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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
1
A satirical forecast imagines leaf raking as a vast postwar program to keep unions funded. It envisions Brewster Aircraft layoffs, a lock-in strike, and roving leaf crews powered by machines, with farmers displaced to forests and foreign workers enmeshed in lifelong dues.
Worry about loose false teeth slipping clip or wobble when you eat talk or laugh. A pleasant powder called FAS TEETH promises added comfort and security by keeping plates more firmly in place. No gummy taste and it is alkaline. Available at drugstores.
The piece parodies a wartime handbook on United States history and attacks postwar spending. It critiques Roosevelt era policies, cites financial figures for South Bend and Texarkana, and warns about federal debt versus local debt, urging readers to vote against spenders with an X in the right square.
In LeMars Iowa May 8 1944 Plymouth County Board discusses overseas propaganda by OWI head Robert Sherwood and Maxwell Anderson works shown in London. Board approves May 1 and 4 minutes, grants bond for County Engineer Ernest Nelson, and remits 1941 poll taxes for Nick Huss. Public weed destruction order adopted with mowing dates and group rules for Leafy Spurge Canada Thistle and other weeds. Subsequent adjourned session includes tax notices, bills from Akron and Remsen utilities, and county payroll details.
The article argues that postwar debt will average $10,000 per family, equaling twice the total assessed property value nationwide. It claims a $4,000 home would carry an $8,000 debt share, noting 1943 spending matches the first 150 years of the republic. Senator Byrd is cited.
A string of real estate transfers lists Carrie A Haynes selling to Nellie Kaelke in Akron for 1.00, and Herman J Frerichs Ex. selling to Emma M Plueger in Burnsville for 2200. Other entries show standard oil deals, inter vivos transfers in LeMars and Struble areas, and the Equitable Life Insurance Co. transaction with Chas E Oltmans. Numerous one dollar deeds appear, with several inter vivos transfers in blocks 67 and 59 at LeMars and surrounding towns.
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