Iowa counties lead in corn yields last year
Des Moines Marshall county topped Iowa with an average 6 bushels per acre. Shelby Calhoun Cedar and Sac counties all reported averages above 70 bushels. Palermo township Grundy county averaged 79 bushels per acre. Carl called this a possible all time high for land area and noted 1942 record figures.
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Des Moines
Marshall County
Leslie M. Carl
Federal
Pee Ported
Shelby County
Wis
Calhoun
Cedar
Sae
State Secretary of Agriculture
Harry Dr. Linn
Palermo
Grundy County
Carl
Iowa
Man fined for supplying beer to minor at tavern
Art Stansberry, 57, was sentenced to five days in jail by Municipal Judge Allen Ardell after being found guilty of taking his 17-year-old son into a tavern and aiding delinquency. The boy received two days, suspended on the condition he obeys state law and avoids taverns until reaching legal age. The court noted this as a rare case of a parent charged for such conduct under a city ordinance barring minors from taverns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Art Stansberry
Allen Ardell
Stansberry
Navy V-12 trainees at Iowa State reach 2300
Iowa State College reports 2300 Navy V-12 students on campus with 810 new trainees arriving Wednesday. Lieut Jordan, officer in charge, says colleges nationwide will be used to train officers for the fleet. Four former women’s dormitories Birch Welch Roberts and Mary Lyon will house trainees and the Memorial Union will provide meals.
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Ames
Navy
Iowa State College
Bn Jordan
Jordan
Birch
Welch
Roberts
Mary Lyon
Iowa State
College Memorial Union
County Hospital Bond Wins In Nevada Election
A proposition to erect a county hospital in Story County carried 3 526 to 1 88 in a special election after a fire destroyed the Iowa sanitarium last January. The only hospital facilities in Story County are Mary Greeley in Ames and a small institution at Story City. The site for the new hospital was offered free of charge by local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Story
Iowa
Btlory
Mary Geeetey
Ames
Story City
Couny
State Treasury Reports 54 Million Balance at Year End
In Des Moines the Iowa state treasury closes the fiscal year with 54,190,057.02 in cash and bonds. Treasurer W G C Bagley, the state's banker, notes the funds are subject to call. The report shows an increase of eight million dollars from the prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W.G. C. Bagley
War Food Administration Offers Extra Corn Payments
The War Food Administration promises farmers extra payments if the ceiling price for corn is raised before October 31. Farmers delivering corn between now and August 1 to country elevators acting for the Commodity Credit Corporation will receive the ceiling price immediately, with the government paying any increase if ceilings rise by October 1. Officials stress no guaranteed price change is implied and aiming to offset rumors. An estimated 500,000,000 bushels are on farms, with key plants short on corn and livestock feeders affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bb. C
War Food Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Coal miners face effect of Ickes appeal to return to work
Washington officials watched coal mining areas closely today to gauge the impact of Harold Ickes' appeal to return to work on striking miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harold —. Ickes
Washington county rationing board approves 177676 pounds sugar
From May 27 to June 30 the Washington county rationing board processed 2726 applications for extra canning sugar and issued permits for 177676 pounds for the 1948 season. Some apps remain to be acted on and future mailouts are planned. In person applications are closed but mail entries continue with no current deadline. Renewal blanks for gasoline ration books available with July 22 deadline. Include back cover of old A book and at least one inspection sheet.
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Washington County Rationing Board
Rationing Board
Sail
Des Moines Announces July Tire Quota Cut
Des Moines district rationing officer Harold Teachout reports a 17 percent cut in July passenger tire quotas for Grade I and III, lowering the combined July total to 16 646 from June 20 008, with passenger tube quotas also reduced. He warns many owners will face delays in obtaining tire certificates and urges conservation and reduced driving. Truck tire and tube quotas shift, tractor quotas rise, and an OPA rule limits certificates for car owners with only A books unless used for essential work, plus criteria for ride sharing clubs.
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Oul
Teachout
OPA
Navy Reports Key Solomons Actions Near Rendova and Munda
Allied forces report heavy air battles near Munda with 65 Japanese planes shot down. Viru Harbor on New Georgia captured by joint U.S. forces as the McCawley was sunk after Kendova landings. 17 U.S. planes missing, no U.S. casualties reported. Secretary Stimson said progress was satisfactory.
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McCawley
Santa Harbara
Tha Havy
Kendova
Viru Harbor
New Georgia
Milada
U.S
Munda
Rendova
Solomons Tite
Navy
Local Woman Seeks Old Hose Donations For War Effort
Mrs. Rose Reid reports shipping 3,003 pairs of old hose to New York via Washington county civilian defense. Of these 632 are nylons and 2,371 silk. Helpers counting the hose were Hattie McConnell and three other women. She asks county women to continue saving their old hose to meet the monthly quota and donate at Dr Fred Reid’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Reid
New York
Washington County
Fred Reid
County Announces Tire Quotas For Various Vehicle Classes
Teachout discussed the denial of tires for many book holders and the hope that the shortage will be brief while used tire carcasses are repaired. Washington county sets quotas: Grade 1 172 Grade 3 139 truck and bus 109 farm tractor and implement 57.
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Teachout
Washington County
Old Crawfordsville Ties Rekindled Across States After 30 Years
Two Washington County boys reconnected by letter after more than three decades. Ralph W. Moorhead of Des Moines, editor with Crawfordsville roots, and Alfonso Johnson of Dallas, once a Crawfordsville carrier, learned they both hailed from Crawford township. Their mutual journalistic ties and family histories span Crawfordsville, Missouri, Japan, and Dallas, linking early local pages to national careers.
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Washington County
Des Moines
Dallas
Texas
Crawford Township
Ralph W. Moorhead
Underwriters Review
Crawfordsville
Alfonso Johnson
Dallas Insurance Agents Association
Alfonso
T. B. Maxwell
Moorhead
Joe Moorhead
Ralph
Journal
Dot Maxwell
Mac DeLong
The
Dot
T. E. Maxwell
Maxwell
Florence
Ed Maxwell
Johnson
Missouri
Missouri School of Journalism
Japan
Dallas News
Louisville
Ralph Moorhead
In Ottumwa Two Instructors Die In Navy Plane Crash
Ottumwa Iowa July 1 two instructors at the Ottumwa Naval Air Station were killed when their plane crashed during an instrument flight near Fremont early today. Names released later as Ensign John A Estel 29 of Waterloo Iowa and Ensign Erwin Zinberg 21 of Yonkers New York. A board will investigate the accident which ends Ottumwa station 112 days of flight training without a fatality.
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Bradford EK. Grow
Ottumwa
John A. Estel
Edward F. Estel
Waterloo
Iowa
Erwin Zinberg
Edward Zinberg
Yonkers
New York
Congress Hotel Becomes Bee Line Bus Depot
Beginning today July 1 the Bee Line bus depot will operate from Congress Hotel in Cedar Rapids. Traffic manager Fred Monroe announces new equipment and buses and a schedule around July 15 with a ticket office at the hotel offering round trip passes including connections. The Iowa Commerce Commission has approved passenger service to Burlington and an express option is sought. The Bee Line recently bought the Jackson lines between Washington and Iowa City.
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Bee Line
Congress Hotel
Fred Monroe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Commerce Commission
Burlington
Axis Ships Sunk Off Italy as Allies Pound Sicily
United Press reports American and British air fleets hammered Sicily with little resistance, suggesting Axis aerial defenses may be crippled. Northwest African air forces intensified Sicily raids as submarines claimed several Axis ships sunk. Russian hints of a broader Red Army offensive add to signs of looming Mediterranean fighting. June air raids show 8th Air Force losses in line with prior months.
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Sicily
Italy
Mediterranean
Russia
Stores to Close Monday July 5 in Observance of Holiday
Washington businesses will close Monday July 5 for Independence Day observance. Food stores lumber yards poultry houses barber shops department stores clothing and shoe shops close as usual on holidays. Drug stores close at noon banks library YMCA courthouse offices post office closed with stamp window hours 8 to 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Y.M.C.A
M. C. DeLong
Property sale reported in district court
Referee C V Y Crull reported the sale of the former Washington Loan and Trust building next to the courthouse to Dr M L McCreedy of Brighton for 6800 dollars in the case Lucy Rehmel and Mrs H J McCreedy versus C B Dougherty et al.
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C. VY. Crull
Lucy Rehmel
H. J. McCreedy
C. B. Dougherty
District Court
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Court House
M. L. MccCreedy
Brighton
Transit plan links Washington Knoxville and Sullivan lines
Buses will run from here to the ordnance plant near Burlington, connecting Washington and Knoxville with the Sullivan lines. The service aims to facilitate commuting to the facility and nearby areas.
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Tween
Washington
Knoxville
Sullivan Lines
Ordnance Plant
Burlington
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Vira Harbor
Ickes
Harold Ickes
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