Navy Seeks Officers in Mason City Interview Drive
The Navy plans a recruitment drive in Mason City to interview men with experience in business, construction, or other fields for commissions as officers. The board seeks engineers, gunnery, industrial relations, petroleum, and other specialists, plus chaplains, with interviews daily 9 am to 9 pm, Des Moines travel costs waived with on-site exams.
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Navy
United States Navy
Mason City
Iowa
Naval Officer Selection Board
Stalph N. Larson
USNR
U.S. Naval Reserve
Chaplains Corps
Des Moines
Mason
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Old Federal Building
Aphis Infestation Threatens Victory Gardens
Gardeners encounter tiny green pink or dark insects on undersides of leaves and stems. An aphid outbreak spreads quietly in large numbers, attacking nearly every plant and flower and demanding prompt spraying to prevent damage.
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Victory Garden
Victory Gardens
Vail
Aphis
Palo Alto Farm Labor Proclamation Seeks Volunteer Workers
Governor Bourke Hickenlooper urges Towa moto farm people to volunteer for year round and seasonal farm work to maximize production. June 10 is set for statewide registration as county officials plan to register men women and youth not engaged in farming. County Extension Director R W Ashby notes non farm residents should sign up through local committees to help with tending and harvesting crops.
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Palo Alto
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Towa Moto
Towa
R. W. Ashby
Teg
Sausage Breakfast Scene From War Era Family Clip
A wartime breakfast scene shows Small Joe, Pop, and Mom in a kitchen with sausages and no coffee. A letter from an older brother and a War Bond spur thoughts of joining the Army as tears and resolve mix with family devotion and duty.
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Small Joe
Pop
Mom
Brother
Rey
Erin
Honolulu
Joe
oRemall Lee
Pap
The
Treasury
Woman offers dollar a week as War Bond sacrifice
In a factory office Bessie asks if a dollar per week could be donated after living costs. The boss and Treasury rep note the sacrifice, praising American women and urging payroll savings toward War Bonds and the People’s Bonus during wartime.
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Bessie
Jake
Sam
Hess
Treasury Department
Treasury
Enrollment centers list workers for June aid drive
The notice outlines June 10 enrollment for labor work with immediate job possibility. It lists centers in Ayrshire Cylinder Emmetsburg Graettinger Mallard Ruthven West Bend Rodman Depew Curlew and Curlew and names organizers J J Brakke Jorgen Andersen Joseph Chamberlain Ida Bajlenbach Adt Bohn and Walter A Weltzen. Sign-up remains at elevator offices and the committee aims to place non farm labor quickly.
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Ayrshire
Joseph Helgevold
Cylinder
J. J. Brakke
Emmetsburg
J. D. Anderson
Graettinger
Jorgen Andersen
Mallard
J. W. Ruppert
Ruthven
FL. Grange
West Bend
Joseph Chamberlain
Rodman
Ida Bajlenbach
Depew
Walter A. Weltzen
Curlew
Adt Bohn
Critz
Labor shortages loom in Palo Alto county drive
Over the next two weeks renewed effort will push a county drive as farm labor needs rise. Farmers require more help for corn, hay, and small grain harvesting, with volunteers and older workers filling gaps as weather and industry pull workers away. Local towns must mobilize quickly to meet production goals, as outside aid remains unlikely and urgency grows.
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Towa
Palo Alto
What Your Buy With War Bonds Wigwag Message
The Navy Coast Guard and Signal Corps use wigwag semaphore to relay messages when phones and radios fail. A War Savings Stamp or Bond purchase seems small alone, but with 130 million Americans supporting War Bond drives the impact becomes substantial in the war effort.
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Navy
Coast Guard
The
Signal Corps
Treasury Department
America
U.S
Patriotic Service
Glossary of Historical and Literary Allusions
The list explains terms and figures such as Herodotus, Brother Jonathan, utopia, Kilkenny Cats, No Heel Taps, the Spanish Armada, crocodile tears, the Loon and Unicorn, and the Vinegar Bible. It notes meanings, origins, and a few curious details about each phrase or symbol.
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Herodotus
Jonathan
Trimmer
England
Oxford
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Robert Simonsen
Ceres
Our i Grocery
Inelu Pei
Hansen Produce
Emmetal
Endering Works
Glens Henrich
Blarney Castle
Cork
Ireland
Cape 8 Good Hope
Dupuy
Douay
France
Hobson
Obias Hobson
Monroe
Old Guard
Napoleon I
General Grant
Chicago
Jesus
Pyramids
Egypt
Diana
Ephesus
Babylon
Rhodes
Halicarnassus
Zeus
Phidias
Olympia
Pharos
Alexandria
Alma
J. Emmet Martin Funeral Service
Phone
Jensen Barber Shop
J. M. Justice of the Peace
Aee McManus
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Jacobson, D. V. &. Veterinarian Telephone No
B. E. Dappen
Erametebury
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Diamond 760
Cliteson Oil Co
Wallingford
Heidecker
Grasttinger
Uncle Sam
Ae Silas
State Bank
Gracttinger
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