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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
6
The first regular weekly meeting of the Home Nursing class was held Wednesday afternoon at the school house with twenty three ladies present. Numerous town visits follow, including families in Conway and nearby towns, church attendance, and friends visiting relatives during the weekend.
The Glen Ulmer post of The American Legion and its Auxiliary coordinate defense drives with Doris Clutter and Mrs. James Owens heading committees. The campaign runs through July 165. A Father’s Day program was held at the Christian church with Mrs. Galen Turner and Mrs. Charles Gray coordinating. Hopkins Chapter No. 401, O E S meets now for summer vacation until September.
In Washington a dialogue between General George C. Marshall and Henry Morgenthau Jr. stresses payroll bonds as vital to war effort. Morgenthau says the public will support funding until victory, urging workers to increase their War Bond allotment beyond 10 percent.
Miss Louise Gray returns from Tulsa with relatives and resumes nursing training in St Joseph. Nodaway church conference at Harmony church featured Mr. Newton and Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Worley goes to Lake Charles to join husband in defense work. Several visits among families described including Houston Dutton party, Thompson trip to Fort Warren, and others in Maryville Des Moines Tarkio and Guthrie. Mild reorganizations note new clerk at Clutter Grocery and local social visits.
A small American patrol of a dozen men halts a Japanese pursuit by destroying a bridge in Bataan while Sgt Dane coordinates repairs and two soldiers Lassiter and Matowski are killed. A daring raid foils Japanese work on the bridge as the unit fights through a brutal night mission.
A rugged escape sequence unfolds in Bataan with Sergeant, Dane, and Lt Bentley leading a patrol. Hardy, severely feverish, aids from the camp while Purckett and Feingold battle Jap forces as Bentley sacrifices to crash the plane into a bridge nest, destroying enemy positions and saving comrades.
Bedford Iowa Board of Supervisors met in regular session as a Board of Equalization with all members present but made no changes.
Taylor County Iowa boards approve a tax compromise for John E Cox totaling 50 dollars in full satisfaction of 96 56 due for 1936 1941 and set July 6 1943 for meeting bids for material purchases including 2400 cubic yards of Class A crushed stone on County Road E from Lenox six miles away with bid security of 300 dollars and contract conditions.
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