Retired Vets Turn to Farming Under Iowa Program
Fifty-five crippled World War I veterans from Iowa State College begin one year on selected farms in diverse districts under a veterans bureau training plan. They receive government pay while guided by state agricultural experts and extension staff, aiming to return to poultry, fruit, trucking crops, or small-scale hogs, with most focusing on poultry.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Veterans’ Bureau
France
Construction of Dam 5 Resumed Near Cedar River
Work on the Cedar river dam restarts after seven weeks idle. A full crew begins soon, repairs to battered cofferdams and damaged dikes precede dam work. Foundations and buoys were set before the flood and remain ready for further advancement. The river area will be bridged, sandbags filled for cofferdams, with completion anticipated in about two months. Citizens Gas and Electric Co. general manager Justin Burt cautions final finish within two months.
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Cedar River
Parmer
Catterdams
Lenin
Ustin Burt
Citizens’ Gas & Iflectric Co
Fraternal Life Men Organize Iowa State Branch
Ray Snyder, agency supervisor for Court of Honor Life, represented Waterloo at Des Moines on Saturday for the Iowa Fraternal Life Underwriters association meeting. The state group aims to improve salesmanship and relations among fraternal societies and expand life insurance sales. S. Bursin of Cedar Rapids was elected president and N. R. Taylor of Cedar Rapids was secretary-treasurer. Other bylaws committee members included Fred Walton of A. O. U. W.
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Ray
Snyder
Court of Honor Life Association
Waterloo
Des Moines
Iowa Fraternal Life Underwriters’ Association
S. Bursin
Celar Rapids
The
Muccabees
N. R. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
National Economist
Dosen
Former Iowan Turns Sand Haul Into Million Dollar West Story
Walter L. Hodges, once a young Iowan from Alta, left for California and built a sand and gravel business near Los Angeles. After early hardships and a note-for-mates deal, he grew the venture into major success, selling his company for one million dollars in cash. His rise, profiled in American Magazine, highlights bold strides in concrete and road work, with Hodges once facing bank pressure but winning renewed credit from lenders.
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Alta
Walter L. Maders
California
Los Angeles
Hodges
Nodges
American Magazine of
New York
Lowan
Sfudges
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Earl J, Howe
Nameha
V., O. Matthews
Muscatine
A. A. Boy
Murray
NEW State Order
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West
Bellars
Phelps
Jefferson St. Dy Eere
Kuppenheimer
Waterloo, IoWa
B.K.& Ce
Castoria
Dodge Brothers
Congregational Church
Will Rogers
America
Hartmann
Allen G. Lichty
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