Mount for Machine Gun Changes Defense Tactics
A new .60 caliber machine gun mount for moving trucks, developed by the Sixty Fifth Coast Artillery antiaircraft regiment, could shift defense tactics if invasion looms. Disclosed at the Kelly ranch near Chehalis Washington, the improvised mount allows firing from trucks to deter enemy planes, using a crude base and scavenged parts until standard equipment is adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Artillery
United States
Kelly Ranch
Chehalis
Wash
Maj
R. C. Jones
War Department
Different Corn Strains Differ in Feeding Value
University of Illinois professor B W Fairbanks notes major feeding value differences among corn strains. In tests, hybrid corn averaged 1.49 daily gain vs 1.46 for open-pollinated. pigs used 381 pounds of hybrid per 100 pounds gain and 30 pounds for open-pollinated. Strain variation within each class equal to cross-class gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Fairbanks
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Fairbanks
Mother Gives Ears to Son in Groundbreaking Surgery
In Westcliff-on-Sea Essex, Mrs Atkins plans to donate her ears to her son Jimmy after months of facial reconstruction with skin grafts. Doctors say the delicate transfer will restore Jimmy’s appearance and speech, his amile now straight and cheerful. A separate note from Trucksville Pennsylvania reports Faith Hope Charley Harding, a four year old psychic, will receive $10,000 to test foretelling abilities as Joseph Dunninger seals a test word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatcliff-on-Sea
Essex
England
Atkins
Jimmy
Ward
Faith Hope Charley Harding
Trucksville
Joseph Dunninger
New York
Universal Council of Psychic Research
Weak link found in California DUI testing rules
An intoxicated man arrested on suspicion of drunken driving exposed a flaw in California regulations requiring a sobriety test. He was so drunk he could not complete the test, revealing a weakness in the system that screens suspects for sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Order of the Ell Kindred Union II
The document titled Order II of the Ell Kinds Tor er from the Wookie Union outlines a new procedural framework. It establishes governance, membership criteria, and bid procedures for internal affairs. The text specifies roles, duties, and timelines for committee actions and ratification steps.
Discharge Button List Of Honored Service Members
A long roster of names from Adams Leslie Albert to Roy Sheldon appears, honoring those honorably discharged. The page lists many individuals, with notes about families visiting in Melrose and surrounding communities, plus social visits and birthday references in Iconium and Moravia. The text mixes discharge acknowledgments with local social updates and family visits.
New Hope Death Notices and Local Updates
The community mourns Alta Chambers who died Wednesday January 30. Funeral services were held at Moravia Methodist Church. Sympathy extends to the Patterson and Rinehart families. Elsie Martin hosted visitors, no school was held Thursday and Friday. Teachers meat nips in Des Moines. ik Wilson attended the State Short Course in Ames for county soil commissioners. Dellamae Jacobs visited her mother Hattie Hixon in Centerville. Charles Burton is sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Masaman
Lloyd Masaman
Navin
Curran
Melrose
Frank Tarbell
Arlo Fenton
Carl Fenton
Lloyd Clark
Viola Clark
Dale
Vera Moore
Arna McAninch
Fern Penfield
Aid
Laure Dicks
Iconium
Cincinnati
Mehrhoff
Ben Allem
Merle Dicks
George Hammond
Esther Murphy
Moravia
Lloyd Massman
Gordon and
Lavern
Roy Sheldon
Alta Chambers
Moravia Methodist Church
Famil
Nelson Patterson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bert Rinehart
Elsie Martin
New Hope
Tillmont
Des Moines
Ik Wilson
Ames
County Soil Commissioners
Ames State College
Missouri Alley Association
Dellamae Jacobs
Hattie Hixon
Centerville
Charles Burton
Carl Coffin
Duane
Charles Coffin
Don Pettibone
Lloyd Rose
Carl Chambers
Pendleton
Oregon
John L. Chambers
Dallas
Texas
Kansas City
Milley
Lee Tadlock
Erry
Sini Pettibone
Denny School
Ivan Harsh
Vess Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Roy Scott
Delmont Moffitt
Frank Chambers
Lynn Hilton
Loyd , Carter
Virgil Johnson
Gabe Johnson
Ernest Hiatt
Mardeena Wilson
George Hiner
Matt Watts
Mickey Masters
Tommy
Billy
Detroit
Mich
Ammons
Ace Butler
Seymour
Karline Fischer
Betty Lou Harah
John R. Wood
Dickie
Lynda Kay
W. @. Wood
W. B. Donovan
Herbert McDonel
Lyndon McDonel
Orville Burton
Genevie Donovan
Harry Sugalik
Albia
John Wood
Elvy Gillaspie
Maple Grove Neighborhood Social Notes and Travel
Imogene Tadlock and Donald Dowd with Richard Tubaugh visited Des Moines and Indianola before attending a ball game, while many neighbors from Maple Grove circulated to Centerville, Bloomfield, and Des Moines. The report lists medical visits, funerals, farm purchases, home visits, and family gatherings through a busy midweek and weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Dowd
Richard Tubaugh
Des Moines
Indianola
Delmar Dowd
Kenneth Doud
Ottumwa
Grant Tadlock
Doud
Railing
Mra
Bert Arnold
Lois
Earl
Centerville
Clarence Dowd
Donald
Tad Miller's
Floyd Arnold
Bloomfield
Imogene Tadlock
Roy Argo
Will Donahoo
Ray Tubaugh
Basil Tadlock
Derby couple accompany to Bloomfield Sunday
Pvt. and Mrs. Dale Derby accompanied each other to Bloomfield Sunday afternoon where Dale left for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Derby
Bernice
Dale
Mrs
Carl Derby
Centerville
Jim Davis
Gabe Johnson
Pvt
Bloomfield
Fort Leonard Wood
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ROV
Adams Leslie Albert
Richard Junior Allen Eckert
ARGO
Francis Argo Floyd Arnold Cleo Barnes
Loyd “J” Bennett
Carl BM Clifford Boyer
Harold L. Royer
Lloyd Blumer
Don Blumer
Clifton Boardman
Donald Brain
Roscoe E. Brown
Harry Buckallew
James L. Buckingham
Harold Burton
Richard J. Burton
Clair F. Callen
Homer
Callen
William R. Callen
Dale Caris Clifford Wayne Caster
Leo Caster
James Charles Clester Willard
Clell Coffin
Glen Coulson
Cecil Creech
Carl Creech
A. D. Cron
Kenneth Daniels
Roscore
Carl Derby, JR
Howard H. Derby
Alvin Donahoo
William Boyd Duff Howard Evans
Rex Firkins
Lloyd Foster
Earnest A. Garner
Marvin Gardner
Floyd Garner
Ralph Garner
Max Gollaher
Richard Gordner
Howard Gray
Maudetta
Alden
Gerald Eugene
Hawe
Gertrude Medora Hauk
George Hellyer
Kenneth Hiatt
Dan Pence
Virgil Pence
Clifford Pfannebecker
Lloyd Pfannebecker
Ralph Pfannebecker
Raymond Plants
Arthur Points
Carl Proctor
Ferrell L. Purvis
Floyd L, Purvis
William F. Ray
Charles Reich
Donald Reich
Keith Reich N
Burdell Roberts
Don Robinson
Howard Robinson
J. C. Rousseau
Floyd Surnele
Claude Sha
Robert A, Shelquist
Edwin Spencer
Clifford Stocker
Forest Stocker
Max Stover
Henry D. Surber
NAVY
Leo Agnew
Donald W. Ahee
James Rhee
James Roger Albert
Gene Barnes
Dale G. Beaty
Dwight Blumer
Robert Royer
Jean Kathryn Broshar
Leroy Brown
Irvinge
John Burto
Bobby
Dean Caster
Dwight Clark Cleon Cordes
Donald Davis Charles Esp Sonses
Bar G. Firkin
Harold Roger Foglesong
Dean Fullerton
Max Fullerton
Billy Gibson
C. Herbert Gilliland
M. Hall
Harold Heckman
Carl Hiatt
Clair Hiatt
Claude C. Hudnall
Clifford Huff
Frank Jones
Fred
Jack Spencer
Doyle Stansberry
Dwight Aes
William Stice
James Sufficool
Richard L. Sufficool
Robert Sufficool
Stanley W
Smith Tharp
Charles Albert Turner
Freddie M. Vandorin
James H. Weldon
Kathryn Argo
Charles Newton Arnold William Barnes
Darr Curtis Coltrain
Bill Cox
Donald W. Darby Clifford
E. Davis Wayne P. Davis
Dale Derby Aster
Everett
Keith Kennedy
David Kinge
Earl Ton Charles Ederd Lampkins
John GC. Lord
Marines
MAX P
Buckingham
Ure Delme
Crard Massman
Eugene Tisu
John A. Winsler, JR
R Helen Reich
Merchant Marine
Harry Tisue, JR
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. W. &. Donovan
Maple Grove
Walter Scott
Bill
Lois Scott
Mrs. Dale Derby
Maxine
Jack
Walter Jr
Ralph Robinson
Sona
Maxine, Charlotte and
The
Moravia Union
Alka-Seltzer
Veach Drug Store
Towa
Belize
Powedewerst
Melrose Vs
H. S&s
Firestone Factory
Oehler Bros
East Side Square
Iowa
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