War Update from Graettinger Area Covers Service Members
Numerous notes on local servicemen and families include Pfc Roland Luchsinger transferred from Hastings to Camp Pendleton, Sgt Mike Thorson recovering in France, Cpl Leo Wikert and party’s Monterey trip, civilian return of Cletus Starkey from the Philippines, and Lt Anna Rasmussen in France receiving a Presidential unit citation. Also mentions Kenneth Swift’s naval graduation, Warren Bishop’s injuries, and Sgt Thomas Sullivan’s promotion and missions in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufe
Roland Luchsinger
Pfc
U. S. Marines
Hastings
Nebraska
Camp Pendleton
Oregon
Cpl
Leo Wikert
Ray Wikert
Sgt. Kruse
Lakefield
Minnesota
Ruth Wikert
R. 5
Knutsen
Graettinger
Monterey
California
Mr. Knutsen
Wayne Knutsen
Bakersfield
Cletus Starkey
Philippines
New Guinea
Woodrow
Australia
Philippine Islands
Cletus
Starkey Boys
Mike” Thorson
Europe
Set
Mike) Thorson
W. J. O’connor
Toul
France
Warren Bishop
Great Bend
Kansas
Cpl. Bishop
Bishop
Betty Swift
John Swift
the Times
Far East
Wrth Air Force
Thomas J. Sullivan
John J. Sullivan
Iowa
417Th
Sky Lancers
Fifth Air Force
Sullivan
Netherlands East Indies
Army
Air Corps’ School For Armorers
Buckley Field
Colorado
Fort Myers
Florida
Graettinger High School
Navy and Coast Guard periodicals restricted overseas mailing
Postmaster General orders govern overseas mailings of newspapers and periodicals to Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel effective July 1 1945. Acceptance requires written subscription requests. relatives may pay. no complimentary or advertiser funded copies. certificates must accompany mailed copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graclinger Times
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Postmaster General
Marine Corps
Orley No
Navy Department
Post Office Department
Fleet Post Office
New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Calif
Great Wall and Burma Road Portray Glories of China
A Chinese News Service feature honors the Great Wall and the Burma road as monumental feats of endurance and defense. It notes the wall’s 1500 mile span from Shanhaikuan to Chiakukuan and the Burma road’s 1988 construction linking Lashio to Kunming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandalay
China
Great Wall
Barmia Road
Shanhaikuan
Gulf of Liaotung
Chiakukuan
Blissful Valley
Kansu
Iampire
Lashio
Burma
Salween
Mekong
Kumming
Yunnan
Middle Kingdom
Chu-ko Liang
Meng Hua
Chuko
Celestial Empire
India
Persia
Arabia
Mediterranean
Marco Polo
Land of
Cathay
Burma Road
Kunming
Meats and Groceries Store Offers Fresh and Cured Goods
A local shop promotes a large stock of fresh and cured meats including AMS and bacon at low, steady prices. The store also highlights cream, milk, bread, and a complete grocery stock of fruits and vegetables. Patronage is appreciated.
Glorified Officialism and the Threat to Free Enterprise
A critical examination argues that glorified officialism harms private enterprise by aligning governance with wealthy interests. It warns that state socialism led Germany to totalitarian rule, urging Americans to resist policies that would erode individual freedom and private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Private enterprise in home and farming under looming government control
The author argues private enterprise in homes and farms represents freedom, contrasted with peacetime government planning. Citing AP’s April 380 report that half Chicago hog yards closed, the piece warns political planning risks eroding independence and favoring government monopolies, suggesting dangers mirrored by totalitarian Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Germany
Liberty Defined by Limits, Whitlock Quote
A quotation from Brand Whitlock: when you define liberty you limit it and by limiting it you destroy it. The saying highlights the paradox of freedom through precise boundaries and constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brand Whitlock
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the Stars and Stripes
Bob Olson
Bob
Times
L. BR. Luchsinger
Norman
Lorin
Gracttinger Times
Des Moines Register
Ireland
Scotland
Frances Knutsen
The
Wacs
Frances
England
Continent
Freddie Maurstad
USNR
U.S. Navy Reserve
Dubuque College
Armstrong
Freddie
Dubuque
Lloyd Larson
Reno
Nevada
Lloyd
C. B. Larson
Larson
Carl Peterson
Army Air Forces
Eighth Air Force
Larsons
Wallingford
U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Kenneth D. Swift
Joe Swift
Naval Technical Training Center
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Swift
Kenneth
Anna K. Rasmussen
Anna K K. Rasmussen
Estherville
110Th Station Army Hospital
Western Front
D-day
Normandy
110Th Station
Rasmussen
Hawkeye Theater
Graettinger,owa
Eleanor Powell
W. C. Fields
Claudette Colbert
Red MacMurray
Frisco Sal
Susanna Foster
Turhan Bes
Gerhard Jensen
Prop
Stars & Stripes
Watson Hall
Freddie Bailey & His
Rhythm Makers
City Meat Market
Robert Simonsen
Spirit Lake Fur & Wool Co
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Ayrshire Curlew
Cylinder Emmetsburg
Craettinger
Mallard
Rodman Ruthven
West Bend
Poothilington
Emmetsburg
Fairfield
Fern Valley
Freedom
Great Oak
Wighland
Seereeens
Lost Island
Pilgaip
Rush Lake
North Rush Lake
South Rush Lake
Silver Lake
Vernon
Walnut
Bangs Seastee
Anee
Peacock
Okoboji Arnold's
Owa
Featuring
Bob Hoffman
Whitehead
Iowa Press Association
Beautiful Lake
Okobojl Arnolds Park
Jack Cole
Chuck Hall
KIDC
Whittemore
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