60 Million Jobs Plan Debate Shapes Economic Policy
Washington correspondent notes Henry Wallace faces Congress approval for RFC loan funding to pursue 60 million jobs. Taft backs balanced budgets and inflation control, Pepper favors loans to small business and tax cuts. WPB controls cloth prices tightens garment output. May bill would draft 18 to 45 year olds with strict penalties and broad amendments debated in the House. Congress moves toward selective service style law.
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Richard Wilson
Washington
Des Moines Register
Henry Wallace
Wilson
Congress
Taft
Pepper
Wallace
RFC
WPB
OPA
Rayburn
State Help to Schools Doubtful After Tax Bill
Passage of the 50 percent state income tax bill raises doubt about substantial aid to Iowa schools. The Iowa Taxpayers association notes Iowa ranks high in income tax on middle incomes, casting further uncertainty on relief at the 50 percent level.
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Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Golden wedding marks Po cahontas progress and roots
In Pocahontas on January 23 the fifty year marriage of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Malcolm is celebrated and placed alongside the county’s growth. The event recalls earlier generations and pioneer efforts by the A. H. Malcolm and George F. Spence families, noting roads, schools, churches, and town development over fifty years.
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C. P. Malcolm
Pocahontas
Malcolms
George F. Spence
A. H. Malcolm
Pocahontas County
Malcolm
Rolfe
Iowa
Prairie
Farm mortgage debt too high despite lower ratio
Wallaces' Farmer analyzes farm mortgage debt staying elevated at about 12.4 percent of farm real estate value in 1946, noting historic peaks and potential income declines. It compares 1944 to prewar years and warns a 20 percent farm income cut could still leave strong net earnings in a nonwar year.
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Wallaces
United States
Steagall
Legislature urged school funding from sales tax revenue
The speaker argues that the legislature should allocate a share of sales tax revenue to schools. He contends that relying on new taxes is unnecessary and Iowa should not rank last among states in educational aid. He believes schools deserve greater financial support now.
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Iowa
Fat Coon Fat Supper Supports War Effort
West Union firemen hosted a coon and chicken supper for members and guests. Mr and Mrs Clell Culling salvaged nine pounds of waste fat after the meal to aid the war effort.
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West Union
Clell
Soldiers at Hawaii Army Hospital Recall Leyte Wounds
Reporter visits an army hospital in Hawaii to interview wounded soldiers from Leyte and other fronts. He photographs them for hometown papers, sharing their stories and hopes for letters, while noting the small town paper mission and the soldiers’ courage.
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Lauren K. Seth
Hawaii
Leyte
Oregon
North Carolina
Illinois
War Department
Rolfe
Rolfe Arrow
the Arrow
Turkey
Wisconsin
Attu
Kwajelein
Iowans Poll Over Anti Nazi Education in German Schools
Iowa poll results show 33 percent want United Nations anti Nazi teachers in German schools while 23 percent support Allied country teachers. Twenty eight percent favor leaving the problem to a future German government and a few propose sending children to Allied countries for education.
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Germany
Bradgate Methodist Church Calendar and Local Celebrations
Sunday worship at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Evangelistic services nightly this week except Friday. Birthdays celebrated at Mrs Jarvis dinner with guests from Maxwell San Diego Spencer and Fort Dodge. Furloughs and visits noted among Isacson Jolliffe Rasmussen and Benjamin families with local hospital news and a birthday girl Dorothy Janelle Olson born January 30.
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Bradgate
Charles Jarvis
Jarvis
Elmer Jarvis
Shirley Silkebakken
Mildred Rosburg
Maxwell
Alfred Sampson
San Diego
Ruey Miguel
Spencer
Roger Isacson
Sioux Falls
Darwin Jolliffe
Ray Jolliffe
Fred Benjamin
Bode
Navy
Roger
Darrell
Stanley Benjamin
Theodore Benjamins
Nels Benjamin
Hans Isacson
Joe Johnson
Gilmore
Norma Dailey
Carroll Rasmussen
Mr. Rasmussen
West Bend
Des Moines
Henry C. Olson
Dorothy Janelle
Caroline Madsen
Lutheran Welfare Society of
Fort Dodge
Earl Olson
Arnold Larsen
Henry Olson
Calif
Shirely
Australia
Philippines
Leyte
Miguel
Sampson
Charles
Mildred Rosberg
Jarvis Home
Donald Dailey
Frank Dailey
Keith Ophiem
Henry Smith
Rolfe
LeRoy Larsen and Sons
Oroville Jergen
Robert Isacson
Steff Set
Norland and
Cleland
A. C
Wrights Celebrate 36th Wedding Anniversary
On Saturday evening friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright to honor their 36th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Robert Ellsworth and Mrs. Dwayne Benge organized the gathering. Bert Larson returns to work in Storm Lake after a visit. Bernice Bradburn and Louise Ripperger, Berna Vista College students, spent the weekend at home.
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Frank Wright
Robert Ellsworth
Dwayne Benge
Wright
Bert Larson
Storm Lake
Bernice Bradburn
Louise Ripperger
Berna Vista College
Farmers Asked to Plant 8100 Acres Flax in Pocahontas County
Iowa aims to boost linseed output with a state goal of 200000 acres and Pocahontas County set at 8100 acres. County extension director Max C. Naylor urges early seed selection, use of Brown seeded varieties, weed control, and seed cleaning with Ceresan to secure a strong fall harvest. Commodity Credit Corporation loans support flaxseed at 3 dollars per bushel with No 2 at five cents less.
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Iowa
Pocahontas County
Max C. Naylor
Viking
Crystal
Commodity Credit Corporation
Minneapolis
Mankato
Red Wing
Minn
Milwaukee
Wis
Postmaster Examination for Plover Iowa Announcement
United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for the fourth class postmaster at Plover Iowa to be held at Rolfe Iowa. Applications close February 15 1945 with a salary of 1100 and a temporary 15 percent increase. Open to U S citizens ages 21 to 64 residing in the post office territory. Admission cards will state exam date.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Plover
Iowa
Rolfe
Congress
United States
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