Right Turn on Postwar Mood and Gallup Poll Reflections
An analysis of a Gallup Poll shows Americans favor keeping prewar conditions after victory. The piece notes enthusiasm for self reliance and skepticism toward centralized planning, with college graduates most supportive of postwar changes. Bureaucracy demobilization is urged as a public priority.
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America
American Institute of Public Opinion
Dr. Gallup
Institute
WPA
CCC
NYA
Rodney Rickers Ravings Message Reflections on Editors Teachers and Elections
A column notes rapid world and local changes from war news to elections and weather. It praises editors and teachers, mocks political tactics, and laments missed chances while invoking June 14 Flag Day and the unknown teacher who shapes youth. Public figures and everyday events frame a meditation on progress and uncertainty.
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Fourth Judicial
Shattuc Social News Highlights Local Visits and Births
Alton residents Earl and Mrs Anderson visited Edward Gaddy. A baby boy Gary Gene Palm born at Breeze Hospital. Inez Singleton resumes summer at Tabernacle Baptist Church Centralia. Extended family visits include Crabtree, Hermsmeyer, Stein, Wiedle, and Singleton households. Revival ministers include Millar, Miller, Berry, Sanders, Metzger. Betty Wiedle works Carlyle. Jack Crabtree family in Centralia. Lavern Ahlf from Fort Sill visited Clara Wedekemper.
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Wilbert Palm
the Breeze Hospital
Gary Gene
Ler
Sandoval
Berry
Posey
Sanders
East St. Louis
Metzger
Inez Singleton
O. S. Singleton
Jack Crabtree
Centralia
Get. Lavern Ahlf
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Clara Wedekemper
Dena
Betty Wiedle
Clifford Nehrt
Carlyle
Ruth Nighswander
Green Valley
Illinois
Ellen Wiedle
Mervin Noe
Alfred Wiedle
Cotton Sacks As A Sewing Solution For Families
Capper's Farmer notes cotton sacks can be repurposed into home items and children’s clothing. Instructions cover washing to remove ink, dyeing, and crafting items such as pajamas from large sacks and jumpers decorated with felt apples, highlighting thrifty wardrobe ideas for mothers and daughters.
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Capper’s Farmer
Odin News Items Highlight Local Visits and Birth
Social notes from Odin and surrounding towns recount visits among families from Sandoval Beckemeyer and St Louis. A birth announces Gloria Jeanne Super born Friday weighing eight and a half pounds. Community events include Father Son banquet at Odin Methodist Church and Marion County Singing Convention at We Methodist Church June 24.
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Mrs. Raymond Super
Gloria Jeanne
Odin Methodist Church
Marion County
We Methodist Church
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Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Rodney Ricker
Odin Community High
U. S. Supreme Court
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Earl Anderson of
Alton
Edward Gaddy
Alice Swagler
Carbondale
S.I.N.U
Edgar Swagler
Asa Mann
Rudolph Heinzmann
Claud Brum
Claud Sanders
William Hill
Robert Stein
Margie Kay
Charles Hermsmeyer
Ralph Hermsmeyer
Kent
Litchfield
Frank Stein
Vivian Bennett
Alfred Stein
Harold Rommelmann
A. L. Millar
Pocahontas
Bill Mil
Clyde Hester
Laura Jackson
A. D. Nighswander
Nevelyn
Albert Heinzmann
Virginia Lee
Paul Earl
Henry Ahls
James Thoman
Orlen Singleton
James Keister
Nancy
LA Rue
Beauty Shop
Patoka, Ill
ODIN
Rolla Rogers of
Douglas Phillips
Paul Phillips
Bobbie
Beckemeyer
Carl Ter Moat
St. Louis
Billy Woods
George Crouch
Moran, Kansas
Kansas City
Frank Myers
Charles McCartan
Toby Laffoon
Guido Biagi
Willie Laffoon
Arthur Biagi
Waukegan, Ill
Jack Wall
Salem
Charlie McCartan
Warren McCartan
Roberts
Seaton Pearson
Melvin Crouch
Rantoul
Frank Meyers
Ora Lucom
Ruby Greene
Hutchinson, Kansas
Alice Morgan
Raymond Soper
Chicago
Mrs
Guy Morgan
Lish Johnson
Emma McWhirter
Lise McGrumphy
Dauger
Dorothy Booker
BA and
Mike
L ‘Tie, Smith
Florence Smith
Wilson Smith Jr
S Ping
P. J. Kennedy
The
Brick
Thct
Summer
Bernice Maire
Jimmy
Delano Smith
Bernay Murphy
Frank Chapman
Wilson Smith
John
Billy
Aligan
Guy Moore
WAX
Simonize, Mobil
Firestone
Crawfords
Mobil Oil and Gas Phon
Whiting’s Electric
Bill Nattier
Patoka, Illinois
Vandalia Rendering
Vandalia
Toka Elevator
Patoka Elevator
George J. Wasem
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