Des Moines Area News Briefs Include Army Veteran Notes
D L Rohrer at Veterans Hospital Des Moines would enjoy letters from friends in room 170 lvi Berlen Houseal son of Mr and Mrs Paul Houseal arrived home after 40 months in Europe and ten months as a prisoner of war and received an honorable discharge. Special sale on Parasnow or Red Star flour $1.95 at Freshwaters Feed Store. Kathryn Stewart on eleven day leave from Washington DC visiting Iowa relatives and friends.
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D. L. Rohrer
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
L’vi. Berlen Houseal
Paul Houseal
States
Freshwaters Feed Store
Kathryn Stewart
Sp Ite
Washington, D. C
E. L. Stewart
Miss Stewart
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Stewart
Margaret Stewart
David C. Scott
Fisherman’s Fish Tale Ends With Hooked Muskrat
Holland farmer J B Huisman recalls a strange open season fish story on the Jowag river near Eldora. He hooks a catfish while a muskrat bites the fish, the muskrat is hooked, a dog dives and hooks the dog, and Huisman ends with a thumb wound and bloodied hand before driving home.
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Holland
J. B. Huisman
Jowag
Eldora
Armiuskrat
Huisman
Brighton couple welcome six pound two ounce daughter
At the hospital Mr and Mrs Arnold Tucker of Brighton are parents of a six pound two ounce daughter born at 1 10 this morning. Dismissals today include Mrs Percy Skubal and son William Edward of Ainsworth and George Hora route three. Tonsillectomies were performed this morning on Kenneth and Norman Havel Helen Pearson Faine Albert Zieglowsky all of Ainsworth.
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Arnold Tucker
Brighton
Kenneth and
Norman Havel
Helen Pearson Faine
Albert Zieglowsky
Ainsworth
Percy Skubal
William Edward
George Hora
Route Three
Football Stars Enroll as University of Iowa Freshmen
Iowa City notes include June 13 join of high school stars Ard Shaw from Marshalltown and Carl Bowen of Burlington as freshmen at the University. Shaw, 185 pounds, 6 feet, scored 146 points in Marshalltown. Bowen, 170 pounds, 5 feet 10 inches, named to all state by IDPA.
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Iowa City
Willard Shaw
Marshalltown
Iowa
Carl Bowen
Burlington
University of Iowa
Shaw
Bowen
Iowa Daily Press Association
Eldon Crees
Audubon
Douglas Spear
University High
IDPA
James Harding
Clinton
Crees
Harding
Bowden
Spear
Major Leagues Scores From The Day
Brooklyn tops New York 7 to 4 while Boston delivers 10 to 0 over Philadelphia. Cincinnati game at St Louis postponed by rain as Pittsburgh defeats Chicago 9 to 3.
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Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Louis
Washington 5 New York 3 and other scores prompt brief recap
Detroit 2 and Cleveland 0 finishers highlight a compact sports roundup. Chicago 1 tops St Louis while Philadelphia 7 defeats Boston. The day features a mix of upsets and clear outcomes across leagues.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
W.L Pet
Washington A
Ainsworth Social Notes Include Local Visits
Mrs Theodore White returns to Des Moines after several days with the Marr home. Harold Brooks and family of Ottumwa visit Mrs Mary Woodside as Mrs Lamb and family stay with her mother. Mrs R B McFarland comes home from Guthrie Center after a week with her husband working there.
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R. E. Shannon
Adel
Robert L. West
Ainsworth
Theodore White
Des Moines
Theorge Marr
Harold Brooks
Henry
Michael
Ottumwa
Mr. Brooks
Alexandria
Mary Woodside
Brooks
Lamb
Woodside
R. B. McFarland
Guthrie Center
Hattie White
Prairie Flower social and local notices from June Prairie Flower
The June Prairie Flower column records church youths hosting at the E Jarrard home, Sunday visits by Rev and Mrs Harold Day, funeral attendances for Charles Strickler in Kalona, and numerous local movements. Residents travel to Cedar Falls for summer sessions, weddings, shippings and hospitalizations noted for Joe Knotek, Dwight Hoyle, L W Tunipseed, J A Marsh, Hattie White, and others.
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Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Church
E. Jarrard
Mrs
Harold Day
Don Cave Home
Joe Shalla
Krotek
O. P. Schulty
Ida Kolosick
Joe Knotek
Dwight Hoyle
Joe Shaltin Farm
Knotek
Mary Custer
Geralding Schulty
Ceci Amlong
Wayland Notes Local Officers and Social Gatherings
June 13 report from Wayland covers TT officers new slate at Chapter 1 meeting with Mrs A R Meyer as president and other officers elected. Social items include Mr and Mrs Ray Good hosting a fish supper for Ft Riley visitors and OES and Wednesday Study Club activities with plans for picnics in July.
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Wayland
Max Kauffman
Kauffman
Manty Keith
Warren Bergh
Edith Hiseman
Leola Magdefrau
Gerald Sharp
A. R. Meyer
Edwin Saligman
Jacob Bicher
Ira Miler
Gerald Sharpe
Lera Gillispey
Ray Good
Millard Schlatter
Ft. Riley
Kaw
Schlatter
Dickie
Diane
War Update Narrows Brunei Town Advance
Forces push toward Brunei town withAustralian engineers blading a jungle path as resistance in Borneo remains limited. About 1,500 natives reportedly freed as the sultan and his harem stay hidden in interior hills awaiting a turn.
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Borneo
Brunei
Romine Promoted to Sergeant in Germany on Victory Day
Sergeant Romine of the 29th Infantry Regiment in Germany receives promotion to sergeant on May 8, the European victory day. He is the son of Lyle Romine of Washington Iowa, enlisted at Camp Dodge in 1943, trained at Fort Sill, and arrived overseas August 13, 1943. He previously worked for Howard Freshwaters in a feed store.
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29Th Infantry Regiment
Germany
Lmar
Howard Freshwaters
Household tip warns against toothpicks for gas burners
Household equipment specialists advise not using a toothpick to clean gas range burners. A fine wire is a safer tool as toothpicks can break and clog the burner, potentially causing morning medical care.
Home Production And Preserving Of Food Urged In Des Moines
Paul Stark, newly appointed director of the home food supply, urged immediate action at an emergency conference in Des Moines on June 5 to boost home gardening and canning. The wartime food outlook shows lower civilian supplies next winter, with weather and labor hurting canning goals. officials warn Europe faces the bleakest food outlook since the war. Stark stresses enlarging gardens and preserving vegetables to assure adequate winter supplies.
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Paul Stark
Des Moines
Oklahoma
Missouri
Europe
Washington
United States
Iowa
Stark
Riverside W S C S Meets at McKenzie Home
Riverside June 13 members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of Trinity Methodist Church gathered at Rev and Mrs M C McKenzie’s Kalona home for the June meeting. Eighteen members and four children attended. Plans were made for ladies night during the Better Riverside club June meeting at the Riverside church parlor.
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Riverside
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church of
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Haeger Pottery
Wolf’s Flower
WMT
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Blue Jay Corn
Zoe
Billford
Blackhead
Pratt
DeEtte Marsteller
Jamestown
N. Y
Miss Marsteller
Elders and Shannon
Jamestown Post-Journal
West Liberty
South Pacific
Pfe
Donald L. Knight
Knight
Paris
Little’s Furniture
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Lona
H. L. Huber
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Richard Mottet
Lloyd Turnipseed
Martin Whittaker
Clayde Knapp
M. Ff. Ehurel
Dorothy Turnipseed
Rock Island
L. W. Tunipseed
Everette Meeks
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Lavenne Buenneke
Battle Creek
Fern Owens
Will Wallace
West Chester
Corbin Crawford
Texas
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Clair Sodergren
Hugh Conrad
Ella Hill
Dwight Witlmer
Wayne
Mt. Pleasant
Sam Marsh
Clarence Benson
Lloyd Davison
Jesse Davison
Kay
Joy
Wapello
A. J. Wyse
Homer Davison
Ken Neff
Oneida
Lester Neff
Effie Brooks
Ezra Wittmer
Dariene Stevens
O.F.S
O.E.S
Raymond Good
C. E. Shumaker
Omar Roth
Dorothy Farmer
Good
Yuza
Romine
V. Gcrull
S. Iowa
Ed Hite
Wash
BB. F. Bostwick, SR
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
McKenzie Home
Carl Luckey
Verne Moss
China
India
William Ingram
Clara Chabal
George White
Emery Sharp
McKenzie
Earl May
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