Pilotburg Christmas Week Notes and Obituary
Prairie Flower youth brought carol tunes to our home and a radio mishap muted the sound. Chas Ashby, longtime resident with sister Esther Hamilton, was laid to rest at Pilotburg cemetery after passing Sunday. Sympathy sent to the family. Des Moines visitors include Howard Ramond and Kenneth Peters cousins. Lookout School taught by Virginia Allensworth held a Tuesday program. Pilotburg school also enjoyed a Monday event with hot lunch. Carl T. Anderson and Charlie Shaffer plan to visit Des Moines for Christmas dinner with daughter O H Hammond and family. Allie Oldfield and Ollie Knots of Washington attend holiday notices.
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Frank GeiCstrk
Pilotburg
Carol Su
Des Moines
Kenneth Peters
Lookout School
Virginia Allensworth
Pilotburg School
Carl T. Anderson
Charlie Shaffer
O'Hare Hammond
Hugh
Allie Oldfield
Ollie Knots
Washington
Community and Farm Sale Listings Across Iowa Towns
Weekly journal sales at Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction. Regular livestock auctions at Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa with start times. Numerous closing out and public sales listed by date and location around Wayland Washington Crawfordsville Packwood Keota Noble. Starts mostly at 11:00 or 12:00 noon with distances and directions.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Towyn Davis
Wayland
Martin C. Gerry
Crawfordsville
Washington
Peter J. Hammen
Homer Jarrard
Rock Road
N.e. Wayland
Noble
Ernest Baker
Fragmentary OCR economics snippet leaves unclear context
Readable items hint at numeric data and percentages but no identifiable people, places, or events. The fragment lacks coherent facts to summarize into a news item or card.
Girl Killed After Falling From Moving Car
Patty Short, seven, died in Ottumwa when she fell from a car around a corner. Sheriff Everett Orman said the door opened as the Batavia vehicle turned. The victim was the daughter of George Short of Ottumwa. no inquest was planned.
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Ottumwa
Towa
Dee
Patty Short
Otputwa
Everett Orman
Miss Short
Erwin Goodsell
Batavia
George Short
Acorns as a Staple in Native Diet and Waste
The text notes acorns as a staple for some American Indian tribes, describing grinding methods, rinsing in water, boiling to remove tannin, and using the flour like cornmeal. It highlights tannin makes acorns poor cattle feed and estimates hundreds of thousands of bushels fall each season, much of which goes to waste.
Veterans column aims to help service members and families
An editor notes a weekly Washington Bureau column addressing veteran and service man issues. Readers may send questions to the Bureau at 1616 Eye Street NW Washington DC and will receive answers in a future column. No direct mail replies are sent.
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Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Veterans' Administration reports July 1947 payments and backlogs
VA data show about 3.23 million veterans and dependents received compensation or pension payments totaling 145 million dollars monthly. Backlog fell from 661,000 early 1946 to 90,000 on July 31, 1947. Veterans coverage includes World War II, World War I, Spanish American, Civil War, Indian wars, and peacetime service.
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Veterans’ Administration
Co-Ops Grow Big Business Among Farmers
Membership in farm cooperatives surpasses five million with industry handling over six billion dollars annually. Grain cooperatives represent the largest share of the dollar total.
Protests Over Freight Car Exports South Bend
Washington December 27 A member of the house interstate commerce committee objected to exporting nearly half of U S freight car production this year noting a long car shortage and bottleneck in the economy He warned against an absolute embargo while acknowledging needed imports and exports The commerce department reports 27478 cars produced for export in the first 11 months with 58468 built for domestic use and 125395 orders unfilled for domestic use and 5092 for export
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Washington
UPI
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
U.S
William J. Miller
Conn
Truman
Miller
Commerce Department
Five Disasters In Iowa Brought Aid By The Red Cross
Des Moines reports five of 287 national disasters this year affected Iowa. Red Cross official Elvin McIlrath cites floods storms and fires costing Iowa relief $866 298 16. Nationwide totals include 141 fires 50 floods 41 tornadoes and other events with 1 266 deaths and 305 682 people aided.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Iowa
Elvin McIlrath
Hawkeye
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas City
Midwest
Florida Gulf States
New England
Mellrath
Ilinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Public health finds agent of one kind of cold
The U S public health service reports isolating an agent causing one kind of cold. In eggs they cultivated the agent and see a possible path to a vaccine. Researchers Dr Norman H Topping and Dr Leon T Atlas tested 200 inmates from the District of Columbia reform school at Lorton VA for the study as described in Science magazine.
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Washington
U.S
Public Health Serice
Norman H. Topping
Leon T. Atlas
District of Columbia Reformatory
Lorton
Science Magazine
Record Chicago stockyards set new national high for top steers
Price records surged as top grade steers sold at 40.09 per 100 pounds at Chicago stockyards, surpassing the 39.00 peak from early December. Demand and lean receipts lifted values across cattle with many grades advancing from 25 to 39.50, while hogs and lambs also posted gains amid a tight market.
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Chicago
Dee
Chicago cash grain prices on December 27
Cash grain sales report from Chicago shows wheat nominally higher with no sites reported. Corn bids rise by one to two cents with various mixed and yellow corn lots listed. cat prices for No. 1 mixed heavy and sample grades shown with slight firmness in the market.
Naphthalene method urged to deter bats from structures
The article notes using large amounts of naphthalene flakes at entry points and sealing openings to prevent bats from entering buildings. It states bats can slip through holes as small as a mouse, emphasizing careful closure of gaps.
Researchers Probe Several Colds in New Virus Study
In a press conference researchers report multiple cold types from mild hay fever like sniffles to severe grippe. They name an isolated agent Vid4 as a potential infectious cause, distinct from influenza. About 200 of 2000 Lorton inmates volunteered for paid exposure to artificially induced colds.
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Lorton
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