Rommel driven from Egypt as Allies press North Africa
The British victory in Egypt exposes Rommel's vulnerabilities and German supply troubles. Allied air and sea power crushes transports, while Montgomery's tactics break German trenches and push Rommel into retreat. Roosevelt lauds the invasion of Algiers as Allied forces land across Northwest Africa under General Eisenhower.
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Rommel
Egypt
Hitler
Time
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Montgomery
Berlin
Herr Schickelgrubber
United States
Pearl Harbor
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Africa
Algiers
Roosevelt
France
Hisenhows
Europe
The Youngsters Share in War Effort at Home Front
In Storm Lake editorials praise students and youth groups for scrap drives and war bond sales. The piece notes incidents like a boy selling his pony for victory bonds and a student spotting a gas leak, urging continued manpower and farm labor readiness amid wartime shortages.
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Storm Lake
Army
Navy
War effort praise and public sacrifice across Iowa and nation
A mosaic of editorials praises universal service ideas, wartime production shifts, and citizen generosity. Articles salute manpower plans, soybean oil research, and a patriot who gave beyond taxes, while noting press scrutiny of war reporting and public resilience amid losses and censorship.
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Washington
Congress
McNutt
A Censor's Dream Letter From Kalona News
A wartime letter from Maynard Strabala serving in the armed forces compares travel to censorship rules and notes the difficulty of distinguishing here from there. He mentions weather, travel, housing, and equipment while cautioning about revealing sensitive information. He ends with a remark on rubber use by cars with differing passenger counts.
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Humboldt
Kalona
Maynard Strabala
Carry Nation Revival in Kansas Echoes Through Prohibition Era
Belton Missouri columnist reviews Carry A Nation the feared hatchet-wielding prohibition advocate of the 19th and 20th centuries. The piece highlights her raids on saloons in Medicine Lodge Enterprise and Dodge City, her impact on the 18th Amendment, and the lasting image of her “right arm of God” pledge.
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Belton
Carry Nation
Prohibition
John Barleycorn
A. Nation
Prohibiton
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
U.S
Carry
Medicine Lodge
Wrath
Enterprise
Dodge OY
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Labor Department
Balkan
China
United Nations
Willkie
America
Britain
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Germany
Sibley Gazette-Tribune
le Mars Sentinel
Ames
Uncle Sam
Knoxville Journal
Marion County
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M. P
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Rolfr
Carl J. White
Bondy
Kennedy Agency
T. J. Raynes Insurance
L. M. Graham
First Nation Bank
Monument Works
Roufe
R. B. Ranney
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