News Rejew and Community Notices
Tengagely bruised in a haying accident and taken home after treatment. Mrs Freret Stair visiting her parents plans to join her husband in Mobile. Pvt. John Smith returned to Camp Carson Colorado after a leave. Harold W H promoted to captain in a Marine unit at Camp Stew Ally. Open house at Crawfordsville June 29 for Dr and Mrs N J Lease golden anniversary. Cooperative church supper honored Rev Fred Miller. Navajo Club hosted by Mrs D J Patterson with luncheon by Patty and Nancy Patterson. Others attended Presbyterian youth conference in Warkio. Mrs Cloyce Dusenbery and Marie Welch visited Burli ngton relatives.
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Warkio
Iowa-Nebraska
United Presbyterian Church
Cloyce Dusenbery
Marie Welch
Burlington
Arrow Shots From Democrat Four Decades Ago
A column with pithy observations on social behavior. It notes that trouble follows those who seek attention and mocks aspiring storytellers. It jokes about loafers, appreciation, visiting women collecting recipes, and the label independent often masking ignorance.
Crawfordsville News Notes Happenings and Travels
Rev. Sh M McCracken returns from Pawnee City Neb with brother Robert and sister Miss Iva McCracken. Mrs Rose Moorhead comes home from Des Moines after visiting her son Ralph and also with Loren and wife from Shenandoah. Leland Love reports employment at Kaiser shipyard in Portland Oregon. Mr and Mrs Bruce McCleary and son Jimmy return to Des Moines after visiting ae McCleary. Wilma Wooley Joan Maywell and Mary Cherryholmes also return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Sh. M. McCracken
Pawnee City
Neb
Robert
Iva McCracken
Rose Moorhead
Des Moines
Ralph
Loren
Shenandoah
Leland Love
Kaiser Shipyard
Portland
Oregon
Bruce McCleary
Jimmy
Ae McCleary
Wilma Wooley
Joan Maywell
Mary Cherryholmes
Sandy Hook News Notes and Local Happenings
A local column reports minor injuries at Sandy Hook from an accident involving a worker’s eye, with doctors hopeful for full sight. New resident Cedric Wesley arrives at Hap Guy home June 24. Community events include Indian Creek club meetings, strawberry crop yields, and visits among families in Rubio Des Moines and Des Moines trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Hap Guy
Cedric Wesley
Pat Burroughs
Ralph Corpening
Indian Creek Club
George Howard
Calif
John Sutton
Des Moines
Mr. Walker
Brighton News Notes and Local Movements
Retirement, furloughs and visits fill Brighton notes as Pvt Lewis Nast visits family in Milan while J E K Nash returns to Albert Lea for his father’s illness. Daryl Dunbar of Alexander Va visits parents in Brighton. Joan Kagans visits Des Moines for two weeks with her mother. W E Zickefoos’s son born June 29. Bernard Paxson named superintendent of Brighton schools as Paxson and Messer relocate. C W Long travels to Des Moines.
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Ednar. Crile
aUdd Peep
Lewis Nast
Milan
E. T. Nash
Juuart Nash
Albert Lea
Minn
EK. T. Nash
Daryl Dunbar
Alexander
Carl Dunbar
Joan Kagans
Des Moines
Robert “Iliott
Bernard Paxson
Hedrick
F. W. Johnston
H. C. Messer
Williamsburg
Paxson
Brighton
C. W. Long
Des
U S Award Adds to Billy Drakes Medals Chest
Billy Drake of Chatham Kent England receives the American Distinguished Flying Cross adding to his British DSO and DFC with bar. He commands an RAF Kittyhawk squadron attached to the U S Ninth Air Force in a notable cross alliance award.
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U. S
Shipyards Built for Liberty Ships Boost Production
Seventeen yards now work almost exclusively on Liberty ships and were designed specifically for their construction. The tailored layout and dedicated facilities have driven a substantial portion of America’s wartime shipbuilding output.
40 000 Loyalists Migrated to Canada During Revolution
An estimate indicates 40 000 Loyalists moved to Canada amid the American Revolution. The migration reshaped demographics and settlement patterns in Canada and neighboring regions.
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Canada
Church Attendance and Clergy Load in U S Population
A statistic notes that if all white Americans attended church, each clergyman would oversee 716 congregants. The figure highlights potential religious service burdens in denominations across the nation.
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United States
Des Moines Grand Jury Finds Drunken Driving Charge Ignored
May session in Polk County absolved a drunken driving charge against Robert Nolan after blood tests showed 270 mg alcohol per 100 cc. Testimony by biochemist Robert Morrissey and Dr. Julius Weingart supported intoxication. Patrolman N B Mike Wilson filed the information after an earlier grand jury refused to indict Nolan.
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Des Moines
Polt County
National Safety Council
Robert Nolan
Ralph L. Power
Des Moines Municipal Cour
Robert Morrissey
Iowa
Lutheran Hospital
Nolan
Julius Weingart
N. B
Mike Wilson
Nean
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FOX
Seemsi
John Smith
PPS
Camp
Carson
Colorado
Harold WH
Stewally
N. J. Lease
The
Methodist Church
Fred Miller
D. J. Patterson
Navajo Club
Robert Patterson
Patty
Nancy Patterson
Congress
North Iowa
Sarre Lovwation
Smiths Roller Rink
Pennzoil
Pennsylvania
S&s
Washington
AXIS
Greece
R. Ap
Preveza
H. W. Jsinneart
Moines
Robert Gier
Chicago
Mary Mosinski
Moline
Frank Chuck
A. C. Jacobs
Waukee
Army
Farragut
Idaho
Roger Stannard
Stevens Point, Wis
Lorraine Stannard
Ensign
Clive Clark
New London, Conn
A. B. Clark
Allerton
S. ¥. Smith
J. E. Luckenbill
Darla
Long Beach
Edna Crile
Lester Luckerbill
David Kay
Ames
I. F. Kraemer
Harry Wentworth
Wentworth
Kraemer
Mrs. Wentworth
Harmony Club
F. W. Wanerus
Merry Moderns
Hom
Herbert Stouse
Walter Hagans
Dwight Robison
Dorothy Lunning
Freda Rininger
Mrs. Lyman Babcock
Mrs. Paul Grove
Sally
St. Paul, Minn
Mrs. S. M. Grove
Brighton News
W. E. Zickefoos
Isabelle Davis
Minneapolis
Catharine Jane Hull
Hitler
U.S. Treasury Department
Washington Federal Saving and Loan Association
Washington, Iowa
U.S
Federal Home Loan Bank
Ralph W. Thompson
C. R. McCutechen
America
Orshea
Barbara Stanwyck
Satuls
Michael O’shea
Ans
J. Edward Bromberg
Charles Dingle
Frank Conroy
Gloria Dickson
Marion Martin
Iris Adrian
Victoria Faust
Pinky Lee
Frank Fenton
Janis Carter
Eddie Gordon
Tom and Jerry
Yankee Doodle Mouse
Ray McKinley
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