Notable Track and Sports Tidbits From Chicago News
This summary records various sports notes: Tom Courtney a former Fordham athlete now in the Army will run 1000 yards in the Chicago Daily News relay on March 24. Herb Nakken and John Coyne signed with Los Angeles Roma. Jim Hearn won Calvaconde of Champions Golf with 80 in final round totaling 228. Bob Lemon aims for his 200th pitching win next season. Women’s AAU Championships tryout for Melbourne Olympics set for August 17-18 at Franklin Field. Ponca City spares hosting. Red Weaver, Centre star, kicked 99 consecutive extra points in 1919 and 1920.
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Tom Courtney
Fordsam University
Chicago Daily News
Herb Nakken
University of Utah
John Coyne
Clarion
Los Angeles Roma
Jim Hearn
New York
Granta
Bob Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia
Franklin Field
Ponca City
Okla
J. R
Red Weaver
Meadow Management Primes Farmers for Healthy Meadows
Iowa State College agronomist E R Duncan advises careful meadow management to protect seed, lime, fertilizer, and work investments. Top dress with phosphate and potash, base on soil tests, and tailor cutting and grazing to prolong stands, with Sep 1 to frost as a critical period. after frost, no regrowth. Also notes disease control with chicks requires brooder 400 feet from poultry.
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E.R
Duncan
Iowa State College
Out on a Limb by Stumpy McCulloch
Farmer Joe Brady recalls the Tree Farm program started in 1941 that drew 1600 farmers and 17 million acres into the plan, promoting private land owners to optimize forest production. The column shares dog lore, tree pruning tips, and Betsy the hound asides while urging careful timber management.
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Betsy
Jim
Pasture phosphate boosts lamb production in Iowa trial
Richard McWilliams of Iowa State College extension reports a three year southern Iowa study showing lamb and mutton output on pasture alone could nearly double when unimproved pastures are treated with phosphate fertilizer and reseeded with lespedeza, without further land work.
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Richard McWilliams
Iowa State College Extension
Water and Drainage Meeting in Fort Dodge March 9
The seventh of eight district meetings will be in Fort Dodge at 1 30 p m in the Federal Court Room on the Post Office 2nd floor. Wen dell Pendleton of Storm Lake chair of the Water Rights and Drainage Law Study Committee says the public is invited. The hearing aims to define Iowa needs in water and drainage and propose legislative recommendations. Grass-roots viewpoint sought on long range water supply and drainage laws.
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Fort Dodge
Federal Court Room
Post Office
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Iowa
Be Persistent In Child Punishment Practices
A neighborhood move prompts a discussion on who should discipline children. Mrs Harvey offers to spank Jones children in her yard, but Mrs Jones prefers handling punishment and outlines boundaries. The passage argues parents retain major control over early punishment while recognizing occasional adult authority from teachers as children grow.
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Jones
Mrs. Harvey
Mrs. Jones
Wide Wonderful World Wide Wonder What Babies Say
The piece discusses how babies master speech from ten or eleven months, reaching 600 to 1,000 words yearly and 2,500 to 3,000 by age six, with "mama" as an early flexible word. It also contrasts Mian’s sea animal temp tolerance with humans enduring from 130 degrees above to 90 below zero.
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Mama
Rama
Unemployment benefits rise in Iowa in February
Iowa's February unemployment payments totaled 1,108,500 dollars, a 39 percent rise from January's 795,300, with veterans payments of 129,023 under the Readjustment Assistance Act and 7,252 for unemployed federal workers. A Montezuma rural carrier reports 10 million pieces of mail handled and a 25 year safe driving award. Iowa State College agronomists note 23 dry mixed fertilizer manufacturers in the state.
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OWA
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Commission
U. S. Congress
U. S. Department of Labor
Montezuma
Paul Putman
Putman
Extension Agronomists
Iowa State College
Crossword Puzzle 1 Charting a Crossword Mystery
Crossword puzzle clues mix fragmented phrases and garbled terms. It lists items like Fart of foot ball and Philippine dwarf with scattered numbers and misspellings, suggesting a damaged page of a 20th century puzzle without coherent grid or theme.
Artificially Bred Cows Produce More Butterfat Than Dams
Iowa State College extension dairyman Donald Voelker reports dairy cows sired through artificial breeding outperform their dams by 565 pounds of milk and 31.7 pounds of butterfat annually, based on Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association data. Averages show daughters milking six days more per year, reflecting enhanced herd productivity via high quality bulls. A separate incident notes Elmer Hewitt, a five year old, carrying his eight month old sister into a panicked kitchen moment where the mother’s boiling water caused burns to Elmer but left the baby unharmed.
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Donald Voelker
Iowa State College
Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Vorlker
Voelker
Elmer Hewitt
Nora Springs
Elmer
Cheap grass seed may cost more in long run
Iowa State College seed experts warn that the cheapest lawn seed often lacks Kentucky bluegrass, leading to bare spots as filler grasses die off. The recommended mix relies on 50-75 percent bluegrass, 15-20 percent creeping red fescue, and 6-16 percent ryegrass, with bluegrass forming the permanent lawn except in heavy shade. Entomologists note red clover seed yields rise when insecticides such as aldrin and dieldrin are used.
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Louis N. Bass
Iowa State College
Bass
Iowa
Midwest
H. L. Lantz
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