Joyful Religion Is Sermon Theme at Union Park Service
Rev Thomas Polk of the Christian church preached that Jesus intended the Christian life to be joyful and full. He urged followers to seek pleasure in doing good, noting joy strengthens faith and trust in God and man. Rev Basil McBee will preach next Sunday at Associate Presbyterian church. Special music by Eleanor Tucker Bonnie Simpson June Fulton with Mrs Boyd White. Public address system enabled distant listeners to hear the sermon.
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Jesus
Thomas Polk
Christian Church
Union Park
Mr. Polk
Basil McBee
Associate Presbyterian Church
Alfred Trenerry
George Kerr
W. Amith
Eleanor Tucker
Bonnie Simpson
June Fulton
Boyd White
Columbus Junction Soldier Wounded in Okinawa
Pfc. Paul R. Stelzner, 19, of Columbus Junction, son of Mr and Mrs John Stelzner, was seriously wounded in action on Okinawa June 11. The Wehr message says he is in a hospital. He attended Columbus High School and joined the army in October 1944. His brother Pfc. James V. Stelzner has been overseas a year and is now in Italy.
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Columbus Junction
Paul R. Stelzner
John Stelzner
Okinawa
War Department
Columbus High School
James V. Stelzner
Italy
Funeral services for Ralph Scott held at L A Jones
Funeral services for Ralph Scott were held Saturday afternoon at L A Jones funeral home with Rev F W Eastwood of New London officiating. Pallbearers included George McDaniel T L Brookhart Ray Cox Carl Jungbluth Leo Marie and L A Jones. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Ralph Scott
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
F. W. Eastwood
New London
George McDaniel
T. L. Brookhart
Ray Cox
Carl Jungbluth
Leo Marie
L. A. Jones
Elm Grove Cemetery
Death Claims Mrs. Nellie Dayton at Keota Hospital
Mrs Nellie Leah Dayton widow of Albert Dayton died Sunday at 3 30 pm in the county hospital after a month of illness Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at L A Jones funeral home led by Rev Thomas Polk of the Christian church Burial will be in the Keota cemetery She was born September 29 1871 in the Lexington area to Edward De Long and Margaret Swisher De Long educated in Brighton schools and married twice first to John Horning in 1908 who died in 1916 then to Albert Dayton in 1918 She had lived east of Keota and resided in Washington for many years Surviving sisters are Mrs Bruce Moore Mrs Charles Mumper Mrs Wesley Hicks and Mrs Tom Nicholson
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Albert Dayton
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Thomas Polk
The
Christian Church
Keota
Mrs. Dayton
Lexington
Washington
Edward Nicholas Delong
Margaret (Swisher) DeLong
Brighton
John Horning
California
Bruce Moore
West Chester
Charles Mumper
Highton
Wesley Hicks
Milner, II
Tom Nicholson
Wellman
D F C Awarded To Lt Donald Sands At Italian Base
Lieutenant Donald F. Sands of the 51st Troop Carrier Squadron, 627th Group in Italy, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from Brigadier General Charles T. Myers for aiding Allied supply drops behind enemy lines and supporting Yugoslav partisan operations. Sands has over 1,000 hours flying time and a long Med theater service record.
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Italy
Donald F. Sands
627Nua
Charles T. Myers
Twelfth Air Force
Sands
Mildred Jk. Sands
Frank Sands
Crawforaysville
Iowa
List Troop Carrier Squadron
Mediterranean
Truman and Churchill Tour Berlin Ahead of Potsdam Talks
President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill toured Berlin amid preparations for the Big Three conference in Potsdam. Stalin arrived today as delays pushed the opening session by a day. Berliners, focused on food and housing, showed little interest in the talks.
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Potsdam
Germany
Truman
Churchill
Berlin
Stalin
Washington
Japan
Chinese roads damage ordnance trucks with broken leaf springs
The report notes that over 200 leaf springs on Ordnance trucks broke in one month due to poor Chinese road conditions.
Flight Lieutenant Sands Decorated with Multiple Medals
Lieutenant Sands flew 44 combat missions and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross along with the Air Medal and five Oak Leaf Clusters. He bears the European Theater Ribbon with Battle Participation Stars for Southern France, Northern Italy, and the Balkan campaigns. He holds an administrative post in his squadron and is a Crawfordsville consolidated school graduate who helped on family farms before enlistment.
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France
Sands
Crawfordsville Consolidated School
Major Conner Transferred to Davis-Monthan Field Arizona
Major Walter G. Conner, longtime provost marshal at Great Bend Army Air Field, Kansas, is reassigned to Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona, to serve as provost marshal. Major Henry H. Hunter will temporarily replace him at Great Bend. Conner, a World War I veteran and 1942 U.S. Major, previously headed Harding Field, Louisiana, and lived in Washington, Iowa.
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Great Bend Army Air Field
Walter G. Conner
Great Bend
Kansas
Davis-Monthan Field
Tucson
Arizona
Henry H. Hunter
Provost Marshall
Harding Field
Conner
Second Air Force
France
AEF
Army of the United States
Cecil Long Opens New Feed Store In Hawks Hatchery Complex
Cecil Long opened a feed store today at North Avenue B near the courthouse, connected with Hawks Hatchery, where he will also serve as manager during the season. He will sell poultry and livestock feeds and bring nine years of Wolfe hatchery experience to the business. Long served three years in the army including two years overseas in South America.
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Cecil Long
Hawks Hatchery
Avenue B
Mr. Long
Wolfe Hatchery
South America
State Board member joins WWI effort as alumnus of UI
The State Board of Social Welfare, before wearing Uncle Sam’s khaki in World War I, is an alumnus of the University of Iowa. His wife lives in Washington Iowa. Their son Robert is a feeder pilot in the South Pacific and daughter Dorothy serves in the Women’s Army Corps.
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State Board of Social Welfare
Sam
University of Iowa
Washington
Iowa
Robert
South Pacific
Dorothy
Women's Army Corps
Missing Man Norman Surface Reported by War Department
RF C Surface of 733 South Iowa Avenue received a war department message stating that his son Norman fir Surface aviation ordnance man second class was missing in action last month. Surface served in the Aleutian islands and after leave in January was sent to the South Pacific.
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Rf.c. Surface
South
Iowa Avenue
War Department
Norman Fir
Aviation Ordnance Man
Surface
Aleutian Islands
South Pacific
Iowa Hemp Plants Declared Surplus in State
The Reconstruction Finance Corp. listed four Iowa hemp fiber plants among 48 surplus war plants. Operated by the Commodity Credit Corp, the sites include Algona complete 28000 sq ft Iowa Falls complete 28000 sq ft Mason City complete 28000 sq ft and Rockford complete 27870 sq ft.
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Des Moines
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Iowa
Commodity Credit Corp
Algona
Iowa Falls
Mason City
Rockford
3000 Planes to Hit Home Islands From Okinawa Bases
Lt Gen Barney M Giles said the new U S strategic air force will bomb Japan with 3000 planes ready on 24 hours notice. Super Forts Flying Forts and Liberators to move to Okinawa bases to join the 21st bomber command in the invasion precursors. Chinese reports say Kweilin and Huangmien captured. Japanese prepare Shanghai streets for defense.
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Pearl Harbor
Barney M. Giles
20Th Airforce
U. S. Strategic Airforce
Japan
Sth
Okinawa
21St Bomber Command
Changking
China
Kweilin
Huangmien
Liuking
Shanghai
Guam
Kyushu
Honshu
U. S. Ard
Sky Giants
Homestead Tax Claims Granted In Washington County
The county board of supervisors completed its survey of homestead tax credit applications for the current year. Of 8,461 claims, 18 were disallowed and the rest granted. Applications this year were about 10 more than last year.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Vinson Nominated as U S Treasury Secretary
President Truman formally nominates Fred M. Vinson to be secretary of the treasury. No immediate successor named for war mobilization and reconversion chief. John W. Snyder is mentioned as possible home front czar, a longtime friend of Truman and former bank vice president.
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Vinson
U.S. Treasury
Washington, D. C
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Mr. Truman
Plan
James I. Byrnes
First National Bank of St. Louis
White House
Berlin
Youths Jailed After Theft In Floyd County
Three youths, Leo B. Harold 20 and James Sonntag 16 among them, were jailed in Floyd County after stealing 84 dollars from Louis F. Sonntag while the grandfather slept. They entered via a window and took money from a billfold beneath Sonntag's pillow. the funds were recovered.
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Charles City
Floyd County
Louis F. Sonntag
Henry Deboest
Leo B. Harold
James Sonntag
Sonntag
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