Local Family Updates from Cedar Falls and Chicago Trips
Mr and Mrs R J Charpen ing and son Robert travel back from Cedar Falls where they attended a three day Seventh Day Adventist tent meeting. Phyllis and Roger McKeown return from a weeklong Chicago vacation visiting relatives. John Campbell of Inglewood Calif arrives for two weeks visiting his parents and aunt ill at her home east of town. Mrs Harry Maxwell ill. North American Aircraft Corp employee John Campbell enjoys aircraft work. Otis Messenger and wife welcome eight pound daughter Bernadine Mary born at University Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Charpening
Robert
Zenn* Brown
Charlene
Hattie Wagner
Cedar Falls
John Campbell
Inglewood
Calif
Harry Campbell
Harry Maxwell
Campbell
Local residents visit area relatives and travel plans
Mr and Mrs P P Preston and Vida Casper left for Chicago after visiting Willits and Casper families. Harriet White from Sioux Falls joined relatives Emma and Edna Purvis. Mrs J D Rabenold and daughters plan a Chicago trip with Donna to return, while Mrs Lay heads to Jacksonville. Dorothy Melinski returned to work after a Des Moines visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam White
Harriet
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
J.D. Rabenold
Donna
Carl Lay
Chicago
Rabenold
Dorothy Melinski
McLellan
Harry Tynan
Jack, Patty
Philip
Des Moines
First Football Workouts Begin for Washington High School
Coach John Harp starts year with 32 boys reporting for the 1942 Demon team. Daily practices run at Lincoln school at nine in the morning and six in the evening plus after school sessions. A film of last year’s Iowa Minnesota game will be shown Thursday at eight. The five game Little Six and four other contests open Sept 11 with New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harp
Washington High School
Lincoln School
Harp
New London
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Bloomfield
Keokuk
Sigourney
Major Leagues Results And Schedule Today
Yesterday saw several teams idle with no games played. Today Philadelphia visits Chicago and Boston goes to Pittsburgh while New York travels to Cincinnati and Brooklyn to St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
National League
W. L Pet
Jp Brea
St. Lewis
Lwew
York
Eine Au
Pitts Rgh
Chica
Chaladelphia
Esterday
St.” Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
W. L. Pet
Detroit
iChicago
Order to End Walkout Affects 10000 Teamsters
A.P. Dexter Lewis regional director for the AFL Teamsters says he ordered 10,000 striking truck drivers back to work in seven states west of the Mississippi after a final warning from the War Labor Board. The back-to-work order, issued from President Daniel Cobin in Los Angeles, targets stalled trucks in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas and the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A.P. Dexter Lewis
A.F.L. Teamsters
Mississippi River
War Labor Board
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Daniel Cobin
International Teamsters
Los Angeles
Local hospital notes reveal births and discharges
Betty Bradshaw of route 1 was discharged yesterday afternoon. Marvin Buckwalter and wife welcomed a daughter weighing eight pounds five ounces born yesterday at 4 46 PM. Leonard Shuppy of Brighton welcomed a daughter yesterday at 5 53 PM. Judith Anne Butterbaugh Wellman Helen Hagist Paul Hagist Jr Barbara Romine Hazel Gier Robert Ward and other residents underwent tonsillectomies this morning. William Rawn Jr and Junior Hill were admitted or discharged in the recent hospital activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Bradshaw
Route 1
Hattie Wagner
South Second Avenue
Joe Wright
East Main Street
Marvin Buckwalter
North Seventh Avenue
Leonard Shuppy
Brighton
William Rawn, Jr
Junior Hill
Route 2
Judith Anne Butterbaugh
Wellman
Helen Hagist
Paul Hagist, Jr
West Chester
Barbara Romine
Keota
Hazel Gier
Robert Ward
South Avenue C
Rev Donald Irwin Enters Army Chaplain School at Harvard
Rev Donald Irwin of Rock Island begins a six week training at Harvard University Army Chaplain School. He is among 150 clergy in the first class representing Catholic Protestant Jewish and Christian Science faiths. The non sectarian program leads to commissioned officers and covers military sanitation morale law graves registration and map reading along with physical drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Irwin
Rock Island
Harvard University
Army Chaplain School
Virgil Irwin
Moline
Elizabeth Irwin
Washington
Harold Irwin
United Presbyterian
Columbus City
Irwin
William D. Cleary
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary
Col. Cleary
Brooklyn
Phillipines
Fort Knox
Cleary
United States Army
Herman R. Page
Dayton
Ohio
Episcopal
Michigan
Cathedral Church of
St. Paul
Boston
Mass
Glass container firms convicted in Sherman Act case
Nine companies and 61 officials were found guilty in federal court in Toledo for violating the Sherman Act in a government civil suit against the glass container industry. Judge Frank Cladd said the industry held market power, largely exercised by Hartford Empire Glass of Hartford, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Federal District Court
Frank Cladd
Hartford Empire Glass Company
Hartford, Conn
Thin Blood Ridiculous Claims Say Noted Physician
Dr N Lovell of Los Angeles debunks the belief that blood can be thin and needs thickening. He argues if blood is problematic it stems from infection toxicity or dietary debris, with true cold resistance tied to fat, oxidation, and activity rather than blood viscosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Lovell
M. D
Los Angeles
Crime and insanity share root causes say doctor
Dr. J. G. Wilson, former director of hospitals and mental hygiene, argues crime and insanity stem from syphilis excessive alcohol use and domestic difficulties. His paper Interlocking of Criminal and Mental Disease Problems was read at the Kentucky Psychiatric association meeting in Lexington. He asserts similar causes and treatments, stressing order in institutions and shared rehabilitative measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Wilson
Wilson
Kentucky Psychiatric Association
United States Public Health Service Hospital
Lexington
Bald Eagle as National Emblem and Early U S Coins
The bald eagle was chosen as the United States national emblem due to its North American habitat and perceived freedom symbol. The Great Seal, adopted in 1782, features the eagle with a striped shield and blue chief. early coins like the 1795 gold eagle and 1794 silver dollar depict the eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North America
U. S
Benjamin Franklin
Will Barton
Sir John Prestwick
Congress
Benjamin West American Painter and Teacher
Benjamin West emerged as the first great figure of American art. Born October 10, 1738 in Springfield, now Swarthmore College campus, he studied under William Williams in Philadelphia and painted portraits in Philadelphia and New York. He went to Italy in 1760 and London in 1763, never returning to America but influencing its art through pupils like Charles Willson Peale and Gilbert Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin West
Springfield
Swarthmore College
London
William Williams
Philadelphia
West
New York
Italy
American
America
Charles Willson Peale
Gilbert Stuart
Arcadia settler recalls farming misfortunes and odd bees
A. Shinkle, once in Dawson and now in Arcadia California, recounts a string of farm woes from a termite house to diseased chickens and a dead horse. The tale ends with the Queen Bee marrying a horsefly and producing horseradish flavored honey before Shinkle plans a return to Yukon mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ananias Club
A. Shinkle
Arcadia
Calif
Dawson
Shinkle
Yukon
Rent with a classified ad system of licensing the firms
A report describes a scheme where licensing of container manufacturers is organized through a classified ad based system under a patent agency, outlining how firms would pay for rights to produce the containers.
Graduation at Defense School Tonight at 8
The article outlines graduation at the defense school with long and Don Maxwell presenting bands to graduates. It lists final exam questions on air raid procedures, warning signals, gas identification, bomb types, decontamination, sheltering, and wardens duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense School
Navy Recruiter to Interview Prospective Applicants in Washington
A U S Navy recruiting representative will be at the Washington post office on Friday August 28 from noon to late afternoon to interview men about Navy enlistment. Suitable applicants aged 17 to 50 with good character may contact the recruiter. birth certificates required only for those under 21. Applicants may choose their enlistment dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Washington
Navy
Local Folks Gather for Visits and News from Chanute Field
Private Glenn H Miller at Chanute field visited his parents in Ran toul Illinois. Elsie Prall and daughter Betty of Atlantic spent time with Art Prall. Prall vacationing with Mrs Pratt. Des Moines visitors Ralston Meek Connie Janice and Raymond Humston. Davenport residents Pat Bailey Michaela Baur David Joe Bailey visited John Bailey and Ed Muck homes. T L Brookhart receives word her husband Iowa senator and Washington lawyer had a light stroke but is expected to recover with left side paralysis. News report cites an execution corps planned to assassinate puppet officials including Milan Nedich and Ante Pavelić.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston Meek
Connie
Janice
Des Moines
Harvey Meek
Raymond Humston
Pat Bailey
Michaela
Fred Baur
David
Joe Bailey
Davenport
John Bailey
Ed Muck
T. L. Brookhart
Ww. Brookhart
Iowa
Washington
Washington, D. C
Monument Repatriation Request for Civil War Cannon
The request argues that the cannon belongs to the people as a whole and cannot be disposed of by any individual or group. It mentions the War Department’s opposition to destruction and asks that the cannon be returned to its mounting in Central Park until a suitable public location is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furth
War Department
Cent Park
Death notice for Dr Frederick Jardon of Atlantic Iowa
Radios broadcast announced the death of Dr Frederick Jardon from Atlantic Iowa now in the armed forces. He was a Creighton University graduate in Omaha and son of the late Fred Jardon a Washington clothing dealer. Verification by wire was not obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Jardon
Atlantic
Iowa
Creighton University
Oahu
Fred Jardon
Je Nal
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Roger McKeown
Jackie Borsch
P. P
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Prestons
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Miss Casper
St. Frances Hospital
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R. L. Grimes
Williamsburg
C. H. Woods
Zilpha
Walcott
Wood
Woods
Silas Ross
Mr. Woods
Marie Woods
Donna Rabenold
Iowa City
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Farmers’ Co-operative Store
Iowa Ave
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Doyle Gray
John Hotle
Keith Cook
Jim Gilchrist
Dale Caldwell
Mike Wheelan
Bob Friedel
Dave Livingston
Bob Livingston
Bob Marble
Clarence Cross
Dick Marshall
Bill Peters
Bob Bostwick
Tom Tanner
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Ralph Earll
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John Green
Dick Applegate
Ira Mordison
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Hal Longer
John Gamble
Warren Dare
Everette Miller
Hollis Bradshaw
LeRoy Zook
John Perdock
Francis Schneider
Dave Turner
Army
Defense Headquarters
Norton
Interceptor Command
Eng
Grazia Makhilovitch
Llance
U. S. Treasury Dept
Fort Worth
Star-Telegre
Pvt
Glenn H. Miller
Chanute Field
Rantoul, Ill
Howard P. Miller
Elsie Prall
Betty
Art
Miss Prall
Mrs. Pratt
Axis
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Serbia
Ante Pavalic
Hitler
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Paul Horak
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