Production Record Demonstrates Allied War Victory Dependence
The piece extols American industrial output as central to Allied success in World War II. It cites a rise from 109 in 1939 to 239 in 1943, despite manpower shortages, and notes German prisoners noting America’s rapid postwar rebuilding and formidable factory output from Pittsburgh to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Concordia
Kan
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
Kansas City
Germany
Thia
America
Sitting Ducks and New Pacific Naval Tactics
The Pacific war uses long range artillery and carrier bombers to neutralize small Japanese atolls. Ground forces advance after sea bombardment, making small atolls sitting ducks. The Marshalls show the method's effectiveness, promising quicker mop up as U S forces push westward toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Tarawa
Marshalls
United States
Japan
A Sore Thumb and the Nation’s Efforts in Wartime
An essay likens people to a sore thumb always hindered by trouble and duty, then shifts to wartime sacrifice in the United States and Iowa. It urges every citizen to do his part, noting workers and production amid global conflict and the need to meet quotas and obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Asia
Far Pacific
Iowa
Washington battle over Spain appeasement and milk subsidy
In 1944 coverage explores Franco's aid to Hitler and the State Department fuel oil boycott as Hull confronts Spain policy. It also covers OPA Bowles and Vinson clashing on milk price subsidies to aid farmers, plus Rickenbacker and Cherry conflict and a Wartime aid tale from Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Franco
Hitler
OPA
WFA
Pacific
Washington
State Department
Spain
Sate Department
Nto
U. S
United States
Madrid
Red Cross
U.S. A
Hull
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones Lover
Bowles
Fred Vinson
Jones
Vinson
National Dairy
Borden's
Bowles-Vinson
Congress
Rickenbacker
Cherry
Roosevelt
Eddie Rickenbacker
White House
Local History Highlights From 1894 Also Pal ace Dining Car Debut
The 1894 local history note lists grand jury members including Henry Morgan Silas Wilson and others. The C R I & P railway debuted a dining car named The Palace praised as a palace on wheels with kitchen and steam heat. Sheriff L C Hatton began duty while auditor William Crissman received a silver pitcher and goblet. The K P Quadrille club opened season with 41 members. The opera house roller rink drew crowds as Mrs D Hall faced illness and Atlantic Water Co faced financial issues.
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Henry Morgan
Silas Wilson
Edward Welch
W. G. Edwards
Wm. Wood
W. O'Bryan
C. C. Conrad
Caleb Marshall
J. T. Breerly
M. Northrup
David Vinson
D. E. Rowe
Wm. Cool
Cromwell
Fuller
L. C. Hatton
William Crissman
Court House
K. P. Quadrille Club
Opera House
D. Hall
Atlantic Water Company
City Proposes Small Loans from Citizens
Local government proposes citizens lend modest amounts to fund a brief project. Officials emphasize safety and early repayment while outlining handling of funds and oversight by a supervisory committee.
Air Medals Awarded For Missing Iowa Airmen
In Des Moines two air medals with oak leaf clusters were presented to relatives for missing Iowa airmen. Staff Sgt. Eugene H. Jones of Grand River and Capt. James L. Finck of Ames received the medals from Maj. Wayne L. Wade. Jones disappeared in the European theater July 17 and Finck in the Middle East August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Wayne L. Wade
345Th
Drake University
Eugene H. Jones
Elkhart
Grand River
Jones
George W. Flackmas
James L. Finck
Ames
Middle East
Cadet Nurse Grigswold Begins Training in Omaha
Miss Evelyn Boseck daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Boseck has entered the University of Nebraska hospital in Omaha for preliminary cadet nurse training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grigswold
Evelyn Boseck
Chris Boseck
University of Nebraska Hospital
Omaha
New York Diary Echoes Personal Encounters and Taxi Fight for Safer Cabs
Dan oyairy recounts delivering his daughter Pat to the Navy at Kingsbridge and a chance meeting with Grace Moore in Manhattan. The piece muses on Moore’s fears, career, memoirs, and a proposal to install driver operated doors to improve NYC taxi safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pat
Navy
Kingsbridge Road
Jerome Avenue
Bronx
Woodlawn Cemetery
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
Giuseppe Tomassi is praised for thirty years of service at Ford as Henry Ford’s five dollar a day plan marks its 30th anniversary. The story notes his grandchildren, a sailor father, and Giuseppe and Rosa dressing up in celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Giuseppe Tomassi
da Poppa
Giuseppe
Rosa
da Ford
Giuseppe Tomassi and Forty Years in Fort News
A stylized tribute recalls Giuseppe Tomassi with a thirty year tenure at the Fort and his family milestones. It mentions war bonds education for his sons, mortgage payoff, his daughter’s marriage, and a public board listing his name. A song, flowers, wine cellar, and garden imagery accompany the reminiscence.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
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News Teng Febitaiog
Tom D. Simpson
Atlantic
Lews
Prones
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa Press Association
And
National Editorial Association
Iowa Daily Prems Association
Paul RB
Lareee Tamepan
Chase
Kenwood
Cass
Outelde Lewa
Canada
News- Telegraph
News-Telegraph
Aoe
Uuyy
ASON
William Cherry
High
Secretary of War
Jed Johnson
Oklahoma
Johnson
Chickasaw
Okla
Clifford Trotter
Arctic Ocean
Veterans’ Administration
Trotter
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Dan Oyairy
Grace Moore
Chattanooga
Miss Moore
Alma Gluck
Doubleday
Metropolitan
Valentin Parera
Connecticut
Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Hees
Ees
Giuseppe Ees
Giuseppe Tomassi Ees
He Smila
Peop
Dey
da Fort
Valentine
Rex Pharmacy
PaRon
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic Rotary Club
Sharp Presbyterian Church
GOV. B. B. Hickenlooper
Institute of International Understanding
Methodist Church
C. Chai-I Cheng
Leon Sal
Aos
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