Des Moines Lieutenant Captured After 9000 Foot Bomb Run
Lieut Clarence Young of Des Moines recounted being shot down at 9000 feet during a bombing mission over the Piave front. After bailing out he and four Italian crewmen were captured and held in Austrian camps until the armistice. He later married his sweetheart and works in the gas department of the insurance office, starting a steady career as an insurance attorney.
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Trieste
Miilian
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Andy
Piave
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London
Paris
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Austria
Djan
Salzerbach
European Corn Borer Threatens America's Great Crop
The European corn borer, described as highly injurious, has begun to spread from Massachusetts and New York and could threaten the national corn harvest. It tunnels through stalks and ears, reducing yield, and two generations occur yearly. Quarantine and cleanup, especially burning crop remnants, are urged to curb its advance.
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New York
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Jeans
U. S. Department of Zericulture
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Department of Agriculture
Peru
European corn borer threat to U S corn industry
Damaging activity targets corn stalks and ears by tunneling from the base toward the tassel, weakening it and causing early breakage and pollen loss. The text urges radical controls and notes preparation against European corn borer invasion, directing readers to Farmers Bulletin 1046 from the U S Department of Agriculture.
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America
Division of Publications
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Farmers Bulletin
National Buttermilk Day Promoted by U S Department
Washington June 23 National Buttermilk Day on July 1 aims to boost consumption and support dairy farmers. The Agriculture Department urges creameries and milk plants to cooperate, noting buttermilk is nutritious and may aid health, with many doctors recommending it for certain conditions.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
WETS WILL FIGHT DAY AMENDMENT IN CHICAGO
Chicago report notes wets plan to oppose the Day Amendment as constitutional debates loom before the eighteenth amendment takes effect. Attorney Levy Mayer cites probable federal court challenges and the Rhode Island case as water rights battlelines form. Bonded whiskey stocks worth millions and floor stock taxed at 6.40 a gallon are highlighted with no disposal plan yet in place.
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Levy Mayer
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Mayer
United States Supreme Court
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Illinois
United States
Journey to Trieste Through War Aftermath
After signing of the armistice, he and companions secured a train and traveled to Trieste to join the allied forces, marking a transition from hostilities to cooperative postwar action.
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Trieste
Dr John U Orth to Direct Iowa Speakers Bureau
New York June 28 Dr John U Orth of Des Moines Iowa has been named director of the Iowa state speakers bureau for the League to Enforce Peace He will oversee the state speaking campaign to secure ratification of the League covenant Institutes in July and August will feature state bureau speakers in nearly every county The effort aims to plant ideas in teachers to shape future citizens by sending the best speakers to these sessions
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New York
John U. Orth
Des Moines
Iowa
League
Einforce Peace
Teague
Waterloo residents listed for marriage licenses
William BR Coffin and Lena Willard of Waterloo appear among marriage license notices along with John Frost and Marv Forbush of Waterloo. The brief item records local couples and individuals seeking licenses in the Waterloo area.
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William BR
Coffin
Waterloo
Lena Willard
John Frost
Forbush
Osage Masonage Milestone for 92 Year Old Otis Blanchard
Osage age 92 Otis Blanchard, longtime ryler of Osage Lodge No. 102, is claimed by the Toca lodge as the oldest Mason in the state. Made Mason in 187, he traveled solo from Los Angeles to Osage last year. Osage lodge presented him a gold head ed cane to honor his faithful membership.
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Otis Blanchard
Ryler
Osage Lode
Toca Lodge
Blanchard
Los Angeles
Osage Lodge
Land Sale In Reinbeck Brings $600 Per Acre
A 60 acre Grundy County farm near Reinbeck was sold to John Biehm for $600 an acre. The Lyman McIntyre farm, previously owned by McIntyre at $450 per acre, was noted for its high improvements. The price surpassed local land-mice projections in the area.
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Grundy County
Reinbeck
Lyman McIntyre
John Biehm
McIntyre
Osage Notes on Local Appointments and Arrivals
Osage Indiana June 21 Harold Mee Labe arrived from Ames where he studied after discharge. Elbert Kline elected high school principal at St Ansgar for next year. E L Mittlen leaves for Des Moines to work at Western Union. P Fink of Superior Nebraska new operator here. Ruby Guy returned from Memphis Missouri visiting relatives. Seret W S Guy of the 360th Infantry mustered out and visiting his brother William Guy. Toula Haberkern visited Osage to see her sister Mrs Geo Salzman.
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Ames
Elbert Kline
Osage High School
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Western Union
Cleveland Hotel
der Moines
de O P. Fink
Sunerlar
Neb
Misa Ruby Guy
Emphis
Seret
Guy
Tiedee
Toula Haberkern
Mra
Geo. Salzman
Available jobs for women with good wages and flexible hours
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