Lewis Strike Scheme Fails and Wallace Europe Visit Criticized
The article reviews John L. Lewis's failed strike plan after Supreme Court limits, noting miners return to work as losses mount and unions shift. It also condemns Henry Wallace's Europe trip as ill advised, arguing appeasement toward Russia harms peace prospects. It calls for U S loan controls to curb autocratic regimes while supporting anti communist policy.
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John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Lewis
Centralia
Secretary of the Interior Krug
United
O. K
Goldsborough
Henry Wallace
Europe
Russia
Hitler
U. N. Council
U. N
Wallace
England
France
United States
Henry Ford
U. S
Greece
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Wallaces' Farmer analyzes potato surplus plan
The piece describes Secretary Anderson's plan to buy excess potatoes and remove them from market to stabilize prices. If market prices fall below the $2.40 support level, farmers receive a $1 compensatory payment. Consumers gain lower prices and surpluses are directed to alcohol and starch rather than rotting.
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Wallaces
Anderson
Tractors Exports and War Prevention Echoed
Farmers query export of tractors with 1946 figures showing 307000 total farm sales and 54000 exported. Advocates argue sending tractors abroad is cheaper and more constructive than producing tanks to avert conflict.
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Wallaces
Farm towns urged to stay open late to please farmers
A Wallace-Homestead survey of farm opinion shows 83 percent oppose daytime shopping only and favor stores open until 10 p.m. at least two nights weekly. Eighty eight percent of farmers oppose 6 p.m. closing, while two nights open earns 63 percent support.
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Decorah
Corn Belt
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Wallace-Homestead
Armers
Citizens weigh voting patterns on shopping nights and politics
The column cites a 69 percent male favor vote and 64 percent for women, notes a 34 percent total against twice weekly shopping, and 3 percent undecided. It includes editorials from Washington Evening Journal Humboldt Independent LeMars Sentinel Northwood Anchor on communism inflation and Iowa tax policy.
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Washington Evening Journal
Communist Party
Moscow
Wallace defends Greece aid plan amid world unity fears
Henry Wallace argues Truman’s Greece aid unites the world against the United States and warns Russia would act in any nation lacking U.S. cooperative assistance. He contrasts Soviet aggression with American aid and notes England started feeding school children at midday in 1870.
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Sioux Falls
Argus
Henry Wallace
Truman
Greece
Russia
Wallace
United States
England
Typhoid Fever Decline Tied to Modern Sanitation Measures
Health leaders note a 99 percent drop in typhoid mortality since 1900 and a 75 percent fall in the past decade thanks to sewer modernization water filtration chlorination milk pasteurization and food safety efforts. Carriers can spread infection without symptoms making vaccination necessary when preventive systems fail.
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U.S
Citie
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings Dated February 10 1947
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors in special session approves hearing date March 25 1947 on Drainage District No 8 assessments and notifies landowners. Regular session February 18 1947 includes approval of City Assessor Eldo Heathman and the W A Kelley Justice of the Peace report plus audited claims listing costs and services across county departments.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
G, .C. Johnson
O. F. Young
J. M. Bush
Young
Bush
Lar
Pocahontas County
G. C. Johnson
Eldo Heathman
Plover
W. A. Kelley
Clinton Township
Farmers urged to check electric pig brooders for fire risk
Pocahontas County farmer adviser Max O. Naylor warns electric pig brooders cause fires from exposed fuses and unprotected wiring. He urges guards, proper insulation, hardware cloth shields, safe bulb placement, and careful use of heat lamps to reduce losses on farms now larger than years past.
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Pocahontas County
Max O. Naylor
Iowa
Naylor
Food Handlers Exam Emphasis Saintly on Public Health
The passage notes unseen carriers of disease among food workers and stresses the importance of screening for food handlers to prevent community spread. It highlights that asymptomatic carriers may unknowingly transmit illness via food, making examinations crucial.
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