Evelyn McKee Wins Superior in Speech
Evelyn McKee a Columbus high senior from Conesville won a superior rating in the dramatic division at the southeast district Iowa high school speech contest in Fairfield March 22 23 and will compete in the state finals at Osceola April 5 and 6. She is accompanied by her parents J Kelly McKee and Mildred Bensmiller.
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Columbus Junction
Evelyn McKee
J. Kelly McKee
Conesville
Columbus High School
Fairfield
Oskaloosa
Miss McKee
Mildred Bensmiller
Des Moines Notes On Deaths And Community Life
Mrs Mort Bickford notes Sam Berry a West Des Moines resident died at almost eighty. his wife ill. three children Stel la Helen Harry, with Harry already deceased. She recalls Washing ton’s Rose Springman Davis who died suddenly. Virginia Simmerman receives support. Edith Shields recuperates from broken elbow. Presbyterian church event led by Mrs Terrell and Helen Caldwell as musicians. community mood and ongoing care highlighted.
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Mort Bickford
Sam Berry
West Des Moines
Stella
Helen
Harry
Presbyterian Church
Johns Hopkins develops infrared bolometer for night vision
The Cy Project laboratory at Johns Hopkins University announces a super conducting bolometer that lets observers see objects in darkness up to 10 to 18 miles away. Led by Dr H Andrews the four year chemistry team says the infra red eye can detect the observer and has peaceful uses from fire alarms to cancer treatment.
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Cy Project
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
H. Andrews
Congregational Meeting Set for April 3 at Church
Crowds gathered outside the theater to see The Bells of St. Marys. The article lauds the film as excellent acting and a wholesome delightful story worthy of praise and publicity.
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St. Mary’s
Funeral services for Mrs. J. L. Naylor of Clarendon
Funeral services were held for Mrs. J. L. Naylor of Clarendon Texas a former Washington resident March 10 at the Methodist Church. She was born Mary Wilma Ingham in Washington many years ago a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W R Ingham. The Ingham family moved to Texas in 1919 settling near Panhandle and later on a farm at Conway She was a graduate of West Texas State College Canyon and taught in Clarendon until Dec 3 1945 when she retired due to ill health. Surviving are her husband two daughters Betty Jean 14 and Virginia 10 two sons Jimmy 12 and Ben 8 her parents a brother John Ingham of Las Vegas N M
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J. L. Naylor
Clarendon
Texas
Washington
Mary Wilma Ingham
W. RB. Ingham
Ingham
Panhandle
Conway
West Texas State College
Canyon
Naylor
Betty Jean
Virginia
Jimmy
Ben
John Ingham
Las Vegas
N. Mex
Unlikely Rodent Food Stops Fire Hazard Claims
Rats and mice in tests refused to chew the modern American matches due to ingredients that repulse them. The composition reportedly creates fewer fire hazards as rodents avoid contact even when starved.
Church Men Will Conserve Stockings
In New Albany Indiana March 25 UP the St Mark's Evangelical and Reformed church congregation pledged to conserve nylon hosiery. Women worshippers complained of snags and runs on pews so men agreed to bring sandpaper planes and files one night weekly to make the church safe for nylons.
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New Albany
Ind
St. Mark’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Sabados Credits Beer for 110th Birthday Claim
Chicago on March 25 UP Aroad Sabados celebrated what he said was his 110th birthday and attributed his longevity to beer. He said doctors' prescriptions meant a drink of beer, and whisky when very ill. Sabados, who came from Hungary 70 years ago, bought his 23rd 120 acre Wisconsin farm near Silver Lake.
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Chicago
Uparoad
Lash Care Tips For Fuller Curling Eyelashes
Daily routine advice suggests applying a lash cream or oil to keep lashes moisturized. Use a small lash brush to comb through each day to promote curling and reduce breakage.
Du Pont Speed Easy Paint Ad From Eclipse Lumber
Eclipse Lumber promotes Du Pont Speed Easy washable paint with one coat coverage and quick drying in neutral tones. Washington Oil Company advertises FRAM filters and cartridges with complete stock. Call 205 for details.
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DU Pont
Eclipse Lumber Company
Washington Oil Company
Call
Margaret Ferguson Weds Arthur Speas
Announcement of the marriage between Margaret Ann Stoops of Huntington Park California to David Bruce Kerr. The wedding took place March 15 at the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington Park. The Stoops family moved from Washington to California about two years ago and Miss Stoops was in high school then.
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Margaret Ann Stoops
James Stoops
Huntington Park
Calif
David Bruce Kerr
First Presbyterian Church
Stoops
Washington
California
Miss Stoops
Funeral services for J. A. Marsh conducted at Baptist church
Funeral services for J. A. Marsh were held yesterday afternoon at the Baptist church with Rev. Alfred Trenerry and Rev. Hal Norton officiating. Music featured a vocal solo by Charles Murdock and wife. Pallbearers named Lee Norris Orville Thoma Frank Trotter Howard Stewart Clarence Richards Lee Hunt. A Masonic burial service followed at Ainsworth cemetery under Superintendent E. R. Butterworth.
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J. A. Marsh
The
Baptist Church
Alfred Trenerry
Hal Norton
Grinnell
Charles Murdock
Lee Norris
Orville Thoma
Frank Trotter
Howard Stewart
Clarence Richards
Lee Hunt
Ainsworth Cemetery
E. R. Butterworth
Faber Named Editor of Iowa Legionnaire
Des Moines March 25 Albert F Faber of Des Moines was named editor of the Iowa Legionnaire and director of public relations for the Iowa department of the American Legion He succeeds Frank Miles who resigned to seek the Democratic nomination for governor Faber a Dumont native has worked in safety education since 1942 and is a World War I veteran with prior roles in education and publishing
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Des Moines
Albert F. Faber
Iowa Legionnaire
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Faber
Frank Miles
Dumont
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Allison
Publishers
Decommissioning of Fleet Post Office Ends Pacific Mail Era
The navy announced the C O Fleet Post Office in San Francisco will be decommissioned next month ending four years of service to Pacific troops. It handled nearly 1 billion pieces of mail annually and its duties will transfer to the regular U S Postal Service with three naval officers and 75 enlisted men remaining as liaison personnel.
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San Francisco
Navy
C-O Fleet Post Office
Pacific
Fleet Post Office
U. S. Postal Service
Understanding Brain Tissue and Headache Pain
Brain tissue itself is insensitive and can be cut while the patient remains awake. Headache pain does not arise from the brain but from the meninges surrounding the brain or from its blood vessels.
Rock Island Lines Announces Postwar Rail Upgrades
The Rock Island Lines outline major postwar improvements on the Golden State route and other services. A new daylight Rocket will run Chicago to Omaha for mail baggage and express. 57 new cars including diners coaches sleeping and lounge cars are ordered. Through trains extended to key Texas and Oklahoma routes with faster schedules begin 1946.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Des Moines
Kansas City
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Houston
Ft. Worth-Dallas
Oklahoma City
Rock Island Lines
Navy Man Claimed Deserter From Army Faces Service Jurisdiction
Harold LeRoy Friedman, 44, of New York, confessed at Great Lakes that he deserted from the Army after eight months in 1943 at Camp Hale. Inducted into the Navy in Chicago under alias George Fischer, he sought to clear his status and possible honorable discharge as authorities weigh which service has jurisdiction.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Center
Army
Harold LeRoy ‘Friedman
New York
Camp Hale
Colo
Navy
Chicago
George Fischer
Friedman
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report
Chicago cash grain notes show no sales for wheat corn oats rye soybeans and cash provisions. Barley quotes range from 125 to 14314 with feed at 114 to 124 percent.
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Chicago
Basketball Origins and Purpose in America
Basketball was invented in 1891 to keep athletes fit and entertained between football and baseball seasons, marking it as the only major sport entirely of American origin.
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