In Muscatine on Friday, April 28, 1950, Dale wrote, “Worked 8 to 4:30. Filled 300 drums today. Rain and snow today. Bought gloves. Got new F.P.E.A. insurance policy for $5,000. Stanley and I went to a show at night.” I think the F.P.E.A. stood for Federal Price Economic Adjustment life insurance contract; that $5,000 would be $48,000 today.
