Local Relatives and Visitors Share News from Area
A compendium of notices reports deaths visits and travel. Relatives in Washington DC mourn Mrs Walter Schlinder while others greet arrivals and farewells across Algona Humboldt and nearby towns. Individuals at naval bases hospitals and farms exchange greetings and updates on births furloughs and attend memorial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schlinder
Washington, D.C
B. B. Watson
Rerboldt
Wm. Nissen
Henry Marty Injured in Hay Mow Fall
Henry Marty suffered a back injury after a falling 2x4 while putting hay in the mow. He is confined in the Lutheran hospital at Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Marty
Lutheran
Fort, Dodge
Old Settlers Picnic Held at Livermore Grounds
Humbold county Old Settlers Picnic scheduled for Labor Day at the log cabin grounds in Livermore. Event to be held Monday September 4 with community turnout expected.
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Livermore
First Methodist Church Services and Outdoor Picnic Plan
Paul W. Neal presides as pastor at First Methodist Church with morning worship at 10:00 and Sunday School at 1:00. Renwick church hosts 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 worship with a children’s sermon. A park service is planned if weather permits followed by a picnic lunch.
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Renwick
First Baptist Church S C Blimhsgeny Pastor
The Church School meets at 10 0 a m Sunday. The Church Service will be at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Bible message by the pastor. The Women's Missionary Society meets Friday, August 4, at 2 p m at the church. Guest day. Each member to bring a guest. The Goldfield Society members and friends are guests of the day. A good program has been planned: Go to church Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Engtrom
Women’s Missionary Society
Friends
Emmanuel Evangelical Church announces Sunday service plan
Pastor Pieper will lead Divine Worship at 10 o clock with Rev. Cook in charge. Sunday School follows. No services for the next two Sundays due to conference assembly at River View Park Cedar Falls. Regular services resume Sunday Aug 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Cook
Cook
River View Park
Cedar Palls
Sundar
Visiting families and local incidents noted in Ames area
Mrs Earl Smith and daughter Wanda Juve of Ames visit Omer Davis home this week. Ed and Will Marty families of Lavernes and Eleanor Beck of Cedar Falls were guests at Dick Elmer home last Sunday. Joan Witt returns to Storm Lake after visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Bloom. Carbide tank on welding outfit at Klessie’s garage exploded during cleaning last Friday. no injuries or property damage. Local crop notes: corn favorable, oats 45 bushels per acre on average, some fields up to 70. Rebekahs plan annual guest day picnic Thursday at schoolhouse. new officers Anna Potter, Abbie Smith, Lillian Packard, Grace McCurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Graener
Freeport
Henry Norder
Doane Bonwell
Brooklyn
Parernel
Henry Bram
Cecil Brown
Omaha, Neb
Charles Brown
Braden Stoskes
Goldfield
George Bell
Edith Mae Packard
Webster City
Roy
Howard McCurry
B. M. Packard
Mord
Bob
Turner
Kenneth. Burk
Great Lakes
Kase
Calvia Haas
Hambolés
Linda Kay
Emerson Purkapile
Seattle
Wash
Purkapie
R. H. McCallum
Lois and
Lyman
Britt
Howard ‘Persons Home
Earl Smith
Wanda Juve
Ames
Omer Davis
Will
Marty
Lavernes
Eleanor Beckman
Cedar Falls
Dick Elmer
Joan Witt
Storm Lake
Henry Bloom
Klessie
Rebekahs
Anna Potter
Noble Grand
Abbie Smith
Lillian Packard
Grace McCurry
Normandy's Rich Battle History Through the Ages
Normandy has long been a battlefield and staging ground for invaders from Vikings to Allied forces. Bayeux and Caen host famed relics like the Bayeux tapestry and Caen's cathedral, with the tapestry linking to William the Conqueror and Halley’s comet.
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London
Normandy
Bayeux
Caen
England
English Channel
Paris
William the Conqueror
William Sill
la ‘Trinite
Matilda
William
Ploesti Oil Cut 75 Percent in Bombing Raids
Allied reports say Ploesti oil output has fallen to about 2 million tons annually from a prior 9 million, after five raids between May 5 and 31 that dropped around 4,500 tons of bombs. Reconnaissance photos show tanks damaged and refining plants heavily hit, with only one plant remaining capable of notable production.
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Ploesti
Pressue Proaut
Tose Sa
Pacific Help Wanted in Front-Line Regimental Paper
An enterprising officer in a front-line American division unit placed a mimeographed advertisement seeking three soldiers who love the outdoors to draw lines with colored pencils, collect Japanese souvenirs, answer phones, and kill Japs. The job promises pleasant work, patrols, long hours, and no overtime, with applications to the battalion intelligence officer.
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Pacific
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Navy spends over $1000 a minute to fly planes worldwide
Washington report shows the U S Navy is spending more than $1,000 each minute to keep aircraft aloft. Rear Admiral Young, head of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, disclosed the figure as missions include shooting down fighters, bombing bases, and moving supplies and personnel globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Navy
Young
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Famed 75 Can of 718 Now in Bombers
ORLANDO FLA The old 15 mm Gannon gun, famed from France in World War I, is now aboard a Mitchell 25 bomber at 300 mph. The three inch French bow provides heavy air firepower with armor piercing shells and 50 caliber machine guns. The cannon extends the crew’s duties to loading and handling, while letting pilots see hits on targets. The weapon, once treated as fantasy, is being perfected for air artillery against ground installations, with actions cited in New Guinea and Burma.
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Orlando
Fla
France
New Guinea
Burma
Army Air Forces Tactical Center
Six Sisters Reunite With Brother After 18 Years
Milwaukee report details six sisters and their brother Jerome Egbert meeting after 18 years since their mother died. The group gathered at relatives homes, with Egbert acting as godfather to his niece Susan Margaret. Many family members traveled from Flint and Milwaukee area for a reunion dinner and open house hosted by relatives.
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Milwaukee
Sergi
Jerome Egbert
Panama Canal Zone
Egbert
Susan Margaret
Margaret
Stephen Cam
N. Richards, Street
Louise
Earl’ Huey
Redmer
Bernice
Walter Stubbe
W. Dizon Avenue
Lilian
N. Jackson Street
Lenora
Flint
Mich
Mrs
Stubie
Yanks Donate 3000 to Child of Hero Mother
Ninth air force base in England contributed nearly 3000 to an education fund for Tony Everitt, orphaned when his mother Betty Everitt rescued crew from a crashed burning plane. The fund grew after sailors drew pay and deposited 2000, then surged to over 2800 as contributions continued.
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Ninth Air Force Base
England
Foearold
Tony Everitt
Feld
Everitt
Betty Everitt
Gurner
Yank Gets Three Foes And a Jerry, New Son
Lieut Pletcher E Adams 22 of Rodessa La returned from a Berlin raid to a cablegram announcing the birth of a son The message dated April 24 said weight eight pounds and that Adams had brought his score to seven He planned to raise his April 24 score to four Jerries reflecting the newborn and recent combat exploits
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Yank
Jerry
United States
England
Pletcher E. Adams
Rodessa
Berlin
Adams
Captured Italians Aid British in India After Debris Cleanup
About 1,300 Italians, captured in North Africa three years ago, arrived from central India internment camps to assist in clearing debris after a munitions ship explosion in Bombay harbor on April 4. The volunteers wore British battle dress and will receive British rations.
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Bombay
North Africa
India
Plasma Yields Blood Clotter Boosts Brain Surgery
Army neurosurgeons at Walter Reed hail fibrin foam as a major war discovery. Made from donor blood, the spongy foam controls bleeding in brain operations and may be supplied to continental centers and combat zones. Abrin film, a durable dural substitute, also shows strong protective potential.
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Washington
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Department of Physical Chemistry
Harvard University
Harvard
United States
Franc
Ingraham
Ingrahamemake
Electric Shock Used To Ease Woman's Grief
Boston Dr Abraham Myerson reports in the New England Journal of Medicine that four women with grief reactions after loss were treated successfully by electric shock therapy. He notes they were trapped in a cycle of nervous disturbance not relieved by ordinary therapy and that the treatment seems to cause physiological changes rather than a psychological basis for recovery.
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Boston
Abraham Myerson
New England Journal of Medicine
Army Chaplains Suffer Heavy War Casualties
Army report shows chaplain corps suffering high casualty rates in World War II. From war start to year end, 19 chaplains killed in battle, 19 wounded, 32 captured, 1 missing in action, 31 died from accidents or illness. Eighty-five chaplains earned various decorations totaling many honors. end of year strength 6,998 chaplains with 4,255 in the U.S. and 2,743 overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chaplain Corps
Army
United States
Army Horse Awarded Highest Jap Honors
Tokyo radio reported a Japanese army horse named Himegame received the order of the Golden Kite during Horse Day observances. The horse was decorated for meritorious services in China, marking a notable military tribute.
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New York, N. Y
Tokyo
Himegame
Japan
China
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Judy
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B. Vanden Brink
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Henry Luchsinger
Lutheran Hospital
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the Lakes
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Betty Lou
Doris Black
Great Lakes Naval Training Base
John Schipull
Loren Schipull
Kearney
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Mr. Fleming
Wisconsin Lamber E Company
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Red Skelton
Ann Rutherford Rogers
W. H. Long
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L.R. Turner
First Methodist Church
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Hardy
First Baptist Church
S.C
Emmanuel Evangelical Ch. F
Walker
A. H. Stafford, D. V. M
Renwick, Iowa
F. M. Crawford
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Erich MacLagan
I, and Albert Museum
Napoleon
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