24 Jan 1946
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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
1
The Department of Agriculture reports wartime farm declines but projects a rise in family farms within ten years. Modernization and rural electrification, plus low mortgage costs, support a shift toward family farming as returning veterans and displaced workers seek land for security and income.
A local reflection urges ex soldiers to seek careful investment before returning to the land and notes the pull of peace on weary veterans. It also mentions tomato juice canning and a statistic on divorces, with locals often divorcing within their own communities.
The piece argues building a six room house costs vary greatly by city from $8,000 to $15,000 with Detroit at $12,000 and notes higher costs amid union rules. It criticizes pay practices where workers finish early but are paid for eight hours, affecting veterans planning homes.
Local column recalls Mrs Rollie Way recovering at Atlantic hospital from a fractured hip after an auto truck collision near Corning on Nov 27. Community notes mention holidays, visits, births, patient recoveries, and civic acts in Anita, Massena, Stuart and surrounding areas.
At Lincoln center the 52nd birthday of Mrs Mary Wilson was celebrated by about 20 friends at her Main Street home. Other notes mention Miss Alice Gilpatrick's Des Moines trip for a funeral and visitors such as Nettie Steinmetz Ida Braden and D L Spiker visiting local residents.
Lawrence Battey and his wife of Marenisco Michigan arrived Saturday for a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Jas Herriman.
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