Local Des Moines air force enlistments and Christmas notices
Among twenty one young men who enlisted in the air force at Des Moines on Thursday were several from Marion County per a dispatch from the recruiting station. The list includes James KE Cummings Knoxville, Robert D Van Zee Pleasantville, Donald Goad Knoxville, Robey Pleasantville. A baby daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Meulpolder of Philadelphia in a local hospital. Other notes report hospital discharges, visits, and Christmas gatherings across towns including Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Knoxville, Pella, and Pleasantville with mentions of relatives and veterans hospital care.
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Air Force
Des Moines
Marion County
James KE. Cummings
Knoxville
Robert D. van Zee
Pleasantville
Donald Goad
Robey
Philadelphia
Mat Hospital
Lorraine Meulpolder
Pedd Me
Marinus Meilpolder
Edward Wesselink
Veteran's Hospital
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa
Frank
Jud
Marion
Georgeny Gorkemnd
Douglas
Lies Moines
Connie van Berkum
Jim
June van Govkemalen
Bertha van Donselaar
Mercy Hospital
Oskaloosa
John E. van Maanen
Mercy
Dirk W. Vanorp
Will Grandin
Univ of Town Hospital
Town City
Andrew Wormhoudt
Mahaska Hospital
Dick Vander Linden
Maxine
Martin Slykhuis
Delman Lee
Adam Wickhart
C. Murray Snow
Privrian Hospital
Denver
Colo
Timothy Curtis Snow
Mareia
George Ver Steeg
Pella
Delays for Reserve Officers Announced by Town District
Officials of the Town Military District announce procedures for Organized Reserve Corps members with recall delays. Renewals granted six months may be requested 45 to 30 days before current delay ends. Civilian component delays under six months may be renewed up to 20 days before expiry. Applications go to Chief, Town Military District, Building 62, Gruber Street, Des Moines.
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Town Military District
Organized Reserve Corps
Gruber Street
Des Moine
War Threats Spur Need for Building Up Soil Fertility
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee warns that looming war threats require boosting farm soil fertility. It urges legumes, fertilizers, soil-saving rotations and conservation tillage to preserve organic matter and nutrient reserves for future shortages, noting postwar soil depletion after Pearl Harbor and the need to replace nutrients now.
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Middle West
Pearl Harbor
Chicks Bought Early Are Most Profitable
Iowa farmers plan poultry programs for 1951 urging early chick orders from reliable hatcheries. Experts say buying January to March chicks ensures fall egg production when prices peak and reduces spring brooding labor, though success still depends on quality stock and proper care.
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Iowa
Leonard Eggleton
Iowa State College
Build Soil's Crop Yielding Power Instead Of Buying More Land
University farm economist Frank Miller argues boosting soil yields is smarter than buying land. By improving soil with balanced nutrients, testing, liming, and adding organic matter through legumes and grasses, farmers can raise 100 bushel corn per acre at lower cost, enhancing land value and productivity.
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Frank Miller
University Farm
Miller
Corn Yields Rise With Conservation Practices at Purdue Farm
Agronomists at Purdue University's Throckmorton farm report corn yields up to 34 bushels per acre higher under a conservation system. Tests compare contour farming with heavy fertilizer and residues against common practice, showing gains across corn soybeans wheat and hay in a four crop rotation, with overall profits improving.
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Purdue University
Throckmorton
Agronomists
Soil Conservation Service Purdue Agricultural Study Mention
An item citing the collaboration between the U.S. Soil Conservation Service and the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station appears in the report, outlining joint research and extension efforts to improve farming practices and soil stewardship.
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The
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station
Fall Pig Crop Highest on Record in Town
The town reports a record fall pig crop of 6,713,000 head as of December 1 survey, beating the 1949 and 1954 highs. Lows furrowed total 993,000, up 14 percent from 1949, with 1954-10 year average also rising. The average pigs saved per litter hits a record 6.76 for the fall period, aided by favorable weather during peak farrowing months.
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C.C. CG
Close call for Forest boy with meningitis diagnosis
Six year old Dennis Severson of Forest was rushed to a Mason City hospital with meningitis symptoms. Magnosis revealed the illness to be tonsillitis.
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Dennis Severson
Forest
Mason City
Sympton
Tonailit
Language Oddities and Plural Quirks Quiz
A playful piece explores English plural rules with examples like box boxers oxen geese geese and moose. It highlights irregular forms such as goose mice and men while noting common mistakes and tongue twister style contrasts.
Riddling Verse on Plurals and Pronouns
A playful poem questions English plural forms and pronoun shifts with contrasts such as foot feet tooth teeth and booth heath or heeth, while noting brethren and methren as old variants. It muses on why mother lacks methren and imagines feminine forms like she shis and shim.
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St. Ambrose Cathedral
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Kenneth MeAmis
Alva
Gertie van Roekel
Ed Boland
Albia
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Ottumwa
Leonard van Soelen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Tunis H. Klein
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Cedar
Eaof Marsiallin
Mr. Cook
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Houston
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Better Sell Care
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