Dishpan Hands and War Time Resolve in 1945
A 1945 column quotes poetry by Alonzo Newton Benn and discusses wartime duties, rural telephone proposals, and economic worries. It reviews public services like telephones, bank deposits, and government borrowing while noting how war reshapes daily life and priorities for households and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Newton Benn
Chicago
Washington
the Evening Journal
Industrial News Review
Rural Electrification Administration
Fragmented Late Night News Snapshot
A garbled passage blends stray dialogue and scenes including a major and private in a motor vehicle stopped at crossroads, a farmer with fertilizer, a boy learning to skate, and a weather note about Florida. Readable fragments hint at miscellaneous social banter and local observations without a clear cohesive story.
Lexington Circle Meets Tuesday With Mrs G Cupp
Community notes from Lexington report Lexington Circle will meet Tuesday January 16 at Mrs Gayle Cupp while Lexington Ladies Aid Society gathers January 18 at Mrs John Flading with co hostesses Mrs Wim Flynn and Mrs Orr Mapel. Households send condolences to Mrs Chas Hafford and family on the death of Chas Stafford in Portland Oregon.
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Lexington Circle
G. Cupp
Morton Emdeington
Gayle Cupp
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
W. P. Flynn
Flynn
Arden Freel
Marion Penew
Arnold Pence
Paul Yoder
Texas
Eumet Gingerich
Morton Emde
S. E. Jans Holstein
Rugg
Wellman
Arden Freet
Chicago
Corn Cobs Improve Laying House Cleanliness
Whole corn cobs laid several inches deep in the laying house prove satisfactory. They are hard to walk on and require grain fed in hoppers. It will however keep the chickens feet clean.
Workforce Coverage by Collective Bargaining in Manufacturing
The Department of Labor estimates that 60 percent of manufacturing workers were covered by collective bargaining agreements in January 194. Over 90 percent of workers in aluminum fabrication, automobiles, men's clothing, nonferrous metal smelting and refining, shipbuilding, and basic steel were covered.
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Department of Labor
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Nema
Wahoos
Elder
Brice Cowden
North Marion Avenue
Iowa
A. Publishers News
United Press
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Lows
Peter
Urse
Mr. Benn
Washngton
Laws
Horatio Benn
Nancy Ann Looney
United States
Werren County
Benk
John Q
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Nania
Webster Ci
Germany
Freeman
Webster City Freeman-Journal
Willie
AG Satan
Imp
Lexngton
Karl Emde
Emmet Gingerich
Caroleann
Mort Emde
Evning
Seventh Cross
Evening Journal
Govt
Hemo
Phg
SMP
Asoneas
Louisa Gold Butter
Zuda
California
Olls
The
Impist
Ring Bologna
Wieners
Thomassen
Super Valu
Penney
All IN
Joe Palooka
Seco
Ham Fisher
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