Local News Items Reflect Busy Weekend Visits
Local families and relatives from Corwith Renwick Algona Plymouth and Des Moines hosted and visited over the weekend with many trips to area homes. Military and school notes include transfers at Sheppard Field and Kelly Field and Pvt Gordon Wilson enrolled in Army Specialized Training at the University of San Francisco.
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University of San Francisco
Badite
Gordon Morrie Wilson
W.C. Wilson
Renwick
Army
Battlewagon Armed with Explosives Spurs Firefight Measures
A battlewagon carries explosives bombs torpedoes oil and gasoline, prompting safety concerns as most ships in the navy are fitted with elaborate firefighting gear.
What You Busy With War Bonds on Submarine Galley
In the Battle of the Atlantic and Pacific, submarine crews face hazards aboard the Pig Boats. The galley remains a vital space where cooks take pride in meals despite space limits. Buying War Bonds supports making submarine life as pleasant as possible. US Treasury Department.
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Riley
Pacific
Treasury Deperine
Ship's Surgeon Sticks to Post After Weyburn Rescue
Out of the Weyburn sinking a Royal Navy surgeon lieutenant ignored two broken legs to tend over 50 wounded sailors for more than 12 hours aboard a destroyer. He moved from cot to cot on deck and in the wardroom directing treatment until Gibraltar, refusing aid and insisting on work.
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Weyburn
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Weyburh
Mediterranean
Canada
Gibraltar
Pntial
Prisoner Back in Jail Ten Years After Escape
Kenneth Je Ton Jessmon, 38, a prisoner formerly at a Cechone comity jail, has been recaptured ten years after escaping with others. He had claimed to have reformed since the escape and was arrested during a routine fingerprint check for Excelio corporation in Detroit. Originally sentenced for burglary, he was awaiting transfer when he escaped. his wife and seven-year-old son were unaware of his Phoenix record until the arrest. He will be transferred to state prison to serve two to five years.
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Sherif Lon Jordan
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Traffic Violator Has Plenty to Beef About
In Pittsburgh Mrs Roy T Piter faced a parking charge after placing a two cent coin in a meter and waiting in a meat market line for a Sunday roast. An hour passed and the meter expired. The magistrate dismissed the case.
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Pittsburgh
P. J. Sullivan
Roy T. Piter
Audience Runs Amuck After Lights Fail in Mexico City Theater
When the theater lights failed in a Mexico City motion picture house the audience smashed furniture and glassware, spilled into the street, and damaged marquees and storefronts before police riot squads arrested 15 people.
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City OF
Mexico
Pigeons Save Gas for Numbers Racket
Wilmington detectives seize three carrier pigeons from alleged numbers writers. They suspect gas rationing pushed operators to use pigeons to relay numbers slips. Two birds carried 285 numbers while a third bore the message Nothing Doing. The birds and their alleged owner were held.
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Wilmington
Del
Bitsy the Hen Sacrifices for Food War Effort
South Bend dispatch reports a Mishawka, Indiana hen named Bitsy owned by Mrs. Frank Boner laid a seven-ounce egg measuring 7% inches around the center and 9% inches the other way as a symbolic sacrifice for increased food production. Bitsy died soon after.
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South Bend
Iyd
Bitsy
Frank Boner
Mishawska
Century-Old Survivor Defies Nazis With Spirited Life
New York reports 100 year old Mrs. Mathilde Wertheimer survived 22 months in the Gurs camp in the Pyrenees. Though aged 97 to 99 during her time there she remained defiant showing humor and resilience. She refuses a wheelchair and walks along the Hudson or goes window-shopping. Her daughter Mrs. Serthe Schwab notes she learned English phrases slowly and still asks for bread, smiling at the memory.
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Mathilde Wertheimer
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Gurs
Pyrenees
Serthe Schwab
Qinclaw
Rose
Casablanca
Dog Discovers Body of Missing World War Veteran Durant
In Calico Rock Arkansas a dog unearthed the body of 43 year old Carlos Durant from a shallow backyard grave. Deputies say Durant had been missing since December and a coroner's jury ruled death due to violence with a pistol bullet found in the head. Charges of first degree murder were filed against his wife Pearl Durant and his daughter Mary Durant who fled and were arrested in Michigan.
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Peamdae Rose Durent
Mary
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Mother of Yank Soldier Finally Sees Guadalcanal News Reel
In Kansas City Mrs. S. L. Wilson fainted four times awaiting her son Melven Lee on a Guadalcanal newsreel. At last, during a fifth theater showing, she glimpsed him on screen as he smiled and saluted beside a ship gangplank. She plans to watch every time it runs.
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S. L. Wilson
Sfth
Melven Lee
Don’t Get Excited Catch at Honeymoon Dinner
CHARLOTTE N C Newlyweds on their honeymoon sat at a small table in a restaurant. A big tray of quail, two birds for the groom, extra birds requested by the proprietor. Vegetables, dessert, coffee included. The bill came to 50 cents. Reminiscences from 54 years ago by 7 year old Lewis H Johnston, salesman.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lewis H. Johnston
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