Farm Relief And War Effort Notes From Iowa
Local notices cover farm rationing, engine allocations, and rubber boot shortages. Major General Hershey outlines Selective Service order of induction by family status. Articles discuss Latin American farm workers, Lend Lease repayment stance, train seating on Labor Day, recapping tires, and hog cholera serum output. Echo office ad and Grether's Exchange appear among regional updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
War Bond Drive Promotes Browning Machine Gun Purchase
The piece notes the 50 caliber Browning as a high efficiency short range weapon for U S forces, effective to 2000 yards and firing about 600 rounds per minute. It contrasts cost with a .30 caliber gun and urges communities to unite in War Bond purchases, highlighting a target of at least ten percent of income per pay period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leas
U. S
Treamey Department
Tankers Used for Oil Transport Before Pearl Harbor
Tankers carried most eastern states and District of Columbia oil by sea, more than 95 percent at up to 1.4 million barrels a day. With war, many ships were diverted to military use and many sunk by submarines. Now virtually no tankers operate commercially along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Eastern States
District of Columbia
Atlantic Coast
Broadcasters Urge Coal Orders and Unload Plan
A brief notice urges customers to place orders for Old Ben coal as unloading proceeds today and tomorrow. The item includes a lighthearted aside about a Scotsman calling his sweetheart to learn when she is free, and a playful exchange between burglars about eyeglasses and twirling knobs.
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Walter Kohls
Dial
Independence Produce Co
C. J. Mulford
Mgr
Caire
the Avalon
The
Echo
Henry Vellersven
Ford
Larson Roofing Co
Clermont, Towa
Bath
Edwin Leath
Luana
Towa
Elkader
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Elgin. Ie
Manila
J. L. Bartlett
Brainard
West Union
Mister Lucky
Carry Grant Naraine
Avalon
Adella Chapman
Echo Office
Torkelson Bros
Geo
E. Landsgard, al
Postville
Kenneth Medberry
Notioce
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
P. Strauch, Fagent
Ite
Herman Griebenow
Clermont
Echo-Enterprise
ODT
Grether
U. S. Army
Ninth Air Force
Ploesti
Herbert Light
Ames
Motor Transport District
Office of Defense Transportation For
Latin America
Mexico
Jamaica
Bahama Islands
Middle West
Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Hershey
Fowler
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Weibel
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West Union Rendering Works
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Elgin Farmers .Coop
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