England and Germany war impact and postwar plans
The piece weighs Britain's wartime bombing and German damage, notes possible effects on German production, and warns against complacency. It cites a mock army officer arrest, debates over a second European front, and urges focus on winning the war over postwar planning. It discusses forced savings, inflation risks, and postwar social gains. It cites Britain Canada and the United States war spending and a Tennessee boy's better home quote. It ends urging attention to wartime needs over speculation about the postwar future.
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Curbstone
Europe
Marshalltown Times - Republican
Britain
England
Ireland
America
Great Britain
Canada
Lemon Tree Exhibit Sways New Orleans Audience
Nola Lemon William Cornwell displays a lemon grown in New Orleans measured at four and three quarter inches long and four fifths inch thick. The exhibit highlights unusual fruit size and botanical curiosity.
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William Cornwell
New Orleans
Dog Cleaner Builds Enclosed Coal Bin For Automatic Stoker
A plan outlines building an enclosed coal bin to feed a coal flow automatic stoker directly to the furnace. The design aims to keep the dog cleaner by eliminating fuel piles and improving fuel delivery.
Stairway Shelf Space Makes Homes Easier to Keep Clean
Modern interiors with ample shelf space reduce clutter on back stairways. Install pastel color coated insulating boards on walls under the landing to keep walls neat and easier to wipe. Only 40 of over 40,000,000 mail bags handled in England last year were stolen.
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England
Rickish Tale Of A Newsboy And His Puppy
A man finds his newsboy with a For Sale sign on his puppy. The boy asks fifty thousand dollars and insists. Later the dog is gone and the boy reveals he sold it for two twenty five thousand dollar cats.
Haystack House and Odd Remarks in Local Exchange
A city visitor jokes about a haystack misread as a house while a farmer explains the structure. The chat includes Mrs Perkins questioning a marriage to Williams who has a wooden leg glass eye false teeth and a wig. Conversation threads touch on marriage vanity and a spirit medium gag.
Billy B. Cooper’s Humble Joys in a Wash DC Suburb
A playful column reflects on simple pleasures and neighborly life in Wash DC suburb Billy B Cooper notes how ordinary acts and small joys, like a friendly dog and starlit nights, define true happiness across a common American landscape.
Newsy notes from a small town community
The column sketches daily life in a rural town. It highlights a newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles A Lindberg, visits to Mrs Tillie Donovan and Mrs Hazel Durst, church services at Eureka Methodist, and town happenings. It notes local residents, returning visitors, painting projects, and preparations for potential military service. Effie Dunning from New York is mentioned along with Dave Harvey at Burlington ordnance plant.
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Charles A. Lindberg
Tillie Donovan
Dave Donovan
North Ave C
Donovan
Iowa City
Ina Brinton
Effie Dunning
New York
Dave Harvey
Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Dave
Cap
War Manpower Commission to mobilize U S manpower
Paul V. McNutt leads the new War Manpower Commission and directs the United States Employment Service to register applicants for war jobs in 1,500 offices nationwide. If you want to support the war effort, visit your nearest USES office.
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Paul V. McNutt
New War Manpower Commission
WMC
United States Employment Service
So and Sew Club Family Picnic Near Willard Leet Home
The So and Sew Club met in a grove near the Willard Leet and Merle McDowell home in Dayton Grove on Thursday with ten families present and guests from Keota Grinnell and Washington. A fine dinner was served as club members and guests socialized and shared news of members’ travels and visits across Iowa and Minnesota.
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J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
So and Sew Club
Willard Leet
Merle McDowell
Marilyn Stewart
Keota
John McDowell
Geo. Ferguson
Grinnell
Howard Wright
Washington
Harold Timmons
Gardner
Lexington Church
Willard
Walter Leet
Lucy Leet
West Chester
Minnesota
University Hospital
Iowa City
Funeral services for J S Benson held at L A Jones
Funeral services for Joseph Sherman Benson were held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the L A Jones funeral home with Rev F J Robins pastor of the Methodist church at Ainsworth officiating. Pallbearers were Clarence Walker Jay Evans Lee Hunt Sam Marsh Frank Trotter and Blaine Pressly. Burial was in the Ainsworth cemetery.
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Joseph Sherman Benson
L. A. Jones
F. J. Robins
Methodist Church
Ainsworth
Clarence Walker
Jay Evans
Lee Hunt
Sam Marsh
Frank Trotter
Blaine Pressly
Ainsworth Cemetery
Congress Record Laughter and Applause Mark Moments
The article notes a congressman granted leave to print his remarks in the Congressional Record often punctuated by Laughter and Applause. It illustrates how such stage directions once appeared amid unspoken remarks and reactions during debates.
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Congressional
Winter Cold and Worker Health Tactics in Industry
Engineering experts say staying at work despite colds is essential this winter. They advise air conditioners that humidify air to reduce colds and keep productivity high for workers under tight schedules.
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