Local Happenings In Algona Area Report
Local notes report material on a street building project near the K and H station with Iota site pumps. Mrs Vernon Rickleffs is gravely ill in a Magon City hospital. Navy veteran Andy Cosgrove returns on leave to visit his parents. Algona residents join H Frenchs for a Sunday visit. S. P. Workers Club meets April 9 at Legion Hall to elect officers and plan activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ricketts
Iota
Olt Co
Vernon Rickleffs
Magon City
Andy Cosgrove
Monnday
W. 8. Cosgrove
3S. & P. Workers Club
Legion Hall
Waller
Comain
Bualand
Ramsey ladies event and local notices in April issue
The piece recalls the Ramsey ladies hosting a Wednesday April 10 gathering with Mrs Senna Isebrand and Mrs Ed Ttes. It notes Hank Allis writing on spring weather at New Richmond Wisconsin and Ferne Krantz moving to a farm at St Croix Falls. It lists various local activities, elections, hospital visits, and shop items from Titonka and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey
Will
Mra
Senna Isebrand
Hank Allis
New Richmond
Wis
Allits
Ferne
Huband
St. Croix Falls
Hess
Cosgrove
Marion Krantz
Northwestern University
Chicago
Local News Roundup From Wesley Area
Wesley residents report travel to Los Angeles Des Moines St Louis and California. School plans a senior play April 6 with listed seniors. New home purchases, Navy discharges, and community events fill weekend notes. Public sale of late Mrs Haverly’s residence announced. Lions club and various circles meet. births baptisms and anniversaries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Aldrich
Jerry
Los Angeles
Mr. Aldrich
Lester Lease
Bob Lawson
Des Moines
St. Louis
Julius Kelen
Baby
Hatherville
Viola Studer
Kelch
Gloria Ann
Bobbie
Emma Studer
John Lichteig
Bernadine Johnson
Anna Mae Hirner
Patty Erdman
Bernice Johnson
Roland Yegge
Dale Dornbier
Bily Goetz
Arvin Larson
Burrell Lease
Avery Mullins
Jack, Hansen
Jerry Clichtelg
Donovan Studer
Duane Studer
David
Irene Studer
J. P. Hauptman
Meurer
Knoxville
Francis -Richter
Lions Club
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Robert Young
George Seadberg
Clare Robinson
Bret
University Hospital
Town City
Portland News Social Gatherings and Local Updates
Mr and Mrs R Daniels of Burt visited the Chas Phelps home for Sunday supper. The Four Corners club met with Mrs Harl Zwier. Marcella Bartlett spent time with Pete Callies. Mary Ann Bartlett has measles. Stephen Traden of Woden died after a long illness. Merlyn Barnett and David Stewart ill. Carl Watson of Hutchings dined with the Phelps. April township trustees met at center school. 1945 corn crop estimated at about 2.7 billion bushels versus 3 billion prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Is. R. Daniels
Burt
Chas. Phelps
Four Corners
Harl Zwier
Tel
Art Tietz
Bob
Lakota Pent
Lloyd Bartlett
Andy Hansen
Portland Township
Center School
Marcella Bartlett
Pete Callies
Mary Ann Bartlett
Bonno Schutter
Stephen Traden
Woden
Merlyn Barnett
David Stewart
Carl Watson
Hutchings
Charles Phelps
Eniac the worlds fastest calculating machine unveiled
The army unveiled the Eniac, the first electronic general purpose computer, at the University of Pennsylvania. It is described as 1000 times faster than prior machines, capable of solving in hours problems that would take years by pencil and paper. It weighs 30 tons, measures 30 by 50 feet, uses 18 000 vacuum tubes and costs 400 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dona
Eniac
Nick
Einstein
University of Pennsylvania
Army Ordnance Department
Moore School of Electrical Engineering
G. M. Barnes
Ordnance Department
Research and Development Service
Army
Aberdeen
Uum Tibes
Orient
Baby Blinded as Boys Fire Carriage in New York
A five month old baby asleep in a sidewalk carriage was critically burned and permanently blinded when two six year old boys set it on fire while playing with matches on their way home from school. The father Clyde L Chadwick works for the city fire department. Harry Ripka and Mrs Josephine Dougherty rushed the infant from the carriage and extinguished the flames. The detective said the boys confessed to starting the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clyde L. Chadwick
City Fire Department
Bronx
Harry Ripka
Josephine Dougherty
Britain plans 3 bedroom flats to cost 2.2 dollars a week
Health Minister Aneurin Bevan announced housing subsidies to allow local authorities to supply unfurnished three bedroom flats at about 10 shillings per week. The subsidy bill for 100,000 apartments was projected at 10,660,000 dollars annually, with 8,200,000 dollars to be funded by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Aneurin Bevan
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Wm. Hawkett
Wendell French
Algona
H. A. French
Titonka Savings Bank
Tyke Theatre
Titonka
Iowa
Ami
Abbott and Costello
Hollywood
Joan Leslie
Robert Hutten
Callies Bros Store
Cincy Wall Paper Cleaner
Soilax
Dadantaanc
Roy Budlong
Stanley Valley
W. H. Stott
Vailey
Ray Vailey
Stanley
Shanghai
China
Emogene Schmidt
George Schmidt
Herm Huisings
Austin
Minn
Harm
Henry Huisinga
C. H. Downs J
Garner
Downs
Wm. L. Roche
Buffalo Center Hospital
Linda Lou
Itu
M. F. Calhoun
Texas
Mary Michaelson
Don Michaelson
Neal Michaelson
James MecCalley
Harry Powers
Charles City
Harold Gartner
Missouri
Bob Pink
John Pink
Sylvester Hoff
Amundson
Iowa Falls
Edw. A. Sathofe
Wilbur Schram
Germany
Titonica
Wesley News
Stitch
Mary Bradfield
Marie Kuuiz
June Adel
Esther Burke i
Rochester
West End
James Walker
Jimmie
West Bend
American Legion Auxiliary
Harold Skow Src
The
Great Lakes
Ill
Esther Skow
George Goetz
Agnes
Arlene
Helen Johnson
Oscar Monson
Ardean
Charlotte
Mason City
Larry Dean Monson
Lillian Johnson
Freinds
Mary Jane Studer
Henry
Paul Trumbull
Portland News
Intermill
Kelloggs
Kelloggs Shredded Wheat
Pillsbury’s
Lewis Lye
Ohio
Bonacker’s Food Market
FBI
Yale
Florida
Cans Babe
Johnson’s
Enery
Ataira
BEED
Fred Hagen
Britt Rendering CO
SWAN _ FURNITURE FUNERAL HOME
Kenneth W. Swan
Smith's Barber Shop
Algona, Iowa
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