Local families share visits and travels at Davenport events
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Milburn McKay Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. J T Rehmel joined Mrs McKays father Mr Anderson for a birthday dinner. Helen Givans Colleen Godwin depart by bus for an eight day Colorado trip. Evelyn Viola Marek return from a Colorado tour. The Anderson Stutsman home hosts guests as others report travel and work changes in Davenport Ottumwa and Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn McKay
Davenport
J. T. Rehmel
Frank Anderson
Helen Givans
Colleen Godwin
Colorado Springs
Denver
Evelyn
Viola Marek
Colorado
Stouts Entertain At Havre Hamburger Fry
Jesse and Bonnie Stout hosted an outdoor hamburger fry at Havre with guests including Lyle Wilcox Bur dette Stover Esme Wenger Will Richards and Dale Richards. Other notes mention visits by Noah Wittmer Virgil Wittmer and Chester Cherryholmes plus a Sunday school party hosted by Rev. and Mrs Fast and Lisle Hering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast
Lisle Hering
Fred Eisele
Lee
Ernest Eisele
Mason
Lawrence Watson
Lottie Watson
Crawfordsville
Jesse Stout
Carl Zieglowsky
Southwest Rains Bring Evacuation Crop Loss
Emergency crews monitored swollen streams across Kansas Oklahoma and North Texas as rainfall up to 3.26 inches caused rises in Caney and Arkansas rivers. Red Cross evacuated residents near Bartlesville and near Wichita Falls while Sheppard AFB prepared for duty. Roads blocked across Kansas and Texas as floods crest and farmers fear cotton losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Red Cross
Bartlesville
Tulsa
P. R. Jones
Arkansas River
Webber Falls
van Buren
Holliday Creek
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Air Force Base
Arkansas
Great Bend
Wichita
Locomotive Sampson Seeks Home in Nova Scotia Garage
Nova Scotia’s 111 year old Sampson steam locomotive, presented by Canadian National Railways, sits unused in a Stellarton area garage. Built in 1839 to haul coal from Stellarton mines to East River, it first ran on Sept 19 and now authorities ponder a museum solution for its preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadian National Railways
Sampson
Stellarton
England
East River
Four Guard Divisions Ordered to Triple Drill For Active Service
The army ordered four National Guard divisions to triple their weekly drills in preparation for possible active duty next month. The 10th California, 45th Oklahoma, 43rd Connecticut Rhode Island Vermont, and 28th Pennsylvania divisions will train about September 15. Additional guard units, including the 196th South Dakota and 278th Tennessee regimental combat teams, are also affected. Camp locations include Camp Cooke California Camp Pickett Virginia Camp Atterbury Indiana Camp Polk Louisiana, with training sites for regimental teams at Colorado Springs Colorado and Fort Devens Massachusetts. The move aims to ready units for combat efficiency amid uncertain overseas deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
National Guard
10Th
California
45Th
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Pennsylvania
196Th
South Dakota
Tennessee
43Rd
Camp Cooke
Calif
Camp Pickett
Atterbury
Ind
Camp Polk
Colorado Springs
Colp
Fort Devens
Mass
Medieval peasants had only three baths in life
The article notes peasants in the Middle Ages bathed only at birth, before marriage, and at death due to soap scarcity and high cost. This lack of hygiene is linked to widespread epidemics of the era.
Roller-Skating Derby Star Confesses in Public
Red haired Annis Jensen captain of the Chicago Western roller derby team says her sport is rough, earning about 15000 yearly. She recounts fights with Philadelphia Panthers captain Robbie Johnstone and recalls injuries, training, and fan adoration from Madison Square Garden crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Annis Jensen
Gladiators
Robbie Johnstone
Philadelphia Panthers
Pan Pacific Auditorium
Annis
Bobby Johnstone
Tutty Brashan
Brooklyn
Chicago
Tuffy
New York
Gerry Murrey
Johnstone
Russ Baker
Madison Square Garden
Hollywood
Parks Airlines Split Between Two Firms
The Civil Aeronautics Board revoked Parks Airlines authority and awarded feeder routes to Mid-Continent Airlines and Ozark Airlines. Mid-Continent will operate from Sioux City to Chicago and Rockford to Milwaukee, using 21-passenger DC-3 planes. Iowa routes include Sioux City to Chicago via Dubuque Waterloo Fort Dodge and Chicago to Des Moines via Burlington Ottumwa Oskaloosa. Ozark gains routes from St. Louis to Davenport Moline via Keota Fort Madison Burlington Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J.W. Miller
Mid- Continent Airlines
Parks Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sioux City
Chicago
Rockford, Ill
Milwaukee
Wis
Milks
Washington
Parks
Midwest
Mid- Continent and
Ozark Airlines
Iowa
Mid-Continent
Dubuque
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Burlington
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Clinton
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ozark
St. Louis
Davenport- Moline
Keotuk
Fort Madison
Nations differ on nautical mile length used historically
U S measurements place the nautical mile at 6,080.20 feet while Britain used 6,070.98 feet France and Germany 6,076.10 feet and Iceland 6,085.95 feet reflecting regional standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Britain
France
Germany
Iceland
Early Virginia settlement found at Kicotan site
Smithsonian archaeologists report a 1619 trading post at Kicotan Virginia near Hampton Roads with a brick house large fireplace brick oven and lime kiln. The find suggests one of the earliest permanent English settlements in the New World linked to Jamestown era trade with the Kecoughtan Indians and Captain John Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jamestown
Kicotan
Hampton Roads
Smithsonian Institution
New World
Smithsonian
Alvin W. Brittingham
Hampton
John Smith
Brittingham
Massachusetts Bay Colony
England
Two Mark Birthdays At Double Party
Mrs Marion Howell and Bill Podaril celebrated birthdays visiting the Podaril home Thursday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charlie Howell of Columbus Junction. Refreshments were served and gifts given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skubal
Round Grove
Marion Howell
Bill Podaril
Howells
Podaril
Charlie Howell
Columbus Junction
Kilgore
Harry Burmeister
Ocean Springs
Claude Kilgore
Arnet Mathers
Bramwell-Lynn
Mason City
Ill
Mr. Mathers
Mary Lou Coon
Judy Skubal
Ainsworth
Kathy Stephens
Hospital Admissions and Births Report
Admitted yesterday James Lockwood of Keota. Dismissed today Mrs Bernard Mottet and her son from Richland and Mrs George McGuire with daughter from route 4. Births yesterday to Harold DeWolf and wife in Brighton a daughter at 9 22 p.m. Today Harold Sheetz and wife in Keota a daughter at 12 40 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lockwood
Keota
Bernard Mottet
Richland
George McGuire
Route 4
Harold DeWolf
Brighton
Harold Sheetz
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Paul E. Goodwin
Fort McClellan
Aly
C. R. Goodwin
Georgia Marshall
Automobile Registration Department
Justine George
Ray Caviness
Karen
Karli
Keith
Kenneth
M. C. DeLong
Caviness
Beverly Ball
Salem
Mrs Donald Rich
Marilyn Caldwell
Iowa City
Alan Barclay
Glen
Dave Boyer
If. B. Waddell
Mattoon
Champaign
Courtney Klein
Aurora, Colo
BE. E. Stutsman
Cushman
Robert
Roger Waggoner
N. B. Ave
Havre
Lewis Hering
FOX
Arizona Territory
Paramount Presents
Olivia de Havilland
Selena Royle
Wolf’s Flower Shop
Children’s Hospital
Jeroy Woolman
International Soundphoto
Hughie Boyd
Helen Falk
Jean Murphy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sudsing
Jeffrey Building Livery
B.W. Cummings
Tress
San Francisco
Mission High School
Detroit
Virginia
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Real Estate & Loans
Washington, Ta
Percy Skubal
Dean Zachs
Bol Sehneider
Stephen
Rosfield
Merle Colton
Elvin McMath
Winfield
Denny Colton
Cleo Orris
Ralph Boyd
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Clifford Bell
Wilma Jean Anderson
FORD
Mercury
Hart
Schaff
Klothing Kompany
Sanvice
Martin's Sanstone Cleaners
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