Mail restrictions and war time parcel rules explained
Postmaster general issues immediate limits on mail to service members and international destinations. No parcel over 11 pounds or over 18 inches combined length and girth. Perishables not accepted. Restrictions apply to most non essential mail but Canada and Mexico exempted. Includes details on APOs and overseas mail.
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War and Navy Departments
Continental
United States
Canada
Mexico
Alagka
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Scrap drives and a soldier’s letter from Akron
Government urges more scrap iron for steel production to speed up factory work. A letter from James A. Martin, former Akron baseball figure now in the 133rd Engineers at Fort Lewis, describes army camp life, training in construction and demolition, weather, and morale as he bids goodbye to hometown teammates.
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The
Register-Tribune
James A. Martin
Akron
Co. H
133Rd Engineers
Fort Lewis
Wash
Ray
Skully
Metz
Sugar rationing figures released by LeMary Sentinel
The LeMary Sentinel reports Plymouth County sugar rationing statistics. A total of 22,401 people filed applications with 19,302 issued sugar ration books and 3,105 registered but received no book due to having more than six pounds of sugar. From the issued books 8,289 stamps were detached.
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Remsen
Heporta
Plymouth County
LeMary Sentinel
Huey Long’s State House Memorial In Baton Rouge
The author memorializes Huey P Long and his influence on Louisiana, praising the state house and bridges built under his administration. An elderly man recites a poem about Long near the Capitol grounds, where a bronze statue tops his granite monument. The piece ends noting THORSON DRUG STORE AKRON IOWA sponsors the column.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State House
Huey Long
Huey
Huey P.long
United States
State Capitol
Akron land transfers listed in local property notices
A sequence of real estate transfers and declarations shows multiple parcels in Akron moved between individuals and county entities. Transactions include payments of 2000 dollars for Lot 12 in Block 8 and 5800 dollars for West Inlandfield parcels, among numerous $1.00 transfers and fractional interests in blocks 82 and 43. Names include James Henning Shoulberg, H A Ryzewski, Rev Fred A. Meske, Trinity Evangel, A R Becker, Delbert Waterbury, Glarys O. Nygard, Adelia Flynn, Fay Maxson, and Gerhard Hartmann, with references to Plymouth County and various block and lot identifiers.
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Henning Shoulberg
H. A. Ryzewski
Akron
Fred A. Meske
Trinity Evan
Luth Ehureh
A. R. Becker
Plymouth County
A. R Becker
T. R. Swenson
Adella Flynn
A. R R. Becker
Gerhard Dorfmeyer
Arthur L. Rozell
Fred Breitbarth
Randall Breitbarth
NEY
Helen Breitbarth
NE14
Sey
Louis Kaalke
Carl Moir
William Welch
Emmet Welch
A. A. Martin
Delbert L. Waterbury
West Infield
Fay E. Maxson
John H. Dirks
J. E. Brady
Adin
Gladys O. Nygard
Bareeo Oil Co
Rudolph J. Hartman
Gerhard W. Hartmann
Rudolph J. Hartmann
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Silver Banner
Swerl
Suds
Nash
Alaska
Armour’s
Silverberg
Washington
Uncle Sam
District Court
Iowa
Reuben Tague
Pearl Tague
Roseberry & Pitts
Westfield
Thorson Drug Store
Warren Bayley
James
Hertha Hartmann
NORKA
Man
From
Cheyenne
Roy Rogers
Joan Davis
Martin Eden
Claire Trevor
Glenn Ford
Menace of the Rising Sun
John Garfield
Nancy Coleman
Captain Midnight
Trinidad
Andy Hardy
Rio Rita
Sioux City
Plymouth County Abstract
American
G. O. Woodee
M. Clarke-Woolley
Sec
Mgr
Court House
Elk Point
Jay Gould
First National Bank
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