Editorial Calls for Rationing Review and War Effort Focus
The editorial urges citizens to critically assess government wartime measures, arguing sugar rationing should end and normal distribution resume. It notes rationing may hinder canning, presses for quicker can be saved, and highlights production targets and transport challenges while praising milk promotion and wartime letters as morale factors.
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Roosevelt
T. B. Lacey
Glenwood State School
Nebraska
Washington
Understanding Jowa Children Play Time Needs
Child play is essential even in wartime says the United States Children's Bureau. Recommend five requirements: time and space to play, self guided materials, spontaneous play, trained leaders for organized recreation, and special guidance focusing on group life and personality. Encourage service members to write home to boost morale.
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Ueed
Local social ties and rainfall impact in East Liberty
East Liberty residents host visitors from Council Bluffs Glenwood Hancock and Malvern, with several gatherings noted. A heavy rain last Sunday swelled streams and damaged low land crops. An unrelated tidbit mentions Ottmar Mergenthaler and the linotype invention misattributed to a watchmaker, clarifying its development after the writing machine era.
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R. C. Mayberry
Glenwood
C. M. Nelson
George Warren
John
Hancock
Sam Shaw
Ed Gilbert
Ralph Agan
W. H. Maddocks
Ralph Edna
Wayne
Willam Schiermeyer
Council Bluffs
Frank du ¥Ai
Alan
Frank Choate
Ernest Stewart
Pontiac, Mich
C. A. Esterquist
Myrtle Rockafellow
Malvern
John W. Thayer
A. P. Briggs
Sadie
Laura Kearney
Josie
C. M. Kearney
B. J. Lookabill
Ruth
Dicky Smith
Hastings
3. F. Lookabill
Linotype
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Letters From Boys In the Armed Forces
Letters from U S Navy and infantrymen describe life at San Diego training station and a distant UK billet. They praise care, facilities, and camaraderie while noting rationing, travel, and homesickness. The Home Front column invites local letters to servicemen, highlighting support from families and communities.
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San Diego
Navy
Naval Hospital
Staton
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