Wedding Report From Home Town War Effort
Cpl. David McGaffey and Lena Laverack of the Women's Land Army wed Nov. 9 at St. Helen's Welton England. Bride served three years in the Land Army. groom formerly Washington high school graduate 1941, stationed in England since 1944 with the 9th AAF in Germany. New overseas addresses announced for several servicemen and a Bronze Star awarded to Sgt. Robert M. Kyle.
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Women’s Land Army
England
McGaffey
David McGaffey
U. 8
Lena Laverack
Women's Land Army
P. Laverack
Welton
St. Helen's Church
Ek. B. Moulding
Laverack
Land Army
David McGafffey
Washington High School
Washington Bottling Works
Germany
Detroit police guard Mrs Housden in murder case
Detained Detroit woman Nina Housden faces homicide charges for the dismemberment and death of her husband Charles 32. Prosecutors say she planned to bury the head in a cave near Paducah Kentucky and scatter the remains along the route as authorities move to seek justice.
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Detroit
Nina Housden
Mace
Charles
Housden
Toledo
Harold Helper
Paducah
Service updates from war front and home front notes
Cpl Carr and others stationed at Camp Dodge, Kearns, Lincoln, and Atlantic City are deployed to Newfoundland with marksman credentials. Families hear of sons in the marines, naval medical units, and air force missions in Europe, England, and the Pacific as Pfc Stapp, Pvt Barnhart, and Sgt Arington receive new postings and medals. Major Booth welcomes a newborn Wendy Melinda, while Wellman area folk share Christmas observances and community news.
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Cpl
Carr
Camp Dodge
Kearns
Utah
Lincoln
Nebr
Atlantic City
N. J
Newfoundland
Wendell J. Booth
Washington
American Airlines
LaGuardia Field
New York
Edmonton
Canada
Alaskan
Air Transport Command
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Alaska
Major Booth
Mra
Mulch Guidelines For Perennial Plants And Fall Bulbs
Leaves straw or manure mulch suits plants whose tops vanish in winter. Well established plants need less mulch. Newly planted perennials and late fall bulbs require mulch in early seasons, but never apply mulch until the ground has frozen.
Miniature merry-go-round charms Salem child at Christmas
Santa Claus delivered a tiny electric merry-go-round to Larry Shalla, five, in Salem. The toy spins with plastic airplanes circling as a motor whirs, after helpers swapped metal parts for wood and painted it red. Community Christmas events followed with songs, recitals, and gatherings at the church basement.
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Dewey Weeks
Salem
Santa Claus
Larry Shalla
Dwane Shalla
Santa
Dwane
Mr. Bickel
Larry
He Egypt School
Hazel Funston
Joe Soukup
Ne Shaila
Harold Strum
John & Jr
George
Paul Yansky
Edith Kyl
Adolph Shatta
Government lumber purchases during wartime surge
The article notes U S purchases of boards and lumber totaling billions from 1942 to 1948 with a peak in a single year. It states a wartime government lumber total of 6 319 244 000 trees and compares yearly one year high to prior periods.
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U.S
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Co. C
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South Pacific
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William D. Vinton
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Pvt
Lloyd Fredmund
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Cox
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Walter M. Robertson
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Pfe
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Schick Hospital
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Edna Haney
Wave Quarters
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West Chester
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Cpl. Carr
Harold Timmins
Enter
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U. & Navy
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Columbus Junction
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Tex
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Lee Barnhart
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Rex L. Bain
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Safe
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Wellman
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Almeren Drug Store
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Charles Marek
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Emma Bopp
Ed Conner
Mia
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Colleen
Vernon
Egypt
Dawn
Highland Palace Club
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Red Steele’s
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Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
U. S. Ackack
U. S. Signal Corps
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