Europe Changing Hotel System To Capture U. S. Tourist Dollars
European hoteliers respond to American demand with private baths single beds club breakfasts and ice water. The ECA surveyed Western Europe tourism to align services from Paris hotels to Austrian and French eateries enhancing meals and room amenities for U.S. visitors. Parisian manager Jacques Gauthier plans free English papers more baths and radio rentals while Austrian officials push updated plumbing and American style breakfasts.
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Europe
U. S
Alexander C. Hoagland
United Press
Washington
Paris
U.S
ECA
United States
New York
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Federal Republic of Germany
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
Jacques Gauthier
North Africa
Gauthier
Bernacker
Pierre Laffon
Montparnasse
Laffon
Livestock Market Reports Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
Livestock market notes demand varied with hogs mostly 25 to 50 cents higher on lighter weights, top hogs at 22 dollars. sows steady to higher. Sheep steady to firm with slaughter lambs around 27 to 28 dollars, cows and calves mixed with moderate declines for calves. Cattle trade slow for medium weights, good steers 29.50 to 31.75, yearlings around 31.50, heifers 25.50 to 30.00, cows 19.60 to 24.00.
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Washington
Grain futures mixed as Sept prices show gains across markets
Wheat and corn show mixed movement with Sept contracts posting strong gains while Dec and Mar positions wobble. Soybeans display varied quotes with Nov and Jan leads and May futures hovering around mid-240s. Oats trend lower in several months with notable price ranges across contracts.
Havre Residents Dine with Kalona Friends and Neighbors
Havre residents host and visit multiple neighbors during dinners and evenings. Notable gatherings include Lisl Hering and Swartzendruber at Kalona area homes, Wittmers hosting with Basil Vice family, and Stover Burdette hosting a supper. Several trips and casual visits link local families.
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Virgil Wittmer
Kay
Dennis
Basil Vice
S. C. Wittmer
Jesse Stout
Carl Jarvis
Elmer Wenger
Burdette Stover
Everett Weston
Larry
Dave Richard
Will Richards
Robert
Dale Richards
Red and white trim boost appeal of small houses
Barn red emerges as a popular body color for small houses. It contrasts pleasantly with green shrubbery and is enhanced by white trim and shutters. The red and white scheme pairs well with gray or brown roofs.
Potato's slow spread mirrors old world suspicion
Unlike corn beans tobacco and other new world finds the potato was slow to spread in Europe. By the mid 18th century France and Germany distrusted it while Frederick the Great attempted to promote its cultivation but famine after the Seven Years War finally established it.
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France
Germany
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Community and farm sales listed for Ollie Kalona and surroundings
A journalist’s sale column lists weekly livestock auctions at Whittaker Kalona and Midway sales barns and Ollie Live stock Exchange. It notes a September 22 public auction in Ollie by Carl and Ray Blake with 1 pm start, plus September 27 closing out sales for Dora Paterson Estate and E Goodwin near Brighton and 313 West Jefferson.
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Whittaker
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Iowa
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Ollie
Livestock Exchange
Carl
Ray Blake
West
Jefferson
Dora Paterson
Brighton
E. Goodwin
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