14 Sep 1944
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
1
Tom Dewey leads a trial accusing Frankie The Rose of advocating indefinite armed force mobilization to curb unemployment. The defendant mocks the charges in court as the prosecutor claims national security and budget costs drive the policy.
In a statement during the trial press, Dewey urges bringing fighting men home at the earliest practical moment after victory. He asserts government bureaucracy should give way to private employment. Frankie the Rose says he will not make political statements except to correct misstatements. He offers only a broad smile when charged with plans to keep men in uniform as W P A substitutes, provoking no juror smiles.
The letter argues that wartime income was illusory, debunking the New Deal and government debt as false prosperity. It cites figures from Looklet on Government Finance and contrasts 1943 1948 income with 1929 levels, claiming real wealth was lower and tax burdens high while per capita income lagged.
A southern clergyman, long a religious journal editor, argues Evangelical Christianity is more impeached and undermined than in centuries. He decries the church’s shift from spiritual aims to aiding socialism and undermining capitalism, free enterprise, and individualism, viewing this as a threat to civilization.
Lt. Lowell Vander Hamm on furlough with parents in a report from European theater duties of 6th air force depot unit. Local visits include White and Reinking, Anderson family moving to South Carolina, and Raymond Johnson departing for San Diego. Delores Ricklefs weekend with H. Ricklefs parents. Birth announced for Dick Dirksen’s daughter in Sioux City hospital. Fred Westergard returns from Watertown to resume work. Local harvest notes two bushels of pears from one tree, quality good.
Lieut Marguerite Donnelly arrives on furlough at her parents home after returning from overseas duty with nurses who landed at Anzio. The article also notes marriages, visits, a birthday celebration for Thomas Warren, and school openings, with various relatives and friends appearing in Sioux City and Stroudsburg social pages.
The Globe-Post printed a brief item about Staff Sergeant D A Berner who took part in several rough missions. The note, based on weekn 460, mentions his role as tail gunner and hints at his experiences without graphic details.
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