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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
5
The column records weekend visits and gatherings around Spirit Lake Estherville and nearby towns. Names include HH A Tvedte Hans Ihlan and Ihlan family at Spirit Lake cottage, Dunwell and Algona residents at Okamanpedar state park, and many local households attending church, birthdays, picnics, and postnuptial events. Also mentions band rehearsals, baseball, and farm work with numerous local families and travelers through the area.
Petersburg residents host and visit across Lakefield Rapidan and Milford. Parochial school students staged a program at Union State Line church ending a four week vacation school. Detasseling corn supports many county workers as families share visits and dinners.
The article urges buying War Bonds to fund steel helmets for American soldiers. It notes the similarity to German helmets, details their protective purpose, and states one helmet costs $5. It encourages investing at least ten percent of income per payday to meet the local wartime quota.
The L. D. R. held an ice cream social Friday evening near Wallingford at the Johnnie Johnson home. Mr and Mrs Paul Thompson and family of Wake City South Dakota visited last week with Mrs Thomsons mother Mrs Gertie Iverson and her sisters Mrs Maxwell Jamison and Mrs Bernard Isackson and Mrs Clarence Miller of Wisconsin.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Morgan of DeKalb Illinois visited Friday with Mr and Mrs A M Brown. The Morgans and Mrs Brown are cousins. The Morgans had been at Park Rapids Minnesota on a fishing trip. Charles Fuller spent last week.
Hog cholera, a deadly foe of American hogs, disguises itself with diverse symptoms making diagnosis hard. It can mimic poisoning, brain disorders, or other germ diseases, and outbreaks often kill a few pigs before the rest show signs. Vaccination shields herds from constant worry and unprofitable market weights. Farmers without vaccination should monitor for the range of cholera symptoms and seek veterinary autopsies when deaths occur.
Mrs. David Applebaum came back Tuesday to her Akron home from five weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wickens. Clarence Hassel and wife returned to Peoria after visiting Ben Hassel’s family. Fauntelle Hayes went to Des Moines for a visit with friends. Mrs. Kenneth Thompson and daughter Marlys left for Chicago after a two week stay with the Boecker and Stassel families. Mildred Shultz, formerly at Town Falls REA office, has returned to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shultz.
Washington drafts a four year conservation program to employ 000,000 youths and demobilized service men after the war. The plan filed with the national resources and planning board was drawn by CCG director J. J. McFatee for Federal Security Administrator Paul McNutt. He says post war CCC could be revised to utilize 3,000,000 over eight years or 1,000,000 over 24 years to meet any emergency.
Spencer Depot of The Brady Transfer Co in Fort Dodge shuts after union recognition disputes leave two drivers and several warehousemen unemployed. Brady continues direct delivery while equipment is repurposed for Alaskan highway work at Des Moines seventh corps area motor repair shop under Captain Tl. J. Clark and two lieutenants supervising 40 civilians. Plans include a soldiers school in santo mechanics.
Advertisement urges every reader to invest in War Bonds at 10 percent return every pay period, emphasizing that anyone with a dollar can participate and profit while supporting the war effort.
Practical health hints discuss malaria control and nutrition as key in wartime Philippines. It covers mosquito prevention, quinine use for prevention and treatment, dosing guidelines for adults and children, supply concerns due to enemy actions, and dietary needs to aid red blood cell production for those affected.
VR NA totals show 2286 Lowans lost driving privileges in first half of 1942 per the state department of public safety. Among them 612 licenses revoked for DUI convictions, 85 suspended awaiting final court action, 148 for careless and reckless driving, and 83 suspended for failing vision tests after accidents.
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