Governors Conference to Discuss War Programs This Month
North Carolina hosts the 34th annual national governors conference June 21 to 24 in Asheville. A round table with five federal officials will study progress of the war effort while governors hear state reports and foreign diplomat addresses. The event includes tours of mountains and reservations and sessions at the Grove Park Inn and Biltmore Estate.
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Asheville
N. C
U.P
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Leon Henderson
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Robert Patterson
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Lord Halifax
United States
Hu Shih
Loudon
Netherlands
Virgin Islands
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Grove Park Inn
Charles Harwood
Biltmore Estate
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Herbert Lehman
New York
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
America
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana
Arthur B. Langlie
Julius P. Heil
Wisconsin
East Highland Community News Notes
East Highland notes visitors and family updates. Dr Homan called to see Richard Skala. Frank Mincer and family hosted visitors including F J Mincer and Austin Collins. Betty Starley ill with measles. Local visits to Cedar Rapids, Columbus Junction, and Washington.
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Frank Mincer
East Highland
Homan
Richard Skala
F. J. Mincer
Austin Collins
van Auken
Orville Hill
Columbus Junction
Betty Starley
Starley Heck
Artis
Cedar Rapids
Milo Stransky
Dvoraks
Matilda Bruegge
James Dvorak
James Swailes
Washington
Frank Mince
Hester
Leona
Lloyd Wasson
Fred Chihak
Frank Dvorak
Betty Jean Skala
Donna Wieland
Roy Taylor
Pleasant Hill Social Notes and Army Departures
Pleasant Hill community activity is chronicled with supper guests and multiple farewell events as Wade and Chris Erlenbush leave for the U S army. Neighbors gather for wiener roasts and church socials while extended families visit and share meals.
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Chris Erlenbush
Howard Benn
Erlenbush
Clark Miller
Christain Endeavor
W. R. Gamon
Roy Kephart
Velma
Oskaloosa
Trick Programs Broadcast by 2 Vichy Station
Vichy France runs two government controlled clandestine stations Degaullist and revolution, broadcast from the casino studio to lure dissidents. They aim to mislead listeners while radios jam Allied programs around Vichy with a ring of jammers. American broadcasts remain uncensored but face no isolation yet amid warnings of reprisals.
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Vichy
France
Europe
Radio Toulouse
Ambasador
Radio National
Brazzaville
Beyrourt
London
New York
Schenectady
Boston
Vivian Welch Weds George B. McMican
In Crawfordsville on June 10 a notice reports the marriage of Vivian Welch of Fairfield to George B. McMican of Far mington. The ceremony occurred last Friday at First Presbyterian airfield church. Vivian is a Fairfield High School and Northwestern University Wharton School graduate employed by Iowa Telephone. George McMican, Parsons College alumnus, studied at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago and taught science.
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Crawfordsville
George B. MeMican
Rey
F. MeMican
Farmington
Vivian Welch
Howard Welch
Fairfield
First Presbyterian Church
Airfield
Fairfield High School
Wharton School of Commerce
Northwestern University
Evanston, Oil
Iowa Telephone Company
McMican
Parsons College
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Chicago
Couple Announces Plans After Resigning for Seminary
A couple, part of last year's mathematics and the band in their school, resigns at the start of the year to enter the seminary and will make their home in Chicago.
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Chicago
Capitals of West Virginia Shift Between Wheeling Years
The capital of West Virginia stood in Wheeling from 1863 to 1870 and again from 1875 to 1885, before moving to Charleston.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
Boston Airport Founding Dates From 1922
The Boston airport was established in 1922, marking the city’s early aviation growth. Officials note the facility’s era and purpose in regional transport history.
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Boston
Dairying Largest Vermont Industry Exceeds Sixty Percent Share
Vermont dairy products dominate the state's farm income, accounting for more than 60 percent. Meat animals, mainly a dairy byproduct, follow with about 11 percent of total farm earnings.
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Vermont
Shadow Length Method to Measure Tree Height
Measure the tree’s shadow and your shadow. Multiply the tree’s shadow by your height, then divide by your shadow’s length to obtain the tree’s height. This uses similar triangles to compare distances and heights.
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Bill
H. L. Witting
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Will Miller
Sam Sigafoose
Jake Ernest
Iowa City
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Fred
Albert Hessltine
Irwin
Clark
Irwin Hesseltine
Glenn Pratt
Kalona
Jesse Prody
Baby
Rock Island
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Josephine Colbeck
Davenport
John Erlenbush
Ernest Baker
H. B. Alliman
Roberta
Kenneth Watt
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Swan Creek
Edd Chalupa
Silas
Howard Caldwell
Edd Mayhew
Bill Crayne
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Will ‘Caldwell
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Margaret Pratt
Bernard Swift
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L. B. Hanan
Arthur Kyle
Pleasant Plain
Irvin Hesseltine
Karen
Burlington
Dale Caldwell
Eli Jackson
Donald
Army
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Esther Anderson
Warren Groff
Rodney Hanan
Frank Kephart
Howard Baker
Raymond Wittrig
H. L. Wittrig
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West Chester
Frank Scranton
Varl Kephart
Lewis Bak
Radio Revolution
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