Barnes Children Visit Parental Home for Christmas
FAIRVIEW January 3. West Orange New Jersey visitors Earle Barnes Eldred Olson and daughter Christie Lon and Mauce Barnes return from belated Christmas at T H Barnes home. Several local families and friends attended gatherings and church events with travel to Des Moines Centerville and Chicago noted. A heavy snow covered area and a compliment to theater vickers from the Evening Journal mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Earle Barnes
West Orange
New Jersey
Eldred Olson
Christie Lon
Mauce Barnes
Chicago
T. H. Barnes
Robert Rhea
Sigourney
J. C. Rhea
Clarence Lowe
Marsh
M. Bolon
Lyle Darbyshire
Donald Monson
Des Moines
Crawfordsville
Mr. Sehnelle
Donald Blankenhorn
Earl Monson
Norfolk
Neb
Lyle Nicola
Floyd Blankenhorn
Harry Ramstyer
Gwendolyn
Ramisever
Joe Ott
Mr. Ott
Keota
Linda
Lisle Maxwell
Clint Rhea
Federated Church
Centervill
Hugh McCathur
John
Allen Barth
Lansing
Paul
Dean Henderson
Carole Jean Rees
Ed Rees
Robert Roberts
Washington
Evening Journal
Vickers
Pullman Capacity Reaches 85,000 in 1945 Nights
About 85,000 persons occupied Pullman sleeping cars each night in 1945, reflecting high rail travel demand and wartime transport patterns. The figure illustrates scale of passenger service and the reliance on rail for long distance mobility during that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Accommodations
Veteran and Serviceman Family Questions Column
Special Washington Bureau column offers veteran and serviceman family problem guidance. Readers may send questions to the bureau at 1616 Eye Street NW Washington DC for answer in a future column. no direct mail replies.
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Epivor
Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Eye Street N
Washington, D. C
VA hospital expansion and service connect backlog noted
As of December 9 the Veterans Administration nearly completed its hospitalization program with only 73 service connected cases awaiting admittance. The VA now operates 28 former service hospitals, having acquired six more including Cushing General in Framingham Massachusetts Fort Logan in Colorado Billings General Fort Harrison Newton D Baker Martinsburg Moore General Swannanoa and the Naval Hospital San Juan Puerto Rico. Emergency cases are prioritized and non service connected admissions wait for beds.
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Veterans’ Administration
Army and Navy
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Mass
Fort Logan Hospital
Colorado
Billings General
Fort Harrison
Wittmers Return From Rochester Christmas Visit
Havre news reports Willis Wittmer and family returning home after Christmas with Dr. Samuel Wittmer in Rochester, N.Y. They traveled in a new Chevrolet without trouble. The piece notes social visits among local families, Christmas dinners, and a Havre school New Year break with a pre Christmas party at the school hosted by Miss Krabill and Lester Krabill’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hering
Havre
Jan
Willis Wittmer
S. C. Wittmer
Dr. Samuel Wittmer
Rochester
N.Y
Willis
Dr. Sanuel
Sammie III
Joe Wittmer
Wayland
Witmer
S. C
Floyd Stover
Darlene
Dale Mitchell
Fred Wisele
John McConahey
Texas
Will Richard
Smith
Donald Smith
Wellman
Lena Mason
Clyle
Margaret
Louis Jugenheimer
Wellston
Jesse Stout
Elbert Elmore
Fairfield
Mason Home
Claude McCoy
Cleo McCoy
Besse McCoy
Forrest Mullen
Lloyd
Douglas
Taylor Stout
Lyle Wilcox
Will Richards
Carl Jarvis
Havre School
Fred Eisele
Lee
John Hauenstein
J. B. McConahey
Clarence Richards
Grandpa Baer
Henry Lanning
Harold
Howard
Charles
Seanna
John Baer
Lunning
Henry Lunning
Fred Burger
Lisle Hering
Judith Ann
C. C. Swartzendruber
Ernest Yoder
Yoder
Wee Janice Ann
Janet Ann
Hans
Santa Claus
Miss Krabill
Lester Krabill
Billy Nickelson
Lee Kisele
Evelyn Lindenkamp
Robert Richards
Larry Westen
Elaine Lindenkamp
Barbara Nickelson
Lazy Jo Weston
Judith Ann Hering
Store With Stews Harvesting Tips For Root Vegetables
A preservation tip advises leaving a good inch of stem on carrots beets turnips rutabagas and onions when harvesting for storage to keep produce intact and durable.
Franklin Items Recall Local Social Ties and Celebrations
In Franklin on January 4 Mrs and Mrs Harold Fulton with Jo Ann and Teddy dined with Jeanette Kyle while many neighbors and relatives visited for New Year and Christmas gatherings. Several families hosted dinners and parties, including the Brinning, Durst, and Booth households, with funerals, weddings, and a birthday noted, plus a minor accident as Clyde Dawson Jr. suffered a scalp wound from a rifles discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Durst
Franklin
Harold Fulton
Jo Ann
Teddy
Jeanette Kyle
John Niete
Kiene
Vernon Tucker
Daryl Lefflers
John Kiene
Edith Prebyl
Herold
Duene
Brinning
Allison Maas
Cedar Township
Wn. Bash
Robert Heehstetler
Kalona
R. H. Fulton
Chas. Palmer
Denver
Iyle
R. Fulton
Mr. Fulton
Tecdyv
Wm. Fash
Delmer Millers
Wellman
Nomenclature of Municipal Areas Across Regions
In New England the term town identified the corporate municipality while New York used city for urban places. nationwide usage eventually followed these two patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Egland
New York
United States
Inauguration of Weather Service Sparked 20 Year Culmination
A tentative weather bureau service began in 1870 with Congress backing it. Twenty years later the weather bureau, as an official entity, received formal recognition and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Weather Bureau
Rail efficiency gains cut coal use in freight moves
Railroads in 1945 moved 1,000 tons of freight and equipment one mile using 116 pounds of coal, a 28 percent saving from 1921 when 162 pounds were needed for the same service, reflecting improved fuel efficiency in mid century.
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Brown Finance Co
Court House
Gorham
South
North
Marion
W. LL
Nat'l Master Plumbers Ass’n
Crose Electric
N. Ave
Mangold
Washington Concrete Company
North 12Th Street
Rock Island
Mdg Service
Bureau
Army
Navy
Alaska
E. B
Tinley Park, Hl
Adjutant General
War Department
D. C
Selma
Ala
Norway
Mich
B. B
Dexter
Kas
American Legion
Office of Veterans’ Administration
Red Cross
Mason
Evert Westen
Martin Westen
Mrs
Floyd Reshley
Blondie
Chic Young
Julia
Andy Trauter
Clyde Dawson Jr
Olga Ruocco
Shotgun
York
AL Ruocco
Olga
New Report
Ruocco
Pearl Lu
Washington Dairy
George Scriven
Kalona, Towa
GALL
Sorrell
W. Madison
Eveready
Norton's
Ache Gre
Plumbing & Heating Company
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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