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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
2
The narrator recalls Pete Swaneen's nephew Tud planning to quit farm life for the city seeking opportunity and excitement. Pete helped him by advancing carfare and expecting Tud to return after briefly looking around. The narrative hints Tud abandoning the farm for urban life and a quiet marriage.
A Pipestone home fire trapped a family upstairs. The wife and baby died, Kenneth Taulgen survived by leaping from a second story window, breaking both legs. Fire believed from an overheated cook stove about 11214 p.m. The family had retired and were living in Pipestone since Kenneth’s navy discharge.
Walter Hansen and his wife move from Graettinger to Renwick on Saturday to manage the Renwick municipal light plant. Hansen previously ran Graettinger’s light plant and left to take the Renwick position, with a younger successor planning to farm. The Times expresses regret at their departure and best wishes for their future.
Red Wolfe underwent a surprint operation at Holy Family hospital in Atherville on Monday forenoon and is recovering. Friends hope for his early and complete recovery. The Red Cross Disaster Committee of Pelo Alto County met March 3 led by TC Nolan with chair Laura Schroeder, outlining relief roles, fund-raising, and volunteer structure. Bishop Thomas Megan, visiting Eldora mother Mrs Amma Megan after 22 years overseas, stopped by for a home visit.
The piece argues that communist parties, including in the Soviet Union, use a small elite to control large, undisciplined masses. It outlines recruitment through intellectuals and dissatisfied workers, gradual indoctrination, covert operations, and the threat of liquidation for dissent. It notes centralized leadership, planned actions, and the use of other groups to further aims, with a call to vigilance against liberal supports.
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