Local Naval and Post Office Staffing Moves Highlight Week
Dr. Jay Miller finishes internship in Chicago and awaits armed forces assignment. Navy man Ralph Bringman reports for duty in San Francisco. Post office routes shift with Lloyd Swartzendruber and John Shebek named acting postmaster. Donald J. Hotka promoted to sergeant at Kearney air base. Family visits from Skeota and Iowa City noted among local residents and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thur Wright
Ed Gingerich
Geo. Miller
Lloyd Swartzendruber
Jay Miller
E. D. Miller
Skeota
Jay
Chicago
Ralph Bringman
Navy
San Francisco
Wellman News Highlights Local Club Activities
The Mother's club sponsors a weekly children's playground at the high school and seeks donations of playground games. Mothers may leave preschoolers with playground supervisors during Red Cross surgical class hours. Lester Reber, in the Coast Guard, is on brief furlough. Mrs. Reber plans to stay with her parents in Missouri. Rotary Club held a meeting at the Mannering room with auctioneer C Pettit as guest speaker. Garden Club closed its year with officer elections for next year, led by President Mrs Ar.
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Wellman
Red Cross
Lester Reber
Coast Guard
Det
Vitway Sale Co Auction Notice in Columbo
Vitway Sale Co lists weekly auctions at Columbo every Wednesday and a Friday community sale at Whittaker sale barn. A Tuesday sale is planned June 29 with J Morrison at 817 Avenue D at 1 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitway Sale Co
Columbo Auction
Whittaker Sale Barn
J. A. Morrison
Ave. D
Hog and cattle futures steady amid mixed market signals
Markets report from Chicago shows hogs trading with a two way week market and steady to higher bids for lighter weights while heavier hogs and sows ease. Cattle steady with strict top steer prices near 17.40 and calves market activity limited. Lambs strong with No 1 and 2 skins at 13.50 to 14.85 and top 15.00 for light weight.
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Chicago
U.P
Grain table reports mixed oats and soybeans figures
Chicago grain tables show oats at mixed 70 and 71 percent, soybeans at 165 percent, with wheat futures for Sep, Dec and July at 144 to 147 percent. Rye figures around 100 percent with December and variable highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uup
Riverside postmaster resigns to become rural carrier
Joseph P. Quinn, Riverside postmaster for several years, will leave to run as rural carrier for Local Office No. 1 starting July 1. Appointed acting postmaster January 28, 1934, succeeding Iva McCreedy, he was commissioned June 25, 1934 for four years and has been re-nominated twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Hardy
Donald Riley
Ottumwa
Mr. Hardy
Edward Bushek
Rilverside
Mr. Quinn
Riverside
Joseph P. Quinn
Quinn
Iva McCreedy
Noisy Husband, Quiet Kitchen Tyrant in Domestic Tale
In a domestic tale a mild husband George endures a controlling mother in law and a domineering wife who uses cooking as control. He is mocked for his attempt at meals while Phelia and her mother orchestrate a cold punch of neglect and satire ends with an implied lesson on fragile marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ero
George
Nero
Phelia
Diana
Ophelia
Probate Hearing Set On Ross Pence Will In Iowa
A will for Ross Pence dated February 23 1942 was filed for probate in Washington County Iowa. The court fixed July 2 1943 at 9 00 AM for proof and hearing at the Washington Court House. R R Noonan Clerk cautions all interested to appear and show cause. The piece notes the WPA closure in Iowa with seven workers loading the last wagon and liquidating over a million dollars in equipment following Roosevelt order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Pence
Washington
Iowa
District Court
R. R. Noonan
WPA
S.W. Eighth and
Market Streets
Roosevelt
WPA in Iowa Ends Its Public Service Era
Des Moines reports the Work Projects Administration known as the grand dame of relief will exit Iowa with no fanfare or ceremonies as its federal era ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Work Projects Administration
WPA
Women acquire Belleau Wood estate in 1924 purchase
The Belleau Wood property, famed for U S marines halting the German advance to Paris in 1918, was bought by a group of American women in 1924 marking a notable postwar acquisition by civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleau Wood
U. S
Germany
Paris
Tuberculosis Cattle Campaign Shows Sharp Drop in Infections
Retests show only 0.5 percent of cattle infected while the campaign began with 20 to 30 percent in many areas indicating a major reduction in bovine tuberculosis across regions.
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Ted Simons
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Geo. Young
M. Murray Moore
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Geo. J. Breitenbach
L. KE. Wilson
Lemmon
Was
Creal
Yoder
Kalona
Belloyd Evans
SMART
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Food For Freedom
Ramseyer’s Hatchery
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Washington Concrete Company
Armour's
Ames Test
T. W. Hunter
Washington Oil Company
Hazel Rapp
Herman
Orie O'Connor
Haskins
2Nd St
Cavalier Clar
Farmer's Union Exchange
Community Feed Store
Porter Elevator
West Chester
S. C. Wittmer
Havre
Reister Bros
D. D. Owens
Crawfordsville
Milton Smith
Minnie Chance
C. R. Gallagher
Johns Manville
Eclipse Lumber Company
Delbert Daniel
John Deery
McCormick
Call
M. E. L. Bartholow
Little's Furniture
New Hampshire
Eldin Bauer
Hampshire
Berkshire
Don McLaughlin
General Electric Ice Box
Eclipse Number Company
Cail 71
T. H. Barnes
Ford Sale
Farmall Tractor and Cultivator
Civil Service Act
Kearney
Nebraska
Geant
Frank Latourek
Violet Kephart
Norbert C. Kephart
Susan
Iowa City
Tech
Harold Fr. Shrauger
Frances Kephart
Carlsbad
New Mexico
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Kepharts
Weldon Miller
Freddie
H. KE. Beachy
Rosemary of
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Bertha Tener
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wellman News
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George J. Breitenbach
Chicago Livestock
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