Deferments Reviewed as War Manpower Stirs Controversy
Washington discussions on occupational deferments raise questions about policy and the President's call for a review. Indiana figure McNutt defends statements amid reports of new directives. Iowa fire losses for 1943 reach 4.76 million dollars while unknown causes drive a quarter of the total. OPA ceiling prices set across Iowa and six midwestern states. Local chatter notes Fort Dodge Democrat candidate Richard Mitchell nicknamed Pinkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Washington
McNutt
Indiana
Iowa
John Strohm
Strohm
Afton Vicinity News Briefs Share Births and Visits
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Billie Mummert on March 8 is named Sheryl Dianne. The Zwick, Kastengren, Gates, and Hill households host and visit across Aurelia, Larrabee, Sioux City, and Cherokee. Scarlet fever cases rise. various residents attend gatherings and travel. subscription date reminder appears.
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Billie Mummert
Sheryl Dianne
George Zwick
Laurine
Sioux City
Chas. Menefee
Rochester
Minn
Earl Zwick
Junior Kastengren
Aurelia
Joe Kastengren
Leo Kelly
Larrabee
Howard Haight
Edgar Allen
M. E. Circle
Frank Hill
Harry Carlson
Peterson
Bob Torrey of
Good Hope
Raymond Zwick’s
F N C Club Meets at Mrs Paul Petersons Home
The F. N. C. Club met Friday afternoon March 10 at Mrs. Paul Petersons home. Members visited, held a short business meeting led by the president, and minutes were read by Mrs. Leslie Gregg. A two course luncheon was served. The next meeting is set for April at Mrs. Oscar Smiths home.
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Paul Peterson
Leslie Gregg
Social notes and farm market roundup from Aurelia area
Local residents share visits and funerals across Aurelia and nearby towns. Wilmar Anderson reunions, Orrin Droegmiller and relative funeral services, Farm Bureau events, and moving of households are noted. Sioux City market figures show hogs, cattle, and lambs trading with mixed gains amid county shippers listings.
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Sioux City
Cherokee County Shippers
Willie Irwin, Jr
Ernest C. Hargens
Roy Townsend
Howard Fee
Steers
Cork Supply Ample for U S cork needs says Armstrong
C Dudley Armstrong vice president of foreign operations for Armstrong Cork Corp reports ample cork stocks in the U S to cover many months. He notes cork uses in national defense and that Portugal Spain coast areas remain outside U S combat zones. Shipments from cork-producing areas may use neutral vessels. American ships used when feasible.
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C. Dudley Armstrong
Armstrong Cork Company
Portugal
Lisbon
Aporto
Armstrong
Spain
Africa
Vigo
Bay of Biscay
Bilbao
United States
Magic metal of the future magnesium touted as aluminum substitute
Representative Murdock notes 30 000 000 tons of alum nite in southwestern Utah while Representative Leavy cites vast magnesite deposits around the yet to be formed Grand Coulee lake in Washington. Leavy claims magnesite can yield metallic magnesium, lighter and stronger than aluminum, at about 10 cents a pound.
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Utah
Murdock
Grand Coulee
Washington State
Leavy
Washington
Lost Turned Found Portrait of Mulay Ahmad Returns to Boston MFA
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts hosts a rediscovery of Mulay Ahmad, a canvas long deemed lost for over four decades. Dr Julius S Hold identifies the portrait as a Vermeyen copy made from the missing original created for Charles V's Tunis expedition. Mulay Ahmad’s background remains largely obscure beyond his father Mulay Hasan’s links to the voyage.
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Ruben
Mullay Ahmad
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Julius S. Hold
Hold
Jan Vermeyen
Tunis
Charles V
Charles
Mulay Ahmad
Mulay Hasan
The Law of Lek Feuds in Albania Exert Limited Force
Collier's describes the Law of Lek as a curious alpine code guiding feuds among Albanian mountaineers. It allows men to suspend hostilities for trips to town or harvests and to resume later without harming commerce or pleasure.
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Lek
Albania
Collier
Airline serves 750000 meals yearly under dietitian supervision
Miss Mildred Inwood of Chicago oversees menus for a major airline that serves about 750000 meals annually. Chefs from five commissaries in Portland Oakland Salt Lake City Omaha and Chicago contribute ideas while Chicago’s office runs an experimental kitchen to standardize recipes and test new catering equipment.
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Air Lines
Mildred Inwood
Chicago
Portland
Oakland
Salt Lake City
Omaha
East Afton and Elk Social Notes
Mrs Wm Booth and Mrs Ray Hines hosted guests at the Booth and Aurelia homes. High score in pinochle went to John Booth and Mrs John Booth while W M Booth and Mrs Dale Sleezer took low. Local visitors included Frances Pingel and Irving Lydell with various callings and dinners across neighbors.
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Ray Hines
Aurelia
John Booth
Emmet Mohor
Fred Kolpin
Howard Anderson
W. M. Booth
Dale Sleezer
Anderson
Frances Pingel
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee
Ed Pingel
Carl Ammons
Joyce
Charlie Hamann
Galva
George Kolpin
Hamann
Elaine
Irving Lydell
San Diego
Calif
Glen Dyslin
Infant son of Sgt Bredehoft baptized at St John’s Hanover
The infant Melvern Lambert Bredehoft, son of Sgt and Mrs Lambert Bredehoft, was baptized Sunday at St John’s Lutheran Church with Rev O Bahr presiding. Bredehoft is stationed overseas. Relatives visiting Emil Koth home include Paul and Edgar Bredehoft of Blackburn Missouri.
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Lambert Bredehoft
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rev
O. Bahr
Melvern Lambert
Edgar Bredehoft
Harold Roth
Sgt. Bredehoft
Paul Bredehoft
Edgar
Blackburn
Missouri
Emil Koth
Edward
Werner Dierenfeld
Wm. Speckerer
Fred Koth
Archie Case
Alita
Anton Larson
Carl Koth
Alta
Margaret Hinseberg
Emil Kastendeich
Galva
Boy Scouts Note on Monthly Paper Collection
A brief notice urges saving paper for Boy Scouts to collect on the last Saturday of each month. It emphasizes reusing scrap material and supporting the Scouts’ recycling effort with orderly disposal.
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Boy Scouts
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Northrup King & Co
Earl Fraser
State Capitol
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
OPA
Towa
Midwest
Kline
Pinkie
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
A. B. Lindsay
Winfred Moulton
Don R. Hankens
Larson's Store
State Bank
W. A. Liebsch
Aurelia, Iowa
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of Aurelia, Love
Cherokee County
Fred Radke
H. W. Lockin
H. H. Lockin
C. H. Kaskey
Afton
Col
A. A. Woltman
Simonsen
Reggy Martin
Ida Grove Rendering Co
C. A. Rodine, Jr
MT. Olive
Frances Hehn
Mr. Olive News
Paul Anderson
Mary
Harry Anderson
Wilmar Anderson
Margaret Juber
E. H. Gillet
Wilma Grimes
John Towner
Anne Dubes
H. Dubes
Alfred Simonsen
Pfc
Glen Mongan
C. J. Johnson
August Peterson
Johnson
Oscar Smith
Farm Bureau
Lars Jensen
Lincoln Hahn
Orrin Droegmiller
St. Paul
Stevenson
George Schafer
Storm Lake
Glen Leeds
Lawrence Mon
Crippen
Frank Saposky
Bernard
Henry Olsen
John Larson
Enoch Nelson
Grandma Gustafson
Lester Peckenschneider
Oren Coombs
B. C. Buenger
Harry Wilson
Lloyd Ohlson
Paul Cameron
Linn Grove
Earl Crippen
Jess Wetherman
Battle Creek
Oscar Gustafson
Hugo Peckenschneider
John Brady
Fred Hoback
W. F. Hickey
August Gustafson
Wm. F. Thoms
Maurice Peterson
Albert Fuhrman
Benny Buenger
Elmer Wester
Paul Ogren
SDA S
U. S
Ee Wayne
Chick Starte
W. G. Whitney Elevator
Guarantee Oil Co
East Afton & Elk
Wm. Booth
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
T.R
Trace) Porter
Hempstead & DeMaranville Commission Company
Illinois Central
Treen Eee
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