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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
1
A brief note presents a decipherable fragment titled PRES OWA PRE a Soca without clear context. Readers are left with limited readable wording and no identifiable people or organizations. The snippet resembles a partial headline or caption from a historical page.
Detroit Free Press editor Malcolm W. Bingay reports that many German businessmen and workers conformed to Nazi rule to save livelihoods, while Americans show little appetite for blind obedience. He argues Americans would resist gangsters more than Germans, citing fear, occupation, and the myth of democracy.
The Tidings columns weigh 1946 strikes in coal mining and the role of the Labor Department. Critics argue strikes hamper national recovery while government interference risks mismanagement. A separate note claims women consider age 28 to 30 as prime years.
The piece criticizes the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News for isolationist stance ahead of the San Francisco conference. It claims such rhetoric harms Allied relations and portrays Chicago readers as mainly committed to the paper’s foreign policy via mass daily circulation.
Humboldt Republican argues Russia mistrusts democracies as realists while Americans are idealists noting the Civil War Spanish-American War and World War I shaped home front attitudes. Ackley World Herald mocks cats as useless and aloof with nine lives.
A Wauken Republican editor rails at errors in a weekly issue noting misrouted mail mixed numbers on a telephone and milk bills, a misspelled church note, a mislisted president, a missing car distributor, and a spark plug fix. He jokes that editors err and so do others roughly every thousand years.
The Milwaukee Journal contrasts 1918 signatures of German leaders with current German signatures, arguing Americans now grasp the implications of German power. It predicts the signatures will presage tougher times for U S troops and a stronger assertion of national power abroad.
Knoxville Journal notes that Americans fail to understand Russia and its people due to a long-standing gap in effort and familiarity. It argues mutual ignorance breeds suspicion and risk, urging broader engagement and better insight between nations.
The piece urges half way, no essential yield, to build goodwill between the U.S. and Russia. It argues up from citizens, bottom up, for lasting goodwill and peaceful relations. A Grundy County farm hand notes postwar farm plans and bond investments as a model for prudent budgeting.
The Cherokee Times notes Ireland’s long standing sympathy for Hitler and aiding the Axis, and reports Prime Minister Eamon De Valera’s visit to the German ministry to express condolences upon Adolf Hitler’s death as the war nears its end.
In our opinion historians overemphasize glory of war and understate peace victories. The greatest compliment to heroic forces is to record that they viewed this conflict as a step toward permanent peace time prosperity and happiness.
A call urges readers to support a band drive by purchasing bands or sending funds. The appeal emphasizes community involvement and timely action to ensure the bands reach their destination.
A correspondent with the 96th Division describes climbing Hacksaw Ridge near Naha Okinawa. He details front-line observation, mortar and sniper threats, and infantry armor support as U.S. troops press toward Shuri, with personnel like Reeder of Sulphur Springs, Texas, noted for grenade bursts and morale.
In the Matter of the Estate of Anna C Hosier deceased the undersigned have been appointed and qualified as Administrator and Administratrix of Pocahontas County Iowa estate All persons indebted must pay and those with claims must present them in proper form to the undersigned administrators
By law required, administration announces allowance and payment details dated May 4 1945. Clarence A Hossey and Aimelio Rudolfson are named as administrator and administratrix of the estate. It's up to you to bring them through by buying bonds.
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