Women and Labor in Iowa Election and War Work
The feature notes women play a key role in politics and war effort in Iowa. It reports a 69 percent win in a special election, a push to recruit 1,351 women for the Women's Army Corps by December 7 with Lt. Marjorie Gentry as liaison, and praise for WAC women. It also discusses expanding female labor in industry to sustain defense production, including shifts at the Burlington Iowa Ordnance plant, and draft-relief plans allowing nonessential farm workers to take defense jobs without losing draft status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Iowa
Women’s Army Corps
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Marjorie Gentry
State House
Selective Service Boards
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Bonuses and debt fears color 1943 Iowa politics
The 1943 session enabled 168 WWI veterans to receive 45857 in unc filed bonus claims and Iowa aims to pay future bonuses in cash from a cash-rich treasury. Both parties prefer avoiding state debt and bond issuance. Jokes surface as Congress debates tax forms while Gov Hickenlooper attends a convict recognition, amid a recent escape and recapture of Tom Runyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Will Kneeland Fairly Sick at West Lafayette Camp
Twenty five years ago word reached thatWill Kneeland was ill with influenza at the West Lafayette Indiana camp. His condition was not serious and he was expected to be released from hospital within the week. Nurse Helen Appelman returned to Iowa City last Friday. Mrs Henry Nelson traveled to Clermont last week and will reside there until Henry returns from aiding the war effort. An 11 pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Milton Simpson at their Waterloo home on Saturday Sept 28. Olga Berg of Ruthven visited the Jorgenson home Sunday and left for Madison Wisconsin to attend the university. Iowa dairy herd tests covering 1538 herds through July 1 show herd improvement work profitable and increasing milk and butterfat production in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Kneeland
West Lafayette
Ind
Helen Appelman
Iowa City
Henry Nelson
Clermont
Henry
Kaiser
Milton Simpson
Waterloo
Olga Berg
Ruthven
Dr. Jorgenson
Madison, Wis
University
Social notes from Grand Meadow area listings and events
Mrs. Quinton Clark and others visited Leo Larson and nearby homes last week. Many residents hosted and visited across farms, with numerous dinners, birthday observances, and trips to Decorah and Chatfield. Agricultural notes cover corn silage, cattle prices, hog health, and farm machinery care ahead of fall harvest.
Community Notes From Gunder Area Gatherings
Mr and Mrs P K Peterson and Gladys were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Harvey Anderson. Mrs Myron Anderson celebrated a birthday with family at the C J Anderson home Friday. Joe Larson moved to Wisconsin last Friday. Arthur Knowles of Cedar Rapids visited T J Olson family. Perry Medberry and family also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Larson
Carrie Thorson
Lizzie
J. E. Bilden
Bilden
Harry Amundson
Jean
Clarence Peterson
Hilbert Larson
Norma Opsang
Bernard Hanson
Arthur Amundson
Almer
P. K. Peterson
Gladys
Harvey Anderson
Orvin Thompson
Myron Anderson
C. J. Anderson
Kenneth Kjosa
Joe Larson
Wisconsin
Arthur Knowles
Cedar Rapids
T. J. Olson
Perry Medberry
Glen
Arlene
Albert Dennler
Myrtle Medberry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clermont Enterprise
Agnes Paulson
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa Selective Service
Geo. Haskell
The
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
West Union
Ida Lupino
Dennis Morgan
New York
Frida
Henry Aldrich
Bill Boyd
Andy Clyde
Bing Crake
Dorothy Lamour
Wm. Gargan and
Bobby Readick
Harrigan’s Kid
Congress
Washington
Tom Runyons
Fort Dodge
Enterprise
Grand Meadow News
Quinton Clark
Carrie Nelson
Lena Clark
Leo Larson
Arthur Olson
Robert Wharram
Olson
Wharram
Willard Martin
Ole Reierson
Fern Buraas
Des Moines
Alfred Buraas
Sandra Olson
Louie Amundson
Bert Lyngaas
Julia Landsgard
Caroline Erickson
Erskine
Minn
Albert Erickson
Helen Groth
Geraldine Olson
Arlene Amundson
Thelma Lyngans
Louie Erickson
Evelyn
Lillian Erickson
Decorah
Doris Johnson
Alvin Halverson
Ronald
Adrian
Spencer Nesvick
Ossian
Gilbert Halverson
Geraldine
Kenneth
Allen Longmuir
Robert
Hex Medberry
Louis Kjosa
M. E. Miklleson
Ole Loftsgard
Rodney Smith
Henry Olson
Gilbert Ostlie
Ostlie
LaCrosse
Wis
Chas. Bergan
Guttenberg
Carrie Neilson
Sherril Nyborg
LeClair
O. J. Nyborg
Mark Hanson
Allen Anderson
Almer Amundson
Rodney Smith Ard
Harold Skarshaug
Karen Joan
Mervin Heierson
Theo. L. Loftsgard
S. Towa
Chicago
Gunder News
Tom Turtle
Ven AS
Carth Edgar
Actice
Ater
Cam
Reg'lar
Rusber
BEANO
Pinheagt
Gene Byrnes
Eyles
Chase
Richard L. Olson
John Deere Machinery and Genuine Parts
Clermont, Iowa
L. C. Jerdee
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Postville
Funeral Home
Guernsey & Holstein
Guernsey
Holstein
Waters & Thompson, Ancts
Kenneth J. Schultz
Postville State Bank
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