Balkans War News From Front Lines and Tehran
German and British patrol actions reported at Monastir Yugoslav front. Yugoslav king Peter with forces at the front. German and British main actions centered on air attacks. U S legation belgrade says Lane residence virtually destroyed. Pope Pius blesses pilgrims in Rome Vatican. German outlets say Roosevelt prestige hit by Balkans successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monastir
Yugoslavia
Greece
London
Legation
Peter
U. S. Legation
Washington
D. C
Belgrade
Arthur Bliss Lane
Pope Pius
Vatican City
Rome
Pius
Katter Roosevelt
Balkans
Roosevelt
Benteco grocery appoints Jack Watson meat manager
Jack Watson has been in Sigourney since midweek as manager of the meat department in the Benteco grocery. The regular manager is ill, and Mr. Watson is taking his place. Gweneth Kruser of Guthrie Center came yesterday for an Easter visit with friends. Fresh eggs retail 19 cents per dozen. Reister Bros. 48tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Watson
Sigourney
Benteco
Mr. Watson
Gweneth Kruser
Guthrie Center
Reister Bros
New Agency to Check Inflation Takes Aim at Prices
Washington April 12 The new Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply headed by Leon Henderson will move to curb inflationary trends by policing runaway prices and profiteering across numerous commodities as defense officials foresee rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Defense
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange
Defense Advisory Commission
Easter visits and journeys in local families
Mrs V Brown and granddaughter Joanne return from Fort Madison after spring break visiting daughter Mrs Bamford Van Dyke. Milo Sorden attends Sorden reunion in Webster. Leo Shelangoski to Chicago for Easter with daughter Alice. birthday surprise last night. Francis Hughes leaves Monday after furlough at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Hayden Hughes returns from University of Iowa. Naomi and Ben Wilson visit parents Lawrence and Naomi Wilson. Bostwick family of Chicago and Des Moines guests over Easter. L A Warren and daughter Judy visit Rev E S Henner and relatives. Keith Page moves to T G Lee home apartment. Doris Klepfer at I S T C for Easter weekend with parents. Floyd Blankenhorn and family to Cedar Falls and Waterloo for Easter. Clyde Bailey visits Washington. Giff Morrison of University of Iowa spending Easter vacation with parents George and Mrs. Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Brown
Joanne Brown
Fort Madison
Bamford van Dyke
Francis Hughes
John Hughes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hayden Hughes
University of Iowa
Iowa City
A. W. Yard
Floyd Blankenhorn
Cedar Falls
Herman Twinam
Ray Dix
Donald Blankenhorn
Waterloo
Cotter School News Highlights Musical Triumphs and Gridiron Win
Cotter students excel in Mt Pleasant music contest with Roberta Hauenstein winning first on flute and Roy Dean Hauenstein and Barbara Jones taking second in cornet and trombone solos. The Cotter team beat Ainsworth 7 to 4 at home, with Harry Quick pitching well. Upcoming game against Wyman is set for Thursday. The rest of the issue covers junior high and elementary classes, safety posters, ping pong, and class activities with several students earning honors in spelling and perfect scores, plus health reports and a drawing of a tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotter
Mt. Pleasant
Roberta Hauenstein
Roy Dean Hauenstein
Barbara Jones
Ainsworth
Harry Quick
Stapp
Thomas
Donald Stapp
Wyman
Bertha
Washington
Lil
Kate
Charley
Bill
Mildred
Junior High
Margaret Owen
Ruth Hartsock
Bobby Crooks
Bobby
Evelyn Vacha
Donna Boyd
Lavon Gardner
Martha Hininger
Ronald Skubal
Junior Stapp
Miss Neil
Elgan Edwards
Russell Dunsmore
Kenneth Dunsmore
Elaine Dornicker
Rock Island
Hall of Shame
Bobby Stapp
Edward Fuller
Bill Jones
Raymond Hendrickson
Marcia Fuller
Gerald Quick
Josephine Owens
Marcia Puller
Dorothy Ann Hedger
Keith Peters
Marian Jones
Donald Orris
Leoan Mae Stapp
Tommy Skubal
Billy Edwards
Larry Hedger
Lois Howell
Jimmy Skubal
Donald Gardner
Joan Stapp
Donna Kauffman
Rural School Histories of Lincoln in Jackson Township
Historical notes on Lincoln rural school in Jackson township Washington county. Details cover building, funding, and repairs from 1873 onward, with first teacher Miss M Mughling, enrollment fluctuating from 22 students in 1873 to two pupils in 1939 40, and a series of relocations and renovations including a 1899 fence addition a 1894 building, and 1940 41 staffing by Miss Helen Holden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Jackson Township
Lincoln
Washington County
Alex Knox
Robert Martin
John Dawson
M. Mughling
S. M. McLerry
Lloyd
Harry Duensing
Duensing
John Robertson
Robert Friese
Helen Holden
Glendale school history spans farms to Washington County Court House
Glendale in Washington township traces its origin to an 1850s first schoolhouse on the Ola Benny Palmer farm a half mile east. The structure moved in 1864 to the present Glendale site while a new building rose, later owned by B. J. Palmer as a residence and then a granary. Fires, teachers like J. W. Teeter and Ed McFarland, and a district fair picnic with songs and recitations mark the long local saga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Glenn
Washington Township
Washington County Court House
Ola Benny Palmer
B. J. Palmer
J. W. Teeter
Washington County
Spread Eagle
Maple Grove
Glendale School
Jennie Fleming
Ed McFarland
Washington Academy
Lincoln
Kansas
Beatrice Anderson Weds A C Thomas
Announcements from Washington reveal the marriage of Beatrice Anderson to Andrew Thomas on Saturday March 15 in Elkhart Indiana. Beatrice is the daughter of W A Anderson whose family formerly lived here. The couple will reside at 227 East Northwood Columbus Ohio where Thomas works as an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beatrice Anderson
Andrew
Thomas
Elkhart
Indiana
W A. Anderson
East Northwood
Columbus
Ohio
White Shrine to Install Officers Tuesday Evening
The Officers of the White Shrine will be installed Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in a special ceremony at the Masonic Temple. The public is invited to attend the installation to the hall. Mrs Ethyle F Lee of Pilotsburg Penn will be installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Ethyle F. Lee
Pilotsburg
Penn
Easter Weekend Visitors From Area Churches Families
Myria Stephens a Bondurant teacher spends Easter with parents Mr and Mrs Boyd Stephens. Homer Birney and son James plan Ames visit with Richard Birney an LLC student. G H Burdine and daughter Beulah of Sigourney were business visitors. Miss Burdine teaches at the School for the Blind in Winton. Mrs F E Dunbar and her mother of Brighton along with Leola Magdefray of Wayland were callers. Wayne Hethcote and family and others from Corning arrive to spend Easter at T J Simmons and Carl Crossett homes and with D G Hethcotes at Ainsworth. Rex Frank will spend Easter in Grinnell with her parents, Billy Ahrens, who has stayed with the Franks. Fuhr coach Puhr and wife to Cumberland after Easter visit with Val Fuhr's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myria Stephens
Bondurant
Mrs
Boyd Stephens
Homer Birney
James
Ames
Richard Birney
LLC
G. H. Burdine
Beulah
Sigourney
Miss Burdine
School For Blind
Winton
Wayne
Hethcote
Jack
Willard Hethcote
Shirley
Corning
T. J. Simmons
Carl Crossett
Wayne Hethcote
D. G. Hethcote
Ainsworth
Rex Frank
Grinnell
Billy Ahrens
Mrs. Frank
Charles Puhr
Cumberland
Fuhr
Val Fuhr
Speed Up Ship Building Orders and Danish Vessels Requisition
Government orders speed in ship building, with 3.5 to 4.0 million tons expected in 1942. Officials forecast war rate vessels and press for Roosevelt power to requisition idle foreign ships. Administration seeks 39 seized Danish ships for use on the reopened Red Sea route to Egypt and the Suez canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Egypt
Suez Canal
Notable Educators and Pupils From Old School Era
The narrative recalls late eighties teachers including John McNeel now a missionary in Central Province India and honored by King George V. It lists other educators, pupils, and family connections, plus school improvements such as screens, new furniture, a painted house, roof work, and a seven pupil roster with current teacher Isabelle Ash. Interviews included Leta Glenn, Fred Donaldson, and Godfrey Juzeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McNeel
Central Province of
India
England
George V
Houston
Anna Anderson
Ab Anderson
Peter McMillian
Andrew Glenn
H. D. McMillian
Eve Livingston
Will Gibson
Lizzie McMillian
Peter
Agnes Hammon
Rev. Hammon
Steve Calvert
Martha Paul Porter
John Glenn
Eve Glenn
John Donaldson
Thomas Paul
Pheadre Freeman Shannon
David Donaldson
William Fleming
O. R. Meek
Samuel Black
H. G. McMillian
Frank McMillian Glenn
Y. A. (Allie) Kilgore
Martha McDowell Donaldson
Oran Graham
Mandy Keister
Shirley Hopping
Robert Hopping
John Row
Donna Row
Gerald Row
Robert White
Martha White
Isabelle Ash
Leta Glenn
Fred Donaldson
Godfrey Juzeler
Lexington Circle Meets With Mrs. Chas. Stewart
Lexington Circle met Wednesday with Mrs. Charles Stewart. A potluck lunch preceded an afternoon of quilting and sewing for the hostess. Fourteen members exchanged flowers. Mrs. Ray Hough attended as a guest. The next meeting is set for April 23 with Mrs. Clara Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Charles Stewart
Ray Hough
Clara Patterson
Ladies Aid Society Meeting at Lexington Church
The Lexington Ladies Aid society will meet Thursday at 1 30 PM at the church in Lexington. Hostesses include Mrs Alice Norman Mrs Hazel Gingerich Mrs Clara Patterson and Mrs Laura Schultz. Entertainment committee members are Mrs Hazel Smith Mrs Elizabeth Young and Mrs Harriet Huber. A flower exchange will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Alice Norman
Hazel Gingerich
Clara Patterson
Laura Schultz
Hazel Smith
Elizabeth Young
M Irs
Harriet Huber
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
New Haven Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Curtis Snyder
Brin
Stanley Fishburn
Walnut Woman's Club
William Bealer
Lexington Ladies Aid
Republican Women to Meet Tuesday in Washington County
All women of the community are invited to a meeting of the Republican Women's club of Washington county Tuesday at 2 30 p m. The gathering will be at Mrs Harry Montgomery's home with new officers presiding. Mrs William Beggs, county chairman, will appoint committees for the year. Women of the first ward will handle the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Women’s Club
Washington County
Harry Montgomery
William Beggs
First Ward
Knights of Pythias Notice of Monday Page Seating
Announcement from K of P urging all Knights to attend Monday night work in rank of page with special entertainment by Morrison and sisters. R C Kelsey, C C 49t7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
R. C. Kelsey
C. C
Legislators Near End of Long Iowa Assembly
DES MOINES April 12 Most of the Town legislators were homeward bound as the 49th assembly neared adjournment. The two month session ran over schedule and was set to quit mid afternoon after final bills were checked. Only a corporal’s guard remained as lawmakers had left last night. House passage of the compromise beer bill, approved earlier by the senate, removed the last major obstacle to adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
49Th Assembly
House
Senate
Grandson of Pioneer Tate Named to British Commission
News from Washington reports the appointment of Dr. John T. Tate, dean of the science college at the University of Minnesota, to an American commission bound for Great Britain to aid information exchange. Tate is the grandson of Rev. John Torrence Tate, an early Washington United Presbyterian minister who taught Greek at a local college and later served as pastor near Pleasant Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John T. Tate
Science College
University of Minnesota
Great Britain
Tate
John Torrence Tate
Washington
United Presbyterian
Washington College
Marion Avenue
Pleasant Valley
Lawson Transfer Promotes to Waterloo Ward Store
R L Lawson assistant manager of the Montgomery Ward store is transferred and promoted to the Waterloo store to head the furniture department. He starts Monday morning with his wife and children moving later. Lawson has served about eight years locally, five as assistant manager. The Waterloo store is about five times the size of the Washington store with a larger furniture department. successors for Lawson’s former post have not been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Lawson
Montgomery Ward
Waterloo
Lawson
Bond
Mr. Lawson
Hats for Women Priced Under Four Dollars
Town department store advertises women hats at eighty percent off with prices under four dollars. Limited stock, stylish shapes, and a variety of colors available this week only. Ladies urged to visit early for best selections.
Social calendar items for weekly club meetings
Notices list meetings and events from literature and bible departments to DeMolay Masonic events and Legion and auxiliary gatherings. Entries include times and host names such as Mrs Frank Crone Mrs Raymond Dayton and Mrs Pearl Whistler with venues at public library Masonic Temple and Legion rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crone
Iown Ave
Masonic Temple
Raymond Dayton
Birthday greetings and family milestones noted
Five year old Jon Bruce Lemmon celebrates his birthday as do LeRoy Hav el, Lois Humble, Marie Landau, Perry Kephart and Mrs Frank McFarlane. Mary Rita McLaughlin turns nine, Norma Fern Churchill is thirteen, Evelyn Lester is sixteen. Frank Sands and his wife celebrate their twenty sixth wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Bruce Lemmon
Jon Lemmon
LeRoy Havel
Roy Havel
Ainsworth
Lois Humble
Marie Landau
Perry Kephart
Frank McFarlane
Frank Sands
South Hill
Birthday greetings for Ebner children and friends
Sunday Beverly Jean Ebner turns ten and Kenneth Dean eight on Easter day. Leon Lester Lease celebrates his first birthday tomorrow. Wilma Jean Beenblossom turns seven and Beulah Marie Heck becomes eight tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Jean Ebner
Kenneth Dean
Lewis Ebner Af Ainsworth
Beverly
Kenneth
Leon Lester Lease
Lester Lease
Wilma Jean Beenblossom
Leslie Beenblossom
Beulah Marie Heck
Fred Heck
Birthday List Highlights Local Youth Milestones
Judy Arthur turns six as Judy’s family marks the occasion. David Wright hits thirteen tomorrow, Frederick Allen Pehler fourteen, and Jess Curtis also noted among birthday celebrants. In Richland and Keota communities, multiple residents including Mrs. AEB Atchi son, Mrs. W L Dickinson, Rev. Walter Eastwood, Elda Grey, Stella Thompson, Mrs. Ed Turnipseed, and Mrs. Bertha Perdock observe birthdays. Also named are Melvin Edward Brenneman and Della Potsander with upcoming celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Arthur
Bob Arthur
David Wright
Frederick Allen Pehler
Jess Curtis
A. EB. Atchison
W. L. Dickinson
Richland
Walter Eastwood
Milton, Pa
Elda Grey
Stella Thompson
Keota
Ed Turnipseed
Bertha Perdock
Mrs Sarah Knox Noted as Three Quarter Century Club Member
Mrs Sarah Eliza Knox born in 1865 in Dutch Creek township has a birthday tomorrow and is celebrated as a Three Quarter Century club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Eliza Knox
Dutch Creek Township
Italians Near Port of Tobruk
Rome reports German and Italian troops occupy a site 37 miles from Tobruk in Libya. Papers claimed Axis forces reached Tobruk and the Army of the Nile was fleeing toward Egypt. British dispatches say the Nile force is ready to fight west of Tobruk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tobruk
Libya
Egypt
Halley’s Comet Seen Last in May of 1910
A historical note records Halley’s Comet as visible in May 1910. The entry highlights the comet’s period and its notable appearance during that month and year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halley
Name Club Sisters at Meeting With Mrs Marie
Mrs Marie hosted a Rural Woman's club meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Mrs Lakin Barthelow Mrs Charles Barthelow Mrs Leonard Marie and Mrs Leo Marie. Eleven members answered roll call with an Easter Thought. Mrs Frank Pringle spoke on What Easter Means to Us. President Mrs Lester Luckenbill led a brief business session and club sisters for the next year were drawn. Mrs Leo Marie helped serve refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Marie
Rural Woman's Club
Lakin Barthelow
Charles Barthelow
Leonard Marie
Leo Marie
Reil
Frank Pringle
Lester Luckenbill
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Meeting Report
The Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid society held a business meeting Thursday afternoon with eight members present. Rev. Albert Bostelman opened with prayer and read the scripture. The group closed by reciting the Lord's Prayer. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ernest Lunow, assisted by Mrs. R G Wessler and Ruth Wessler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Ernest Lunow
Albert Bostelman
R. G. Wessler
Ruth Wessler
Betrothal of Mary M. Connell and Grant B. Davis
Invitations announce the betrothal of Mary Margaret Connell of Cedar Falls and Grant B. Davis of Dubuque the son of T. C. Davis of Ainsworth. The wedding will be at nine o'clock Saturday morning April 19 at Saint Patricks church Cedar Falls followed by a wedding breakfast at the Woman's club. Miss Connell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles John Cornell of Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margaret Connell
Cedar Falls
Grant B. Davis
Dubuque
T. C. Davis
Ainsworth
Saint Patricks Church
Woman's Club
Miss Connell
Charles John Cornell
Sixteen Members of Friendship Club Visit Davis Home
Sixteen members of the Friendship club attended an afternoon at the Davis sisters home in Bethel. Mrs. Robinson Mae Gideon and the group shared a brief business meeting followed by entertainment led by Mrs. Mary Applegate and Myrtle Pearson. Easter themed refreshments were provided by the hosting sisters and a flower exchange took place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Davis Sisters
Bethel
Camp Fire Girls Easter Breakfast at Legion Rooms
Thirty Camp Fire girls attended an Easter service and breakfast. Rev. Carl Klein delivered the message. Mary Voorhees spoke on Helen Keller. The meal, prepared by Mrs. J. W. Fields, Mrs. Harvey Meek, and Mrs. Albert Orcutt, included fruit cup, creamed beef on toast, deviled eggs, rolls, jam, hot chocolate and doughnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Legion Rooms
Carl Klein
Mary Voorhees
Rank
Helen Keller
J. W. Fields
Harvey Meek
Albert Orcutt
Carla Guther
Shirley Dowels
Joan Fields
Geraldine Bartow
Klein
Beverly Brown
Elizabeth Meek
Patricia Longwell
Colleen Williams
Colleen Godwin
Jean Rudiger
Union Drivers Parade In Iowa City Over Ford Strike
Union drivers in Iowa City joined a protest on February 12 mirroring River Rouge Ford plant action in Michigan. They carried placards demanding talks, while Henry Negus, president of the Iowa City Coach Co., hired new drivers to replace strikers seeking a closed shop higher wages and shorter hours. A public mass meeting followed to educate residents on the strike cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
River Rouge
Ford
Michigan
Hank
Henry Negus
Iowa City Coach Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Moore
Paul
Wolf Floral CO
Francis Crone
North Fourth Avenue
Lowell Statler
University Hospital
B. Sorrell
Mitchell
Boma
Ely
Tucker
Peters Hardware
Johnson kOe
Smith
Aaa
Gilmore Wai
Dewitt Poten i
Walker Eepepee
Dud Knott
Gallagher
Smart & Parrish Smart
Parrish Work
Norton Ace
Milo Sorden
Sorden
Webster
Leo Shelangoski
Chicago
Alice
Naomi Wilson
S.U.1
Ben Wilson
Lawrence Wilson
Warren Bostwick
Jean and
Franklin
Katherine Bostwick
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Lorden
Ezra Goodwin
Hayesville
J. H. Baird
Peoria, Ll
George van Gundy
Stanley Baird
Keith Page
T. G. Lee
West
Madison Street
Frank Kurtz
Doris Klepfer
I. 5
T. C
Clarence Klepfer
Clyde Bailey
Unionville
Giff Morrison
George Morrison
Ernest
Mother
Marion Owens
Patty
Marilyn Hedger
Mary Jane Fuller
Farmer
Junior Harris
George
James Podaris
Sun
Shirley Gardner
Dorothy Jones
Donna Davis
de Loise Hawkins
Betty Rees
Max Todd
de Wayne Stapp
Guenn Dunsmore
Craton Hunt
Richard Jones
Robert Harris
Parker House
Washington Cafe
A. C. Thomas
F. E. Dunbar
Brighton
Mrrs
Leola Magdefray
Wayland
Lexington Circle
Chas. Stewart
Ladies Aid Society
Lexington Church
Britain
Ward
Royal Neighbors
Alma Hearne
Mary Rita McLaughlin
Donald McLaughlin
Roy Caviness
Adel
L. E. Coffey
West Chester
Norma Fern Churchill
Evelyn Lester
Melvin Edward Brenneman
Paul Brenneman
Douglas
Della Potsander
Port of
Name Club
Marie
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid
Mary M. Connell
Davis
Camp Fire Girls
P. L. Etter
S. Lowa
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