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  • Collection: Agriculture and Food

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

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

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Wade notes the growth of a "non-partisan league" and wants to organize resistance against the organization.

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A widowed mother in Germany writes her son and daughter-in-law explaining why she cannot bring herself to emigrate, even though they have sent money for her passage. She includes information on perceptions of immigrant life in America, as well as the…

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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…

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Forceful editorial against Babel Proclamation, citing easy reconcilability of Germanness and American national identity.

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Snippets concern registering aliens, food production, and others.

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Dedham teacher writes regarding the dis-loyal actions of the Farmer's Union.

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Man of the people notes that many long-time German residents still cannot speak English.

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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…

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