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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
1
Editorial urges rapid citizen input on postwar public works focusing on a new Malvern schoolhouse and housing. It notes housing shortages, prefab prospects, and rent economics, arguing small family farms and personal ownership drove wartime food success while cautioning against large corporate models.
The Leader urges readers to write to servicemen, stressing personal letters over leisure crafts. It urges intelligent, honest citizens to engage in county conventions and political organizations to help improve government and keep parties aligned with public ideals.
The piece notes Republican strategies migrating from Iowa and northern states into Democratic strongholds, sparking concern about shifting majorities. It recalls Malvern's 1913 county fair air demonstration, featuring Eugene Heth and an ineffectual Beachy Military Tractor Biplane, which finally flew briefly under a cautious plan, drawing laughs as costs were covered by a contract clause.
A first day on the Normandy coast reveals a beach littered with wrecked tanks, jeeps, and gear as the advancing forces pour in. Personal items, letters, and uniforms lay shared with the sea as soldiers’ bodies are carried away by the tides. Survivors and prisoners watch in stunned silence amid the vast scene of destruction.
Mount Vernon area residents, including Carroll Haakenson and brother Clayton visiting Council Bluffs, plus Omaha guests Jon Kemp and Volney Smith with relatives, share travel tales and family gatherings. Local picnics, birthdays, and July Fourth events highlight Norman Vanderpool, Hammers, Templeton, and Maddock families. Ralph Gideland earns a commissioned officer post in Lincoln.
Mr and Mrs Jason Benscoter of Oakland stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Shaw from Saturday afternoon to Sunday evening. They attended dinner at Altona Alberts near Malvern. Otis Lewis hosted Sunday dinner with Emil Leu Gerald Leu and Walter Ponton. Robert Templeton helps his uncle Francie Gilleland south of Malvern. Will Shaw of Cornell Blogs and daughter Mrs Harry Richardson with her Los Angeles grandson visited Sam Shaw Tuesday. Armand Smith of near Tabor visited the Mary Darnold family Monday.
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