Schaa ke retires from Anita grocery business
Anita resident and businessman J. Schaa ke retires after closing stock and selling the building to An drew Petersen. He had worked as a lineman for the Anita Telephone Company and Central while later running groceries in Anita. He and his wife operated in the present building, with earlier leases to Norbery Plumbing and Appliance and Jack Sprat Grocery before retirement.
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Anita
John Schanke
Andrew Petersen
H. (. Faulkner
Schanke
Anita Telephone Company
Mis
Centern
WIota News Briefs Highlight Local Military Leave
Malone returns to San Diego naval station after first leave spent with his mother near town. Rex Rourick of Lejeune Marines on leave with his mother, to be discharged upon returning. Dr Mary White of Anacortes visited, former Mary Raffensborg, who left town 45 years ago. Beulah Bramble and Dorothy Christensen visited Havens home Sunday for Woolworths lunchette plans.
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Wiota
Malone
San Diego Naval Station
Margaret Malone
Rex Rourick
Lejeune
Noc
Engine Cridge
Gaeta Rourick
Mary White
Anacortes
Wash
FLW
McDermott
Mary Raffensborg
Elton Basse
Elliot
Basse
White
Beulah Bramble
Coane Bluffs
Woolworth
Dorothy Christensen
Atlantic
Havens
Visiting Parents
Maesena Charleen Dougherty of Tres Maines is spending a week's vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Giatt Dougherty.
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Maesena
Charleen Dougherty
Tres Maines Ie
Mes
Giatt Dougherty
Vacation Bible School Opens At Lewis Church
The Congregational Church hosts a daily vacation Bible school from morning to afternoon through Friday with four periods, sewing, art, baby care, radio, crafts, and hobby shows scheduled for June 19 to June 24, followed by commencement at 8 p.m. June 30.
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Corinne Lanny
Millie Multon
Barbara Harrington
Dorothy Conn
Arnold O. Kenyon
Mark Smith
Lyte Burnshalter
Wilma Robinson
Mildred Dory
Vera Marker
Scrap Iron Missiles in Early War Cannon Technology
During the conflicts the article notes scrap metal items such as knife blades old nails copper slugs and iron bolts were used as cannon ammunition. Angridge referred to this practice and bayonet blades bound with rope yarn were fired to cut enemy rigging and topple masts.
Oyster Opener Uses Carbonated Water to Split Shells
A new oyster opener begins by washing the shellfish in a tumbling water spray and then applying a shot of carbonated water to part the shell. The device promises a cleaner opening process, though readers are urged to swim with others after eating and to know water depth.
Senate Reviews MVA Reclamation Appropriations
Washington notes the Senate considers 26.6 million dollars for Missouri Valley reclamation work, a rise from House levels. Reclamation bureau officials say final congressional action will shape future basin progress, with totals tied to the interior department budget and a forthcoming conference. Milk pasteurization via supersonic vibrations is reported, killing bacteria in seconds and enabling homogenization.
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Washington
Senate
Missouri Valley
Appropriations Committee
House
Lureau
Congress
Missouri Basin
Interior Department
Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Missouri
Senate Committee
Reclamation Bureau
William FE. Warne
Reclamation
Iniuial Reclamation Bureau
Onhe
James River
Angostura
S. D
Rapids Valley
Grand River
8. D
Bostwock
Kansas
Nebraska
Cedar Bluffs
Kas
Frenchman-Cambridge
Nzb
Kirwin
Kan
North Republican
Colorado
Kansas-Nebraska
Glendo Resevoir
Wyo
Kortes Reservoir
Army Engineers
Muskrat Meal Proves Superior to Meat Scraps in Chick Feeds
Louisiana trials show muskrat meal delivering higher gains in chicks up to eight weeks old than standard meat, shrimp, or fish meals. Eight pounds of muskrat meal equal ten pounds of meat meal for crude protein on a chemical basis. Broilers fed dried muskrat in rations reached 26 families with no objectionable flavors reported in the meat. Take it easy on the road and allow ample travel time to avoid delays.
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Louisiana
Ainsworth Opposes Clark for Major General Post
Former Col. H Miller Ainsworth, president of the 36th Division Association and a former regimental commander under Gen Mark Clark, testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. He accuses Clark of replacing experienced officers with friends and classmates and urges denial of Clark’s wartime Fifth Army commander confirmation to major general.
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Mark Clark
H. Miller Ainsworth
Senate Military Affairs Committee
36Th Division Association
Clark
Ainsworth
Fifth Army
Clarence Hicks former Exira resident dies at 62
Clarence Howard Hicks, 62, former Exira resident, died at 6 pm yesterday in an Omaha hospital where he had been a patient since October. Born January 4, 1872, in Exira, he was the son of John A. and Mary Belle Hicks and moved to Colorado in 1910. For 20 years he worked as a stationery engineer in Omaha. Surviving are sisters Ethel Simonsen of Exira and Zelia Addington of Minneapolis. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Extra
Clarence Howard Hicks
Omaha
John A
Marybelle Hicks
Colorado
Ethel Simonsen
Zelia Addington
Minneapolis
Minn
Fraulein to face trial in sergeant's death case
Nuernberg June 1 8 news reports that Erika Krebs 20 will be tried before a military court on Thursday in connection with the shooting death of Master Sergeant Robert E Flanigan of Peoria Illinois. Authorities say she snatched his .45 automatic and fired, claiming it was an accidental act as she intended to kill herself. Flanigan belonged to the 793rd Military Police Battalion. The victim's name had been withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Nuernberg
U. S. Army
Robert BE
Flanigan
Peoria
Erika Krebs
Army
Wil
V-Mail totals in the United Kingdom reported
The Signal Corps processed 517 million V mail messages in the UK. Of these, 259 million were letters from the United States to American personnel stationed there, and 258 million were letters from soldiers to friends and relatives in America.
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Signal Corps
United Kingdom
United States
America
Oldest Experimental Plots at Illinois Campus
The Morrow plots on the University of Illinois campus are America’s oldest soil experiment fields. They were established in 1876.
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Morrow
University of Illinois
America
Anderson cites slimmer diet for Americans
Washington June 18 Americans face a slimmer diet over the next year amid a government forecast by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson. He projects less meat poultry eggs wheat products dried fruits and dry peas, but more canned fruits juices and vegetables. Food fats and oils should stay about the same. Dairy outlook foresees a short butter supply and similar levels of cheese canned milk and dried milk as last year.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Child Psychology on Hands and Ideas in Play
A concise piece notes that idle hands tempt mischief, while giving a child a single concept and simple materials spurs diverse, self created ideas. It emphasizes initiative and creativity in early development and learning through manipulation and exploration.
Drive Carefully Lest This Trip Be Your Last
A concise caution urges careful driving to prevent fatal road accidents during a motor trip. The warning emphasizes safety and urges drivers to remain vigilant, wear seat belts, and follow traffic laws to protect lives on the road.
Belgian blocks paving stones and origin
Belgian blocks are granite paving blocks cut as truncated pyramids with bases five to six inches square and depths seven to eight inches. The opposite face is slightly smaller than the base and the blocks are called Belgian blocks, likely first used or perfected in Belgium.
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Belgium
Secretary of State to Meet Peron Agent
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson agreed to meet General Carlos Von Der Becke special emissary of Argentina President Juan Peron. Von Der Becke seeks closer US Argentina ties and an early agreement to resolve long standing differences to improve relations.
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Secretary OF State
Peron
Washington
Dean Acheson
Carlos von der Becke
Juan C. Peron
von der Becke
United States
Argentina
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Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
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Exira
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