Darlene Meuth Hosts Girls 4H Club Meeting
Brighton R I June 7 The Girls 4H club met with hostess Darlene Meuth on Saturday. Washington callers included Mr and Mrs Earl Neal and Donnie and Kosmer Borkoski. Des Moines visitors were Mr and Mrs Earl Dunn and daughter Martha. Others visiting were Mrs Clara McGlintie and Max, Cedar Rapids visitors Mr and Mrs Berkley Brown and children, and Richard's long visit with grandparents at the Borkoski home.
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Brighton
Darlene Meuth
Earl Neal
Donnie
Washington
Earl Dunn
Martha
Des Moines
Inez
Rodney Gowey
Kosmer Borkoski
Clara McGlintie
Max
Berkley Brown
Hildren
Cedar Rapids
Roman Borkoski
Richard
Crawfordsville
Mary Jane
Herbert Rynor
Clarence Grossecup
Service members plight and postings in WW2 era dispatch
Word from soldiers and relatives in the 42nd Rainbow division and other units covers injuries transfers to hospitals in France and Italy, new assignments in the air technical service and 8th Air Force, along with battlefield commissions, wounds, and family updates from Grinnell Iowa to Washington Iowa and beyond.
Grease Proof Cellophane For Peace Time Packaging
Grease proof cellophane now wrapped in a special cloth to protect ordnance parts. It will be used for machine parts and fittings to prevent rust in transit or storage. The material is grease resistant, water and moisture proof, and neutral in pH.
Local Boy to Name Pony Gift Feature
The Bente company plans to give away a pony to the boy or girl who offers the best name. The pony was raised by Mr. John Henderson of Mediapolis who has forty years of pony breeding and says this one shows great promise. The pony currently rests on Benteco’s poultry farm near Burlington. In July 1944 the pony was a Mediapolis student in the class of 1946 and his diploma was given to his father at the graduation. In other news from the area Lt Gen James T. Doolittle addressed VE Day celebrations in England while S/Sgt Kenneth Marington Pfc Stanley Lenely and Pfc Melvin Dicks from Columbus Junction were noted. Dr Ralph R Edwards of Washington was promoted to major in the Army Medical Corps and Mare Edwards, overseas since December 1 1944, commands a hospital train unit based in Nancy France.
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Cpl
Donald Bell
Philippines
Mia
Ernest Bell
Wellman
Cpl. Bell
Bell
Fred Hermann
Living Lake
War Department
Pfc
Ambrose Hermann
Okinawa
Hermanns
Ambrose
Hawaii
Hermann
Leyte
John White Simpson
8Th Aaf
England
John KE
Simpson
Oak Fork
Jil
J. F. Simpson
Barth
Germany
Buchenwald and
Belsen
Yank Magazine
Pfe
Wend
Naples
Rome
Vatican
Hospital
Leghorn
Jean Coffey
BE. D. Morrison, Jr
Red Cross
Kephart
Pisa
Arno
Bente Company
Joh Henderson
Mediapolis
Lees
Henders
Benteco
Burlington
Eighth
James T. Dool Little
Kenneth Marington
Stanley W. Leneley
Melvin E. Dicks
Columbus Junction
Ralph R. Edwards
W. B. Edwards Washington
Army Medical Corp
Mare Edwards
Nancy
France
Home made bath curtains from sturdy fabric
Serviceable bath curtains can be made at home. Use heavy closely woven fabric like cock ticking or woven chambray if waterproof finish is unavailable. Typical curtain is six feet square. use four yards or two yards if 72 inch width. seam with an overlap hem and finish with top eyelets for rings.
Deterioration in Fresh Produce Stored at Room Temperature
Tests show dehydrated sweet potatoes and mixed vegetables in cartons at room temperature deteriorated in quality and lost ascorbic acid, with cabbage becoming inedible. Moisture rose and approached air moisture. In contrast, samples kept in the refrigerator showed less moisture change, slower deterioration, and retained more ascorbic acid.
Premier Chiang Resigns. Soong Acts For China
Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek resigns as president of the executive yuan and turns the post over to Acting Premier T. V. Soong. Chiang retains the presidency while Soong has been handling most premier duties since December 4.
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Exer
Tive Yuan
China
Chiang Kai-si
T. V. Soong
Soong
Chiang
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Monogram Pictures
Jack Londons
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Root Bear
Prody A. Borkoski
Don C. Crossett
42Nd Rainbow Division
7Th Army
Austria
195Th General Hospital
Camp de Mourmeton
E. D. Crossett
Grinnell
Tom Tanner
Sam C. MecCleery
Howard McCleery
Oklahoma City
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Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Quartermaster Corps
Air Corps
Ms Cleery
Air Force
Calvin J Little
Co. G
Breen
Catp Rucker
Alabama
William Lt. Caldwell
Co. D
156Th
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Texas
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Greun
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Spangler
Long Beach
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Charles Jeffries
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Marianna Islands
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Guam
James Combs
Harryarker
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Barker
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
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Route Five
Mt. Pleasant
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Scotland
Hesperus
Pleasant
Merle Turnipseed
Blackland A.A.F
Waco
02Nd Infantry Division
Clifford C. Crile
406Th Infantry
United States Army
T/4
Crile
Clara Crile
East
Madison Street
9Th Army
Clifford Bown
States
Howard Brown
East Third Street
Raymond L. T Humston
Lloyd S. Humston
Route 4
USNR
Humston
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Sicily
Anzio
Washington High School
Clara Belle Black
Ben Shea
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Eugene F. Phillips
Alexandria
Camp Livingston
Camp Gruber
Okla
Army Pictorial Service
Harry Phillips
Camp Hood
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Italy
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Hotle
15Th Aaf
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11Th Fighter Group
Claire
Keating
Africa
Jefferson Barracks
Hitler
Chapel Hill
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Clifford IL. Goodwin
Clarence R. Goodwin
E. Second Street
U. S. Navy
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
Goodwin
Continental Oil Company
Davenport
ASNAS
Corpus Christi
Oklahoma
Florida
CASA
89Th Infantry Division
Eeurope
Washington, Iowa
Tech
Delbert T. Hysell
Sixth St
Alice Fillion
Lloyd McFarland
Dow Field Chapel
Bangor
Maine
Edmund Bb. Wiser
Squadron
R. E. McFarland
Ainsworth
Lawrence R. Tisor
Borden General Hospital
Chickasha
15Th Infantry Regiment
Dora Tisor
Pvt
Tisor
Farrel Gentzler
Manford Gentzler
Army Ser
Om State
Charles Starrett
Eto
Omar Nelson Bradley
12Th Army Corps
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LaGuardia Field
New York City
Bradley
Normandy
St. Lo
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Ardennes Bulge
Conteg
Pratt Bros
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
National Velvet
Louella Parsons
Clarence Brown
Jarrin Donald
Rooney
Angela Lansbury
Edwina
Auty
Jackie Jenkins
Elizabeth Taylor
Donald Crisp
Pittsburgh
Duplate
Duplite
Sorrell
Auto Parts
West Madison
Unbus High School
Bong
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