Local news notes from Alliance and surrounding towns
P F C Harold J Reynolds is recovering from an operation at Alliance Army Air Base hospital. His wife Auretta Pickett Reynolds has joined him there. Many families, servicemen, and relatives are visiting or returning to duty, with travel between Alliance, Iowa City, Muscatine, and Davenport.
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P.F.C
Harold J. Reynolds
Pat
Washington
Army Air Base Hospital
Alliance
Nebraska
Army Air Base
Reynolds
Auretta Pickett
Center Ville
General Delivery Alliance
Stanley Zager
Goldsboro
North Carolina
Zager
Wm. Zager
Ainsworth
Iowa City
4-H girls rally at Lincoln school tomorrow
The Rocking Chair apa Brigade FA notes a 4-H club girls rally at Lincoln School starting 1:30 PM tomorrow with a tea and evening picnic. Ed Bovee returns from Cleveland as Baxter wedding anniversary is noted.
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Rocking Chair
Apa
Lincoln School
Ed Bovee
Cleveland
Baxter
Washington County
Ilinois
Indiana
Chicago
Tri-Cities
Dayton Grove notes and parish life in Sunday visit
A Methodist church newcomer greeted by a large crowd as Dayton Grove residents discuss church attendance. The piece covers funeral attendance, travel plans for Mrs. Clara Tate and Rev. Howard Tate, White Shrine activities, neighborhood updates, and local gardening anecdotes including a story about “Eat the Pod” peas and Amish variety lore.
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Methodist Church
Clara Tate
New York
Rev
Howard Tate
Jean Acheson
Riday
Amateur medics save lives under fire at sea and on submarines
Navy personnel with no formal surgical training performed life saving operations under extreme danger. Pharmacist's Mates Wheeler Lipes and Thomas Moore conducted appendectomies aboard submarines near Japan, while Dr. Leonard Conly delivered an eight pound baby in a lifeboat after a torpedoed ship incident.
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Washington
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Wheeler B. Lipes
Upper Darby
Dean Rector
Chautauqua
Kan
Japan
Lipes
Rector
Thomas A. Moore
Chino Valley
Ariz
George M. Plater
Buffalo
N. Y
Moore
Platter
Leonard H. Conly
Brooklyn
Atlantic
New York
Joseph Mohorovich
Dr. Conly
Farm Bureau News and Notes from June 1943
Agricultural tips cover spray mixes for fruit trees, soil conservation week, 4-H pig club vaccination, summer garden planting, extension education planning held by local Farm Bureau leaders. Reports on poultry care, lamb sale details, dairy herd supervision, canning and freezing guidance, strawberry processing, and 4-H activities in Iowa communities.
Earliest Cork Use Traced to Ancient Greece and Rome
The article notes cork’s early familiarity to Greeks and Romans with Plutarch recounting a 400 B C event. A messenger used a cork float to aid swimming in the Tiber during Rome’s siege by the Gauls.
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Plutarch
Tiber
Rome
Nazis Build Six Engine Plane Carries 130 Men
London reports Germany is producing a new six engine troop transport plane called the power glider ME-323 by Messerschmitt. The monoplane uses six Renault engines and can carry 130 men with a rugged undercarriage for rough landings. It follows the Blohm and Voss 222 already in use.
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London
Messerschmitt Company
Blohm and Voss
Sunflower Oil Uses and Argentine Plantings Rise in War Years
Sunflower oil drying properties found useful in some paints. Argentina increased exports in 1942 as plantings grew, but drought reduced 1942-43 area from 1,875,000 to about 1,637,000 acres.
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Argentina
Shipping Gateway II 1937 Trade Through New Orleans
In 1937 the New Orleans shipping area handled manufactured goods valued at 27.15 billion dollars. In 1938 exports through the gateway to Central and South America and the Caribbean totaled about 62 million dollars, and Latin American imports via New Orleans were near 68 million. Regularly more than half the trade of the Central American Republics is with the United States.
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New Orleans
Central America
South America
Caribbean
Latin America
Central American
U. S
Idle Manure Loses Value in Barn Yard Heat
If manure remains in the barn yard nitrogen is lost as it heats. About half of its value may be lost during the summer months.
Girl Perfectly Fills WAAC Specifications
Army doctors report Jane A. White man 21 met WAAC physical specs. She weighs 143 pounds, stands 5 feet 7 inches, and has a 36 bust. Examiners praise her perfect body condition and dental health as the best they have seen.
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Dallas
WAAC
Jane A. Whiteman
Gestapo Coined From Three-Word Nazi Title
An article explains that Gestapo is a shorthand coinage from the three-word official title Geheime Staatspolizei, formed by taking the initial syllables. It notes the term's origins and usage as the Nazi secret police.
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Gestapo
Geheime Staats Politzel
Anise Growth in Northwest Faces Labor Shortages
Anise thrives between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains in the northwest but requires hand thinning and weeding, conflicting with sugar beet labor. Plantings in 1942 were light and much of it was lost due to a shortage of hand labor.
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Cascade
Rocky Mountain Ranges
Canadian National Railways posts 1988 revenue record
The Canadian National railways report 1988 gross revenues of 375 million dollars, about four million daily, with net revenue of 86.66 million, up 20.05 million from last year. Th rash surplus after taxes and public interest rose to 25.06 million, a new peak and 21.05 million above 1941.
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Canadian National Railways
Swine Flu Weakens Pigs in Fall and Winter
Swine influenza does not kill many hogs but leaves them thrifty and more vulnerable to deadly diseases. Some farmers use baking soda in drinking water to control it. Best control is dry warm well fed pigs and good ventilation, as outbreaks occur in damp poorly ventilated houses in fall or winter.
Vitamins in Shark Liver Oil Found High Content
A report notes that oil extracted from shark liver contains high vitamin levels and hints at potential production in Australia. The finding suggests new health market applications and regional supply possibilities.
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Australia
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