Senate approves broad war material powers bill
The Senate on March 8 approved a sweeping wartime powers bill granting the President authority to sell transfer title lease or dispose of war materials to allied or other forces deemed vital to U S defense. The measure limits future contracts and requires regular reports to Congress while defeating two restrictive amendments.
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Tost
Senate
Congress
Wilson
United States
White House
U. S. Navy
Meats And Groceries And World War Talk
A brief item notes a large stock of fresh and cured meats and a full line of fruits and vegetables. It then summarizes wartime politics and defense, highlighting Democratic unity, Republican splits, Roosevelt’s stance, and calls for ramped up arms production. It mentions ex Ambassador Bullitt urging declared wartime emergency and cites rising aircraft and shipbuilding, with England and the United States forming a broader alliance.
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Congress
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Roosevelt
England
Defense High Command
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Mde
Bullitt
Overseas Press Club
Churchill
United States
Mississippi River
Washington
United Kingdom
Liberty dream or danger in modern times
A column reflects on the fate of small nations and liberty as a grand ideal tied to destroying Hitlerism, warning that without eradicating the Nazi system the dream remains unattainable.
Osgood Social Notes and Local Visit Highlights
Mr G E Mills recovered from quinsy after illness. R F Laabs Irene and Leo Kinnetz visited. Robert Schutt of Fenton and Walt Bart with son called at the Lambe and Kinnetz homes. J Young and family spent weekend in Kansas City with Oung. Rev Bohi to preach in Osgood Sunday. Beacons and Burgs hosted a late night card session. Albert Schneller family dined with Ed Smith in Emmetsburg. Mrs Smith visited later. A barbed wire accident near Beacon involved a drunken man who cried for help and disappeared before officers arrived.
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R. F. Laabs
Irene
Wilffred Laabs
Leo Kinnetz
Robert Schutt
Fenton
Leo Kinsnett
Walt Bart and Son
Lambe
J. ®. Young
Bill
Betty
Kansas City
Oung
Bohi
Grachtinger
Osgood
Charlie Burg
Burg
Albert Schneller
Ed Smith
Emmetsburg
Graettinger Classifieds Include Dairy Fresh Milk and Farms For Sale
Pure fresh milk and cream listed with phone contact. Graettinger Dairy and H A Elsenbast advertise multiple farms for sale and farm loans. English Leghorn eggs for hatching offered by Ralph Graettinger and Fred Lippold life in Graettinger remains.
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Graettinger Dairy
Fred Lippold
Graettinger
H. A. Elsenbast
Ralph Graettinger
Small toothpick misadventure and odd local notes
Pleasantville man Don Jordan survived a toothpick infection and the hospital stay. Garnaville resident Leo Walther’s birthday confounds regular dating with a February 29 real birthday and an February 28 celebration this year. Clear Lake reports a pencil theft by a passerby. Mason City truck incident near Leland damaged a mower but spared the home. Nashua students improvise roles after illness. Mrs. Ernest Meyer of Clarinda shows a 9 by 70 inch egg. Harlan Methodist church ground floor renovation funded by a $1,000 donation from Mrs. Hannah Newby.
Wire Oak Tree Measures 46 Inches Across In Monona
William Biggs of Monona felled a 46 inch diameter wire oak last week. The trunk had 276 rings with more rotted, a remarkable find noted amid a news summary. In state health records, vital statistics mail volume surged in early 1940, driven mainly by birth certificate requests for defense workers.
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William Biggs
Monona
Vital Statistics Division
State Health Department
Eric P. Pfeiffer
Vital Statistics
National Defense
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Locust Street
Des Moines
Bert Anderson Graettinger
F. W. Gilchrist
Emmetsburg, Lowa
Hitler
Twelve Mile Lake
Elmer Nelson
Marvin Nelson
Ernest Osher
TE. B. Osher
Spencer
Texas
Uncle Sam
Air Corp
G. Larson
Terril
Albert Christensen
C. B
Osgood News
G. E. Mills
Fis
Beter
Beacon
J. M. Resh
Justice of the Peace
Martin Myhre
J. P. McManus
Iona
Th. T
NAAF
M. D
C. Fr Sai Lee
Olene Jacobson
Towa
B. BE
Ralph Fox
Times Office
C. P. Juckson
al Graettinger
A. T. Lundgren
Kunz
Schauberger & Swift
Ringsted
Frank Smith
Zood
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Win
Leduc
Arthur W. Smith
Mukden
Leon Olson
McCormick Deering
John Deere
Knutsen
Vanguard
M. P. Stillian
Crippen Corner
Highway 17
Atpaleare
Portal
templen—Hall
Roberta’ Son
Poowitie Town
Don Jordan
Pleasantville
Leo Walther
Garnaville
Leo
Clear Lake
Mason City
Oscar Charison
Leland
Nashua High School
Ernest Meyer
Clarinda
Town
Harlan Methodist Church
Hannah Newby
Augusta
Lave
Jensen Barber Shop
Jorgen Andersen
Remy
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