Fort nightly club year books ready and more local notes
Library announces year books for the Fort nightly club are ready for pickup. Visitors include Lyman Hendrickson in Council Bluffs visiting his father C. W. Hendrickson in Ainsworth. Several service members are stationed near Camp Elliott and Camp Killcott in California and San Diego. Local residents share travel and family updates including Red Cross plans and broadcasting work by Myrla Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Hendrickson
Council Bluffs
C. W. Hendrickson
Ainsworth
Lonald H. Gingery HA
Camp Killcott
San Diego
California
Don
Marine Fleet
Great Lakes
Willis Booth
Camp Elliott
Willis
D’ Wayne Freiton
Nels Westermark
Washington
Camp Sushiott
War Moves Pound Axis Defenses Near Adrano In Sicily
Weather grounded RAF heavy bombers but light planes hit German targets along the French coast as the offensive in Sicily enters its second week. American and British aircraft supported ground operations, delivering blockbusters to Naples and blasting Reggio Calabria at the toe of Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
Europe
Sicily
Naples
Reggio Calabria
Italy
Women Hired as Section Hands by Green Bay and Western
In Winona Minnesota on August 4 the Green Bay and Western railway announced it will hire physically fit women ages 18 to 65 as section hands. Additional hires will occur as harvest releases free workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Green Bay
Lost watch and defense stamp rewards offered
Lost BULOVA wrist watch with name Edith Gillespie written on back. Call 773 J for reward. Also a lost defense stamp book with reward offered by Dorothy Pratt at State Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Gillespie
J. Reward
Dorothy Pratt
State Cafe
Chicago Market Report: Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Hogs 15,000 head with prices mostly down 10 cents. good to choice pigs 14.15 to 14.50 for 80 to 250 pounds. Cattle 10,000 head with strong demand for fed steers and yearlings up to 16.50. heifers around 16.00 while leans steady. Sheep 4,000 head. fat lambs active and native ewes steady to 7.76. Tomorrow's projection shows 16,000 hogs, 6,000 cattle, 2,000 sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sean
Chicago Produce Market Report Shows Firm Prices
Chicago on August 4 reports firm market for produce with receipts totaling 12 537 cases. Extra firsts number 42 and current receipts 7 9 dollars with dirties 36 9 and checks 36 9.
Chicago cash grain report mixed oats and soybeans
Chicago cash grain figures show oats at mixed 72 percent and 71 percent, with white oats around 72 percent and red and yellow entries near 72 percent. Soybeans list several yellow grades at 171 percent and 169 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Grain Table August Update
Chicago prints a grain table for August with open high low and close values across wheat oats rye and their contracts. The data shows September and May figures for wheat and oats along with December and May entries for rye, including multiple percent amounts and ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Closing out sale of goods on 609 East 2nd St
Public sale announced by John Therion for August 19 at 8 miles north of Washington on the gravel. Elmer Horning listed as organizer. Sale begins at 6 p.m. at the closing out sale location 609 East 2nd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 2Nd St
John Therion
Washington
Elmer Horning
East Second Street
Marriage License Issued to Escher and Delaney
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Richard Escher of Kalona and Regina Delaney of Washington. It was Kalona's first license for August in the county and the 41st this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Escher
Kalona
Regina Delaney
Washington
Italians Barred From Listening to Allied Radio Broadcasts
Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio issues a decree forbidding Italians to listen to allied radio broadcasts with stiff prison penalties for violators. The ban echoes the fascist regime and follows recent allied broadcasts urging Italians to withdraw from the war and renounce the axis partnership with Germany under Eisenhower in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
U.P
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Fontier
Benito Mussolini
Algiers
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
WAC Recruiters Return for Prospective Members
Young women are invited to learn about joining the Women's Army Corps through Uelen Little who can be reached at telephone 508. Davenport based recruiters will visit soon, with interviews and a display of WAC costumes and equipment. Educational rules now allow entry without two years of high school if the candidate can pass a mental test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Uelen Little
Women's Army Corps
Davenport
Miss Little
Geo. L. M’daniel
Burns Fatal After Highway Crash Near Marble Rock
Clifton R. Burns, 50, of Marble Rock Iowa, died in hospital Monday night from burns suffered when his car struck a Great Western railroad viaduct and burst into flames earlier that day. He rolled into a ditch after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Clifton Re.sours
Marble Rock
Great Western Railroad
Columbus Junction Social and Picnic Updates
Aug 4 reports furlough visits by Paul Thompson Congaree air base and Harold Park Arcadia rifle range. Louisa county farm bureau picnic moved to Columbus chautauqua park due to rain with Hf. V. Stineman and Roger Flemming speaking. Legion Auxiliary hosted a picnic at Columbus chautauqua park. United Service Women and Conesville families planned Aug outing. Local residents visited relatives, and Rev. Wendell Hansen from Minneapolis will preach at the Ave service in Evangelical Reform church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Paul Donovan Thompson
Congaree Air Base
Congaree
S. C
Jack Thompson
Grandview
Harold Park
Arcadia Rifle Range
Arcadia
John Park
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Chautauqua Park
Hf. V. Stineman
Roger Flemming
The
Legion Auxiliary
Columbus Chautauqua Park
United Service Women and Families of
Conesville
Mellie Swailes
Coralville
William Swailes
Ella May
Columbus City
Harold Guernsey
Clinton
Catherine May
Union
Ave
Wendell Hansen
Minneapolis
Secretary to Senator Wilson Classified 1-A for Draft
John Zug, secretary to U S Senator George A. Wilson, is classified 1-A by Des Moines draft board No 4. He likely will not be inducted before September, allowing the senator time to choose a new secretary. Zug is married with no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Zug
Unites States
George A. Wilson
Selective Service Board
Harry B. Grund
Zug
Wilson
Fruits and meats sent to troops in Pacific theater in 1942
In 1942 American forces in Australia and New Zealand received reverse lend-lease of 80 million pounds of fruits and vegetables and 38 million pounds of beef veal lamb and mutton. Other ministers and Columbus City officials will participate in services. Special music planned. The Women’s Society of Christian Service meets at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon with Mesdames Hattie McGrew Mabel Baker and Laura Edmondson hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Zealand
Columbus City
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Mesdames Hattie McGrew
Mabel Baker
Laura Edmondson
Conviction Count For Draft Evasion Cited By Hoover
Hoover said 77 men were convicted of evading the draft during World War II. He noted that during the first year of World War I about 1,000 men were prosecuted for failing to register for military duty and that conscription in 1917 was marked by pitched battles and violence with about 20 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Clear Lake Man Killed When Auto Falls on Him
Hanna, 25, son of Mrs. R. M. Hanna north of Clear Lake, was crushed to death when his car, jacked up for brake relining, slipped off the jack. The body was found by his brother Harold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Hanna
R. M. Hanna
Harold
Community Sale Prompts More Livestock Offerings
Whittaker Sales Co reports a successful Friday sale with 153 head of cattle sold. White face heifers with calves brought 125 per head, milk cows ranged 100 to 146, and a 200 shores and piggy sows order is on the books. Vendors urged to bring bulls boars calves and furniture early for Friday consignments.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Delores and
Marilyn Macon
Lester Macon
Springville
Iowa
Mrs
Rank Macon
Ling
EE. D. Morrison, Jr
Ruth
Indianapolis
Indiana
Red Cross
Morrison
Mayme
Cade Shearer
Greencastle
Myrla Stevens
Cedar Rapids
Louis Larson
C W. MecLaughlin
A. Boices
Adrano
Etna Line
Oldsmobile
Iowa City
Washington Bay
Washington Concrete Co
North Side Cafe
C. L. Jem ‘Nings
New London
Julia Hayter
Geo. Young
Reister Bros
Kinross
P. F. Jones
Glenview
Illinois
L. EB. Wilson
Tritfeo
W. Jefferson
Burplus Furniture
Carload
Vbrinton
Ramseyer’s Hatchery
East Washington
Prising
Evening Journal
T. J
Eclipse Lumber Company
Call
Goodyear
Goodrich
Washington Oil Company
Lee Emry
Brighton
Pioneer Drug Store
du Pont
Heliose Lumber Company
Pittsburgh
Floyd Dunbar
Sitter
Hereford
K. J. Roberts
Jack Sherburne
Washington Riverside
Zenith
Mangold
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
Angus
Kathryn Latta
Braze Steel
McDaniel Drug Store
Chicago Livestock
Cate
Cee
Chicago Cash Grain
Lee
Journal
Millway Sale Co
Colaman Junction
Whittaker Sale Barn
Ayers & Powers
Haskins
SMART
Parrish
Martha Butter
George J. Breitenbach
Collie
Sallie
Bend, Ore
HAWK
Kenmore
DFL
Macon
Kos
OLSEN
John Shields & Sons
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