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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
4
Mrs. Will White to host Rebekah Circle. Various visits cross counties as families travel to Rolfe, Humboldt, and Des Moines. Local fairs, picnics, and school notices accompany stray pigs and farm labor ads.
Morning Worship at 20:00 a.m. Sunday School at 21:00 a.m. Renwick holds Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 11:00 a.m. Children’s Sermon Part II of A Good Shepherd. Sermon Io Worry a Sin Text Matthew 6 27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to this stature. Sub District Youth Rally at Clarion Sunday 8 30 p.m. meeting to start fall M. F. program.
The Sunday School meets at 10 0& m with Fred Engstrom as superintendent. Morning service at 01 o'clock features a Bible message by the pastor and choir anthem. Choir rehearsal is Wednesday at 8 30. All choir members urged to attend. Go to church Sunday.
James McGowan Sr with relatives visits Traer and Waterloo this week. Carl Jacobsons moved to Eagle Grove. Evangelical church held annual picnic at Smith park last Sunday. Martin and Mrs Mimbach of Sexton visited Leo Mimbach’s home. Mrs Marx Schwyter hosted Evangelical Ladies Aid yesterday afternoon. Mrs E R Green of Hampton and Miss Vivian Rockwood of Keene visited. Lake Lutheran Ladies Aid to host exchange program at Hast Side Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove Thursday afternoon.
Washington DC reports that Minsk, gateway to Warsaw and western points, grew rapidly before World War II. Population rose toward 300,000, with dense urban development and industry. The city endured wartime devastation, mass deaths, and later deportations, shaping its postwar recovery and rail links from Moscow to Warsaw and Gomel to Wino.
The Civil Service Commission reports May marks a 4,978 gain in paid federal employees in the continental United States, lifting total regular payrolls to 2,862,439. May outside the U S not complete. March 31 outside count 415,100. DC employment up 28 to 264,051.
In Vancouver Stanley Park nine Doukhober men and seven women stripped to protest the imprisonment of sect members in Nelson. Soldiers and police faced jeers as crowds urged more exposure. Demonstrators were jailed for continuing their chant after police removed their clothes.
A New Orleans jewelry store scene shows a young woman asking to see diamond rings. The salesgirl presents a setting priced at 137 dollars and 29 cents, prompting the shopper to remark that ration points are needed for diamonds too.
United States bomber crews returned to their England base after a two week 7000 mile shuttle bombing tour to Russia and Italy. Lieut. Eugene Tucker said Russians are like Americans in humor. Lieut. Arthur Nicholson recalled a Russian kids singing and learning English phrases. Crews taught locals to chew gum and picked up a small vocabulary while reporters noted no combat losses despite five fighter attacks.
In a Rockland county estate near New York City an elderly beagle and an aged dachshund live in seclusion. Surrogate John A. McKenna revealed their joint fortune of about $194,000 while examining the late Elizabeth M. Miller’s 1922 will. The will bequeathed $36,000 to her niece Betty Miller and directed income from the remainder to the two pets, with attorney Robert W. Swezey named as heir to the residue.
Canyon City clerk Morris Grant County stockman shows precision bombing by dropping 30-pound salt blocks from an airplane to stock 1000 feet below. Two trips deliver about 800 pounds in 40 minutes, with only one block breaking and all others landing within 16 feet of target, a feat local stockmen doubted possible. Morris says four days by team and wagon would be needed otherwise.
In Washington, Acting Secretary of War Patterson said Allied forces in Europe will have four times the German fire-power in ammunition, covering small arms, grenades, mortars, artillery, bombs and rockets. He added Pacific strength will be as good, and the ratio refers to overall fire-power per bombardment.
In Copenhagen Danish patriots staged anti Nazi demonstrations with more than 1,000 bonfires. Reports say some killed and 24 wounded as crowds threw Adolf Hitler pictures into flames and sang God Save the King while British flags flew at many sites.
Report from Bougainville describes Imperial Japanese soldiers retreating into jungle areas after American naval action. Patrols find improvised food, bark fibers, and yucca like roots, with Japs displaying resilience, scavenging, and need to adapt as supplies fail.
In Cincinnati James L. Allen, 37, a towlmaker, testified that his wife Elsie Allen, 33, left him after a note saying he was too good and brought only misery. She said she would be gone and warned him not to think of her. Judge Hoffman granted a divorce.
Government reports discovery of 1570 dollars in 5018 coins dated as late as 1907 in an Exuma island cave. Finder George Cooper delivered the gold to Sidney Eldon, receiver of crown dues, and received payment in British currency.
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