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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1943
Page
3
A Polish Labor Fights publication recounts a Treblinka house used by the Germans for extermination where 2,000,000 Jews were killed. The account details arrival notices, forced disrobing, beating, death cells, suffocation, and mass burial with gruesome scenes of the slaughter and the gravediggers' labor.
The post office department closed the 1943 fiscal year with a deficit of 3,543,122 dollars, the smallest in 24 years. Revenues totaled 961,059,690 dollars, up 101,242,199 from 1942. Expenditures reached 964,602,812 dollars, up 92,960,135, with salaries and transportation accounting for 77 and 18.8 percent respectively.
London reports sixty thousand alarm clocks, a long delayed shipment from the United States. The board of trade has yet to decide how to distribute them to stores for war workers. The article notes wood fuel is ideal for autumn days.
A compact history of Asuncion from early exploration by Cabot to its 1811 independence. The text notes French and Spanish influence, the 1812 constitution, and the 1814 shift from consuls to the first elected president Carlos A. Lopez, with succession by his son.
The Liberty ship is American designed and built for the British on lend lease. Construction began in March 1941 and the first vessel arrived three weeks after Pearl Harbor. Described as practical, seaworthy, and a reliable transporter of 10,500 deadweight tons, it set a standard for mass production with standardized parts and flexible shipyard repair.
The army will price kitchen waste for hog feeding on a monthly sliding scale tied to live hog prices at a designated stockyard. The War Department notes a new contract form by the Quartermaster Corps allowing bids on a Sperman per month basis with monthly price determined by hog market value, affecting what the waste buyer pays.
The passage traces Memorial Day origins from 1865 when James Redpath led a parade to Union soldiers’ graves to plant flowers. It notes Southern women adopting the practice in 1866 and Gen. John A. Logan designating May 30 in 1868, with some Southern states observing April 26 or June 3 for Jefferson Davis’s birthday.
A fragment from a local item lists visits among Lucy Chambers and family, with Mr. and Mrs. Mattie Miller and Mrs. TNehe, Mrs. Helen Weir’s hospitalization and improvement after surgery, and multiple calls between John F. Carpenter, Oscar Serwise, and others. It notes Glen Arbuckle’s return from the army and weed control advice, ending with a whimsical line on ambition and wishbone inflammation.
Sunday gatherings show extended families visiting relatives including the Montgomery and Nicholson households. Birth announced for Chancelor Mont ery, son of Mr and Mrs David Montgomery. Pendleton of Martinsville preached Sunday night amid favorable farming weather as beans are being harvested.
Frances Drake announces East McDaniel will fill an appointment at Mt Olive over Sunday. Visits by John Leamure Polly Wells and Cora Bryant with Julia Sackrider. May Hoskinson joined Roscoe Green and family for Sunday dinner. The Garnet Ogle family from West Union visited Leo Green’s household. Cora Bryant returned to Robinson after a week visiting local friends.
Mr and Mrs Meade Chadwick returned Monday from Flint Michigan where they were called by illness of one of their sons. Mrs Sue Murphy returned from a visit to her son Guy's of Walnut Prairie Saturday.
Miss Rilla Carroll visits as Mr and Mrs Chas Wright announce changes in local telephone management Mrs Clay Cork to be new telephone girl Mr and Mrs Earl Chadwick and three daughters and Mr and Mrs Carl Dodge with Flint Michigan connections visit Reagan Cox of Hutsonville in the army visits sister and brother in law W H Marvin Friday Baptist soup supper in church basement guests attend Moonihan formerly of this place visits sister and brother in law Coryell Sunday dinner Will Elliott and Lavina Stepp of Paris attend Christian church homecoming on Sunday
Mrs Maude Miller hosted visitors including Mildred Williams and Richard. Betty and Edna Garner visited Norma Hinkle. Alvin Miller and Mae Coombes with Grace Blizzard were at West Union. Mildred Williams and Richard visited Perry Jackson in Martinsville. John Blizzard is employed by Ray.
Residents mention visitors and neighborhood happenings in Darwin Indiana. Local names include Mrs George Paddock and Mr Raymond Tingley with Terre Haute and Snyder contacts. several locals travel to Marshall and West Union for visits and store work.
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