Society notes and wedding plans in Kahoka area
Social items from Kahoka MO report Mrs F C Witzigman hosting a Deen Club lunch at 1 pm June 6 at 220 North Frederick Ave. A wedding announcement cites Ned Rims cut’s daughter to wed Richard Rage, set for Monday June 9 in Kahoka. Episcopal Guild at St Mars Church gathers hosted by Mary Barwell. Rev Root leads service. plans made for church carpet. June 18 meeting at Mrs Kenneth Robertson’s with guest day on the agenda.
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Witzigman Wel
F.C Witzigraf
Deen Club
North Frederick Avenue
Maerreiage
Ned Rims Cut
Richard
Cecar
Kahoka
Missouri
Episcopal Guild
Mary Barwell
St. Mars
Romwell
Kenneth Robertson
Oelwein Women’s Club installs officers at library meeting
Mrs Pearl Schneider Fayette county Women’s Club chairman installed the local officers for the coming club year. Mrs W E Fisher becomes president with Mrs Ralph Brandt and Mrs Drell Bell as first and second vice presidents. Other officers named include secretary Mrs S H Ramsey treasurer Mrs E L Ward corresponding secretary Mrs Loren E Hartman journalist Mrs B W Mason and parliamentarian Mrs J T Lillis. The event closed with Mary Stuart’s Prayer for Club Women. Delegates reported on the county convention and a music fund, while Mrs Schneider was reelected county chairman for two years.
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Oelwein Women's Club
Pearl Schneider
Fayette County Women’s Club
W. E. Fisher
Ralph Brandt
Derrell Bell
S. H. Ramsey
E. L. Ward
Loren E. Hartman
B. W. Mason
J. T. Lillis
Roslin Nelson
Nelson
Oelwein Women’s Club
Darlene Maher
Paderewski
Chopin
F. Borland
J. F. Chivington
T. 5
Hearne
Patience on the Bunker Hill Bridge
Barclay explains that restraint can win at bridge as shown by Edward N. Marcus of Boston and Lee Hazen of New York in a national tournament. Fine defense by Hazen forced the declarer to duck and misguess, leaving South down one after a sequence of card plays that yielded three tricks for West.
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Bunker Hill
Edward N. Marcus
Boston
Lee Hazen
New York
Hazen
3Fercus
Declarer
Mr. Hazen
South
West
East
Include
Deceptive lead in four spades after heart overcall
In a bridge deal where South reaches 4 Spades after a club bid by South and North, West must decide a lead choice after an initial heart overcall. The most deceptive lead is a heart or diamond that misleads defenders about distribution, aiming to disrupt dummy’s plan and timing.
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North
South
West
Turnatures Syndicate, Inc
Wedding Details Crafted For Walker and Bride
The groom’s brother Kenneth of Rockford Illinois attended the ceremony. Ushers were Evert McFarlane of Oelwein Iowa and Russell Lindsay of Davenport Iowa. Mothers wore navy outfits with gardenia and tea rose corsages. A 70 guest reception followed in the church parlors and a three tier cake centered the bride’s table. The couple will reside in Rock Island where the groom works at the arsenal. The bride wore a brown and beige linen travel suit. Additional out of town guests included numerous listed relatives and friends from Iowa, Illinois and Massachusetts.
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Kenneth
Rockford
Evert McFarlane
Oclwein
Iowa
Russell Lindsay
Davenport
Final Tribute Paid Gehrig
A partial and garbled obituary mentions a final tribute to Lou Gehrig at a Protestant Episcopal church with Rev. George V. Barry among those present. References to Yankee players and a memorial setting imply a ceremonial farewell, though the text is incomplete and difficult to parse.
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Tige
Protestant Episcopal Church
George VO Barry
Heiated
Amy Netfee
Baseball officials named in historic court docket notes
American League president Ford Frick and National League president George Ruppert are linked with the case. Leslie O'Mennor, secretary to Judge Landis, represented the baseball commissioner. Ancy Coakley, Columbia University coach, is also mentioned alongside Gebrig in the fragment.
Brotherhoods of Railroads Resolve On Wage Talks
A meeting of fourteen railroad brotherhoods including telegraphers engineers and conductors weighed a 30 percent wage increase costing railroads about 600 million dollars yearly. They debated payroll figures from 1940 across classifications and plans to press demands through the Railway Labor Executives and the AFL group with a May 24 presentation and a general conference to set terms and potential action.
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Railway Mediation Board
Western Nation of Railway Execu
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Railway Economics
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhoods
Violators of Antitrust Law and Prosecution Details
Antitrust cases target corporations and individuals in a nationwide drive to raise producer prices and lower consumer food costs by costly processing and distribution methods. Emer anti trust prosecutor Arnold of the U S Justice Department described indictments as part of this effort. The Canners League of California and 22 individuals named as defendants in the indictment.
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Urman Arnold
Emer
USS Eteormey Genera
Ealing
Canners League of Californ
The
Hares
Winant Brings Grave Report From England
Ambassador Winant reports to White House that British sentiment favors no peace and that London opposes negotiated peace. Maj. Clement Attlee reiterates unity against peace terms. Winant will brief Hopkins and return to London, shaping American lend lease policy and air power allocation to Britain. Roosevelt administration weighs strategic urgency over any peace proposals.
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Page
Winant
Maj
Clement Atlee
London
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Henry A. Wallace
Henry L. Stimeer
Navy
Frank Enos
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
United States
Strike Report From Detroit Shipyards Continues
The AFL Metal Trades Council hailed limited workforce resumption at Bethlehem Shipbuilding plants after an order to recall other AFL crafts. Fewer than 200 of Bethlehem’s 4,500 workers had returned, with officials noting expectations for a larger reply the next day.
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Rue
AFL Metal Trades Council
AFL
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem
Bethlehem dispute heats mediation as council acts on hear schedule
The council issued the order amid mediation proceedings over the Bethlehem dispute. Bethlehem, holder of more than half of the 5.5 billion in defense contracts for Pacific coast plants, was the only major company to reject the master labor agreement. Allied AFL unions have returned to work at eight of the eleven plants.
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Bethlehem
Germany to Aid France in Syria in Crete War Report
An order of the day to troops who fought in Crete praises mountain chasseurs and pioneers for occupying a key enemy base under hard terrain and bad weather. It commends air force cooperation and declares the army proud of its Crete fighters, urging continued duty wherever the Fuehrer places them.
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Crete
Muntain Chasseurs
Ander
Fuehrer
Com Officer Jones Ends Life With Bayonet
Lieutenant Commander Wahler R. Jones 43, U.S. naval attache in London and former commander of President Roosevelt's yacht Potomac, stabbed himself to death with a bayonet aboard a British warship in Londonderry Ireland on June 4 according to UP. The incident details describe a self inflicted death aboard the vessel and identify Jones as an American naval officer and former Potomac commander.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Comdr
Wahler R. Jones
United States
London
President Roosevelt
Potomac
Jones dies by suicide aboard cabin in Londonderry
Jones, a Grand Ledge, Michigan native and commander of the Potomac, reportedly shot himself after a nervous breakdown aboard his London duty station. Officials in London avoided confirmation, while Rep. Paul Shafer raised questions in Washington about a possible motive and undisclosed actions.
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Jones
Londonderry
Grand Ledge
Mich
London
Washington
Paul Shafer
House
Ireland
Navy Department
Shafer
Navy
Jones’ Trance
Nashville
Tenn
Died in Capital Lobby Shock Fatal Heart Attack
Washington June 4 UPI Rep Michael M Edelstein of New York died in the house lobby after responding to a Rankin speech that referenced Wall Street bankers and international Jews. He collapsed while talking with a friend and was pronounced dead of a heart attack by the Capitol physician.
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Washingwn
Michael M. Edelstein
N. Y
John M. Rankin
Miss
Wall Street
America
Rankin
George Bender, R
George W. Calver
Capitol
Frying Guidance Warns Against Bubbling Fat
Advice states do not fry in fat that bubbles during heating. Fat should be free of bubbles when frying anything. Dough dropped into bubbling fat absorbs grease and worsens texture.
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