Midshipman Alfred Bridger Sworn In At Annapolis
Alfred F. Bridger son of Mr and Mrs F S Bridger Richland was sworn in as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy Annapolis Md on Wednesday July 22 He earned the appointment from Rep Karl M LeCompte after two years at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant where he belonged to Phi Delta Theta and served as clarinet soloist in the college band Other local items note Shirley Anne Albright Iowa City returns home after a summer with her grandmother Mrs Mame Brock and Mrs Brock plans an extended Denver visit to see daughter Mrs Mildred Brock Rosenbaum plus several town news updates including veterans and community visits.
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Alfred F. Bridger
F. S. Bridger
Richland
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Karl M. LeCompte
Mame Brock
Iowa City
Denver
Colorado
Mildred Brock Rosenbaum
West
26Th Avenue
Hospital Discharges and Births Reported
Mrs Russell Jones and her daughter Susan JoAnn Ainsworth were discharged yesterday morning. Grace Monroe of West Chester and Gene Francis Yoder of R. 4 were dismissed yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Merle Smith of Brighton welcomed a son at 7 22 this morning weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. Beatrice Bartholow of R. 1 underwent a tonsillectomy this morning.
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Russell Jones
Susan JoAnn
Ainsworth
Grace Monroe
West Chester
Gene Francis Yoder
Merle Smith
Brighton
Beatrice Bartholow
North English Defeats Indees 5 to 4 in Extra Rough Day
Washington Indees led 4 3 on a fifth inning rally with Buckwalter Devinger Denton and Finke driving in runs, but North English answered in the sixth. Baugh man pitched for North English as Washington errors aided the visitors in a 5 to 4 defeat on the North English field.
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Indees
Washington Indees
Baughman
Buckwalter
Devinger
Denton
Finke
Harris
Washington
Major League Results and Standings Snapshot
Yesterday's results show Chicago tied with Philadelphia in a split doubleheader, Washington beat Cleveland, and St Louis defeated Boston while New York topped Detroit. Today only two games are scheduled with New York visiting Chicago and Boston visiting Cleveland.
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Ta Pot Roe” Pots Ccceln Oe
Sncs En i Socatte
Cleveland J
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Baseball Scores and Schedule Across Cities
Scores show Philadelphia 4 Chicago 6 Boston 6 St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 6 New York 2 Brookln 3 Pittsburgh 2. Matchups listed Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia St Louis at Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis Sain
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago Ae
Pittsburgh Wna
Boston Oe Wee
Philadelphia
Soviet Counterattacks Halt German Crossings Near Rostov
Moscow reports say Soviet guns and dive bombers knocked out two German bridgeheads near Psimlyanskaya, isolating forces on the southern Don bank. At Rostov the front line remained stubborn as Germany sent reserves to extend bridges heads, with hand to hand fighting reported at the Don river mouth and Bols Rostov's rail hub Bataysk threatened. The drive to open a second front in western Europe dominated British debate as London crowds urged invasion amid continued RAF raids on Hamburg and retaliatory German attacks on Britain.
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Rostov
Moscow
Psimlyanskaya
Don
Bataysk
London
Europe
Trafalgar Square
Hamburg
R.A.F
Britain
England
Coventry
City Golf Meet Nears Semifinals With Four Remain
The annual city golf tournament at the country club moves to semifinals this week as four players vie for a spot in the championship. Matches pit T. R. Phillips against Tink Shenefelt and Stanley Smith versus Phil Antonoff, with various "A" and "B" flight semis and Willis Jones as the completed "C" flight champion. If semis finish on time, finals will be held next Sunday, a week earlier than planned.
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T. R. Phillips
Tink Shenefelt
Stanley Smith
Phil Antonoff
Shenefelt
Bill Shannon
Sidney Smith
Frank Miller
J. N. Irwin
L. EK. Wilson
Gene Holcomb
Frank Kos
Matt Whittaker
J. M. Lloyd
Lester Orr
C. R. Wilson
Gettos
Willis Jones
Clarence Berkhart
Donkey Ball Exhibition Planned at Blattner Field
Manager Ray Whitehead announces a donkey ball exhibit at Blattner Field Friday at 7 15 p m to benefit the Washington Indies treasury. The twilight game uses an oversize softball, small bats, and riders on cooperative steeds for a humorous performance.
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Ray Whitehead
Washington Indies Today
Blattnerfield
Washington
Scrap Iron Goal Set At 17 Million Tons For Six Months
The War Production Board assigned a national target of 17 million tons of scrap iron to be collected in six months ending December 31 under the salvage program. The WPB conservation division says this is the minimum to run furnaces at capacity and stockpile for winter. About three million tons are on hand. 13.7 million tons were consumed in the first six months of 1942. Iowa in region six aims for 1,790,000 tons.
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Washington, D. C
War Production Board
Wper Conservation Division
WPB
Iowa
Fire at Thompson beauty parlor basement
Firefighters were called Saturday afternoon to Thompson beauty parlor near Hotel Washington for a basement blaze. The fire was extinguished with no damage reported.
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Thompson Beauty Parlor
Hotel Washington
Presbyterian Cottage Prayer Meeting Announcement
The Presbyterian Cottage prayer meeting will meet at the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning at 9 30.
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Presbyterian Cottage
Presbyterian Church
DAR log cabin at Sunset Park open Thursday afternoon
The DAR log cabin at Sunset Park will be open Thursday from 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
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Sunset Park
Allied air sweep over northern France reports losses
London mornings saw two alarms with no bombs dropped. A Sunday daylight sweep over northern France involved seven U.S. Army Air Force pilots flying with RAF crews. One U.S. pilot was lost and Eagle Squadron members also took part in the attack.
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London
United States Army Air Force
R.A.F
France
United States
Eagle Squadron
US Birth Rate Reaches Historic High Amid War Conditions
Katharine Lenroot reports to Congress that 1941 saw nearly 2.5 million births, 140,000 more than 1940, with expected further increases. She cites defense-area health gaps including shortages of doctors and hospital facilities in Oklahoma and South Carolina, and notes many counties lack public health nursing, prenatal clinics, or child health conferences.
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Washington
United States
Katharine Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Congress
Lenroot
South Carolina
Quinine Substitute Found in Georgia Bark Shrub
Albany Georgia reports Dr James C Andrews of the University of North Carolina Medicine School researching Pinckneya pubens known as Georgia bark as a potential quinine substitute. Other scientists study the plant and orders for up to 100 pounds have been received by the agriculture department. The shrub blooms pink and green and grows in damp woods between Albany and the Florida line.
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Albany
Georgia
James C. Andrews
Department of Biological Chemistry
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
Department of Agriculture
Florida Line
Japan Guards Secrets By Drowning Chinese Workers
Ta Kung Pao reports Japanese forces drowned thousands of Chinese workers in the Amur river to guard border fortifications along Manchukuo and Russia. Bodies with bound hands and feet floated on the Amur between Hopei Shantung and Manchukuo, where workers were seized for forest fortifications on the Manchu kuo side.
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Chungking
Ta Kung Pao
Amur
Hopei
Shantung
Manchukuo
New Glass Resists Bomb Blast Says Capetown Team
Capetown University engineers George Stewart and F Walker report an inexpensive method to convert ordinary window glass to withstand a 500 pound blast at 70 feet. Even when shattered the danger from splinters is reduced. They conducted tests with government cooperation and plan to share the process with the United Nations.
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Capetown
South Africa
Capetown University
George Stewart
F. Walker
United Nations
Italian Officers Sell False Sick Leave to Soldiers
Berne Switzerland reports a Bari court martial sentenced nine Italian medical officers including a major and five captains to 7 to 15 years solitary confinement for selling convalescence certificates to healthy soldiers. Twenty three soldiers drew six to seven years of confinement and twelve civilians received 4 to 14 year terms.
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Berne
Switzerland
Bari
Italy
Il Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Man Pays With Nickels For Wife and Baby’s Hospital Bill
In Jersey City Stephen Bunno, 25, a shipyard worker, pushed a pickle jar and a mayonnaise jar across the cashier’s desk at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital and announced that the sixty dollars saved for two years would cover hospitalization for his wife and baby girl.
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Jersey City
N. J
Stephen Bunno
Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital
English Only Language Taught in Brazil Schools
In Brazil, English is the sole language taught in schools alongside Portuguese. The claim emphasizes English as the universal second language in Brazilian education, with Portuguese remaining the primary language of instruction.
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Brazil
Legion Appeals for Old Phonograph Records Drive
Leon Beatty Post, American Legion urges Washington residents to donate old phonograph records to fund new records and players for servicemen. Collectors may drop at salvage bin east of the post office or at Central Park band stand, with pickup arranged by local Legionnaires or Auxiliary members by August 2.
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R. R. Noonan
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion Today
Washington
Legion
Armed Forces of America
American Legion and Auxiliary
OUR
Fighting Men, Inc
Central Park
Park Committee
Congress Hotel
Peterson
Silver Wedding Honorees Leo Sueppel at Sunset Park Picnic
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sueppel celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a surprise party and cooperative dinner at Sunset Park. Guests from East Pleasant Plain Riverside Kalona Crawfordsville and Washington attended, bringing a silver sugar and creamer set as a gift.
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Honor Leo Sueppels
Leo Sueppel
Ulmer Ries
George Tremmel
Philomena Scherrer
Victor Kron
Iowa City
Herman Sueppel
Frank Eagle
Mary
Catherine Lintz
East Pleasant Plain
Louis Kron
Elmo
Lucile Kron
M. J. Wilkinson
Riverside
Virgil Lintz
Leonard Lintz
Kalona
Clayton Linte
Crawfordsville
Hg. Corcoran
Charles Casper
Maynard Ayers
Sueppel
Vivian
Helen
Eddie
Junior
Washington
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs. C. Schlatter in Wayland
Mrs. C W Schlatter of Wayland celebrated a birthday with a family fried chicken dinner at her home. Guests included her son in law and daughter from Galveston and Crawfordsville visitors with relatives from Wayland. The cake, a gift from six month old John Albert Enders of Chicago, was cut during the gathering. The Githens family, former neighbors, brought ice cream and cake for Sunday evening supper.
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C. W. Schlatter
Wayland
Schlatter
William F. Heyman, Jr
Galveston
Texas
John Albert Enders
Chicago
D. W. Githens
Sandra
Crawfordsville
Githens
C. Harry Davis
Washington
Donald Rinner
Ames
A. C. Anders
John Albert
Jean Schlatter
Joliet, IL
Germaine Schmitt and George Fetes Wed in Clear Creek
Germaine Schmitt and George Fetes married July 22 at St. Peter and Paul's church Clear Creek with Father Kleinfelder officiating. The ceremony was followed by a wedding dinner for forty relatives and friends at the Schmitt home and a short wedding trip to Minnesota.
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John Schmitt
Clear Creek
Germaine Schmitt
George Fetes
Louis Fetes
Washington
St. Peter and Paul's Church
Father Kleinfelder
Betty
Norbert Schmitt
Miss Schmitt
Gasoline for Bombers Surpasses Family Car Use
A four engined bomber burning at top speed consumes in one hour as much gasoline as the average family car uses in six months, highlighting the intense fuel demand of wartime aviation.
Man seeks restoration of true name after 28 years
A Maritzburg man discovers he has lived and married under a false name for 28 years and applies to court to have his real name restored, seeking legal recognition of his identity.
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Maritzburg
South Africa
Social Calendar Notice for United and Baptist Groups
Social calendar items include Young People of United Presbyterian Church gathering at 8 p.m. at the U P church with rain plan to meet there. Friendly Bible class of Baptist church party at 6 30 p.m. Sunset Park. Tuesday events feature Women's Missionary Society United Presbyterian 7 30 p.m. Mrs Mabel Gray Rosemary Club Mr and Mrs Charles Casper W F W Post and Auxiliary joint meeting Booster club afternoon Mrs Bert Dill roll call My reaction to new Ways guest speaker topic New Ideas in My Line of Work Wednesday Sunshine Community Club afternoon Mrs Charles H Wolfe roll call My Earliest Memory Country club members Operative dinner 7 p m clubhouse
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United Presbyterian Church
U.P. Church
Friendly Bible Class
Baptist Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Mabel Gray
Rosemary Club
Charles Casper
W.F.W. Post and Auxiliary
p.m.___ hall
Booster Club
Bert Dill
Sunshine Community Club
Charles H. Wolfe
Local Birthdays Noted Across Communities
Readers celebrate birthdays across several towns. Helen Hamilton Henry Little and others marked yesterday with many more observing today including Mrs. Margaret N Popham 93 and H N Wilkins 84 both Three Quarter Century club members.
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Helen Hamilton
Henry Little
Columbus Junction
Raymond Minick
Donnie Vogel
Louie Wagenknecht
Margaret N. Popham
Wellman
H. N. Wilkins
Crawfordsville
J. W. Baker W R C Meets at Chester
The J. W. Baker Relief Corps held a Thursday meeting at the K P hall. Officers for department and the Grand Army were announced. The national convention is slated for Indianapolis this year. A flag was presented to Mrs. Hayes and the session closed with flag furling.
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J. W. Baker Relief Corps
K. P. Hall
Grand Army
Indianapolis
Hayes
Kinney Loder Vows Held in Kahoka Ceremony
Mary Kinney daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Kinney of Roma Iowa repeated vows with Wendell Loder of Burlington son of Mr and Mrs J J Loder of Wayland. The service conducted by Mr George K E Moore featured twin bridesmaids Ida Kinney and a sister of the groom. The couple will reside at 11 North Adams Street in Mt Pleasant.
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Mary Kinney
TeBeehurst
Loder
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burtt Fon
North Adams Street
M Pleasant
Meyer Reunion at M. Robertson Home
Descendants of John and Becca Meyer held a reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mari Robertson. A short dinner followed by a business meeting elected A. S. Robeson as president and Mrs. M Sherlock as secretary for next year. The program featured songs, solos, a flute piece, recitations, and a Meyer quartet performance.
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John
Becca Meyer
Mari Robertson
A. 5. Robeson
M Sherlock
Dorothy Meyers
Virginia Meyer
Tal
Donald Meyer
Alta Haverty
Mirg
A. J. Robertson
Jess B Myer
Wess Meyer
Shirley Ann Haverty
Chalotte Ann Jackson
Patty Lu
Shelby Jean Meyer
Marion Robertson, Jr
Jess BR. Myera
Mildred Meyer
Meyer Quartet
Ernest Meyer
John Williams
Texas
Funn
Oscar Meyers
Ship
Levy Ann
Denver
Colo
Jean B. Myers
St Petersburg
Flas
Eloise Springer
Des, Moines
Marion Robertson
Johnny
Junior
Donald
Dale Robertson
Maurine
Charlotte Ann
John Wilams
Mary Sherlock
Anna Springer
Delbert Lewis
J. W. Meyer
Mildred
Virginia
Micadore Meyer
Donald Dean
David
Ernest Beer
Patty Lee
Shelby Jean
Maurice Meyer
Dorothy of
Longmont
Cola
Hydroelectric Reserve Alaska's Untapped Water Power Potential
Alaska holds vast undeveloped hydroelectric potentialities that could meet future population and industrial water power needs, highlighting the state's capacity for expansion as demand grows.
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Alaska
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Toledo
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J. C. Penney, Inc
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Adel
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Brookln
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Ruth Ann George
Doreen Long
Terry Ashmore
Waterloo
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