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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1944

Page

6

News of our men and women in uniform update

New address lines list service members at Camp Hill Farragut Idaho Parragut Idaho and San Francisco Calif. WAVE recruit Mrs Edna Messer to report at Hunters College New York. son Robert Lane wounded in England July 14 and overseas since mid April. mother and father to secure his updated address. Navy aviator Ensign William Steele earns gold wings at Corpus Christi with 144 in class. future training in Miami Florida. Ralph and Wilbur Witthoft meet in unspecified context.

Oscar Lane Pre Robert Lane England Pre. Lane William Steele Earl Steele Navy Air Corps Navy Corpus Christi Texas Marine Corps John Perry Mason Hinsign Steete Miami Fla Naval Air Station John A Nye New York N. Y Nye Loda Ainsworth Methodist Church Marion Ferguson Harry Ferguson Miami Beach

Weather Outlook Fair and Cooler This Weekend

The forecast calls for fair skies and cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday. Lows drop into the chilly range with daytime readings easing back to comfortable levels.

Families Send News Of Relatives In Wartime Italy And Beyond

Wartime letters report brothers meeting in Italy for the second time as 1944-45 service continues. Parents Henry and Witthoft, and many others, receive updates on sons and spouses in England France and the Pacific, with new addresses and unit details.

Italy Henry Witthoft Pfe. Witthoft Cpl Walter Jackson Henry Zieglowsky

Fire Dooms Farm Barns in Nashua Area Loss 15000

A midnight fire on a Nashua area farm owned by John Cole and tenanted by John Starr destroyed two large barns a machine shed a chicken house and several small buildings. Hay and 1000 bushels of oats were burned but all stock was saved. Loss estimated at 15000 with spontaneous combustion deemed likely. Nashua and New Hampton fire teams arrived too late. buildings were insured.

Nashua John Cole John Starr New Hampton

Washington declares uniform color standards for Continental Army

Acting under congressional authority, General Washington sets blue as the universal uniform color for all branches. Artillery features scarlet lining and facings with yellow trim, while light dragoons and infantry use white linings facings and buttons. Gold buttons are not specified.

Continental Congress Washington Light Dragoons

Florence Marr Visits Des Moines With Grandmother

Florence Marr accompanied by her grandmother Mrs. Hattie White traveled to Des Moines on Tuesday to visit her son's family and will spend a month there according to Ruth Norris.

Hattie White Des Moines Son Ainsworth Florence Marr Whitlie

Finland's farming nation with small cultivated area

Finland is a largely farming and dairy country with over 3 percent of the population employed in those sectors, yet cultivated land covers less than one tenth of the nation’s area. Principal crops include northern rye, barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, and hay. Before the war Finland exported forest and dairy products and imported machinery, meat, fruit, coffee, grains, tobacco, and processed foods.

Finland

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