Savings Pitch for Cold Storage Locker Rental
Advertising copy urging immediate rental of a cold storage locker to save one third or more on meat costs. Invites readers to call for an explanation and details.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
7
Navy Enlistment Facts and Trade School Paths
Navy recruits need not have a high school diploma. All apply take a 100-question exam with passing 30 percent or higher. Recruits go to one of four Naval Training Stations, may enter Navy Trade Schools after exams, and receive schooling valued at $1509 during training. Enlistment benefits include cash bonuses up to 300 plus 30 days leave. The term ash can refers to depth charges. 309 pounds TNT, dropped to explode at 36 to 300 feet, used by fast fleet ships with stern drops or V-2 launches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Navy Trade School
Naval
Navy Trade Schools
Free
War Economy Grips Europe
European economies shift under war pressure as Italy and Britain ration and repurpose materials. Households turn in empty tins and tires vanish from civilian markets while German engineers pursue silent aircraft engines and a fast electric locomotive. Wood replaces iron in small Japanese ships and glass containers rise amid metal shortages. Public notices urge tire recycling and requisition controls to support military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Commerce Department
Berlin
North Sea
Britain
Japan
Italy
Commeree
Bolt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Engineer Starts 66th Year as Railroad Man
Parson Kansas John Tierney, age 80, begins his sixty sixth year as a railroad man after finishing his sixty fifth straight year. He starts a 312 mile run to Junction City and back at 3 45 am. Tierney, praised by Katy president Matthew Sloan as a model of lifelong dedication, remains focused on safe dependable transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons, Kan
John Tiemney
Eng
Ceb
Temes
United States
Junction City
Tierney
Matthew S. Sloan
Katy
Red Nails Used to Cure Child of Sucking Thumb
Dr Edward H Norton told the Massachusetts Dental Society that bright red fingernails can curb thumb sucking in young girls. He cited his granddaughter as an example, saying the child was delighted and has not repeated the habit since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward H. Norton
Massachusetts Dental Society
Lone male student among 350 young women at Asheville college
Coleman Patterson, the only male student among 350 female students at Asheville College, says he found college life interesting. He recalls courage was required to join the group but notes the girls offered support and consolation, helping him adjust quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Coleman Patterson
Asheville College
Ten thousand Yankees Aid Allied Forces in London
London reports about ten thousand Americans, mostly under 25, fighting with Britain and allies. The Eagle Club, run by Robert Hutchinson, serves as a morale center and canteen for U S troops, funded by private donations and low prices. Hutchinson notes Americans are spread across forces including Canadians and Free French, and calls for a dormitory to house bombed or exhausted volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Robert Hutchinson
American Eagle Club
Eagle Club
Atlantic
Hutchinson
Uh New Ann Greds
United States
Thon Sands
England
Sugar Industry Sculptor of Louisiana’s Early Cane Boom
Baton Rouge notes a blackened 200 year old iron kettle on LSU campus honoring Jean Etienne de Bore who helped launch Louisiana’s sugar industry after indigo failed and planters faced bankruptcy in the post‑French Revolution era. He moved from Illinois to France and back to New Orleans to establish sugar from cane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Universitty
Louisiana
Indivo
Bayons
Louisiane
Jean Etienne de Bore
Be Bore
Ilmois
Louisiana Purchase
France
New Orleans
What Non
Audwhon Park
de Bare
Former Cripple Starts New Club for Shut-ins
Vivien Brown, 25, a former cripple cured after a 12 year illness, forms the Shut-In Club or Ship of Joy in Waterloo Iowa. The group counts 295 cripple members nationwide and has distributed 12 wheel chairs 10 radios two rye and main gifts plus a library of 100 jigsaw puzzles and 300 books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Towa
Vivien Brown
Shutins
First Local High School Class Includes Three Generations
In West Mansfield the first graduating class features a grandmother, a mother, and a bride. Agnes Chambers, 35, with 11 grandchildren, finished high school after four years of study begun long ago. The mother is Mrs Donald Stein heifer, an eight month old son. The bride is Mrs Gerald Rea, married in winter and continuing her studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma
Bride
West Mansfield
Agnes Chambers
Donald Steinheifer
Gerald Rea
Blind woman regains sight after 12th operation
Elizabeth Barnard, 29, who has been blind since infancy, regained sight after the twelfth operation in 21 years. She walks with new vision and describes blue as different from her imagined idea, finding it less lovely than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, VT
Elizabeth
Barnard
Cornell Psychologists Find Basis of Blind's Sixth Sense
Ithaca Cornell researchers report a method by which the blind sense obstacles through a tactile hearing sense, enabling movement without sight. In a 1500 trial series, a blindfolded trio detected artificial obstacles by feeling, suggesting new aids for the blind and for travelers during blackouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Cornell
Blackouit
England
Sey
Karl Dallenbach
Corneil
Michael Lupa
Binghamton
Colgate
Ton Cotzin
Shive
Worcester
Mass
A. B. C. University
University of Nebraska
Casuel Observ Ars
Anir Br
Women Lead in Population in 25 Big Cities
Washington report from the census bureau shows women now outnumber men in 25 major cities with Richmond Borough New York at 109.3 men per 100 women. Across the nation the male excess peaked in 1910 and has since fallen to 697,052 last year, with regional variation showing men more numerous in the Middle West Southwest Rocky Mountain states and on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Morestion
Avanta
Richmond Borough
New York City
Woran
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Southwest
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Hindman nets No 1 fish story of season in Illinois
In Herrin Illinois Homer Hindman Jr hauling sand from the Ohio river spotted a live six pound bass in the load. He used a shovel as a makeshift fishing pole and hauled the fish as the season’s top fish story to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Ill
Homer Hindman Jr
Ohio River
Lights of New York social notes and miscelany
New York brief items recount Robert E Sherwood signing autographs on Fifth Avenue and Phil Spitalny buying hour charm pins. Other vignettes include shoppers at NBC corridors, larceny losses to telephone and vending systems, a sailor awakened in Battery Park, and urban curiosities from Broadway to Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Sherwood
Fifth Avenue
Phil Spitalny
Andrew Kosselanetz
Pons
Central Park
Bess Johnson
NBC
Adai
Shiga
B. M_ T_ avstam
Bettery Park
Chet
Honest Town
New York
Greek language study gains at Hamilton College
Events abroad boost Greek studies at Hamilton College where a 129 year old institution introduced a new AB degree method that removes Greek or Latin from the core requirements. Professor Donald B. Durham expected fewer students but enrollment rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, N
Hamilton College
Donald B. Durham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Renwick Community Creamery Manufacturers of
Boone Valley
Navy Intelligence
Om Gawiet
Star Agire
RTT
Cagis
Speedli
Allis- Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
S. H. Klassie
Renwick, Iowa
South Washor
Old Kettle
Lights of
L. L. Stevenson
Bsennz Goodman
Stamford
West Metronoliaen
Goera House
Welles
Ion
Toe
Zoe
Washinsion
Lucie Manners
Pia
Rogers
George Something
Hildesarde
Horace Fi
Dodger
Eighth Avenue
Druy
Paitie
Hines
Forsdourth Street
Broadway
WNG Service
Search the Renwick Times Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Renwick Times?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.