1942 Business Outlook for Iowa Towns and War News
The 1942 business outlook highlights a farmer income of 900 million dollars boosting small town commerce. Grocers clothing dealers and metal goods buyers will see strong year with near market shopping and expanded auto service. In war news the Russian drive against Germans advances from Leningrad to Sevastopol threatening Moscow and causing German forces to retreat as the Soviet Union gains ground. The effort features Guderian’s tank army defeated and Crimea seizures shifting the war balance.
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Iowa
Leningrad
Sevastopol
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Kerch
Feodosiya
Crimean
Black Sea
Guderian
Oka
Hitler
Stalin
Red
Russia
Faribault
Minn
Pacific
Beginning of the end for German air power in Russia
Aviation observers estimate German air effort against Russia has fallen to about 65 percent of its peak. Pilots are weary and shortages of aircraft affect several categories, helping explain the absence of major raids on England. Fuel supplies are also cut, adding to German anxiety.
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Eldon Herald-Ledger
Russia
England
War era snippets mix political venting and daily life notes
A collage of opinions from Minnesota and Iowa newspapers discusses wartime economic strain on auto dealers, rising production capacities, nostalgia for prewar days, cautious war optimism, daylight saving plans, and public sentiment on facing 1942 challenges with resilience and practical adjustments. Strong entities include Knoxville Express, Humboldt Republican, Faribault Journal, Ringsted Dispatch, and Gran'dad era references.
Stay Spangled Banner and Stars Bangled Banner Colloid
A humorous collage notes misspellings of national symbols by students and quips about local figures. It contains verse fragments about a driver Helbert and neighbor McGill plus a joke exchange with a candidate. The piece ends with war era reflections from the Kossuth County Advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boners Omnibus Ringsted
Retread Tire Price Controls Hit Plans of Local Boy Carps
A Price administrator named Henderson has imposed limits on retread and old tire prices, dampening plans of boys who retread tires. The text notes ongoing frustration and says someone is always taking the joy out of life.
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Henderson
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings December 2 1941
The Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with O F Young Clarence Jensen and E A Rude present. They approved compromises for Peoples Mercantile Company delinquent personal property taxes and for W J Knoke. A Soldiers Exemption for George Winbrinner was approved cancellation of 1936 taxes and related sale certificate. Auditory Quarterly Report was approved and Emma Orthman received a $12 monthly cash allowance starting December 1941.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
O. F. Young
Clarence Jensen
E. A. Rude
Jensen
Young
Peoples Mercantile Company
W. J. Knoke
George Winbrinner
Clarts Add
Fonda
Board of Review
Bea
Auditory Quarterly
Emma Orthman
County Fund Audited Expenses List Details Demands
A long district ledgers summary lists audited county fund disbursements for mileage, supplies, labor, and services. Items cover multiple vendors such as Fullerton Lumber Co, Mason Publishing, Pocahontas Lumber, and various medical, grocery, and transport costs. Names include Roy A. Johnson, Hubert Kapsch, J. Carlson, and others with amounts totaling over 400.00.
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Roy A. Johnson
J. F. Carlson
Hubert Kapsch
C. W. Gilchrist
Kathryn Parker
Veronica Monaghan
Bounty —Record Democrat
Rolfe Arrow
Klip
Alfred Julius
Fred Guderian
H. H W. Jannssen
P. G. Peters
J. J. Ryan
Vinton R. Howie
County Fund
B. A. Rude
Sess
Clarence Jensen
Q. F. Young
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
B. Fuller
P. J
F. H. Kemis
M. W. Linnan
Soldiers Relief Fund Food Stamp Office
B. F. Barber
Eber Horner
M. A. Hansen
Lakin & Lakin
Robinson Shoe Store
H. A. Blizzard
Nixons
O’brien & Neavin
Central States Bloc. Co
Elec J. T. Grant & Son
H. L. Yocum
Geo. Miller
Rent
Blair
Mitchell Groce
Groc
Kaplan Food Store
D. W. Stahly
Walter E. Gower
I. R. Donohoe
D. W. Gilchrist
Wm. Simmering
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the Rolfe Arrow
M. R. Soth
Marion Bruce
Reveille
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Rolfe
OWA
Sogatioy
WL Se AL Editorial
Slim
Davidson
Knoxville Journal
Town Liquor Commission
Frank Muirhead
Hastings, Minn
Gazette
Caesar
Rubicon
Italy
Humboldt Republican
Canada
Axis
Germany
Kossuth County
The
Knoxville Express
Dobbin
Helbert
McGill
Meander
Efarl Hall
Mason City
Globe- Gazette
Angel Gabriel
Washington Post
Yond Cassius
Kossuth Co. Advance
Board Proceedings
Henry Buck
Edna George
State Dept. of .Social Welfare, Co
Ee Ambulance
Food Stamp Office
Humboldt Food Stamp Office
Locke Dairy
Robies I. G. A. ‘Store
Henry Moulton
J Ogden & Ogden
Nik
Martin O'Keefe
Turners Clothing
M. I. Tolan
E. H. Clarke
F. J. Krebs
Fred M. Davis
Fullerton Lmbr. Co
Gilmore Co-op Co
Miuaaee Fullerton Lmbr Co
Fulerton Lmbr. Co
Fullerton No
Fullerton Lmbr Co
Anu. Or
Eran Lmbr
A. Johnson
Mene
Turners Store
Emma _ Knudson
Nline
Ptics
F. L. Blair & Blair
Verdie Bowen
F. L. Blair
F. H. DeHaan
G. A. Everson
W. S. Gower
F. E. Heathman
Thos. G. Herrick
Bae Chas L. Jones
C. C. Kepler
J. B. Larson
L. Leserman
A. W. Patterson
Theodore James
E. F. Beech
M. W. Burleson
S Coddington & Cacton
John H. Foust
J. R. Forbes
J. L. Knowles
P. O. Nelson
R. C. Sebern
H. W. Scott
J. F. Studebaker
Sumner Welles
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Don Juan Jose Soler
Paraguay
Carlos Martins
Washington
J.P. Studebaker
M.A. Bond
F. X. Eberle
Convent of the Good
Shepherd
Pocahontas Co
Clough Auto Parts
Fsom Hufford
Gun Breage
Laurens Auto Exchange
Tepars
McGregor Bros
O'Connor Oil Co
M.D
T. D. Jones
Lester Leserman
Jones Shop
F. H. Molyneux
Ventist Savage
Carl J. White
Auto Bonds
Kennedy Agency
U. J. Raynes Insurance
L. M. Graham
First National Bank
Rolfe Monument Works
R. B. Ranney
United States
Rolfe State Bank
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