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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
3
Long column records residents traveling to Chicago and Kansas, repairs and openings in Lenox, clerks and sheriffs’ movements, new stores on Green street, marriages in Wayne county, and local elections in Gay township with a Drake road tax passing by nine votes amid possible contest over alleged illegal ballots.
From Topeka Kansas a Kansas City bound bus story has a mother and small boy entering amid laughter. The boy wears a corn husk like hat with kernel stuck on his head. The mother scolds and notes a doctor charged to remove the corn and the ongoing cost.
A four motor B 29 bomber crashed eight miles east of Tarkio after crew bailed out by parachute. Exploding gasoline set fire to farm buildings, several cattle were badly burned and had to be killed. The incident raises concern over future air dangers.
A young girl in Hays Kansas browses teen dresses for about 45 minutes and tells the clerk she will copy a dress in half a day joking I am good at sewing. The exchange ends with polite goodbyes.
T. H. Dick Millikan bagged a four pound brake mailard lard in Missouri. The bird bore a metal band inscribed Notify Field and Wildlife Service Washington DC No 733759. The meaning of the 41 on the band was unclear to the Maryville Forum.
Omaha papers publish an adv by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners urging farmers to leave corn stalks standing along roads to function as snow fences. With scarce materials, road crews seek frugal solutions and standing corn offers a usable, easily harvested barrier.
In 1920 corn fell from $1.51 to 49 cents per bushel by December, while hog prices dropped from $14.60 to $8.30 by December. By June 1921 hogs were at $7.00 and by December 1921 at $6.00, prompting Blakesburg to muse on history as another war ends.
A truck with German prisoners and three guards halted in Maryville on Wednesday morning en route from Clarinda camp. The destination remained secret. Prisoners in the rear appeared as good looking young men and have learned enough English to express their needs, according to the guards.
J. E. Doze senior member of Doze Motor Company celebrated his 91st birthday last Saturday. He still drives to the office each workday and maintains many firm records. The ex-senator keeps his natural teeth, with a gold crown on one front tooth to help bite off his after dinner cigar, according to Humeston New Era.
Mrs. Henry Freese reports a soot-covered squirrel entered her London basement via the chimney and exited through the furnace door. She initially feared a black creature but learned the animal was brown and harmless.
An unusual fire alarm was reported to the Sibley Fire Department but no fire was found. A fly spraying machine operated nearby created mist mistaken for smoke.
Grundy County officials have abolished the county poor farm. The three inmates will be housed and cared for at the county farm under the management of an appointed overseer, with transition details provided by Knoxville Express.
Sedgewick, a tough Chicago reporter sent to Poland during World War II, covers the front for a new novel by Robert St. John. The narrative follows his hardboiled life, the two women who shape him, and his awakening to the deeper tragedy behind headlines.
Emily Hahn presents scenes behind her China based fiction in China To Me a candid life account of 1935 1943. The author known for The Soong Sisters offers essays and short pieces about China with strong reception.
Collier's November 25 offers a short story about Emily Hahn whose experiences span paddy fields temples bells and battlefield thunder. The piece notes Hahn lived under conditions shaping fictional turmoil and includes a photo and account of her unorthodox adventures both here and abroad.
Families and friends gathered for Thanksgiving and weekend visits across North Grove Villisca and nearby homes. The Baker Branan Loghry and Anderson households hosted and hosted young people and Four H Club activities followed by WISCS meetings.
The Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys reunite in Mug Town at the Rialto on Friday and Saturday December 8 and 9. Headliners are Billy Halop Huntz Hall Bernard Punsly and Gabriel Dell with Grace McDonald Tommy Kelly Joe Prouty and Edward Norris in supporting roles. The lads as freight car renegades dodge railway detectives and enter a hijack plot, ending with heroics and a Romancé element overall.
A brisk entertainment blends music and gay comedy in Cowboy In Manhattan at the Rialto Friday and Saturday. Stars Robert Paige Frances Langford Leon Errol Walter Catlett and Jennifer Holt headline as a steer-roping cowboy drives songs into a Broadway show. The plot centers on the aspiring tunesmith and his Broadway venture with several humorous sequences and a strong finish.
Edward Small presents Abroad With Two Yanks at the Rialto on December 13 and 14. William Bendix and Dennis O Keefe star in a wartime comedy about two pals on furlough in Australia who chase a woman played by Helen Walker then end up in trouble.
State Game Warden Garfield Harker of Maquoketa achieved a limit of 15 mallards after two shots. Nicknamed Deadeye Dick by locals, he fired into a flock of about 200 ducks at a river day hunt reported by the Afton Star-Enterprise.
Old Man Winter dumps rain and ice over the area causing trees to fall and downed wires. Electricity and telephone service were out for hours as linemen battled 48 hours of outages and a shift back to premodern conditions.
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