Bayles Young Junior Club to Meet Saturday
Bayles Young Junior Club will meet Saturday at 2 00 p m with Mrs E A Lindstrom V City Park scene of picnic Mrs Birdsell s school of dancing pupils enjoyed a picnic at the city park last night About 25 present to enjoy the food from the well filled picnic baskets brought by the dancing pupils mothers A social evening was spent Enjoy picnic at City Park Last evening the City Park was the scene of a lovely picnic for Mr and Mrs L J Raftis Mr and Mrs D J Raftis Irving and Mary Margaret Mr and Mrs Alfred Jensen Grandma Connor Mr and Mrs Melvin Weigel Mrs Lucille Hasbrook and Jimmy Mattern all of Oelwein and Mr and Mrs H J Raftis and son Michael of Des Moines The picnic supper was topped off with strawberry shortcake The evening was spent in visiting.
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City Park
Birdsell
L. J. Raftis
D. J. Raftis
Irving
Mary Margaret
Alfred Jensen
Grandma Connor
Melvin Weigel
Lucille Hasbrook
Jimmy Mattern
Oelwein
H. J. Raftis
Michael
Des Moines
Mrs Hanson Hosts Southwest Unit of Church of Christ
Mrs Ivan Hanson welcomed the Southwest Unit of the Church of Christ at her home on Wednesday. The program opened with The Way of the Cross Leads Home sung by the group, piano by Mrs D C Kooy, and devotions led by Mrs Merle Fox from Psalm 100. Officers elected for the coming year were Merle Fox chairwoman Clyde Barton assistant secretary Floyd Harper secretary Kenneth Thompson treasurer. Bert Schrack gave the treasurer’s report and Ivan Hanson presented the finance report. Ardith Barton performed America the Beautiful and Vacation Time. Lunch for twelve members, three guests and five children followed, hosted by Mrs Hanson and Mrs Minnie Axline. Next meeting date to be announced.
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Hanson
Ivan Hanson
Church of Christ
D. C. Kooy
Merle Fox
Devotons
Clyde Barton
Floyd Harper
Kenneth Thompson
Bert Schrack
Ardith Barton
Minnie Axline
Ruff-Duffy wedding ties Ottumwa and Norfolk vows
Miss Ruth Gene Ruff daughter of Ottumwa residents E M Ruff and Mrs Ruff married Carlos Duffy Sle U S C G son of Leroy and Mrs Duffy of Oelwein at Blessed Sacrament Church Norfolk Virginia Rev Brennen officiated. Ruff, class of 1938 Ottumwa High School, worked for N A Winter Advertising in Des Moines. Duffy, Sacred Heart 1938, attended A Y B, payroll clerk at Iowa Packing Co Des Moines. Carlos enlisted Coast Guard January 4 1943 trained in Baltimore and sent to Norfolk for payroll duties. Marjorie and Joe Lovely of Norfolk attended. New home at Seay Apartments Apt 9 112 W 39th St Norfolk.
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N. A. Winter Advertising Agency
Des Moines
Duffy
Sacred Heart
Iowa Packing Co
Carlos
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Norfolk
Marjorie
Joe Lovely
Women’s Society of Christian Service Holds Meeting
The W S C S met Wednesday at 2 30 p m in church parlors. Mrs H D Temple led devotions and the hymn This is my Father s World was sung. Mrs W C Elmer led the business session. A letter from Dr J P Van Horn Cedar Rapids retired from St Luke s Hospital thanked the group for flowers and loyal support. The Rev Van Horn left Oelwein in 1915. Program chair Mrs C C Henderson showed The Plow painting by a Danish artist. Mr T E Stevens led the lesson on Across the Nation with our Rural Workers. Mrs Stevens closed with a quote about rural home community significance.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
H. D. Temple
World
W. C. Elmer
J. P. van Horn
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Oelwein
van Horn
Nora Judd Marries in Portland in June Ceremony
Nora Fern Judd became Nora Fern Judd Carroll after a Saturday June 12 wedding in Portland Oregon. She is the daughter of Mrs Cora Judd of Hazleton and has taught in Stanley Aurora Kellogg Gowdie Iowa schools. Her husband F D Carroll is a supervisor with Oregon Shipbuilding in Portland.
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West
Harrison
Portland
Oregon
F. D. Carroll
Carroll
Cora Judd
Hazleton
Stanley
Aurora
Kellogg
Gowdie
Iowa
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Presbyterian Sunday School holds annual pot-luck picnic
The Women’s Bible Class of the Presbyterian Sunday School held their annual pot-luck picnic at the pleasant home of Mrs. C. H. Arnold Thursday evening. A good attendance and an enjoyable time were reported by all attendees.
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Women's Bible
The
Presbyterian Sunday School
C. H. Arnold
Alpha Class Picnic At City Park
The Alpha Class of the Christian Church held a picnic at the city park last evening with about 30 attendees. After meals some men played horseshoes while the women socialized for an evening together.
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Alpha Class
The
Christian Church
At The Front Casual Airmen Go Out on Raid
Casual airmen deploy on a raid as a small room filled with maps and Stars and Stripes reports, while a softball game continues nearby. Radio chatter buzzes with coded references as a 27 year old colonel orders vigilance and keeps eyes on two bands of approaching aircraft. Ground crew lean near windows to relay the latest, a tense quiet settles over the scene.
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Stars & Stripes
Jim
Holland
Texas
Middle West
Old South
Bronx
Brooklyn
Voices from the sky as fliers return from battle
Radio chatter captures pilots recounting a night mission, rescuers circling the sea, and planes returning to base. Troops exchange muted reports of damage, injuries, and kills while past the coast the war’s toll becomes a quiet, shared memory among seasoned, worn airmen.
Factories and air battles end day with German aviators
The scene shifts to a quiet rural aftermath after intense engagements. Flying Fortresses are towed away for repairs while others rush to the mess hall for a late breakfast or early lunch. The day’s hunting is over. they’ve done a job on Germany. Ho hum, nothing to do till tomorrow.
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Germany
Seizures and Mobilization Reported in War Weather
The report notes Italian police seizure of 11000 and Italian Mussolini presiding over a fascist directorate meeting at Palazzo Venezia. It mentions Greek army forces in Syria, calls by Radio London for French railway disruption, and Japanese reconnaissance attacks around the Solomons. Also describes a long semaphore network from Prussia to Leningrad with 1300 operators across 300 towers.
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Syria
Europe
Radio London
Mussolini
Fascist Party
Palazzo Venezia
Rome
Carlo Scorza
Leningrad
Warsaw
War of Nerves in Pacific Battle Arc Continues
The piece tracks Allied operations across the Pacific, detailing patrols and bombardment efforts in the Aleutians, central Pacific, and Solomons. It notes aggressive pressure on Japanese positions from Attu to Ellice and Russell Islands, shaping the broader war strategy.
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Page One
Pacific Battle Arc
Attu
Aleutians
Funafuti
South Central Pacific Ellice Islands
Russell Islands
Solomons
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Sun - Mon
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Oana Andrew
Thiele
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Iowa Motor Co
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Richard Hudnut Combi
Nation of DuBarry
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