Local residents travel and visit across Iowa and California
Numerous names share trips and visits from Sioux City to Alton and LeMars. People travel to California, attend gatherings and church events, and visit relatives in Sioux Center, Do
17 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
1
Numerous names share trips and visits from Sioux City to Alton and LeMars. People travel to California, attend gatherings and church events, and visit relatives in Sioux Center, Do
Special Correspondent reports Pete Reichling shipped 22 lightweight hogs to the Sioux City market with a top price of 11.00 per hundred, the highest live pork price at Sioux City since fall 1937. Pigs averaged 212 pounds. The piece also lists visitors and social events across Remsen Glenvale Marcus Marcus and LeMars, plus church basement work in Fredonia township.
Le Mars residents Rudy Bartels and Anne Kemp visited the Leo Rolling home on Wednesday evening. John P. Rolling of LeMars called on the Anthon Whithop family on Thursday afternoon.
A defense office discussion outlines furloughs of four to eight weeks for drafted men, broader use of harvest labor including women and youths, and mobile transport units. The army may oppose broad furloughs, citing modern training needs. a special division led by Raymond Smith is created to address the labor shortage.
Plan to furlough farm boys continues as text notes expected labor shortages. Officials foresee next year bringing emergencies and measure plans to mitigate impact on wheat and farming operations.
A keynote at the Cormerstone ceremony emphasized the vital role of physical education within college life and urged balance with other academic factors. Coach Dick Crayne spoke about the significance of the building, calling it a long wished for project.
Ed Moore Jr of the Iowa Inter collegiate Athletic association thanked the attendees for invitations to lay the cornerstone. He spoke of athletic training shaping character and hoped similar campus projects spread across Iowa. A time capsule within the cornerstone held college staff signatures, a copy of The Globe-Post and Sentinel, Western Union College materials, and a government coin. Rain began as the mortar was laid by Coach Dick Crayne, L. Meek, and platform figures.
The U S Navy advertises strong benefits including free schooling up to $1500, regular pay during training at a navy trade school, lodging clothing and medical care, and travel opportunities. It encourages bright ambitious young men to enlist for training and future careers, noting only 45 cents a month from the local draft pool and urging applications.
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