Donald Johnson elected head of Iowa Legion
Cedar Rapids reports Donald E. Johnson 28 year old World War II veteran and hatchery operator from West Branch elected as the new Iowa department commander of the American Legion. Other officers named include Rasmussen Louwnsberry Hamm Lund Lange and Lange. the 1953 convention city is Waterloo. Resolutions urge funds for Marshalltown Soldiers Home expansion and legalizing boxing and wrestling. Johnson succeeds Dudley Wieble. He is Cedar Falls born, West Branch raised, Iowa State and Oregon educated, served 15 months with Patton's Third Army, and has three sons.
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Donald E. Johnson
West Branch
Iowa Department
American Legion
Lowell Rasmussen
Reinbeck
Robert H. Louwnsberry
McCallsburg
C. Glenn Hamm
Glenwood
Stewart H. M. Lund
Webster City
Elmer Lange
Sac City
R. J. Laird
Algona
Carl Skedin
Toledo
Robert Snyder
Spencer
Albert J. Hoffman
Dubuqque
Waterloo
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Windsor Heights
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Albia
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Mason City
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Iowa City
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Forest City
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State
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Patton
Third Army
Iowa Department Americanism
Iron Jaw's Fall Leaves Circus Aerialist Injured
In Lafayette Indiana 17 year old Roberto Rolan nicknamed Iron Jaw bit off more than he could chew with Barnes Bros circus. He fell 40 feet while hanging by teeth causing multiple fractures including both arms a hip and a wrist plus a jaw injury.
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Lafayette
Ind
Roberto Rolan
Barnes Bros. Circus
Poultry Price Report and Receipts Update
Chicago market notes show steady live poultry receipts totaling 1.381 coops with unchanged paying prices. Heavy hens bring 22 to 26 cents, light hens 19 to 20, roosters 30 to 31, fryers 33.5 to 35, old roosters 9 to 18, ducklings 27, with wholesale buying prices and U S standards largely unchanged.
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USDA
Chicago Cash Grain rates in Wheat Corn and Oats bids
Chicago cash grain prices show No 2 feed wheat at 2.25 to 2.37 dollars per bushel with No 3 at 3.26. No 3 yellow corn quoted at 1.82 to 1.90, No 4 around 1.80 to 1.89, sample grade about 1.44. Oats for No 1 heavy white ranged 0.84 to 0.89, and 0.87 for No 1 heavy white. Barley nominal at 1.33 to 1.81 and feed at 1.19 to 1.29. No Sorghum data available.
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Chicago
Barney
Estimated Livestock Receipts for Thursday Chicago Market
Chicago USDA report lists salable livestock receipts for Thursday with Hogs 8000, Cattle 3000, Sheep 1600. The August 6 estimate appears partial.
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Chicago
USDA
Soybeans Lead Rise in Grains
Chicago reports soybeans surging on a heavy buying push with new crop contracts hitting seasonal highs. Wheat and oats also advance while several grains gain, with September soybeans at 3.15 per bushel and soymeal up to 11.55 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Chicago Potatoes Chicago Aug USDA Potatoes Arrivals
Potatoes arrivals in Chicago for August indicate light U S shipments total 222 with demand moderate and supplies light. Prices vary by type with Idaho Oregon long whites at 6.50 to 6.55, Russets 6.70 to 6.80, Triumphs 6.35, Washington long whites 6.40 to 6.55, bakers 6.50 to 6.73.
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USDA
U. S
Idaho-Oregon
Washington
Community Happenings and Local Notices
Local residents plan visits to Louisiana relatives and a Missouri sister in Muscatine. Miss Dorothy Bevill speaks at Nazarene church at 7 45 pm. AMI union and prayer meetings announced. New registrations and hospital admittances listed. Navy sailor Elmer McKillip reaches Little Creek Norfolk. County supervisors to meet at courthouse. Marriage license issued for Clarence Gongier and Selma Smith. WSCS circle meets with craft session. No Fun Night at YWCA. next dance August 15.
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Africa
Nazarene
Miss Beville
States
Martha Williams
Muscatine
Clarence Gongier
Selma Smith
Rock Island
Robert K. Stohr
Clara G. Baird Yardley
M. E. Latham
Sedalia
Alice Latham
Nebraska Street Circle
WSCS
First Methodist Church
H. C. Havemann
Newell Avenue
YWCA
Federal civilian payroll ends year with 2.6 million workers
The fiscal year closed June 30 with 112,999 more civilian workers on the payroll. The Senate House committee on Reduction of Non-Essential Federal Expenditures reports the civilian labor force at year end totaled 2,596,690.
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Washington
Sam
Senate House Committee On
Future District Meeting schedule for Eagles
Fred Longstreth president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Muscatine outlines next year s district meetings in Rock Island after a Tuesday lodge gathering. Lodges listed include Dubuque Clinton Davenport Muscatine Geneseo Silvis East Moline Moline Rock Island and Mathersville Illinois. The first district session is set for the third Sunday in September and the traveling bowling league begins then. A dance with Al Baer s orchestra is planned for Saturday at the lodge hall and a stag fish fry is scheduled for Friday August 29.
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Fred Longstreth
Order of Eagles
Muscatine
Rock Island
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Geneseo
Silvis
East Moline
Moline
Mathersville
Ill
Eagles
Lodge Hall
al Baer
Birth Announced at Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Keit Carey of Columbus Junction today in the hospital records.
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Bellevue Hospital
Jean Wright
Busch Street
John Manjoiie
Halstead Street
George Burrows
Bettendorf
Berta Mohnssen
Jennie Waite
Wapello
James Sands
Columbus Junction
Milo Lioyd
Fruitland
Marvy Eiselstein
Ed Marshall
East Sixth Street
Leo Witteman
Broadway
Kenneth Schreurs
Main Street
Berton
Reynolds
Clair Reed
Jackson Street
Herbert Sywassink
Bellevue
Daughter
Keit Carey
Mercy Hospital addition bid details surface
Kuchara Construction Co of Des Moines appears to be the low bidder at 1 793 590 for a 2 200 000 addition project to Mercy hospital in Davenport.
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Davenport
Kuchara Construction Co
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Gas Industry Spending Reaches Record High in 1951
The American Gas Association reports the natural gas sector spent a record 1.46 billion dollars on new facilities in 1951, up 22 percent from 1950. The group projects about 5.70 billion dollars in construction and expansion over the next 40 years.
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New York
American Gas Association
Proper cake cooling and oven pan arrangement
Good cooks stagger cake pans in the oven to permit full hot air circulation. After baking, turn out the cakes onto cooling racks to prevent sweating and maintain even texture.
U S Jets Down Six Red MiGs in North Korea
U S Sabre jet pilots downed six Communist MiG 15s and damaged three, part of a three day tally totaling 11 destroyed and 14 damaged. Seventy two MIGs were spotted across seven dog fights with four credited hits. Ground troops faced 100 degree heat as fighting stayed light.
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Korea
U. S
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Comrads
Martins Hosts At Tipton Home
Tipton Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martin entertained guests at their Tipton home Sunday. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Elfred Carter of Muscatine, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Martin of Sweetland, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Martin of Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Martin and children, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Schmitt, and Duane and Mrs. Ernie Gaul, all of Tipton. Jane and Danny of Mt. Pleasant arrived Monday for a few days visit with their parents.
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Joe Martin
Elfred Carter
Muscatine
P. W. Martine
Sweetland
Bill Martin
Ames
Harry Martin
Linda
Pam
Vernon Schmitt
Duane
Ernie Gaul
Donald Martin
Jane
Danny
Mt. Pleasant
Omaha Architect Leo A. Daly Dies at 62
Omaha architect Leo A. Daly, famed for his work on Boys Town regarded as his masterwork, died here late Tuesday from a heart ailment.
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Omaha
Leo A. Daly
Boys Town
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