Americans Should Also Learn To Hate On The Home Front
In early 1944 a Middle West editor urges Americans to cultivate hate not for others but for wasteful, unpatriotic behavior at home. A husband spots bootleg gas, boastful gifts, overpriced celebrations, and costly habits that drain war bonds. He argues for stricter Americanism and stronger sacrifice as his two sons serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Hitler
U.S. A
Tarawa
Literary England and Morley’s introduction celebrated in Life origin
A 1948 Life Magazine photo essay inspired the book Literary England from David Sherman and Richard Wilcox. It showcases eight English literary sites with Morley’s introduction, plus anecdotes from wartime Mascots and a Lincoln vignette from Hamilton Basso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Magazine
David Sherman
Life
Richard Wilcox
Literary
England
Literary England
Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
His
Merry Men
Bath
Pickwick
Dickens
Yorkshire Moors
Heathcliff
Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights
War bond buyers keep faith amid talks of postwar plans
A compilation of editorials from multiple papers notes barbs and opinions on war finance, armistice pace, and postwar policy. It cites remarks by Knox on not ending the war too soon, Chandler on bases and withdrawal rights, and discussions of cooperation and potential candidates like Henry Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Frank Knox
Berlin
Quote on wartime duty and distrust of enemies
A speaker defends wartime fairness while condemning double dealing by enemies and traitors. He vows to continue anger at those who disrupt the war effort and mentions fighting in a job to lick that paperhanger and back toothed Tojo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea Tribune
Washington
Redistricting shapes Iowa senate races for 1944
The 1941 plan affects 4 of 29 full-term districts starting 1945. New 23rd and 47th districts merge counties. 49th becomes Emmett Palo Alto Kossuth trio. Two incumbents face retirement or withdrawal as Democrats hold 3 of 29 seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jackson County
Jones and Cedar
Lyons
Sioux
Osceola
O’brien
Dickinson
Clay
Emmett
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Jackson, Jones and
Cedar Counties
Fuller
Schluter
Keir
Clay County
Ave County
Morhouse
Lyon County
Palo Alto-Emmett-Kossuth
Cerro Gordo-Hancock-Franklin
Iowa-Johnson
Mahaska County
Augustine
Mahaska
Boone Hemp
United States
Gillette
Mercer
Johnson
Cerro Gordo-Hancock- Franklin
Lundy
Marion-Monroe
E. A. Evans
Mills-Montgomery
Hattery
Nevada
Boone
Story
Boone County
Sanford Zeigler
Ray Emerson
State Highway Committee
Drake's Pennsylvania Oil Well Sparks Flood of Crude Supply
The early search for lamp oil led to patent attempts to distill oil from coal and shale in Britain and America. In 1880 the Drake well at Titusville, Pennsylvania began a flood of inexpensive crude that surpassed the distillation industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Drake
Pennsylvania
Titusville
Time Keeps Moving Through 1934 and Earlier Echoes
A retrospective column lists events from January 4 1934 and January 2 1919 including weddings of Bert Hubbard’s fiftieth anniversary a Cedar Rapids marriage and a Burrs Lodge ceremony. It notes a Beery’s drawing drawing a washing machine and Amana blanket and recalls local civic and school developments and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Hubbard
Carl Smith
Jones County
Gladys Erickson
Cedar Rapids
Elgin
Beery
George Wenzlick
Monticello
J. W. Benadom
Paul J. Muller
George Muller
Genevieve Barbara Kuriger
Sacred Heart Church
Burrs Lodge No. 173
A. F
Harry Ireland
Arthur Skelley
Earl Desvaw
G. L. Lovell
D. P. Young
Desco
Ben Cotten
Arthur Madsen
Lisi Clark
C. A. Doxzee
Tyler
Frank Hayden
Neal Hayden
Carl Mardoff
Beahl Perrine
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
John Perrine
Ernest Landis
Alfreda Reed
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
L. G. Stuhler
Chicago
George Stuhler
Millington Carpenter
H. M. Carpenter
Bernice Rodman
East Waterloo
I. M. Rodman
Byron Abel
Guttenberg
R. A. Cartano
Regina Oswald
Council Bluffs
John D. Oswald
Thelma Tibbits
Antioch
L. H. Lang
Theodore
Donald
Raymond Denkhoff
Reynolds O'Donnell
Creighton University
Omaha
Neb
W. P. Kelley
C. G. Thomas
Hoegen
Wyoming
William Leech
Louis Hoag
Hazel Hoag
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Marcella Britting
Burdena Wenger
Newhall
Red Cross
Margaret Deischer
Scotch Grove Hosts A Busy New Year Weekend
New Year dinners filled Scotch Grove as families like the Kuehls and Nichols hosted relatives from Dubuque Chicago Ames and Monticello. Communion services drew good attendance while local clubs planned January gatherings and students resumed school after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
George Kuehl
Henry Wareham Jr
Chicago
Virginia
Jane Ann Wareham
Dubuque
William Henrichs
Jane
Alva Zimmerman
Monticello
Jack Feddler
Presbyterian Church
Kathleen Norris
James Hughes
Presbyterian Aid
Nora Streets
Ida Cass
Young People’s Society
Joyce
Mary Ann Otten
Ronald Paulsen
Seatch Grove
R. A. Naylor
California
Raymond Naylor
Sylvan Bixby
Mount Vernon
F. A. Royden
J. C. Balster
Smut Corn Disease and Fungal Overwintering
Smut in corn is caused by a fungus that overwinters as spores in soil or diseased refuse. Early sweet corn varieties are especially susceptible while most varieties are less affected.
Officers Installed At New Wyoming C E S Lodge
Wyoming chapter 397 Order of the Eastern Star installed Monday officers led by installing matron Miss Mabel Streeper and installing marshal Mrs Robert Alden with other officers named. News notes list births illnesses and local visits including a serious arm wound from a window accident and several holiday gatherings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
Klaude Dick
Robert Alden
Lavica Adams
C. N Holst
Mabel Streeper
Howard Gee
Mildred Streeper
Henry Bramer
Albert Mott
Nellie Atherton
Everett Vrooman
L. M. Sherrill
Lee Allen
Marshal
Shelby Orris
W. E. Foy
Adai
Hans Kettlesen
Ruth
Ernest Dewell
Esther
Charles Sheldon
Martha
Alva Streeper
Electa
George Sears
Charles Rogers
Sentinel
Arthur Holub
Henry Stute
White Plains
N. Y
State
Grizelda Morson
J. W. Morse
Malvern Mortensen
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
August Jansen
North
Washington Street
Arthur Jansen
Ann Sears
University of Iowa
Claude Sears
Avis Brown
State Teachers College
Platteville
Wis
John Freeman
Live Wires
Melvin Sievers
Oxford Live Wires
Sievers
East Green Street
Paul Lasack
Louis Lasack
Peter Sievers
Peggy Barber
Jens Latare
Norman Latare
Martin Petersen
Henry Rohwedder
Fred Lazare
Henry Moenk
G. H. Herzberger
Howard Day
John Petersen
William Reese
Louis Schladetzky
Howard Cruise
William Thomsen
Thomsen
MYF
Edna Finkenbinder
Roy Finkenbinder
Robert Bomerville
G. W. James
Ernest Reitz
F. M. Burch
Monticello
J. C. Glenn
Norway
David Glenn
Waverly
Dale Swordes
Maquoketa
Clarice James
Rolly James
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Davis
Davenport
Raymond James
Olin
George Long
Army Dental Corps
Long
Indianapolis Ind
Lorraine Barron
F. L. Harrington
Lyle Tompkins
Minnie Lewis
W. S Pangburn
Marshalltown
C. I. Wherry
Charles
Des Moines
W. G. Hunt
St. Louis
Albert Lavasseur
George von Sprecken
Luzerne
Gus von Sprecken
John von Sprecken
Onalow
W. G. Yount
Roy Tompkins
Sara Kegley
Kate Meade
C. W McMahon
East Main Street
4-H County Banquet Honors Clubs and Leaders
The Jones County 4-H held its sixth annual Father Son banquet at Anamosa Congregational Church on December 18. Wayne Martin of Mount Vernon and Greenfield led as president of the Jones County 4-H boys with Paul Lasack and Paul MesserlI as officers. Merle Jansen of Anamosa was named outstanding 4-H club boy for 1943, after six years in club work and grand champion market pig. Rex Conn, Linn County Extension Director, spoke to 108 attendees on the value of club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hefner
Leslie Cushman
Grinnell
Grinnell College
George Guyan
Rock Island
Iil
Henry Dart Sons Company
C. R. Coon
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Elaine
Alfreda
Alice Reed
Congregational Sunday School
Lucian Rice
T. M. Redmond
Werner Stockwell
Herman Bejasch
George Barnts
Bert Barnts
Monticello
Wayne Martin
Mount Vernon
Greenfield
Jones County
Anamosa Congregational Church
Paul Lasack
Oxford Junction
Paul Messerli
Thomas Keating
Onslow
Merle Jansen
Anamosa
Wayne Boys’ Club
County Boys
Rex Conn
Linn County
Fathers and Sons
Marvin Engelbart
Amber
Merlin Lazare
Pig Club
Wesley Siebels
Richard Strother
Martello
Delbert Steffens
Melvin Groth
Olin
Jay Slater
Marion Deischer
Dale Martin
Lloyd S. Andre
Lisbon
Louis Strother
Martelle
Leroy Peterson
Maynard Marek
Boyd Chatterton
Ronald Paulsen
Grove
Jerry Naylor
Scotch Grove
Clay
Robert Prult
Dick Wherry
Norman French
Arthur Husman
Clifford Jansen
Wayne
Charles Furst
Fred Biere
Dairy Club
Anamoga
Mounty Vernon
Leo Levsen
Clarence
Wayne Club
Cass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles A. Doxsee
Cate
OAL
Nisl Association
Joe Membr
É. Havas
R. MeoKown
Christopher Morley
Richard Dempewols
Abe
U.S. 69Th Armored
Randolph
AEF
Myrtle
Libya
Lincoln
Hamilton Basso
Abraham Lincoln
Springfeld
Phrough
New York Sun
A. LB. Chandler
Kentucky
U.S
LaCrosse
Tribune
Knoxville Journal
Algona Upper
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Henry
Lou Gardner
Harris
R.A.F. Bomber Command
Hamburg
Monticello Express
New
Methodist
Springville
Earl Covington
Cpl
Camp Stewart
Ed Luke
Conn
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