Local People Make Summer Plans and Travel
Local residents plan trips and visits across Illinois Iowa and Florida. Mr and Mrs Don Boyer travel to Springfield Beards town Decatur and Chicago while Mrs Delbert Wilson returns from Iowa City. E D Crossett heads to Nevada and Marion for two and four weeks of Railway Express relief work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Boyer
Illinois
Boyer
Springfield
Beardstown
Ill
Robert Spera
Decatur
Chicago
Delbert Wilson
Iowa City
Mrs
Frank Wilson
E. D. Crossett
Nevada
Railway Express Agency
Marion
Davenport Team Set to Play Here on Sunday
Manager Max Raymond announced that Davenport will send a top tri city club to Blattnerfield this Sunday to meet the Washington Sidees. The Davenport squad, a leading industrial league participant, is touted as a banner attraction of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Sidees
Davenport
Blattnerfield
Max Raymond
Tri-Cities
Washington
Results of Games In Major Leagues
National League standings show Cincinnati at 44 38 and Chicago 41 44 with Philadelphia 22 58 amid yesterday results. Chicago beat New York 3 0, Philadelphia won 2 1 over Cincinnati, St Louis defeated Boston 7 5 in 11 innings, Brooklyn edged Pittsburgh 5 1. Today Brooklyn visits Chicago while New York meets Pittsburgh. Boston hosts Cincinnati with two games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaecie
Bouin
Cincinnati
Wee Eee
Chicago
Pittebureh
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Navy surgeon Herbert A. Rice heads to Great Lakes for duty
Dr Herbert A Rice will leave Roseau Minnesota for Chicago and report to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station as a lieutenant commander and navy surgeon. He arrived in town Monday with his wife Maxine Barden and children Bill Barbara Herbert Jr and Susan residing at 803 South Marion Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Rice
Chicago
Antil
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Rice
Roseau
Minn
Pronunciation guide for COUP and related terms
The word COUP should be pronounced KOO with silent P in French. COUP D ETAT is koo dayTAH and COUP DE GRACE is koo duh GRAHSS.
Married Men Go Last in Draft Deferment Rules
Des Moines Iowa July 15 1943 married men with children who were married before Sept 16 1940 and who maintain bona fide family relationships will not be drafted until further instructions from the national director of selective service The bulletin outlines when such men may be called and notes that three to four months may pass before local boards exhaust their current nonmarried pools The article also discusses possible deferments for men married before May 27 1941 and the general policy of prioritizing armed forces and essential wartime production needs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
National Director of Selective Service
Selective Service
Congress
National
Charles H. Grahl
Ralph A. Lancaster
State Selective Service
Lancaster
Roosevelt
Selective Service System
Director of Selective Service
Campaign to enforce auto stamp purchase begins
Government tax officials launch a state wide drive to compel delinquent auto owners to buy the five dollar use tax stamps by July 7, with summonses issued to those without stamps. In Des Moines notices urged owners to report to the internal revenue department and purchase stamps valid for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Department
Federal
Flying Forecast from 1871 Grumbles at Gravity’s Grip
The New York Times in 1871 warned that history shows gravity will often outpace human aerial ambition. The piece notes abundant precedent for laws of gravity proving too much for man’s dexterity in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Camera Eye Solves Philadelphia Waitress Murder
Detective Herman Goldstein uses a “camera eye” method after a packing case in a debris strewn alley yields the body of 22 year old Mary Burbulis alias Mae Burns. The suspect is William H. Delancey a Philadelphia native connected to several aliases and alleged crimes. He admits killing her over jealousy after a night of questioning and a coffee alibi from Stella Burkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Herman Goldstein
Goldstein
Ridge Avenue
Mary Burbulis
Mae Burns
Morristown
N. J
Ridge
12Th Street
13Th and
Hamilton Streets
Stella Burkhart
Mary Barbulis
11Th and
Spring Streets
William H. Delancey
Ray Harris DuBoise
George Ryan
Michigan City
Ind
du Boise
Delancey
Washington, D. C
Detective Headquarters
Stella
Mary
Miss Burkhart
Captain Engle
Three on Match Proves To Be Unlucky Here
SELMA AL. Three soldiers at an airfield near Selma lit cigarettes from the same match. Smoke filled the tent. A bottle tossed aloft missed its target and struck one man in the face. The pitcher then fell into a hole injuring his ankle. A third man injured a hand in a locker door. None seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Selmado
Nurse's Appendix Halts Convoy on Way to Ireland
Youngstown report details Second Lieutenant Florence M. McBride who fell ill aboard an Atlantic convoy bound for Ireland. Surgeon Lionel S. Auster performed a rapid operation, causing half an hour of halted movement. McBride recovered and arrived in Ireland days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Youngstown
Florence M. McBride
Miss McBride
North Atlantic
Lionel S. Auster
New York
Panama's national flower the Holy Ghost orchid
The national flower of Panama is the Peristeria elata, also called the dove orchid or Holy Ghost orchid, celebrated for its distinctive bloom and cultural significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Aloft With Helium Aloft With Helium
A wartime feature describes blimps as essential anti submarine assets along the Atlantic coast. It recounts escort missions with destroyers and patrol blimps, their design, helium lift, crew quarters, and the mood of a training and combat operation under siege conditions.
Medical Association Holds Meeting at Columbus Junction
The Louisa County Medical association met July 9 in Letts with men in Dr. T. L. Elman's office and women in the Eland home. Dinner was served by the United Brethren I. Society at the local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County Medical Association
Letts
United Brethren Church
U. B. I. Society
T. L. Eland
Eland
Pioneer Institute At Iowa Wesleyan
The Pioneer Institute for Methodist youth meets at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant this week with attendees from Columbus Junction and area. A dinner honored Robert Rock who left for army service. locals joined relatives from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Institute
Iowa Wesleyan
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Pioneer Institute For
The
Methodist Churches
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Evelyn Bell
Beverly Allen
LeRoy Orris
Robert Meeker
Robert Luckey
Enslin
Iowa River
Robert Rock
Washington
Lewis Foss
Virginia
Columbus City
Helen Johnston
Des Moines
Frank Duncan
Red Cross
Louis Henson
Mayor LaGuardia Reported Owner of Twelve Glasses
The item notes that Fiorello LaGuardia, the mayor of New York City, is reported to possess twelve pairs of glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York City
Rationing Report Highlights Local Farm and Transport Supplies
The Rationing Report for Week lists farm implement stores and individuals with allocations including tires and tubes for tractors trucks and milk routes. Notable names include John Reschly Issac Sprague M L McCreedy Milford Griffiths Harlan Johnson Walter Horn and George E Miller with entries covering farm work repairs fuel delivery and milk hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reschly
John
Sprague
Issac
G. W
McCreedy
M. L
M.D
Wilson
G. L
Milford
Griffith Bros
Johnson, Harlan
Horn
Walter
Farmer
Rukgabers
Miller
George E
O'Loughlin
J. F
Nordyke
R. Q
Community Notes and Medical Training Update
Florence Klotz visits Chicago to see relatives. Marjean Tisor, nursing student at Mercy Hospital Burlington, will study pediatrics in Chicago Aug 3. First class of Red Cross First Aid 20 hour course set for July 14 at Columbus Community building led by Dr. J W Pence, tying into Civilian Defense training. Stanley Lantz family from Hillsboro visit Blanch Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Klotz
Chicago
Marjean Tisor
Lewis Tisor
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Red Cross
Columbus
J. W. Pence
No More Skyscrapers Warned by Engineers
Construction engineers say the trend in commercial building favors shorter structures over very tall towers due to high construction costs and the large amount of elevator space required.
Wyman Community Club Elects Officers in July Meeting
The Wyman Community Club met at the school gym on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H. Q. Herre as hostess. Officers elected are President Grace Robeson, vice president Jos Rees, secretary Sarah Davis, and treasurer Lois Love. The group planned a Cross sewing session for July 22 at the school and scheduled the annual club picnic for August on the grounds with a potluck supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Robeson
Jos Rees
Sarah da
Lois Love
Rose Huston
Ka Rees
Fern Davis
Milans
Ruth Lantz
Davis
Ella Hu
Picni
Jack
Isor
Cannon
Army quartermaster awards medals and insignia contracts
Philadelphia quartermaster awarded contracts for about 1,000,000 military decoration medals insignia and special cas tor decorations. Items include badges lapel buttons brassards ribbons embroidery shoulder and arm insignia and collar insignia for nurses. Expenditures exceed $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
A&gregate
Hospital Births and Discharges Reported
Mrs worth Delbert was discharged yesterday and Mrs Russell for Ainsworth are daughter born at evening weighing 1 ounce Mr Holmes parents 1 o'clock pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lukins
Judith Elaine
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Harry Hanft
Elma Drinkall
Hershey Hospital
Herman Drinkall
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Bill Kiesey
State Guard
Wolf Floral CO
Michigan
Robert Hanna
Waterloo
Lloyd Coon
Ainsworth
Ernie Wetrich of
Wellman
Billy Boshart
Lambert Field
Wayland
O. C. Boshart
William Kiesey
Camp Dodge
Addie Thompson
Robert Shannon
Florida
Fort Myers
Ch. BE. Shannon
Howard Freshwaters
Jean
Keota
Faye Freshwaters
Sioux City
Irene Pace
Rock Island
David Clendenning
William Beggs
A. A. Clendenning
Harriet Clendenning
John Tucker
Washington Country Club
Frank Kos
Borden’s Heme
United States
Japan
Camera Eye
Slayer
Killer
National Flower
Paul Schubert
WIN
Collier's Weekly
Britain
Ships of the Air
Medical Association
Harold R. Toop
West
Los Angeles
Calif
Anna Paxton
Claud Ross
Cedar Rapids
Roy C. Smith
Here
Conesville
Mr. Smith
American Petroleum Company
Louisa County
Army Induction Center
Richard Klot
Jack Gipple
Frank Daniels
Floyd Abel
Douglas Langstaff
Merle Scott
Duane Richards
Frank Miller
Earl Schultz
Wallace Caldwell
Max McGuire
John Shaum
Ivan Strause
William Duncan
Cotter
Roy Erwin
Chester Paxson
Victor Cook
Kenneth Elliott
William Milburn
Orton Beard
Richard Moyer
Wesley Wheeler
Allen Winder
Paul Mc
Junction
R. J. McCleery
Hugh
Dauiel
E. W. Kochenderfer
Nancy Ann
Patsy Ellen
Maywood
Illl
R. F. Smylie
Tracey Billick
West Liberty
Sam Swailes
Stanley Lantz
Hillsboro
Blanch Tucker
Wyman Community Club
Goodness
Scott’s
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