Rubber Drive Encourages Family Treasure Hunt
A home treasure hunt invites families to search closets attics and cellars for usable rubber items to aid the national shortage. Donors are urged to give recovered rubber to filling stations with profits benefiting USO Red Cross Navy or Army relief, supporting soldiers and sailors with morale boosting services.
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USO
Red Cross
Navy
Army
Henry Templeton
Akron
Ohio
Goodrich Rubber Company
Karl F. Clark
Charles Clark
United States Navy
Des Moines
Lowell Hicks
G. Hicks
Wyoming
United States Army
Foresters
France
Lieut
Raymond Thomas
New London
Jones County
A. G. Hejinian
W. J. Mills
E. J. Hines
R. G. Cousins
Tipton
Monticello
Margaret Sk. Maire
Olin R. Howie
Reve A. P. Walton
Frederick Renk
Karl Renk
Anna Barbara Hein
Richland Township
Castle Grove Township
Iowa Dairy Month Highlighted As Major State Income Source
June designated dairy month in Iowa with farmers earning over 100 million dollars annually from milk and dairy products. Milk supports health, builds energy, and strengthens bodies, while Iowa residents are urged to drink more milk daily to boost well being and resist ailments.
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Iowa
Towa
Jones County
Charles Aitchison
Mbert Lehreider
College of Pharmacy
the State University
Iowa City
Olin
Hagel Hoag
Detroit
Mich
Sehools
Boe. Hoag
Marshall Hall
Cedar Rapids
Hall
Monticello
Montivelo
Elizabeth Jones
William Sloan
William Fuller
John McLees
Gladys Fairbanks
W. H. Mitchell
Castle Grove Township
John L. Himan
Simpson College
Indianola
L. C. Lemon
When Henry's Face Turned Red
The Albert Lea Tribune notes Vice President Wallace’s stumble in St. Louis as he read a lingering parenthetical cue. The Mason City Globe Gazette jokes about seeking an escape while asking readers to locate such a place on this globe.
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Henry
Albert Lea
Minn
Tribune
Wallace
St. Louis
Mason City Globe Gazette
Reading and Writing s. Mokown Authors and Wartime Books
The article profiles Margaret Leech winner of the Pulitzer for Reveille in Washington and notes her Civil War research fueled by Washington newspapers. It includes a wartime anecdote about German psychology via Leo Lania and praises M F K Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf for wartime economy and humor, including borrowing forty five cents to start a weeklong stew.
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Margaret Leech
Reveille
Washington
Ralph Pulitzer
Library of Congress
National Archives
Book-of
Stanton
Lincoln
Leo Lania
Hitler
Leipzig
Herr Weissenberg
M. F. K. Fisher
Miss Fisher
Debates on war debts taxes and license enforcement
A compilation of editorials notes views on wartime debt payment and withholding taxes. Arguments favor personal choice in finances, critique government control, and discuss slot machine licensing in Iowa with county enforcement details. Named entities include Washington Indianapolis News LeeMars Sentinel Marshalltown Times-Republican Davenport Democrat New Hampton Tribune Iowa and John M Rankin.
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New Hampton Tribune
Iowa
John M. Rankin
Tax trends show 23 million savings for Iowa homeowners
The column analyzes homestead exemptions and state tax cuts from 1936 to 1944, noting a near 23 million reduction for home and property owners without new tax rates. It cites gas tax refunds and power farming increases shaping revenue and refund processing as of 1942. It also highlights women’s rising voting influence ahead of 1942 elections.
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Republian
Clyde Herring
Herring-Kraschel
Iowa
Wilson-Hickenlooper
Towa
Bagley
Vera Moss
Republican State Central Committee
Walt Whitman
West Point Selects 180 from Army and National Guard
The article notes that each year one hundred eighty men drawn from the regular army and the National Guard are admitted to West Point.
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West Point
Regular Army
National Guard
Lidice remembered amid world horror and resilience
A Monticello Express excerpt recalls the Nazi atrocity at Lidice near Prague, contrasting terror with small town life and enduring hope. It notes the destruction and displacement, the anecdotal scenes of daily life, and the crackdown following Reinhard Heydrich’s assassination as the town’s spirit persists despite oppression.
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Wilson Street
Wilson” Street
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecho-Slovakia
Lidice
Gestapo
Lidice and Wyomings Fate Echoed in Nazi Atrocity Threats
The text recalls Lidice as a symbol of Nazi vengeance after Heydrich’s death, noting mass killings and expulsions. It compares the imagined destruction to Wyoming being erased, with men buried, widows imprisoned, and orphans left to merciless outsiders.
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Aritidio
United Nations
Heydrich
Lidice
Wyoming
Pay Rolls Rise for Last Model Year
Average 426000 automobile workers on pay rolls. Weekly payroll climbs to 13760000 dollars amid market activity.
Make Your Own Sundaes and Budget Brown Stew Menu
A home menu outlines make your own sundaes with simple sauces like brown sugar sauce and vanilla ice cream, alongside a budget friendly brown stew. It explains browning meat, simmering until tender, and using less tender cuts to save money. It also notes snap beans as a dependable vegetable and mentions serving options with cornbread or potatoes.
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Bermuda
Milk Based Custards And Puddings For Sugarless Days
June recipes emphasize milk rich custards and puddings to replace sugar desserts. Eggs boost nutrition. scald milk before mixing. bake custards in water bath at 325 degrees F until a knife comes clean. Simple four to six serving recipe uses two cups milk two eggs vanilla sugar and salt.
Apricot Milk Punch Recipe For Warm Weather
A vintage drink recipe outlines Apricot Milk Punch with apricot puree corn syrup and milk. Serve over chilled glasses topped with whipped cream and garnish with dried apricots. The guide suggests nut bread or cheese as accompaniment to boost energy for daily activities.
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Ems
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Charles A. Doxsee
Monticello, Iowa
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
R. Mokown
Margaret Leeuh
Wahpetan
N. DC
Farmer-Globe
Indianapolis News
LeeMars Sentinel
Ood
Marshalltown
Davenport Democrat
Lou Gardner
Prague
St. Margaret’s Church
Monticello Expres
Gottlieb Bromeman
Tre
Edmund Duffy
Baltimore Sun
Office of War Information
Ruth Cessna McDonald
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