Club Standings and Results of Games
American League standings show Washington leading with 55 49 and schedule notes list few games. Monday had no games. upcoming matches include New York at St. Louis and Boston at Chicago with listed pitchers Gatehouse Newsome Smith.
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W. L. Iow
Gasada
Washington
Vtee Peepee
Creveland Aio
BOR
Philadelphia
New York
Borony
St. Louis
Gatehouse
Boston
Newsome
Chicago
Smith
Local notices and updates touch many towns and people
Local items report barber shop closure Aug 9 to 16. Military addresses for Howard B Moberly and Don ald D Vorhees listed. Residents travel to Chicago and Aledo Illinois. Women hats half price at Montgomery Ward. Marion Ferguson Navy transfer to Moses Lake. Barbara McGehee visits with Carris family. Various locals begin or resume jobs and vacations at Penney’s glove shop Pioneer Drug Store and other sites.
Local News Briefs Highlight Community Visits and Travels
Alice Wulf begins work as a waitress at Winga's Cafe. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Messer return from a week’s vacation near Hedrick and meet their new granddaughter Maryellen Benell. Various neighbors visit, travel, and send greetings, including stops in Keota Mt. Pleasant and Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Messer
Donald Benell
Donald Messer
Hedrick
Benell
Maryellen Benell
Washington County Letters From Soldiers Reach Home
Short excerpts from letters received by Washington County residents reveal soldiers serving abroad share updates with families. Messages speak of pandemic era delays, daily routines, and hopes for safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Cadets At Iowa Heavy Eaters And Musicians With Guns
Cadets at the University of Iowa are fed in five service messes with 3600 men in the navy preflight and army training programs. Meals include meat, eggs, potatoes, butter, rolls, bread, lettuce, milk, and ice cream served cafeteria style at a rate of fifteen per minute.
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Iowa City
Navy
Army
University of Iowa
Theodore Rehder
Anager
University
Rehder
Reider
Beauchamp family reunion at Sunset Park details
Crawfordsville August 10 Beauchamp families held their annual reunion at Sunset park Washington a cooperative dinner followed by visiting Officers elected for next year Rex Beauchamp president Dorothy Orris vice president and Mrs Clarence Hering secretary treasurer Attendees included numerous Beauchamps Orris Hering Marlett Phillips Newman Figg Waters Fulton Cros ly Edwards Williams Davis Rhea and others with visiting relatives from Moline Cedar Rapids Chicago Ottumwa Winfield and more The Molly Pitcher bond and stamp drive by the Legion Auxiliary raised about 800 locally though country district totals are pending.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Beauchamp
Sunset Park
Washington
Rex Beauchamp
Dorothy Orris
Clarence Hering
Ernest Beauchamp
Ralph Beauchamp
K. Orris
Dorothy
Ora Marlett
W. A. Orris
Oma Phillips
Hunlight
W. Va
Viola Caldwell
Ottumwa
Lawrence Newman
Ed Newman
Chicago
Murray Figg
Alfred Figg
Muscatine
Charles C. Waters
Mt. Pleasant
Milo Fulton
Clarence Crosly
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Edwards
Scott Orris
Ainsworth
W. J. Williams
Near Winfield
Merle Beauchamp
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Davis
Dale
Iowa
Lydia Davis
Everette Davis
Presbyterian Church
Gerald Rhea
Moline
Ill
J.C. Rhea
Molly Pitcher
The
Legion Auxiliary
Residents visit and address update noted in local items
Mr and Mrs Ray Pierce of Des Moines spent four days at the home of Mrs John Apple fate. This is the new address of Wayne Palmer R W Palmer as Co 69843 Camp Scott US 1TS Farragut Idaho. Lois Ofelt returned this morning from Burlington where she has been visiting a few days. Muriel Busch accompanied her home and will spend a few days here. DAMPNESS IN YOUR basement Dryettes will solve your problem. FSvk ens for tires 15115.
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Arthur Brown
Homestead
Florida
Merte Turner
Grace Brown
CC. E. Randolph
Tommy
Des Moines
Turner
Ray Pierce
John Applefate
Wayne Palmer
R. W. Palmer
Camp Scott
U.S
Lois Ofelt
Burlington
Muriel Busch
Funeral services held for Frank W. Stransky at Pilotburg
Frank W. Stransky was laid to rest August 4 1943 at Pilotburg Methodist Church with Rev. Stuart Peterson and Rev. Jacob De Koning officiating. Casket bearers included Wayne Stransky Harold Horak Harold Prebyl Joe Vodicka Stanley Vodicka and Allison Maas. Burial followed in Pilotburg Cemetery nearby. Relatives from Olpe Kansas Shellsburg Cedar Rapids Mediapolis Riverside Iowa City and West Liberty attended.
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Pilotburg
Frank W. Stransky
Pilotburg Methodist Church
Stuart Peterson
Jacob de Koning
Washington
Carl Erb
Rosetta Vodicka
Jesus
Wayne Stransky
Harold Horak
Harold Prebyl
Joe Vodicka
Stanley Vodicka
Allison Maas
Frank W Stransky
John Kiene
Olpe
Kansas
Harold Weyer
Shellsburg
Dan Sexton
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Johnson
Mediapolis
Glenn Eldridge
Joseph Stransky
Alvin Stransky
Frank Stransky
Raymond
Lawrence Stransky
Norma
Frederick Simon
Riverside
Milt Wollrab
Ainsworth
Wm. Krall
Iowa City
Matt Myers
West Liberty
Boost in Crop Forecast Indicates Large Corn Harvest
Washington August 10 UP. The agriculture department projected a 193 crop of 2,874,711,000 bushels, up 168,000,000 from last month’s estimate. The forecast remains well below last year but stands as the second largest in ten years.
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Washinton
D. C
Agriculture Department
Department
Pioneers in Police Radio Development Since 1928
The Detroit police radio program, started in 1928, sparked municipal systems nationwide. Early experiments led to cruisers equipped to receive broadcasts and later to two way messaging in many cities and states.
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Detroit
Some day when peace returns a prayer for the boys
A reflective verse urging a future where war ends and all mankind is free. It asks for divine protection for soldiers abroad and their safe return, framing the longing as a prayer until the distant, imagined day.
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Via
R. F. McFarlane
Farmers’ Store
Wolf Floral CO
Lela Burham
Howard B. Moberly
Amphibious Force
Pacific Fleet
U. S. Destroyer Base
San Diego
Calif
Leland Griggs
Troy Foriash
Jerry
Lewis F. Jolly
Montgomery Ward & Co
Barbara McGehee
Kenneth McGehee
Winita
Oklahoma
Leland Carris
Donald D. Vorhees
V-5
USNR
Bowman Hall
Room
Batt
Plat
Co. B
NFTS
Mt. Vernon
Virginia Hammon
J. C. Penney
Marion L. Ferguson
U. S. Army 2Nd Air Force
Scott Field
Illinois
Moses Lake
Pfc
Army Air Base
Harry Ward
Bernice Hamm
Pioneer Drug Store
Kenneth Peters
Ama Gor-man
Aledo, Illinois
Oscar Hughes
Margaret Ann Plumly
Shenandoah
Carla Guther
Alice Wulf
Winga’s
Hill Gippe
Son
John Powell
Keota
Lloyd Hill
Fatty
Minnie Green
Betty Hamil
Floya Hamil
Omaha
Nebraska
Hilda Brown
Wayne C. Brown
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Arthur Rankin
Hampton
Charles Benz
Lucy
Mass
Don Benz
Mr. Benz
Coast Guard
Harvard University
United States Service
Pfe
Harry
Journal Building
WE Fdas Pet
Puerle Ps Ldn En
Pitiswareh
Cmcmhr
Sanesus
Wogeir Occu
Haem
Merle Simpson
Africa
Ireland
England
Journal
London
American Red Cross Club
Oran
Londonderry
Sbietla
Fondouk
Hill No
Tunis
Heavy Eaters
Reicer
Floyd Britain
Republic, Mo
Logan Crawford
Jack and
Jill
Old Mother Goose
Little Boy Blue
Jack
Littl Red Riding Hood
Humpty Dumpty
Rea Hen
Wardle God
Golin
Sale! Tire and Tube
Protector
Data Ee
Clear Rey ' SetTiey
Su Sun
Ako
Ration News
Armour's Stock Yard
Stransky Funeral
Rock Wool
Noth
Pittsburgh
Auto Parts
West Madison
Nace
Stan
Lee
Brown & Black Pumps
Oxfords
Wolverine
Rda
John Shields
Ward
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