Isolationism or world partnership in postwar policy debate
Lou Gardner argues for cautious approach to world federation while supporting UN style cooperation to prevent future wars. The piece weighs Republican foreign policy, the League of Nations legacy, and Miss Rankin’s pacifist stance, noting Montana voters’ 1940 and 1916 votes and labeling her a belligerent pacifist.
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Lou Gardner
Iowa
America
Gardner
United Nations
Lodge
Borah
Johnson
Republican Party
Town
United States
League of Nations
Miss Rankin
Montana
Germany
Congress
Rankin’s Pearl Harbor remark challenged in Congress record
A historical column criticizes Jeannette Rankin for a remark in the congressional record describing Pearl Harbor as a Roosevelt trick. It argues her stance blames Britain and Japan’s economic sanctions for the war, urging appeasement rather than action.
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Jeannette Rankin
Congress
Japan
Miss Rankin
Pearl Harbor
Asia
Unite States
Montana
United States
England
High Prices at Farm Auctions Prompt Cash Rich Farmers
Estherville and Sac Sun report unusually high prices at farm auctions for livestock and machinery. Farmers, flush with wealth not seen since the last world war, fear unable purchases for next year yet pay top dollar to secure used equipment. Banks note farmers rapidly paying off loans and accumulating balances, signaling strong farm finances.
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Sac Sun
War Prospects For New Year Improvements Daily
The new year opens with hopeful prospects for the war. Axis forces defend on all fronts while Russians press east and harry Germans. Rommel struggles in North Africa as Allies press Tunis and Bizerte. Allied air supremacy costs Axis troops. Burma advances under Gen. Wavell. Hitler and Togo face difficult days as world conquest proves costly.
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Rommel
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Solomons
New Guinea
Burma
Gen. Wavell
Hitler
Togo
War End Timing Clarified by Barber Shop Dialogue
A reader quotes a barber shop talk on the war’s end, voicing impatience for a clearer timetable. The exchange reflects public desire for concrete dates and progress updates amid ongoing hostilities.
Emperor’s Shrine Pilgrimage Mirrors Japanese Control
Atlantic News-Telegraph reports the Japanese emperor performs a shrine pilgrimage to honor ancestors, seen by Americans as superstition used to keep masses compliant. Leon Henderson resigns from the OPA amid criticisms of rationing and wartime policy. Rumors pin Prentiss Brown as his successor.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
Japan
Public war effort harmed by labor slowdowns in home front actions
The article laments AFL CIO labor disputes delaying the war effort and fueling public disgust. It argues that American resolve at home contrasts with servicemen in the Solomons and North Africa, who will judge the slowdowns when they return. The piece asserts service members are thinking deeply about the labor rows.
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Storm Lake
Farmers urged to raise more by Wickard and Hoover
In Marshalltown Times Republican the editors quote Wickard urging higher farm production and Hoover agreeing that farmers cannot raise too much. They note other voices favor consuming all food as soon as available and emphasize timely utilization of crops.
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Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Wickard
Hoover
Pocahontas County Board approves drainage levy and road contracts
Pocahontas County Iowa supervisors meeting October 20 1942 approves an 8 percent levy on Drainage District No 78 lands and awards Farm to Market Road Project No F S N-289 to A Olson Construction for 5551 dollars. They also approve quarterly clerk of district courts and county recorder reports and set county work wages.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
Clarence Jensen
G. C. Johnson
O. F. Young
Joint Boards of Supervisors of
Clay
Palo Alto
Pocahontas Counties
Towa
Young
Johnson
Jensen
A. Olson Construction Company
Waterloo
Roy A. Johnson
County Recorder
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Marion Bruce
Reveille
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Rolfe
Estherville
Lem
Humboldt
Leon Henderson
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Michigan
Henderson
Whitmer Bakery and Grocery
General County
Viola
Erinter Viola F. McCartan
Hubert Kapsch
C. W. Gilchrist
Frances Young
Rolfe Arrow
Record-Democrat
Koch Bros
Klipton Loose Leaf Co
Standard Office Equip’t, Ink W. J. Allne
Ins
Fonda Times
Standard Blue Print Co
Sup- Inc
Pocahontas, Power & Light
Frank Wheeler
Labor
J. A. Hansen
Weed Comm
Ti. R. Donohoe
Amanda C. Hersom
Earl W. Daniels
Olive Pearl Ritter
Walter Nelson
Herman H. Renken
Tubr
Theo. R. Renken
Library Pacific Press Publishing Co
State of Iowa
Hooks
Edna George
Food Stamp Office
B & B Dairy
Robinson Shoe Store
Barchardt
A. H
W. A. Kelly
Cora Lind
J.T. Grant
G. W. Harland
Kenneth Nielsen
Hans Nielsen
Hans + Nielsen
Kid Winegarden
Kd Winegarden
Ed Winecharged
Andy Anderson
Walter Cook
W. R. Ter
Marten Peterson
Calhoun County, Co
Welden Bros
R. M. Love
Clyde Williams
Jim Severson
Jim Abbott
N.W. Bell Telephone Cp
Cone Phone Winegarden
Harold Peterson
Central States
Heo. Co
Elec
Des Moines Steel Co
Globe Machinery & Supply Co
Isom Hufford
W. B. Linnan
Park
G. A. Everson
M.D
T. D. Jones
F. H. Molyneux
Savage Block
Rolife
Lowy
Carl J. White
Auto Boot Kennedy Agency
Rolfe, Ldi
T. J. Raynes Insurance
L. M. Graham Veterinarian
First Nati Bank
Monuments & Markes
Rolfe Monument Works
R. B. Ranney
Jones
Howard Bruce
G. F. Smith
Mer
Rolfe State Bank
Mron
Hay
Verm
Lok
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