Rolscreenings Order Department Staff Details
The order department manages manufacturing tickets and Venetian blind and Rolscreen orders with nine staff led by Elmer Boat the oldest. Verne West and Carroll Wilson hold key supervisor roles while Josephine Thomas operates the comptometer. New hires include Jay Downey Arnon Lensink Wayne Hargrave David Branthart and Arlo Knowles, with Knowles splitting time between order and casement work. Outstanding Venetian blind orders include Sioux Valley hospital Cherokee Loras College Dubuque Elks Club Oskaloosa Maytag Hotel Newton Scintilla Magneto Sidney and naval and Cambridge customers. Outstanding casement orders come from West Hartford Bridgeport Cleveland and Erie.
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Elmer Boat
Verne West
Verne
East High School
Des Moines
Pella
Carroll Wilson
Josephine Thomas
Jay Downey
New Sharon
Arnon
Gus) Lensink
Central College
Wayne Hargrave
David Branthart
Arlo Knowles
Arlo
Ames
Casement Department
Veenstra
East First St
South Main Street
Sam Sedrel
Marie Smith
Fred Trimble
Perry
Tms
Trimble
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Town
Loras College
Dubuque
Elks Club
Oskaloosa
DeTicre
Albany
New York
Maytag
Newton
Scintilla Magneto Corporation
Sidney
Naval Air Station
San Diego
M.lt
Cambridge
Mass
West Hartford
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Cleveland
Ohio
Erie
Pennsylvania
Farm Prices Show An Upward Trend
The price report from the Co operative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows a definite upward trend in farm prices for the month ending September 15. Most commodities held steady to higher, with grain prices stronger for the first time since April, while flax seed lambs and mules fell. Hog, beef cattle, veal calf, and sheep prices rose, eggs climbed near 3 cents per dozen, and chicken prices gained. Butterfat and wool remained steady. Hog-corn and egg-poultry feed ratios improved, marking the best production margins since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Office Statistician
Speaker Dr. Harold Lancaster Addresses Central College Chapel
Dr. Harold Lancaster of Ottumwa Iowa spoke at Central College chapel on Friday September 27 about a unified tomorrow. He urged discipline sacrifice and adventure citing Churchill and a need for toleration while stressing personal change before global reform and ending with Abide with me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College Chapel
Harold Lancaster
First Methodist Church
Ottumwa
Iowa
Nanes
Central College
Lancaster
Winston Churchill
Iowa corn eighty eight percent hybrid shows high share
Town farmers planted eighty eight per cent of their 1940 corn acreage with hybrid seed, based on surveys by the State Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The total estimated July 1 includes 8,816,000 acres with 7,750,000 hybrid acres, the highest share among states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Mark G. Thornburg
Secretary of Agriculture
New Home at Sully Mous Exhibits Young American Artist Work
Tonight's performance of The Late Christopher Bean offers the public a first view of a modern American artist’s exhibit. Open before the play and during intermission, the display invites residents of Sully and surrounding territory to see new work by today's rising figure.
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Pella
Christopher Bean
Hybrid corn adoption rises across Corn Belt states
The article reports Illinois and Indiana as leaders with hybrid corn shares of 77 and 66 percent, noting rapid nationwide adoption. It cites Iowa’s Ames tests showing a 15 to 17 percent yield edge for hybrid varieties, and Iowa’s 46 to 52 bushels per acre yields in 1938 and 1939, with the Corn Belt overall reaching 50.5 percent hybrid planting despite droughts and seed supply limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Ames
Iowa
Corn Belt
Government Needs Skilled Metal Workers Across Navy Yards
The United States Civil Service Commission seeks skilled workers in metal working and related trades. Positions include copper smiths, shipfitters, loftsmen, machinists, toolmakers, instrument makers, lens grinders, boiler makers, and more at facilities in Boston, Newport, Philadelphia, Portsmouth, Charleston, Bremerton, Springfield, Watervliet, Watertown, Curtis Bay, Pearl Harbor, Mare Island, and Vallejo. Apply at primary post offices or Civil Examiners offices.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Board of United States Civil Examiners
Boston
Mass
Navy Yard
Coppersmith
Diesilker
Shipfitter
Newport
R. L
Naval Torpedo Station
Machinis
Philadelphia
Loftsman
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Navy
Ion
D. C
Charleston
S.C
Bremerton
Wash
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Springfield
Springfield Armory
Watervliet
N. Y
Watervliet Arsenal
Watertown
Watertown Arsenal
Frankford Arsenal
Curtis Bay
U. S. Guard
Pearl Harbor
Territory of Hall
Vallejo
Calif
Mare Island Navy Yard
Dayton and Baltimore Area Aircraft Trades Listed in Notice
Dayton Ohio Wright Field Fairfield Air Depot lists numerous aviation trades including Armament Mechanic Junior Armament Mechanic Senior Engine Mechanic Electrician Test Operator Propeller Mechanic Sheet Metal Worker Woodworker and related roles. The notice also references Baltimore Maryland and nearby locations plus Ft Geo Meade Aberdeen Edgewood Mac Rock Island and Rock Island Arsenal Machinist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field- Fairfield
Baltimore
Geo. G. Meade
Aberdeen
Wyoming auction tops beaver pelts in historic sale
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission held a large beaver pelt auction with 1,166 pelts selling for $18,400. The fur lot consisted of confiscated and department seized pelts from beavers that had caused damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission
Free Art Exhibit at Pella High School
A free art exhibit will be shown in the Pella High School study hall Thursday evening and all day Friday. The exhibit, loaned by the State University of Iowa, features work by top Art Department students from Town City with some pieces linked to Grant Wood and other professors. The Sun class organized the display in conjunction with the performance of The Late Christopher Bean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella High School
State University of Iowa
Town City
Grant Wood
Pella
Sun
Christopher Bean
Knoxville Woman Attacked by Wild Squirrel Near Garden
Mrs. E. 8. Dennison seven miles south of Knoxville was bitten three times when a wild squirrel ran up her leg and back before biting her left arm. The dog chased the animal, it was shot Monday, and the head was sent to Townlabor University for rabies testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. 8
Dennison
Knoxville
Attie
The
University of Town Labor
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H. Lancaster
College Chapel
Sully
Uxamiville Journal
Illinois
Indiana
Vega
Cocast
J. F. Dykstra
Knoxville Lady
Sinclair
H. C. Gasoline
Kersbergen
Sinclair Products
Herb Bosch
Republican Rally
Wilson
Islature
State Highway Department
State Board of Control
Executive Council
Mid-West
Jimmy Bass
Oskaloosa Iowa
Assemblage
Carpenter Sisters
God Bless America
Prof
Prins
J. H. Johnson
Pella and
Lake Prairie Republicans
Geo. A. Wilson
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