Fearless Dodie Survives Big Earthquake Night
War correspondent Dodie recounts a San Francisco style earthquake scare at a Red Cross billet in the Philippines. She describes running in pajamas to wake a roommate, a parrot landing on her back, injuries to her feet, and earning the nickname Fearless from fellow nurses and friends. The letter ends with love to Smokey Joe and playful recollections of school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokey Joe
Red Cross
Jeanette McDonald
San Francisco
Spencer Tracy
Wehn
Petey
Stella
Mooney
Deep South
BHS
Fearless
Metinks
Dodie
Sunday Socials in Hazel Dell Area Visit Kinfolk
Mrs Dean Risser of Bedford and several families spent Sunday with relatives including the Swaims Peach Beauchamps King Rogers Moellers Ledgerwoods Kysars Barnes. The group gathered for visits and a birthday dinner for Roy Hurst in Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Risser
Bedford
Floyd Swaim
Marjorie
Louise
Wilma Peach
George Peach
Elmer Beauchamp
Roy
Winfred King
Roger Lee
Reid ‘Vigers
Dick Rogers
M A
Lee Moeller
Nelson Ledgerwood
al Kysar
David Barnes
Maryville
Roy Hurst
Egg quality notes and heat care for laying flocks
Agricultural guidance explains candling to judge egg age and fertility, warns on heat damage and germ development, and advises separating nonlayers to save feed. It recommends selling culls and infertile eggs, marketing male birds after hatching, and maintaining top egg quality during hot months.
Early settlement memories of Bedford and Taylor County
Wm T Laws recalls 1869 migration to Bedford Taylor County from Knox Illinois. He describes roads by wagon, a stone schoolhouse, a north prairie deer sighting, mills, depots at Bedford and Conway, early stores and notable residents, physicians, lawyers and judges, and the railroad nearing St Joseph Missouri. He recalls livestock breeding, a notable auctioneer Harvey Dunken, a famous race between Sleepy Frank and Black Tom, and Nebraska development including Omaha as a stock market hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Taylor County
Wm.t. Laws
Knox County
Illinois
Corning
Adams County
Pairie
Mohler
Main Street
Bassett Brothers
Miles
Windsor and Cathcart
Groevy
Joan
Simion Wright
Griffiths
Query
Morgan
Robert Taxlor
Bevd
Jack
Neigh- Thrasher
Tremes
Bethel
Releont
Cuinoun
Speent
Savde
Manan
Isaac Wallace
Nelse
Reg
John Bell
James King
Meenan
Mahan
McCarrick
Avex John
Fred Rood
Chilcote Brothers
Harvey Dunken
United States
Nebraska
Los Angeles
Detroit
Canada
Iowa
Middle West
Frank
Robert Larsson
John Laws
Sleepy Frank
Black Tom
Simon Butts
Missouri
Morgenthau Outlines Seventh War Loan Quotas and Bonds
Secretary Morgenthau announced a seven billion dollar individual investor quota for the Seventh War Loan with a 4 billion E Bond portion. State chairmen led by Ted R Gamble report strong readiness and higher individual incomes during the drive. The drive runs May 14 to June 30 with Series E F G Bonds Series C Notes and other securities, and payroll savings push began April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted R. Gamble
War Finance Division
The
Treasury
Washington
Gambie
Gamble
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Banks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philippines
Mes Hamblin
Clem By
Ralph Kemp
Hazel Dell
Covilian
Idakes
WRU
Harvey
George
William Tripp
Waco
Texas
William
Elizabeth Knox
Boston
Mass
Britain
Robert Marner
Bristol
England
Omaha
Edmond Warvey
Morgenthau
U. S
Dannen Elevator Co
Blockton, Iowa
Ebot
Clarion
RADIO
Warwick Manufacturing Corp
Narriton Street
Chicago
Mystic Desert
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Yarque
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