Community Socials and Visits Highlight Young America News
Local families gather for birthdays chili dinners and visits as Carl Phillips, Grant Humston and others host and dine. San Francisco guest Robert Risk joins in a Canasta session while Taylor School students perform a Dutch operetta to a large crowd.
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W. J. Marie Jr
Mar
Carl Phillips
Lioyd
Raymond Hameton
Eldon Roth
Lilya Miller
Grant Humeton Jr
Grant Humeton Sr
Garry
Larrys Humston
Grandma Humeston
Paul Benson
Leo Marie
Taylor School
Lincoln School
Alice Hunter
Silly Laws Span Europe from Britain to Madrid
European lawmakers have enacted a string of curious prohibitions. England bans marrying a mother in law and beating a wife on Sunday while forbidding fairy tale talk by telephone and kissing in public except in rail stations. Switzerland bars false teeth and Madrid papers must avoid bathing beauty images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Switzerland
Madrid
The Kid and Hank Nolan Find a Steady Job
Hank Nolan, down on his luck, avoids a crime to feed his hungry son and pass a kinder act to a hungry boy with brown eyes. He secures a waiter job at Mel's Eat Shop after hesitating at a bold theft plan and promises a better supper for the child and his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotty's
Hank
Mel's Eat Shop
Mel
Katy
Pop
Polar bear sanctuary on Kong Karls Land protects breeding grounds
The sole polar bear sanctuary outside zoos lies on Kong Karls Land in the Spitsbergen archipelago. Norwegian law shields the breeding grounds there from disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kong Karls Land
Spitsbergen Archipelago
Ireland Becomes Nation Of Old Maids And Bachelors
Notre Dame priest Rev. Dr. John A. O'Brien argues in St. Joseph's Magazine that Ireland's marriage rate is the world’s lowest with only two of every five Irishmen aged 30 to 34 married. Census shows 65 percent single, 4 percent widowed, 28 percent married, signaling a rapid shift to a bachelor nation.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Ireland
Eire
John A. O'Brien
University of Notre Dame
St. Joseph's Magazine
Benedictine Fathers
St. Benedict
Oregon
Father O'Brien
Europe
O’brien
Republic of Ireland
Emerald Isle
Cupid
Father Accepts Posthumous Purple Heart Citation
Frank E. Spring of Castile New York accepted a posthumous award and Purple Heart citation issued by President Truman for his son Merril T. Spring a World War II Air Force bombardier killed in Germany. He stated he disagrees with the President's policies but would not refuse the honor saying it would not reflect the boy’s spirit and that he died for America.
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Castile
N. Y
Frank E. Spring
Truman
Merril T. Spring
Air Force
Germany
Army Chef Pleased Generals Barred from Home Kitchen
A veteran Army master sergeant, Leon L. Abbott, now at Redstone Arsenal, cooked for Generals MacArthur Ridgway and Walker, and even for President Syngman Rhee. He is blocked from his own kitchen by his wife who keeps him out of the home. Abbott recalls field kitchens in Korea and Japan, and says his wife is a good cook but won’t have him in her kitchen.
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Kansas City
Leon L. Abbott
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Army Ordnance Corps
Abbott
Douglas MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
Walton H. Walker
Korea
Ridgway
Eighth Army
Republic of Korea
Synghman Rhee
Yokohama
Japan
South Korea
Taegu
Walker
MacArthur
Playful Python Goes Too Far At Pet Shop
London business owner P. E. Child faced a dangerous incident with a 15 foot python that escaped its cage during photos. The snake wrapped around his neck nearly strangling him before two men freed him. After revival he was bitten on the thumb and said the reptile should go.
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Child
Durable Tasmanian blue gum wood noted for strength
Durable Tasmanian blue gum is described as one of the strongest and heaviest woods. It is so dense that it sinks in water and resists marine borers, with teredus unable to penetrate it.
Wayland Church Dinner and Week of Dedication Service
Members of the Wayland Methodist church held a dinner in the church basement Tuesday evening followed by a worship service aligned with the Week of Dedication. The church board met the same night.
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Wayland
George KE. Boiler
Wayland Methodist Church
Warren Bergh
Cedar Rapids
Bergh
Lennox Heating
Wayne Limerman
Des Moines
Frank Goldsmith
WSC
Methodist Church
Grace Monson
Russell Davison
Jones Confined to Bed After Illness at Home
WELLMAN March 17 by the Jones family report E C Jones has been confined to his bed for several days with an illness. Local residents hope for his swift recovery.
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E. C. Jones
Wellman
the Jones
Professional Directory Listing for Livingston and Day Attorneys
Local directory page lists S W Livingston and Robert Day with Abstract Dept at 204 West Main St and phone numbers 147 or 964. George F Morrison and G G Morrison are lawyers with phone 231, near J C Penney Co. Wendell L Shaffer dentist near Hotel Washington, Dr R Q Eastland in Journal Building, S Lemmon and John W Lemmon optometrists offering eye exams, glasses and visual training on East Side Square, phone 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston & Day — Attorneys
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day—Abstract Dept
West Main St
S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
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Young America
George Masson
Byron Sniders
Grant
Humston Sr
Grant Humston Jr
Mary Rhodebeck
Rock Island Produce CO
Reisters
John Patterson & Son Pioneer Seed Corn
West Second
Allis-Chalmers
Loveless Implement Store
North 7Th
Washington, Iowa
Washington Concrete Co
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Blondie
BY Chic Youn
Woodley
By Ona Freeman Lathrop
Hank Nolan
Polar Bear Sanctuary
London
Eng
P. E. Child
Ted Hauman
Findlay, Ohio
John Martin
J. C. Hirschy
Ft. Wayne
Ila Hirseby
William Magdefray
Max Sinclair
Jim Boshart
S. BE. Umphrey
Bess Allen
Mabel Mitchell
Oskaloosa
Chicago
Edith Boshuart
Victor J. Hesseltine
Henry County
Glen Hultquist
Olds
Sam Bergh
War
Ren Bergh
Evelyn
Iowa
Iowa Master Plumbers Association
Keosauqua
Ning
Scaebecan Legion Post
Gale Tsehants
Ted Tsehantz
Jane
John Hill
Mere
Lester Hill
Marvin Reith
Dwaine Wesles
Memories Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
WSCS
Boshart Food
Kraft
Newhall
A. C Kraft
Day Nichols
Enza
Charley Crawford
Morning Sun
Jenny Oldaker
Clarence Humphreys
Loyd Humphreys
North English
Adda McArtor
Everett
Mace Humphreys
Bill Godber
Freeport
Lbh
Bert Godber
A. C. Kraft
Ann
Johny
John Marek
Rose Marek
Earl Long
West Chester
Edward Marek
Fulton
Missouri
Sam Longwel
Tom Longwell
Moline
Ilinois
Dorothy Disney
The
Wade Implement Co
Dallas Topping
Alfred Wagg
President
Blair House
Washington
Rod Cameron
NE Nigh
Monograms
Fort Usagl
Cinecolor
Harry
Joe Palooka
Baby Brother
Omy
MR. Leemy
H'Lo
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey
Jheo
B. Bailey
West Main
Morrison & Morrison — Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison Jr
Morrison Bldg
Skeorge F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Stewart & Shearer— Attorenevs
R. A. Stewart
Paul Shear
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Eastland — Journal
M. L. Smith
North Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathitc
Dixie Dugan
BY McEvoy & Strieki
Yepanic
Develo
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