Blizzard Disrupts Havelock Life and Events
A New Year blizzard halts mail, trains, and a Friday basketball game in Havelock. Roads are blocked, a Laurens plow assists, and church services are canceled or altered. Community groups meet indoors as residents adjust plans and routines amid heavy snowfall.
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Havelock
R. W. Randolph
Will Hilton
Ray Gruver
Isaac Roberts
Laurens
Havelock Methodist Church
John Drake Wolcott
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Local Notables Travel and Visit in Bradgate Area
Mrs Martha Wallace and Blanche return from a week with N P Olson and relatives. Kinkeads back from Spencer. O Donnells and Hemersons host gatherings. Dean O’Donnell to Boston for ship radio studies. wartime shifts noted. W S C and To meet Jan 14. annual pledges and installations planned. Morningside students return to Sioux City for studies.
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L. E. Gatch
Fifth Column Rats Working on Iowa Farms
Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College warns rats are invading farmyards harming buildings crops and spreading disease. He urges poison baits gas and careful handling to reduce losses as surveys show low pig survival impacting hog yields and costs.
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Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Church services halted by severe weather last Sunday
The church paused all services last Sunday due to severe weather and blocked roads. Officials stated services would resume next Sunday and urged members to seek God's guidance each week.
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God
Local visits and school reopen after holidays
A. E. Olson and family visit in Kansas City with Walter Roemer. LaVon Dailey Kathleen O Donnell and Annice Bonde return to Fort Dodge Business College after holiday break. Rolfe and Livermore residents host New Year gatherings. School resumes after a twelve day recess as hot lunches resume amid cold weather.
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Havelock Woman's Club
Plover
S. T. Grove
L. D. Goodchild
Havelock
Charles Mann
Rollie Dunn
Floyd
Evelyn Halder
Fonda
Champaign
Illinois
Lloyd Dunn
Norman Jacobson
U. S. Army
Rena Huseby
Betty
Sonny
D. J. Wenck
Sioux Rapids
Fred Hauswirth
Fort Dodge
Mason and Eastern Star Lodge
Happy Aces
Maurice Zurcher
John Cowan
Pocahontas
Mildred Stoulil
Henry Buck
Clarion
Edna Swope
Rouzer
C. S. Barth
Lake City
Jones
Ames
Orpha Hilton
Byrle
Vern Waters
Des Moines
Broadlawns Hospital
Martha Wallace
Blanche
N. P. Olson
Morris Halsrude
R. L. Kinkead
Spencer
W. Shirer
Ed. O'Donnell
Dean
Kathleen
A. E. Olson
Frank Carlton
Rolfe
Carlton
Junior Hoag
Lester
R. E. Hoag
Robert Ellsworth
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
Army
Dean O'Donnell
Boston
Mass
U. S. Maritime Service
Ward Jarvis
Gladys Sinclair
Jarvis
Dewey Howell
Paul
Ruth
Ventura
I. J. Howell
Livermore
Ray Jacoshenk
F. Jacoshenk
Butte
North Dakota
John Howell
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ella Placar
Hawthorne
Wisconsin
Albert Hemerson
Sylvia Howell
Clyde Kelsey
Ellen Mather
Mather
Kelsey
Hoag
William Howell
Rockland
Wis
Eleanor Heag
Bob Henderson
Billie Joe Barrett
Waterloo
Junior Henderson
Teddy Lee
Eli Crop
Stanley
John Henderson
Lorraine Isacson
Callendar
Kenneth Shadwick
Camp Claiborne
Louisianna
Shadwick
A. E . Olson
Noble Hemerson
Dauhter
Dolores
Kansas ‘City
Walter Roemer
LaVon Dailey
Kathleen O'Donnell
Annice Bonde
Fort Dodge Business College
Herbert Jones
Roy Elsworth
Lorin Pease
Sylvester
Pease
Henry Olsen
Louis Olson
Farms Topics Advocates Cow Records To Boost Dairies
Rutgers extension dairyman E. J. Perry urges dairymen to display cow yearly fat and milk yields and fat percentage over each animal. He cites Denmark and Holland as models, explains framing slate records, culling of low producers, saving top calves, and using records to persuade visitors. He cites goal of 400 pounds fat per cow annually, with breed equivalents and the need for compact, efficient herds for profitability.
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E. J. Perry
Extension Dairyman
Rutgers University
Denmark
Holland
New Jersey
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Holstein
Jersey
Milk cows milking sides debated by NYS expert
Prof W Crandall of the New York State College of Agriculture says there is no scientific or practical reason requiring milking from the right side. He notes cows trained on the right can tolerate left-side milking, with production unaffected unless the animal resists change. He adds most people are right handed, aiding right-side milking, and mentions horses are mounted from the left.
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W. '. Crandall
New York State College of Agriculture
Insecticide Shifts Under Federal Regulations
University of Missouri expert George D. Jones notes new rules limit poisonous residue on fruits and vegetables. The trend moves away from lead or calcium arsenate to plant based substitutes like pyrethrum or rotenone, with varying effectiveness and suitability for different crops.
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George D. Jones
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Fire Blight Threat Warns Orchardists This Year
Fruit growers warned to watch for fire blight in apple and pear trees as it spreads rapidly and can destroy orchards. Pruning infected branches and cankers promptly is advised while nicotine spray controls insects only.
Cancer as a national defense issue in Iowa
Dr. Edmund G. Zimmerer of the Iowa State Health Department warns that cancer deaths average every two and a half hours in Iowa and pose a threat to national defense as selective service expands. He notes Iowa's cancer rate exceeds the national average, with 3,479 deaths in 1940 and 187 per 100,000 population, and urges regular physical exams to detect cancer early before it cripples military and civilian effort.
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Iowa
Edmund G. Zimmerer
State Health Department
National Defense
Zimmerer
Department
Cancer Central
Upper Iowa and Luther College Gridiron Blast From the Past
Two decades ago Upper Iowa University faced Luther College in Decorah with a lopsided 87 to 7 score. The game was staged at Decorah, with expected rematch plans noted but unclear.
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Upper Toy University
Fayel
Luther College Decorah
Decorah
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Church Auditorium
W. M. Gehrt
R. E. Heag
I. A. Malcolm
Leonard Seaman
E. L. Quire
Iowa State College Extension
Hawaii
Hawaii Territorial Guard
Honolulu
KGMB
POST
Cancer Enemy
Clark Osteopathic
Bradgate
J. E. Hynds
Reckord Hatchery
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