Dale became a Gauger in 1943 (“a revenue officer who inspects bulk goods subject to duty”). In the Internal Revenue Service, Alcohol Tax Unit, a Gauger measured the quantity of alcohol in a container – such as a tank car – and ensured the appropriate amount of federal tax was applied. This is another short diary, missing half of the year. Going to movies was a major pastime. Family members visited included Lloyd Gardner and his family (several times, since they were living in Omaha, too, while Lloyd worked on a government job during the war); Marie Kimmel; Louie, Ruth, and Margie Schaffer; Lela and Gene Yates and family; Dot Schaffer; and Jettie and Williams Gardner.
I was unable to find any diary entries from 1944-1949.