Local notes list arrivals guests and military postings
Cpl. Howard N. McCleery of Camp Jos. T. Robinson Ark arrived Saturday morning for about 10 days with his parents. Various family visits are noted including Carl Lehr and Clarence Brown, with others visiting Norman Bean and the Timmins family. Several service members and relatives travel for funerals and duties at Muscatine Fort McClellan and Quonset Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Howard N. McCleery
Camp Jos. T. Robinson
Ark
Howard McCleery
Marion Timmins
Timmins
Edgartown
Magss
Clarence Timmins
United States Coast Guard
Thanks for Kind Thoughts From Mrs Rex Smith
Mrs Rex Smith expresses gratitude for the thoughtful remembrance that brightened her hospital experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Rex Smith
Washington Demons Praised For Gutsy Fight
Washington's basketball team earned praise from Burlington Hawkeye Gazette sports editor Van Garrison for a hard fought effort against Burlington in a 40-23 loss. The report highlights the Demons as never quitting, noting key contributions from Bostwick Maxwell Crull Box and Longer amid a taller Grayhounds defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
van Garrison
Burlington
Grayhounds
LHS
Fighting Demons
John Harp
Washington Court
Bostwick
Wero
Maxwell
Crull
Box
Bierce
Bost Wick
Morrison family visit to Iowa City with grandmother
Mrs. E. PD. Morrison Jr. and her sons B. D. HL Tommy and James spent yesterday in Iowa City with her mother Mrs. I. Coffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. PD. Morrison, Jr
B. D
Tommy and
James
Iowa City
I. Coffey
Richard Hopp
Tomorow
Atlantic City
N.J
Clyde L. Boice
Boice
Sally
Pegey
Washington
Clifford Thorne
Elizabeth
New York City
Chicago
T. D. Anderson
Ida Hopp
Hospital Receives Several Patient Updates and Birth Report
Max Shepherd of 505 North Iawa avenue was dismissed after automobile accident injuries. A daughter weighing seven pounds four and three quarters ounces was born yesterday at 2 05 to Mr and Mrs Grant McKune of 702 East Second street. The report lists multiple admissions and discharges including Althea Montgomery and Ivan Yoder medical patients and Mrs Donald Tucker and Mrs Guy Evans under observation or admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Shepherd
North Iawa Avenue
Althea Montgomery
East Main Street
Grant McKune
East Second Street
Ivan Yoder
Wayland
Donald Tucker
Brighton
Clarence Fulton Seeks County Supervisor Seat
Political notice announces Clarence Fulton as a candidate for County Supervisor. Term begins January 1, 1946 with the June 5, 1944 primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fulton
Exhibit Lambs At Cedar Rapids Show Highlights County Exhibitors
Nine Washington county club members exhibited 220 head of Western lambs at the first eastern Iowa western lamb show and sale in Cedar Rapids. Top pens scored choice and good while individual lambs sold at 7 for the first place and 3 6 for the second. top price 16.50 per cwt. Bronze medals and cash prizes awarded to high graders. names include Duensing Fluding Foster Thompson Rinner Eigsti and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Club
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Duensing
Washington Group
Duane Thompson
Washington County
Bertha Flading
Wellman
Wilson Packing Company
Peterson Sheep Company
Washington
Bill Foster
Duane and
Victor Thompson
Deane’ Rinner
Orlin Eigsti
Americans abandon bridge head on Rapido in German counter attack
Front reports say American forces retreated west of the Rapido near Casaine after running low on ammunition and close combat fighting. German counter offense pushes the Reds toward Leningrad Novgorod defenses along a 20 mile front. Russian forces reportedly overran 17 towns toward the Lenin grad Moscow rail line, and a Berlin radio dispatch claimed a new large scale Soviet attack in the Doepor bend near Kirovograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapido
Casaine
Germain
Io Custis
Leningrad-Novgorod
Kyril A. Merutskov
Leningrad-Moscow
DNB
Radio Berlin
Kirovograd
Do’epor
Social Security Manager to Visit Ottumwa January 27
Ottumwa Iowa January 24An outreach by Frank H Daly Ottumwa office manager of the social security board will visit the post office building Washington Town at 3 00 p m January 27 to assist with old age and survivors insurance claims and answer questions Widows and children of workers newly deceased should contact Daly to determine eligibility for monthly benefits Those aged 65 or older who have retired or plan retirement soon should seek information about eligibility for benefits from Daly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
Frank H. Daly
Special Security Board
Post
Washington
Mr. Daly
Fuel Reserve Longevity Report Sparks Debate
Authorities warn US petroleum could last 15 years while natural gas holds 32 years and bituminous coal 2010 years. The figures prompt discussions on energy policy and strategic reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jobs Waiting for Girl Graduates
The Northwestern Life Insurance Company survey of 128 colleges shows starting salaries at new highs. Women enter traditional roles plus junior executives and engineering. About one third to two thirds of 1943 engineers go into the military. war industry needs many engineers and grads, with civilian industry limited to 4-Fs and women not in war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Rookie Sailors Learn Brand New Maritime Vocabulary
New sailors joining the expanding fleet must master specialized terms per the National Council of American Shipbuilders. Terms include pelican hook a quick releasing hook, Sampson post a strongest vertical post for booms, padding to prevent hull chafe, a harmless circle of rope called a fake and the boss the hull area around the propeller shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Council of American Shipbuilders
Comes Home From War To Enter Army
Cincinnati man John L. Probert 30 has moved from the African theater to the army 1-A classification after serving as assistant secretary to General Mark Clark in North Africa He returned from a Red Sea port aboard a prison ship and is now at the Army Railway Training Center in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Johnny
Army
John L. Probert
North Africa
Mark Clark
Probert
Africa
Douglas Aircraft Company
General Clark
Selective Service
Red Sea
Army Railway Training Center
New Orleans
230 500 Home Units Built for War Workers
The National Housing agency reported about 230 500 new housing units for war workers completed in the first five months of 1943, funded privately and publicly. This marked a 47 percent rise from the previous five months, with 31 700 more units started in May and 294 900 units in progress nationwide at month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Housing Agency
NHA
France Pays Millions Daily for Occupation Costs
London reports from French quarters state the Bank of France is drawn on for 590 million francs daily to cover German occupation costs. An additional 150 million francs daily in Franco-German clearing, about 90 million in kind, plus supplementary charges bring the total burden higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bank of France
Britain Votes Billion Pound Credit for War Costs
London Commons approved a supplementary credit of one billion pounds to cover expenses until early November. Britain’s war outlay reached 68 billion dollars with daily expenditures of 53 million since April, marking the 18th wartime vote of credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Commons
Kingsley Wood
Britain
Power Bureau Doubles 1942 Electric Output This Year
The bureau of reclamation power plants have more than doubled their 1942 production of electric power this year. This sharp increase highlights growing energy capacity and efficiency gains across the regional grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Reclamation Power Plants
Prof Glockler to Speak on Our Enemy Japan to Clubs
Prof George Glockler head of Iowa State University chemistry department will address Fort night club members guests Rotary and Y's Men 3 wives in the Community room at the YMCA tomorrow at 8 PM. He lived in Japan five years and has deep inside knowledge of Japanese customs and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
George Glockler
Rotary and
Y's Men
Y.M.C.A
Glockler
State University of Iowa
Washington
Louisa-Washington Counties Bankers Association
Columbus Junction
Rosemary Club
George Horn
Priscilla Club
BE. M. McConaughy
Pian
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
Woman's Missionary Society
U.P. Church
C. A. Boice
Local Social Notes Include Army Arrival and Visits
Mrs. Hugh Chance and Mrs. G W Manussier Jr host Sunday guests in Muscatine. Lt G W Manussier Jr serving in Italy. Mrs Helen Coffey Arnold hospitalized in Miami Arizona after major operation. teachers at Miami public schools. Ensign Wade Gardner returns from Texas and begins teaching at Corpus Christi naval air training center. Darlene Rail starts as a stenographer at the warm Bureau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Manussier, Jr
Army Air Corps
Italy
G. W. Manussier
Jna
New York City
N.Y
Helen Coffey Arnold
Miami Inspiration Hospital
Miami
Ariz
Cora Teeter Dunsmore
Arnold
E. I. Coffey
Dunsmore
Miami Public
Wade Gardner
Corpus Christi
Texas
Naval Air Training Center
John
Ensign Gardner
Phyllis Brown
Glendale
Calif
Gardner
Corpus Christi Naval Air Training Center
The Deathless Paraphrase Attributed to Voltaire
The line commonly attributed to Voltaire about defending others' right to speak is widely disputed. Beatrice Hall popularized it in 1907, but she later admitted it was her paraphrase of Voltaire's ideas from the Essay on Tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
S. G. Tallentyre
Beatrice Hall
Miss Hall
Walnut Women's Club Dines and elects officers
Mrs. Ralph Chorpening hosted the January Walnut Women's Club dinner with club members two children and a guest Mrs. Dick Mineart. A business meeting followed with 11 members present. officers for the new year were elected: Mrs. Earl Chorpening president, Mrs. Le Wilson vice president, Mrs. Clyde Nicola secretary treasurer, Mrs. Glen Davis reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Chorpening
Walnut Women's Club
Dick Mineart
Earl Chorpening
le Wilson
Clyde Nicola
Glen Davis
Dinner Courtesy For Lt and Mrs Trask
Lt. and Mrs. Trask of Camp Butner N C were guests of honor at a noon day dinner hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs C L Eyestone. An afternoon of visiting followed with relatives including Mr and Mrs Stanley Dawson Judy Kalona Mr and Mrs Lyle Hayes Grace Hill Mr and Mrs Howard Zihl man and son Philip Brighton and Mr and Mrs L B Trask Norman and Dale Eyestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Trask
Camp Butner
N.C
C. L. Eyestone
Stanley Dawson
Judy
Kalona
Lyle Hayes
Grace Hill
Howard Zihlman
Philip
Brighton
L. B. Trask
Norman
Dale Eyestone
Funeral Services For Ivan Spangler
Crawfordsville residents attended the funeral for Ivan Spangler son of George Spangler of Olds. He was killed last week in an airplane crash in Arizona while serving in the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Ivan Spanzler
Swedesburg
George Spangler
Olds
Las Week
Arizona
Clarence
Russell Zickafoose
J. C. Mitchell
Marion Huston
Harvey Thomas
Spangler
Frank Gault
Joyce
Lucille
Merle Twinam
Charles William
Mary Virginia
Charles Strothman
New London
Gault
Twinam
Strothman
William Edgar, Jr
Excelsior Springs
G. E. Mace
Iowa City
Mary Lillian Moorhead
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Amazing properties of silica gel absorbent material
Silica gel made from water glass and acid absorbs moisture from the air. One quart can absorb nearly one pint without changing appearance due to its porosity. An inch of gel has about 50,000 square feet of pore surface. It is used in cloth bags tied to military motors and metal equipment to prevent rust during shipment.
Carpet Duck Mills Ship Protective Coated Fabrics Abroad
An enormous amount of carpet duck fabric is being produced in American mills. It is used for tents tarpaulins barracks bags tropical hammocks and arctic sleeping bags. Coatings or impregnators protect it from humidity and mold before shipment to Allied forces.
New Products Drive Large Share of 1942 46 Sales
Advances in scientific laboratories boosted a large company as nearly half of its gross sales for 1942 46 came from products that did not exist in 1928 or were not produced in large quantities then, indicating rapid innovation and market expansion.
Social calendar items for clubs and meetings
Monday social calendar lists multiple clubs and societies with times and locations including Baptist church pot luck supper at 6 90 Miedo sil, public library sessions, YMCAs, Damascus Shrine meeting at Masonic temple, U P church, YWCA rooms and book reviews. Members asked to notify hosts if unable to attend and bring a dish or table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
A. C. Peterson
Homemakers Club
Robert Reaney
Bethel Missionary Society
el Nek Stneich Edge Grace Sha
Foster Bickel
Lloyd Humston
Birthday Observances Reported for Local Residents
Today Dr. F W Eastwood observes a birthday and last Thures day marked his wedding anniversary. It is the 14th birthday of Virginia Messenger, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Messenger, with several others including Ruby Sharp Theresa Bruty Scranton Pauline L L Evans Robert Korottnerus Mrs Lewis Anderson Conn Whiteman Daryl Oldfield Mrs Stanley Foster Mrs Amile Daub and Mrs Wayne Arnold also noted for birthdays today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Eastwood
Virginia Messenger
Mrs
Harold Messenger
Ruby Sharp
Route One
Keola
Theresa Bruty Scranton
Pauline L. L. Evans
Robert Korottnerus
Lewis Anderson
Conn Whiteman
Biggsville, Il
Daryl Oldfield
Stanley Foster
Amile Daub
Wayne Arnold
Birthday milestone noted for Phyllis Kay Hershberger
The Journal observes Phyllis Kay Hershberger turning twelve today. A note mentions Mrs. J. and Lockwood of Keote as a member of the newspaper’s Three Quarter Century club, dated the seventh day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Kay Hershberger
Action Army and Air Force Pilots Plan 1943 Flight Milestone
Air force and army pilots and student pilots project to fly over four billion miles in 1943, spanning training routes and combat assignments as part of national wartime efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Force
W C T U Meeting in West Chester Hosts Mrs Munster
The West Chester W C T U met Friday with Mrs H W Munster as hostess. Devotions led by Will Ross and Rev Edythe Sterlin framed a program on anti liquor action and prohibition, highlighting Elizabeth Smart and Lucy Lee from the national movement. Eight members attended and an offering supported Lillian Stev enslund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U. of
West Chester
H. W. Munster
Will Ross
Edythe Sterlin
Little Ministe
Shenandoah
Lucy Lee
Elizabeth Smart
W.C.T.U
Ths
Edith Bauer
Ruth McDowell
Hough
Poore
Lea
Lillian Stevenlund
To Buy Bond for An Ambulance Plane
Ganeshaho Camp Fit girls held a Saturday meeting at guardian Mrs George Dowell's home. JoAnn Wilson and Betty lem van sold popcorn balls whose proceeds added to the girls bond fund to purchase a $25 war bond for an ambulance plane. The group worked on their books while Mr Dowell served light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganeshaho Camp
Hom of the Guardian
George Dowell
JoAnn Wilson
Betty Lem van
Dowell
Bridge Club Meets At Mottet Home
Riverside residents host an evening bridge session at Clement Mottet's home on Thursday. Mrs Haro Cress wins high score for the ladies and Fred Kron takes the men's prize after a turkey supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
Mottet
Riverside
Clement Mottet
Haro’ Cress
Fred Kron
West Chester J. W. Bak Relief Corps meeting announced
The West Chester J. W. Bak Relief Corps will meet at 2 o clock Thursday afternoon January 27 at K P hall with full attendance urged. A full afternoon is planned including installation of officers and other business by request of the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
J. W. Bak Relief Corps
K.P. Hall
Sun rises in the west at Balboa Marine Post
Residents at Balboa Canal Zone Marine Post begin the day under an illusion that the sun rises in the west. The Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal lies 25 miles east of the Atlantic entrance, making the sun appear to rise from the Pacific and set in the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reveille
Marine Corps
Balboa
Canal Zone
Card of Thanks for sympathy and support
The Huston family and Mrs Harvey Thomas express appreciation to neighbors and friends for expressions of sympathy and kind cards received during their hour of retirement. Brothers and sister note their thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Huston
Harvey Thomas
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Fairfield
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