McAvoy Receives Medical Discharge After Army Service
George McAvoy of the area returned home from O'Reilly General Hospital Springfield Missouri after four years in the United States Army including 21 months in hospital care for wounds suffered in combat in Italy. Leave orders issued for apricots and peaches. Orcutt's Piggly Wiggly advertises lower prices. Myrla Stephens named assistant director of admissions at Berea College Kentucky. She departs soon after a visit in Virginia to see Lt Harold Stephens recently returned from overseas service.
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George McAvoy
O'Reilly General Hospital
Springfield
United States Army
Italy
Orcutt’s Piggly
Myrla Stephens
Berea College
Berea
Ohio
Kerea
Miss Stephens
Virginia
Harold Stephens
Ewing, Va
Pierce Chadwell
Evelyn Turner
Washington
Military doctors to China on medical mission
Dr. William Frye and four colleagues are assigned to a medical mission to Chungking to study diseases in China. Frye, an instructor at Vanderbilt University, has a leave of absence from the medical college and will depart today with the group.
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William Frye
Nashville
Tenn
R. E. Brown
Army Medical Corps
Waxed floors safe with proper wax and rubdown
The guidance states waxed floors remain safe when polished with a small amount of wax and given a thorough rubdown to remove any soft slippery lumps.
Oklahoma Farmers Take to the Skies in Agricultural Aviation
Oklahoma pilots led by Henry Bomhoff fly from homemade puddle jumper to a 12 plane hangar. Nearly 40 farmers use airplanes for fencing, locating cattle, killing coyotes, marketing crops, and teaching others to fly. Army pilots among their trainees, family members also fly, changing farming in wheat and cattle operations statewide.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry Bomhoff
Calumet Wheat
Flying Farmers
Bomnhoff
Bomhoff
Henry
Chicago Tribune
Germany
Dad
Mom
Iowa Prospects For Corn Above 10 Year Average
Weather in 1945 slowed corn growth with below average stands early July. Improved conditions later boosted development but delayed harvest prospects keep corn yields a concern. Oats acreage rises above last year and near ten year average. oats yield expected strong. Soybeans see expansion with large crop potential amid oil demand.
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Iowa
Crop Reporting Service
Tank battalion forges bold assault near Sevelen
In Sevelen Germany a Negro tank battalion attacked through a blown bridge and street fighting against Nazi parachute units. The 784th tank battalion then joined the 35th infantry division in a hard offensive earning high praise from seasoned troops. Sgt Walter Hall commanded a tank bulldozer under fire and knocked out a German 88 mm antitank gun.
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Sevelen
Germany
Bastogne
784Th
35Th Infantry
35Th Division
St. Lo
Venlo
Former soldier named village police chief recalls Hitler
A 64 year old former soldier who served in the same brigade as Hitler in the last war was named chief of police in the village. He recalls Hitler as a "stupid soldier" and says he never trusted Hitler's leadership or joined the Nazis.
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Huenxe, G&rmany
Hitler
Germany
Nazis
Meteors Mostly Burn Up Before Reaching Earth
Only one meteor in twenty million actually strikes the Earth. the majority burn up in the atmosphere, with very few reaching the surface.
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Earth
Hospital Dismissals and Birth Announcements
Dismissals include Mrs Rose Woods of Ainsworth and Mrs William W Brown and son. A five pound seven ounce daughter born at 1:39 this morning to Mr and Mrs Erwin Wulf. A son born at 8:14 last night to Mr and Mrs Marvin Buckwalter of 323 East Main Street. A son born at 6722 last evening to Mr and Mrs Anie Staubaugh Route Two Wellman.
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Rose Woods
Ainsworth
William W. Brown
William Walker
North Seventh Avenue
Teddy Thornton
North Town Avenue
Alicia. Norman
Eugene Merz
Erwin Wulf
Marvin Buckwalter
East Main Street
Anie Staubaugh
Route Two
Wellman
Typists Tests Here For Army Service
Civil service representative to interview typists and stenographers in Washington on Thursday July 12 for Army Service Forces appointments. Shortage of personnel in Washington DC requires qualified applicants under civil service rules, age 17½ or older, physically capable. Transport paid for six months, housing provided. Starting pay 163 dollars monthly for 44 hour week, 182 dollars with one year experience. Apply at post office or employment service. inquire with Mrs Kaiser.
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Civil Service
Washington
Army Service Forces
Washington, D. C
War Department
Post Office
Kaiser
Tommy Richards Returns From South Pacific Leave
Stanley T Richards arrives home for a 30 day leave to spend time with his father and Mrs Richards. It notes his first home leave in two and a half years and that he had recently returned to the west coast after service in the South Pacific.
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Stanley T
Tommy” Richards
Stanley Richards
How to Choose a Quality Thanksgiving Turkey
Quality turkeys should have full breasts, flesh over thighs, good fat under the skin, few blemishes, and minimal pin feathers. Young birds show a pliable breast bone. Allow about one pound per person. hens 7 to 15 pounds and toms 14 to 25 pounds. Larger birds yield leftovers and value. Save broth and fat for cooking. turkey fat is a wartime cooking aid.
Wood Waste Path to High Yields of Alcohol and Sugar
A report to the American Chemical Society states new research converts wood to wood sugar and nar vital alcohol in a quarter to half the time of a German process. One ton of wood wastes yields as much as 60 gallons of industrial alcohol via hydrolysis to sugar solutions then acid and heat driven alcohol production. In 1941 Germany reportedly had 20 plants for alcohol glycerine and feed yeasts from woad.
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American Chemical Society
Germany
Woad
Vacuum Upholstered Furniture and Cleanse Periodically
Guidance advises vacuuming upholstered furniture weekly and performing a thorough cleanse with a good cleaner two to three times each year.
Local Residents Attend Hospital News and Obituary Note
Sunday visits to Burlington hospital noted for Mr and Mrs Charles Thomp son and others. Emergency appendectomy performed on Mrs Francis Allbaugh of Ames at Marybaugh hospital in Ames with condition reported satisfactory. Funeral services for Priscilla Dickinson held after fatal auto crash. 4-H club members from Jefferson county attended.
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Charles Thompson
John Custer
Ervin White
Judy
Arthur Pagitt
Burlington Hospital
Burlington
Francis Allbaugh
Ames
Mary Baugh
Par- Greeley Hospital
Alents
Ed Custer
Priscilia Dickinson
L. A. Jones
Clifford Otto
Libertyville
Miss Dieckinson
Bernard Teeters
Raymond Swanson
Dale Atkinson
Carrol Lawman
Charte Booth
Elmer Coakland
Jefferson County
Miss Dickinson
Sacks of Cotton Feed Used for Home Goods and Garments
Feed sacks cotton can be repurposed into practical home articles and a variety of garments. The note highlights versatility of sacks in domestic use and clothing.
Man Confesses Ten Year Brick in Stomach Claim
One man reports a decade of a constant lump in his stomach caused by undigested food. After using SYS-TONE he says the feeling vanished the next day and his bowels, gas, and headaches improved. The product, claiming twelve herbs, purports to cleanse bowels and stimulate liver and kidneys. Sold by all drug stores in Washington.
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Sys-Tone
Systone
Washington
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