Local social round up from Nemaha and nearby towns
A week of visits and family gatherings is recorded across Nemaha Estherville Britt and surrounding areas. Guests include Doris Black, Elmer Philipp family, Marshall Clancy, Harry Hubbell and many others visiting in homes from Fort Dodge to Web ster City. A new baby girl Janet Darlene was born to Pvt Dean Ashland and Eleanor Heggen in Fort Dodge, with relatives noted at the Heggen and Oppedahl homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Schilling
Britt
Roe. Cook
Elmer Philipp
Arthur Ernst
Rudd
Marshall Clancy
Hardy
John Zimmer
Zella, Albertson
Kenneth Bixby
Estherville
Keith Albertson
Fimmmy
Hlemme
Harry’ ‘Hubbell
John Swanson
Keith
Brayton
Lesire
Camp Pickett
George Latch
Wore c
Marlene Heftz
Webal
Gilbert Het
Webster City
Mire
Donald Clowes
Janice Dawn
Eagle Grove
Guy Hengon
Velme Bisbee
Sob Sup‘per
Henry Luchsinger
Jett
San Francisco
Calif
Bisbee
Navy
Miller’ Wergeland
John Wergeland
Hiram ‘Thompson
Mes
Lester, Reed
Albert Reed
Bobby
J. L. Fisher
Iris Cummings
Meason
Clarence Hefty
Sherrill Oppedah
Roger
Edward Oppedah
Robert Oppedahl
S 2c
Radio School
Boulder
Colo
Ralph Anderson
Pvt
Bernard Anderson
Marshalltown
Bernard
Army Airflight College
Greenville
S. C
Mershalltown
South Carolina
George Bell
R. E. McGowen
J. H. Tanek
Donald McGowan
McGowan
Braden Stoakes
Goldfield
James McGowan Sr
Janet Darlene
Mondey
Dean Ashland
Lautheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Eleanor Heggen
Str
Q. C. Heggen
Heggen
Pvr
Ashland
U.S. Army
Christmas Seal Notice From Vernon Township Leaders
Local Christmas Seal notice urges return of sold seals and funds from November. Mrs L W Miller is local chairman with Mrs Albert Nelson as assistant, asking timely returns to report to the county chairman. Community sales this season exceed previous years, though exact totals await completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B
L. W. Miller
Chaiman
Albert Nelson
Vernon Township
Card of Thanks for Kind Neighbors and Friends
We express heartfelt thanks to all our kind neighbors and friends for their kindness assistance and moral offerings during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother. Andrew Wigans and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Wigans
Famiir
Milk and cream price raise at Oakdale Dairy
Oakdale Dairy and W H Attig announce immediate price hikes due to higher feed costs. Milk rises to 11 cents per quart and cream to 15 cents per pint, effective at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale Dairy
W. H. Attig
Local Social Notes Highlight Holiday Gatherings Across Communities
Hardy, Marshalltown, Moorland and nearby towns report visits, New Year dinners, and family occasions. Rebekahs meet at Walther-Ars, Swiss Coffee club hosted, Goettsch anniversary and birthday celebrations noted. One resident, Curtis Morgan, underwent skin grafting after a hand burn. weather described as mild with a brief snow shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars
Sam Klassi
Stauffacher
Terry Mitchell
Don Hannon
Britt
Billy McCurry
New Faster Sea Water Desalination Method Devised
Washington report on a Naval Medical Research Institute scientist and a U.S. firm unveils a faster desalination method to render sea water drinkable in about two minutes. The technique uses one bag and one chemical, differing from the prior two-bag, two-chemical approach. Demonstrated before the District of Columbia Medical Society, it could aid castaways and fleet use, with demonstrations noting extraction of a pint in roughly 20 minutes versus an hour with the older method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Medical Research Institute
District of Columbia Medical Society
Navy
Naval Navy
Dar
Germans Seize Belgian Church Bells for Metal
London reports German occupation forces desperate for metal to power the war. Bells from Ghent St Michael’s Church were taken after wielder priests barred doors. bells tolled as battering rams smashed entry. Priests were arrested and bells moved to Hoboken near Antwerp for melting, with workers at Cockerill works refusing to touch them. Unconfirmed locals note similar incidents in Liege and Brussels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Belgium
St. Michael
Ghent
East Flanders
Antwerp
How Nazi Subs Flashed False Signals Is Told
Boston report cites Otis Bryan of Transcontinental and Western Air recounting German submarines sending radio signals to lure planes. He notes crews detected the decoys, double checked positions, and steered away from danger during wartime operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hower
Otis Bryan
Kansas City
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Bryan
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Boston Aeronautical Association
Army
War Economics Haywire Spoil Solomon Islanders
Detroit visit by Marine Sergt. Max Koplow describes how American actions in war plants disrupted Solomon island natives economy. He cites unstable exchange rates from bananas to cigarettes, calling the situation deplorable and indicative of broader wartime missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Max Koplow
Solomon Island
Koplow
Just Too Much Man For Army Board Rejects Leeson
Leetonia Ohio news item reports Michael T Leeson a 25 year old 6 foot 7 inch 270 pound man was drafted but rejected by the draft board saying you are too tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Leetonia
Ohio
Michael T. Leeson
Leeson
Mike
Lights of New York Tragedy and City Life Snaps
A cleaning woman at a publicity office on Broadway reveals a personal tragedy as the city faces wartime shortages. Across New York, housing demand pushes renters to smaller spaces and scarce stoves, while taxi rules loosen to Corps limits, boosting subway use. Kings Point band, once drawing from nightclub roots, now performs for cadets with a sleep lounge and wax ear stoppers. A veteran designed a pillow nicknamed the tox hole pillow, reflecting service life and rest needs amid urban strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Scheduls
New York
Music Box
Lower
Fifth Avenue
Soldi
Heat stops reporter after bullets miss
Arthur Burgess AP war correspondent in Guadalcanal walked out of two gun riddled planes and one crash with hardly a scratch only to fall victim to weather and malaria. Doctors ordered the 37 year old reporter out of the South Pacific area after he collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Arthur Burgess
Associated Press
South Pacific
Rea
Yanks Build Big Base in Jungle
American forces transform jungle islands in the South Pacific into large bases. Seabees and army engineers rapidly construct airfields, roads, and installations under frontline fire, with New Georgia and Guadalcanal cited as rapid, extensive projects supporting ongoing operations against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. South Pacific
Pacific
Navy
Seabees
Army
Japan
Solomons
New Georgia
Seabee
Munday
Segi
Seat
Munda
Ite
Russ Sell Islands
Ater
Navy Receives New Bomber For Submarine War
Washington reports the Navy will add the North American Mitchell medium bomber, designated PBJ, to its land based fleet for anti submarine duties. Details on the special anti submarine armament remain secret as the aircraft joins Vega Ventura PB4Y and PB1Y family in Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
James V. Forrestal
Navy
German Ace Sank Ark Royal Now Prisoner
Washington reports Kap Lieutenant Friedrich Guggenberger, the German U-boat commander honored for sinking the Ark Royal, has been captured after his submarine was sunk by a U S navy Martin Mariner patrol bomber off Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kap
Freidrich Guggenberger
Brazil
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Doris Black
Nemaha
Walter McPeak
Alidred
Los Angeles
M. A. Kellman
Orris French
Effie Lockwood
Frank Ward
Lois
Martin
James Nelson
Paul W. Nemais
Oe Sa
George Mills
Rudy Blesie
Keith’ Hardy
Ows
Bob Turner
Evangelical
Aid
Society
Fred ] Rasmussen
Roy Eaur
Rutland
Packard
Curtis Morgan
Ren- Wick
Towa
Mesdames
Ed Haaland
Ephraim Haaland
Lake Ltheran
Glen Turner
Minneapolis
LA Turner
Phoenix
Avon
Edward Oppedanl
Sherrill
Oppedahl
Ganpestad
Glen Semuels
Coldfield
Wm. Beenen
Rock Valley
U.S. Trazzury Department
Mediterranean
Chas. Helland of
Gerhard Mayer
Anna Potter
Ken
Moorland
Walther
John Schipull and Sons
Chas. Schipull
Fred Schwandt
Ann Kroehnke
Page
N. D
Lillian Battien
Oaks
H. E. Goettsch
Win Collins
Oelwein
David Crawford
Betty Patton
Galdfeld
Lee Norder
Mesdames Aan Kroehnke
Dubuque
Albert Jagnow
Albert Dragnon
Ardath Goetisch
Goettsch
Renwick
Lesa
Eagle Grove Livestock Commission Co
Schwenck's
Leroy Umstead
Mike Wehrheim
R. K. Uhr
Joe Richardson
Lights of
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Long Island
Jimmy Smit
Jemis
Grand Central
Porter
Eel Syndicate
WNU
Jungle
Pacific Islands
Guadalcanat
Ued Ghanal
Jun- Bes
Hich
Sir
Ravel
Dela
Henderson
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