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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
4
Local notes list visitors and family events from Emmetaburg to Humboldt county fairs. Many residents attended the Humboldt county fair, while others reported visits to and from Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Minnesota. Inductions, anniversaries, hospitalizations, and school shoe stamp news are included among community updates.
First Methodist Church lists Paul W. Neal services with 10:00 a.m. worship and 12:00 p.m. Sunday School. Renwick offers 10:00 a.m. Sunday School and 11:00 a.m. worship with Children s Sermon A Good Shepherd and a sermon God s Workmen A Labor Day message text 1 Corinthians 3 9. The pastor invites record attendance and notes vacation return.
The Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. with a cordial welcome from Pastor S. C. Blumbagen. The church service follows at 11 a.m. Bible message by the pastor. Choir rehearsal is Wednesday evening at 8:30 p.m. All choir members urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Howard Dash visited Frort Dodge on Tuesday. Miss Grace Long left for Moville to teach again this year. Mr and Mrs Omer Davia and children visited relatives at Ames last Sunday. Kenneth Potter left for Iowa City to enroll at the state university. Mr and Mrs Sanford Anderson were in Des Moines earlier this week. Mrs Donald Brayton of Somers was a caller last Saturday at Mrs P H Thiel home. Merwin Maurer from Oxford Ohio arrived for a week’s visit at his parents’ home. Karen McGowan and Donna Nissen visiting this week at the 3H Paulson and Everett Graber homes in Des Moines.
The regular Town Council meeting chaired by Mayor Hari D Gimer reviewed minutes and approved prior meetings. Bills from various vendors and services were approved by finance, with appointments for Tower Marshal and Town Marshal confirmed and sworn in.
CHICAGO A University of Chicago professor Dr. Truman Squire Potter develops and tests a gas method to destroy tuberculosis bacteria in air. In guinea pig trials, exposure to gas-filled air protected against infection from airborne droplets, while breathing bacilli without gas caused disease. The gas results trace to aerosol work by Dr. C H Robertson's group using propylene glycol or triethylene glycol mist that becomes a gas.
Washington DC reports the army developed a device to convert the M 1 Garand rifle into a grenade launcher. Ray S. Miller, civilian armament foreman at Fort Benning, GA, received the War Department commendation for exceptional service for perfecting the device. The project aimed to allow launching antitank and hand grenades, including pineapple types, using the Garand's power, with Springfield rifles still favored for long-range use.
Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels, in a speech reported by DNB, said there is no possibility to renew this conflict for 10, 20, or 50 years if Germans prove incapable of resisting the united onslaught. He warned enemies aim to destroy German nation, industries, economy, and homeland, urging every German to act as though their lives are at stake.
The chemical warfare service of the army showcased two weapons to spread fire and terror. An improved flame thrower and a fire bomb were demonstrated along with a smoke generator that creates fog to conceal troops from gunfire. Two quarts of fuel can blanket a city block.
At Toledo Ohio the Prefabricated Engineering company ships complete furnished houses to the army every 40 minutes. The fully assembled units include two or three bedrooms and come in delivered sections. Army secrecy ban lifted to reveal a national record in production.
More than 7,000 miners work daily in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky to mine bituminous coal powering New York City. The coal fuels heat for 2,500 large structures, 26,000 plants, and large public utilities, with 10 billion kilowatt hours produced in 1942. A single coal chain could light Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and parts of New Hampshire. The piece notes Con Edison’s vast coal stockpile on Staten Island and the wartime shift from oil to coal, plus a veteran miner Primus Pride.
Mrs Morris Prager, named Chicago's ideal foster mother by the United Home Finding service, has cared for neglected and dependent children for 22 years. She has reared 13 youngsters, five boys and eight girls, with two of the boys serving in the military.
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