US maritime board outlines shipbuilding program impact
The Maritime Board announces a broad shipbuilding program for the Vine and related lines aimed at replacing aging cargo ships and boosting American industry. Chairman Morse says it will create about 27 000 man-years of work and stimulate trade nationwide, with benefits shared by workers, farmers and manufacturers. Programs with other lines are planned to keep pace with obsolescence and ensure US merchant marine competitiveness.
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Maritime Board
Aeling
Vine
Epee
Itachi
Outer Thin Marine
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Local Events Mark Busy Season in Algona Area
News notes from Algona and surrounding communities outline church and club activities with wedding and baptism anniversaries, missionary and aid efforts, and a fatal birth in Wesley. Social events include Needlework Club planning, Christmas charity drives, and a family birthday gathering amid visits from relatives and veterans. A honey fire at Nora Springs destroyed five tons of honey while processing.
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Nora Springs
John Eggers
Wesley News Roundup of Local Visits Illness and Death
Wesley news covers visits by George Goetz and Lee Ricke to Williams to see Lawrence Ricke ill in bed. Obituary notes for Margaret Schroeder 83 with service at St Josephs Church. William Vanser 89 dies at Burt Maple Leaf Rest Home. services held at McCullough Funeral Home.
Local Residents Return from Service and Family News
Donald Limberg came home after fourteen months in Korea and received discharge in Tacoma. Rev. J. R. Sommerfeld returned to Oakdale for treatment this week. Mrs. Clarence Attig had surgery at Mercy hospital Mason City and is recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bade returned from Des Moines after attending the State Bar Association Tax School. Lloyd Gjerde and Lyle Doege departed for Des Moines for Navy induction and training at Great Lakes. Mrs. LaVerne Smith hosted the Birthday Club with prizes awarded to several neighbors. John Smidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Meindert Smid, reports his Navy address as Great Lakes. Harold Hayings, with the Army in Chicago, spent ten days at his parents’ home for his sister Arlene’s wedding. Dorothy Boelts of Fort Dodge visited the Boelts home for the weekend.
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Lee Ricke
Morgan, Minn
Williams
Lawrence Ricke
Ray Hansen
Jack Transen
Topeka
Kansas
Kenneth Rudstrom
Ruth Richter
Hansen
Kansas City
Nick Becker
Granville
Tom Becker
Homebuilders Club
Stauples
Evangelical Free Church
Howard Funnemark
Dee. Ltd
Rev. Carlsson
Colorado
Howard
Harald Rasmussen
Zearing
Rich Reiling
Anamosa
Roland Brown
Brown
Margaret Schroeder
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Son. Klein
Miss Schroeder
St. Ann Hospital
Theodore Schreider
St. Joe
Tawa
Dubuque
Wesley
Margaret
Milwaukee
Marie Wright
Gien
Kate) Francis
Houston
Texas
Ann Terhart
Rice
Minn
Nick Schroeder
Pierz
Iowa
Ivan Johnson
Vets Hospital
Des Moines
Axel Carlson
Burt
Oscar Johnson
Bob
Raymond Carlson
Raymond
Lawrence Koppen
Bill
Elizabeth Kuppen
Algona
Arvin Larson
Britt Hospital
Legion Hall
Urban Neuroth l
Jack Grant
Britt
William Vanser
Maple Leaf Rest Home
McCullough
Harry Whyte
Evergreen Cemetery
Myr. Yanser
Oriviksburg
Rock Island Railroad
Sexton
Titovka
Elizabeth
George
Ralph Yanser
Mason City
Donald Limberg
Conrad Limberg
Korea
Tacoma
Washington
J. R. Sommerfeld
Oakdale
Clarence Attig
Mercy Hospital
Henry Bade
State Bar Asy’n. Tax ‘School
Lloyd Gjerde
Lyle Doege
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
LaVerne Smith
Charles Christensen
Mary Goslin
John Rudisil
Albert, Weishaar
John Smidt
Meindert Smid
U.S. Navy
John M. Smidt
Batt. Reg
Us.n. TC
Harold Hayings
Army
Chicago
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John Hayings
Arlene
Dorothy Boelts
Fort Dodge
John Boelts
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