200 Attend Four-H Girls Rally Day in Muscatine County
About 200 people attended the Rally day at the Elks lodge with 172 served lunch. Dorothy Hildebrand of West Liberty won the better grooming contest and earned a trip to Ames for the state contest. Valeria Riessen placed second. Goshen-Wapsie club won the music contest. Awards honored punctual clubs Fulton Industrials and Green Valley Hustlers, with Sweetland Sunshine and Goshen-Wapsie recognized for mother attendance.
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Muscatine County
Ames
Elks Lodge
Hildebrand
Dorothy Hildebrand
West Liberty
Valeria Riessen
Fulton Industrial Club
Miss Hildebrand
Goshen-Wapsie Club
Wapsie
Fulton Industria
Fulton Industrials
Fulton Royal Workers
Green Valley Hustlers
Sweetland Sunshine
Goshen-Wapsie
Elks
Beatrice Kaiser
I Am Fair Titania
Marian Fisher Fullwood
Marian Galpin *Mpleman
D. W. Jackson
Helen Heidel
Mildred Gottbrecht
Muscatine
Elks Home
Miriam Sywassink
Delores Kaalberg
Dorothy HU Hildebrand
Dorothy Crow
Lorene Pelton
Ruth Vance
Katherine Sneeringer
Roberta Moylan
Eugenia McBride
Edna Eis
Farm Women to Write Project at Meeting Thursday
Muscatine county farm women plan a new project for fall and winter. A meeting of township home project chairmen will be held Thursday at 10 a m in Farm Bureau quarters with Mary Grace Martin leading. Mrs N Mae Larson of the Iowa State College extension service will guide the session which will continue through the afternoon. Home Crafts Two features decorative design and chip carving to be pursued in the county.
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Muscatine
Farm Bureau
Mary Grace Martin
N. Mae Larson
State Extension Service
Iowa State College
Ames
Margaret Chaudoin Szins Takes Conservation Office Post
Miss Margaret Chaudoin assumed the duties of office secretary for the Muscatine county Soil Conservation administration at the courthouse today. She succeeds Miss Ruth Demorest who resigned from the position.
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Margaret Chaudoin Szins
Margaret Chaudoin
Muscatine
Cicadas Resembling Locust Cause Tree Damage in Muscatine County
Insects resembling a locust, cicadas that appear every 17 years, are damaging Muscatine county fruit trees this year. County Agent Ralph Olson notes they do not stay underground long and should vanish in five to six weeks with no return until 1956. Young trees suffer the most damage as cicadas are found in large numbers across the region.
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Muscatine County
Ralph 4H. Olson
Iowa Farm Income Rises in 1938 From 1937 Levels
National farm income for 1938 reached 9.22 billion dollars, down 1.13 billion from 1937. Cash from marketings, government benefits, and farm consumption products formed the total, with crops falling 18 percent and livestock down less than 9 percent. Iowa and South Dakota show about five percent higher gross income in 1938 than 1937. Iowa’s 1937 income was 601.374 million and 1938 636.448 million.
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Washington
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Iowa
South Dakota
Shelled Corn in Iowa Keeps Well Says AAA Officers
AAA officials report shelled corn under seal in Iowa remained in excellent condition after the spring season. H. L. Dieterich notes most of the 1937 corn in bins is sound, with about one third of the 17 million bushels resealed rather than carried as ear corn. Observers monitor outcomes for possible resealing or extension of the 1938 loan. losses from shelled corn are less than ear corn damage by rats.
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Des Moines
Towa
AAA
H. L. Dieterich
Dieterich
Corn Soan
Dorothy Wilson Joins Local Office Staff
Dorothy Wilson of West Liberty has been added to the local office staff and will begin work in the middle of the week. William Cashmen, county AAA chairman, announced the engagement of Miss Saturday to be married at an early date.
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William Cashmen
County Aaa
Dorothy Wilson
West Liberty
New York Stocks Rise Amid Mixed Market Signals
A compact roundup shows traders pricing Am Can at 93 and Am Tel at 165 with mixed reviews for staples like Anaconda and U S Steel. Major shifts appear in General Electric and Ford listings as some rails and oils swing while several industrials hold steady in a volatile session.
West Liberty Veteran Carl Rock 49 Dies at Home
Carl Rock 49 lifelong West Liberty resident and World War I veteran died at 11 a.m. Sunday at his North Columbus Street home after two years of declining health. He is survived by six sisters and one brother, with military services by the local American Legion post Tuesday at 4 p.m. at S. C. Snider Funeral chapel and burial at Oakridge.
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West Liberty
Carl Rock
North Columbus Street
Mr. Rock
Edward
Sarah Holmes Rock
France
Mansell Phillips
Iowa City
Rock Jis
Lola Benedict
Ethel
Lucy Rock
Ed Lewis
Myrtle Ghenn
Blanche Buhkhahn
Davenport
George
Rock Island
S. C. Snider Funeral
American Legion
Oakridge
Huge Plane to Visit Local Port this Weekend
One of the largest planes to visit Muscatine will use the municipal airport as its headquarters Friday through Sunday. The Boeing aircraft, claimed to carry 27 passengers, is part of the Inmzen Brothers Flying Circus, per the airport commission announcement.
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Muscatine
Airport Commission
Trimsawred
Boeing
Inmzen Brothers Flying Circus
Broadcasters Seek FCC Change To New Regulation
The National Association of Broadcasters urged the FCC to withdraw a Nov. 1 regulation limiting international stations to programs promoting goodwill. President Neville Miller warned it infringes free speech, conflicts with policy, and would grant undelegated power. He asked for hearings with 14 international stations, noting most target Latin America. Miller compared to potential censorship of U.S. newspapers abroad.
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Washington
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission
Frank R. MecNinch
FCC
Neville Miller
The
Broadcasters Association
Miller
Latin America
Clinton Man Is Fined for Reckless Driving
Loran Yates of Clinton pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Justice Hugh E. Chance. Muscatine police arrested him at 2 15 am on Park Avenue. Also arraigned, Earl Bridge of 511 East Front Street pled guilty to intoxication and received a 30 day suspension.
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Loran Yates
Clinton
Court of Justice of the Peace
Hugh E. Chance
Muscatine
Yates
Park Avenue
Justice Chance
Earl Bridge
Eest Front Street
George Lovet
Market Wheat and Grain Prices From Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago cash grain quotes show No 2 yellow wheat at 79 to 79 with corn No 2 mixed 52 and No 1 yellow 52 07 52 percent. No 1 white 57 40 58 and oats No 2 white 34 36 with sample grade white 4. Soybeans No 2 yellow 72 percent. Barley values list Malting 50 55, feed 39 45, No 3 barley 43.
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Chicago
1162 Graduates at The University of Iowa
The University of Iowa issued 1162 diplomas at commencement. Speaker Prof. Sam B. Sloan called the class larger in educational concept and in life, marking the second largest graduating class after last June’s 1199. Sloan ended a 40 year teaching career by resigning to the university president.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Sam B. Sloan
Sloan
Barrymore Back in Chicago Play After Mild Heart Attack
John Barrymore, 57, who suffered a mild heart attack last Tuesday, has improved enough to reopen his engagement in My Dear Children tonight in Chicago. Dr T J Coogan reported the update today.
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Chicago
John Barrymore
T. J. Coogan
Court records show fines for intoxication offenses
A defendant arraigned before Police Judge F. W. Eversmeyer faced a like charge and was fined $1 plus costs. Tennie Edgin ton paid $5 and costs, Walt Hernandez $1 and costs, and Lloyd Little of West Front Street near the McKee Button plant received three days in jail.
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Court of Police
F. W. Eversmeyer
Tennie Edginton
Walt Hernandez
Lloyd Little
West Front Street
McKee
Hogs Steady to Dime Higher in Chicago Market
Chicago market reports show hogs steady to 10 cents higher in an active trading day. Cattle and sheep traded minimally with no clear trend, while salable hogs reached 10,000 to 16,000 head in various weight classes, top hogs at 6.80 and light to heavy butcher prices around 6.00 to 6.80.
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Chicago
New York Sugar Prices Little Changed in Trade
Raw sugar offerings ranged from 2.90 cents with modest interest up to 285 dollars in day’s activity. Refined sugar prices were reported between 4.50 and 4.60 dollars.
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New York
Omaha Livestock Prices and Market Movement Report
Salable hogs 7 000 very slow around steady 5 10 lower top 6 40 with 170 to 290 lbs 6 25 6 40 260 to 280 lbs 6 10 7 76 290 to 325 lbs 5 80 6 16 few heavier 5 50 5 75 sows 5 00 5 35 stags 5 50 down Salable cattle 10 000 slow on fed steers yearlings shestock steady to weak many bids 15 25 lower on steers bulls wealers steady stockers feeders steady bulk fed Steers yearlings salable 25 09 7 5 several loads held up to 10 50 and above fed heifers 8 00 9 25 beef cows 5 50 7 25 bulk cutters 4 25 5 35 bulls 6 00 6 85 vealers 9 00 stock steers 7 75 9 35 stock heifers 7 50 800 Salable sheep 5 600 fat lambs slow early bids 25 50 lower other classes about steady native and fed Calif spring lambs 10 00 down best held above 10 25 best Idaho spring lambs held above 9 50 fed clipped lambs held above 8 50 shorn eyes 2 75 down native and Idaho new crop feeding lambs to 8 50
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U. S. Dept
Omaha
U. S
Calif
Idaho
Local Markets Report on Egg and Poultry Prices
Local markets show eggs at nine cents in small grocers. Poultry prices vary by weight from 120 to 400 pounds with ranges from $4.80 to $6.35 per unit. butcher packers quote up to $5.65. Quotations supplied by John P. Squire Company.
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John P. Squire Company
Chicago Produce prices and shipments report overview
Chicago AP notes unsettled butter and varied dairy prices with creamery and local graded eggs. Poultry details include live truck movements and numerous breed-specific prices. potatoes and other stock show mixed demand, with California long whites and Idaho stock trading current values and futures noted.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Spranes
U.S
California
Bliss
Alabama
U. S
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Idaho
Russell U. S
Iowa Livestock Bids Across Cities Report
Mason City Hogs unchanged Ottumwa Hogs unchanged Cedar Rapids steers rise to 1050 1300 lbs good to prime 10.11.00. waterloo hogs higher packers steady with varied weights. cattle prices unchanged to lower with steers good to choice 8.65 9.15 yearlings 8.75 9.25 or 4.90 5.00 for common.
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Mason City
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Packers
New York Bonds Rise Across Sectors In Morning Trading
U S governments show solid fractional gains while corporate bonds advance in moderate trading. VA 5 treasuries climb past prior peaks. Foreign issues are uneven with Latin American focus. Utilities lift with American Telephone 3s American Water Works 6s and Montana Power 3s rising.
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New York
Treasuries
U. S
American Telephone
American Water Works
Montana Power
Sharp Break in Wheat Prices Amid Market Liquidation
Wheat prices slumped as much as 134 cents to the lowest level in nearly two weeks. Traders cited good yields in the southwest, favorable weather outlooks for winter and spring wheat, and weak foreign markets as causes for the liquidation despite government purchases of 629 000 barrels of flour for relief. Prices closed significantly lower across wheat, corn, and oats with multiple futures down.
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Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Price Report Summary
U S Dept of Agriculture market snapshot shows hogs salable 3300 with steady to slower bids, tops to $6.40. cattle salable 9000 with 9400 total and calves 900/1000, beef steers and yearlings in liberal supply with prices mostly down. stockers and feeders weak to 25 lower with primed yearling steers around $12.00 and bulk feeders near $9.00. Sheep salable 6000 with slow bidding, native spring lambs up to $9.75 and grassers around $5.50.
OWA HOG MARKET REVIEW Des Moines June 5
Combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards and 10 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ended 8 am today were 38.34 thousand head, lower than last week. Barrows and gilts priced mostly 160 to 350 pounds, with various ranges from 5.45 to 6.55 per hundredweight. Packing sows quoted 4.65 to 5.45, with weight classes listed.
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Des Moines
U. S. Dept. Agr
Towa
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago Grain and Provisions Quotations Entered
Quotations supplied by Fowler Gilbert and Hill Chicago list grain and provisions prices. June figures were compiled from the 310 Hershey Building desk.
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Fowler, Gilbert and Hill
Hershey Bldg
Chicago
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