In this letter, the issue of creating a once a day delivery system is addressed. The writer is looking to increase support throughout Iowa on the idea that it will be beneficial to the grocers to downsize into once a day system. However, the lack of…
In this letter, D.J. Murphy stated that he sent a check that was requested by each county to raise. He also included how the money was his own personal check. He wrote a personal check due to the lack of time allowed for his community to raise the…
In this letter to Metcalf, he becomes aware of a situation occurring in the town of Lineville, Iowa. He is supposed to take care of the situation at his own discretion, but promptly. In the bottom of the page, there are some hand written notes as…
This letter was from Minnesota to Iowa. In the letter it not only was hoping for guidance on what publicity works in Iowa, but if Metcalf would offer guidance on the material Minnesota was planning on distributing.
This letter was sent from the U.S. Food Administration to state the problem that the nation must start conserving particular food intake because they needed to supply more food to the Allies overseas. This in turn was connected to a card, as…
This letter is from the chairman of the Iowa Council of National Defense to Mr. Jacob Russ. This letter is saying that it is not the time to question the government and make statements that would seem disloyal. He was stressing that Russ
This Notice poster was connected to the previous document given as #2. This is a poster of propaganda the government posted to help ensure all citizens were going to by buying their bonds before Friday evening. Also, it did let the national public…
The Commercial Economy Board is inquiring about the newly imposed restrictions on deliveries and what those restrictions included. The focus was in the Des Moines area.
Response to Frank Pierce, who had recently submitted names of people to work under him, as an enrollment agent. Information and supplies are also to be passed on.
