War Critics Warn Against Overoptimistic War Forecasts
The piece discusses cautious and optimistic war pundits amid Tunisia and Bizerte developments. It notes American troops advancing into Bizerte, questions about fortifications and guns, and urges weighing Allied air power when predicting battles. It also covers Senator Ball’s UN peace initiative and its potential impact.
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Tunisia
Bizerte
Indies
Greece
Hitler
Russia
England
France
Rommel
Brother Soldiers Reunite on Furlough Surprise
Pvt Sydney Le Greenwalt of Cres ton and Lieut Emmett A Greenwalt met by chance on the station platform as both returned home on furloughs after seven years apart. The officer’s greeting "May I give you a ft" sparked the reunion and the brothers recognized each other.
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Pvt
Sydney le Greenwalt
Creston
Lieut
Emmett A. Greenwalt
Sydney
War Production Board halts new plant work into October
The War Production Board orders stopping construction on all war plants that cannot be completed by October 1, canceling projects worth between 500 million and 1 billion dollars. It calls for converting machine tool plants to urgent aims such as weapons and lend-lease goods, while signaling a slowdown in industrial labor demand and no easing in material needs.
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Ball
United States
Senate
United Nations
War Production Board
Labor Board
Lambing Pens Delayed Lumber Order Triggers Telegram to Washington
A sheep rancher awaiting lumber for lambing pens for about 1000 ewes due around March 1 complains of late shipment and poor local response. He wires Washington and receives word that the lumber will be late and to postone lambing. The piece then pivots to a critique of ambulance chasers and movie portrayals of editors.
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Washington
New Haven Lawyers Seek Injunction Over Meanest Man in the World
Five lawyers in New Haven Connecticut move to block the showing of Jack Benney’s Meanest Man in the World alleging debasement and defamation of the Kossuth County Advance. The article notes tensions within Republican circles over Willkie and party leadership.
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Tracr
New Haven
Conn
Jack Benney
Kossuth
Willkie
High Command
Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Trailer Vagabond at MGM Studio Highlights The Man From Down Under
A visiting reporter tours Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Culver City detailing Robert Z Leonard directing The Man From Down Under starring Charles Laughton with Donna Reed and Richard Carlson. The piece notes 1000 extras on a Madison Square Garden replica, Lou Neva facing Nat Pendleton, Kyser band, Marilyn Maxwell in Right About Face, Spencer Tracy and Trene Dunne in A Guy Named Joe, and Red Skelton and Mickey Rooney on set. It concludes that 48 filming days produced the final cut.
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Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Robert Z. Leonard
Down Under
Charles Laughton
Australia
Leonard
Laughton
Donna Reed
Richard Carlson
Madison Square , Garden
New York
Lou Neva
Nat Pendleton
Kay Kaiser
Marilyn Maxwell
Kyser
San Diego
Spencer Tracy
Trene Dunne
Joe
Victor Fleming
Fleming
Mickey Rooney
Red Skelton
Miss Jones
Red
Indignation Over Jap Barbarism and Island War Policy
Storm Lake readers phrasings condemn Japanese brutality against captured flyers and Chinese civilians as a call to accelerate U S aid to MacArthur and Kai Shek. Charles B Hoeven cites industrial output while noting MacArthur’s limited air force in raids.
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Storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune
MacArthur
Kai- Chek
Quy
Charles B. Hoelven
Sioux City
United States
Isolation ends as wars erase sea and mount barrier
Sioux Rapids Press argues that isolation is dead as wars reach across oceans and mountains. It urges active U S involvement and international trade to prevent conflict, referencing the Atlantic Charter and global prosperity. The Northwood Anchor notes a January census population estimate of 135 604 000 and links a birth spike to wartime prosperity and anticipated conscription.
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Sioux Rapids
Northwood
United States Census Bureau
Old Guard Fight Threatens GOP Split Over Willkie
A Washington broadcast cited by Drew Pearson alleges Spangler sought two million dollars to back a movement against Willkie. Spangler denied the charge, with observers noting him as part of the Old Guard rumored to oppose Willkie. The piece predicts a future intra party clash in GOP circles.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Spangler
Old Guard
Willkie
G.O.P
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings April 5 1943
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors in regular session adjourned hearings on Hart sock Drainage to April 20 1943. Transfers and warrant cancellations approved. Sheriff quarterly report and 1943 assessor salary schedule revised. Minnie Pascal bond approved. Maybelle Witt welfare worker resignation accepted with leave for R M Love nine days.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
O. F. Young
Clarence Jensen
G. C. Johnson
Jensen
Johnson
Hartsock
Roy A. Johnson
Q. F. Young
General County Fund
General County
Court House Fund
Belleville
Cedar
Colfax -LaLe le
Cumming
Des Moines
Dover
Garfield
Grant Soonlettelis Las
Peigedin Wa
Lizard
Marshall
Powhatan
Roosevelt
Sherman
Swan Lake
Washington
Fonda
Gilmore City
Havelock
Laurens
Palmer
Plover
Rolfe
Deel
Varina
Minnie Pascal
Maybelle Witt
R. M. Love
Resolution Order to Destroy Weeds in Pocahontas County
Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors adopts a resolution requiring every landowner and occupier to burn or destroy noxious weeds on all lands in their control at designated times to prevent blooming and maturity. The vote records Aye: Young, Johnson, Jeng. Nay: none. Continued on page six.
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Johnson
Jensen
Young
Jeng
Pocahontas Coin Town
Lown
Pocahontas County
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