Local church and social notices fill Marshall week
Graham Bible class met at Mrs. Renner home with 21 attendees for a flag day program. Cushman led songs and a flag etiquette contest. Loyal Hustlers at the Christian church held a musical program with various attendees. Numerous family visits, picnics at Twin Lakes Paris and Deming Park, and bridge and dinner gatherings across Marshall and nearby towns were reported, noting leaves for military service and social hosting.
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Graham Bible
Ch Itle
Ed Renner
North Sixth Street
Renner
Ralston
Baird
C. C. Pack
Cush
Minnie Cook
Louie Hawker
Ben T. Baird
W. W. Ralston
Charles Hitel
Wm. T. Hollenbeck
Effie Ridgway
John Cunningham
Charles Johnson
Julia Parsons
Hattie Cushman
Amelia Charlamd
William Lickert
Wm. Mathew
The
Christian Church
T. W. Bass
J. A. Hutchison
Jessie Pearce
Anna Mott
Will Stevens
Rebecca Sparks
Ed Ferris
Nelle Butler
Nick Hurst
Emory Bloodworth
H. D. Tucker
Milo Claypool
Howard Craig
Susan Jacobs
Will Clark
Geneva Stevens
Lawrence Scott
Mae James
Lois Jones
Ruth Finkbiner
Richard Craig
Grand Turn Ladies Aid Meets with Pastoral Hosts
The Grand Turn Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Lucile Smitley with Mrs. John Maxwell as assisting hostess. Members, visitors, and a long list of local residents attended, with devotional services led by Mrs. Eva Imle and remarks by president Mrs. Fairy Imle, followed by refreshments.
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Grand Turn Ladies Aid
Lucile Smitley
John Maxwell
Eva Imle
Fairy Imle
Eva Schafer
Minnie K
Emma Giesert
Katie Ziegler
Hasewinkle
Alta. Imle
Cecil Schafer
Cad Peck
Ollie Imle
Lene Boettcher
Clara Miller
Seaman Held on Draft Evading Charge After Alaska Voyage
Robert J. Noble a 35 year old seaman on an army transport recognized the odd turns of wartime fate. Dressed in a blue uniform he was arrested after an 81 day hazardous voyage to Alaska on a charge of draft evasion He did not answer questions from his draft board.
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Seattle
Robert J. Noble
Noble
Alaska
Burglar Snared After Trap Door Incident
Pittsburgh patrolman Jim Harvey triggered a sidewalk trap door and captured two youths emerging with $840 from a cafe safe. The moment unfolded as bystanders watched the concealment fail and law enforcement seized the suspects.
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Pittsburgh
Jim Harvey
Harvey
Strongex
Thawed Cat Recovers And Waits For Owner
In Des Moines Iowa traffic policeman Anthony Mihalovich used an ice pick to free a cat stuck on a frozen roof. After the rescue the cat recovered and calmly waited for its owner, Mrs W W Sullenberger.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Anthony Mihalovich
W. W. Sullenberger
Nazis Loot Norway In Three Years Of Occupation
Norwegian experts estimate Nazi plunder in Norway reached about 9 billion crowns (roughly $2.14 billion) over three years. Requisitions to support German troops totaled 6.6 billion crowns with monthly rates near two billion. Norway’s national debt doubled under Quisling and Terboven, while losses include estates, stores, and confiscated wealth of refugees.
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Stockholm
Norway
Norges Bank
Germany
Josef Terboven
Vidkun Quisling
Aids
Quisling
Quisling Labor Service
Terboven
South America Reports Big Rubber Output Rise
Testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee disclosed a surge in South American rubber production for wartime US use. Sumner Welles estimated 1943 output at about 50,000 tons from Brazil and Amazon countries, with total tropical American production possibly 60,000 to 70,000 tons. While this remains roughly a tenth of US needs, the yield marks a significant rise.
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South America
Washington
United States
House
Sumner Welles
Brazil
Amazon Valley
Tropical America
Census cost per person set at 43 cents in 1940
The 16th decennial census of the United States cost 43 cents per person for about 130 million people. The total census cost in 1940 was $55,763,000, disclosed during hearings on the commerce department supply bill by the House Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
House Appropriations Committee
Lights of New York Era Echoes War Time Shifts
In mid Manhattan bootblacks fade as war alters streetscape with many in uniform or in war industries. Women dine with uniformed escorts at fashionable spots. Coffee ration shifts dunking habits and doughnut science seeks java substitutes as Albert Coleman notes New England leads doughnut consumption and diverse flavors amid national wartime economic figures.
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mid-Manhattan
42Nd Street
Bryant Park
Broadway
Albert Coleman
Mr. Coleman
The
Doughnut ‘Corporation of America
Java
Heil Hitler and Goering Complaints at Fort Jackson
Three new officers joined Fort Jackson South Carolina this week. Lieut Stewart L Heil Capt Carl G Goering and Capt Paul Hitler were assigned to the post with Heil and Goering joined the station complement and Hiller assigned to the MP corps.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Williamsburg War Time Roles Protect Civilians as Soldiers Increase
Williamsburg Virginia shifts from civilian tourism to war support. Colonial Williamsburg converts facilities for officers and troops and hosts educational tours for Fort Eustis personnel. Over 40,000 have toured as part of basic training, while housing remains a citywide challenge.
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Williamsburg
Camp Peary
Navy
Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn
Kenneth Chorley
United States
Fort Eustis
Forrest E. Williford
John D Rockefeller Jr
Edward A. Stockton Jr
General Williford
Chorley
Williamsburg Lodge
Tiny Tucson Woman Helps Big Bombers in War Plant
Mrs. Molly A. Crouch of Consolidated Aircraft’s Tucson division is described as the smallest active war worker. She stands 4 ft 9½ in tall and weighs 85 pounds while helping assemble the B-24 Liberator. Mother of 12 with seven children surviving, she has three sons in the Marine Corps and two daughters employed by Consolidated in San Diego.
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Tucson
Ariz
Molly A. Crouch
Consolidated Aircraft
America
Marine Corps
Consolidated At
San Diego
Consolidated
Skeletons of Slaves Found in Leg Irons in Cape Town
Skeletons of slaves found in leg irons uncovered in Orange Grove near Cape Town indicate the graves belong to enslaved workers. Workers clearing a poplar grove 300 yards from Charles Heatlie's home unearthed three skeletons, one skull showing filed teeth.
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Capetown
Orange Grove
South Africa
Charles Heatlie
Smoking Tobacco Sacks Turn to Colorful Quilts in Hospital
In Pueblo Colorado patients at the state hospital form a group hobby turning tobacco sacks into patch quilts. Some collect sacks from wards others rip seams another group presses launders and embroiders designs to create ornate quilts from the cloth material.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado State Hospital
Insignia for Specialists in Army Air Forces
A sleeve patch authorized for enlisted technical specialists in armament communications engineering photography and weather. The 244 inch equilateral triangle on ultramarine blue carries five gold symbols arming bomb down right radio tower gear camera with bellows weather vane with cross arrow.
Beets Do Double Job In War Effort
Sugar beets supply sugar for wartime needs as cane sugar imports decline. Beet tops pulp and molasses provide cattle and lamb feed, aiding meat supplies. Seed production now national after World War I, with beets grown in 19 Western and Middle Western states, highlighting minimal waste and vital role.
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United States
Europe
Hogs Face Heightened Disease Risk For Farmers
Farmers struggle as hog health declines due to parasite and bacteria infestation on farmland and increased movement of humans, animals, and birds that carry diseases. Livestock specialist Howard Davison cites enteritis cholera erysipelas and influenza as major threats, noting well fed hogs in clean conditions resist disease better.
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Howard Davison
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