War Loan Drive aims for Independence Day support in Jefferson County
O. C. Brickell of Fairbury leads Jefferson County Fifth War Loan effort. Precinct leaders will meet Thursday June 209 at 8 pm at the Bond Office on E Street Fairbury to report progress. The drive urges voluntary participation with a stark line about Americans who cannot buy bonds being the dead in Guadalcanal, Tunisia and France.
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Jefferson
O.C. Brickell
Fairbury
Guadacanal
Tunisia
France
Strange Bed Accident Injures Bobby Hays
Six year old Bobby Hays son of Mr and Mrs Keith Hays fell from his bed during a storm last Wednesday night and bit his tongue severely. He was rushed to Odell hospital where six stitches closed the wounds. After several days he was able to attend Sunday school.
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Bobby Hays
Keith Hays
Odell Hospital
Barn Struck by Lightning Near Diller
A barn on the Gerd Henrichs farm three miles east of Diller burned to the ground in a Tuesday night storm about two o'clock. Henry Henrichs and his sister Marie Schmidt lived on the farm and witnessed the blaze after a lightning flash. Neighbors, summoned by Mr. Duf, helped save the livestock and surrounding structures. Seven tons of hay and harness were destroyed. The barn was insured.
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Gerd Henrichs
Diller
Henry Henrichs
Marie Schmidt
Duf3
Funeral Services for Chas K Nispel
Funeral services for Chas K Nispel longtime Plymouth resident who died Tuesday after a lingering illness were held today at 2 30 PM at St Pauls Lutheran Church Plymouth Rev Degner officiating with interment in Plymouth Cemetery He was the father of Mrs Homer Brunk of Fairbury.
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Chas. K. Nispel
Plymouth
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Degner
Plymouth Cemetery
Nispel
Homer Brunk
Fairbury
Sandman and Christianson Marriage In Sioux Falls
Announcement reports the marriage of Dale W Sandman to Myrtle Christianson of Sharon N Dale. The wedding took place June 10 at the 1st Lutheran Church Sioux Falls South Dakota officiated by Rev Glenn. Dale serves at Sioux Falls Army Air Base training as an aerial radio operator. He is grandson of Mr and Mrs W A Snyder and a Diller High School Class of 39 alumnus.
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Dale W. Sandman
Myrtle Christianson
Sharon N. Dale
1St Lutheran Church
Sioux Falls
So. Dakota
Glenn
Dale
Sioux Falls Army Air Base
W.a.snyder
Diller High School
Stores Set to Close at Noon on July 4
Several outlets will shut their doors at noon on Tuesday July 4 and stay closed for the rest of the day. The schedule affects downtown shopping and suburban branches with no other services planned.
Bud Gets Good Eats and Sleep in the Briny Deep
A wartime letter from Bud Ludwigton describes better meals and more sleep overseas, plus a swim in the ocean that he calls the biggest pond. He notes mail reaches every few days, misses the hometown newspaper, and sends greetings to Mrs Cavett and a “little lady” back home.
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Arnold Lottman
Bud
Russell W McCreight In Fairbury On Brief Leave
Russell W McCreight former county superintendent now in the educational department of the navy at Pensacola Florida Naval Air Station visited his family at Fairbury spent a day visiting his sister Mrs Ralph Long and husband and with his uncle and aunt John and Minole Clauson and with friends in Diller He left Tuesday for Pensacola to resume his duties.
Odell Dairyman Loses Entire Herd Of Cattle
Harry McGinley of Odell reports eight dairy cattle died Saturday after grazing on poisoned weeds along a railroad right of way on the way to pasture. He estimates the loss at about one thousand dollars and suspects railroad weed killers as the poison source.
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Harry McGinley
Odell
McGinley
Beatrice Daily Sue
Bud Lottman Arrives Safely Overseas in Pacific
Pfe Arnold Bud Lottman has arrived safely overseas with the 4th Army under General MacArthur. A cablegram to his wife in Oregon says he is somewhere in the Pacific while she remains at Corvallis General Hospital in Corvallis.
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Pfe Arnold
Bud’’ Lottman
Pacific
Oregon
Bud
4Th Army
McArthur
Corvallis General Hospital
Corvallis
Ensign Scott Miller Jr to begin two months training in Florida
Ensign Scott A. Miller Jr USNR NT Sch will board the Zephyr for Hollywood Florida after a stay in Chicago. He reports for two months indoctrination at the school starting Wednesday. Hollywood Beach Hotel in Hollywood Florida serves as his address.
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Ensign Scott Miller Jr
Lincoln
Hollywood
Florida
Chicago
Miami
Ensign Scott A. Miller Jr
Hollywood Beach
Service couple home on furlough with Fort Knox guest list
Cpl. Howard E. Peters of Fairbury stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky is home on furlough. He and his wife were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Amos Tuesday evening. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Law and Mr. and Mrs. Fran Grabher.
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Cpl
Howard E. Peters
Fairbury
Ft. Knox. Ky
Wm. Amos
Lyle Law
Fran Grabher
Black Bear Rampages Through Millarston District
A two year old starving black bear entered a barn in Millarston eight miles south of Wembley, broke a window, took two lambs and injured a ewe, then later broke into a house. Mrs Johns and her 13 year old son fled upstairs as the bear rampaged. Claude Cavette intervened with a high power rifle and the bear fled, was later killed by Cavette. The incident occurred between 1 and 2 a m likely driven by hunger after fires south of the Wapiti River.
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Grande Prairie Canada, Herald
Quinter Fry
Claude Cavett
Diller
Herald-Tribune
Francis John
Millarston
Wembley
Grande Prairie
Johns
Brain
Mr. Johns
Mrs. Johns
Mr. Cavette
Wapiti
Harold E. Lottman Completes Army Air Forces Training
Pfc Harold E Lottman son of Mr and Mrs Jake Lottman of Diller Nebraska has completed training and graduated from an Army Air Forces Training Command school He studied Airplane Instrument Specialist Course and various technical operations vital to aircraft maintenance for the country.
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Charute’ Field
III
Harold E. Lottman
Jake Lottman
Diller
Nebraska
Army Air Forces Training Command
Myers Family Visit From Lincoln to Sparks-Eick Home
Mr and Mrs Wm Myers Ruth Sparks and daughter Roberta Walker and Judy of Lincoln visited Saturday afternoon and stayed through Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Chester Sparks and Mr and Mrs Allie Eick.
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Wm. Myers
Ruth Sparks
Roberta Walker
Judy
Lincoln
Chester Sparks
Allie Eick
Hastings visitors stay several days in Diller home
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Colman arrived Friday from Hastings and spent several days at their Diller home Roscoe had five days off from duties at the Ammunition depot where he is employed.
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Roscoe Colman
Hastings
Diller
Roscoe
Be Army Chaplain Rev. John Friday Resigns Pastoral Post
Rev. John Friday, longtime pastor of the Methodist church at Ellis, resigns to join the army as a chaplain. Dr. Harry Huntington, Beatrice district superintendent, will lead as pastor until a replacement is found.
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John Friday
Methodist Church
Ellis
Harry Huntington
Beatrice
Flood Card From Scribner Pastor’s Wife Describes Rescue
Mrs Herb Barber shares a June 20 note from Mrs Pyche wife of Rev Pyche former pastor of Congregational church recounting the Scribner flood. Water rose high debris filled yards. garden lost. basement two-thirds full. canned goods and jelly gone. Ruth and her car fled to Colorado. family helped by West Point visitors. responders saved belongings. gratitude for being spared.
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Herb Barber
Mrs. Pyche
Rev. Pyche
Congregational Church
Scribner
Ruth
Colorado
Dad
West Point
Diller 4-H Stockmen Elect Officers at First Meeting
The Diller 4-H Stockmen held their first meeting June 13 at the city library with club leader Max Logan presiding. Officers elected: President Richard Steffen, Vice President Lawrence Gill, Secretary Garnet Barber, News Reporter Duane Wolken. New member George Rempel attended.
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Diller 4-H
Max Logan
Richard Steffen
Lawrence Gill
Garnet Barber
Duane Wolken
George Rempel
Five in Armed Forces From Family of Dr. Hull
Dr and Mrs W L Hull of Fairbury boast five family members in the armed forces. Darrell Hull on leave in Fairbury from Corons California expects to report to Walla Walla July 1. Eldest son 1st Lt William L Hull is a bomber pilot in the southeast Pacific. Daughter 1st Lt William Gould nurses in the US Marine Corps at Colorado Springs. Son-in-law 1st Lt Gould husband of William Gould serves in India in photo reconnaissance. Son-in-law Lt William N Nielsen pilots in the Marine Corps at New Orleans. Grandson Calvin Pickard is training at Fort Riley Kansas.
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Sam
W. L. Hull
Fairbury
Darrell Hull
U. S. Navy
Corons
Calif
Walla Walla
Wash
William L. Hull
Southeast
Pacific
William Gould
U.S Marine Corps
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gould
Air Corps
India
Wm. N. Nielson
Marine Corps
New Orleans
Thompson Family Travels for Daughter's Lincoln Surgery
Mr and Mrs S J Thompson and Mary Lou left early Sunday for Lincoln to be with daughter Beulah Andelt who underwent a major operation at Lincoln Hospital Monday evening Beulah is getting along nicely and the Thompsons expect to stay in Lincoln until next Sunday.
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S. J. Thompson
Mary Lou
Lincoln
Beulah Andelt
Lincoln Hospital
Beulah
Thompsons
Soldier letters from wartime home front and censor notes
A serviceman writes to Mrs. Cavett sharing a monthly letter, a poem about censorship, and updates from the field. He notes American troops in France, hopes for home, mentions hunger for blankets and home-cooked meals, and praises mail and the Record while describing daily life and fatigue.
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France
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The
Aay
Diver
Russell W.mccreight
Odell Dairyman
Black Bear
Calvin Pickard
James Pickard
Ft Riley
Kansas
Mrs. Cavett
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