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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
4
They declared themselves American citizens, taking no orders from overseas. The reaction reflects a belief that another overseas war may come, and many want no part of it, preferring to handle their own troubles at home rather than send their sons abroad.
The piece attacks Roosevelt’s use of foreign currency funds and silver purchases, warning the senate’s rejection of extending the fund may reveal entanglement in Europe’s power games. It condemns Mexican oppression, Nazism, and “colored” politics, urging skepticism of foreign subsidies while disparaging African American progress.
Special correspondent notes social visits across the area. Miss Ruth Erickson's shower was held at the Harry Buehre home near LeMars. Ruth Erickson wed Art Cole at Immanuel Lutheran Akron Saturday. Villages visited include Bresford S C and Brunsville. Various families hosted and visited throughout the week.
Poet and humorist Walt Mason died this week at his La Jolla home at age 75. The writer began in Kansas as a cow hand and published verse that found a wide audience in newspapers including the Leavenworth Times.
Lloyd McCammond is named deputy sheriff amid a recount of his earlier career. The piece notes his start as a country reporter at eight dollars weekly, his long friendship with William Allen White, and Walt Mason's prolific verse career appearing in hundreds of papers. The column then shifts to observations on Los Angeles union depot grandeur and public interest in opera tickets, with details of Verdi and the Symphony Under the Stars season at the Hollywood Bowl.
The account describes Deputy Sheriff Young McCammond serving with the Highway Patrol, carrying a firearm on duty and using it once to stop a knife attack. It notes discipline failures by Army officers, and that deputies in lumber towns avoid firearms at rough gatherings to prevent confrontations and gun confiscation, reflecting local ethics and danger.
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