Dairy Specialists Visit Washington to Survey Milk Quality
H. A. Lovrien and A. E. Robertson of the state department of agriculture spent Wednesday in Washington examining the milk sold to consumers. They surveyed milk quality as the department undertakes to assist dairy operations and improve milk standards statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Lovrien
Department of Agriculture
A. E. Robertson
Dairy and Food Inspector
Washington
State Department of Agriculture
Hogs Headed to Market Prices and Farm Notice
Weather forecast predicts fair and warm tonight with partly cloudy skies and continued warmth tomorrow. Farmers are reminded of a Hess Barn spray containing DDT noted as a pest control product. One pound reportedly makes 216 gallons in application guidance. Top hog price listed at 14.85 dollars.
Cooperation drives dairy quality in city milk supply
The department collaborates with city health agencies to improve milk quality. Bottled milk samples from distributors are tested at Des Moines lab for bacterial content pasteurization efficacy fat content and foreign material. Lab findings inform city authorities and operators to fix plant procedures and ensure a clean safe product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacterioloxy Laboratory
Des Moines
Chairs Specialis
Giarys
Chiang orders Manchuria truce to test Communist terms
General Chiang Kai-Shek ordered a ceasefire in Manchuria for 15 days to allow the Communist party to demonstrate its intent to honor signed agreements. The truce begins Friday noon, with Gen. George C. Marshall empowered to pursue a permanent settlement while preserving China’s claims to sovereignty in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Communist Party
China
George C. Marshall
Chiang
Volunteers Tag Day Here on Saturday
The annual heart tag day will be conducted on the streets Saturday, June 8, by permission of Mayor R. L. Lytle, with headquarters at the city wall. Ruth Ann George will meet students of the five upper grades at 9:90 a.m. to issue tags and instructions. Some recipients will win cash awards, and parents and merchants are asked to cooperate with Miss George. The committee invited several well known citizens to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Lytle
Ruth Ann George
George
Volunteers of America Mark Golden Anniversary in New York
The Volunteers of America celebrate their golden anniversary at the national headquarters in New York with a notable program. The organization runs about thirty prison leagues nationwide and supports peace-time efforts including boys and girls clubs and weekly youth parties for socially isolated children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eed
R. L. Lytle
Fred C. Miller
Max Ninart
Frank Kos
Alred Trennery
R. M. Whitehead
H. H. Allen
Volunteers of America
New York
United States
Shiloh Items highlights neighborhood events
Shiloh notes mark Paul Been blossom turning one year older on May 21 and heading into his senior year at Washington High. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Henderson and family and L. B. Donaldson visited Sam Marsh last Sunday. Visitors at the Marsh home included Mr. and Mrs. Alan Atkinson. Edd Showalter Joyce and Eddy of Cairo joined the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Paul Beenblossom
Paul
Washington High School
Bob Henderson
L. B. Donaldson
Sam Marsh
Marsh Home
Alan Atkinson
Edd Showalter
Joyce
Eddy
Cairo
Admiral Halsey to Broadcast From Cedar Rapids Friday
Adm William F Bull Halsey arrives in Cedar Rapids Iowa to participate in treasury bandstand ceremonies honoring war bond purchases. He will be met by Gov Robert D Blue and local officials and broadcast Saturday coast to coast on WMT as part of the bands festival starring Miss Eastern Iowa from high school queens. More than 1000 musicians will perform in the mass band concert directed by Stanley Wesley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William F. “Bull
Halsey
Treasury Department
State of Iowa
Robert D. Blue
WMT
Philadelphia
Eastern Iowa
Stanley Wesley
Coe College
Weekend Guests and Local Family Updates
Inez Schoonover plans a vacation from Washington Co hospital with a few days in St. Louis. Mr and Mrs Dick Ferris of California visit with her sister Mrs Howard Sigafoose and Mr Sigafoose. Janice Rose Crile becomes a new resident of Shiloh, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlys Crile. Darlene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Schoonover
Washington Co. Hospital
St. Louis
Dick Ferris
California
Howard Sigafoose
Sigafoose
Janice Rose Crile
Shiloh
Carlys Crile
Darlene
Crawfordsville Man To Work in France
Wiwen Graber of Craw fordsville Iowa set to sail from New York on June 5 aboard the Alderbaron to join the Quaker Transport unit in France. The group builds in St Nazaire and hauls furniture coal and farm produce. He may join a Polish aid mission to the Kielce district and a separate Austrian reconstruction effort this summer. Graber, a Mennonite, attended Crawfordsville High and Bluffton College later spending four years in Civilian Public Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doit
Quaker Transport Unit
Philadelpia
Wiwen Graber
Peter P. Graber
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Poland
Ikxozienice
Kielce
Warsaw
Austria
Graber
Crawfordsvile
Bluffton
Ohio
Glacier National Park
CPS
Controlling Domestic Pests With DDT Powder and Sprays
Silverfish are killed by plac ing DDT powder or spray where insects cross. Dog ticks are ended by treating houses or kennels with the powder or spray. To control clothes moths, spraying surfaces in storage areas kills adults. Fabrics need heavy application not practical for garments but useful for furniture or rugs unreachable by cleaning.
Riverside Sailor On Leave Visits Family In Town
Alvin Vegey of the U S Merchant Marines arrived last week on leave and is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J L Vegey and family along with friends before reporting to Baltimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Alvin Vegey
U.S. Merchant Marines
J. L. Yeegy
Baltimore
Mad
Theo
Daughters Visit Parents Mr and Mrs Dive Schantz
The couple’s daughters are at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Dive Schantz, as noted in the family notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Dive Schantz
Riverside social notes detail family visits and greetings
The column records June reconversion leave ends and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Milt Sojka of Cedar Rapids to their son-in-law and daughter, Hilman Stromley family, plus gatherings at George Goetz and Anna Ritz homes. It notes travel from South Bend to visit Mrs Anna Younkin and A H Younkin, and Donald Elbert and children visiting Elizabeth Elbert in Iowa City Riverside area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milt Sojka
Cedar Rapids
Inlaw
Hilman Stromley
George Goetz
Riverside
Goetz
Nettie Shradel
Anna Ritz
Frank Knorek
Kenneth Ko
Bend
Ind
Anna Younkin
Smith
A. H. Younkin
Omar
Donald Elbert
Iowa City
Elizabeth Elbert
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Moore’s
Wehanti
Toomee
Truetone Table Model Radio
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Charles Grayson
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DR. Hess Barn
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Rays Williams
Bobby Driscoll
Richard Gaines
Popeye
Klondike Casenova
Hotel la Salle
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Admiral WM. Halsey
Eres
Ben
Phillips & Hebner
West Side Druggists
France
Ottumwa Coliseum
Gray Gordon Tic
Featuring
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Ottumwa
Johnny
Charles Russel
the Fox
P. L. Etter
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Farmers Store
Robert Wead
Mrs. Wead
Gene
Charlie Crossett
Nola Faulkner
Weads
Washington County
Weady
Ro. McParlane
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