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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
3
Iowa legislators in a Mail poll by the Iowa Daily Press association show strong support for higher teacher pay. Of 158 respondents, 98 replied with 74 in favor of increasing minimum salaries. a 2,000 minimum for four year degree teachers was approved by 39 to 25, amid concerns about funding.
Iowa report announces the Consumers Cooperative Association Kansas City Co will build a $200,000 fertilizer plant at Eagle Grove. Howard A. Cowden, president, says orders for equipment are in and delivery is promised shortly after January 1. The plant aims to employ about 25 workers and operate at two minutes per unit.
Norman Schoonover, son of H J Schoonover of Washington, named general chairman for the Prize Prom at the State University of Iowa. The 1947 dance in the Iowa Memorial Union marks the first postwar prom with prizes donated by drug firms. Schoonover is a junior in the college of pharmacy and president of APhA student chapter. He served 32 months with the 34th Infantry Division, including 15 months in Europe and Africa, before returning to campus in 1945.
Des Moines area rent control officials report a 56 percent drop in eviction petitions from June to November. In Polk and nearby counties landlords filed 143 petitions in November, down from daily averages above 10 in May and June. October saw 152 petitions. 168 certificates were granted that month. The decline is linked to fewer property sales.
A plan describes a fertilizer factory capable of producing up to twenty tons of finished product per hour. The process uses phosphate rock, nitrogen, potash, and other mineral elements to manufacture the fertilizer.
Guidance advises keeping fertilizer in a dry building with elevated flooring above ground level. Do not store the material directly on the earth to prevent moisture contact and potential spoilage.
President Truman accepted the resignation of John D. Small as head of the civilian production administration effective tomorrow. The move follows plans to transfer CPA duties to a new government liquidation agency overseeing remaining functions and other war agencies.
The Iowa state board of control requested a two year administrative budget increase to 1411105 for 1947 and 1948. The plan includes nine new staff positions at 15 state institutions, with a full time psychiatrist and dietician. Estimated annual salaries total 82200. Travel and expenses are put at 34480.
Mrs Isabel Piper and Mrs Elsie Belle Jones hosted Chapter L of TTT in Crawfordsville on Friday. Six new members Joan Maxwell Genevieve Holmes Alice White Talma Wilpatrick Louise Unkrich and Jean Tolander were initiated by the new officers Florence White Violet Lindeen Jane Lauer and Doris Cherryhelmes. An auction of donated articles accompanied the event.
A December survey of Iowa farmers shows 74 percent view rising prices as bad. Among those, 26 percent blame labor, 26 percent blame the general public, and 20 percent blame big business, with small blame for President Truman and Congress. Farmers remain pessimistic about price trends.
Harmony Club members met at Mrs. Bill Crayne's home for a Christmas gathering hosted by co hosts Mrs. Ka Mayhew and Mrs. Crayne. President Mrs Meint Koehler led a 16 member business roll call, with visitors Mrs Keith Wells and Mrs Imma Cherry. A collection of 7 3 was taken for Sister Kenny fund. Music featured Mrs George Dare on piano accompanying carols, and the high school sophomores and juniors sang Calm as the Night and Toyland. Members exchanged Christmas remembrances and refreshments were served by the hostesses with assist from Mrs Wells and others.
The survey indicates two percent foresee higher costs for farm inputs while 22 percent expect higher output. Most interviewees, 76 percent, anticipate hog prices falling to government support levels before next fall.
A corn plant requires about 358 pounds of water to produce one pound of dry matter. Cucumbers need 713 pounds and pumpkins 834 pounds for one pound of dry matter.
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