Local notes include hospital update and social events
Ruth Dupuis returned home after visiting friends. Mrs Melvin Gin Berich at Mercy Davenport improves daily with wounds healing and skin grafts. she plans to return home once healed. Owen Dupuis visits Goshen, Indiana. Community activities include Frank Stamps Quartet at Haskins church on June 26. Local weddings feature LaVonne Nusbaum and Owen Miller in Mount Pleasant and Charles Gillies Bassace and Marie Gulick in Burlington. Various relatives travel between Iowa and nearby states for gatherings and visits.
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Melvin Gin- Berich
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Owen
C. L. Graber
Goshen
Ind
Olive Campbell
Burlington
Charles Gillies Bsace
Marie Gulick
First Presbyterian Church
West Point Military Academy
United States Army
Campbell
MacNider Nomination Lays Out War Stance at Convention
Sidelights note MacNider tentatively chosen for nomination while Marshall acts as nominator. The piece highlights MacNider’s claim that his strength is keeping America out of war or winning if war comes our way, with Marshall using unwritten floor rights as he is neither delegate nor alternate.
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MacNider
Marshall
America
Willkie Headquarters Atmosphere Ahead of Convention
A reporter visits Willkie HQ and notes a staffer excited by the candidate on the eve of the convention. The piece reflects on rapid world events reshaping platform building while cautioning that November politics remain distant and volatile.
MacNider Happy as Workers Donate to Campaign
Col Hanford MacNider expresses great happiness after a Northwestern States Cement Co. employee drive raised 600 to aid his campaign. He notes many contributors are not Republicans but friends, and suggests the money may go to the company welfare group with a matching contribution.
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Macnider
Col
Hanford MaccNider
Mason City
Northwestern States Cement Co
Local residents travel and meetings noted in regional notes
Mrs W H Turner of Columbus Junction and Mrs Ada Spencer of Crawfordsville visited yesterday and today. Mr and Mrs E R Lewis spent the day in Iowa City. Durward Barnes and family completed an eight thousand five hundred mile trip visiting Indianapolis Detroit Toronto Niagara Falls Ithaca New York City Washington and southern states. They toured a New York office of J C Penney and met Congressman Karl Stefan and Thomas Martin. Richard Birney returned from State College Penn with ISC agricultural engineers and the F B I cup committee earned second place at a college convention. John Wessman was elected second vice president of the national association. Several members attended the V F W convention in Burlington with auxiliary members from this chapter. Ida Burnson is employed by Iowa Southern Utility in home service and Esther Sears has worked with Burnson this past week.
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Durward Barnes
Indianapolis
Ind
Detroit
Mich
Toronto
Canada
Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls
Ithaca
N.Y
New York City
Washington, D. C
Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Barnes
J. C. Penney Company
Karl Stefan
Norfolk
Nebr
Mr. Barnes
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Richard Birney
State College
Penn
ISC. Agricultural Engineers
18.C
John Wessman
Omaha
Ll.c
National Association
Wessman
Birney
I.S.C
Ida Burnson
Grinnell
Home Service
Iowa Southern Utility Company
Esther Sears
Miss Burn
Country Club Men Have Stag Dinner
About 25 Washington country club members attended a potluck dinner at the club house after a one-club golf tournament won by Dr. A W Clow. Don Bell placed second and Don Rabenold third. Next Sunday Fairfield club members visit Washington for golf and a later return visit is planned.
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Washington Country Club
A. W. Clow
Don Bell Wags
Don Rabenold
Fairfield Country Club
Washington
Baseball Standings and Schedule Notes
The American League standings show Cleveland leading with 39 wins and 23 losses, Detroit 34-22, New York 28-30, and Washington 4-38 among others. Monday results include St Louis 9 Philadelphia 4 and Cleveland 7 New York 1 with several rain postponements.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Cincinnati
Annou
Wwe
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Local Cookery Demonstrations Boost Community Skill
Mise Burnson has taught cooking demonstrations across several communities served by L.5.0. She has spent years in teaching and shows considerable experience in culinary methods and schooling.
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L.5.0
Mise Burnson
50 000 More Iowans to Pay Income Taxes
Des Moines report from the Internal Revenue Bureau estimates 58 000 Iowa taxpayers will file income tax returns for defense purposes. Only about 45 percent will owe taxes as the rest have exemptions and deductions that keep them under the tax-paying line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Internal Revenue Bureau
Fire destroys Cedar Rapids Airways hangar and planes
A $50,000 blaze at Cedar Rapids Airways hangar at the local airport left the sheet steel structure a tangled mass of charred wreckage. Nine planes burned in the incident including seven owned by Cedar Rapids Airways. The cause is undetermined and investigations follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Airways
Cedar Hkapids Airways
da Hun
Boy shoots himself while rabbit hunting returns home
Poor John Terry Mathers 13 son of K A Mathers of Haskins and his grandfather J W White have returned from Murray Iowa where the boy accidentally shot his foot during jack rabbit hunting. The injury was not severe and he can hobble on the foot. They travelled home by train after being taken to Albia and Murray by bus, while Mr Mathers visited his brother Rodney Mathers in Columbia Missouri.
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John Terry Mathers
K. A. Mathers
Haskins
J. W. White
Murray
Iowa
Albia
Mr. Mathers
Columbia
Rodney Math
MEETINGS AT FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH THIS WEEK
The AG Pot Rs Square meetings are held at the Foursquare Gospel church with preaching services this evening Wednesday Thursday and Friday at 7 30 PM. Mr and Mrs Robert Stevens lead the meetings. Tonight's topic is Victory in the Valley. Tomorrow's is Why Religion Can t Save Us.
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Foursquare Gospel Church
Robert Stevens
Population of Africa Estimated at 134 Million
Population of Africa is estimated at 134,000,009 with figures suggesting a broad regional spread and growth patterns across the continent. This snapshot highlights demographic scale and potential implications for resources and development.
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Africa
Interruptions Hit Local Civil Aviation Program
A local official said a fire will disrupt temporarily the civil aeronautics program, causing brief interruptions and requiring contingency measures. The statement came as authorities assessed the impact on operations and schedules.
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Ter
Civil Aeronautics Program
Visitors and relatives gather in Paris and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs T G See spend Sunday in Paris Missouri with Mrs See's mother. Dr and Mrs Theodore Dykstra and children from Berwyn Maryland arrive to visit Mrs Dykstra's mother Mrs Anna Rouse and relatives. Supt and Mrs A A Hockey of Pilot Mound come for an extended visit with Ina Shaffer. Mr and Mrs Clarence Shaffer of Morristown South Dakota plan a week with Ina Shaffer’s family. Rachael Anne and Jack Galloway of Waterloo stay with grandparents H J McCreedy while Ross Galloway and spouse visit relatives in Los Angeles. A W Yard, recently ill, shows improvement and was discharged from hospital. a recent back set is improving.
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Theodore Dykstra
Theodore
Philip
Janet
Berwyn
Mra. Dykstra
Anna Rouse
A. A. Hockey
Pilot Mound
Ina Shaffer
Clarence
Shaffer
Morristown
Dak
Wendall Shaffer
Rachael Anne and
Jack Galloway
Waterloo
H. J. McCreedy
Ross Galloway
Los Angeles
Calif
A. W. Yard
Trumpet Soloists Highlight March Selection Duel
Director Milo T Surden presents Phillip Ruth in a trumpet glory with March Brackenshire Holmes as popular selection. Fillmore Goldman joins Lak Skornika in a staged performance.
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Milo T. Surden
Phillip Ruth
Brackenshire Holmes
Lewis Returns to the G O P in Philadelphia
Political observers in Philadelphia watched Joan L. Lewis of the CIO meet and chat with Republican leaders as they prep for the national convention opening June 24. The veteran labor figure, who backed Hoover in 1928 and later Roosevelt, appears with Alfred M. Landon, Kansas governor and 1936 GOP presidential candidate.
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Joan L. Lewis
Philadelphia
Lewis
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Local hospital updates list multiple surgeries and admissions
The hospital reported a morning of several medical procedures and discharges. Appendectomies were performed on Odella Soren and Marion Miller and others were admitted for treatment. Dismissals included Mrs. Earl Dill and Dorothy Thompson among several Washington route residents.
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Odella Soren
Iirighton
Earl Dill
Washington
Marion Miller
Charet
Arnold
Richard Pacha
Riehlana
P. Fox Sudies
Frank Longwell
Dorothy Thompson
Walter Alexander
Mary Lou Alexander
Baby in Arms Definition in Webster's Early Usage
An excerpt notes that the word baby once applied to any child but Webster states it usually refers to an infant in arms. The historical nuance shows evolving language around infant terms.
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Webster
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