23 Jul 1945
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1945
Page
1
A veteran observer argues carnivals harm towns by masking vice under decency fronts funded by questionable backers. He denounces gambling, brothels, and strip shows tied to sponsors, noting police and church complicity and the risk to city integrity.
Obituary details Wiltgen widow and family survive, listing five daughters and five sons with residences and ranks. Also named are brothers and sisters, grandchildren, affiliations, and funeral home. The passage shifts to wartime analysis praising American defense, naval power, and potential future offensive developments.
Samuel B. Pettengill critiques a New York delivery union that blocked 13,000,000 readers from accessing news, denouncing its closed shop as a feudal aristocracy. He argues the union’s strikes and resistance to law infringe rights to read and print, citing police inaction and government complicity while urging return to free press access.
Denny Stelpflug and Ben Krie, new owners of the Wayside Inn, announce purchase from Gene Cockrell. The inn has been closed, with reopening expected soon. Krie currently manages Sunset nightclub in Fonda. Stelpflug previously served as vice president and treasurer of the Aircraft Workers' Club in Omaha.
Officer Joseph B. Welch of Pasadena California seized William T. Boardman Milford aged 40 who is wanted in California on forgery charges. Boardman has been held under guard and treated at Spirit Lake hospital for several days while authorities arranged return to face the charges.
Boardman, a Milford native, is pursued on six forgery charges totalling 300 to 400 dollars. He allegedly befriended Dr. Rosenman’s wife in Pasadena and used the doctor’s credit card. Police are confident they have him. The report notes prior holdup arrest in 1928 and details the D Company rifle team and recent officer appointments at Camp.
The piece argues wartime strategic limits, noting 1944 US output and production dominance, yet warns distance and logistics cap frontline combat. It compares Napoleon and Alexander the Great to modern mechanized forces, citing reduced combat divisions with increasing distance from bases and a 11 million armed forces cap of 1 million in front lines.
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