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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
2
The article outlines subscription rates, wartime ads, and local civic items. It notes resignations on the county draft board, calls for unified war effort, tax reform debates, farm labor pay, price ceiling effects, and a Burlington railroad freight surge through Diller with trains stretching across town.
The piece contrasts a proposed civilian draft to assign workers to industry with the 13th amendment, labeling it involuntary servitude. It notes proponents including Grenville Clerk Warren Austin Secretary Simoon and President, plus General MacArthur’s WW II actions in New Guinea with major air victories and light American losses. It also covers a Red Cross meeting with Dorothy Pingel singing and demonstrations on nursing care and dressings at a Fairbury group, plus plans for further meetings and library use.
A historical argument asserts that the 13th Amendment bars forcing citizens to work for the state beyond military service and law enforcement. It notes only war conscription and deputized civilians in peace, with no precedent for making a citizen a state wage earner.
Lawmakers say veto was wrong and override the veto on L B 23 aiding a farm product based rubber plea in Nebraska. Over sixty bills delayed, about thirty signed, 115 out of committee under review. Debate also covers bond sales by the Board of Educational Lands & Funds and calls for transparency.
The library adds adult novels The Robe by Lloyd C Douglas The Gilded Age by Mark Twain Random Harvest by James Hilton Journey for Margaret by W L White Juvenile titles include Alice in Wonderland by L Carrole The Polite Penguin by M W Brown Charmis Belinda Balloon and the Big Wind by Harness and others listed for readers to explore.
A brief break in a lingering cool spell brings a day with springlike conditions between two warmer periods. Forecasters expect the pattern to continue with alternating mild and cooler intervals.
Mrs Carl Ludington will review the book Castle on the Hill by Elizabeth Goudge in the Library room on Wednesday March 17 at 2 30 P M.
A review notes Miss Goudges best book follows a brave woman who shelters London evacuees after Dunkirk. The piece promises a timely story and invites good attendance and broad audience interest.
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