Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices at South Omaha Auction
Receipts at Union Stock Yards Omaha August 5 1941 show cattle hogs and sheep trading with steady to weak demand. Best steers sold to 12.25 12.35 while hogs moved under a steady to slightly lower trend and sheep and lambs ranged up to 10.85 for fat westerns and feeder lambs at 10.75 11.50 for natives and fats. Market notes indicate light steers heifers and yearlings steady with heavier cattle slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
South Omaha
Cork Bark and Cork Oak Explained
The cork is the thick soft outer bark of the cork oak native to the Mediterranean region. The real bark lies beneath a spongy outer layer that can be stripped without killing the tree, while damage to the inner bark risks tree death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Portugal
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Heat from smoke pipe powers water heater device
A new unit clamps around a house smoke pipe to heat cold water from a storage tank. Water circulates between the tank and the jacketed heater, rising from 48 to 130 degrees, using otherwise wasted heat.
Guardianship sale order for Mary Knerr estate Polk County
In Polk County Nebraska the guardian Fred D Williams seeks a license to sell Lots 13 and 14 Black 18 Polk Town to fund maintenance, debts, and estate costs. A July 3 hearing in 1941 will decide if sale is granted with proceeds for support. Publication in Polk Progress is required for three weeks. A separate Public Auction notice sets August 12 1941 for property sale in Osceola with 15 percent down and balance on court confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Fred D. Williams
Mary B
Kerr
Mary E. Knerr
Polk
District Court
David City
Fred D Williams
Guardian
Polk Progress
District Court of
M. B. Daniels
Ella Shenk Et al
Towit
Court House
Osceola
Tax Bill Burden Faces Nation and Farm Machinery Plans
The article surveys the 1941 federal tax bill, noting a new use tax of five dollars per automobile and shifts in income tax exemptions. It discusses revenue projections, costs, and partisan views, while detailing a civilian priority program to ensure farm machinery supplies and avoid farm hardship through material allocation and conservation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Ways and Means
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Priorities Division
The
OPM
Daylight ceiling detector measures cloud heights for pilots
The United States Bureau of Standards pilots a new daylight ceiling detector by Laufer and Foskett that uses a series of short light pulses to measure cloud height above airports. This device returns a reliable height during daytime, aiding both commercial and military flights and reducing accident risk from guesswork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Standards
United States
Canada
Maurice K. Laufer
Lawrence W. Foskett
Bureau of Standards Staff
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Stark Priges
South Omaka
Woodrow Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Hughes
Marshall
J. J Williams
D.P. Westfall
Progress
Bidg. Polk
Clarks Theatre
Clarks
Nebr
James Cagney
Olivia deHavilland
the Strawberry Blonde
the Colonel's Fine Liquor Store
Henry Rathien
York, Nebr
Carl Curtis
House of Representatives A
Pete Larson
North Range
A. Isaacson
Sale
Mills & Mills, Attorneys
Osceola, Nebraska
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