Iowa Youth Hostel Plan Extends Throughout Eastern Iowa
Iowa youth travelers from across the nation and Europe will trek by foot bike or ride to eastern Iowa this summer as the American Youth Hostel network expands. Three towns Mount Vernon Anamosa and Monticello hostels linked by byways offer overnight stops with houseparents guiding groups. At Mount Vernon a historic eight room home near Cornell becomes the hostel run by J J Jones a 74 year old widower. Anamosa hosts the Cunningham home deeded as a scenic wooded retreat with Harriett Cunningham a longtime YWCA secretary acting as houseparent. Monticello houses Monticello hotel carriage house now serving as the third hostel site.
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Hostels Plan New Iowa Network Linking Trails and Youth
A plan to convert a century old 15 room hostel in town into lodging for hikers and cyclists unfolds with routes planned along secondary roads linking eastern Iowa to Wisconsin and Missouri. Phase openings include Mount Vernon Anamosa Monticello and Mount Pleasant with AYH passes enabling access to 4000 hostels in 20 countries.
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Germany’s economy under strain as US helps Allies
Berlin dispatch reports that US support for Britain and France reshapes Nazi plans, undermines hopes of German collapse, while living standards fall and rationing tightens. Chapman notes German industry adapts with cost cuts, exports rise, and talk of exporting early $400 “People’s Car” production as a potential threat to American car makers.
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The Pursuit Of Happiness at Coe Little Theater
The Langners play The Pursuit Of Happiness at Coe March 30 and 31 directed by Kent Andrews. Albert Kitzhaber, Geraldine James, Frances Baymer, Richard Swearingen headline a large Cedar Rapids Hampton Eveleth Monticello group cast in a 1776 colonial setting with authentic costumes and a built in oven fireplace.
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Japs Fight Bitterly Along Three Fronts in China
Shanghai dispatch reports over two million Chinese and Japanese troops in heavy combat across three fronts along rivers and four other sectors, with high casualties since hostilities began. Key clashes northern Kiangsi near Sui river and Yellow river crossings fuel bloodiest fighting as rail corridors at Peiping Hankow and LungHai remain contested. Chinese guerrillas harass Japanese lines while both sides sustain losses amid ongoing hostilities.
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