Local News Briefs From Washington Area Moves and Appointments
Mr and Mrs Wayne Testroet and family moved from Peoria Illinois to Washington living at 614 W Monroe St formerly of West Chester and Washington. Pfe Raymond J Reber route 3 was selected to attend Signal school at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. Mrs Richard A Stewart and daughters Pat and Linda returned from Chicago where they visited relatives Glenn P Duncan Park Ridge. Mrs Stewart was at Camp near Lac du Flambeau Wisconsin with sister Mary Finney director of southern YMCA Nawakwa in the north woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Testroet
Peoria
Ill
Washington
Monroe Street
West Chester
Tesroet
Pfe
Raymond J. Reber
Route 3
Signal
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Richard A. Stewart
Pat
Linda
Chicago
Glenn P. Duncan
Park Ridge
Stewart
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
North Woods
Mary Finney
Miss Finney
Southern Ymca
Cynthia slips and travel plans in local notes
New shipment at Penney's features straight cut Cynthia slips in White or Tearose sizes 32 to 44 for 2.29 dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kleese and family with Mrs. Harriet Coulter plan an auto trip east visiting Niagara Falls Philadelphia and Washington, D C, plus relatives in Ohio, leaving tomorrow morning and returning around August 14. Janice Marie Faulkner from Muscatine visits Aunt Clara Faulkner. Mrs. W J Fitzpatrick and daughter Helen of Western Springs Illinois return home after visiting here with the Montgomery family in Western Springs and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penney’s
Cynthia
Ralph Kleese
Harriet Coulter
Niagara Falls
Phildelphia
Washington, D. C
Ohio
W. J. Fitzpatrick
Helen
Western Springs
Ill
Harry Montgomery
Montgomery
Chicago
Penney's
Cedar Rapids visitors and wedding party travel note
Charlotte Crone of Cedar Rapids visits the Ed Davis home this week and leaves Friday with Lillian Crone for a Hampton Ta trip. Mr and Mrs Clifford Beatty of East Moline depart after visiting relatives. Maurice Mayo Martha Sue of Schenectady arrive for two weeks to attend a brother’s wedding. Mrs George Struble of Phoenix joins Harold and Mrs Gray before visiting more relatives and returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Crone
Cedar Rapids
Ed Davis
Lillian Crone
Hampton, Ta
Clifford Beatty
East Moline
Willis Beatty
Maurice Mayo
Martha Sue
Schenectady
N. Y
Mr. Mayo
George Struble
Phoenix, Ariz
Harold Gray
Needham buys Pasadena apartment. Rayburn relocates to California
FE D Rayburn reports receipt of a letter from Charles K Needham stating he has purchased an apartment house in Pasadena, California and now resides at 494 South Marengo Avenue. The Needhams and Rayburns were former Montezuma residents and traveled to Europe together. Mrs Needham was a long time court reporter for judges Dewey and Patterson and the families moved from Grinnell to California after living in Washington. Elizabeth Thorne of New York City visits with her mother Mrs Clifford Thorne while employed at Elihu Root Law Firm in NYC. Final clearance summer shoes advertised and William Stewart party returns from Los Angeles after a three week visit with Stewart parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. D. Rayburn
Charles K. Needham
The
Washington Press
Pasadena
Calif
South
Marengo Avenue
Needhams
Rayburns
Montezuma
Europe
Needham
C. A. Dewey
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Washington
Grinnell
California
Elizabeth Thorne
New York City
Clifford Thorne
Miss Thorne
Elihu Root Law Firm
New York
Farben Directors Convicted in Looting Nazi Occupied Industries
Nine I G Farben directors were found guilty of looting chemical industries in Nazi occupied Europe. Twenty four directors were indicted earlier, with 23 men tried by the American war crimes tribunal. The verdict clears all on charges of conspiring to wage aggressive war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
I. G. Farben Combine
Farben
Hospital Admissions and Births Summary
At the hospital Admitted Yesterday Jack Howard Craw fordsnville medical Mrs Nell Jun kin medical Today Mrs Sylvia Nicholson Ainsworth medical Births Today Mr and Mrs Elmer Kiene a son Dismissed Yesterday Raymond Schultz Winfield Mrs Sam Canott Ains worth Mrs Hubert Wilson and daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Howard
Crawfordsnville
Nell Junkin
Sylvia Nicholson
Ainsworth
Elmer Kiene
Raymond Schultz Winfield
Sam Canott
Hubert Wilson
Lavish Funeral for Gang Leader in Peoria
Bernard Bernie Shelton was laid to rest with family and former henchmen in Peoria Illinois. His mother Agnes Shelton arrived from Fairfield to witness the funeral for the man once a co ruler of a southern Illinois region. He was killed by a sniper Monday mirroring the earlier death of his brother Carl shown as an ongoing police mystery with no solid leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Bernard
Bernie
Shelton
Illinois
Agnes Shelton
Fairfield
Carl
Charley Birger
Sheltons
Softball schedule shows troop and teams tonight
Tonight at 7 30 Troop meets Columbus Junction and at 8 30 West Chester hosts Fr iday action VW Mixers play Muscatine and All Stars face Pella Merchants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Muscatine
All Stars
Pella Merchants
Seventeen of 18 AAF crew missing after Aden crash
A B29 type American bomber crashed off Aden on Tuesday night amid a sand storm. Seventeen of the eighteen aboard were missing and presumed dead with six bodies recovered. Only survivor S/Sgt Silver R Gustafson from Norwood Massachusetts was thrown clear and is hospitalized. Two other bombers on a world flight returned to Aden upon learning of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
Silver R. Gustafson
Norwood
Mass
Aven
Southern voter urges Dewey to shave mustache
A Mobile reader named J. W. Lord wrote Gov Thomas E. Dewey asking him to drop his mustache. He said the southern campaign could gain by letting voters see his face and the "countenance God gave" him. Dewey replied he is giving careful consideration to the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Tache
J. W. Lord
Dewey
South
God
Sone
Ancient Egyptian oil lamp rods with rag wrapped ends
Ancient Egyptians used metal rods wrapped with oil soaked rags as a form of artificial light. This simple oil lamp design provided illumination in homes and religious spaces, reflecting early lighting practices in antiquity.
Judge refuses to dismiss rail strike injunction
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough refused to dismiss the injunction that halted a nationwide railroad strike last May 11. The government urged dismissal as no strike threat exists, but the court upheld unions argument that removing the injunction could jeopardize a higher court ruling on legality.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Record Low Temperatures Reported Worldwide
The article notes the United States record low of minus 6 degrees at Yellowstone in February 1933, compares with 81 below in the Canadian Yukon and 94 below in eastern Siberia, while Admiral Bush reports 90 below in Antarctica and suggests air above the south polar plateau may reach minus 100 degrees.
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Yellowstone Park
Canadian
Yukon
Siberia
Admiral Bush
Antarctica
South Polar Plateau
Trucking Industry Shows Big Increase Des Moines Report
New registration figures reveal the To wa motor trucking industry has doubled in 15 years. John H Gillespie executive secretary of the To wa motor truck association reported to directors that truck and truck-tractor registrations this year will total at least 145000 and may exceed 150000, compared with 69499 in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
John H. Gillespie
Towa Motor Truck Association
Speeding Cited as Major Cause of Fatal Crashes
Accident prevention department of the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies says speeding was the cause in about one third of last year’s fatal motor vehicle accidents. Most deaths occurred on straight wide highways where drivers accelerated.
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Bob McFarlane
Robbie
Bob
Wulf
Gan
Kraft Velveeta
Carolina Bush
Carnation
Hunt
Campbell Tomato Soup
American Realuty No
King Edward
Gudahy
GC &H
Janice Marie Faulkner
Mus
Catine
Clara Faulkner
Doyle Gray
Brown
William Stewart
Carolyn
Los Angeles
Mr. Stewart
F. L. Stewart
Hazel Abberson
Madison, Wis
Fear
FBI
Wilson Golf Halls
Chamberlin Bros
U. S&s
Berlin
U. S
Germany
IRO
International
Fairchild Aviation Plant
Jamaica
L. I
Eunice’s Beauty Parlor
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