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Notes worker at Coal Company who said that, if the US wanted to win the war, it'd take a lot of coal and "our women and children would have to freeze."
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On the CoD's article and translation they had published in the Scott County Der Demokrat.
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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
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A series of brief letters written to H. J. Metcalf in reference to creating additional charters for the Council of National Defense, followed by an informational document containing details about current charters work supporting the war effort.
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