Invasion Currency Plans for Sicily Unveiled by Treasury
The Treasury reveals secret preparations to print military lira notes and postage stamps for areas under invasion. Designs could be adapted by overprinting denominations and country names, with eight denominations from 1 to 1000 lire and the four freedoms shown on the reverse.
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Washington
Sicily
Treasury Department
Treasury
Hitler
Italy
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
War, Navy
State Departments
United States
Plowing Aerates Soil and Sparks Microbial Life
Dr. William A. Albrecht argues plowing aerates soil and drives chemical changes, but excessive plowing harms long term fertility by depleting plant food. He says soil’s microbial activity sustains crop yields, yet continuous cropping without returning nutrients reduces available nutrients.
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William A. Albrecht
Soils Department
University of Missouri
United States
For Sale Dining Room Set and Bed With Mattress
For sale a dining room table with chairs and a complete bed including an innerspring mattress and new coil springs. Location: State Cafe, 28214.
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State Cafe
January livestock and estate sales listed in Kalona area notices
A column of sale notices items dated January and February list closing out sales dairy cattle stock land and estate auctions near Brighton Riverside Kalona Kalona Washington Keota Dublin Wellman Columbus Junction Ainsworth and Dublin with dates venues and starting times. Vendors include Kupka Bros Wm Zachs Paul Benell Bert Dunbar and Kno tek Bros with bid days through February 1.
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C. E. Wolcott
Brighton
Wm. Zachs
Riverside
E. I
Rees Estate
K. A. Coates
Rees
Kalona
Kupka Bros
Columbus Junction
H. B
Hi) Dawson
East Second Street
J. H Kelley
John Shebeck
Cora Baird
Ainsworth
Fred and
Harlan Neuhart
Mi. S.W
Washington
Paul Benell
Souutheast
Keota
Bert Dunbar
Wellman
A. J. Gislain
Frank Birka
G. W. Augustine
C. C. Wilson
G. Ill. Augustine
Dublin
Knotek Bros
Timm
Chicago market report shows hogs steady to firm
Chicago livestock prices list hogs at 10 to 13 dollars per hundredweight with tops around 13.75 for large 200 to 800 pound pigs and 11.25 to 13.00 for 150 to 190 pounds. Cattle calves and sheep trades noted with feeders and heifers steady, steers 13.50 to 16.25, heifers 12.50 to 15.00, lambs strong and slaughter demand steady. Estimated tomorrow totals: hogs 17,000 cattle 12,000 sheep 600.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Jan 11 Grains Report
Chicago cash grain report for January 11 shows corn at 104 and a half cents per bushel for 5 yellow, oats at 84 cents for 1 red special. The UP service notes market activity in cash grain trading.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report January 11
Chicago market notes show eggs receipts at 10,905 cases with 364 extra firsts and firsts priced at 4 dollars. Current receipts total 33 and dirties at 30 with checks 29. Poultry receipts include 2 cars and 20 trucks. Market steady and unchanged.
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Chicago
Grain table shows mixed wheat oats rye futures on open exchange
From Chicago open trading on January 11 the grain table lists wheat futures with mixed highs and lows and fractional closes for Sep May and July contracts. Oats show Sept and May activity around 76 to 79 cents and rye trades around 129 to 131 cents with May and other months noted.
Local News Briefs Highlight Hotle Family Visit and Military Moves
Mr and Mrs W H Hotle host two visitors son Gene Hotle SrC plans a Sunday trip to New Orleans after a two week home leave from North Africa. Mrs Hazel Hotle Jones of Washington DC arrives and stays until Jan 8. Pvt Henry E Shields address listed at Lowry Field Colorado. Twin sons born to Mr and Mrs Max Huston of Winfield died shortly after birth. Burial held in Winfield cemetery. Mrs Huston a former Norma Hotle is in Memorial hospital Mt Pleasant.
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W. H. Hotle
Gene Hotle
Src
New Orleans
North Africa
Hazel Hotle Jones
Washington, D. C
Jones
Pentagon
Army Service Forces
Henry E. Shields
T. S
Lowry Field
Colo
Max Huston
Winfield
Mark
William
Huston
Norma Hotle
W. H Hotle
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Price of Toy Books Is Limited by OPA
Washington reports toy books defined as toys under strict price control by the Office of Price Administration. Children’s books used for study or reading are exempt. Toy books are designed for active play and include cut-out, coloring, tracing, pasting, model, and pop-up books that unfold or stand up.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Shipping Losses by Axis Reach 9 Million Tons
London reports that in the first 36 months of the war up to June 30, 9,045,683 gross tons of German and Italian shipping were captured sunk or damaged by surface ships submarines planes and mines. The credit to single navies not specified. Losses to Japanese shipping and Russian successes are excluded.
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London
Admiralty
United States
United Nations
Britain
Germany
Prisoner Reassembles Ration Book After Vow of Revenge
In Salem Oregon a prison inmate who tore up a ration book gathered the fragments and reassembled them claiming ownership. He said the book belonged to the man who put him in prison.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Birthplace of Hippocrates the Father of Medicine
The birthplace Cos in 460 B C became known as the home of Hippocrates the Father of Medicine and later a health resort popular among Romans.
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Hippocrates
Father of Medicine
B. C
Cos Beecame
Rotation grazing boosts pasture value for dairy yields
Rotation grazing increases the nutritional value of pasture plants as thicker turf forms from grazing only a small portion of the pasture at a time. High producing cows show higher yields when grazed under this method.
Ground Wheat as Satisfactory Preservative for Grass Silage
Rutgers II agronomist C B Bender endorses ground wheat as a preservative for grass silage, detailing application rates per ton of green alfalfa and grass mixtures, and noting benefits such as reduced seepage and increased total and protein content.
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C. B. Bender
Rutgers II
Bender
Rural Briefs Harvest labor projected for crops
The department of agriculture estimates two billion man hours will be required to harvest crops in the coming months. Onions should be dried thoroughly after harvest before storage to prevent Botrytis neck rot.
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Department of Agriculture
Busy Calcutta Wharves Tackle Vast Trade Flows
Calcutta's 10 miles of wharves handle vast quantities of jute tea hides oil seed lac estron and coal. Miles of jute mills line the Hooghly below the city.
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Calcutta
Hooghly
Abaca Plant Native to Philippines Drives World Trade
The abaca plant native to the Philippines drew early recognition from mariners and helped open the Philippines to global trade. Java produced some abaca, but before Pearl Harbor the Philippines supplied about 95 percent of the world’s supply.
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Philippines
Java
Pearl @Harbor
Tunisia Olive Oil Purchases and Salt Exports Highlight 1939 Trade
The country spent over 500000 dollars on Tunisia olive oil in 1939. As a French colony Tunisia ranked second in bulk salt exports to the United States and first in cuttlefish bone. Powdered cuttlefish bone served as a polishing agent dentifrice and fertilizer.
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Tunisia
United States
High Bid Frank Gingerich Farm Sale Near Kalona
At the Frank Gingerich farm sale six miles north of Kalona on January 7 a strong turnout led to notable bids. A sorrel mare team sold for 557.50, five young horses averaged 190 each, Guernsey cows 140, broad sows 80, sheep 14.75, White Rock pullets 1.85, plus active machinery bidding including a hay loader at ceiling price. DeLav al milker sold for 206. Auctioneers were Swartz endruber and Troyer.
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Frank Gingerich
Kalona
Guernsey
Swartzendruber and
Troyer
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