Worthington War Era Social News and People in Brief
S/Sgt Roy Ide arriving from Barkley Field Colorado for a 10 day furlough to visit his mother Mrs Ed Ide and sister Mrs Rex Harris before returning to Barkley Field. Mrs M G Messick of Bloomfield transacted insurance business in Worthington. Mr and Mrs Paul L Terrell of Indianapolis vacationing with Terrell’s mother Mrs Jack Ferrell and Ruth. Terrell’s mother Mrs Mary E Davis and family at Union Valley. Mrs George Myers visiting daughter Mrs L E Neal at East Ferndale Michigan for health treatment. Wade Carmichael spent Monday on state business. Mrs Garrett Bayes left for Chicago to meet husband S Sgt Garrett Bayes on a 30 day furlough. he returns from the South Pacific. They plan a few days in Hammond with Mr and Mrs Glenn Bayes before returning home to Worthington.
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Roy Ide
Barkley Field
Colo
Ed Ide
Rex Harris
Chicago
Sgt
Garrett Bayes
South Pacific
Mrs. Bayes
Hammond
Glenn Bayes
Worthington
Odd Chick Hatched Put To Death In Farm Flock
A four legged chicken hatched in Sherrill Ford near Newton, North Carolina, was killed when placed with larger birds. The other chickens pecked and trampled it, ending the creature's life.
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Newton
N. C
U.P
Sherrille Ford
Here
Tired Kidneys Often Bring Sleepless Nights
Doctors say kidneys contain 15 miles of tiny filters that purify blood. When tired they disrupt daytime rest leading to nocturnal waking. Symptoms include scanty painful urination, backache, swelling, and fatigue. Take Dean's Pills, used by millions for over 49 years, to flush out waste. Get Licana Pillans.
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Dean
Remodel Walls and Ceilings with Best Wall Gypsum Board
Remodeling guidance notes using Best wall external gypsum wallboard to restore old rooms and create new spaces with strong light panels for interior walls and ceilings.
Tidewater channel proposed to boost New Orleans port
The plan calls for a 23 million dollar tidewater channel to connect New Orleans harbor directly to the Gulf of Mexico. The 25 mile canal would run through marsh and silt to reach Chandeleur Sound with a 600 foot bottom width and at least 40 feet depth. The project aims to streamline ship routes, increase railroad cargo, and reinforce New Orleans as a major two way port with extensive wharf facilities and storage.
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New Orleans
U.P
Gulf of Mexico
South America
U.S.A
Mississippi River
Chandeleur Sound
New Orlens
New York
Atlantic
POWs Shown Nazi Atrocity Films At Camp Perry
Camp Perry prisoners viewed newsreels of German atrocity camps. Army spokesman said many prisoners, taken in North Africa and Normandy, apparently believed the movies were propaganda.
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Port Clinton
U.P
Camp Perry
North Africa
Normandy
Newberry Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Newberry items record visits and family gatherings across Bloomfield Indianapolis Terre Haute Linton and Terre Haute including S/Sgt Harold Roach Mrs Mary Anthony Flory and the Denton family Seaman Rex Houghland and Edna Tague along with hospital and funeral notes plus church group party at the M E church and various calls on relatives.
Mother of Five Veterans Killed in Chicago Street Crash
Mrs. Catherine Byrom a 58 year old mother of five overseas veterans was struck by a taxicab in a heavy rain and later died. Police pursued a thief accused of Nazi tactics who allegedly stole her diamond wristwatch purse and identification. Cab driver Michael Laurie 34 remained at the scene and was held for an inquest as news of her family of veterans spread.
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Chicago
U.P
Catherine Byrom
Michael Laurie
Laurie
Lyons Items and Visiting Families
The column lists social visits in Indiana and neighboring towns. Families including the Melicks of Oaktown and Vincennes with Alvin Melick, Minnie Wells, Jerald Gray, Delores Summerville, Reba Emery, Norma Emery, June Schantz, Joanna Carpenter, and others are noted visiting relatives in Spencer Indianapolis Scotland and surrounding areas.
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Ray Melick
Oaktown
Lex Burdsall
Vincennes
Alvin Melick
Spencer
Minnie Wells
Mildred
Donald Mannen
Indianapolis
Jerald Gray
O. M. Lester
Delores Summerville
Scotland
Ben Corns
Reba
Norma Emery
Clarence Emery
June Schantz
Jesse Schantz
Joanna Carpenter
Voris Carpenter
Battle for oil reshaped World War II air strategy
Lyle C. Wilson recounts the Allied campaign against German oil in 1944 45, highlighting air power’s role in crippling Germany’s fuel supply, and the shift toward B 29 heavy bombers for future campaigns against Japan. The piece notes the six days of decisive air superiority and long range precision bombing as pivotal to victory.
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Co Upright
United Press
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Europe
United States Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Luftwaffe
Germany's refineries crushed by Allied bombing
After relentless Allied air raids the major German refineries and synthetic plants were wrecked. By early 1945 production plummeted to a few percent of prewar levels as plants like Leuna and others were reduced to rubble and only a handful of targets remained viable.
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Germany
Hamburg
Leuna
Brux
Politiz
Schleven
Blechhammer
Hitler
Reich
Pinch Affects Animals in Cleveland
Shortages of meat and produce affect city animals as police report a hungry stray monkey biting a person a field mouse a pig and 14 dogs in one day.
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Cleveland (Ap
Cleveland
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