War Time Atmosphere on California Coast and Defense Work
Guest column describes coastal defense preparations amid anticipated bombings, air raid wardens, and district organization. Notes on housing, shipyards in Richmond and Berkeley, Okies and Indians in labor, high wages in shipyards, transport shortages, and field visits to Hamilton and McClellan. mentions heat, colds, sugar shortages, and residual wartime attitudes as locals adjust.
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Rich
Tokyo
San Francisco
Vallejo
Calif
Navy Yard
Housing Administration
Richmond
Berkeley
Todd Ship Yard
California
Oklahoma
Union
Hamilton Field
McClellan Field
Sacraments
Pear Harbor
Middle West
Richmond Auréa
Clayton County Real Estate Transfers List
Local transfers show Lena Schupbach conveying 1-3 interest in parcels 29 30 31 94 86 to George Schup bach and 1-15 interest in land in parcels 29 30 31 94 6 to A E Schup bach, reflecting minor stake changes within the Schupbach family.
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Clayton County
Lena Schupbach
George Schupbach
A. E. Schupbach
Hunter Reports Fox Catcher Near Jackson Junction
Fifty nine foxes have been caught or shot by Joe Collan of near Jackson Junction this spring. Collan sells the young cubs to fox farms and collects a bounty on the scalps of the older ones. Seventy five measles cases reported in Humboldt since March 1 confine Rowan Shultz to his home for the second time in two and a half months.
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Joe Collan
Jackson Junction
Collan
Iowa
Rowan Shultz
Humboldt
Alumni meeting of Elgin high school held at schoolhouse
The Elgin high school annual alumni gathering occurred last Thursday evening with out-of-town attendees Dr. Roy DeSart Mason City Atty A G Bauder Cedar Rapids and Genevra Fennell West Union. Wind damage reported at Fred Rothlisberegr and Ray Shaffer places while church renovations and new rural carrier Ray DeSart were noted. Clyde Pinney Topeka Kansas named to oversee American locomotive setup in France.
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Elgin High School
Roy DeSart
Mason City
Atty. A. G. Bauder
Cedar Rapids
Genevra Fennell
West Union
Fred Rothlisberegr
Ray Shaffer
German Baptist Church
Ray DeSart
Clyde W. Pinney
Topeka
Kan
France
Pickpocketing Marred Sheldon Commencement
At Sheldon commencement exercises unwelcome visitors robbed at least four people of billfolds as crowds left the building. The pickpockets moved through exiting attendees, taking wallets amid the confusion.
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Sheldon
Library Notes on The Runaway Bunny and Family Honeymoon
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Brown portrays a persistent bunny who wants to run away but is reassured by his mother. It suits children ages four to eight. Family Honeymoon by Cray Homer follows a widow with three children marrying a young professor and taking the kids on a honeymoon, delivering a humorous tale.
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Margaret Brown
Cray Homer
Honest Indian cafe owners change sugar rations
Three Indian ola cafe proprietors have stopped the usual sugar rationing and place sugar bowls on the counter for customers to use as they please. They report customers use less sugar when self-serve than when served or given sugar in packets.
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Indianola Cafe
Revised Credit Rules For Charge Accounts In 1942
The regulation sets limits on charge sales with payment due by the 10th day of the second month after sale. Defaults trigger credit restrictions, with cure options including full payment or structured installments. It allows conversions to instalment credit, floor authorizations for small cash sales, and specific provisions for seasonal incomes and prior agreements.
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Elgin Echo
R. P. Strauch
Elgin
Fayette County
NATIONAL EDITORIAL_ ASSOCITION
Baldwin Locomotive Works
al Pinney
Sam Greenley
Clayton
J. E. McCay
Hotel Elgin
Dr. Butler
Wm. Vinton, Jr
Library Notes
Vata Ingas
Perr Gallon
O'Neill Drug Store
Clermont
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