Fertilizer Short Course Set for December at ISU
Iowa State College will host a fertilizer short course December 13 and 14 discussing corn yields rising 20 to 30 bushels per acre with ammonium nitrate on low nitrogen soils. Experts will cover fertilizer placement, top dressing, and radioactive tracing to optimize use and machine spreading.
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Towa
Iowa
Iowa State College
George Stanford
Town State College
Agricultural Engineering Department
Stanford
Dates Set For 1951 Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp
Dates for the 1951 Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp are announced for Spring Brook State Park near Guthrie Center. The first three week session runs June 17 to July 7, with a second session from July 8 to July approximate. In 1950 the camp was sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction, Iowa State Teachers College, and the State Conservation Commission. Teachers earn five quarter hours of college credit for the three week course amid daily field trips studying natural resources and outdoor recreation. About 50 teachers attended the first Conserv Camp in 1950.
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Towa
Springbrook State Park
Guthrie Center
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Towa State Teachers College
State Conservation Commission
Christmas Gift Plans at University Hospitals Iowa City
State University of Iowa Hospitals outlines gifts suitable for patients and those to avoid. Ideal gifts include rubber or wooden toys, games, coloring items, pajamas, and socks, while sharp toys and used comics are discouraged. Christmas week features a nurse chorus, caroling, and Santa Claus gift distribution for patients.
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Towa City
Towa
State University of
Towans
Marie E. Tener
Miss Tener
Tener
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Santa Claus
Belle Plaine Pup Cookie Flushed Cock Pheasant
At Belle Plaine sportsman Wilfred Drakos trained Springer spaniel Cookie on her first hunt. The pup flushed and retrieved a cock pheasant to her master without a shot being fired.
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Belle Plaine
Wilfred Drakos
Fire extinguisher stops basement blaze at Crystal Lake
At Crystal Lake a leaking extinguisher doused a basement fire before it fully started. Wilburn Sorenson and family returned home to find the extinguisher had sprung a leak after the liquid halted the flames.
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Crystal Lake
Wilburn Sorenson
Keep Battery Up In Cold Weather
Winter weather strains machines as oil thins and batteries lose efficiency. Dale Woolsoncroft of the State College extension warns a fully charged battery provides far more power in zero temperatures than a nearly empty one, suggests using distilled water, keeping water above plates, charging after water addition, and cleaning all cable connections to maximize performance.
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Dale Woolsoncroft
Town ‘State College Extension
Wollsoncroft
Woolsoncroft
Free storage permits aid hunters in game storage rules
In cooperation with the Cold Storage Locker Association the State Conservation Commission instructs hunters to obtain storage permits to legally hold game. All game must be disposed within ten days after season end unless a permit is secured. Waterfowl may be stored 90 days beyond the close. Permits issued free by mail from the commission at 914 Grand Des Moines Iowa.
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Cold Storage Locker Association
State Conservation Commission
Grand
Des Moines 9
Towa
State Donation Commission
Shopper Stopper dangers in December traffic risks
A winter shopping season brings darker streets frost on car windows and crowded ped estrian conditions. The piece notes increased pedestrian deaths in Iowa this year compared with last, urging caution as December holidays raise risk.
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Yulee Tide
Iowa State WOI TV Station Named Fastest Growing
WOI TV named fastest growing educational television station in the nation by the DuMont Television Network. The recognition comes on Cavalcade of Bands program aired Tuesday November 28 at 8 p.m. WOL-TV installations noted as a growth milestone.
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Iowa State
Woi-Tv
DuMont Television Network
Cavalcade of Bands
Receivers In Use In Station Area Surpass Thirty Thousand
As of November 15, about 30,000 receivers were in use in the station’s area, reflecting broad adoption and daily utilization across the region. The figure marks a milestone for local distribution and indicates sustained demand in the market.
Injured Lee Steele on hunting trip peppers brothers
Lee Steele of Gladbrook was loading game when his shotgun discharged hitting Francis Frank Marty and Gene Steele. Francis suffered the most serious injuries and was hospitalized.
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Lee Steele
Gladbrook
Lee
Francis
Frank
Marty
Gene Steele
Mrs Sam Sedrel Wins National Crocheting Prize
Mrs Sam Sedrel of Pella won fourth prize in the nationwide crochet contest in the Scarves and Wall Panels class. Her work, first prize at the Town State Fair, advanced through 756 fairs to national judging. An exhibit of 3,000 prize pieces opened in Chicago with proceeds to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.
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Sam Sedrel
Pella
New York City
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Damon Runyon Cancer
December Driving Dangers Highlighted by Officials
Town motorists were urged to winterize their driving and cars as December, a peak danger month for traffic, prompts seven risk factors and safety tips from Issa W. McMurry, state public safety commissioner, and H. N. Jespersen, highway patrol chief. Despite fewer miles traveled, last December recorded 4,866 accidents with 18 fatalities, more than any other month of 19.
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Issa W. McMurry
State Commissioner of Public Safety
8. N. Jespersen
State Highway Patrol
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Iowa Safety Congress
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Rus
America
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Fisher
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White Way Auto Company
Pella, Iowa
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