Return to Sydney Life Amid Pacific Wartime News
Lyle Himmel, vice consul in Sydney, writes from Australia dated July 3 and mailed to Earl Flanagan in Huron arriving 17 days later. He recalls winter visit to Huron, returning to Sydney, and acclimates to new staff, changes at the office, and sleep through submarine attacks as Japanese visitors faced cooler reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Himmel
Sydney
Australia
Earl Flanagan
Huron
Himmel
United States
Singapore
Wartime letters reveal travels and duties abroad
Excerpts from letters show Army members in Ireland and the Caribbean writing home about daily schedules in Ireland and on ships, prisonlike barracks, and field exercises. They describe flax mills, castles, and old gates, plus visits to horse races, hotels, and tropical locales as they await return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Miller
Wolsey
Captain Miller
109Th Engineer
Ireland
Billy
Sam
Junior
Jack Wintle
Baltimore
Trinidad
Venezuela
South America
E. Wintle
Huron
States
Seegoat
Virginia Beach
New York
Ft. McClellan
Molting Hens Are Fifth Columnists
Beadle County extension agent Leon ard Li Ladd warns hens molting now stop laying and waste feed. Cull hens showing molt in six weeks. remove those before September 15 to avoid losses. Late October molting preserves egg output and speeds recovery for good layers while early molters drain resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Li Ladd
Beadle County
Molters Sg
Truckers Gather in Preston for County Plan
Kingsbury County truckers meet in Lake Preston City Hall to map a transportation program. County agent Charles A. Sayre says the goal is to align the truckers plan with federal rubber conservation efforts and avoid duplicating mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Lake Preston
Kingsbury County
Charles A. Sayre
First Crop Reports Near Preston LAKE PRESTON
Groups of business men trek into local grain fields each evening to shock grain and aid farmers. Drying weather has sped up harvest with some farms already done while much shock work remains. Only threshing report notes Spartan barley at 32 bushels per acre, 44 to 46 pounds per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted N.woes
A. S
28Th Battalion
U. 5
Tia
Ali
Ted
Preston Lake
Preston
LeRoy Wienk
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Harriet Clark
Blue Star
Fairmont
Rae
Eas
National Biscuit Company
Bia
Eral
Jack’s Market
KERR
Crisco
Jo Hag
Armour
CONDI
Ine
Au Awe
Geeber's
Zu Ole
Post Offi
Cudahy
Aves
B. B. Locker
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