Polk County Commissioners Audit and Fund Allocations Jan 4 1944
Polk County Nebraska officials audit claims and approve payments across funds including County General Emergency Relief State Fund and Road Districts. The notes detail specific vendors, services, mileage, and supplies and authorize warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County General Fund
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
Bintz’s
Right Manufacturing Corp
Consumers
Public Power Dist. Light and Power
Alvin ‘Dahlin
Alvin Dahlin
Geo.l. DeLand
Jackson Dry Cleaners
Jackson Linen
LeRoy Johnson
Klopp Printing Company
Owen McClung
Milburn & Scott Co
Massachusetts. Bonding Co
Arthur 'S
Nelson
Arthur 'S. Nelson
Ceee
Ene
Osceola Water Department
Charles Wurdeman
Suyveyine
Edith Heilman
State Admin
R. L. Anderson
Emergency Relief Fund
Ira Banta
Polk County
Nebraska
I. Anderson
Osceola
Board of County Commissioners
January Ration Guide for Green Brown Sugar Stamps
The January ration schedule lists food and fuel coupons with expiration dates across Green Stamps D E F through FB 20 and G H J through FB 20, Brown Stamps L M N P Q through January 1 and other Brown stamps through late February, plus Sugar Stamp Nos 29 30 and 18 with varied end dates. Airplane Stamp No 1 and fuel oil coupons also show indefinite or date restricted validity. Inspections deadlines cover C B A books by February 28 and March 31 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Nelson— Johnson Chevrolet Co
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Yeepaits
Arthur S. Nelson Road
John W. Oberg & Son Todaits
Sinclair Refining Co
Overland Sand & Gravel Co
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Assn
Aid to Enemy War Bonds Message by Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau urges Americans to pay taxes on time and invest in War Bonds in a wartime pledge. He argues avoiding taxes and bonds harms the nation and sacrifices lives, calling every citizen to service and fiscal commitment for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthau
Foreign trade and postwar production drive American industry
Discussion explains foreign trade boosts jobs and prices for farmers and manufacturers and argues efficiency and mass production are needed to keep markets and living standards high after the war. It warns against extravagance and notes how labor costs affect competitiveness while urging wholehearted national effort. It also briefly describes the poinsettia and its pronunciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Washington
Mexico
South America
Date of Christ Birth Set in Fourth Century Varied
The text notes there was no exact date for Christ birth, with celebrations on January 6 February 2 March 25 April 19 May 20 and November 17. In 1644 English parliament banned Christmas observance. later Charles II revived the feast known as Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II
Federal overreach blamed for muddled postwar agencies
A long criticism argues that the federal government has swollen to 19 lending agencies, 12 map agencies, 30 recruiting offices, 60 land buying bodies, and 15 labor and public power offices, totaling over 3 million workers. The piece covers immigration trends, OPA pork rationing, potential pork shortages, and war activity while urging government streamlining. It notes new immigration limits may be needed, pork rationing unchanged, and Allied and Soviet forces advancing in Europe. It also protests farm machinery allotments as six million farms struggle to operate without tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Uncle Sam
Op‘a
OPA
Congress
Department of Agriculture
War Production Board
Farm Tractor Allotment Tied to 48 Farms Per Unit
The plan sets one tractor per 48 farms and assigns one third as many tractors to Canada and other foreign regions as to the U.S. The same ratio applies to other farm machinery. It warns war production would stall if munition plants and shipyards are treated similarly. Food for victory hinges on 1944 farm output as men depart for armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
OF County Commissioners
Walt@r co
Occidental Building & Loan Assn
Yemnt 2
Zunnard Peterson
Clk County Extension
Seeaees
Bruce Pickett
T. A. Reece Clk
State Journal Printting Co
Travelers Insurance Co
Sas Afb
St Ede de Gallanaca
eBlens Road Dist
Harper Peterson Road
Berstigen Tes
Arnold Jay Peterson
Bamg Love
Chas. Wright
Martin Liss Same
Donald Schipporeit
Henry Schipporeit
Gilbert Benson
Red Wieseman
R. R. Urban
Wm. J. Herrmann Rood
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Assn. Bas
Eli W. Johnson
Ray Fellows
Farmers Union ‘Co-Op Oil Ass’n. Gas, Oil and freaBe
Ccee Chee
Ralph Kahler
Chas. R. Esau
Rudolph Swanson Same
Wm. Zimmerman Same
L. CG. Orendorff
Will Wurtz Same
M. J. Widga
Ollie Johnson
Horace Stevens Same
James Lindberg Same
William Kinsley Same
Emil Person Same
Road Equipment Fund
Cramer Oil Co
Fopaits
Johnson Chevrolet Co. Topbits
John I. Anderson Co
Co. Treas
State Treas
T. A. Reece
Gunnard Peterson Co
Sheriff Co
L. IM. Merrick Co
Judge
Polk
Arthur S. Nelson
Board of County
HN S. Anderson
Pata
John S. Anderson
George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy, Arkansas
War Department
Europe
United Nations
Johnson
Colorado
Britain
Atlantic
Germany
Italy
Karl Stefan
Joe Chantry
Mgr
Alaska High
Chester Morris
Richard Arien
Eddie Dew
Lorraine Miller
Flying Cadets
Betty
Grable Rosert
Reginald Gardiner
Virginia Grey
Lunden
Virginia ‘Pate
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