Riverside Reports Major Aluminum Drive Total
Riverside residents and the community donated about 850 pounds of scrap aluminum this week in response to a call from Mayor Edward Yegsy. A large portion arrived Tuesday as Joseph Wieland collected with a town truck. the rest came via a newspaper want ad and a Washington County truck later joined the effort.
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Riverside
Edward Yegsy
Joseph Wieland
Leader
Washington County
Kalona
Yegsy
Edward Bustek
Robert John
Oskaloosa
Rural Letter Carriers Association
Carriers and Auxiliary
Bushek
Margaret F. Streb
Mary
Loretta
San George
Des Moines
K A. Knittel
Boston Girl in Nashua Hospital Found Unconscious
An 18 year old Boston girl identified as Marjorie Longstaff was abandoned at a Nashua New Hampshire hospital by a young man who fled without leaving his name. She remained unconscious after briefly awakening and could not explain what happened.
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Boston
Marjorie Longstaff
Nashua
N. H
Boy in Kentland burglary case shot detective during escape attempt
Tries escape from Kentland, Ind., police transport to Grand Rapids, Mich., for burglary questioning. Alton Pickett Jr., 15, attempted to flee near Holland, Mich., and fatally wounded Detective Burton Irwin as he was being returned. Pickett is held by Holland police.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Kentland
Ind
Alton Pickett, Jr
Holland
Burton Irwin
Harvest and visit notes from local Iowa communities
At Mercy hospital in Iowa City Marjorie Fesler visited the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Lyle Fesler. Several Keokuk and Washington residents visited Carrie Iden and Minnie Holtz. Harvest work takes Walter Bopp Floyd Prymek and Donald Swailes to North Dakota. Local events include a Riverside baseball trip to Montpelier and open air service plans in Columbus City. R R Mewhirter funeral held in Oakland Presbyterian Church with multiple pallbearers.
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Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Marjorie Fesler
Lyle Fesler
Miriam Wescott
Majors
Keokuk
John Majors
Washington
Carrie Iden
Minnie Holtz
Walter Bopp
Floyd Prymek
Donald Swailes
North Dakota
Arthur Lorack
W. Peekman
Lone Tree
Riverside
Montpelier
Victor Burieh
Ottumwa
Hubert Krotz
William Krotz
Anna Krotz
Hubert
Muscatine
Kastelein
the Baptist Church
Yarmouth
Columbus City
Kain
Mewhirter
Graveside Service Held at Junction for R. Edwards
A graveside service for Robert Edwards 53 of Muscatine a former resident was held at the Tennessee cemetery in Columbus Junction Friday afternoon led by Rev Milton B E White pastor of the Mulford Congregational Church local residents attended the service conducted by the minister with his burial in the Tennessee cemetery near Columbus Junction Columbus Junction Iowa area news note
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Columbus Junction
Robert Edwards
Muscatine
Tennessee
Milton BE. White
Mulford
Lisle Anwyl Elected Des Moines Instructor
Lisle Anwyl, long time Mediapolis teacher, has been elected to a Des Moines instruction post. The report notes his departure from Burlington to pursue the new junior high role as of August 4 in Crawfordsville.
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East Des Moine
Burlington
Des Moines
Anwyl
Iowa City
Ollie Anwyl
Rogers
Mediapolis
Victor Hesseltine
Crawfordsville
Lisle Anwyl
Mary Manners
Richman and Showgirl to Marry After Final Divorce
Harry Richman the stage and screen star plans to wed Eileen Shirley a showgirl seen with him in New York once his divorce from Hazel Forbes is finalized The long awaited nuptials follow the pending divorce filings and publicized romance between Richman and Forbes and Shirley remains a key figure in the spectacle surrounding the ceremony.
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Harry Richman
Eileen Shirley
New York
Richman
Hazel Forbes
Navy Life Offers Free Benefits and Trades Training
The Navy provides pay with no housing or food costs, free medical and dental care, and free entertainment. New recruits receive $118 worth of uniforms, plus access to 45 trades with year one training worth hundreds of dollars. eligible men 17 and older can request a booklet “LIFE IN THE NAVY” from the Navy Editor. SERVE YOUR COUNTRY BUILD YOUR FUTURE GET IN THE NAVY NOW.
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Navy
Life IN the
U.S
Amateur talents sought for stage acts
Readers are invited to audition by sending an enclosed coupon. Performers may sing dance or play an instrument or present a novelty act. Indicate the type of act and the act length requested.
Local families share visits across towns this week
Schlatters visit Mrs Joseph Schlatter and daughter Betty of Washington while Ruthe Voss works at a Lake Okoboji resort. Robert Pletcher visits grandmother Mrs Fitzzerald in Ainsworth. Mrs Willo Zueck and daughter Virginia stay with her mother Mrs C H Fishburn. Mr and Mrs Robert Howell and children plan a trip to relatives in the eastern states.
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Godlove-Younkin
Lone Tree
Milt Turner
Robert
Lois
Detroit
Mich
Frank P. Schnoebelen
Anna Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Fred
Claude Schnoebelen
Clarence Rum Roelhart
December Tops in Fatalities in Traffic Deaths
December records the highest traffic fatalities with twenty deaths per night between six and eight. Five of seven deaths occur at dusk or darkness and forty four percent of victims are pedestrians.
Unemployed Not Registered at St Laurence Hostel
In wartime Australia the word unemployment is scarce as seven years pass with none registered at the Brotherhood of St Laurence hostel in Fitzroy. The report notes no jobless cases among residents, reflecting a shift in labour and social service patterns during the period.
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Australia
Brotherhood of St. Laurence
Fitzroy
Movie Head Weds Actress
The census bureau reports 1,800,226 accidental deaths in 1919 to 1939. The year 1936 shows 110,052 deaths while 1939 totals 92,623.
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Census Bureau
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