Economic Outlook From Graettinger on War Time Demand
The Graettinger Times surveys wartime impact on civilian goods, predicting adequate supply for most essentials and many luxuries. It forecasts substitutions and price rises in clothing, hints at silk stocking shortages, notes possible 25 percent 1942 auto production decline, and highlights oil transport limits with potential Atlantic shortages amid tanker transfers to Britain.
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Robert Simonsen
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War Economy Bounds Produce and Costs Across Sectors
A digest outlines wartime production cuts for household appliances and metals to support military needs, with possible 50 percent reductions in washers and refrigerators based on 1941 sales. Food supplies appear stable, while housing shows severe shortages in defense hubs. Electric power faces regional shortages due to policy, but utilities plan expansion. Inflation unlikely to surge. taxes and price controls may temper demand. Economists advise conserving fuel and repairing goods over new purchases. A rhetorical note contrasts Hitler’s losses with Allied resilience. a Clarksville couple reports two telegrams announcing a grandson and a granddaughter born to two daughters in California.
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Teeth Find Near Boone Spark Paleontological Interest
Two large teeth were found on the Rudy Petotnik place near Boone. One weighs about 3 pounds and is a foot long, unclear if from a prehistoric animal or glacier. Another tooth found by Mavis weighs about five pounds three ounces and measures 18 by 20 inches.
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Church Notices from Local Parishes This Week
Methodist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 and Morning Worship at 11 with an Official Board meeting Friday night at the parsonage led by Rev. Wm. Bohi. Immaculate Conception has Masses and confessions daily and Saturday programs. Rev. D. K. Hurley presiding. St Pauls Lutheran lists two morning services on Sunday August 24 at 9 15 and 10 45 at school and Walnut locations with meetings for Dorcas Mission Society and Luther League on August 26 and 28. Rev. Verner N. Carlsen invites worshipers.
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Fort Defiance Lutheran service and Will notice
Aug 24 church program at First Lutheran and Lost Island Lutheran details a service with hymns scripture reading and prayers led by Rev Mandsager with district readings and confirmations. Also notices a proof of will hearing set for Sept 8 1941 in Palo Alto County followed by formal court seal date.
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Endre E. Worland
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