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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1942
Page
5
The Rolfe Arrow highlights community support for the Defense Bonds and Stamps drive under A. M. Simonson with statements from local leaders and organizations. Notes outline bond details including denominations, pricing at three fourths of face value, ten year maturity, non transferability, and interest schedule.
A note from the treasury explains stamps issued in denominations 1 cent 50 cents 1 dollar and 5 dollars. Purchasers are given a place to store stamps and may exchange or redeem them later. A large number of stamps are bought, especially by guild members, with totals reaching substantial sums at this office.
Community leaders and residents urge supporting the defense effort through buying Defense Bonds and Stamps. Letters from A M Simonson, Mrs Luther Thompson, Mrs B A Peterson, and Esther Ragan emphasize thrift, education, and loyalty to service members as the Rolfe post office offers full services during these critical times.
The local Eastern Star chapter calls for community support through bonds and stamps to fund military supplies. Mrs. Alta Hewlett urges prompt contributions to back the boys and preserve government programs.
Clara Hendrickson argues that financial support is a patriotic duty during war. Citizens should save and sacrifice luxuries to aid war efforts, with bonds as an investment and stamps if bonds are unaffordable, stressing that money strengthens fighting potential.
A wartime plea urges sacrificing luxuries and buying war bonds until it hurts and then buying more. The author L. R. Davidson emphasizes that not just money, but time and work from citizens, are needed to win the war.
A wartime call to support defense bonds. Cora Lighter Ivey urges Americans to back defense bonds to fund national effort. The message emphasizes duty at home and on the battlefield and frames bond purchases as patriotic action.
A wartime civic appeal urges citizens to save on food and clothing and invest savings in Defense Stamps and Bonds. Messages from Mrs. US A Rogers and Mrs. Fae Scon emphasize duty of women to back democracy, fund military needs, and support Red Cross efforts.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to back the defense with immediate and continuous funding. It emphasizes sacrificing money for the lives of servicemen and vows the conflict is ongoing, not distant, calling for full equipment and support via defense bonds.
In Rolfe the community answered with strong support for Defense Bonds after a meeting at the schoolhouse. About 90 of 100 men notified attended or expressed inability to attend, all pledging to invest and urge others. A district meeting is planned next Friday with all attendees expected.
J O Wangberg speaks on a 24 hour daily schedule sustaining the firing line. He frames it as essential to win a triple victory over enemies, preserve democracy, and secure lasting peace with equal natural rights for all people.
A rousing wartime plea stresses shared sacrifice in defending America from dictatorship. The speaker insists every citizen must excel in their duty, rejects subservience to a dictator, and warns against losing pensions and collective bargaining, framing indemnity as the outcome of failure.
In a wartime appeal, Masonic members urge patriotic duty to defend democracy and defeat dictators. They stress liberty, justice, and religious freedom, praising Masonry's values and urging all to buy Defense stamps and bonds to fund the war and sustain the nation.
Protect Our Homes The drive for Defense Bonds and Stamps is on. Our government does not ask us to give, only to lend our money. While the Allied armies fight to protect us, we must supply planes tanks guns and ammunition that support their effort.
N J Bixler urges Rolfe residents to buy war bonds and sacrifice luxuries to support the defense effort. He stresses citizenship as priceless and calls for ready pledges when called by the bond committee to back the government.
A first person plea urging saving for defense bonds as sound investment and national duty. The author argues every penny saved helps fund wartime needs, noting parents funded past wars and urging readers to contribute regardless of earnings.
The American Legion calls for a nationwide house to house canvass to secure signed pledges of income to support defense bonds and stamps in 1942. The campaign aims to raise one billion dollars per month, stressing unity with the United Nations to speed victory and protect democracy. Cecil Cummings Post No. 25 led by Commander Chris Madsen backs the effort.
Francis Hood of the Rolfe Businessmen's Club urges the public to view defense bonds and stamps as savings with good interest and strong security. He says buying a bond shows faith in soldiers and that the community will fully support the war effort, with the slogan A BOND A DAY PUTS THE AXIS AWAY.
A young schoolgirl volunteers to support the defense stamp and bond drive, offering help to promote purchases and encourage peers to contribute to the war effort.
At a meeting of bond solicitors in the high school auditorium Chairman N J Bixler explained the canvass method for Rolfe bond issue. The pledge drive aims to inform citizens about bond nature without compulsion and to request help according to ability, clarifying that bonds are not donations.
Rolfe town uses 45 blocks with two canvassers per block for a one day bond drive. Series E bonds cost 18.75 to 875 with values 25 to 1000, mature in ten years, bearing 2.9 percent interest compounded semiannually. Six thousand dollars already invested at the Rolfe post office and Rolfe State Bank.
A speaker urges Americans to support the war effort by purchasing Defense Stamps and Bonds to fund weapon purchases. He stresses the nation has resources and determination but needs money to win the war and pledges his own effort to buy as many stamps as possible.
James N. Lund, minister at Naii Lutheran Church, quotes Lincoln's 1864 stance on enduring the war for its objective, stressing moral and spiritual stamina of 180 million people beyond material force, and cites consequences for axis powers tied to divine justice. Continued on Page Four.
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