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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
2
Opinion warns against overconfidence about wartime outcomes. The piece notes optimism and pessimism alike misjudged in Tunisia and Russia, urging careful weighing of Allied air power and ground reality over forecasts.
A Senate resolution by Senator Ball urges the United States to lead talks among United Nations representatives to form an organization with limited authority. It aims to coordinate military and economic resources, administer occupied Axis territories, aid rehabilitation, establish dispute settlement procedures, and maintain a UN military force to deter aggression. The measure is pending action and could influence other nations.
Pvt Sydney L Greenwalt of Creston salutes a lieutenant on the town platform and hears the officer ask to give him a Lt. Coincidente had brought Lieut Emmett A Greenwalt and Sydney home on furloughs at the same time with neither knowing it. Sydney did not recognize his brother after seven years apart.
War Production Board orders discontinuing construction on plants not finishable by October 1 and canceling many machine tool orders. Funds estimated at 500 million to 1 billion dollars will be saved by delaying or stopping new plant projects. Current facilities will shift to producing weapons, lend-lease goods, and civilian essentials.
The column argues Americans misjudge British troops noting their ferocity in Africa and at sea. It cites veterans who describe Britons as ready fighters when provoked, recounting Dunkirk doubts dispelled by the Tommies 2000 mile surge. It mocks isolationist tariff advocates shopping for cheap shoes overseas.
A rancher securing a priority for lumber to build lambing pens for a thousand ewes due around March 1 faced delays. Frustrated by nonresponse from local officials, he wired Washington and received a terse reply that lumber would be late and to postpone lambing a few weeks.
In a playful jab at movie stereotypes the passage mocks lawyers as ambulance chasers and tricksters while suggesting editors and other professionals are also portrayed with dubious traits. It notes a common trope of managing editors being shown as schemers in newspaper-themed films.
Five New Haven lawyers seek injunction to halt showing Jack Benney's Meanest Man in the World alleging the film debases and defames the legal profession and court process. The case centers on injuries to professional reputation and seeks swift court action.
The Kossuth County Advance notes Willkie attracts rank and file with independence and candor while party bosses seek a puppet. It cites a movement in Republican circles, led by Spangler of Cedar Rapids as national chairman, to block Willkie.
Storm Lake editors condemn Japanese conduct in China and the Pacific theater. They urge faster American aid to MacArthur and the Kuomintang as indignation grows. The piece cites Charles Hoeven in Sioux City praising American air production and contrasting it with MacArthur’s raid fleet.
Sioux Rapids Press argues that shipborne isolation is over and wars cross borders. It urges active American involvement in world affairs and promotion of international trade to realize the goals of the Atlantic Charter and prevent future wars.
United States census bureau estimates for January 1 place the nation’s population at 435 604 000. The March 21 report attributes the large birth rise to wartime business prosperity and anticipation of conscription affecting families.
On the final day at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Culver City studio the director Robert Z Leonard begins The Man From Down Under with Charles Laughton. Donna Reed and Richard Carlson join a Madison Square Garden fight scene with Lou Nova and Nat Pendleton while Kay Kyser’s band rehearses Right About Face. Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne star in A Guy Named Joe under Victor Fleming. Red Skelton and Mickey Rooney work on Private Miss Jones as crews describe the tough realities of nightly shoots and long schedules.
Drew Pearson accuses Spangler of trying to raise a million dollars to fund the movement. Spangler denies the charge but is labeled Old Guard and rumored to be aligned with anti Willkie forces. Willkie vows action, predicting a sharp GOP battle in party circles.
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in regular session with present members and no absentees. Items include adjournment of Hart sock Drainage hearing to April 20, 1943, transfer of 101.92 from Tax Refund to General Fund, cancelation of warrants prior to 1938, sheriff quarterly report, revised assessor salaries by township, approval of Minnie Pascal deputy County Superintendent, and Maybelle Witt welfare worker resignation effective April 10, 1949. R. M. Love granted nine weeks leave.
The county board votes to enforce Chapter 246.1 of the Iowa Code. It orders owners and occupiers to burn or destroy weeds on lands under their control at specified times to prevent blooming and mature growth, with the measure continuing on the next page.
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