Economic highlights on war and shipping strategy
The Graettinger Times analyzes Britain's war needs and American aid, stressing Atlantic shipping losses, submarine threats, and Admiral Land's call to curb German U-boats rather than simply boost ship production. Greenland bases, potential U.S. actions, and the political risk of war with Germany are discussed amid panic over Axis advances in North Africa and the Japan Russia pact shifting Far East dynamics.
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Balkans
Germany
Britain
Atlantic
Hitler
British Isles
England
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Associated Press
Land Gard
Washington
Greeland
Greenland
Reich
U. S
Amrican
White House
New York
Bardia
Wavall
Netherlands East Indies
Indo-China
Rainy Saturday Draws Large Town Crowd of Shoppers
A soaked Saturday afternoon and evening did not deter a sizable crowd of shoppers in town. Mrs. Otto Kieckhofer of Marion owned an African violet plant with 50 blossoms on display amid the damp weather.
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Otto Kieckhofer
Marion
Husking Bee At Leonard Johnson Farm
A husking bee took place at the Leonard Johnson home on Friday April 11. Neighbors and friends helped with corn picking and meal preparation. Dozens of named helpers and all who contributed food or served the meal were thanked by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for their kind, helpful support.
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Mrs. Leonard Johnson
Johnson Home
Leonard Johnson
H. A. Prather
Robert Beck
Leo Downs
Max Vollmert
Ludwig Boehmer
Bill Lammers
M. Christensen
Gust
Baedke
Halvor Clemitson
Gene
Leonard
Bob Nolan
Ralph Graettinger
Frank Wisenbast
Albert Pavik
Jack Nolan
Simon Simonsen
Alfred Westergard
Prather
Downs
Pavik
Simonsen
al Graettinger
C. A. Jensen
Bert Anderson
Francis McCarty
Creamery
Gus Baedke
Johnson
Minnesota
Vermont
Kansas
St. Louis
Onaha
California
Philadelphia
Detroit
Oklahoma
Iowa
New England
Michigan
New Jersey
Carolina
New Members Joined Boy Scouts Monday
Local Boy Scout Troop No 61 held a very successful meeting Monday evening marking organization night. A cub troop was formed and 21 new applications for membership were received. The total membership stands at 35, with a goal of 100. a Scout Camp cabin, donated by Chet Torreson of Wallingford, will serve Graettinger Ringsted and Wallingford boys at Mud Lake.
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Chet Torreson
Wallingford
Grachtinger
Mud Lake
Graettinger
Ringsted
Torreson
Twenty Six To Graduate From Graettinger High School
Twenty six students are listed for graduation from Graettinger high school next month. The class includes names such as Bernice Gilbaugh and Kathryn Herke with others like Florence Joyce, Gerald Jackson, Norman Luchsinger, LeRoy McDonald, LeRoy Sandvig, Robert Starkey, Alice Strain, Gloria Vasey, and Theodore Winters among the 26 graduates.
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Graettinger High School
Graettinger Area Boys Listed in Army Navy and Air Corps
A local roster lists Graettinger vicinity youths serving with Uncle Sam’s armed forces including Navy, Marines, Army Field Artillery, Air Corps, and Coast Guard. Several names appear with divisions such as Navy and Air Corps while others are incomplete awaiting updates.
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Graettinger Ard
Army Navy
Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Fighting Forced
Horswell
Vance
Navy
Young
Charles
Grady
Joseph
Lundgren
Chester
Christensen
Gilbert
Marines
McDonald
Toil
Larsen
Lowell
Helgeson
Harold
Helgeron
James
Jensen
Ejner
Noble
Willis
Norman
Cayter
Robert Kieigl
Robert Conway
Leo Clemitson
Art Osher
Dean
McCarty
George Leonard
James Jones
Russell Thompson
Delmer
Thompson
Faye K
Coast Guard
Hartman
Leo
Bosold
Robert
Simonson
Lloyd
Arganbright
Earl
Garber
Burton
Ruby ring returned to LeMars owner after 14 years
The ruby ring of Mrs. G. P. Simeon, long believed lost in LeMars, has been returned last week. Mrs. BR. J. Kiem, now living in the Simeon home, found the ring in the pipeless furnace, ending a fourteen year search.
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G. P. Simeon
Wm. Lammers
Agnes Gertrude Leduc
Rock Island
Graettinger
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Gabriel Gabrielson
Estherville
Barney Elsenbast
West Bend
Paul Schaney
Leo Schaney
Emmetsburg
George Godden
Lost Island
U. R
James Fallon
John Show
California
Art Bergum
Simon Simonsen
J. D. McCarty
Pete Dorris Remembered as a Fast Sprinter of 1880s Emmetsburg
A Times reader recalls Pete Dorris, famed speedster from Palo Alto county in the 1880s. A handbill for a county fair in Emmetsburg lists a four race with Dorris barred, reflecting local pride and rivalries in early town sprinting culture.
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Times
Palo Alto County Agricultural Society
Emmetsburg
Pete Dorris
Pete
Lookin Lovely senior play plans and cast announced
The Senior cast includes Yersimmon as the loyal servant, Winnie Bordine, Verna Osun as Amarilla, Doris Flaharty as Eather Hastings, and others in a comedy about a debt ridden family forming a beauty clinic with mud baths. Admission 0c high school 20c adults 3c. City Water Committee notes a meter program and water usage tips with opening sizes and monthly gallon estimates.
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Yersimmon
Bordine
Yload Johnson
Winnie Bordine
Verna Osun
Amarilla
Bob Ginger
Cholly
Edgar Bendlin
Moe
Dale Jensen
Grates
Whats Wrong With Iowa Missives From a National Echo
A clipped opinion piece by a woman critiquing regional habits in America. It playfully blames Americans for wearing or using goods from several states from Connecticut to Texas, illustrating a broader critique of national dependence and cultural bias. The text uses humorous regional stereotypes.
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Iowa
Connecticut
Ohio
Chicago
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh
Texas
New Hamps Shire
Raplee
Global table of food bits and farm life items reprinted
A collage of diet notes and local news items from Graettinger and surrounding areas. The fragment lists diverse foods and regional ingredients, then shifts to 1921 society notes, elections, births, marriages, business moves, and local incidents including a depot fire risk and auction sales.
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Wenn
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Lake Center School News
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City Water Committee
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Cory Coffee Brewer
Cory Ce
Vata O
Mneel
Lda
Salden
McWilliams Hardware
Charlie Simmons
Lloyd Gardney
Jorgen Larsen
Arlene Myhre
Marygaret George
Bertha Hauge
Jona Pierson
Marie Thomsen
Nopangs Fysaner
Joe Gabrielson
Oneye
Metsburg
Jorgen Andersen
Clarion
Wm. Blom
Butterfield
Humboldt
Earape
Eifth
Europe
A. F. Johnson
Joe Stanel
Carrell
Fred Grubinder
Grigsby
Benjmin
Algona
Sare
Jon Healy Galil Oroges Naty
Margaret ‘George
Mpinia’?Thompson
Marie Thompson
Laura Harrington
Leslie Shaver
Floyd Fleming
McConnell & Ruby
W. E. Reed
J. T. Corbin
Fred Hurlburt
Kent Bros
Elmer Olson
Harry Jensen
T. R. Hepp
al Hassell
K. J. Bradley
A. Q. Beck
Rock Island Depot
John O. Jertson
Hession
Eastherville
Lottie Hendricks
Jake Frick
Emmetsbore Tueesde
Henry Gray
Lakota
Shipley
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