World War Comes to Mills County Families
News from Mills County reports two Area I soldiers in France. Corporal Harvey T. Rimel of Glenwood was killed in action May 16, drawing memorial attention and community sorrow. First Sergeant Ralph Linville of Rawles Township was seriously wounded May 15, with public notes urging support for veterans and YMC A efforts. Community statistics note seed corn testing success at Glenwood and Malvern stations, plus YMC A outreach by P R Atkins.
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Harvey T. Rimel
Ralph Linville
France
S. F. Rimel
Pacific Junction
Manford Linville
Rawiles Township
Mills County
Company I
Rime
The
Tribune
Telegram
Kansas City
Mills County Tribune
Glenwood
Jana
Ralph D Linville
International News Service
the Tribune
Malvern
Stant Warren
Mgr. Warren
John Merghew
Emerson
Burton
One Tribune Next Week After Decoration Day
The Tribune will publish a single issue next week because Decoration Day falls on the regular press day Thursday May 34. The paper will go to press Tuesday after the Loon hour. Correspondents and advertisers should submit copy to The Tribune by Saturday or Monday noon.
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Tribune
Registration Day for Youths in Mills County
On Wednesday June 5 all men of Mills County who are 21 or older by that day must register at Malvern or Glenwood. Booths operate 7 am to 9 pm with officials Sheriff Edwards and Auditor Humphrey overseeing. Registrants provide full name, age, permanent residence, birthplace details, citizenship, employer, and marital status with a relative if single. Exemptions include non-residents who must report to Glenwood exemption board. Also notes on Glenwood war garden examinations and a local piano recital at the Baptist church on May 24.
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Mills
Malvern
Glenwood
Edwards
Kenneth Cook
L. A. Talbott
Humphrey
George E. Masters
H. Cook
Leily
United States
Mills County
IOWA FIRST ONCE MORE IOWA FIRST ONCE MORE
A historical clipping notes Iowa leads in wartime civilian worker indexing of registrants. Mills county teachers recorded responses under supervision, with Governor and Provost Marshal General commending the effort. Nearby reports salute rainfall, farm vitality, and new Mills County officers. Ernest London joins U S service as line inspector in New Jersey. Two Mills County men gain lieutenancies, and Glenwood Baby Tests set for May 28 with local physicians assisting. No deaths recorded among Glenwood’s 664 students this school year.
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Iowa
Mills County
Glenwood
Logan
Vermont
District of Columbia
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
Georgia
Ernest London
Iowa Telephone Company
Atlantic
U. S
London
Alfred Vail
Little Silver
N. J
Government Telephone Service
French
Pleasant Ridge and Sandiland School Prize Winners
A canvass of ballots by Judges Workman Criswell and Irmonmonger at the Tribune office credited Pleasant Ridge school in Rawles township taught by Margaret Bachman with 67 530 votes earning first prize and Sandiland school in Indian Creek township taught by Esther Pickens with 47 578 votes earning second prize. Also announces Miss Alice Strother as Mills county's Home Demonstration Agent for three months, advisory Farm Bureau meeting notes, and Decoration Day speaker Captain C E B Adams of Ontwaria with plans to speak at the court house park.
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W. €. Rathke
Glenwood
P. R. Atkins
Newton
Kaw
France
Atkins
England
United States
Workman
Criswell
Ironmonger
Tribune
Giant Manufacturing Company
Pleasant Ridge School
Rawles Township
Margaret Bachman
Sandiland
Indian Creek Township
Esther Pickens
Mills County
Alice Strother
Miss Strother
U. S
Farm Bureau
Fred Farquhar
CG. R. Buffington
M. J. Williams
Woman's County Defense Council
W. M. Lamb
County
Bend and
Red, Cross
George E. Masters
Messrs. Farquhar and
Masters
Etta Miller
Farm Bureau Agent
Malvern
C. EB. Adams
Ontwria
Adams
Nebraska G. A. R
Timchief
Court House
Caution When Buying Food in Mills County
Beginning May 20, every sale of flour and sugar in Mills county will be registered by grocers for an absolute sales check. Grocers must record family size, and limits apply per person per month. Sugar can be bought in larger quantities for canning with a signed statement. advice on preventing spoilage and sterilizing flour follows. George Kk Masters, Food Administrator. Also notes on Prohibitory Law violation and local incidents in Malvern.
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Messrs
George EK. Masters
A. 14
Cook
Norma Agen
Bertha Rathke
Mills County
George Kk. Masters
Fe Ra Re
Eclipse Firing Up Astronomers for June 8 Sky Show
Historic note recalls Captain Smith and sun darkening myths, then outlines a 1945 style eclipse forecast. Scientists from Drake, Illinois College and others map the single sixty mile wide path across the United States. Totality lasts about ninety seconds within the seventy mile swath, with visibility from Washington to Florida. The event travels from dawn over Borodino to California mid afternoon, reaching the Mississippi by 4:37 Central time and 5:42 Eastern time.
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John Smith
Prof. Morehouse
Drake University
Colorado
A. C. Chant
University of Toronto
Canada
Prof
Whistler
Illinois College
Frank D. Loud
Colorado Springs
Iowa
United States
Glen‘wood
Washington
Florida
Act
Borodino
Japan
Pacifica
American
Columbia
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Maria
California
Mississippi Valley
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W. C. Rathke
M Sweene
C. Ek. Dean
Miss Mintle
Edith Louise Wagoner
the Baptist Church
Fayetta Wright
Helen and
Merril Plimpton
Jane Herrick
Marion Fair
Margaret
Fred Kelley
Stedman French
Thel Timmons
Albert Woodruff
Phoebe McCoy
Marence Fair
Sumner Lyon
Pauline Cheyney
Helen Agan
Subgorlke
Drewer
New Jersey
S the
J. Ly
Daddy
Buckingham
United States Army
Malcolm D. Campbell
Camp Dodge
Medical Corps
Clarence Carter
Camp Bowie
Wt. Worth
Tex
Camp Merritt
Pleasant Ridge and
East
Texas
Bromley & Lewis
Glenwood, Lows
Larry Shepard
Joan
Uneleig
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