Editorials Reflect on War, Propaganda and Peace Delusions
A 1947 editorial essay questions inflation cures, U.S. global image, and the propaganda battle with communism. It cites Henry J. Allen on Lincoln, critiques American excesses, and notes European misperceptions about America as Senator Lodge urges European editions of U.S. newspapers to foster truth and peace.
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Atlantic
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Massachusetts
Collier’s
Senator Lodge
Europe
Lodge
America
Mechanics Laundry idea sparks a Washington woman
A Washington woman, wife of a garage worker, advocates a laundry serving mechanics to solve grime from work clothes. She notes many wives struggle with hard water and soap while washing greasy garments, offering hope that a specialized service could be cheaper and easier.
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Washington
Silent Tomb Praise Elsewhere When We Are Gone
Poem fragment reflects on the value of praise after death and asks what use such compliments are to a mortal, suggesting a contemplation of fame, memory, and the limits of human recognition.
Units of W S C S Elect New Officers at Christmas Meetings
Women’s Society of Christian Service units across the Methodist church elected officers for the coming year at Christmas gatherings. Meetings featured devotions, Christmas stories, readings, and cooperative suppers with fund collections and donations to the YWCA toy drive. Local leaders named include Birdie Hotle, Gilbert Mills, Belle Rice, Ralph Bauer, and others. activities spanned ten units with varied hostesses and Christmas programs.
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W.S.C.S
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Stutsman Home
FE. E. Stutsman
Charletd Eyestone
G. W. Manussier
Wendell Baker
Birdie Hotle
Dora Minick
Accie Clapper
S. N. Sorrell
Unit Two
Walter Smith
Smith
Y.W.C.A
Gilbert Mills
Ed Squires
Joe Lang
Belle Rice
Fred Downing
W. S. Kyle
Palmer Babcock
Grace Nell Crowell
T. B. Brown
Lee Google
Milwaukee
Wisc
Ralph Zeck
T. F. Barker
Leo Stone
Fred Bell
A. W. Clow
Harold Gray
Stone
Marie Davis
Marilyn Caldwell
Betty Logan
Barbara Dare
Dorothy Walker
Ariane Knapp
Google
Unit No. 7
Frank Longwell
L. C. Woodburn
Ralph Bauer
Raymond Crone
Boyd Humble
Crone
Fred E. Miller
Unit 8
Phillip Kneen
Glenn Thompson
Hazel Pease
Charles Wilson
Leslie Gates
EB. L. Rouse
Dorothy Babb
Sam Sigafoose
Danny Kiesey
Duane Thon Pon
Bobby Rittenhouse
Jean Koenig
Santa Claus
Homer Birney
Crawford
Maurice Crawford
Unit No. Ten
Everett Denison
Mae Smith
George Dare
Glenn Knapp
9-2
Scott Wilcox
Don Maxwell
Chas. Kennedy
Manford Wilcox
J. L. Kennedy
Will Richards
India
Ida Solomon
Maxwell
Glen Frank
Wilcox
Colflesh Named Legion Legislation Chair
Des Moines attorney Robert W. Colflesh has been appointed chairman of the National American Legion legislation committee by National Commander James F. O'Neil. The designation was announced today in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Robert W. Colflesh
National American Legion Legislation Committee
James F. O'Neil
National Legion
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Ano
Russia
Middle West
Congressional
George Abell
Washington Times-Herald
Hollywood “Red
Bloomfield Democrat
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Cosmopolitian Club
Kiwanis Club
OPA
Hitler
Lucky” Luciano
Tom Clark
Bobby-Soxers
Monsieur Verdoux
Elfin
Ingenu
Spain
Bentles
Hollywood
Goldwyn-Mayer
France
Germany
Clay
Ayr
Marion
Ruth Bridges
Sioux City
James J. Davis
Balkans
Rev. Davies
Wilbur Knapps
Misses Bridges
Davies
Balkan
Rev. Davis
Donald Bealers
Downing
Clara Tooman
L. R. Baker
John Lee
W. B. Dupuis
Pearl Whistler
Unit Four
H. G. Simpson
Earl Loveless
Edna’ Klein
Miss Klein
J. S. Crawford
Jays Sellers
Edna Klein
Carrison Dodder
Gates
Phil Weldin
G. F. Baird
St. Luke
Sam Turkington
Ted
Hugh Hall
Leslie Hicher
W. E. Howell
Oakley Payne
Turkington
Weldin
J. C. Holbert
Hall
Harry Drake
Henry Berdo
Tresaurer
Verle Gallagher
James Birney
Handel
Colflesh
Washington, Iowa
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