Pilot saves life in Midway clash etched in two flyers
Two U S Navy pilots from Missouri and Browning, Brassfield and Elders, were linked by a Midway rescue 20 months later at Miami. Elders, shot at near a sinking torpedo bomber, was saved when Brassfield aboard Yorktown opened fire on pursuing Japanese fighters. Elders later met Brassfield at the Miami Naval Air Station as instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval Air Station
Miami
Fla
J.g
Wilhem G
Bill) Esdens
John H. Elders
St. Joseph
Missouri
United States
Elders
Midway
Linet
Arthur J. Brassfield
P. A. Brassfield
Browning
Estler
Yorktown
Miami Naval Air Station
Opa Locks
Esder
Lieut. Elders
Esders
Du Barry Was a Lady at the Electric Theatre
Red Skelton stars in a Technicolor musical comedy at the Electric Theatre Saturday and Sunday. The story follows a night club checkroom attendant who dreams himself king with Luville Ball as his queen, featuring Cole Porter songs, Tommy Dorsey and his band, Irene costumes, and vibrant Technicolor photography. Virginia O Brien and Zero Mostel appear, with Roy Del Ruth directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Skelton
du Barry
Electric Theatre
Luville Ball
King Louis
Mme. de Barry
King
Charmer
Red
Cole Porter
Tommy Dorsey
Irene
Dorsey
Skelton
Merry Monarch
Miss Ball
Zero Mostel
New York
Virginia O’brien
Abdt
Roy del Ruth
Karl Freund
For Sale 25 Two and Three Year Olds
For sale 25 coming two and three year old horses. Will start lamching April 1. L. L. Ingraham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Ingraham
Christians Today Hopes of Tomorrow Youth Fellowship
The Methodist Church invites all peoples to join in worship with church school, youth fellowship, and evening services. North Salem services scheduled for 3 00 if roads are passable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Christians Today
Hopes
North Salem
Thanking Friends After Fire Destruction
Mr and Mrs Fred Cotter and Martha Ann thank friends and neighbors who aided after their home was destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cotter
Martha Ann
Meeting Postponed By The M F A
The M F A meeting is postponed from March 16 to March 30 due to illness among participating employees.
Plasma Gift of Life in War Time
A poem by Edgar A. Guest celebrates plasma as a life saving gift from healthy donors to wounded soldiers. It contrasts older reluctance to share strength with modern generosity, portraying plasma as hope that delays death and sustains those near death on the battlefield.
Rex Turner's Letter From New Guinea in 1914
Rex Turner writes from New Guinea to his mother in February 1914, describing safety, meals, and heat. He notes Australian soldiers nearby, hopes to meet Vern Jones, and mentions losing twenty five pounds while adjusting to jungle life. He expresses eagerness for Australia and asks for his friend's address.
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States
Vern Jones
New Guinea
Elba
Australia
Rex
Wanted Sewing at Reasonable Prices by Mrs Pointer
Mrs Pointer seeks sewing at reasonable prices at the Lyle Wickham home. Telephone Brown ing 83F42.
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Pointer
Lyle Wickham
Browning
Hay Sale Notice for 100 Bales of Lespedeza
E. L. Haley of Browning offers 100 bales of Lespedeza hay. Sale details not specified in available text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Haley, Browning
For Rent My Garden Spot for Rent
Mrs. Bertha Riddle advertises a garden plot available for rent. The notice is concise and provides no further details about size, rate, or location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Bertha Riddle
Dinner Held For Otto Hollon Before Army Induction
Mr. and Mrs. Evert Hollon hosted a Sunday meal on March 12 for their son Otto Hollon who was leaving the next day to enter the armed forces. Attending were Juni Hollon and family Lula Mae Spencer Vivia Hollon Jack Hollon and family Ralph Coram Floyd Waltz Vera George Bobbie Bennett Betty Brown Clarence Burdett Ross Virginia and Norris Burke and a Smith boy from Purdin. The afternoon featured cards and visiting after the noon dinner served cafeteria style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Hollon
Evert Hollon
Otto
Hollon
Junior Hollon
Lula Mae Spencer
Vivia Hollon
Farewell Party For Mr and Mrs C W Newton and Family
Friends and neighbors gathered at the Newton home on a Sunday night in March to wish the couple and their children well as they move to a new residence. The event featured cards, companionship, and a late offering of popcorn, sandwiches, and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Newton
T. M. Smith
Mable Lambert
Sonja
Andrew Pfeiffer
Carrie Morris
Arthur
Kenneth Knifong
Nelson Britton
John Tucker
Bernice
Junior
Browning Missouri Set To Elect City Officials In April 1944
Browning voters will elect one alderman for East Ward and two for West Ward along with a city marshal and police judge. Voting places will be Elliott Coal Office and Printing Office with three ward judges appointed. The notice is dated March 7 1944 and signed by City Clerk H L Adams.
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Browning
Missouri
W. D. Grice
Fay Peterson
J. W. Garrett
City Marshall
Bev Creason
J. E. Marvin
Elliott Coal Office
West Ward
East Ward
Kathleen Quigley
Jennie Slater
A. M. Baker
Margaret Smith
Otis Lawrence
Ray Nickell
H. L. Adams
School Board Election Notice for Browning District 1944
The annual school district election in Browning Missouri will be held April 4 1944 in the Auditorium Gymnasium from 7 a m to 6 p m. Ballot items include electing two directors for three years one director for two years and a tax rate of 80 cents per hundred for school purposes in excess of 20 cents. Election judges are Mrs Martha Gooch Mrs Mildred Rhodes and Mrs Glen Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms.l
Browning
Linn
Sullivan Counties
Missouri
Auditorium Gymnasium
Martha Gooch
Mildred Rhodes
Glen Moore
Board of Education
For Sale Items Include Player Piano and Sewing Machine
One player piano with cabinet and rolls offered at $100.00. A Good Honeymoon sewing machine priced at $25.90. Inquire at this office.
Farm rent notice on Mrs Carrie Larkins farm
Corn ground and some hay ground for rent on the Mrs Carrie Larkins farm. See Mrs Alfie Christy for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Larkins
Alfie Christy
Senior Circle of the Methodist Church Met With Mrs Woolf
The Senior Circle of the Methodist Church met March second with Mrs Marie Woolf hosting. Ten members and four visitors attended. three new members joined. the group raised 15 dollars for the Red Cross and collected 15.50 dollars in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Woolf
Marie Woolf
W. S
C. S
Serene Adams
McNealy
Milan
Treasuer
Essie Slack
Bertie Haley
Gertie Maggart
Red Cross
Crawford
Rush
Nelle Williams
Prather
Schrock
Hooker
Bartow
Sleck
Adams
Haley
Maggart
Haning
Nellie Williams
Letter from GPL Oren Head in England
Oren L Head from North Salem writes from England where he serves as a radio operator at a bomber command about ten months in place near London. He notes enjoying the Browning Leader and hopes to meet hometown friends soon, mentioning a raid near London and Germany's morale context.
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Browning Leader Record
Browning
Missouri
U.S.A
Bomber Command
England
London
Germany
Linn County
Oren L. Head
North Salem
Major Harmon Assigned to New General Hospital at Auburn
Major Lloyd V. Harmon reports a change of station to a large new General Hospital in Auburn California. He notes his prior role as Chief Chaplain at Camp Adair and mentions family servicemen including his son Capt Harold Harmon and Earl Smith a Navy petty officer, with updates on Navy training and wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt General Hospital
Auburn
California
Fern and Guilford
General Hospital
Camp Adair
Billy Skeen
Leland Tharp
Meadville
Harold
States
North Africa
Dakar
Natal
South America
Robert
Joseph
Navy
Lloyd V. Harmon
Earl Smith
U.S. Navy
R. H. Smith
Helen
Elaine
North Salem
Earl
Naval Air Technical Training School
Memphis
Tenn
Seed corn sale notice in Purdin on Saturdays
Clyde McCollum announces remaining Pioneer Seed Corn supply stored one door north of the Bank in Purdin. He will be there on Saturdays through March due to weather and road conditions.
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Purdin
Clyde McCollum
Surprise Birthday Dinner for Mrs Epperson
A planned surprise dinner on Thursday March 9 for Mrs. Jennie Epperson misfired when she found guests doing her laundry at home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Silas Bartow, Mrs. M. L. Haning, Mrs. Elizabeth Prather, Mrs. Julia Myers and Mrs. Epperson. Mrs. Dorcas Harvey could not attend due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Epperson
Elizabeth Prather
Julia Myers
Epperson
Dorcas Harvey
Mrs P A Brassfield Hosts General Purpose Club Meeting
The General Purpose Club met at Mrs. P A Brassfield's home with ten members one guest Mrs Pointer two men and a boy. President Mrs Maurice Lantz led a noon dinner and a two oclock session. They planned a Reading contest at Scottsville school March 17 and blood donation trip to Chillicothe March 23. They voted a $2 50 Red Cross contribution to Duncan Township and collected funds for a Church Project. Blocks for a club quilt were tied and the hostess gift of 28 cents won by Mrs Lyle Wickham. Next meeting with Mrs Maurice Lantz March 21.
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P. A. Brassfield
Pointer
Maurice Lantz
Wildwood
Scottsville School
Chillicothe
Red Cross
Duncan Township
Lyle Wickham
Church Project
C. R
Red Cross Drive Slated at Smith District School House
There will be a Red Cross drive at the Smith district arminois Smith school house Friday March 17 at 3 o clock. Please be there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Smith
Smith School House
Neighbor Wood Donation Acknowledgment
Ida May Elsin thanks every neighbor who cut and hauled wood at no charge and honors Marshal MccMickle for the wood donation. The volunteers include Ed Sayers Lewis Melton Floyd Thomas Ora Holser Kenneth Young Therodore Holser Cooper Isaac Lane rville Smith Owen Sayers and Jess Bruce. May God bless each and every one.
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Marshal MccMickle
Ed Sayers
Lewis Melton
Floyd Thomas
Ora Holser
Kenneth Young
Therodore Holser
Cooper
Isaac Lane
Rville Smith
Owen Sayers
Jess Bruce
Ida May Elsin
Missing in Action Head Son of Mr and Mrs J S Head
Telegram from the War Department says S Sgt Howard Head is missing in action over the European area since February 25. A follow up letter confirms the status. Head is a gunner on a bomber crew based in the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.S. Head
Cora
War Department
Howard Head
Department
Head
Diary Notes Show Small-Town Odds and Ends
Slats' Diary recounts weekly vignettes from a rural paper. Entries cover wildcat stock skepticism, Hatty Gable’s newsroom blunder, a basketball scorer nickname mix up, Figgy Boty's chicken losses, Sandy MecFerguson’s candy splurges, Wy Kline theater trouble, Ikey Putz back from sale after a theft charge, and a coal oil ant butter scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmy
Hatty Gable
Apa
Methodists
Sandy
McRaffs
Wy. Kline Witch
Monney
Ikey Putz
Becuze
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ST. Joseph Flyer
Aid and
Abel Skelton
M-G-M’s ‘DuBarry
Edgar A. Guest
Rex Turner
New Guiena
School Board
Mariyn Gooch
GPL
Oren Head
Auburn, California
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