Average milk and butterfat yield for DIA cows in April
Robert I. Buser supervised 453 cows in 24 herds tested over 25 days. April production averaged 673 pounds of milk and 31.6 pounds of butterfat per cow, with 26 cows completing 305 days in lactation. Notable records include Susan 13210L 542F and Gem 16790L 488F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert I. Buser
Muscatine
Tillie
Gem
Albert Timm
First Lady
Sadie
Stewart Hitchcock
Daisy
Jersey
F. C. Morris and Sons
Mable
Guernsey
Charles Sywassink and Son
Belle
Garvin
Josephine
Hereford
William Schlueter
Voting Places For Primary Election Listed by Auditor
Muscatine county voters will cast ballots in the June 2 primary with polling hours 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Muscatine and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for other precincts. Voters will choose nine state offices, two district offices, ten county offices and nine township offices. Polling sites cover Muscatine wards, Home Society building, Lincoln and Franklin school basements, and township halls and community spaces across Bloomington, Cedar, Cranston, Fruitland, Fulton, Stockton, Goshen, Lake, Montpelier, Moscow, Orono, Conesville, Pike, Nichols, Seventy-Six, Sweetland, Wapsinonoc, West Liberty, and Wilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
E. R. Swickard
Cherry Street
Central
Third
Home Society
Mulberry Avenue
Lincoln School
Fourth Ward
Franklin
Bloomington
Grange Hall
Cedar
Cranston
Fruitland
Fulton
Stockton
Goshen
Masonic
Atalissa
Lake
Bayfield
Montpelier
April Tax Collections Top $1.34 Million in County Totals
County Treasurer Roy E. Tipton reported April collections reached 1,343,829.96 dollars. Tax receipts were 33,603.29 dollars with 92.55 dollars in tax penalties and 339.79 dollars in delinquent tax receipts, plus 1,297,574.16 dollars in miscellaneous funds and 94.48 dollars from old age pensions. Additional items included 7,093.48 dollars for auto licenses and 4,765.24 dollars in use taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Tipton
New Car Sales in Muscatine County Stay Steady
Use tax data show Muscatine County sold about 238260 dollars in new vehicles in April with 4765 dollars collected, nearly matching March totals of 4772 dollars. County Treasurer Roy E Tipton reports these figures reflect a two percent use tax on new car sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Roy E.tipton
Towns to participate in Iowa fluoride study
The Iowa State Fluoridation committee announced 12 Iowa communities for long range water fluoridation programs. Hartley Harlan Audubon Creston Perry Indianola Knoxville Eagle Grove Iowa City Manchester Fort Madison Fairfield will join demonstrations studying fluoride's impact over 16 to 12 years with fluoridation and annual dental surveys of first, second and seventh graders.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fluoridaton Committee
Iowa
State Health Department
W. L. Wishart
Ames
Hartlevy
Harlan
Audubon
Creston
Perry
Indianola
Knoxville
Eagle Grove
Iowa City
Manchester
Fort Madison
Fairfield
Van Johnson and Douglas Star in Palace Comedy When in Rome
Van Johnson and Paul Douglas star in When in Rome at the Palace opening Wednesday. Johnson plays a young American priest while Douglas is a hardened gangster. their paths cross aboard a small boat to Rome during Holy year. Cast includes Joseph Caliera and Tudor Owen.
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van Johnson
Paul Douglas
Rome
the Palace
Johnson
Douglas
Leavenworth
Joseph Calieia
Tudor Owen
British Star Carries Lead in A Muse U Show
James Mason leads in One Way Street as a mob doctor who steals $200,000 then flees with the gang leader’s girlfriend Marta Toren to Mexico City. The plot follows in a lonely Mexican town and New York with suspense on their return. Dan Duryea co stars. The second feature is The Last Musketeer a Rex Allen Mary Ellen Kay horse opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mason
Britain
Hollywood
A-Muse-U
Mason
Mexico City
Marta Toren
New York
Dan Duryea
Rex Allen
Mary Ellen Kay
Ben Johnson
Edgar Buchanan
Rev J T Baker Accepts Call To Fargo Cathedral
The Rev J Thurlow Baker, former rector of Trinity Episcopal Muscatine now at St John’s Minneapolis, accepts the deanship of Gethsemane Cathedral Fargo North Dakota. He will begin July 1 and reunites with bishop Richard R Emery with whom he shared seminary days. Baker previously served in Minnesota missions and Hawaiian wartime missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thurlow. Baker
Trinity Episcopal Church
Muscatine
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lenden Hills
Minneapolis
Gethsemane Episcopal Cathedral
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Baker
Richard R. Emery
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Minnesota
Marshall, Tracy
Redwood Falls
Emery
Wimdon
Worthington
Hawaiian Islands
Trinity Church
Iowa
Poker House Rules Across Regions in Friendly Games
A Texas correspondent writes about poker etiquette and house rules in regular games. He notes check and raise tactics may be seen as ethical or unethical depending on local norms. Visitors should learn the host's rules or bow out rather than argue at home grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Poker Talk and Canasta in Card Game Etiquette
The article discusses strategies like check and raise in poker and notes Canasta and conversational phrases about hands. It extols poker as a first class game enjoyed by all, while warning against over prettifying it or losing its edge.
Conference Concludes May 6 In San Francisco Meeting
Dr. Claude W. Cooper, pastor of the First Methodist church, and Mrs. Cooper are among about 5,000 visitors from across the nation and world at the General Conference of Methodist churches in San Francisco. Sessions run April 23 through May 6 with proposals to reorganize missionary, educational and benevolent agencies, create an official board of social and economic relations, and finance the church's global programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude W. Cooper
First Methodist Church
Child Seized by Live Wire at Muscatine Levee
A nine year old girl Addie Hampton was shocked by a live wire on the Muscatine levee while watching the Helen Blair. She became unconscious and was carried home by nearby bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Hampton
F. A. Hampton
Second Street
Hazel Ostrander
First barefoot boy causes stir on East Second Street
The season’s first barefoot boy appeared on East Second street. He drew much comment as his subdued sister, clearly envious, walked beside him. Summer is here at last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Second Street
R Oscar Brandt Rites Conducted
Graveside services were held at Greenwood cemetery at 2 p m Friday for R Oscar Brandt a former Muscatine resident who died at his Lakeport California home The Rev Fred G Ferris pastor of the First Baptist church led the service Brandt was an active member of the First Baptist Church before moving to California in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Cemetery
R. Oscar Brandt
Muscatine
Lakeport
Calif
Fred G. Ferris
First Baptist Church
Brandt
California
Daily News celebrates 50 years of publication in Newton
Newton La February paper marks a half century of service with a 56 page issue detailing its history and community role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Daily News
Japanese Newsmen Snubbed at Panmunjom Talks
Japanese reporters on their first Panmunjom visit were snubbed by Communist delegates during the ongoing Korea truce negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
Motor Vehicle Licenses Total 7093 In April
The county treasurer’s motor vehicle department reports April receipts of 7093.48 from license sales. Major portion 4765.85 came from 249 automobile licenses. Additional items include 24 full-year commercial licenses, 578. 19 half-year commercial licenses, 653.63. 17 motorcycles 80. semi-trailer licenses 15 and 30. non-resident transient 5. regular trailers 193.25. four farm trailers 21.75. 812 transfers 406. other fees 337. duplicate certificates 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Tipton
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