State Corn Crop Advances Despite Dry Weather
The U S weather bureau weekly crop summary notes a progress in corn for the week July 24 to 30 despite dryness. Canning corn looks promising though not bumper. earliest canning around August 10. Temperatures were 1 to 2 degrees above normal, rainfall near normal but uneven, with a wet early month and dry spell afterward. The outlook through August 8 predicts cool and wet conditions with multiple showers and a return to a rainy sequence.
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Madison
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rev Miller and family depart Albany for Greencastle post
Rev Miller and wife plus daughters Miriam and Kathryn leave Albany for Greencastle Indiana where he will serve as pastor of a Baptist church. He conducted dedication services for a pulpit railing and primary room lights in memory of local figures. A baptismal service for Shelby Sherbundy followed before his departure.
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Albany
Jimes
Kyle Miller
Miriam
Kathryn
Greencastle
Ind
Frank Steindorf
Ben Reasa
Addie Davis
Richard Davis
Miller
Shelby Sherbundy
Navy
Bobo Rockefeller Wins Decree and Settlement
Barbara Sears Rockefeller, known as Bobo, was granted a Nevada divorce from Winthrop Rockefeller. A reported five and a half million dollar settlement accompanies the decree. She retains custody of their five year old son Winthrop Paul after the split.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Barbara
Bobo) Sears Rockefeller
Bobo
Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop Paul
Vietminh Arch Encounters in Vietnamese Villages Tour
Four American newsmen report two encounters near Hanoi and Haiphong. Villagers fly Vietminh flags and greet with drums while a guerrilla leader warns and blocks the group. An armed crowd challenges the reporters before retreat.
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Forrest Edwards
Hanoi
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Haiphong
Bill Stevenson
The
Toronto Star
Bob Heacox
NBC Television
Fred Waters
Hgihway
Ngo Bihn
Waters
Heacox
Stevenson
Local Social News From Orangeville and Vicinity
Mrs Glen E Bolender hosts and visits echo in Orangeville area circles as families, friends, and classmates gather. Residents including the Folgates and Phillips families, Hulbert and Reed relatives, and Harless Kinfolk participate in birthdays reunions and park gatherings in Freeport, Cedarville, Green Bay and Brodhead.
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Leo Rusk
Gene Rusk
Hampshire
Victor Folgate
Floyd Hopkins
Evansville
Ind
Hopkins
Freeport
Judy Folgate
Cynthia Phillips
Dale Phillips
DeKalb
Northern Illinois State College
Vernon Messman
Knox
Ville
Tenn
Ralph
Reed
Zella Goose
Russell Reed
Krape Park
Lester Krug
Green Bay
Gladys Habben
Des| Plaines, Ill
A. F. Abraham
Clifford Dietmeier
Princeton
Ill
Romaine" Dietmeier
Chadwick
Ray Dietmeier
Stanley Hulbert
Eldred Hulbert
Walter
Glenn Keuler
Enville
Wis
Harry Keuler
Orangeville
Bernard DeBauche
Lester Kiug
Schmid
Bluff View Park
Brodhead
Kermi
Dalton residents attend summer workshop and birthday dinner
The article notes Dalton residents and families including Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Abraham and Mrs. Ida St. John at the DeKalb Workshop in Freeport and a birthday dinner for Mrs. A. F. Abraham hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grindy with Christine Zimmer and others present.
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Ward Wolf
Anita Lausen
Gilbert Abraham
Darel Zimmer
Christine
Isten
J. Milton Bostian
Dalton
Quinten
Clifford Jordan
Ellen Goodhart
DeKalb
Freeport
Benjamin Abram
Ida St. John
Monroe
Gladys Habben
Des Plaines
Gerald Abraham
Darell Zimmerman
A. F. Abraham
Raymond Grindy
Aldrich Bess Streeter dies at 73 in Lincoln
Bess Streeter Aldrich, noted novelist and prolific short story writer, died in Lincoln Nebraska at age 73 after a hospital stay since mid June. Her best selling novel A Lantern in Her Hand appeared in 1925 and her stories largely portrayed pioneer family life in Iowa and Nebraska.
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Bess Streeter Aldrich
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Meat and dairy prices and livestock market report
Chicago livestock markets show salable hogs 7,000 with prices up to 22.65 for top weights. cattle and calves numbers around 16,000 and 400 respectively with prime and high grade offerings. butter and eggs steady with slight gains. grain futures list mixed quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans. cotton highlighted as South Carolina's main money crop.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
U.S
Shrine ceremony attendees span several Wisconsin towns
The report lists numerous locals and relatives visiting booths and birthdays across Janesville and nearby communities. Attendees include Herbert and Mrs Mohns, Clay Edwards, Rosheisen, Swanborgs, Wirtanen family of Rockford, and Leo Leopold birthday celebrations in Evansville and Juda. Several trips and visits to Brodhead, Monroe, Crystal Lake, and Bloomington are noted along with Fishing plans for Melvin Swain and Ben Deininger.
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Herbert Mohns
Clay Edwards
Janesville
Russell Rosheisen
James
John Swanborn
Orla McClellan
Walter Swanborg Sr
Walter Swanborg
Karl
Karen Swanborg
O. E. Wirtanen
Rockford
Asion
Les Walter Wirtanen
John Swanborg
William Hawthorne
Monroe
Melvin Swain
Ben Deininger
Wisconsin
Francis Haynes
Crystal Lake
Ill
Robert Mohns
John Swanberg
Irla McClellan
Brodhead
Frank Leopold Sr
William Chambers
Elmer Cleveland
Alfred Zweifel
Ross Binger
Raymond Arnsmeier
E. J Armstrong
Bloomington
I. Darrell
Roger
Dennis Clark
Emma Meinert
Stevie Leopold
Leota Park
Evansville
Laverne Leo
Ralph Head
Merlin Moe
Merle Johnson
Clinton
Clarence Moe Sr
Donald Moore
Fred Leopold
Fred Kleepping
Afolkey
Rodney Arnsmeier
Thomas Steiner
Wendell Wanschel
R. B. Clark
Melvin Wilson
Juda
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Stelter
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5Th Street
Earl Schwend
Hyland
13Th Street
Glen E. Bolender
Broiler
South Carolina
Green County
USO Ta Ts Ae Es
Spring Grove Ho
Mrs. Herbert
California
Heaven Hill
Buick
America
Mina
D « Water & Delroster
Badger Motors
11Th Street
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