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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
4
Paul W. Neal presides at morning worship at ten o’clock with Sunday School following. Renwick hosts Sunday School at ten and worship at eleven with a children’s sermon on Francis the Missionary and a sermon titled Stewards of the Land based on Deuteronomy 26 9. He hath brought us into this place and given us this land.
The Church School meets at 10 a.m. Sunday with a cordial welcome. Church service at 11 a.m. Pastor Blumhagen will preach on God The Undiscouragéable. Choir rehearsal Wednesday evening at 8 at the church. Girls camp at Town Falls July 10 to 17. Assembly July 17 to 23. Gene church Sunday.
Local residents report visits and social gatherings in Laverne and nearby towns. Mrs Rose Hefty visited friends in Laverne last Friday while Milford McPeak and Dale Kel ing spent the 4th in Austin Minnesota. Mr and Mrs James McGowan Jr and Sr hosted relatives for Sunday dinner at George Bell’s home. Mrs Ray Bennett of LeMars visited relatives here the past week. she is the former Eunice Klaessy. Local ads note chair recaning availability from Howard Persons. Lake Lutheran Ladies Aid held a meeting hosted by Mesdames Donald Hooker and Herman Hartey yesterday afternoon. A group including Mrs Don Thomson and several others were home from Des Moines over the weekend and the 4th. Lynn Amosson visited her grandmother Mrs Martin earlier in the week.
Washington reports rehabilitation centers in the U.S. Army turning military offenders into contributors to the war effort. Maj. Perry V Wagley cites 40 percent showing definite contributions after reform, with centers handling desertion, AWOL, mutiny, sickness, and other offenses. Of 500 cases studied, 213 returned to active duty. most had unstable employment and troubled family backgrounds.
Bougainville battle reports a tank crew using a sling shot method to drive toward a sniper's tree, bend it, back away, and unleash the tree so the sniper is hurled several feet, stunned by the impact. The tactic showcases improvised armor and aggressive tactics by Allied tank crews.
Cape Gloucester New Britain marines discuss food above women as they live in the jungle. Ample solid wholesome meals satisfy many, yet marines miss favorite dishes from home. Guiseppe longs for ravioli Karl desires apfel strudel and Pancho craves frijoles and tortillas.
Madrid dispatch reports Serge Stavisky jewels sold at auction for over 7,000,000 francs to satisfy creditors. The Stavisky scandal followed the 1933 pawnshop failures, triggering political upheaval, the death of Stavisky, and the resignation of the Chautemps cabinet.
Mrs Henriatta Nesbitt the White House housekeeper says souvenir plundering by guests is a chronic issue at the Executive Mansion. Items like fringe from curtains tassels sugar tongs and towels are taken despite wartime entertaining limits. She attributes it to a national habit of collecting souvenirs rather than unbridled predatory behavior. She notes there seems little to be done and focuses on ongoing household challenges.
Washington figures show 43 of every 1000 employed in industry quit monthly. Five leave for armed services, six are discharged, 51 are hired, and nine are laid off during the period. The Office of War Information cites these turnover figures as a reason for wartime labor loss in December, the first decline since entering the war.
Sha Ble Malouf sues for divorce in Salt Lake City alleging desertion after leaving Serbia for the United States thirty years ago. He claims his wife promised to follow, received money, and never joined him, leading to his decision to end the marriage.
Fort Devens in Massachusetts will have German prisoners of war operate a half million dollar post laundry and dry cleaning plant. Construction began last September and is slated to open before April 2, supplying Lovell General Hospital and Cushing General Hospital in Framingham with the facility.
CHICAGO ILL Jack T Stern a furniture executive earning 60000 a year will receive 600 a year in the navy and turned his store over to his workers for the duration He warned they must keep his job open or risk him reopening the business himself and placing his sign on the building cover.
London reports a royal commission examining Britain’s falling birth rate, calling it a somber anxiety of the times and planning to interview many women married since 1918. Statistics show 1942 had more births than 1941, but a commission member warns this wartime uptick does not solve the core problem.
In Pasadena California Porky Wade returned to high school with his P W monogram missing from his work jacket An alert war worker mistook the initials for prisoner of war and called the police who detained him promptly The incident highlights wartime vigilance and mistaken labels.
A column of brief, humorous vignettes and club notes from New York life. It includes a cheeky maid misadventure over breakfast and pay, the Stork Club’s male sanctuary shift, a Wall Street misdirection story, Costello film chatter, thrift hotel linen changes, and a Texas bound nylon anecdote with price quotes.
London report cites a 100 percent increase in defective eyesight since the war began. The registrar of the Joint Council of Qualified Opticians says twice as many people wear glasses and blames poor lighting and blackout curtains for eye strain.
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