Church Classes Hold Picnic and Elections
Alpha Class of the Church of Christ held a city park picnic with about 30 present. Officers elected: President Miss Freda Lowe Vice President Mrs Rex Kirkpatrick Treasurer William Whitman Secretary Mrs Lloyd Reed Teacher Mrs A C Stapel Press Correspondent Mrs Floyd Harper. Mr and Mrs Frank Hall and son Carl from Pierre SD attended. Hall spoke on nationalities and Hawaiian needs. horse shoe and social time followed. Brown Ladeburg Nuptials Miss Phyllis Brown wed Richard Ladeburg at 3 pm in a double ring ceremony performed by Rev E A Hoefer at the bride’s home. reception and home later at 1020 West Third Street. Both work for John Deere.
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Church of Christ
City Park
Freda Lowe
Rex Kirkpatrick
William Whitman
Lloyd Reed
A. C. Stapel
Floyd Harper
Frank Hall
Carl
Pierre
South Dakota
Hall
Elida Frame
Hawaiian Islands
Imogene Ingamells
Independence
Lorraine Vargason
Oelwein
Mrs. Brown
Henry Gade
Ladeburg
West Third Street
John Deere Company
Nelson Walker Wedding at Camp Chaffee Post Chapel
Miss Lela Nelson and Corporal Paul M. Walker wed in a June 4 ceremony at Camp Chaffee post chapel with Captain Donald Ross officiating. Irving Dahlstedt played, Alfred C. Hoad sang, and the Walker company attended the reception in full. floral decorations and eight layer cake noted.
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Nelson-Walker
Lela Nelson
Paul M. Walker
Oclwein
Camp Chaffee
Donald Ross
Irving Dahlstedt
Wagner
Alfred C. Hoad
John T. Clayton
George H. Ward Jr
Benjamin F. Campfire
Clifford W. Cantwell
Noel P. Ory
Walker
Dorothy Joyce
Oelwein
Fort Smith
Robert Berath
Corporal Walker
Dinbride
St Catherine Circle Postponed and Local Club Events
St Catherine's Circle has been postponed to a later date. W Mrs Schrack entertains the D and T club at the Schrack home with a 6 30 dinner. Mrs Alla Peek of California attended. J C Penny store employees enjoyed a Backbone State Park picnic featuring fried chicken with about 26 people. Club calendar notes St Ann's Circle hosted by Mrs John Cohn and Our Lady of Lourdes Circle by Mrs Hildebrandt. St Catherine's Circle to be hosted by Mrs William Bradfield at 2:15.
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ST. Catherine Circle
St. Catherine’s Circle
Schrack
D and T Club
Art Schrack
Alla Peek
California
John Cohn
St. Ann's Circle
Mrrs
P. Hildebrant
Our Lady of the Lourdes Circle
154Th Ave
William Bradfield
RAF raid on Essen shifts toward Ruhr area impact
The report notes a vast March assault on Essen and a wider Ruhr campaign, citing 25 000 fighters and a forecast that the second half of the offensive will be easier after breaking the hard core resistance. Observers expect major plants in Germany's heavy industry to be paralyzed by fall, with substantial disruption to Hitler's arsenal.
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Ruhr
Iegan
Essen
RAF
Germany
Hitler
Invasion fears as Axis moves stir Europe
Reports describe Bulgaria bracing for an Allied invasion with banks emptied and telecoms under control while Germans reinforce Black Sea and Aegean coasts. Varna dumps and Burgas guns rise, villages evacuated near Salonika, rail lines cut, and Hitler shifting focus to aid Italy and Axis allies as zero hour nears.
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Bulgaria
Balkans
Istanbul
Bogdan Fpilov
Black Sea
Aegean
Greece
Varna
Burgas
Salonika
Italy
Avis
Mediterranean
Allies Lead in Ruhr Battle With Bombing Tally Rising
Allied fighters sank two ships and damaged three more as they hit the Ruhr valley convoy. British raids pressed toward wrecking Germanys vital industrial heart while observers note 50 percent progress toward the Ruhr defeat. Despite weather and cloud cover, nine days of bombing total about 7 800 tons.
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Netherlands
Germany
Ruhr
France
Stockholm
Daily Telegraph
Daily Sketch
High Command
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Luftwaffe
Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Air Command
Goering
West Germany
Battered Leningrad Saved By Its Workers
A vivid portrait of wartime Leningrad shows women in bright colors and uniforms manning anti aircraft guns while civilians, including children, endure siege. The piece recalls two August 1941 appeals to defend the city, the heroic response of workers and the Baltic fleet, and the devastating toll on buildings and lives. It notes the occupation’s proximity, the mock victory dinner planned by Germans, and the resilience of citizens from schoolchildren to priests. The author recounts arriving by air, observing barricades, militiamen, and a city waking to daily labor, culture, and continued defense under constant threat.
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Leningrad
Klementi E. Voroshilov
Andrei Ztiadnov
Communist Party
Popkov
People’s Army
Adolf Hitler
Hotel
Astoria
Workers’ Army
Kronstadt
Kirov
Moskow
Russia
Neva
Anitchkov Palace
Marinsky Theater
Imperial Gardens
Peter Popkov
Leningrad Soviet
Ordinarskaya Street
Leninngrad
Gorki
GOP Sees Dewey As Possibility
A Press Club remark suggests Dewey could emerge as a GOP possibility while noting Willkie is unpopular with the people. The speech references a high vote total for a past candidate against Roosevelt and cites Republican affiliations.
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Gop
Dewey
Press Club
Willkie
Roosevelt
Republicans
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Iowa
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Rosevelt
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