Made lake dream stirs local hopes amid wartime talk
Local readers weigh a proposed man made lake near Washington for swimming and recreation as war time life seeks relief. Reflections on government control contrast democracy with fascist youth ideals and urge individual responsibility despite calls for guidance. Mahaska County murder trial acquittal offers caution on bias and booze fueled fights. A Pearl Harbor pledge from Boys Clubs of America promotes civic duty and health.
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Washington County
Mahaska
Boys’ Clubs of America
Pearl Harbor Day
United States
United States of America
VAL Ne eally guest column snippets and jokes
A petri dish of clipped vignettes and quips including a doctor’s wit about skin disease and three reasons patients suit his practice, a Navy guard misreads orders under stress, a powder puff toddler moment, a boy’s torn trousers, and a missing childly misadventure with a cellar door.
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Gas Meter Reading Keeps Silence in Apartment
A woman calls down from her door to question a man’s whereabouts. He replies calm, explaining he is reading the gas meter rather than running about trousers. The exchange shows a humorous clash of assumptions in a domestic setting.
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Tery
Creston News
East Highland Social Notes From Mrs Mincer
East Highland diary items list local visits and travels. John Swenka and son drove cattle nearby on Wednesday. Families from Kalona Lone Tree Oxford Wapello Iowa City and Lone Tree are noted for visits and errands. Weather delays due to snow slow corn picking.
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East Highland
John Swenka
Johnnie
Wim
J. Lear
Linwood Heck
Kalona
Homer Curry
Edd Quinlan
Oxford
Joe Lear
Mary Jean
Dickie
Lone Tree
Albert Kron
Anna Lear
Hester
Leona Mincer
Vera Jean Lewis
Austin Collins
Gail Murdock
Wapeto
Clifford Murdock
Dale Strong
Tri Cities
Edd Teslik
Iowa City
Hester Mincer
Bernard Marshall
Robert Cerny
Milt
Cedar Rapids Visitors and Local Medical Visits
Edna Barrett and Lucille Hughes were Cedar Rapids visitors Monday. Dewey Hanley was in Washington Tuesday. Dr. Miller is calling on Mrs. J. B. Hanley. Dr. Swain is visiting various residents in this vicinity.
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Edna Barrett
Lucille Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Dewey Hanley
Dr. Miller
J. B. Hanley
Dr. Swain
Bride by Mistake at the Fox Theatre
Witty romance and mistaken identity headline a showing of Bride by Mistake. Laraine Day and Alan Marshal star as a wealthy woman and army flier in a comedy of substitutions and tests, guided by a cautious guardian. The film blends romance, slapstick and farce in a high life RKO production.
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Laraine Day
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RKO Radio
Mr. Lucky
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Dover
War Activities Committee to distribute film to armed forces
The War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry has arranged to distribute this picture to the armed forces both at home and abroad with strong support from Allyn Joslyn, Mar sha Hunt, and Edgar Buchanan.
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Marsha Hunt
Edgar Buchanan
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Gladys Karlan and H L Reighard Wed
Gladys E Karlan of Ottumwa wed Harold Lee Reighard of Brighton on Saturday at the Church of Christ parsonage in Washington. Attendants were Marjory Reighard, niece of the groom, and Jack Popejoy of Pleasant Plain.
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Gladys E. Karlan
Ottumwa
Albert Karlan
Des Moines
Harold Lee Reighard
Thomas Reighard
Church of Christ In
Washington
Marjory Reighard
Jack Popejoy
Pleasant Plain
Karlan
Locals at Nira Snow Storm Halts Corn Picking
Nira reports snow storm suspends most corn picking as Jake Litwiller and family ride out the weather with local residents.
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Nira
Jake Litwiller
Brighton bride begins nurses training in Ottumwa
The bride, a Brighton resident and high school graduate, started nursing training in Ottumwa and will continue her course there. Mr. and Mrs. Reighard live in Ottumwa.
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Brighton
Ottumwa
Reighard
Mosel Wine Fame Tied to Berncastel Doctor’s Wine Legend
The Mosel region’s famed wine from Berncastel, known for 506 years as Doctor’s Wine, arose from a legend that it cured a bishop’s violent fever.
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