Jalopy parades and air corps notices dot late wartime local scene
Local notes report Ensign Don Wheelan visiting with his parents before reporting to Oklahoma City. Decatur hosts jalopy parades to spur scrap drives with Air Corps cadets assisting from James Millikin University. Other items list preflight trainees and new addresses for service members and a knee surgery update for PFC Albert Spangler in El Paso.
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Washington County
Illinois
Decatur
J. Howard Wolfe
Charles H. Wolfe
Junior Association of Commerce
Air Corps
James Millikin University
P.F.C
Albert Spangler
Marine Corps
Albert R. Spangler
William Beaumont Generel Hospital
el Paso
Texas
Allies and Japanese jockey for Pacific island positions
Allied and Japanese forces jockeyed for position in the Pacific north of Australia as U S troops consolidate holdings and entrench on hard won island bases. A delayed report said U S occupation troops are setting up an advanced Solomon air base in the Russell islands, with further development anticipated. Zeros increased their attempts to intercept Allied air traffic.
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United Press
Long Island
Australia
United States
South Pacific
U. S
Solomon Air
Russell Islands
Royal Bristol Theater Claimed as Britain’s Oldest
The Royal theater in Bristol opened in 1766 and is believed to be Britain’s oldest theater.
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Royal
Britain
Royal Theater
Bristol
Readmissions and admissions at local hospital
Mrs Willard Loeffler of Brigston was readmitted last evening for minor surgery. Myra Shaffer of 526 West Monroe Street was admitted this morning as a medical patient.
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Willard Loeffler
Brigston
Myra Shaffer
West Monroe Street
Mines Face Shutdown If Six Day Week Enforced
Denver May 5 Western miners face a shutdown unless the federal government retracts the six day work week order. National Fuel president T E Jenkins warned that if the rule applies to this producer group many mines would close due to a seasonal slump and current output of two to three days a week.
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Denver
T. E. Jenkins
National Fuel Company
Jenkins
Women join Washington surgical dressings project in Crawfordsville
Surgical dressings effort drew over 40 Crawfordsville women who plan two weekly classes in the school building. Mrs. Claude McCoy will chair with Mrs. Williams as co chair. they and others will travel to Washington next week for preliminary training. Brighton and Ainsworth already have classes. More women can join at the city hall.
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Ing
Claude McCoy
Williams
Crawfordsville
Washington
Brighton
Ainsworth
Club Standings and Results of Games
Standings show Poston 5 New York 3 Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 3 St Louis 11 Chicago 3 Philadelphia 8 Brooklyn 1. In games Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Lanning 10 vs Walters 1-0 and New York at Boston Mellon 0-1 Sayles 0-0. Boston 3 Philadelphia 3 Washington 1. Cleveland 2 Chicago 4 Detroit 4 St Louis 3. Boston Hughson 2-0 at New York Borony 1-1 Washington Haefner 1-1 at Philadelphia Harris 0-2 Detroit Overmire 1-0 at St Louis Seinsoth 0-0. Chicago BK Smith 1-0 Ross 0-0 at Cleveland Dean 0-0 Milnar 0-0.
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Poston
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Lanning
Walters
Fuchs
Newsom
Lanier
Passeau
Mellon
Sayles
Boston
Test
Salvo
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Hughson
Borony
Haefner
Harris
Overmire
Seinsoth
BK. Smith
Ross
Dean
Milnar
Louis
York
Pet
War Letters From Washington County Servicemen
Short excerpts from letters received from Washington County boys serving in the armed forces. Notes highlight daily life, duties, and distances from home as the community follows their progress and returns.
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Washington County
Soldier writes from Camp Shelby on south views and camp life
Sergeant Maurice B Meyer describes southern farming, mule plows, and a rare tractor. He notes American Japs in training near Camp Shelby and praises their conduct. He urges support for the war effort and hopes Midwest recruits join the cadre. Music program listings follow with multiple student performances.
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Maurice B. Meyer
278rd_ Infantry
Camp Shelby
Miss
South
Camp Adair
Oregon
Alabama
Washington
Midwest
Camp
Shelby
Thirteen of Fifteen Die in Triumph Explosives Blast
In Elkton Maryland thirteen of fifteen dead from yesterday's explosion and fire at the Triumph Explosives Co plant near town have been identified. The blast demolished part of the facility killing workers and injuring others.
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Elkton
U.P
Triumph Explosives Co
Jolly Good Timers Sell War Bonds At Dance
The Jolly Good Timers sponsored a Lie Rendezvous dance in Washington where bonds totaling 4128.20 were sold. About 300 attendees heard Don Sievert’s Cedar Rapids orchestra, with prizes including a $25 bond and two $1,000 bonds. Committee chair Clarence Berkhoff led the event joined by Harold Ahrens Clayton Bear Louis Havel Hubert Redlinger Jesse Lewis and Ray Whitehead.
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Don Mevnnne
Clarence Berkhoff
Harold Ahrens
Clayton Bear
Louis Havel
Hubert Redlinger
Jesse Lewis
Wellman
Ray Whitehead
Don Sievert
Orchestra
Cedar Rapids
Jolly Good Timers
Washington
Thief of Ration Book Draws Prison Term
Harold Robert Crawford of Burlington, 23, stole 150 caseline ration books from the West Des Moines ration board office to drive home to see his sweetheart. He was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in a federal reformatory.
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Harold Robert Crawford
Burlington
West Des
German Folk Tune-Duet In Blossoming May Spotlight
Frances Miller and Jean Wright Jr. perform a duet featuring Argentina folk song and Jacques Wolfe shorting bread style piece in a May recital.
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Frances Miller
Jean Wright Jr
Argentina
Jacques Wvolfe
Mixed Chorus Features Seniors In Spring Concert
The high school mixed chorus directed by B. E. White presented a spring concert as part of National Music Week. Seniors Virginia McLaughlin Lorene Anderson Elizabeth Caldwell Eleanor Tucker Doris Gray led solos and were joined by a male sextet and girls sextet with encore numbers and curtain calls.
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B. E. White
Virginia McLaughlin
Lorene Anderson
Elizabeth Caldwell
Eleanor Tucker
Doris Gray
Leonard Pooth
Tom Walker
Dave Livingston
Eugene Grecian
Bob Bontrager
John McGaffey
Marthe
Johnny
Pleads Guilty in Wife Killing Case in Iowa Court
Felix J. Raymond 37, a department store employee, pleaded guilty to first degree murder at arraignment before District Judge Walter Keck for the fatal shooting of his divorced wife Gertrude Tiedemann 46 on April 3 in Davenport Iowa.
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Davenport
Felix J. Raymond
Walter Keck
Raymond
Gertrude Tiedemann
Vacationists Advised to Take Ration Books
Washington May 5 A P Vacationists were advised to take their ration books if staying at hotels or boarding houses with fewer than 50 rooms. If staying more than seven days they must surrender both blue and red coupons to the proprietor, an Office of Price Administration spokesman said.
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Washington, D. C
A.P
Office of Price Administration
No clear headline due to fragmented text
A neighbor named Alfred Hare found the body after talking to Fordyce shortly before the accident. The passage lacks full context to determine the event or location.
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Stump
Alfred Hare
Fordyce
McNair Flies Home Four U S Army Leader Wounded in Tunisia
Lt. Gen. Lesley A. McNair, commander of U S Army Ground Forces, who was wounded in Tunisia on April 25, flies back to Washington today by airplane to resume duties.
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Washington
D. C
Lesley At McNair
U. S, Army
Tunisia
Farmer Killed Blasting Stumps Near West Union
Lorin M. Tordyce, 71, a farmer southeast of West Union, died Monday afternoon while blasting stumps on his property. Investigators described the incident as a fatal blasting accident.
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West Union
Lorin M. Tordyce
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