This brief notice from the Iowa Council of Defense encourages a (presumably once included) poster to be displayed clearly so as to facilitate the building of more silos and thereby increase necessary wartime production.

Farmer informs on pro-Germans in the county

On labor prices for farm work.

This letter is addressed to a Linden farmer, John Wasson, who had presumably been suspected by others in his community of being a slacker. HJM reports that his

Helen Tylee was left alone to manage the family farm during World War II while Ben Tylee was deployed in Europe. In 1942, the Cedar Rapids Gazette ran a story on her situation, entitled 'She's a Soldier, Too" and this photograph accompanied the…

Local CoD business and German connections.

Local writes to Metcalf and Council of Defense on demographic makeup of county [95% German].

Writing his Senator, Rand suggests putting German prisoners of war to work in the Yakima Valley. NOTE: "I think a large percent of these Germans will never go back to Germany, but will settle right there in the Valley." Not a trace of concern over…

Thresher notes working amongst German Americans and wonders whether he can "demand" fellow workers speak "American."

Mr. Metcalf responds to the letter regarding citizens