Rol screenings and orders boost Pella divisions rise
Arlo Knowles shows improvement as staff note several large and small orders for casements and venetian blinds from multiple states. Notable orders include 84 blinds for Reid Apartments in Omaha and six bulk orders from RB Luebbert Jeffery City Missouri. Josephine Thomas and Joseph Honich of Gsknlooxn wed in Kirksville Missouri and will reside in Oska loosa.
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Omaha
Luebbert
Jeffery City
Missouri
Buffalo
New
Fort Dodge’ Tele Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa Broadcasting Co
Des Moines
John Normile
Normile
Better Homes and Gardeng
Josephine Thomas
Joseph Flonich
Gsknlooxn
Kirksville
Joe
Josephine
Oskaloosa
Six Theopeiticians Register At Western Seminary
From the Central Bay report John Hyekstra Henry Zylstra Henry Poppen Albert Ten Clay Eldert Smidt and George Chermak registered at Western Theological Seminary last Tuesday. They are now officially ministerial students.
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Central Bay
John Hyekstra
Henry Zylstra
Henry Poppen
Albert ‘Ten’ Clay
Eldert Smidt
George Chermak
Western Theological Seminary
Highway Fourteen Resurfacing Planned Across Marion County
The Iowa State Highway Commission will resurface all of Highway 14 in Marion county except the Knoxville to Blain School segment. Bids for north end resurfacing are requested as work progresses from Knoxville toward Pleasantville. Poles and lines are being shifted to accommodate graders on the 1.5 mile north end project.
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Highway 14
Knoxville
Blain School
Iowa State Highway Commission
Marion County
No. 14
Binin School
Plain School
Narth End
Telephone Co
Pleasantville Road
Iowa State Highway Comssion
Huge Pile of Lime Spreads Across County
Marion county farmers push liming effort to a record level with about 30,000 tons planned after already spreading 22,000 tons this spring. Four quarries in Clay and Lake Prairie townships run nonstop as demand outstrips supply. New quarry in Lake Prairie will ease bottlenecks, with average lime use about two tons per acre. Last year 22,000 tons covered roughly 11,000 acres.
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Marion County
Clay Township
Lake Prairie
Merle McCoy
Lake Prairie Township
Knoxville Journal
Students Re Classified By Draft Boards In Iowa
Iowa state figures show 81 850 youths classified with 1 353 as students. Twenty three and a half percent of non students failed physicals versus under ten percent of students. State Director Grahl emphasizes stronger school physical training and health maintenance for all youths. All students classified I D or 1 E must be re classified by end of school year or July 1, 1941. Lieut Col Robt
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Iowa
Charles H. Grahl
Col
Robt
May Is Time for Sowing Sorghum in Iowa
May Is Time for Sowing Sorghum outlines deferment rules and the role of local boards and government agents in Selective Service classifications. It notes shortages in engineering, chemistry, medicine, and related fields, and lists suitable sorghum varieties Atlas and Waconia Orange for silage. It advises planting in late May and proper silage moisture for quality forage.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Towa
Iowa State
WPA Is Human Says Dist Engineer at Knoxville Rotary
Charles Capper district engineer for the WPA spoke to the Knoxville Rotary Club. He said the WPA is a human institution with both good and bad elements, like business and professions, and noted the program is helping Marion County and the area including Marion county.
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WPA
Charles Capper
Marion County
Rotary Club
Knoxville
WPA Aids County Road and School Projects
Mr Capper notes Marion county has used WPA labor to continue a major road program despite a prior 88000 deficit. Current WPA crews exceed 150 workers and 10000 in culvert materials. The WPA backs construction of a 150000 high school in Pleasantville and may assist Melcher with a water works plant.
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Capper
Marion County
WPA
Board of Supervisors
Pleasantville
Melcher
Knoxville Journal
Sorghum Silage: Winter Refill Benefit for Dairies
Sorghum silage is less coarse than corn silage and packs well in silos. Agronomists note sorghum feeds poorly in cold weather, making it ideal for winter refilling. Fodder value is similar to corn, with sorghum silage ranking slightly below corn due to higher moisture. Varietal differences in feeding value are minimal.
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Cental
Betty Liggett Discusses Japanese School With Y W Girls
Betty Liggett in a kimono spoke to Y W girls about teaching in Japan. The article notes Japanese children attend a coeducational six year program before potential further study and cites a literacy rate of ninety eight point six percent.
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Betty Liggett
Y. W
Central Bay
Japan
Christian Conversion Rates Among Entrants to Miss Liggett School
After elementary school, many girls take the entrance exam for high school. Miss Liggett’s school accepts only one hundred new students yearly, yielding about five hundred enrolled. Bible is required. only ten in a hundred have heard of Christianity. YW attendance is compulsory until junior college. By graduation, about fifteen percent have become Christians.
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Miss Liggett
Y. W
Seventy Years Is Age Rule For Canada Pension
A Canadian regulation sets the old age pension eligibility at seventy years, establishing the age requirement for benefits under the program. The rule outlines who qualifies and how benefits are distributed to seniors.
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Canada
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