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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1948

Page

6

Holloman Air Base Picks Lt Col Grove Director of Personnel

Lt Col Philip P Grove has been named director of personnel at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo New Mexico. A Brighton native and graduate of Brighton High School he has served in infantry and air force personnel roles and held posts at Wright Patterson Lincoln Chanute Med Allied Air Force HQs and Colorado Springs before his Holloman assignment.

Brighton Philip P. Grove Holloman Alamogordo New Mexico Col. Grove Brighton High School Chanute Field Ill Air Force Lincoln Neb Allied Air Force Europe States 15Th Air Force Colorado Springs Colo Holloman Base Wright-Patterson Field Ohio Command and General Staff School Ft. Leavenworth Kansas John Moxley Little Son Eairl] Neal Wm. van Zanten L. E. White Edith Stacy Lawrence Hunter Henry Lechner Harry Newton Lucy Freak Crawfordsville L. E. Helmick Washington Bessie Myers Roy Coffin Des Moines Clyde Coffin Pleasant Plain Elmer Coffin Wyandotte Okla Ermin Perisho Pleasants Plain Yocurr Hospital Chari

Pasture gains promise higher farm production

The piece argues pasture improvements will boost milk and beef output and even poultry production. It notes grazing reduces feed cost by as much as 20 percent and explains chickens graze like cattle, with green forage boosting egg production through spring to fall.

New Fungicide DN-289 Shows Broad Orchard Pest Control

Dow Chemical develops DN-289 a dinitro fungicide and insecticide now sold for orchard use. It controls rosy apple aphid currant aphid black cherry aphid mealy plum aphid viburnum aphid eye spotted bud moth cherry case bearer pear psylla oyster shell scale and more in apples and lilac. For insects 1 to 2 quarts per 100 gallons of water, higher amounts needed for tougher pests. also used against sooty blotch on pears.

San Jose Dow Chemical Company

Packaging of Poultry Is New Development

Farmers of tomorrow must be poultry merchandisers as well as producers to compete with the new broiler factories. Consumers will have a wider range of poultry products, demanding better merchandising. Brand naming and modern transparent packaging will boost sales, with tests showing packaged poultry outselling unwrapped by one to three times. Packaging materials include cellophane, transparent regenerated cellulose film, and rubber hydrochloride film.

Berghs Attend Plumbers Meeting and Local Visits

Mr and Mrs Warren Berghs traveled to Des Moines on Monday and Tuesday for a plumbers convention. In Wayland many relatives gathered with Dr and Mrs Joe Wittmer of Corvallis Ore for a weekend visit. A grandson arrived for Mr and Mrs Jason Widmer in Portland Oregon. Local residents faced hospital stays family illnesses and social club activities including an auction and rag sewing meeting.

Ezra Wittmer Wayland Warren Bergh Des Moines Joe Wittmer Corvallis Ore Chas. Wolff Wolff Chicago Widmer J. G. Wenger David Schlatter Jason Widmer Portland Oregon Widmers Chester Messer Loveland Colo Phillip Alter Don Wyse Olds Alice Kauffman Flo Johnson Sim Faney Belle Magdefrau Cora Stierer Magdefrau Homer Payne Will Trixson Richard McVey Micheal Burlington Willis Alliman

Pullets Termed Better Layers Than Old Hens

Tests at a western Kentucky substation show pullets outperforming old hens as layers. Jarred Rock pullets average about four dozen eggs per year more per bird than hens, while White Leynorus pullets exceed old-hen production by over thirty percent.

Western Kentucky

Agassiz’s Buzzards Bay Marine Zoo Established in 1873

Louis Agassiz founded the first marine zoo at Buzzards Bay off Massachusetts in 1873 to study sea animals in natural surroundings.

Louis Agassiz Buzzards Bay Massachusetts

Residence change as Davison son to spend summer in Washington

Elmer Freyenburger will replace Roy at the Wayland Feed and Grain company while Roy travels to Washington to spend the summer with his ailing father J. W. Davison.

Washington J. W. Davison Elmer Freyenburger Roy The Wayland Feed and Grain Company

Wisconsin Stamp Issue Sets April 7 1948

The U S Post Office announces a new Wisconsin state stamp to be issued April 7, 1948. The Badger State spans about 56,154 square miles with 1,439 square miles water, a 500 mile Great Lakes frontage and 250 miles on the Mississippi, reflecting its diverse climate and resources.

U. S. Post Office Department State of Wisconsin Badger State Hes Atlantic Pacific France Germany England Sweden Russia Great Lakes Mississippi

Farm Machinery Sale And Wanted Ads Listing Wide Inventory

Wholesale and Retail USED FARM MACHINERY list includes tractors models IHC JD M&M AC WC Oliver D Tart Parr 16-30 Moline plows corn pickers balers drills mowers and more. Also seeks New and Late Model tractors combines and other gear. contact details requested.

M&m Bell City Innes Ford Oliver Rees Olives Case New Idea Sears Hammermill Harvey Corn

Wisconsin as a Great Playground and Dairy Leader

The passage extolls Wisconsin's waterways and fishing strength centered on Green Bay, highlights dairy prominence with the first cheese factory in Jefferson County in 1849, notes wood products manufacturing, and praises state education from the University of Wisconsin to nine teacher colleges. It states the territory's history under Spanish, French, and British rule.

America Green Bay Wisconsin Jefferson County University of Wisconsin At Madison Spain France Great

Community and livestock sale dates scattered in Iowa listings

Weekly livestock sales listed for several Iowa towns with venues and times. Notable entries include Kalona, Midway Sales, Ollie, Sigourney, Wellman, and Well Liberty with specific sale dates and a closing out sale for Peter Kaufman near Wayland.

Whittaker Midway Sales Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Towa Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Peter Kaufman Wayland Hampshire Swartzendruber Wellman Lorin E. Oxley & Sons West Liberty

Britain and the United States in the North Western Territory

The excerpt notes involvement of Britain and the United States in the expansive great North Western Territory, highlighting their roles and influence in that frontier region.

Britain The United States Great Northwestern Territory

New Seeding Machines Patent Marks Early Production Start

The launch of commercial seeders followed a 1851 patent granted for a force feed drill to Foster Jesup and Brown.

Foster, Jessup and Brown

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Col Philip Grove Holloman Air Base Dorothy Helmick Dallas Center Myrtle Helmick Mary Buffum LeRoy Miss Buffum Helmick Clyde McBride Batavia Harmony Club Ira Schafer Bonnie Cassady Scott Dickinson Wayne Keota Kenton Mangold Iowa City American Fat Salvage Committee, Inc By Ken Reynolds Warren Berghs Vention Mary Litchler Hopedale Wannie Zehr Roy Davison First Marine Zoo Investors Syndicate Minneapolis, Minnesota Floyd L. Barnes Reid Boyd PAKM Fisher Sales CO Joy Illinois Mercer County Atedo Oy Borte 17 Dairy State Journal Louis J. Kehoer Attorney At Jeffrey Bldg Theodore B. Bailey Morrison Building W. Livingston Robert Day Attorneys W. Main George F. Morrison G. Gifford Morrison J. C. Penney Co Paul V. Shearer Court House Wendell L. Shaffer Hotel Washington Optometrists P. L. Etter F. G. Livesay Spinal Distortion Southtows Avenue R. G. Wessler E. Second St. Call Wheatley N. Ave Hite W. Wash. St South Ave D. W.L Little Washington Dairy John Blick Gorham Baby Reister Hatchery Harry Finance Bldg Washington Concrete Co St. and Rock Island
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