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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
3
Disney Technicolor combination of live action and animation screens June 16 and 17 at the Rialto. Major de Seversky explains air power theories with maps and office scenes while early aviation history and World War II era air campaigns are shown.
Lenox reads a busy letter of small-town life with plans for a Grand Fourth of July at Conway, a flying event by Mark Atkinson in Holt, and a new Lenox race track nearing completion. Local shoppers return with groceries, officials attend the state convention, and marriages bring local happiness.
The quartermaster corps buys from about 2500 blind workers across the country. In the first quarter of 1944 they sold 1,000,000 mop handles 2,000,000 corn brooms and 4,000,000 cotton mops for barracks warehouses mess halls and depots at home and overseas. A committee of blind-made products oversees the negotiations with government National Industries for the Blind and a broom and mop trade agent.
The Northwood Anchor laments excessive civilian complaints about rationing hardships such as gasoline shortages. It argues service members endure far greater difficulties and criticizes what it calls baby talk among adults.
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal said no changes will be made to regulations banning beer and spirits aboard war vessels. He noted he missed beer during a Pacific voyage but affirmed current rules remain in force as the Hamburg Reporter reports.
Paul Mears, once west of Beloit Kansas, found 83 machine gun bullets while tilling a field. He and others believed the bullets may have fallen from an aircraft during flight.
John Ertmoed of near Grundy Center has celebrated his birthday for seventy nine years by planting corn. This year on his eighty eighth birthday he followed the same plan and planted corn.
Preparations are under way in Fremont county to start the pea harvest in the second week of June. Hamburg area will begin first with many fields ripening about the same time, creating a brief labor surge to supply local canneries. Weather delayed staggered planting, leading to a short but busy harvest period.
Snow fell at Hopkins during the night of Wednesday June 7 and was observed at dawn by long time resident Frank Mahan. The snow melted quickly after dawn. The Maryville Forum notes 1.23 inches of rain had been recorded at noon since last night in the same vicinity.
Ted Bralex a Wichita test pilot ate a bowl of nasturtium seed cereal for breakfast and told his wife he did not care for the new brand after noticing the empty dish. The St Joseph News Press reports the curious event.
Termites found in the Winterset Iowa public library basement flooring marking an apparent first appearance in town. Library board deliberates next steps as officials assess damage and response.
A correspondent notes that on a remote island outpost marines earn a pack of American cigarettes by natives climbing the tallest cocoanut trees and hacking down coconuts, or the entire tree, for a single cigarette.
In Coffeyville Kansas a retired businessman suffered hearing loss due to a rubber pencil eraser lodged in his ear. An ear specialist removed the eraser restoring his hearing, per the Coffeyville News.
Hopalong Cassidy stars William Boyd as Hoppy in Lumberjack at the Rialto Theatre Friday. He teams with pals California and Jimmy to aid Julie Bar-20 Ranch owner's daughter amid a murder and a gang hostile to timber property. Julie initially resists then aligns with the heroes.
Abbott and Costello star in Hit The Ice shown at the Rialto Sunday Monday and Tuesday June 18 19 and 20. Bud and Lou operate candid cameras with Knowles as a romantic doctor and Miss Knox as a trained nurse. The story unfolds in a resort hospital mountain hideaway and a bank with a robbery central to the plot. Costello saves the day by a clever reversal turning into a human snowball to defeat the crooks.
Nelson Eddy and Constance Dowling star in Knickerbocker Holiday at the Rialto Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday June 21 and 22. The musical drama centers on Bjorn Brook and Peter Stuyvesant in a fight over press freedom with Tina Tienhovan as a sidelined romance. The ending promises humor and surprise.
The Christian church group’s Wednesday event at Mrs. Edgar Harris’s home included visitors Mrs. Frank Potter and Mrs. Emory Harde e. July 5 next meeting scheduled with Mrs. Kilda Oxley. A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Eldon Savage at her parents home, hosted by Mrs. Earnest Gray and Mrs. Clark Crawford with refreshments. A farewell for Horace Richardson and family was held at the community hall as they move to Swambaugh to join a new grocery venture.
Twenty five years ago Bedford residents Roy Wolf Walter Levine Lou Bradley Paul Reeves and Cecil Thornton of the 90 division arrived home Tuesday after months overseas. Dorothy Jaqua returned from Red Cross service in Hattiesburg Mississippi. Ismay Miller wed Russell Keller in Bedford at the Presbyterian parsonage with Rev J A Currie presiding. Naomi James of Clarinda married Leroy Hall of Bedford in Clarinda. Hall belonged to Co K and recently came home with his company.
Ten years ago this week reports include a daughter to Oren Wiley Hawleyville on June 5 a son to Elmo Johnson Bedford on June 7 and a son to LeRoy Johnson Gravity on June 3. Spain at Rialto installed headphones for deaf audiences to hear sound. Miss Jessie Mae Robey Omaha and Harold L Sawhill Winterset wed at Robey home Conway on Tuesday.
SIAM locals record numerous visits and gatherings across Braddyville Bedford Clarinda Shenandoah and surrounding towns. Families like Woldruff Potter Hardee Maxwell and Miller share dinners birthdays and church and military departures with relatives and neighbors.
Readers reflect on letters from service members, the role of mail in maintaining morale, and the closening of families during war. A June flag day mishap with a cement pole and other personal notes about gardening tools and state symbols follow, concluding with a self‑effacing remark about radish seed planted Monday.
In a local tale the frogs flood a fish pool as tadpoles outnumber the resident fish causing a drawn out balance of power dispute. By next spring the frogs are expected to emerge and sing in Dale's ditch while fishing opens officially June 15 after mud settles. John Wogan and son Paul persistently fish for bass amid a muddy, shade filled lakeside setting.
Miss Katherine Shoemaker and Miss Deloris Shoemaker of Clarinda spent Saturday night and Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Shoemaker. Mrs Jennie Adams of Clarinda visited Sunday in the William Miller Sr home. Guests Sunday in the Lee Cumberlin home were Mr and Mrs Ed Mendenhall and daughter Helen, Mr and Mrs Forrest Mendenhall and daughters, Mr and Mrs Harlan Davison and family of Hopkins.
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