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

Snippets concern registering aliens, food production, and others.

Local CoD business and German connections.

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…

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…

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

On labor prices for farm work.

Farmer informs on pro-Germans in the county

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.

The Invitation is to the National Defense of Iowa from the Illinois State Council of Defense to a show in Chicago to discuss what foods should be eaten by the communities.