Local Social Notes Highlight Kinship and Visits Across Town
Mrs Kathryn Bullion formerly Kathryn Kennelly spent time in Muscatine with her mother Mrs M Kennelly and with friends in the city. The Kennelly family once lived in Washington from 1902 to 1904 during Rock Island railway service. Also noted are guests Mrs Floyd Blankenhorn and Mary Marr, a Kinross appendectomy for Erma Kathryn Dettwiler, and various brief travels and visits including Lt Sam Houseal and Cpl William Houseal leaving Oklahoma and Missouri posts after two weeks with relatives.
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Kathryn Bullion
R. E. Shannon
Kathryn Kennelly
Eldorado, Ark
M. Kennelly
Muscatine
Kennelly
Washington
Rock Island Railway
Sam Houseal
Altus Army Air Base
Altus
Okla
Cpl
William Houseal
Fort Leonard Wood
S. Houseal
Hospital Flower Deliveries Brighten Patients
A quip about an anxious patient awaiting anesthesia ends with the nurse noting low expectations for results. The piece then praises bouquets as a tonic after anesthesia and mentions daily hospital flower deliveries.
Kyle couple arrives from Kansas for visit
Cpl and Mrs Paul Kyle arrived yesterday from Herrington Kansas to spend a week at Dr W B Kyle’s home.
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Cpl
Paul Kyle
Herrington
Kan
Dr. W. 8. Kyle
Forty-One Boys Attend Washington High Football Meet
Forty-one boys attended a meeting with Coach John Harp at the Y to discuss 1944 football. Several likely squad members were absent, and practice is set to begin August 24, with expectations of a group over fifty. Coach Harp praised the turnout and emphasized conditioning before workouts start. He will attend the state coaching school in Boone before practices begin, and workouts start eleven days before school opens on September.
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Washington
John Harp
Ceach Harp
Boone
Results of Major League Games
National League standings show Cincinnati at 55 14 and Brooklyn 41 62 as of today. Wednesday results include Brooklyn 5 Chicago 2 and Boston 9 Cincinnati 6 with Pittsburgh 4 New York 3. Tonight’s matchups feature Brewer at Roe and Barrett at Walters with four other league games.
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W. L. Pet
Cincinnati
Pitwhburgh
Lotte
Chicago
fBrooklyn
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Brewer
Roe
Barrett
Walters
Chapman
Passeau
Kennedy
Lanier
Baseball Standings and Tonight's AL Schedule
American League standings show Boston and Chicago at top with 63 42 and 56 48 records. Night games list Detroit at Washington and Cleveland at Philadelphia among others with pitchers Gentry Harder Gatehouse Grove and Bonham as listed opponents.
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W. Ta Feu GS Lang Ac Eect Ie
Onion Cawes
REO In Sales
Orien
Gleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Gentry
Niggeling
Harder
Christopher
St. Louis
Gatehouse
New York
Bonham
Grove
Boston
O'Neill
Riverside Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Thelma Kron of Cedar Rapids enjoyed a week’s vacation at her Riverside parents’ home. Betty Breese of Iowa City visited the Holderness family. Frank Swift of Davenport, formerly of Riverside, stayed with his sister Mrs. Dautremont and friends, and Eugene Duffy from Iowa City joined old hometown friends at the Rotenburger home.
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Riverside
Thelma Kron
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids
Hubert Kron
Betty Breese
Iowa City
Pat Holderness
Frank Swift
Davenport
John C. Dautremont
Eugene Duffy
John Rotenburger
The Uninvited Opens at State Theatre
A spine chilling Paramount melodrama arrives at the State Theatre led by Ray Milland Ruth Hussey and Donald Crisp. The tale blends eerie happenings with romance as Milland and Hussey play siblings while Crisp portrays Gail Russell's grandfather amid twists that test sanity.
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Paramount
State Theatre
Ray Milland
Ruth Hussey
Donald Crisp
Gail Russell
Ray
Gene Autry Tops Fan Mail And Phonograph Sales
Hollywood marvels at Gene Autry as daily recipient of more fan mail than any star while also producing best selling phonograph records. The affable cowboy’s off screen ease matches his on screen persona, fueling his enduring popularity among women and girls.
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Hollywood
Gene Autry
Republic
Geng
Autry Delivers Natural Hero In The Old Barn Dance
Screendom’s drawing cards Autry’s early westerns diverged from typical heroes. He portrayed a natural, imperfect character with a distinctive stance. Republic’s The Old Barn Dance opens Friday and Saturday at Fox Theatre and is praised as one of his best productions.
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Autry
Republic
Fox Theatre
Repair Work At the Washington Post Office
Work under a recent contract with Grohne Company of Decatur Ill has started to repair and repoint outside masonry at the Washington post office. The project also calls for new cement joints in walls and a new concrete driveway at the rear, with sections 12 and 20 feet wide to be reconstructed.
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Washington Postoffice
Grohne Company
Decatur
Ill
Post Office
Young Man Drowns Amid Storm Lake Boating Incident
Storm Lake report states 18 year old Don Young of Zion drowned while swimming with 25 year old Russell Sherman near the Assembly of God Bible camp during a summer encampment. They had rowed a quarter mile to swim. Sherman, diving from the boat, pulled Young overboard and tried to save him but was hauled back by the struggling youth.
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Ethel Lorinda Stout
Amos Stout
Robert Barnatt Benson
N. J. Benson
Calvary Baptist Church
A. E. Diddams
Elsie Stout
Paul Benson
Marjorie Benson
Taylor BE. Stout
Donald Stout
Mary Helen Huber
Leonard Pooth
Leota Fishburn
Miss Huber
Bob Scott
Mr. Booth
Miss Benson
Miss Stout
Mrs. Stout
Storm Lake
Don Young
Zion
Russell Sherman
Redding
Assembly of God Bible Camp
Sherman
Young
Corrections Sought for Journal Birthday Column
The Journal invites corrections and additions for the daily Happy Birthday column on the society page. Submit name corrections or Washington county birth days and wedding anniversaries by Saturday August 19, contacting Clarice Meek at No 6 or at the Journal office during office hours.
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Journal
Washington County
Clarice Meek
Miss Meek
Local News Briefs From Journal Office and Area Visits
Mrs. Orville Elder resumes work at the Journal after a three week vacation in Ludington Michigan with Mrs. John A Babcock. Cpl and Mrs Wayne Weaver arrive from Wisconsin to visit his mother Mrs Amos Weaver and the Klett family at Harper. Cpl Weaver is stationed at Camp Mc Coy Wisconsin and has a 14 day furlough.
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Orville Elder
Journal Office
Ludinston, Mich
John A Babcock
Cpl
Wayne Weaver
Wisconsin
Amos Weaver
Klett
Harper
Cpl Weaver
Camp
McCoy
Wisc
Allied push to Paris targets French front in Caen area
Allied forces renew assault below Caen aiming to turn the enemy right flank and open the shortest road to Paris. In Brittany Brest Lorient and Nantes resist with small German garrisons under heavy American pressure. Encircled Angers near Nantes also holds out as Kluger's army of the west appears unsettled along the front.
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Caen
Paris
Brest
Lorient
Nantes
Angers
Guenther von Kluger
Young Sherman Reaches Stranded Boat Against Strong Wind
Sherman said he barely reached the boat after it drifted away in the strong wind, highlighting a narrow escape.
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Young
Sherman
Army Brereton Commanded Force Vows Sudden German Front Sweep
The new Allied force under Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton is said to threaten a surprise strike behind German lines and could disrupt any Nazi retreat, potentially causing a major military debacle.
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Lewis H. Brereton
Hospital Notes Describe Discharge And Surgeries
Mrs. Chris Jensen of Brighton was discharged yesterday. John Duvall and Earl Duvall Jr of West Chester and Billy Crandall of Washington underwent tonsillectomies this morning.
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Chris Jensen
Brighton
John Duvall
Earl Duvall, Jr
West Chester
Billy Crandall
Washington
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