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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1943
Page
2
An editorial lampoons wartime fashion rules as bans on pants loosen and cuffs return for shorter legs. It notes woolen cloth saved from 19 million pairs could yield 300000 extra garments while praising wartime female sartorial sacrifices and mocking male over dressing.
Charles Morrow Wilson argues Middle America is nearly exhausted but still rich for cultivation south of the United States. He says the region offers vast fertile soil, diverse life forms, and potential for rubber and quinine, with freehold land and low transport costs, shaping stable economies and better markets for American exports after the war.
A Chicago report notes a moderate farm land boom in Illinois with prices rising 16 percent from April to April and a 5 percent rise from January to April 1942. The text suggests a potential regional pattern in the Midwest, with questions about whether urban buyers are returning to farmland and what this means for future values.
June updates include Red L red and J meat stamps becoming valid and through June, Blue KL and MM stamps for processed foods valid through July 9, sugar stamps 15 18 five pounds, and stamp 24 for one pound. Gasoline stamps G H J precooked foods extend through July with tire and gas inspections deadline dates noted.
Community church announces service for the school class from Arlington with members and reference to a weekend event. Details are fragmentary but indicate a local gathering and church activity for the class.
Local diary records people visiting relatives and friends in Oelwein and surrounding towns. Mrs C H Gitchell returns home from Vinton while many others, including Mrs H R Young and Betty Flower, call on neighbors. The page also notes church vacation Bible school, a Waterloo summer program, and a Civil War anecdote about General Sherman.
A report from WHO Des Moines and other Midwest stations outlines favorite programs across CBS Mutual and NBC networks. Stations include KSD St Louis WTMJ Milwaukee WLW Cincinnati WGN Chicago WBBM Chicago and WMT Cedar Rapids. The list reflects station reports and carries typical network selections with occasional errors noted.
A list of programs across WHO NBC WGN WMT and WENR WLS WENR WLS and WMT stations outlines nightly shows from 6:00 pm to midnight. Features news bulletins Bob Hope and Red Skelton programs, variety acts, musical orchestras, dramas Roy Shield reports, and late night dance orchestras with scheduled news updates and concluding music blocks.
A listing of Wednesday night into midnight radio schedules across WHO WGN WMT and WENR WLS networks detailing program times hosts bands and segments such as news dance orchestras comedy and variety shows in a dense archival timetable format. The entry notes shows featuring Mr North Kay Kyser Burlingame Gabriel Heatter John Holbrook and Sammy Kaye among others with interleaved news segments and music performances.
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