Switzerland Mobilization Model Blocks Russian Push Into France
NATO planners envy Switzerland for a mobilization system that can field about 15 divisions within 48 hours. Every male 20 to 60 serves, with four months training, annual refresher courses, and instant reserve call-up. The army includes 10,000 civilian specialists, modern armor and air defenses, and hidden field fortifications along roads and mountains that deter invasion.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Switzerland
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
NATO
Matthew BB Ridgway
Alps
France
Uni
Alpes
Swiss Defense Plans Point to Neutrality as Dividend
Allied intelligence suggests Germany balks at invading Switzerland due to high cost and Russia would skip conquering the neutral country. Swiss forces are expected to resist, while NATO planners view Switzerland as a strategic dividend for Western Europe defense.
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Switzerland
Hitler
Wehrmacht
NATO
Europe
Switzerlland
France
Birthday acknowledgments and anniversary noted
Happy Birthday Carol Bruty has five candles on her cake. Richard Mil ton Wollrab son of Mrs. Harry Wollrab route 2 also birthday today. Ainsworth Richard Gordon Dean Morris son of Mr and Mrs Charles Morris celebrating today. Donald Sojka Pleasant Hill Rude S Warfel and Mrs Harold Wolf also celebrate. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brown celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary. The note also recalls Constantine’s Christian professing and lingering pagan beliefs at death.
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Carol Bruty
Richard Milton Wollrab
Harry Wollrab
Route 2
Ainsworth Richard
Gordon Dean Morris
Charles Morris
Donald Sojka
Pleasant Hill
Rude S. Warfel
Harold Wolf
Kenneth Brown
Corn Potash Hunger Signs Warn Poor Yields
Corn leaves and ears reveal starvation when soil lacks potash. Yellowing tips, chewed edges, and weak, limp cobs indicate the need for balanced nutrition. Soil tests guide fertilizer to meet potash and phosphate needs for higher yields._rotating with well-fertilized legumes improves soil further.
Farming Techniques Change in Last Decade
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report notes 1,300,000 fewer U S farmers now than a decade ago while output rises 2 percent. Mechanization and rural electrification boost efficiency with more combines, corn pickers, milking machines, trucks, pick-up balers, and widespread lighting and running water transforming farm life and freeing farm women from long hours.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Simple Sunshade for Hogs and a Jerusalem Cry
A DIY shade frame built from 2x4 lumber supports a pressed wood roof for hogs. Surplus farm material suffices for construction. The text notes the Hosanna cry, meaning Oh save, used in Marching processions in the Holy City.
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Jerusalem
Halyity
Calpella Couple Active in Midwestern Visit and Local Societies
Mr and Mrs Solomon Heth of Calpella California visited relatives and friends in the Mid west. Mrs Heth joined the College of Regents in the Women of the Moose at Chicago Moose heart on Sunday. Mrs Heth is sister of Mrs Charles Walker of Washington and Joe Richards and John Cruise are members of Grandma s Boys YMCA softball team not present for the pictured Thursday Journal shot.
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Solomon Heth
Calpella
Calif
Middlewest
Heth
College of Regents
Women of the Moose
Chicago
Mooseheart
Charles Walker
Washington
Joe Richards
John Cruise
Grandma's Boys’ Ymca
Thursday’ Journal
Two Oakville youths arrested for watermelons at Conesville
Two Oakville youths aged 15 appeared before Justice W. G. Roberts in Columbus Junction on August 18 charged with watermelon theft and property damage at Conesville. Damages were estimated at 70 dollars. Fines were imposed but the youths’ names were not released.
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Junction
Conesville
Columbus Junction
Oakville
W. G. Roberts
Dale Everett
Conesille
Justice Roberts
Larry R. Sanford and Sons
Larry
Tom
Billie
Las Animas
Colo
W. L. Sanford
Wheaton
Ida Edwards
Omar Jones
Muscatine
Ralph Greene
Columbus City
Oakdale Sanitarium
Joy
Methodial Sunday School
Bebb Families Hold Reunion at Columbus Chautauqua Park
A notice notes the Bebb families annual reunion scheduled for Sunday at Columbus Chautauqua park. Elvera Maxwell serves as secretary. Mr and Mrs H W Eliason Suzanne and Gregory are on a motor trip in western states. Hf Ross and wife visited their son in Iowa City late last week.
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Chautauqua Park
H. W. Eliason
Suzanne
Gregory
Bebb
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Elvera Maxwell
Supt
Hf. BE. Ross
Iowa City
Odious Penalty for Medieval Meat Seller
A butcher condemned for selling tainted meat in medieval Europe was humiliated by being forced to ride a rail through town with a foul smelling scrap of meat tied before his nose.
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Iowa Daily Press Ass
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Don
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Ike
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Wapeto
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Dunlap & McEgill
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Pleasant Plain
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John Deere
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