Meat prices to ease as supply improves in 1947
Government review suggests meat availability will rise as supply and demand balance after wartime controls. Cattle numbers near record highs, production per person expected to reach 1945 peak, with more meat next year though pork may skew higher late winter. Beef, pork prices forecast to soften, lamb and mutton tighten, pork crop expected spring 1947 and 1948 boost. The reconversion period’s worst is over. improvements ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Agriculre
Russia
Christmas Spirit Still Strong in Oelwein Stores
The Oelwein scene shows shoppers feverishly buying gifts and crossing items off lists despite national economic problems. Stores add new arrivals as Christmas shopping shifts into high gear, with churches planning for observance and carols to fill the town with festive spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
America
Oclwein
Open Forum letters require signed names and length limits
The Oelwein newspaper accepts Open Forum letters but requires signed names and a maximum of 800 words. The editor notes anonymity is allowed only if requested, but the paper must know the author, and letters can be abused when unsigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taustj
Leftroff
Open Forum Letter Urges UNRRA Lifeline Beyond 31 Dec
Bob Payne and four University of Iowa students publish a letter to their hometown papers urging continued UNRRA relief past December 31. They warn of Europe’s five year emergency food need, criticize US policy and call for action including aiding relief projects and pressuring leaders. The writers cite Berlin tuberculosis rates and warn against allowing famine to shape political outcomes. They urge Americans to sustain aid, cooperate on relief, and extend UNRRA beyond its expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Payne
Oelwein
Frank Payne
University of Iowa
Daily
Iowan
UNRRA
United States
export+import bank
Europe
Berlin
Eiiwe
Iormans
R. J. Payne
Bob Brashares
Des Moines
Conrad Wurtz
Downers Grove
Lolita Fritz
Kutztown
Donald C. Houts
Cedar Rapids
Hazleton Social Notes and Visits Across Iowa
Hazleton residents hosted and visited relatives during Thanksgiving and holidays with travelers from Des Moines Winterset Chicago Oelwein Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Notable items include Mrs E B Folkenbrock and family from New Hampton and G W Nelson Relief Corps reports 18 calls and $13 in cash. A large oil loan news brief from Dallas notes Rogers Lacy receiving $10.5 million for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wells
Des Moines
Hazleton
Nelson Crow
Winterset
Cecil Davis
Chicago
Don Davis
Homer Bentley Gee
W. D. Schermerhorn
Lizzie Carvey
Donald Kalm
Oclwein
Bert ‘Lahner
John Biethen
Charlies Biethen
E.B. Folkenbrock
New Hampton
Jimmie Barrett
James Barrett
West Union
Marcella Jirak
Waterloo
Ivan Seal
Blanche O’brien
Charles Lahner
Oelwein
N. U
G. W. Nelson Relief Corps
Relief Committee
Carl Malvern
Floyd Smith
Cedar Rapids
Ray Arthur
Maynard
Earl Silke
Viola
Bill Silka
Arthur Silka
Will Goff
Independence
Dallas
Tex
Southwest
Rogers Lacy
East Texas
Republican National Bank of Dallas
Lacy
No International Agreement Till Russia Gives Up Conquest Plans
An opinion piece argues that postwar conferences fail without Russia abandoning conquest aims. It links 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop pact to a divided Europe, notes Soviet gains and western reliance on Russia, and claims peace requires ending Russia's expansionist program or war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
George E. Sokolsky
Europe
Rhine
Great Britain
United States
Moscow
Teheran
Yal‘ta
Potsdam
Paris
Soviet Russia
Germany
Asia
Behind the Iron Curtain U S Role in Germany and Asia
In a 1946 perspective Harold L Ickes questions U S secrecy overseas and calls for probing Germany Japan and Philippines actions. He warns against hidden cartels aided by Wall Street firms like Morgan Dillon Reed Harriman and seeks open scrutiny of AMG policy and postwar German economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Germany
Japan
Harold L. Ickes
United States
Guam
American Samoa
State Department
Philippines
McNutt
Roxas
General MacArthur
John L Lewis
J. P. Morgan and Company
Dillon,Reed and Company
House of Mogan
Dillon, Reed and Company
General Draper
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
W. Averell Harriman
Wall Street
Brown, Harriman and Company
Financia
New York Post Corporation
Machines and Lady Shoppers Stir Christmas Rush
In a witty roundup, Mountbatten predicts an electronic brain will outpace humans in calculations and even chess, while New York buzzes with Christmas shopping as Russians and the UN brace for a noisy season driven by bargain hounds and scarf feuds between determined shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United Nations
Earth
New York
Consolidated News Features
Fairbank Notes on Local Residents and Travel
Mr and Mrs Carl Nourse left Wednesday for San Francisco to attend a Farm Bureau convention. They traveled from Fairbank to Des Moines to join other Farm Bureau members heading to California. Mr and Mrs Claude Paine moved Wednesday from the Baptist parsonage into their newly bought house on the same street. Mr and Mrs William Hahn also feature in the Fairbank update with local movements and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nourse
San Francisco
Farm Bureau
Fairbank
Des Moines
California
Claude Paine
Baptist Parsonage
William Hahn
Tips For Santa Claus Inquiring Reporter
In a quirky local roundup readers share practical wishes for Santa Claus. Names and addresses appear with varied requests from clothing and household items to gifts, with several readers expressing practical needs and lighthearted desires.
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Santa Claus
Oelwein Visitors and Local Business Notices
In Oelwein on business Wednesday afternoon visits included Arnold Drier of Postville staying with cousin William Hahn and helping Burnett Trower with a new home. Mrs. Peter Wierck and her mother Anna Niebuhr spent Wednesday in town on business. A. B. Ward transacted business in Oelwein. In Waterloo Ada Rutledge visited her son Carl Rutledge and wife along with Mr and Mrs Fred Miller and child. Louis Pirillo of Oclwi worked in Kenneth Berber shop. A Catholic circle met Tuesday evening at the Zyers home east of town. Robert Mc and wife returned Wednesday from a honeymoon. LEWISTOWN Pa S Nolte may claim Lewistown School graduate status unofficially since 188? school board Decided diploma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Arnold Drier
Postville
William Hahn
Burnett Trower
Wesley Wolgamot
Marion
Wolgamot
Ida Wolgamer
Peter Wierck
Anna Niebuhr
A. B. Ward
Fred Miller
Waterloo
Louis Pirillo
Oclwi
Kenneth Berber
Thezyers
Town
Robert Mc
Lewistown
S. Nolte
Nolto
Fragmented Local Notice From OCR Source
Fragmented text shows an otbs ad with partial phrases including a five mp reference and a dangling quotation mark. No clear event date or organization is readable.
Fragmentary note hints at hidden message in text
The readable fragments show unclear handwriting and partial words. The line suggests a cipher style or coded note but lacks enough context to determine content, author, or purpose. Further transcription would be needed to identify key names, places, or dates.
Favorite Radio Programs On Three Major Networks Friday
A schedule listing WXEL and NBC and WB telecast slots from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. featuring Mystery of the Week, Jack Smith Show, Baby Snooks Show, This Is Your FBI, Gillette Fights, News, Dance Orchestra, and other programs with hosts such as H. V. Kaltenbo, Alan Young, and M. L. Nelson, including station breaks and sign offs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WXEL
ABC
H. &. Gross
FBI
H. R. Gross
National Bank
Rev. Pietsch
Saturday Evening Radio Schedule Highlights and Lineup
A dense listing shows CBS MBS and NET networks with a full night line of programs from 6:00 pm to 12:30 am. Notable items include Those Websters, Vaughn Monroe's Band, Hollywood Star Time, Your Hit Parade, Wayne King, Famous Jury Trials, This is Hollywood, Hoagy Carmichael, Gangbusters, New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sports, Donahue's Club Orch, Life of Riley, Iowa Barn Dance, Barn Dance Jubilee, Judy Canova, and Midnight Rhythm. Also listed are news and sign-off segments with station identifiers for WMT and WHO, with local hosts M. L. Nelsen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uv Cliff Carl & Co
McConnell
M.L. Nelsen
Cargill
Sunday Evening Radio Schedule Highlights
Radio listings for WMT COS MBS and NBC ABC networks show a night lineup from 6:00 to 11:45 with programs like Gene Autry Show Blondie and Dagwood Sam Spade Crime Doctor and The Paul Whiteman Hour plus news shows and music features featuring Jack Benny Phil Harris Fred Allen and more. The schedule includes a mix of humor drama detective and musical programs, news bulletins, and revival hour segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
Gene Autry
Blondie and
Dagwood
NBC
Marystone
Phil Harris
Alice Fi
Charlie McCarthy
Fred Allen
Don Ameche
Parky’s
Austin and Scofield
M. L. Nelson
America United
Weekend Clock Changes Nudge Frid Schedules
Fragmentary note lists erratic timing phrases such as Fri Tue and a reference to 304, implying changes to Friday schedules. No clear event, place, or organization fully readable.
Fragmented note on finance and tax practices
A garbled OCR fragment references finance and tax practices, mentions costs and reductions, and hints at annual or periodic adjustments. No clear person, place, or event is identifiable from the readable text.
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Oelwein Registerary
Open Forum
John Brown
Leo Hoffman
Ellsworth James
University of Town
Shirley Kiefer
Ivadell Pierce
Andl A. Ad
Clarence Lorey
Comex Rapids
H. E. Sanborn
L. E. Whitehead
Nancy Lee
Phyllis Sanborn
Cedac Fapids
Johnstown
Charles Barteau
Rex ‘Bisbee
Iowa City
L.C. Dudley
Arthur Harris
Duane Harris
Arlington
Estella Strain
R. J. Eischeid
Isabella Eischeid
Dubuque
Gertrude Sherrer
Lorraine Sherrer
J. S
T. C
Cedar Falls
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Finland
Italy
Balkan
Baltic
Poland
Hitler
England
Stalingrad
Council of Foreign Ministers
Molotov
Vishinsky
Gromyko
France
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Truman
Mead Committee
Brewster Committee
Navy Department
War Department
Byrnes
Vandenberg
Connally
Brewster
Truman Committee
Mead
Briggs
Tunnell
Mitchell
Kilgore
Clay
AMG
En ‘Tire
Gawse
Poker la Weill
Louis Mountbatten
Mountbatten
George
Consolidated News-Features
Lillian Thompson
Phillip Kraft
Cliffe Mecklenders
Marilyn Mill
Margaret Steele
3Rd Ave
Bud Rhinehardt
Logan Ave
Neciiv
Marguerite Miller
Luana
George Buhr
Edgewood
Farmer
Lester Krenek
Waverly
Philip Finley
Auror Néel
David Finley
Aurora
Jean Paden
Mosey
Sarah Ray Becker
Maisie
CBS
Hollywood Star
Willary
Jack Smith
Meredith Wilson
Ginny Sims
Durante-Mark Show
Ignorant
Gene Claussen
Fulton Lewis
Henry J. Owi
Cat
CBS News
Alan Young
Bill Stern
Garry Lenhart
Rothm Sar
Eve
Vaughn Monroe
Kxel
Wayne King
Hollywood
Hoagy Carmichael
Sherlock Holmes
Sam
Treasury
Grace Dotson
Nat's Bank
Donahue
Herrington Sisters
Rev. Pretsch
Sam Spade
Hiklegarde
Eddy Bracken
Take
Faye
Galerie
Bob Preitzer
Edwin C. Hi
Tomeny Tucker
KXED
Drew Pearson
Don Gardiner
Stump the
Paul Whiteman
Walter Winchell
Louella Parsons
Jimmy Fidler
Theater Guild
Fito
The
Chele
Sda Lay Isdz
Day Saz Jay
Veri
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