Starting a Farm Record Book Inventory First Step
An editors note explains beginning a farm business record book. It covers separating farm and personal items, annual cycle, opening inventories, depreciation, and practical ways to record receipts and expenses for a farm business. It notes a county extension meeting on December 22 about farming records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Elliott
County Extension Office
Iowa Farm
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Record Book
Soldier's Son Reunites With Father Amid Christmas Blues
In Germany Lt Col Meynard Booth, a Bataan hero, reunited with his two year old son Johnny for Christmas after delays caused by travel hurdles. Officers arranged volunteer babysitters and a makeshift nurse while airline passport issues were resolved. The boy joined Booth in Frangfurt and will return to Indianapolis in January to resume their reunion.
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Vmrankfurt
Germany
Bataan
Meynard Booth
Booth
Europe
Johnny
Hazel Mackennan
North Goodlett St
Indianapolis
Christmas Card Address Baffles Post Office
A misaddressed Christmas card in Adrian Michigan confuses clerks. The envelope lists Ezra Nathan Daniels and his wife Ellen formerly known as Frank Taub, with family details and a playful note about Route 1. The item hints at a nearby chain saw and a farm setting.
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Adrian
Mich
Ezra Nathan Daniels
Ellen
Frank Taub
Deerfield
Stamun
Hal
Bos
Phillip
Gary
Little Dawn
Ezra
Route 1
Mieh
Federal Attorneys Barred From Outside Law Practice
Attorney General James P. McGranery ordered U.S. attorneys and Justice Department staff to quit private law practice or other outside work without permission. The rule takes effect January 1 for most staff. district attorneys have until January 1, 1954 to comply. The grace period reflects salaries set on the assumption they could practice law on the side.
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Washington
House
James P. McGranery
Justice Department
Department
McGranery
U. S
Christmas Program At Tabernacle Features Little Annie's Dream
Sunday evening at 7 30 o clock the Christian Tabernacle Sunday school presents its annual Christmas program. The feature play Little Annie's Dream was written by the mother of Fred Bickhart and is directed by Mrs Dale Bower and Mrs Don Curtis.
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The
Christian Tabernacle
Fred Bickhart
Dale Bower
Don Curtis
Lattimore Denies Guilt in Senate Lying Charges
Far Eastern expert Owen Lattimore pleaded not guilty in federal court to seven counts of lying to Senate investigators. Judge Kirkland set trial for March with a $2000 bond. Lattimore’s attorney posted bond in negotiable Treasury notes. The judge allowed travel worldwide until the trial date.
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Washington
DUP
Owen Lattimore
Senate
Lattimore
James K. Kirkland
Kirkland
Johns Hopkins University
Thurman Arnold
Treasury
District of Columbia
Maryland
Twin surgery keeps Roger, Rodney in critical days
CHICAGO. 15 month old Siamese twins Roger Lee Brody and Rodney Dee Brody, separated in a landmark head-dividing operation, remain in critical condition with Roger between life and death and Rodney regaining consciousness. Surgeons faced shared brain veins and favored Rodney during the procedure. The hospital reported no significant change in Roger’s coma. Rodney showed slight improvement as both boys received round‑the‑clock nursing care and daily family visits.
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Chicago
Tiny Roger Lee Brody
University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospital
Rodney Dee
Rodney
Methodist Choir Plans Xmas Music
The Methodist church choir directed by Robert B. Ferrell will give a Christmas program Sunday morning with Mrs. A. S. Smith as organist. It includes the Birthday of a King There Were Shepherds Watchman What of the Night The Angel's Song No Candle Was There and No Fire and The Secret of Christmas planned for the Sunday evening program by the Sunday school.
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Methodist Church
Robert B. Ferrell
A. S. Smith
Neidlinger
Vincent
Shure
Strickles
Lahmann
Foster Bagge
Herbert Osincup
John Phleger
Little Jesus Boy
MacGimsey
Wilson
Warren Dare
Reve Angelique
Rubenstein
Artemas Brown
Alice Hunter
Christmas Concert Draws Large High School Crowd
A large crowd attended the high school Christmas choral concert Thursday evening staged by the vocal music department. Robert Ferrell directed the program featuring novelty numbers and solos with Melvin Hill as guest soloist on the bass fiddle.
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Robert Ferrell
Melvin Hill
Cost of Living Reaches Record High Again
The government reports the consumer price index from mid October to mid November rose 0.1 percent to 191.1, tying the all time high set in August. About 1,250,000 railroad workers face a one cent per hour wage cut due to lower living costs in prior months.
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Washington
Government Today
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Presbyterian Choir Vesper Service at 4 Sunday
Presbyterian church plans its annual Christmas Vesper with guest soloists Edith Shields organist and director. Soloists include Dorothy Krebill Elouise Sorden Ronald Rogers Harry Morrison and Grace Lenfest. Parsons College Iowa City connections noted. Program ends with Benediction and choral response.
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Presbyterian Church Choir
Edith M. Shields
Elouise Sorden
Dorothy Krebill
Ronald Rogers
Harry Morrison
Carl Lederer
Grace Lenfest
Iowa City
Morrison
Parsons College
Miss Krebill
Iowa University
Curtis Institute
Philadelphia
Rogers
Iowa
Lederer
The
State University
Cassase Taylor
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Star and the Magi
Judean Hills
W. J. Gross
Bet tie Elizabeth Singleton 81 dies in Brighton
Mrs Bettie Elizabeth Singleton of Brighton dies after three year illness at o'clock aged 81 born June 28 1871 near Letts Iowa daughter of James and Stella Blake married Sept 9 1888 at Lone Tree to Edward A Singleton who died in 1924 funeral Sunday at 2 30 at Jones funeral home with Rev Earl Longfellow officiating burial in Valley cemetery survivors include six children two step children 15 grandchildren several great grandchildren one sister and two brothers accompanied by listed spouses and locations
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Bettie Elizabeth Singleton
Brighton
Mrs. Singleton
Letts
Iowa
James and
Stella Day Blake
Lone Tree
Edward A. Singleton
Singleton
Jones Funeral Home
Earl (. Longfellow
The
Valley Cemetery
William
Keota
Lettie Waggoner
Elsie Waggonner
Grace Waggoner
Dell Decker
Davenport
Francis
Washington
Ross Singleton
Floyd Singleton
Pleasant Plain
Hattie McGrew
John Blake
Muscatine
Santa Claus to Visit Ainsworth on Saturday
Larry Trotter reports that Santa Claus will visit Ainsworth on Saturday afternoon arriving at 3 30 and eager to meet all children in the community.
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Santa Claus
Ainsworth
Larry Trotter
Santa
Mr. Trotter
Federated Church to Present Cantata at New Haven Church
Members of the Federated church at Keota will present a cantata at the New Haven church Sunday evening at 7 30 o clock with an Organ Postlude featuring Hymn of a co Yon.
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Federated Church At
Keota
New Haven
Freezing Rain Makes Iowa Highways Treacherous
Sleet and freezing rain coated Iowa with ice making driving hazardous as snow is forecast to spread across the state tonight. Traffic crawled and motorists struggled to prevent ice on windshields while hills and curves remained slick. Highway conditions were worst outside the northwest where snow fell. police logged minor jams and crashes. Snow is expected to move east with more precipitation over the next five days, though forecasters warn any additional snow on ice could be dangerous.
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United Press
Iowa
Landers
Steady Customer Returned To Serve Remainder Of Sentence
A repeat offender in Clinton South Carolina was brought in after another incident of drunk and disorderly conduct and sent back to serve the remainder of a suspended sentence. The man has faced police attention for the 157th time.
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Clinton, S. C
ULP
Chain Sang
Hoodlum Charged In Robbery Of Brinks
FBI affidavits name Joseph O Keefe as a key suspect in the 1950 Brink's robbery in Boston. He faces contempt charges for refusing to answer a grand jury and is linked to the $1,219,000 holdup and the $60,000 amount described as baby in a taped call with his wife.
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Boston
FBI
Joseph
Specs) O'Keefe
Brink
O'Keefe
North End
William T. McCarthy
Roads Turn Slippery As Freezing Rain Hits Area
Motorists urged to stay off highways unless travel is essential as ice coats roads from a night of rain. One minor accident reported by noon. a panel truck overturned north of Haskins with no injuries. Crews spread sand to steady traffic while temps threaten further hazards.
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Sheriff's Office
Haskins
Eisenhower Sets Tone for New Congress Relationship
President elect Eisenhower begins his program with Congress as three Republican leaders who met him at a Thursday luncheon anticipate a close working relationship in the early days of his administration.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Taft Announces Bid for Senate Majority Floor Leader
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio formally announces his candidacy for Senate majority floor leader next year. He says the move follows consensus among senior Republicans and comes after assurances from Styles Bridges and William F. Knowland that they will not seek the post. Taft, current head of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, says he weighed the step after consulting many senators.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Taft
Congress
Bridges
Senator Bridges
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Knowland
William F. Knowland
California
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Farm Bureau Denies Tie to Tamworth Pig Palace
John Gamon president of Washington County Farm Bureau states the Farm Bureau is not connected with the Tamworth Pig Palace, Inc. Rumors of hog production links are denied. Notices show Tamworth Pig Palace planned to raise, process and distribute hogs and related products near Washington on Highway 92 with authorized capital stock of 25 000 dollars.
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Carl T. Anderson
Washington County
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
John Gamon
Farm Bureau
Tamworth Pig Palace, Inc
Gamon
Washington County Farm Bureau
Tamworth
Eisenhower to Host Cooperation Talks With Incoming Congress
Rep. Leslie C. Arends announced a bipartisan pledge of strong executive legislative cooperation on Capitol Hill. The Eisenhower luncheon with lawmakers marked the first of planned meetings to discuss teamwork ahead of the new Congress, with a second session set between Christmas and New Year’s Day with Republican leaders in the Senate.
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Congress
Leslie C. Arends
R-Ill
Capitol Hill
Senate
Iowa Weather Outlook Sees Snow Spreading Southeast
Snow west spreading east but preceded by rain southeast and freezing rain north east tonight. Not so cold east and north with lows 20 to 26 northwest and 25 to 30 southeast. Saturday cloudy and colder southeast with highs 26 to 32. Sunday cloudy with little change and snow spreading southeast half Sunday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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S. D
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Indianapolis Ind
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Tex
Army
American Forces Network
John Haines
Sausalito
Calif
Stars and Stripes
Brodie
Tabernacle
Roger Lee
Roger
Methodist Choir
Heim
Solo, ‘‘Adeste Fidelis” Salvedo
Shep- IE
Cetacsdhese Bisneresdens
Vincent Juanita Wilson
Mary Pe
Clokeys
the Shepherds and the Inn
Paul Forrest Walker
Black
Lehmann
Marryott
Savior
Christi
Ansen
Lenfest
Handel
Arioso
Casement
Noel
Adam
Gounod
State Police Radio
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Brinks
Ihe
Republican Congress
Highway
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