Iowa by poisoning, but western areas still suffer losses.
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Ames
Iowa
Carl J. Drake
Drake
Iowa State College
No Joking About This Gag Writer Sues Benny
Harry Conn, a joke writer, sues Jack Benny for 65 500 claiming breach of contract. Conn says he became Benny’s principal gag writer in 1932 and helped develop characters and situations that popularized Benny and his program during four and a half years with Benny.
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Los Angeles
Harry
Conn
Jack Benny
Benny
Miss Elvina Cady Is New FSA Home Management Supervisor
Miss Elvina Cady arrives from Cedar Rapids to lead the Farm Security Administration office in Muscatine Scott Clinton Cedar and Johnson counties. She succeeds Grace Bacon who transfers to Centerville to oversee Monroe and Appanoose counties.
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Elvina Cady
Cedar Rapids
Farm Security Administration
Miss Cady
Muscatine
Scott
Clinton
Cedar
Johnson
FSA
Grace Bacon
Centerville
Monroe
Appanoose
Rural Youth League Plans River Excursion to Cordova
Mercer county Rural Youth League schedules a river excursion for September 9 leaving Davenport at 9 a.m. and Rock Island at 10 a.m. aboard the Steamer Capitol. Farm and home bureau members are invited to join, with organizers Far D. Peterson and Miss Gertrude Kaiser announced.
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Aledo
Mercer County Rural Youth League
D. Peterson
Gertrude Kaiser
Davenport
Rock Island
Cordova
Farm and Home Bureau
Chicago cash grain prices and grain class ranges
Cash wheat prices and grain grades listed for Chicago with No 8 red and No 1 hard ranges. Corn and oats values shown for mixed yellow white feeds and malting barley figures. Rye No 2 price also noted.
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Chicago
Cuban sugar producers offer small nearby contracts in New York
Cuban producers offered limited nearby contracts in the world sugar futures market with modest buying support. The market edged up a fraction while September futures traded around 1.16 cents and the refined market held at about 4.30 to 4.40 cents.
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New York
Nan
Conn Maintains Benny Material Fuss Over Earnings
In 1936 Conn kept using the Conn characters and routines. The writer notes he was paid nothing while Benny earned 1 170 000 from radio and 140 000 from films. Conn says the contract covered 39 weeks for 5 percent of Benny's earnings during the period. Benny's associates place him in Florida.
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Conn
Benny
Florida
Site Selected for Plowing Contest in Iowa
Des Moines reports the first annual corn belt plowing match will be held Sept. 23 on the Mitchellville area farm owned by Mrs Ida Patterson and tenanted by F D Fraker. County and district winners from Iowa Illinois and other corn belt states will be invited to participate with separate divisions for men and boys and both horse drawn and tractor drawn plows featured.
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Des Moines
Mitchellville
Towa
Illinois
Ida Patterson
F. D. Fraker
Chicago Produce Market Update From Aug 8
Chicago prices show butter unsettled at 92 score creamery and eggs steady with 17 cents for extras. Poultry live trucks steady with various weights and breeds listed. potatoes and apples show mixed demand with Nebraska Cobblers and Long Whites priced. futures closed with butter at 23.90 cents and eggs at 18.4 cents for October.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
U. S. Dept
U. S
Nebraska
Bliss
Oregon Bliss
Idaho Bliss
Russel Burbanks
California
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Hogs Cattle and Sheep Trade
Hogs sold 2,000 head with slow trading and rare sales. top hogs at 6.35 with various weights reported. Cattle inventory 2,000 including 499 calves. beef steers and yearlings steady to higher, cows steady, vealers up to 9.90, stock steer calves 9.49. Sheep and lambs 2,700 with limited early trade on native spring lambs higher but overall softness in other categories.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept
Texas Wethers
Hogs Close Lower Amid Mixed Market Receipts
Market reports show hog prices down 15 to 25 cents from Wednesday with early tops around 6.75 for good weights and most sales near 6.45 to 6.80. Cattle and sheep volumes remained steady with slow overall trading and weaker cow and bull values, while spring lambs and yearlings saw moderate activity and prices around 7.00 to 9.00.
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No. Wits. Price
Aceud
Washington
Local Market Poultry and Meat Quotations
Local grocers list market prices for poultry and meats. Heaviest hens and cocks range from 7 to 11 cents per pound, with standard weights and prices noted. Quotations supplied by John P. Squire Company.
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Selie
John P. Squire Company
New York Bonds Show Gains In Quiet Market
Low and medium priced rail issues led with gains of a point or more as buyers bet on improved outlook for roads with thin incomes and high costs. Southern Railway, Baltimore and Ohio, Nickel Plate, New York Central, and others rose while some groups fluctuated. Government issues were neglected.
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New York
Southern Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Nickel Plate
New York Central
Chicago
North Western
Southern Pacific
International Telephone
Consolidated Oil
Armour
Portland General Electric
Firestone Tire
Commonwealth Edison
Iowa Livestock Bids Report Across States
The Iowa market summary shows hog bids by weight class with declines in Mason City and Ottumwa ranges. Prices for steers and packers vary by weight, with good to prime and good to choice categories listed, while Waterloo reports slight declines and overall cattle prices remain unchanged and weak.
New York Eggs and Butter Prices Report
New York markets report eggs at 11 626 sold steady with mixed colors and grades from fancy to dirties. Butter holdings exceed 1.15 million pounds with prices for creamery creamery products positioned high. firsts and seconds show ranges around 22 to 24 cents per pound amid varying score categories.
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New York
Wheat and Corn Bids Decline in Chicago Market
Wheat prices weakened with losses up to 1.34 cents a bushel before a brief rally. The market drifted lower again near the close. Corn showed a modest rally from its lows, with 85,000 bushels sold from U S to Montreal and the United Kingdom. Wheat finished 7 8 to 11 4 lower, corn 1 4 to 7 8 off, with oats down 3 8 to 5 8.
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Chicago
U. S
Montreal
Uni Kingdom
Omaha Livestock Prices Mixed as Hogs Cattle and Sheep Shifts
Salable hogs 5 300 slow butchers steady to 15 cents lower with declines on heavy weights. Hogs top at 6 40 and prices shown for various weight ranges. Cattle numbers 2 800 steady for killing classes with feeders and stockers steady. Sheep 6 500 fat lambs slow and bids 15 to 25 cents lower, range bids listed for native and shorn lambs and ewes.
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Omaha
U. S. Dept
Stenda
Iowa Hog Market Review Steady to Slightly Lower Prices
Des Moines report shows 24 hour hog receipts at 23 000 across 18 yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Barrows and gilts 160 to 330 pounds mostly quote between 4.30 and 6.50 per cwt with varying ranges by weight. sows move between 3.35 and 4.90, depending on weight. Prices based on today’s transactions through 11:30 a.m. and cover hogs sold to packing plants and yards in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U. & Dept. Agr
Iowa
Minnesota
KruGon Brings Restored Health to Sterling Man
Mr. W. J. Kreinschrodt of Sterling Illinois explains how KruGon relieved chronic bladder disturbance constipation and indigestion. He reports night waking eased improved sleep energy and appetite. KruGon sold by McDaniels Drug Co 115 E. 2nd St Sterling Illinois.
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KruGon
Mr. Kleinschrodt
McDaniels Drug Co
E. 2Nd St
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