23 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
1
The Tirpitz lies sunk in a Norwegian fjord after heavy raids by British ships and air forces. The German battleship had avoided major battles, was damaged during refits, and finally finished off by heavy bombers. The Nazi Navy faces a bleak record and historians urge removing it from history books.
Hampton Times quotes Major General Frank S. Ross praising American vehicle drivers for their key role in D day logistics. A Normandy truck company reportedly engaged a Nazi plane and boasted a 1926 American truck recovered from Cherbourg. The piece also notes calls to split war surplus sales to aid small business and speed postwar recovery.
The American Legion urges bold voice for national interests, declaring support for America first and defense of ports bases sea lanes and airways built by American savings. The message frames staunch opposition to containment of the British empire and calls for decisive action in favor of the United States.
The paper notes the house tentatively adopted an amendment to the surplus war property disposal bill. It requires the administrator to offer surplus goods to small businesses in small lots before permitting large sales.
A Des Moines Register Open Forum writer rebuts claims that Roosevelt was elected by Communist and government employee votes. The piece cites Virginia Maryland suburbs as Dewey strongholds for workers and notes New York City unions and LCL ACA Labor Party influence. It argues most labor votes favored Roosevelt, while the United Mine Workers followed leadership.
Lt Raymond Nelson describes a quiet day amid a mobile army spearhead in a French valley. He notes camouflaged trucks, fox holes, a village with red tile roofs, and German occupation in towns, with cabbage and potato fields, ripening grapes, and fruit varyings as he awaits orders.
In a letter home a soldier in France describes tasting ripe tomatoes, heat and wet conditions, a cloudless sky, and absence of Nazi planes. He pegs hopes to return by Easter, mentions limited news from other fronts, and signals a transition to supper as he continues his duties.
Pocahontas Iowa August 15 1944 meeting of the Board of Supervisors with Johnson Jensen Young present. Actions include signing deeds for Grace Kelly and Helen Hood properties, monthly allowances, drainage district appointments and extensions, gravel pit lease release, and numerous audited claims for general county poor insane drainage and other expenses.
Pocahontas County Iowa board in special session August 29 1944 approves transfer of 2500 from Joint Drainage District 63 to 68 and completes examination of Homestead Tax Exemptions for all taxing units. Names Jensen Johnson and Roy A. Johnson appear as officials. Also lists numerous contractors and payments for road and concrete work, electrical, and materials.
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