03 Aug 1944
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
1
The European corn borer is moving west through Iowa with heavy damage in eastern counties. USDA experts have no strong control, urging plowing of cornstalks to expose borers to freezing weather and birds. Federal surveys show multi county losses nearing millions, and widespread infestation could halt some corn fields.
The 100th Infantry Battalion of Japanese Americans won an official citation for outflanking a German position at Belvedere Italy with minimal artillery. They cut behind 500 Germans, seized the position, with casualties and 171 enemy captured. The article asserts loyalty of Japanese Americans and notes FBI findings of no sabotage.
The New York Post quotes Rep Hamilton Fish criticizing Jews as “more or Jexs for the New Deal” a remark Dewey denounces as injecting a religious issue into the primary. Maxwell Anderson faces a libel threat from Fish over Andersons anti Fish ad.
Editors note railroad advertising showcases afterwar strategy as travelers report crowded trains yet praise service. Despite high wartime patronage, rail executives anticipate a postwar slump and pledge topnotch service, aiming to keep public business with newspapers.
The Hartford circus fire tragedy is described as unusually deadly with about 150 deaths in one blaze as a stark reminder that daily fire deaths remain high. The piece urges individual responsibility to extinguish heat sources and safeguard devices to prevent such tragedies. It also discusses saving money through war bonds and how future purchasing power depends on price levels, using a Wallaces' Farmer comparison.
The Davenport Democrat notes Henry A. Wallace faced rough handling and failed to secure the nomination due to weak backing from party bosses. The piece argues bosses controlled the gathering and that Wallace lacked strong organizational support.
At the national convention the southern delegation failed to secure a white supremacy plank or the race question changes they demanded. They backed Senator Byrd with votes but would not oppose Roosevelt's renomination. Despite anger over the platform and New Deal, they plan to vote straight for the Democratic ticket in November.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts political mood in the South with northern Democrats, noting enduring sectional loyalty. It includes a joke about a man attending a convention as a delegate-at-large and its implied personal meaning.
The Alta Advertiser urges forming a town committee with council, clubs, and lodge members to plan post war business in Alta. It invites readers, especially farmers, to suggest types of businesses to fill about eight empty storefronts for a one stop farm and home service, avoiding overcrowding.
The piece argues that after the war many workers will leave defense plants and return to civilian careers. It urges towns to organize now with ready programs so returning men and women can find new locations and start in chosen fields, avoiding business confusion.
Knoxville Journal notes that over one billion people cannot read or write, risking superstition and exploitation. Dr. Frank C. Laubach pledges to devote his life to teaching reading, using simple phonetics and large type to provide practical knowledge on health, agriculture, finance, and Christ's principles. The piece also poses a question about how a teen-age child’s higher early earnings might affect family life in coming years.
The second brood of codling moth is entering apples in extreme southeast Iowa around mid July. Spray now with 14 pounds lead arsenate per 50 gallons water to curb worms and add 2 quarts liquid lime sulfur or 2 pounds dry lime subhpur to prevent scab, with hydrated lime and Bordeaux mixture as needed.
Swine producers and agricultural station researchers favor leafy green alfalfa hay or meal as key to a sound winter diet. Extension swine specialist E L Quaife advises a third hay cutting, green when cocks are prepared, dried rather than sunken, with preserved leaves and color. Store separately for pregnant sows and fall pigs. alfalfa supplies vitamins A B and D to prevent stunted growth and weak lactation.
A 40 acre field of timothy on the R. O. Skellenger farm in Adair county was cut, raked, baled and stored in two days and a half. Two tractors and two horse drawn mowers worked all night to finish the job producing 2014 bales of hay stored in the barns.
Moville Record notes a dated reflection on a friend who would not speak about a trusted relationship. The brief item hints at silence causing strain within a circle of acquaintances and emphasizes the social tension of withheld information.
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