War boom spurs U S industrial surge amid looming taxes
The October note in Economic and Business News of the Nation links a record Busi ness Week index to wartime demand. It predicts artificial prosperity but warns the boom rests on arms spending, tax rises, and inflationary pressures as Britain and Axis powers maneuver in Europe.
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Jgve
Hamat
Britain
Congress
Hay
America
Italy
Greece
Mediterranean
Axia
Axis
Russia
Graettinger Market Report November 14 1940
Grain and livestock prices listed for Graettinger on Thursday November 14 1940. Oats at 4 cents? Soybeans around 82 percent, eggs numbers 22 to 24 cents, butter at 36 cents, heavy hens 4 to 5 pounds at 6 to 7 cents, leghorns 7 cents, heavy hens 5 pounds plus 10 cents, springs 5 pounds and over 12 cents.
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Graettinger
Fun Festival Postponed to November 26 at High School
Blizzard disruption forces cancellation of the November 14 fun festival at the high school auditorium. The event is rescheduled for Tuesday, November 26 with hopes for a full program in the next Times edition.
Lutefisk supper in Graettinger This Thursday
The First Lutheran Ladies Aid of Graettinger will hold its annual lutefisk supper on Thursday November 21 in the church dining room. Serving begins at 6 30 pm featuring Norwegian dishes such as lutefisk meat balls lefse kringle and krumkaka with a welcoming community audience.
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Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Graettinger
Grac‘tinger
D. E. McCarty On Hospital List This Week
D E McCarty of Graettinger is listed as ill with influenza and plans a rest of a week or ten days. Friends hope he returns to his duties soon despite the blizzard keeping him indoors.
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D. E. McCarty
Graettinger
Mr. McCarty
Cuthbert Brother Appointed Junior Economist in Washington
Clarence Cuthbert of Ames has received a federal government appointment as junior economist. He will work in Washington D C and his family has relocated there. Graettinger friends welcome the news.
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Cuthbert
Washington
Clarence Cuthbert
Ames
Mra
A. H. Cameron
Graettinger
Federa
Washington, D. C
Grasttinger
Red Cross Roll Call Opens November Eleventh
The Red Cross roll call began on November 11 and runs through Thanksgiving Day. The cause needs money for mercy and membership is one dollar. Millions of Americans will join this year and radio listeners know the Red Cross work. By joining you become part of that army.
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RED Cross
Knute Rockne All American Film at Hawkeye Theatre
The feature Knute Rockne All American will screen at the Hawkeye Theatre in Graettinger next Sunday and Monday. It is billed as one of the best pictures of the 1940 season.
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Knute Rockne
Hawkeye Theatre
Graettinger
English Navy Still Best in Europe by Tremendous Margin
A London story jokes that every navy has a favorite drink. The British navy is described as the best in Europe, with Italian forces avoiding engagement despite numerical superiority. The piece humorously notes English gin, American whiskey, and Italian port as naval drinking habits.
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Europe
London
Armistice Blizzard Ravages Graettinger Area in 193? Storm
A severe Armistice Day blizzard swept west Iowa bringing a foot of snow and 50 mph winds. The Graettinger region reported heavy livestock losses including cattle and thousands of chickens and turkeys. Power and telegraph lines suffered damage, roads were impassable, and schools closed as officials compared the storm to historic blizzards.
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Iowa
Graettinger
Sporsmen
Graettinger Telephone
Emmetsburg
John Reynolds
St & A
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Havelock
John Jensen
Mrs Carlson Auction Sale Next Tuesday
Mrs C J Carlson announces an entire closing out sale at the Carlson farm five and one half miles west of Graettinger on Tuesday November 19 starting at noon. 128 head of livestock including work horses cattle and spotted Polaris among entries. 160 chickens and some household goods plus farm machinery. Grodland Reeves auctioneers with Graettinger State bank as clerk. Lunch wagon on grounds.
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C. J. Carlson
Carlson
Grachtinger
Grodland & Reeves
Graettinger State Bank
Reeves Confined To Bed With Illness At G H S
G H S senior John Reeves, son of Mr and Mrs Ben F Reeves, is confined to his bed with an ailment similar to pleurisy and may be laid up for three to four weeks. He fell ill just before the November 1 senior class play, with Gerald Larson substituting. Friends and classmates hope for his quick recovery.
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John Reeves
Ben F. Reeves
Gerald Larson
John
Donald Anderson Breaks Arm in Football Play
Donald, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Anderson, suffered a broken arm while playing football with friends. The injury is healing well and he hopes to return to the game next fall to block and tackle with his peers, as friends express regret over the accident.
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Donald
Bert Anderson
Two Deer Sighted North of Graettinger
Two deer were seen north of Graettinger yesterday as several local youths, near a gravel pit within 150 feet, observed the animals. The G. Carter family reported seeing the deer with their sheep flock. The movement may have been influenced by Monday's severe storm.
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Graettinger
G. ©. Carter
Lee
Hunters Warned After Blizzard In North-Central Area
Hunters are told to keep south of Highway 18 as 80 percent of pheasants north of the road were wiped out by Monday's blizzard. Reports from Delmar and Osgood detail losses of cattle and turkeys, including eight cows for Mr Moffitt and others like A W Heide, Phillip O Connor, and H B Wikert, with several heads of cattle lost.
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Phillip O'Connor
Mr. Moffitt
Neat’ Osgood
Rd Horke
H. B. Wikert
Ray Wikert
Losin
Albert Thu's Auction Sale Postponed to November 25
The Albert Thu auction sale has been moved to Monday November 25 from the original November 12 date. A display ad identical to last week's will appear in the next Times issue. The rearrangement aims to dodge early winter storms as roads were not expected to drift then.
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Albert Thu
Mr. Thu
No School News This Week At Local School
Vacation days reduce the school week with no announcements issued. No classes Thursday Friday and an unexpected vacation Monday Tuesday lead to a quiet week at the district. no further notes available from the school.
Osher Store to Quit Business and Hold Sale
Graettinger’s oldest mercantile and grocery store Osher Store will close. Manager A H Henningsen announces a large display ad for the closing sale opening Saturday with bulk sale of remainder stock possible. The store, started by H N Ogher in 1888, has long carried clothing shoes groceries and home appliances with Norge refrigerators stoves and heaters added recently.
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Graettinger
A. H. Henningsen
Times
H. N. Ogher
Henningsen
Norge
Earl Lehigh Mourns Death Of Aged Father
Earl Lehigh of West Bend mourns his father who died at Macedonia Iowa from heart failure aged over 80. He is survived by his wife and family, with Earl the only survivor known to Graettinger people. The Times extends sympathy to Mr. Lehigh.
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Earl Lehigh
West Bend
Macedonia
Iowa
Earl
Graettinger
Times
Mr. Lehigh
Two Thanksgivings Observed In Iowa This Year
Iowa communities plan two public Thanksgiving days on November 21 and November 28. The first marks a federal seat celebration while the second observes a state event. The writer notes ample reason for gratitude and urges daily private thanks for living in the United States.
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Iowa
Federal
State
United States
Grain elevator wall collapses in Liot Nation
Last week a wall of a Liot Nation grain elevator gave way releasing about 4000 bushels of corn. No injuries reported and authorities began an inspection of the structure and surrounding area.
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Liot Nation
Earl Ditsworth Dies in Armistice Storm Tragedy
Earl Ditsworth 37 died of exhaustion Monday forenoon after grocery trip in Graettinger. He pulled a sled with supplies, collapsed at home, funeral planned Friday. Survived by wife Hazel Sankayi and four children Wayne Velda Mao Vers Charien. Interment in local cemetery. service at Methodist church led by Rev. Bohr. Born November 2, 1903 in Hammond Indiana. lived in Graettinger years. former Army serviceman, married 1934 Bancroft. Community extends sympathy to bereaved family.
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Earl Ditsworth
Graettinger
Ditsworth
Wm. Strain
East Gracttinger
Mr. Ditsworth
Sevold Funeral
Methodist Church
Wm. G. Bohr
Earl Dinworth
Hammond
Indiana
Des Moines
Regular Army
United States
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Hazel Sankayi
Bancroft
Dinworth
Wayne
Velda
Mao
Vers
Charien
Frank Ditsworth
Ellen Atcheson
W. C. Foster
Littl
Army Flier Saluted Gold Mine City
An army pilot dipped in salute to Graettinger yesterday at 1 08 PM, flew over the business district, circled water tower, and again over town. Locals suspected Lieut Hanson of Motherville or a Nebraska army plane en route to Spirit Lake. A separate report says three men drowned after an army plane with two officers and a private fell into Spirit Lake Sunday night.
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Gracttinger
Lieut
Hanson
Motherville
Graettinger
Nebraska
Spirit Lake
Off for the Navy Joe Grady departs for Great Lakes
Joe Grady son of Mr and Mrs J S Grady Graettinger leaves for Fort Dodge and then the Great Lakes Naval training station in Chicago He recently enlisted for six years and plans twenty years of service in the navy The article praises him as one of the finest young men in Iowa and wishes him luck in his honorable career
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Joe Grady
J. S. Grady
Graettinger
Fort Dodge
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Navy
Joe
Towa
Free legal service offered to registrants under act
The Palo Alto County Bar Association announces that at a recent meeting its lawyers unanimously offered to advise registrants under the National Selective Training and Service Act. Any registrant may choose a lawyer to help fill out the questionnaire, and the service will be provided without charge. Dwight G. McCarty, president.
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Palo Alto County
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Pat O'Brien
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