Navy leaders oppose relying on British help to conquer Japan
An editorial notes that some U S Navy leaders resist British assistance claiming the U S fleet can win alone and avenge Pearl Harbor. It cites Australia and New Zealand seeking allied help and Moscow reporters predicting Russia may join the Japan campaign. The piece urges full cooperation to end the war quickly and bring sailors home.
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Japan
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Australia
New Zealand
Moscow
Russia
Hitler
U. S. Navy
How the Mighty Have Fallen
Hitler’s fortunes drop from planning looting to hiding as the invincible German army plans to go underground. Nazi leaders consider escaping to Japan by submarine but face travel troubles and likely exposure.
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Hitler
Japan
Estimate of Japanese Strength in Time Magazine
An article in Time assesses Japan as still formidable with about 4,000,000 in 70 combat divisions plus large reserves. Twenty divisions occupy distant Pacific areas, while U S forces faced limited numbers on small islands. The piece argues Japan can sustain losses and fight on in Philippines China and home waters despite U S superiority in carriers and many battleships.
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Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Netherland Indies
Pacific Islands
U.S
Tarawa
Saipan
Paulu Islands
U. S. Navy
China
Japan
U. S
Britain
German Reports 1on Poland Footnote Sparks Alarm
A German soldier’s letter cited by the Swiss paper describes three years in Poland marked by atrocities against women and children. He laments collective guilt and urges action, noting war degradation of humanity and the need to confront crimes.
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Hampton Times
Poland
Schauffhauser Arbeiterzeitung
War in the Pacific and Japanese aerial capacity
The piece notes Japan may field 5000 or more combat planes with 750 monthly production, while U S air fleets destroy aircraft faster than that. It argues Japan cannot match Allied output, relying on Russian neutrality, stretched supply lines, raw material stocks for two years, and Allied casualty fatigue. It ends with a quip about five cent cigars.
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Japan
U. S
Europe
Weather lifts Plymouth county corn yield outlook
The LeMars Sentinel reports improving corn prospects with up to 75 percent of crop deemed safe from frost damage. Observers anticipate Plymouth County may produce its largest total corn crop, with every section showing strong yields and a standout statewide showing. A government expert quote concludes the note with a farmer’s remark about work and luck.
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LeMars Sentinel
Plymouth County
What Makes Communities Progressive
A compilation from multiple papers notes that progress comes from a small cadre of enterprising residents who set the pace in politics commerce and education. Readers are urged to reflect on civic leadership and justice amid wartime observations and household fiscal humor.
Lathrop Urges Rural Vote Strong Turnout in 1940 Election
B W Lathrop president of the Pocahontas County Farm Bureau urges a heavy turnout on November 7 citing only 62 percent voter participation in 1940. The nonpartisan Farm Bureau campaign stresses duty to vote, linking rural voices to national policy and noting many senators come from small districts without big cities.
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B. W. Lathrop
Pocahontas County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Federation
America
Big City
Local gatherings include dinners visits and church events
Mrs Ferris Malcolm and Douglas and Mrs Mary Buck of Gilmore City joined Sunday dinner at Mrs Inga McCreary's home. Des Moines visitors stayed with Jack Henderson. Fort Dodge shoppers included Mrs Willie Pedersen and others. Rev K Wilhelmsen from Racine spoke at the Lutheran church meetings. A Monday potluck followed.
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Ferris Malcolm
Douglas
Mary Buck
Gilmore City
Inga McCreary
Roy Williams
Des Moines
Jack Henderson
Willie Pedersen
Magnus Larsen
Darlene
Fort Dodge
K. Wilhelmsen
Racine
Wisc
Lutheran Church
Doyle Dailey
Chris Sorensen
Frank Dailey
Norma
Jack Krischel
Henry Fehr
West Bend
Glenn Dailey
Rolfe
Donald Daley
Keith Opheim
Claude Dailey
Havelock
Federated Clubs’ District
Walter Turley
E. M. Zeman
Leo Fuller
Carolyn Madsen
Martha Wallace
Roy Ellsworth
A. E. Olson
George Curry
J. E. Hynds
Spent It All Ends Austerity Between Spouses
A husband tracks money in a ledger showing ordered spendings on the left while the wife records on the right in elegant handwriting. The neat entries contrast with a final line in feminine script: Spent It All, revealing a financial cliff and equal partnership tension.
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Dubuque
Humboldt Visitors Share Sunday Dinner Gatherings
In Humboldt Mrs John Schultz hosts relatives including Mr and Mrs L E Cupp and Virginia and Stanley Madsen from Clarion along with Mr and Mrs Ray Williams of Des Moines and others. Roscoe Mont and Mrs Henrietta Seaman arrived after a summer in Roscoe and plan to stay ten days with local kin.
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Humboldt
John Schultz
L. E. Cupp
Stanley
Virginia
Clarion
Ray Williams
Des Moines
Jack Henderson
N. C. Madsen
Caroline
Victor Madsen
Burton Bonde
John Madsen
Leonard Seaman
Roscoe
Mont
Glenn Wallace
Noble Hemerson
Albert Hemerson
Tedmar Lee
Waterloo
Floyd Henderson
Henrietta Seaman
Balloon visits farm east of Waverly
A small black balloon roughly the size of a wash tub briefly touched the ground at Jules Dorn farm east of Waverly before a gust of wind sent it away. Ida Dorn, the farmer’s daughter, examined it and said the object could not be a weather balloon as it carried no instruments to log its flight.
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Jules Dorn
Waverly
Ida Dorn
Phillips Family Reunion At Bradgate Draws 37 Relatives
Mrs. William Phillips attended a Phillips family reunion at W. E. Phillips Jr.’s Bradgate home on Sunday September 17. Thirty seven relatives were present including Paul Phillips in Bradgate who has served eight years in the navy as chief torpedo man on a submarine Pvt Russell Phillips of Des Moines on furlough from San Francisco and Miss Frances Phillips of Fort Dodge.
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