22 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
1
An Iowa War Chest publicity urges combining fund drives for USO and other war reliefs into a single campaign. It notes Red Cross inclusion, then shifts to muskrat fur values and trapping decline, recalling old school trapper days, and warns banks hold idle cash hindering war effort while urging tax and bond support to boost wartime funding.
Government agencies have pushed interest rates for Spann down to half their former level while war bonds yield far less than in World War I. Secretary Morganthau aims to secure more than 2 percent returns, making personal saving harder. The piece notes a shift toward labor and production over mere interest income, questions gas demand, and cites Glenwood’s franchise as a model for lower electric rates when gas is supplied by a separate firm.
Lou Gardner outlines a condensed breakdown of congressional appropriations. He notes large totals for agriculture and labor federal agencies, military and navy, Treasury and Post Office, plus major reappropriations. The piece argues New Deal ideas drive spending growth beyond wartime costs.
The piece reproduces a veteran’s humorous wartime reminiscences about registration, camp life, and draft absurdities. It recalls a Pittsburgh birth, Philadelphia move, and the distant, awkward moments of induction while highlighting the audacious voice of a World War I veteran.
A veteran recounts boot camp misadventures and brutal training from early enlistment through France. He describes rough commands, a stuttering sergeant, and chaotic trench life, ending with a dramatic over the top assault and a first-hand glimpse of combat chaos.
Nearly 800 attended a Sunday community picnic at Adolph Schultz farm with visitors from Omaha Council Bluffs Minden Neola Carson Underwood Logan Macedonia Mineola Malvern and Silver City. Program included invocations talks and musical numbers with local clergy and educators plus moving pictures and a radio guest. Additional items note family dinners birthdays and obituaries along with recent wedding announcements and personnel moves in the region.
The Week's Record compiled from July 8 8 a m to July 15 outlines transfers and notices in Glenwood and nearby areas. It lists property dealings with Frank Dashner and Ward Burgoin among others, including W D and WH deeds, lot descriptions, and minor probate references. Several divorces and quiet title actions appear alongside administrator appointments and old papers for sale.
Fragmentary text mentions hope for a new car and money notes, with unclear context or identifiable names, preventing a concrete event or outcome from being established.
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