Taxpayers urged by Thompson to aid assessors in work
The assessing period from March 1 to May 15 calls for full cooperation. Only property owned on March 1 is taxable and owners should inventory holdings to speed and correct assessments. If unlisted, a sworn schedule may be used. noncompliance risks estimated taxes and time loss. Adams and friends note hospital admissions and a wartime appeal follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Earl Thompson
Ule
Board of Review
Bailey Interv ies Macdonald Carey at Parris Island Base
Corporal Gilbert Bailey reports Pvt Macdonald Carey recalls his grandfather's hotel Wildcat Creek and hickory trees in Delphi Indiana He discusses Wake Island and his acting career before enlisting He recalls living on every floor of a cheap New York boarding house and working in radio TV and Broadway before starring in Dr Broadway and Wake Island He notes Wake Island drew him into the Marines and reflects on the reality of war versus stage life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Macdonald Carey
John Macdonald
Wildcat Creek
Bowens
Carey
Pearl Harbor
Wake
New
Gertrude Lawrence
Paramount
Wake Island
California
Pvt. Carey
Post Exchange
Hays
Delphi
Indiana
War Bonds appeal in wartime classified ad
A Citizens newspaper ad urges readers to support the war effort by buying War Bonds. The message emphasizes men dying for the Four Freedoms and calls on every pay period to purchase bonds as a minimum homefront contribution.
Dairy meeting draws 406 farmers to Flora oyster supper
E T Wallace and H J Hilton spoke to 406 farmers and their wives at Flora Indiana about dairy production for lend lease and army use. Hilton showed feed shortages harming calves. Wallace urged disease free cows and balanced feed. Rowe set March 1 joint meeting at Pitts school on corn borer and posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Wallace
H. J. Hilton
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Flora
Hilton
Purdue
Rowe
Local Graduates Signalman Third Class at Illinois Navy School
William John Haskell, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Haskell of near Idaville, graduates from the naval training school for signalmen at the University of Illinois and receives the rating of signalman third class. Kenneth D Miller of Yeomanist Church and Kendall Pratt of Oak Grove Christian Church are noted in church notices with Sunday service times.
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William John Haskell
Louis Haskell
Idaville
Naval Training School For Signalmen
University of Illinois
Canucks and Yanks Guard Alaska Wing to Wing
United States and Canada unite to defend Alaska with a joint air unit. The article notes Canadian pilots in Alaska, Boeing downing the first Jap in the North Pacific, and Roosevelt praising Canada as the airdrome of democracy. It cites the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan funding and crew contributions amid harsh Alaskan weather.
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United States
Canada
Laska
North Pacific
Ken Boomer
Ottawa
Alaska
Europe
R.C.A.F
Coun
Try
Roosevelt
Aleutians
R.C.A.F. Kittyhawks
Pacific
North America
Indiana conservation clubs to rear fish for better fishing
Indiana's conservation clubs plan to run hundreds of fish rearing ponds this year producing bass bluegills and other game fish for stock in Hoosier lakes and streams. The program fosters better local fishing with about ten million fish produced annually and supports anglers during wartime rationing. Open seasons for game fish run through May 1 with trout season May 1 to August 31 and bass and others restricted May 1 to June 15.
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Indiana
Augusta Travers gains a gambling campaign for War Bonds
Local hat shop owner Augusta Travers posts a window plea urging War Bonds and stamps, showing enlistment photos and a boycott against enemies. Her family reacts, noting the shift from strict anti gambling to patriotic fund raising. The piece ties in a Treasury report and a hospital recovery note for Mrs Wilma Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Travers
Main Street
Hammy
Augusta
America
Hitler
Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Methodists Plan Week of Dedication Services in Delphi
Delphi Methodists join nationwide Week of Dedication starting February 28. About 8,000,300 members pledge new dedication of self, service and substance to meet war-torn world needs with a series of services through March 7 led by Rev. W. Merlin Schwein and local lay leaders.
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Methodists of
Delphi
W. Merlin Schwein
Delphi Methodist Church
Harry Reed
Benjamin Drake
Russell Craig
Fred Breeze
George McCain
Leo Craig
H. B. Wilson
Robert Andrew
Oracle Onslaught Defeats Winamac In Closing Game
The Delphi Oracles finish the season with a 45 to 18 win over Winamac as players miss due to a 20 game limit. Spear led Delphi with 14 points and Cole added 7, while Hall led Winamac with 7. The Delphi B team won 29 to 14 and the freshmen beat Flora 21 to 13.
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Oracle Onslaught
Winamac
Delphi Oracles
Walloping Winamac
Craig
Wood
Oracles
McCall Lads
Spear
Delphi
Cole
Hall
Wingard
Sebring
Kempf
Pauley
Delaney
Skillen
Paulsen Roudebush
Fry
Ash
Flora
Gushwa
Cripe
Ferguson
Schooler
Oyler
John K. Stewart Promoted to Army Major
Kenner T. Stewart of Delphi received word that his son John K. Stewart has been promoted from captain to major in the U S army. Major Stewart, formerly of Delphi, is stationed at O Reilly General Hospital in Springfield Missouri. His wife Gertrude Stangle of Camden and son Kenny reside in Clinton Iowa.
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Kenner T. Stewart
Delphi
John K. Stewart
U. S. Army
Stewart
O’reilly General Hospital
Springfield
Missouri
Gertrude Stangle
Camden
Kenny
Clinton
Iowa
Washington township home economics club meeting at Deer Creek school
The Washington township home economics club met at the Deer Creek school house with Mrs. West Wood ruff and others as hostesses. A defense talk by Mrs. Jesse Yeager and a presidents meeting report by Mrs. Evadne Campbell were given. The club sponsors a Red Cross Home Nursing class taught by Mrs. Fern Cohee. The next meeting is set for March 17 with new hostesses. Miss Norma Eileen Roll of Flora was discharged from Cass County Hospital.
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Washington Township
Deer Creek School
West Woodruff
Ora Yeakley
Iva Yerkes
Mildred Fouts
Jesse Yeager
Evadne Campbell
Delphi
Red Cross
Fern Cohee
Lillie Downham
Bessie Huston
Stella Fouts
Maggie Lantz
Minnie Huston
Order Trees For Windbreak In Early Spring Shipments
Applications for trees to be used in windbreaks, woodlots, or reforestation on private land must be filed with the Division of Forestry by March 10 to be included in spring shipments from state nurseries. Only six species remain black locust, osage orange, red, jack, shortleaf, and Virginia pine. If weather is favorable, shipments begin about March 15. Also notes a Logan resident at Great Lakes naval training station and a wartime thrift message urging ten percent bonds each pay period.
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Division of Forestry
T. E. Shaw
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St. Joseph Hospital
Logansport
James Wayne
Thomas Sanderson
Tokio
Bailey
Parris Island
Corporal Gilbert Bailey
Del
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Hollywood
Bryan Donlevy
Dungarees
Joe Marine
York
University of Iowa
Globe Theatre
Shakespeare
Farm Bureau News
Purdue Extension
Fred Gerard
Tippecanoe Towns
Farm Bureau
Tippecanoe Co
Deer Creek Township
Pitts School
Yeoman Methodist Church
Kenneth D. Miller
Oak Grove
DE Luxe
Fox de Luxe Brwg. Co. of
Marion, Ind
Delphi, Indiana
Kenneth Boomer
Division‘of Fish and Game
Wilma Taylor
Warnie Mullendore
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Grimm and Sons Ambulance
Methodists
B. H. Drake
Methodist Church
Gordon
John Stewart
ARMY
Washington Two
H. E. Club
Yvmiss
Norma Eileen Roll
Cass County Hospital
Wees
Eess
Daily
William Reed McFatridge
Great Lakes
McFatridge
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