Local Postings of Visits and Military Notes Across Town
Out of town shoppers from Columbus Junction Winfield Olds Keota and more visit Washington area. Military personnel and families are cited with furloughs and new addresses including Santa Ana California and Camp site Oregon while residents relocate join and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Max Hammond
Columbus Junction
Alvie McCaw
H. F. Feldman
Winfield
D. B. Jones
Olds
Francis Lyle
Keota
Local residents receive furloughs and training notices
Carel Brewer and Da Mae Daniel returned Monday evening from Moline after visiting relatives including Carol Peterson and her daughter Karna. Many locals traveled for visits or training with mentions of Sgt Reed on a ten day furlough and Wilma Brower joining the U.S.M.O. In Santa Ana aviation cadet status was awarded to Willard Patterson and Blackie Schroeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carel Brewer
da Mae Daniel
Moline
Carol
Karna
Set
Mrs
Ernest Reed
St. Louis
Missouri
Ainsworth
Sgt. Reed
Willard D. Patterson
W. A. Patterson
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Blackie’’ Schroeder
Wellman
Club Standings and Results of Games
New York defeats Detroit 12 to 4 in the second game while Cleveland beats Boston 11 to 9. Washington takes St. Louis in the first game and again in the second, with no other games scheduled today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
St. Louis
Wea
Ils
Washington Chicago
Loston
Et. Louis
Philadelphia
Baseball scores and schedule from Boston, New York, St Louis games cited
The record lists Boston 6 Pittsburgh 1 New York 5 Cincinnati 3 and St Louis 7 Brooklyn 4. Philadelphia at Chicago postponed while Night Philadelphia at Pittsburgh is noted with pitchers Rowe and Butcher. Only games scheduled.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Rower
Butcher
Baby Kidnapping Case At Local Hospital Continues
Police say no hospital staff are under suspicion after a baby was abducted from the hospital. Chief Stellmacher notes the kidnapper likely knew the hospital layout. The couple, who previously lost a stillborn child, have an eight year old daughter and faced a second tragedy.
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Stellmacher
Hospital Admission And Tonsillectomies Reported
Linda Ray Lee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence See of 221 North 2nd, was admitted last night as a medical patient. Betty Ann Watson of 514 North Ave D and Richard Dare Washington R 1 underwent tonsillectomies this morning.
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Linda Ray Lee
Clarence See
North 2Nd
Betty Ann Watson
North Ave. D
Richard Dare
Washington R. 1
Local Social News and Weather Repairs After Storms
North Oregon notes visits and dinners among locals including Oswego and Mound Valley families. Mary Laugh had an appendectomy at Washington county hospital. A Tuesday storm caused cow and calf fatalities, damaged structures and fields, and downed trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thompson
Oregon
Charles Miksch
Oswego
Kansas
Fred Hucke
Wayne
Mound Valley
Earl Miksch
Wages Consumed Most 1942 CNR Expenditures
In 1942 Canadian National Railways allocated forty three cents of every dollar to wages. The remaining funds covered materials maintenance and operating costs, highlighting labor costs as the dominant expense for the railway that year.
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Fort
Canadian National Railways
Flood Damage in Shiloh Vicinity Reported by Creek
August 3 in Shiloh area finds creeks at their highest level in years. Neighbors helped Dave Schantz move oats to higher ground while men working walnut logs in McCleery pasture anchored debris against flood. Local families visit, celebrate birthdays, and discuss weekend gatherings amid rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Dave Schantz
McCleery
Lester Neff
Coppock
Billy Jarrard
Westwood
Calif
Sam Marsh
Fellowship of God sermon at Tabernacle with training film
Rev. Bob Stevens preaches tonight on The Fellowship of God at the Christian Tabernacle. Moving pictures show an army officers training school. tomorrow the theme is The Balanced Life with footage of the Bismarck sea battle.
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Bob Stevens
The
Christian Tabernacle
Fellowship of God
Bismarck Sea
Boy of 17 Dies Near Noble in Wayland Area
Harod Leichty 17 died at 6 a m at his parents home one half mile northeast Noble after pneumonia and complications dating from December Funeral at home Friday 1 45 p m with services at Sugar Creek church 2 30 p m Rev Willard Leichty and Rev Simon Gingerich in charge Burial by Stacy Funeral Home Survived by parents two brothers Glenn and Mahlon born January 25 1926 on a farm northeast of Noble Member Sugar Creek Church student would have been a Wayland High School junior this fall
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Wayland
Harold Joseph Leichty
William Leichty
Noble
Refugees in Britain War Refugees in Great Britain
About 150000 war refugees are living in Great Britain. The figure reflects postwar displacements and migration patterns affecting the social and housing landscape in the UK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Great Britain
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Cy Bush
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Donald Orr
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Florida
Robert L. Gates
Kelley Field Station Hospital
Kelly, Field, Texas
Harold Jarvis
John Jarvis
Carl Jarvis
Packwood
Ft. Madison
Whitney, Porter
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Fred Loner
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Charlie Nicola
Willard BD. Patterson
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Ada Denison
P. Lipson
Los Angeles
Phil Antonoff
Wilma Brower
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
U. S. Navy
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Lome
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Fannie Brower
M. E. Johnson
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Charles Black
Ottumwa
W. D. Boylan
Clara Johnson
Trenton
Oswalt
Elsie Oswalt Suley
Princeton
Orie Oswalt
Mt. Moriah
Colorado
Elberta
Bartlett Pearl
Brinton
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Baby
Mrs. Everette Meeks
T. M. O'Connor
Hugh Morris
Near Cotter
Grace Stone
Mary Laugh
Washington County Hospital
Lawrence Genkinger
Adolph Larson
Glen Beenblosser
Crawfordsville
Dale Reen
Warrer Donaldson
Robert Henderson
Robert
Warren
Bill Trotter
Tommy
Frank Henderson
Orie O'Connor
Myrtle O’connor
C.V. Crull
Howard Wagner
John Workhoma
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Joe Hesseltine
Winfield and Corp
Lester Hesseltine
Howard Siguroose
Fae Schoonover
Iowa Methodist Hospital
H. J. Schoonover
Ralph
Grace
Joana
Edd Showalter
Joyce Showalter
Joan
Darlene Schantz
Ray Tappendorf
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Howard Sigafoose
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Paul
Donald
Ivan Hahn
Eddy
Beenblossom
Sunset Park
the Tabernacle
Helman’s
Eee
Chesterfield
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