Debunking Russian reparations myth and farm price plan
The piece argues the Soviet claim of Russia receiving 10 billion dollars in German reparations mirrors a US fact of 25 million, noting both sides had similar data from German patents. It also covers Theodore Schultz’s plan to tax processing to fund farm support prices, critiques on OPA ceilings, and mentions high farm product prices and impacts on workers. It ends with obituary notes on Hairbreadth Harry in Iowa.
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United ‘States
Germany
John C. Green
Office of Technical Services
Department of Commerce
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
Austria
U.N. Council
Theodore W. Schultz
University of Chicago
OPA
New York
Chicago
Pigs Hold Hog Feed Edge as Horses Fade in Iowa
Iowa raises more hogs than prewar era due to abundant feed from fewer horses. January 1947 shows 427000 horses and mules on 207000 farms, down from 1,773,000 animals on 217000 farms in 1914. With tractors, feed shifts to meat and milk, enabling 1200000 extra dairy cows or four million more hogs.
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Wallaces
Iowa
Double Standard for Teachers Should Go
Des Moines Register notes Angelo Patri argues that paying teachers better won’t solve all issues. He urges attention to teachers’ spirits and personal dignity, warning that boards, parents, and the public have treated teachers as public property. He calls for respect of teachers as normal human beings with normal lives.
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Des Moines Register
Angelo Patri
Patri
Republicans seek a challenger to Truman in 1948
The Rock Rapids Reporter recalls a six month old debate about the Republican presidential candidate. Now the question shifts from who to nominate to who can defeat Harry Truman, reflecting changing political strategies.
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Truman
Rock Rapids
Harry Truman
Pressure Group Fails Sioux City Journal
Thousands of labor union members marched to Des Moines to pressure the legislature over a bill affecting organized workers but failed to achieve their objective. The piece argues that in a democracy legislators should be immune to pressure groups and notes public approval from nonunion Iowans. It references the Washington Evening Journal asking if voters feel value from higher taxes since 1939.
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Sioux City Journal
Des Moines
Congress
Road building finances and levies in Iowa towns
A collection of brief notes urges more funds for road maintenance and new roads while warning levies on motorists are near limit. Other items discuss strikes, price reductions, fish licenses in Iowa, and soil conservation farming reminders.
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Sioux City Journal
Pocahontas County Board approves road bids and set 1947 assessor days
Pocahontas County Iowa supervisors met March 18 1947. They rejected all bids for secondary road grading then awarded the West division to Marten Peterson and the East division to Lawrence Hansen with specified excavation and culvert terms. Assessor day allocations for 1947 were approved for numerous county districts.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
G. C. Johnson
O. F. Young
J. M. Bush
Bush
Young
Marten Peterson
Lawrence Hansen
Bellville
Cedar
Center
Colfax
Cummins
Des Moines
Dover
Garfield
Grant
Lake
Lincoln
Lizard
Marshall
Powhatan
Roosevelt
Sherman
Swan Lake
Washington
Fonda
Gilmore City
Havelock
Laurens
Palmer
Plover
Rolfe
Varina
Health Education and Tuberculosis Misconceptions
The article cautions about informal health education and myths around tuberculosis. It explains TB is contagious but not hereditary, notes early TB lacks obvious symptoms, and stresses early medical treatment and public sanatories. It also debunks the belief that TB mostly affects only the young and urges scientifically grounded care.
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Neecome
Clini
County actions cancel taxes and approve audience payments
The council orders cancellation of a $4.21 penalty on suspended taxes for Lot 1, Bik 11, and grants tax exemptions for a municipal airport site in Pocahontas. It also approves general tax cancellations for 1946 and authorizes the County Auditor to carry out the adjustments, followed by a list of audited and allowed claims from various local suppliers and firms.
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Bush
Havelock
Pocahontas
D. C. No
Young
Farm & Home Supply
Pocahontas Lmbr
Inc
Lt & Power
Love’s Cafe
Blackmar Co
House of Andrews
Pitman Publishing Corp
Koch Brothers
Supp
Royal Typewriter Co
Pigsnes Aes Laurens Sun
Record-Democrat
Rolfe Arrow
A. L. Salisbury
Poe
R. FE. Coyle
Groc
R. E. DuBois
M. Hakes & Sons
Dr. Fuller-White
Alvin Kemp
Beck’s
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