Ecuador Rides the Equator In Rich South American Portrait
A vivid overview of Ecuador's geography and resources. The essay contrasts coastal lowlands with Andean highlands and the eastern Montańa, notes the Galapagos scientific value, Quito's ancient heritage, and major exports such as cacao and rubber. It highlights unique fruits, evolving industries, and Ecuador's place on the equator as a nation with vast potential.
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Ecuador
American Republic
Wyoming
Pacific
South America
Andes
Hoyas
Republic
Montana
America
Inter Mountain
Amazon
Atlantic
Galapagos Islands
Mascarene Islands
Indian Ocean
Darwin
Galapagos
Quito
Mexico City
Cuzco
Peru
Guayaquil
Ecudor
California
Panama
V.R
Navy Enlistment Options For Class 1-A Men
Class 1-A men may choose their branch and enlist in the US Navy or Naval Reserve for the war duration. Naval Reserve service offers potential immediate high pay with training if skilled, or access to top trade schools if untrained. Also seeking Aviation Cadets aged 18 to 27 who are high school graduates, unmarried, and physically fit. Visit Navy Recruiting Station at Clay County Court House in Spencer Iowa for details.
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US Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy
Clay County Court House
Spencer
Town
Clay Co
Court House
Iowa
Wheat Shipped for Feeding Poultry in Clay County
Fifteen carloads of wheat have been shipped into Clay county by the Commodity Credit association within the last month for livestock feeding. It is fed mostly to chickens pigs and some to dairy cattle. The Commodity Credit association support helps local farmers with feed supplies.
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Clay County
Commodity Credit Association
Commodity Credit Associat
Jon
Spencer, Peterson
Everly
Royal and
Webb
Evacuation and Fostering of London Children During War
The piece describes three London brothers evacuated from air raids living with a childless rural couple, showing mixed reactions. Eight year old Sam adapts, while fourteen year old Jack longs for his slum gang and six year old Joe misses his mother, underscoring the challenge of placement by age and background.
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Jack
Sam
Joe
London
Joey
Spinach tops greens guide for Victory Gardens
The article argues spinach leads protective foods in victory garden plans, detailing vitamin content and growth traits. It lists alternate greens including Tendergreen mustard, Swiss chard, New Zealand spinach, garden sorrel, kale, and borecole, with cultivation tips and harvest timing to sustain year round production.
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Popeye
National Defense
Victory Gardens
Watch Families At Home Strengthen Troop Morale
Dr J M Hayek of the state health department urged community planning to protect the health and welfare of wives and children of armed forces members. He asked communities to assess sanitation traffic safety recreation immunization day care libraries and parks and stressed that letters from home boost morale for men overseas.
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J. M. Hayek
State Health Department
Hayek
Dr. Hayek
Price comparisons show lower meals since WWI cooling demand
A survey notes meal prices now cost 25 percent less and sometimes 40 percent less than wartime levels. Dishes trend lighter with smaller portions and fruit cups. Third Avenue beaneries report steady 18 cent bean portions, with owners like Joe Calvert confirming prices won’t rise. Rosoff blames past high costs on meatless days, arguing today’s abundance reduces profiteering concerns.
Early Resort Season Opens Ahead at Okoboji Lakes
Indications from Okoboji lakes show an earlier start to the resort season with cottages open on every beach. Yard work and daily arrivals suggest growing activity as some visitors arrive weeks ahead, others starting in April and many planning by May 1. In past years cottages opened around June and peak influx followed the Fourth of July.
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Okoboji Lakes
General Electric
General Electric Company
Krupp
United States
Germany
Modern Eaters Pay Less Choose Smart Menus
The public now spends at least 25 percent less to dine out than during the last war and chooses lighter, smarter meals. Restaurateur Max Rosoff notes the shift in eating habits after a quarter century of service. Prohibition era dining with heavy seven course meals and long meals is described as a bygone era.
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Max Rosoff
Times Squire Restaurateur
Diamond Jim Brady
America
Dorothea Houge Hosts Stick To It Club Event
West Emmet notes Dorothea Houge will host the Stick To It club Thursday afternoon May 7. Sugar rationing books will be available in the township at Miss Evelyn Ellis's school in Drs No 2 on May 4 5 6 and 7 from 4 to 6 o'clock PM. Among Sunday callers at the G G Wheatley home were Mr and Mrs Harry Brown Mrs Irving Martens Mrs Claus Martens and Alice and Mrs L W Stark. Frieda Mindeman of Chicago is here with her sister Mrs Wheatley during her convalescence. About fifteen middle aged men registered Monday at Emmet Consolidated School from this side of the Des Moines river. Mr and Mrs Chas Waughtal with their Dunnell family were Friday evening callers at Art Larson's. Several ladies from the neighborhood attended the canning demonstration at Estherville Tuesday.
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Dorothea Houge
Evelyn Ellis
Drs. No. 2
G. G. Wheatley
Harry Brown
Irving Martens
Claus Martens
Alice
L. W. Stark
Fried
Sugar Curbs Hit Iowa Restaurants and Candy Makers
The first of a series of Iowa restaurant meetings discussed keeping sweet toothed customers happy while cutting sugar use to 60 percent of last year under OPA rules. Des Moines area hotels and confectioners anticipate further cuts, with candy makers already trimming ingredients by 20 percent and ice cream makers facing possible limits to four flavors. Local officials warn bowls may vanish from dining rooms as quotas tighten.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Paul H. Martin
Towa Restaurant Association
Price Administration
Martin
Whale Town
Garry Riggs
Fort Des Moines
OPA
Dismantle and Move Corn Bins to Wheat Areas in 1940s Plan
About half of 26,000 steel bins used by the Commodity Credit Corporation for corn storage in Iowa will be moved to Nebraska and Kansas to store surplus wheat. 2,000 and 2,760 bushel bins will give roughly 40 million bushels capacity. Some bins have already been relocated experimentally. A possible trucking plan would haul steel to one state and return with wheat to Iowa bins.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Towa
Nebraska
Kansas
Remainsie
Capacity drives new licenses and unlicensed production crackdown
The agency moves to grant new licenses while actively cracking down on cononing instances of unlicensed production, aiming to stay ahead in the market.
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Betsy Crocker, Inc
Betty Crocker
Gromot
Encfoce J Cent Rion
10Ba Cwlo Welfare Research Station
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United States Employment Service
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Tendergreen
Sorrei
O. K.2
Third Avenue
Joe Calvert
Rosoff
Lakes
Hammond
Indiana
Ord
EU Ny Gt
Saz
West Emmet
Harold Jacobsen
Northwestern Candy Company
Department of Agriculture
Carboloy
United Nations
U. S
Carboloy Co., Inc
Bue
Carbolay Company
England
Carholey Company
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Poland
Canada
Russia
Schenectady
New York
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