Passing on clipping from local paper.

In this letter Metcalf writes to a Davenport newspaper to thank them for all of their pro-war efforts and doing the best thing for the country.

H.J. Metcalf has written a 2 page letter addressed to the managing editor of The Nonpariel in Council Bluffs, IA. The Nonpariel is one of the largest newspaper publications in the Council Bluffs area at the time. Metcalf has stated he would like to…

The Committee on Publicity is creating a fellow committee which will go through the newspapers of Iowa looking for important pieces of propaganda that they which for the entire Iowa National Defense team to know.

Masthead from Iowa Banner in Iowa City

Local merchant notes support for Babel.

Editor of local paper wonders about exemptions.

Thinking of submitting story on Iowa's Germans in time of war to Saturday Evening Post.

Lauer pressing. Needs rapid clarification, as "there is a critical situation in our county and state at this time," and people need to know exact meaning of Babel.

Babel's effects on foreign-language press.