Elk Point woman returns from Los Angeles for father Fune ral
Mrs Ralph Smith of Elk Point has just reached home after attending the funeral of her father George Billings formerly of Akron Ia He died suddenly of a heart attack at 53 While Martin Clementson and his daughter Mrs Jack Smythe spotted a large deer on the road seven miles north of Elk Point the creature dodged into brush along Brule creek Also notice new typewriter ribbons for sale at the Register Tribune office and a U S Defense Stamps Bonds drive.
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Leader-Courier
Elk Point
Ralph Smith
Los Angeles
California
George Billings
Akron
Martin Clementson
Jack Smythe
Andrew Anfinson
Brule Creek
Local men in armed service from Ninth Naval District
The Ninth Naval District Headquarters at Great Lakes Illinois reports Akron Iowa native Curtis L Lewison Jr 19 has enrolled in the Navy V 12 unit at Iowa State College Ames Iowa to study while receiving military drill physical education and Naval organization He may be sent to midshipman schools and could become a U S Naval Reserve ensign Also Pvt Burton Lefty Swift of Akron Iowa son of Mr and Mrs Vern Swift is serving as an Army anti aircraftman at Camp Stewart Georgia and plays for the Camp Stewart service nine The item quotes from Battery Bee Camp Stewart and letters from Mrs Frank Burke of Suchowish Washington to Pvt Duane Burke in the South Pacific
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Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Illinois
Register-Tribune
Curtis L. Lewison, Jr
C. L. Lewison
BR. 3
Akron
Iowa
Towa State College
Ames
Towa
Naval Reserve
Lewison
U. S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Camp Stewart
Georgia
Burton
Lefty
Skybusters
Swift
Service Nine
Battery Bee
Stewart
Burton Swift
Savannah Service Defense League
Iron Man
Baltimore Orioles
N. ¥. Giants
Carl Hubbell
Yankees
St. Louis
Browns
Cardinals
Frank Burke
Suchowish
Wash
Duane BE. Burke
South Pacific
Duane
Frank
O. K
Mrs. Burke
Akron military notes and local family updates from 1944
A mixed letter from July 1 1944 references Akron connections and local echoes. It mentions Col Earl C Robbins and the Victorville Army Air Field graduation of Aviation Cadet Class 44 10, the arrival of the B 29 era, and parade events. Also notes furlough ration changes, War Price and Rationing Board procedures, and the death of Mrs Maggie Sheetz in Sioux City. The piece blends personal news with wartime logistics and a Want Ad prompt.
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Register-Tribune
Victorville Army Air Field
Victorville Cal
Akron
Earl C. Robbins
Aafp Training Command
Victorville Army, Air Field
Japan
Army Air Forces
Hart C. Robbins
Robert E. Murray
Stanley A. Reel
Ardell Anderson
Sidney W. Jenson
James A. Jenson
Iowa
Jenson
Sioux City
Omaha
Nebr
Air Corps
Policy shifts gasoline rationing for armed forces
Sioux City OPA director announces a new gasoline rationing rule effective July 25 1944. Servicemen on furlough or leave for at least three days receive one gallon per day of leave up to 30 gallons, replacing the prior flat five gallon allotment.
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Jong Oley WU Wur
Navy
Army
Armed Services
War Price and Rationing Board
Armed Service
Sioux City
OPA
Farmers urged to buy War Bonds to build reserves
The article argues farmers should invest in War Bonds to build financial reserves, pay debts, combat inflation, and support the war effort. It emphasizes bonds as safe, nearly liquid assets aiding emergency funding, building capital for repairs, and funding mortgage relief while promoting patriotic sacrifice to shorten the war.
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Bulding
Defense Savings Stamps Offer Installment Bonds
Defense Savings stamps are available in denominations of 10 26 and 60 cents and 1 and 6 dollars. These stamps make possible the purchase of Defense Savings Bonds on a practical installment plan.
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Defense Savings
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Dad
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Junior Hunt
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Dort
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Plymouth County
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Federal Land Bank
Plymouth County National Farm Loan Ass
Sixth Street
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Oyens
J.P. Ludwig
Remsen
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J. Henry Lucken
Plymouth Street
LE Mars
Ross Grain Co
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NORKA
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Wm. Tracy
Nash Berry, Jr
Betty Grable
Johnny Game
James Cagney
Hargrove
Indiana
Plymouth County Abstract
M. Clarke-W.oolley
Mgr
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Shantung Sport
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