Protesting Bombing of German Cities by Clergy and Authors
A statement by 28 prominent clergymen and writers condemns Allied bombing of German cities. They warn against Nazi retribution and question the morality of destroying civilians. Bishops defend strategic bombing as necessary to cripple Nazi war effort.
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American Fellowship of Reconciliation
Harry Emerson Fasdick
John Haynes Holmes
New York
Oswald Garrison Villard
Philadelphia
Henry H. Crane
Detroit
G. Brawley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Anaio
Bisheap
Germany
Hitler
Gernans
London
Lao
Editors Skeptical Of Home Front Discipline And War Readings
Providence editor voices concern that soldiers resent back home conditions and lack of compulsory labor or discipline in a democracy. The piece critiques absenteeism strikes and calls for presidential wartime leadership, while contrasting prison camp horrors and wartime reading habits as part of national strain and morale.
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Providence
R. T
Neacecime
National Secur
Dini
Andersenville
Narthern
Nelson
Fragmented OCR Note from Unknown Source
A damaged text fragment mentions a blast or bomb and references places and names in unclear context. The passage includes garbled phrases about a target, timing, and possible routes or groups but contains no coherent event or identifiable individuals. No verifiable facts can be stated from the fragment.
Lawmakers Push Massive Postwar Road Plan for Iowa
Iowa Highway Commissioner Fred White urged a House roads committee to approve a postwar road program costing about a billion dollars annually for three years. He cited Iowa needs of 454 million for past and future work and outlined funding shares with federal and state money to build 220 miles of gravel roads and begin early reconstruction of damaged routes. The proposal envisions matching federal aid and boosting state and secondary road funds to support unpaved gaps and urban trunk roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMacs Sentinel
Fred White
Iowa State Highway Commission
Bouse Roads Committee
White
Iowa
Reading and reading aids for newspaper text issues
Fragmented OCR passage shows garbled notes about a study or survey on reading and literacy with scattered proper nouns and unclear references. The readable bits mention names like Susie and Cay and dates or places are obscured, leaving an incomplete context.
Congress over rides veto tax bill sparks public ire in Hastings
The Hastings Gazette highlights public frustration as Congress overrides President Roosevelt's veto on a 2 billion tax bill. The writer argues the measure benefits war contractors and big profits, not small taxpayers, citing Congressman Bradley and warning of excess profit recapture being abandoned. Weather notes and garbled local lines follow.
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Hastings
Minn
Congress
Roosevelt
U.S
War Department
Navy
Roosevelt and Willkie Election Results and War Notes
Roosevelt led with 27 248 466 votes to 22 304 755 for Willkie giving a 4 937 711 majority. Willkie carried ten states while Landon carried two. In war news the Germans suffered heavy losses below Rome while in the Pacific and Russia the Japs and Germans appear to be on the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Willkie
Landon
Humboldt
Italy
Rome
Pacific
Russia
Iowans Fail to Eat The Protective Foods
Louise A. Scott of the Iowa State Health Department warns that despite strong food production Iowans are not consuming enough protective foods like fresh vegetables and fruit. She notes high carbohydrate diets and urges budgeting nutrition alongside food production to improve wartime health and bodily nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Louise A. Scott
State Health Department
Scott
Soybeans featured in Iowa guidance pamphlet
A new Iowa State college pamphlet titled Soybeans Iowa s Key War Crop offers advice for Pocahontas county farmers. It states direct fertilizer applications rarely boost yields and suggests concentrating fertilizer on other crops in rotation. The publication also covers varieties, seedbed prep, planting rates and row spacing reflecting reliable performers such as Richland and Mukden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Max O. Naylor
Iowa State College
Richland
Mukden
Pamphlet Copies Available Through Extension Service
County residents may obtain prints of the pamphlet from the extension office or by writing card requests to Iowa State College Extension Service in Ames Iowa. The notice encourages distribution of the material to interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naylor
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Not Dead Yet A Farm Incident Endangers Butcher
Walt Davis of K metsburg was called to butcher a steer at a farm. He struck the animal and believed it dead but the steer reared, knocking him down and causing chest injuries including a broken rib and unconsciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Davis
Kmetsburg
Davis
Dav
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