02 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
1
The item notes a paper founded in 1888 by J. J. Bruce and guided for years by the J. H. Lighter family. It states entrance as second class matter on May 14, 1910 at Rolfe Iowa post office under the 1879 act.
National editorials urge caution as Baruch plan prompts broad approval yet warns public optimism hides risks. The piece cautions that private control without government limits could echo 1920s failures from bank turmoil to holding companies and stock speculation, stressing need to curb greed and speculation before private control returns to normal.
The piece claims Iowa has an underrated climate and contrasts it with California storms. It argues Iowa should advertise its weather and highlights how popular views of climate are shaped by advertisements and expectations. The text riffs on national stories about diverse climates to make its case.
After 15 months of internment in Germany veteran correspondent Ralph E Heizen reports Germans enjoy food while conquered Europe starves citrus fruit and eggs are scarce but meat butter sugar fish and potatoes rations plentiful morale not as low as 1918 Gestapo 60 000 SS 600 000 keep order Germans at home feel war sting air raids defeats in Russia refugees flood cities war weariness grows German army 380 divisions older less tough but battles in Italy show courage even the so called super race struggles to stop the Allied advance
A collage of editorials critiques tax forms, government policies, and wartime draft rules. Articles dissect tax confusion, court interpretations, and the need for citizen service, with voices from Algona, Rock Rapids, Madrid, Ringsted, and Ringsted Dispatch.
A compilation of editorials urges heavy soybean plantings to meet wartime fat needs and keep the public fed. It stresses patriotism over business logic for 1944 acre goals, notes Iowa tax solvency postwar, defends butter against oleomargarine, and forecasts aviation growth with planned landing fields.
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors in special session lists 1944 bounty payments for European Starling five cents Crows ten cents Pocket Gophers ten cents Ground Hog twenty five cents Cub Fox one dollar and adult Fox two dollars. They allocate 640.17 dollars from the County Poor Fund to reimburse the State Fund for Aid to the Blind for 1944. The meeting adjourned to January 18 1944.
A county audit itemizes claims against general county funds for offices like the treasurer and clerk, including taxes, supplies, mileage, and services. It also notes poor fund expenditures for groceries, rent, care, and fuel with amounts for each entry and names of involved officials and vendors.
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