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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1941
Page
8
Obituary notes the death of Claude Reister at sixty four, beloved for strength and family bonds. The entry recalls his kindness, the blended families with Mrs Minick, and a stormy New Year period that mirrors a personal loss in a community journal.
CHICAGO July 2 iUPP Wells Mori born 28 years ago to an immigrant Japanese father and a Norwegian Welsh mother, overcame partial blindness to graduate fourth in the 1941 Illinois Institute of Technology class. He learned memory and typewriter reading, with help from a circle of women readers, and plans a master’s in economics at the University of Chicago.
The campus becomes a training ship as 609 cadets study signaling, gunnery, torpedoing, and engineering from dawn to night. Classes are spread between the college and dockyard trips with sports and recreation nearby. Bosun Sandy Blackburn, from Belleville, briefly stood sentry aboard the gangway.
The passage records Mary Maxwell Smith traveling with Prof Claude Johnson to Detroit for a car purchase while he went to Michigan. They plan a vacation before North Carolina summer teaching. Ella Smith of Marshalltown arranged the visit. After Will Maxwell’s death Mrs. Maxwell married Thad Smith. they reside in Dallas where he works for a large wholesale grocery firm.
King’s College Halifax shifts from divinity study to naval officer training as old undergraduates become second lieutenants in uniform. The campus scene changes from classrooms to a shipboard style for a Royal Canadian Navy program.
Trinity Lutheran Church lists a Thursday July 3 confirm class at 7 00 p m and an 8 15 p m Sunday School Teachers Meeting led by Pastor Alb Bostelmann.
Federal agents arrest 29 suspects in a sweeping espionage roundup across the United States on charges of conspiracy to aid foreign nations. The group includes two men and 22 born in Germany, with several women among the detainees. Names listed include Lilly Stein of New York Evelyn Lewy of New York Frederick J. Duquesne and Axel Wheeler Hill all tied to artistic or academic circles and recent naturalization efforts.
In memory of mother Mrs. Kenry Ballard who passed away July 2 1940. God took a precious thing to earth a mother whose loving heart brought joy beyond measure. The Ballard name endures in family memory and gratitude.
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