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Newspaper

Gravity Independent

Location

Gravity, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1944

Page

4

Dewey accuses opponent of war record and demagogy

Governor Dewey denounces his rival in a coast to coast broadcast in Oklahoma City. He challenges claims on war readiness and quotes figures tied to Roosevelt Truman Barkley and Goebbels style rhetoric, rebutting calls for a new term and warning of political machine influence.

Thomas E. Dewey Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City Oklahoma Dewey Hitler Goebbels America United States Army the Stars and Stripes National Director of Selective Service Roosevelt War Department American Federation of Labor Europe United States George C. Marshall Army Air Forces H. H. Arnold United States of America Pearl Harbor United States Senate Senate Vandenberg White House Harry Truman New Deal Dr. Goebbels Alben Barkley Congress Truman Boss Kelly Chicago Machine Harry Hopkins Madam Perkins Harold Ickes Jersey City Chicago Bronx Sidney Hillman Political Action Committee Earl Browder Szader

Luce Plans Ten Major Campaign Speeches Nationwide

Representative Clare Boothe Luce, Republican from Connecticut, will deliver about ten major campaign talks ahead of the November 7 election. She already denounced the New Deal in Philadelphia and Newark and will speak in Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville, Boston, Detroit, and St. Louis, with a Pittsburgh stop on her Pennsylvania itinerary. She also campaigns for reelection in Connecticut’s 4th District, the only district where both major parties’ nominees are women.

Clare Boothe Luce Connecticut Dewey- Bricker Ayeme

Definition of refreshments under OPA rules for restaurants

OPA defines refreshments to include all items known as such and lists beverages including alcoholic and carbonated drinks, juices, malted milk, shakes, teas and coffees, ice cream and sodas, ice cream dishes, sherbets, snowballs, popcorn, chips, peanuts, candy and pretzels.

OPA

Locals Visit from Bedford With Weil Family

Mra Dov Weil and her daughter from Bedford visited Thursday and Friday with Mr and Mrs Matthew Weil, sharing time during the local social visit.

Mra Dov Weil Bedford Hers Matthew Weil

Calf Sale Attracts Roush Family Visit To Missouri

Leslie Roush and family traveled to St Joseph Missouri last Tuesday to attend the 4H boye calf sale. Their son Carol Dean showed a calf at the event and participated in the auction.

Leslie Roush St. Joseph Mizsouri Carol Dean

Mrs Russell Pirceng Returns After Short Omehs Visit

Mrs Russell Pirceng came back Wednesday from a brief stay at her son Keith and wife in Omehs.

Mra Russell Pirceng Keith Omehs

Green Moore and Betis Spriges Visit Vilisca

Mr and Mrs Green Moore and Betis Spriges drove to Vilisca Sunday for a day of repentance with Mr and Mrs Rone Sehremp.

Green Moore Betis Spriges Vilisca Rone Sehremp

Mrs Carrie McColm Returns From Missouri Visit

Mrs Carrie McColm comes back Monday evening after a month with her daughter and family in St. Joseph Missouri.

Carrie McColm St. Joseph Miguouri

Centuries-old garden coin found in Iowa yard

Clyde Stephens of Bedford discovered a United States minted 1852 $1 gold piece in his garden. He had never seen such a coin before and cannot explain its presence, having lived on the property for 40 years while it had been vacant long before.

Clyde Stephens Bedford United States Stephens

Dinsdale Might Lose Its Grocery Store After 50 Years

In Tama county the Dinsdale community faces the prospect of its first grocery store closing in half a century as manager and postmistress Mrs. Aenid Smith retires due to ill health and no successor has been found to run both the store and post office in the same building.

Dinsdale Tama County Aenid Smith

Boy Hurt As Horse Kicks While Riding Near Horse

The son of Emil Loutsch of LeMars was riding when a horse bolted alongside and struck him. The impact fractured bones near his ankle, illustrating how a rider is exposed to injuries from neighboring horses.

Emil Loutsch LeMars

Buggy storage fall injures two men in Wesley

A buggy storage unit suspended over nails and hooks fell while men shelled corn in Wesley. Harm Meyer and a son of Eppo Grember were injured when the high stored buggy loosened and dropped on them.

Harm Meyer Eppo Grember Wesley

Winter Shelter for Sheep Focuses on Ventilation and Feeding

The article advises dry ventilated quarters for a flock in winter with wide doorways and accessible feed racks. It recommends grouping by size and condition, with yearling ewes needing more feed. Proper wintering aims for ewes to gain 15 to 20 pounds before lambing, using legume hay and roughage as primary rations.

Car crashes into Teenie Weenie store causing wall damage

Dr. P. V. Janse of Algona parked his car at the local hospital and while visiting the hospital brakes released. The vehicle backed into the Teenie Weenie grocery, pushing the south wall in three feet and scattering groceries from shelves.

P. V. Janse Algona Teenie Weenie Grocery Store

Tippie the Dog Joins School Sneakily After Ride

A Bourne family dog named Tippie was tied to the car to stop him from following Julia Bourne to school. The mother unaware drove another daughter to school, and Tippie arrived with worn toe nails but cheerful spirits, wanting to attend as well. Nearby Aston saw a severe electrical storm causing damage to chimneys, motors, and telephone lines. In Afton a cleaner’s motor burned, and at L. T. Brown’s home a fuse box exploded. Post office witnesses reported fire from iron grating. Verne Meeks near Athelstan found forty pounds of honey in a farm drill box after a swarm occupied the field, but the bees left enough to pay the rent.

Tippie Dr. M. G. Bourne Algona Julia Bourne Julia Barbara Aston Hugh Oneall Verne Meeks Athelstan

First Patent Granted Narrow Bladed Scythe

The first patent in the new world went to Joseph Jenks around 1646 for a long narrow blade scythe. He built a Pawtucket Rhode Island factory and shipped NE scythes to Pennsylvania in exchange for bar iron. The tool sped hay cutting but required more effort and dulls without good steel.

New World Joseph Jenks Jenks Pawtucket R. I New England Pennsylvania

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