Bombs Delivered to National Inventors Council Startled Clerk
Surprise package arrived at the National Inventors Council containing five live bombs labeled Load ed Be Careful. The mail clerk notified Assistant William Tate who then handed it to Maj Gen William Tschap pat, who defused the fuses. The council screens ideas for defense use from the public as hundreds arrive weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Inventors ‘Council
Defense Agency
Council
Chas
Kettering
William ‘Tate
Tate
Ordnance
William Tschappat
National Inventors Council
Army
Navy
County Voices Against Army Camp Plan in Caroline Virginia
Residents of Caroline County Virginia protest a proposed Army defense camp citing housing water and sanitation strains the risk of post camp unemployment and social disruption plus concerns about competition with local young men for county women in uniform
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
United States
Caroline County
Virginia
Ardent Schoolyard Banter and Local Birthday Notes
A collage of jokes and banter opens with quips about medical tales and efficiency at work. The Arborville News reports Walt Fisher’s birthday party with family and neighbors, plus a parade of weekend social visits to and from local residents and friends across nearby towns.
Measles hit Hordville as local high school travels to Hampton
News from Hordville reports multiple social visits by the Methodist Ladies Aid and Home Service Extension Club. Out of town guests attended gatherings from Aurora to Central City, with a birthday celebration for Mrs BE A Carlson and a measles outbreak affecting many children. The high school plans to attend the Regional Music Contest in Hampton Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hordville
Methodist Ladies Aid
Charles Biber
Minnie
Edith Stranberg
Amelia Moberg
Ed Goethe
Aurora
Irl Larson
Central City
Home Service Extension Club
Milburn Erickson
Albert Larson
Swen Stone
Emil Jones
Lamont
Floyd Larson
Lillian
Alvin Stranberg
Effie
Carolyn
Carrol Holmes
Stanley Turpin
Omaha
Lee Holmes
Emil Stranhberg
Minnie Stranberg
Bea Carlson
Hampton
Ira Glasser
T. J. Nelson
York Lutheran Hospital
Leland Harless
Stanley Harless
Gresham
Bernard Harless
Raymond
S. J Harless
Ella Knorr
Tom James
California
Henry Sandell
Elwin Johnson
Roger Hill
Connie Rae
Red Cloud
2. D. Madison
Herbert Mundt
Carl Juergensen
Eugene
Emil Wilshusen
A P, Bowman
Henry Mundt
Orille Roehrs
Norman Reetz
Delores Schultz
Alvertus Leasle
Lena Mae Baack
Dmil Wilshusen
Sion Hill
Minnesota
Arnold Isaacson
Bla Shenk
Merril Simpson
Polk
Osceola
Osceeola
P J Garten
Holmes
Overton
Nebraska
Oscar Johnson
Robert Gustafson
Arthur Gustafson
Adalaide Lindburg
Rexall Drug Store
Frank Davis
Grand Island
Lloyd Kroger
Lincoln
Hazel Nelson
Mervin Samuels
J. McCoy
Carl Detloff
Fred Barrrett
Hans Meline
Gilbert Driewer
Will Blase
Morris Lindburg
Stromsburg
Will Welch
Earl Clark
Jon
Gwendolyn Stevens
Vera Stevens
Archie Stevens
Oscar Sundberg
Sundberg
Edith Tater
Theo. Stevens
Irene Falk
Dist
No 26
Polk County
Leland Anderson
Jeannine Lind
Marjorie Dahlin
Muriel Warnick
W. A. Lindburg
Don Haggart
P. W. Aker
Harvard
Cleo Cramer
Harold Cramer
Algene Flodman
Bob Stohl
Clarks
Bryan Graves
Mardel
Mrs. Stott
Gordon Eno
David City
Doris McCoy
Fern Schweitzer
Irene Whitacre
Ralph Cummings
Benedict
Wilbur Whitacre
Floyd Merchant
Clifford Benson
Mitchell
Carl Steelquist
Robert Strickland
Local family dinners honor birthdays and gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Johnson hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Alex Flodman and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Flodman for a birthday celebration. Sadie Clark entertained many relatives at the Albert Benson home with the Carlson and Benson families sharing films from a west coast trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Johnson
Alex Flodman
Ralph Flodman
W. B. Johnson
Raymond
Clarence Fusby
Minnie Nicholson
Johnson
Omaha
Sadie Clark
Albert Benson
Will Rudy
Kenneth Rudy
Grand Island
Henry Cramer
Lois
Cleo Cramer
E. C.cramer
Larry
Cliff Cramer
Gilbert Bengon
Jonald
C.A. Carlson
Harold Cramer
A. L. Carlson
Bobby Carlson
Henry Johnson
Orville Rehrs
West Coast
Carlson and Benson
Arnold Isaacson
Daniels
W. M.scott
Stromsburg
Elwyn Johnson
Richard Widge
Glennis
Oliver Johnson
Local families gather for birthdays visits and travel plans
Numerous social notes from Polk County detail visits at hospitals and homes in York and surrounding towns. Families such as Glasser Nelson Harless Mundt and Gutafson share gatherings while brothers and cousins plan relocations to California and Omaha trips occur for shopping and ceremonies.
Sheriff Sale Promises Polk County Real Estate Auction
Notice describes two foreclosure sales in Polk County Nebraska under orders from the district court. The first sale lists a first lien on sections 25 and 26 in township 13 north range 4 west with date April 1 1941 at 2 00 PM. The second sale details 80 acres in section 19 township 14 north range 4 west with auction date April 16 1941 at 2 00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
R. Leonard Smith
Osceola
Towit
Polis County
Gunnard Peterson
Omaha
Irvin I Shull
I I Shull
Township 14
Range 4
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Carl Curtis
Washington
Capitol
War Department
Commission
Ering
Army War College
Library of Congress
Senate
Wallace
Russ Williams
York, Neb
Lesbrains
America
England
Office Boy
Mr White
Elsie
Naomi
WPAF
Mississippi River
Arborville
Walt” Fisher
Coila
Martha Fisher
Ralph Fisher
W. J Fisher
Fisher
Eynings
Morris
Robert Merchant
T. D. Otte
C W. Reckner
Chas, Lytle
R. BE. Merchant
Fr. Merchant
A. C. Whittemore
H. Werth
Vernon Hembley
Harvey Woceliner
Ellis White
Seward
al Shockey
Harry Anderson
Lawrence Larson
Victor Nelson
C. G Nelson
Marquette
Sam Kisler
D N, Mills
Fred Shockey
Owen Bedient
Atlantic
Iowa
L. M Bowers
Hugh Ramsey
Wayne
Sam Charles
Maxine Pickerel
Louis Scow
Shelby
John Wochner
Marion Flick
Maurice Flick
Martha
Colla Fisher
Sybil Otte
Ula Mae
Lela Scholl
Bradshaw
Rose Bedient
York
H. J Bedient
Daniel Graves
Charles Lampter
Chas Lytle
Ted Otte
Clarks Theatre
Nebr
Theatre Central City
Ola Johnson
Warren Williams
Lone Wolf
Ida Lupino
Humphrey Bogart, Jr
High Sierra
Cartoon and News Reel Sun
Hugo
Phil BP Campbell
Philip H Nyberg
Attnam Nen
Aliuineys
Gunnard Paterson
W W Norton
Fashion Cleaners
Farmer's
Mr. Farmer
A. L. Hedbloom
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