Young Men Called to Armed Forces December Quotas
A list of Brookfield Marceline Bucklin Linneus and other towns names men ordered to report to the armed forces with December 5 and 9 as key dates. The second quota will depart Brookfield on December 9. Names include Cecil Ballard Orvin Winkels Harvey Lane Maurice Williams John Corbin Walter Lambert Paul Forrest John Long Lloyd Fletcher Robert Kisor Clifford Van Horne Elton Kesler George Upright Robert King Dan Baxley Joseph Owens Robert Denny Benjamin Burnett Jas Stillwagon Francis Hoskins Keith Almond Jesse Martin David Archie Brobst Kenneth Hale James Fiala Bernard Harper George King Georgie Jennings Harold Kienast Lester Abrams Oliver Pinnell Claude McKenzie Claude Harmon Cecil Baskett James Barrows Robert Long Joe Embree Wm Byrd Wm Courtney Chas Gester Edward Schrock Ernest Jacobi Alfred Duvall Howard Hubbard Edwin Seymour Carl Thome Chas Asher Leon Phillips Otis Davis Haugh Alvin Dennis Emmett Sammington Gerald Rulon Thurston Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil F. Ballard
Brookfield
Orvin Lewis Winkels
Harvey H. Lane
Maurice Theron Williams
Browning
John L. Corbin
Walter Herman Lambert
Lawrence Paul Forrest
Bucklin
John Earl Long
Lloyd Harry Fletcher
Robert Harry, Kisor
Linneus
Clifford Wayne van Horne
Purdin Elton Leon Kesler
Meadville
Geo. Perry Upright
Robert Lee King
Dan Allen Baxley
Joseph B. Owens
Marceline Nova
Robert Briggs
John R. Denny
Benjamin Lee Burnett
Jas
Roy Stillwagon
Marceline Francis Dale Hoskins
Marceline
Keith W. Almond
North Salem
Jesse Martin David
Marceline Buel
Archie Brobst
Kenneth E. Hale
Purdin James Junior Fiala
Marceline Bernard Francis Harper
St. Catherine
George Lewis King
Oren
Basil Jennings
North St. Albert
Jamison Rogers
Melvin Chas. Jennings
Orval Sturgess
Harold Edwin Kienast
Marceline Lester H. Abrams
Oliver Paul Pinnell
Claude Geo. McKenzie
Claude Lowell Harmon
Cecil Ray Baskett
James Leon Barrows
Lidlede
Geo
Robert Long
Joe Winston Embree
Marceline Wm
Franklin Byrd
Luther Courtney
Marceline Chas
Loren Gester
Laclede
Edward Stephen Schrock
Ernest Lewis Jacobi
St. Cath
Alfred Jas, Duvall
Marceline Howard Elezer Hubbard
Edwin Seymour
Brook
Carl Thome
Chas
Wm. Asher
New Boston
Leon Morrell Phillips
Otis Connard Davis
Clarence Phillip Haugh
Alvin Dail Dennis
Emmett Eugene Sammington
Gerald Junior Rulon
Purdin
Gene Thurston Malone
Thanksgiving Dinner Spelling Out Puritan Thanks
School notes describe the Thanksgiving dinner held November 25 with a cornucopia centerpiece and a noon meal featuring chicken green beans and pumpkin pie. The afternoon program showcased band selections an one act play and chorus performances while teacher meetings are noted for December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Herbert Bailey
Rose Bellows
Jeanne Woolf
Chester Frazier
Marvin Abbott
Mrs. Bellows
Gwendolyn Kelly
Admiral Bellows
John Bill Grice
Aunt Fay
Mary Smith
French Horn
Peggy Head
Cornet
Science Notes on Matter and Its Properties
A science class outlines matter basics including definitions of organic and inorganic matter, elements and compounds, atoms and molecules, and the three states of matter. The notes emphasize how matter occupies space and has weight.
Farmers Urged to Intensify Scrap Drive in 1942
A telegram from Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board chairman, calls on American farmers to devote the remaining weeks of 1942 to a scrap drive. Steel mills need heavy scrap, and farms are among the best sources of this metal. the Nation expects farmers to meet the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Washington, D. C
World War II Weekly Update From War Department
The war front reported progress on all fronts with German setbacks in Russia and Allied gains in Tunisia and New Guinea. Allied radio and air operations continued, while Japanese reinforcements faced attrition at Buna-Gona. Home front measures included the December 1 start of mileage rationing and expanded tire quotas, plus furloughs for Army personnel and a 50 percent telegraph money order rate cut for military sendings. Selective service cards become mandatory for all registrants January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
Russia
Tunisia
Gona
Buna
New Guinea
Aleutians
Navy
Knox
Guadalcanalian
MacArthur
Buna-Gona
Roosevelt
Jeffers
Price
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Armed Forces
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. F. A. Central Cooperative
M. F
Maude
H. L. Schrock
Louise Lambert
Marjorie Knifong
Ray Duane Peterson
Stevens College
Betty Lou Steele
Laverne Jennings
Leon Bennett
Pfe
Kenneth Hoskins
H. M. Smith
Ft. Leonard Wood
Mary Tipton
Jas. Tipton
Harry McCoy
Glenn Collins
Army
Milan
G. F. Davis
C. M. Rogers
Humphreys
Dorothy
Emmett Spencer
Stamper Produce Co
Ralph Collins
David Tunnell
Addie Dell
Alpha Lovell
Gary
Chas. Collins
Chas. Maggart
Near
Cora
Johnnie Connell
St. Joseph
Stella Hollenbeck
C. E
Maggart
Robert Williams
Newtown
Jr. Robinson
C. E. Maggart
Margaret Seckington
Vern Seckington
Irvin
Elsworth Smith
Ada Smith
Elsworth
Vincent Collins
Irvin Smith
David Hastings
W. A. Reger
Reger
Eugene Humphreys
Camp Pickett
Ed Moffitt
Elmer Arnold
Polly
Sumner
C. E. Rogers
Niya
Harvey
Toyland
Harvey's Drug Company
Paris
Fexall
Browning, Mo
North Africa
War Department
U.S. Army
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