21 Dec 1939
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
1
An editorial from the Des Moines Register cites the American Farm Bureau federation meeting in Chicago praising farmers for friendliness humor humility and open mindedness. It argues rural stability sustains the nation and that subsistence living among sharecroppers risks upheaval. Propaganda should follow truth in wartime.
Northwest Iowa newspapers have long criticized under representation in the Iowa Senate. They argue the issue costs residents money through unfair taxation and lost dollars, explaining how twenty four counties suffer financially.
Spencer leader Wm. P. Woodstock argues northern Iowa pays taxes to fund southern schools and drainage while southern senators block redistricting. He urges northwest candidates and platforms to push redistricting to relieve northern taxpayers, amid cross-state political tensions.
Eldora Herald Ledger reports the American Farm Bureau Federation urged stronger government protection for agriculture amid South American competition. Argentina Chile and Uruguay are cited as competitive threats, with calls for safeguards similar to those given to industry. The federation hopes Congress will curb this farm sector menace.
Iowa prepares for national emergency as Christmas 1989 nears. National Guard units and Adjutant General Charles A. Grahl oversee mobilization planning, with seven ty five industrial plant conscription groundwork and a ready selective service act draft. Officers study sample forms for county selective service in anticipation of congress action.
Fragmentary text from a historical page hints at sudden wealth or crowds forming quickly. The readable lines suggest the idea of rapid accumulation or gathering, with no clear individuals, dates, or locations fully identifiable.
Answers from the Iowa State Act Committee and Pocahontas county outline corn loan eligibility and terms for the 1939 harvest. Eligible corn earns a 57 cents per bushel loan rate, with loans available any time up to March 1, 1940. Interest is 3 percent per year, reduced from last year.
At Independence a trio of high school girls hunted pheasants. They found three birds though game was scarce and, after a shot or scare to death, the birds were counted. The landowner later reported three guineas missing, a detail possibly coincidental.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a program described as orderly fashion and announced again as the post. No clear names, dates, locations, or organizations are readable. The text appears as garbled phrases from a past issue with limited usable content.
Pernilla Trilhus, 69, died at Trilhus Farm near Northwood last week. She was born on the farm and lived there all her life.
In Grinnell Herald a letter from Mr. Mel Jonald shows a pasted sheet with the line money for taxes and no signature. The note, sent from Grinnell, asks what he should do with the money, leaving McDonald puzzled.
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