Doctor Names Horses In Anamosa Hobby Wins Wide Fame
Dr. C A Reeves of Anamosa Iowa, an osteopath, names thoroughbred horses. Since starting ten years ago he has named about 80 horses with rules on length and originality approved by the Jockey Club. His best year included Lloyds and Anamosa from Brave Maid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
U.P
Reeves
Samuel D. Riddle
Riddle
Jockey Club
Goldolphin Bark
England
Lensheim IL
Lloyds
London Insurance Company
Indiana Crops Make Progress
Indiana weather bureau reports excellent farm progress with most crops at good stands and cultivated. Soybean sowing continues with early plantings thriving. Alfalfa and clover curing increases. wheat ripening is generally good with local cutting underway. Oats uneven but average fair. rye and barley harvesting has begun. Garden crops and fruit like cherries raspberries peaches and apples are generally good in many areas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Indiana Weather Bureau
Bulletin
Neighbors Harvest Corporal's Crop In East Canton
In East Canton Ohio neighbors plant cultivate and harvest crops on Corporal Robert Lowery’s farm while he serves overseas with the Army Air Forces. Lowery’s father died in a runaway team accident and his mother and three sisters keep the farm running for when he returns.
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East Canton
U.R
Robert Lowery
England
Army Air Forces
Lowery
Robert
Heart Disease Tops 1942 U S Death Toll
In 1942 one quarter of US deaths were due to heart disease. Of 1,385,187 total deaths that year, 394,915 were caused by heart disease, hitting older age groups hardest.
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United States
Indiana airmen receive Distingu... Cross honors
War Department announces the Distinguished Flying Cross award to Indiana soldiers T/Sgt. Albert O. Cornelison of Vincennes and Robert D. Smith of Marion. The notice lists their home addresses and ranks.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Indiana
Albert O. Cornelison
Bowman Terr
Vincennes
Robert D. Smith
South Branson St
Marion
Enjoy Talks Ten Home Letters From War Service Fans
More than 3,000 homesick servicemen, heading to Pacific fronts, share hearted messages via the "Talk a Letter Home Service" at the YMCA. Sessions three times weekly allow 18 and under youths to record 450 word censored letters to mothers, sweethearts, and wives with hopes of reassurance and homefront plans after the war.
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Pacific
YMCA
Buddy
Joe
Clarence Marshall
Darlin
Puppet show aids soldiers in overcoming neuroses
Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. R. Robert Cohen from Pittsburgh devised a puppet theater with GI Joe and personified traits like Resentment Fear Anger Sorrow and Common Sense. The show explains causes of mental low mood and demonstrates cures through rest food and understanding. Demonstrated at the American Psychiatric Association conference in Philadelphia and reported as effective at Aberdeen Proving Ground after three months.
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Philadelphia U.F
R. Robert Cohen
Pittsburgh
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Cohen
Cpl
Jerome Oberwager
Little Theater
GI Joe
Joe
Conference of
the American Psychiatric Assn
Philadelphia
Col. Cohen
Aberdeen
Package note leads driver to leave at neighbor in Cambridge
An American Express Co. driver, Charles Mac Millan, called at a Cambridge residence to pick up a package for a woman in Oakland California and was told to leave it with the family next door if she was not at home.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Oakland
Cal
American Express Co
Charles MacMillan
War Dept releases 1191 wounded in action names Indiana
The War Department lists 1191 U S soldiers wounded in action across Asiatic Central Pacific European Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters. Indiana names include S/Sgt Fred P Crawford Lt Francis W Miller S/Sgt Paul H Edwards and many others with residences in Indianapolis Jeffersonville Fort Wayne South Bend and East Chicago among districts. Local notes add visits and hospital news.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
United States
Indiana
Fred P. Crawford
Lois E. Crawford
East 12Th St
Indianapolis
Paul H. Edwards
Elsie Mae Edwards
Cynthiana
Francis W. Miller
Gerald P. Miller
Jefferson St. Mande
Benjamin F. Nay, Jr
Betty L. Nay
East Court Ave
Jeffersonville
T.set
Robert K. Offutt, Jr
Robert K. Offutt
Brookside Parkway
Johnnie Adamson
Lola Adamson
Rt. 4
Georgetown
Harry Arnold
Dora Arnold
Dubois
George Bedree
Anna Bedree
Kensington Blvd
Ft. Wayne
Curtis L. Brown
John L. Brown
Columbia City
Leonard G. Buchanan
Bessie Buchanan
Clifty
Casimer Czajkowski
Mary K. Czajkowski
South Camden St
South Bend
Eugene L. Fields
Kenneth G. Osborne
Logansport
Norman J. Henry
Anna H. Henry
East Lith
Bicknell
Robert T. Reardon, Jr
Vesta Reardon
Morris St
Loudon D. Hoover
Dixie Hoover
Fletcher Ave
Clyde Kerns
Anne Kerns
Reece R. O'Hara
Cecil O'Hara
Christian A. Wehmer
Anna S. Wehmer
Branch
George H. Sleeth
Lulu O. Sleeth
New Palestine
Ray F. Willey
Mary Willey
Burr Oak Ave
Elkhart
Southwest Pacific
Louis Josvai
John Josvai
Drummond
East Chicago
David C. Thomas
Amelia Thomas
National Ave
Robert W. Wardell
Stella Wardell
Sullivan
Marion J. Wildridge
Robert Wildridge
Montgomery
Home-loving snake baffles Illinois railroad worker
John Fale found a six foot ball snake near Wedon Illinois and moved it among locals before releasing it along tracks. The same reptile later returned to Folowell’s yard after a further relocation, prompting another release. The War Department meanwhile sets up an Information and Historical Service to report front-line combat details.
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Wedon
John Falewell
E. P. Wene
Folowell
Information and Historical Service
The
War Department
Permit Women to Serve Overseas in Navy
The House Naval Affairs Committee approved by 17 to 4 a bill to assign Waves Spars and Women Marines outside the continental United States. An amendment requires overseas postings, except Hawaii, to be voluntary. Navy officials testified volunteers would be preferred for overseas duty.
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Washington
U.P
House Naval Affairs Committee
Continental
United States
James W. Mott
Ore
Hawaii
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
Navy
Ross T. McIntire
Congress
Purse Belonging to Local Woman Found Far From Loss Site
A woman's purse tied to Miss Garnet Buckallew of Kansas City was found on a porch seat three miles from the ice cream parlor where it disappeared three days earlier. Five year old Riley found the purse while playing. nothing was missing and no explanation for its travels was given.
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Garnet Buckallew
Kansas City
Riley
Wade
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Firestone Batteries
O.P.A
Tire Headquarters
Chamipion
Paul Gambill
Erschel Pirtle
MGR
N. Main St
Doctor
Corporal
By Claudia Nettles
United Press
San Francisco
Marco
Frank Sharp
Detroit
Wayne Turpin
Horace Turpin
John Pope
Jasonville
Clifford Myers
Frances Sunderman
Louisville
Walter Blackwood
Walter Cade
Sandborn
Matt Lucas
Riley Hospital
Minnie Turpin
Bertha
Linton
Jorda Collins
Collins
Mack Fitzpatrick
Kansas City, Mo
Wacs
Women’s Army Corps
U.S. Army
Adjutant General
U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Section
Munitions Building
D.C
Jim
Salerno
Wac
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