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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1943
Page
8
At the Ritz Theatre a merry marital mix up stars Patsy Kelly and Roscoe Karns in My Son, i e Hero. The Ritz doubles features Thursday through Saturday with a G Men serial.
Randalia Methodist Church reports Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m. A birthday party for Mr. Roy Odekirk was held at neighbors' home with bingo and a picnic lunch. Charlie Clartie’s funeral was held at Burnham Berets church with burial at Dunham's Grove. Mr. Holmes died at home in West Union. Band concerts begin with a season starter and biweekly performances. Ethyl Butters, Randalia teacher, married Corp. Maurice Suhtinski at the Anderson residence May 22.
The article details numerous social events and visits including weddings, reunions, inspections, and trips. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. John Schulte attendants at a ring ceremony, teaching assignments, and a broad list of relatives visiting or staying with families in Independence, Geneseo, Wellsburg, Waterloo, Oelwein, and surrounding towns. It notes regional travel to Cedar Rapids and Camp Dodge, plus births and Navy transfers, painting a vivid picture of community life.
Dell Hangen leads a versatile local orchestra organized by Lester Maurer now expanding from four to a larger group. Members include Dell Hanson Floyd Miller Ray Rath Kenneth Burns Jimmie Hammond Harvey Shek and others. The band performs twice weekly or more at Moose Country Home and other community events while members maintain day jobs, showcasing varied music and solo work.
A conference in North Africa discussed looming invasions as Eden was summoned for essential talks. Churchill, Eden, Brooke and North African commanders moved to Tunis amid Axis alerts with Italian defenses urged to strengthen as invasion plans proceeded. Churchill returned to London for a cabinet welcome meeting and a Commons statement was anticipated.
Early talks between the United Mine Workers and coal operators suggested a potential settlement to avert another strike. Observers believed a formal agreement was near as the War Labor Board ordered negotiations halted after workers quit when the second truce expired last Monday midnight. Lewis criticized the War Labor Board as jealous and vindictive in remarks to the union committee, while noting the operators had initiated actions.
Calm prevailed after a swift revolt in Argentina as the military junta took control and prepared to form a new government. Protests flared in Buenos Aires with 5,000 citizens at Plaza de Mayo while factions debated policy, neutrality, and relations with the United States and Axis powers.
Amid Viva Democracia chants before the presidential palace, a Rawson balcony address drew applause when he vowed army backing for the constitution. Police fired 15 rounds to scatter protesters at Plaza de Mayo. revival brought renewed rallies and gunfire. Casualties cited unofficially at 32 killed and 70 wounded among soldiers and civilians.
Midday communique reports Russian forces capturing a fortified height on the Smolensk front after strong resistance. Prisoners and loot taken. German broadcast says Russians briefly paused attacks on the axis bridgehead in the northwest Caucasus after heavy losses of 120 tanks and 104 aircraft in three days without ground gain, with reinforcements moving to renew assaults. Local fighting noted on Kalinin front near Moscow with 200 Germans killed and two tanks and two guns destroyed. In Ukraine, Germans suffer 60 dead in a failed south Balakleya assault. Russians intercept a German attempt to cross the northern Donets. about 200 Germans killed repulsing an attack near Sevsk west of Kursk.
Berlin radio weekly report claims the Japanese summer offensive reached its goal and ended after a month. It notes Chinese forces suffered 36,330 dead and 5,923 prisoners plus 16,000 tons of river vessels west of Tung Ting lake. Advertising in the Uelwein Daily Register promises value to attract buyers.
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