Local Soldiers Enjoy Furloughs and Family Visits
Local news notes Pvt. Marvin Buckwalter stationed at Fort Riley Kansas spending 13 day fur lough with wife and daughter before leaving for California. Pfe. George McAvoy at O'Reilly General hospital Springfield Missouri arriving Friday for a ten day furlough with his mother Mrs. Sadee McAvoy. Mrs. Silas Ross visits Davenport to see her daughter Mrs. C H Woods while granddaughter Zilpha Woods suffers mumps.
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Pvt
Marvin Buckwalter
Fort Riley
Kan
California
Pfe
George McAvoy
O'Reilly General Hospital
Springfield
Sadee McAvoy
Silas Ross
Davenport
C. H. Woods
Zilpha Woods
Caesar Rodney Helps Declare Independence in Philadelphia
Caesar Rodney rode all night from Sussex to Philadelphia to break a tie in Delaware’s delegation, backing Lee’s resolution for independence. His urgent summons and swift ride secured Delaware’s support with the Continental Congress on July 1 1776.
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Paul Revere
Caesar Rodney
Delaware
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Lee
Sussex County
Birthday cheers for local figures in Washington county
Frank Schneider, member of the Journal’s Three Quarter Century club, turns 78 today and was born in Washington county. Also honored is Shelda Aulette Butterbaugh, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Butterbaugh, celebrated on route four with three candles on the cake.
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Frank Schneider
The
Journal
Washington County
Shelda *Aulette Butterbaugh
Dauhter
Paul Butterbaugh
Route Four
Lewis Coon and Daughter Celebrate Shared Birthday
Lewis Coon and his daughter Fula Mae Coon of Highland township share birthday honors today in the family.
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Lewis Coon
Fula Mae Coon
Highland Township
Major Leagues Daily Scores And Upcoming Games
Major League results show New York 4 St Louis 3 in the first game and St Louis 6 New York 5 in the second game. Brooklyn 14 Cincinnati 3 in the opener with the second game postponed. Boston 3 Chicago 2 first game, second game postponed. Pittsburgh 9 Philadelphia 6 first game, Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh second. Tonight Chicago Derringer 4 1 at New York Emmerich 6 0. Pittsburgh Roe 2 1 at Brooklyn Lombardi 2 1. Cincinnati Carter 1 2 at Philadelphia Wyatt 6 1. Only games scheduled.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Derringer
New York
Emmerich
Roe
Frooklyn
Lombardi
Carter
Wyatt
National
Chicago - Lay
Returned serviceman Robert Stirling to resume civilian life
Robert J. Sterling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stirling, has received a medical discharge after being wounded in France last July and will return to civilian life. He spent Christmas furlough at home and has been hospitalized since. Several relatives and friends are noted visiting or traveling, including Mary Brohm from Philadelphia and Harold Irwin from Lincoln, Neb.
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Robert J. Sterling
Tom Stirling
France
Hospital births and admissions report local residents
At the hospital Mrs. Roger Stannard and son Michael Howard, Rubio, were discharged yesterday. Mrs. Lola Rath, 520 North Iowa Avenue, underwent an emergency appendectomy yesterday. Mrs. Ben Keller, Crawfordsville, was admitted yesterday as a medical patient. Norma Payne, 807 North Fifth Avenue, was admitted as a surgical patient. Mr. and Mrs. John Yousling Olds are parents of a seven pound fourteen and a half ounce daughter born at 3 27 this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kauffman, Wayland, are parents of a daughter born at 2 32 this morning weighing seven pounds twelve and a half ounces. Mrs. Cora Stevenson, 427 East Washington Street, was admitted this morning after a fall that fractured her hip. Mrs. Joseph H. Jones and son Joseph Hugh, Ainsworth, were discharged this afternoon.
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Roger Stannard
Michael Howard
Rubio
Lola Rath
North
Iowa Avenue
Ben Keller
Crawfordsville
Norma Payne
North Fifth Avenue
John Yousling Olds
Henry Kauffman
Wayland
Cora Stevenson
East Washington Street
Joseph H. Jones
Joseph Hugh
Ainsworth
Nagoya Fire Bomb Raid Pours 40 Tons Per Minute
Allied report says B-29s dropped massive fire bombs on Nagoya for about ninety minutes. Japanese communique claims most fires out five hours after starting. 400 B-29s involved, eight enemy planes shot down, nine damaged. Tokyo radio notes carrier planes attacking Kyushu and southern Honshu Shikoku. In Okinawa, Marines suffer severe losses in yard by yard combat.
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Nagoya
Tokyo
Kyushu
Honshu
Shikoku
Okinawa
Baseball scores from Chicago and New York games
Chicago beats Washington 5 to 1 in the first game and 4 to 2 in the second. New York defeats Cleveland 1 to 0, Cleveland over New York 4 to 2 in the second game, Boston defeats Detroit 8 to ?, Detroit beats Boston 2 to 9 in the second? Philadelphia over St. Louis 4 to 1. St. Louis at Philadelphia, Philadelphia at Detroit, New York at Chicago, Washington at Cleveland, Boston at St. Louis night game O Neill vs Kramer entries.
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Cleveland
New York
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
Black
Overmire
Gettel
Chicago
Humphries
Washington
Niggeling
Reynolds
Boston O'Neill
St. Louis
Kramer
Poston
Beef Gains Calves That Nurse More Than Handled Ones
A study suggests calves nursed by their dams gain more weight than calves that are hand reared by workers. Researchers observed growth differences across nursing and hand fed groups in controlled conditions.
Cotter Girl Janet Rae Thomas Celebrates Sixth Birthday
Janet Rae Thomas of Cotter receives congratulations from school friends on turning six. Nearby Crawfords ville resident Dickie Lee Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cole, is two years older.
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Janet Rae Thomas
Elmer Thomas
Cotter
Dickie Lee Cole
Dale Cole
Crawfordsville
Birthdays today noted for several local residents
Observing birthdays today are Mrs. Blanche Endicott Dave Livingston Althea Mont gomery of Knoxville college Tenn Mrs P H Lowry Charles Suthard and Bill Crayne with well wishes from the community.
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Blanche Endicott
Dave Livingston
Althea Montgomery
Knoxville College, Tenn
P. H. Lowry
Charles Suthard
Bill Crayne
Conserving Food in Wartime Europe Forces Diet Changes
A wartime blockade cut off millions of tons of food and feed, forcing Europe to adjust diets. Authorities urge conservation as farmers and people reduce intake to keep 350 million behind the blockade healthy and able to work.
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Europe
Entertains Group At Family Dinner
Mrs. Sadee McAvoy hosted a family dinner at the Congress hotel honoring relatives from out of town. Guests included Dr. Thomas B. Shrader of McCook Nebraska and others from Crawfordsville Cedar Rapids Ft. Riley Kan Springfield Missouri Brighton and Fairfield.
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Sadee McAvoy
Congress Hotel
Thomas B. Shrader
McCook
Nebr
Jacob Shrader
Crawfordsville
Elwood Royster
Cedar Rapids
Maryin Buckwalter
Ft. Riley
Kan
Buckwalter
Connie Lee
George McAvoy
Springfield
Frank Wesley
Brighton
Mattie McAvoy
Marion McAvoy
Fairfield
Local visitors span Mother's Day week in Kansas City
Mr and Mrs William W Black of Kansas City Missouri arrived Saturday for an Mother's Day visit with her mother Mrs William W Kos and Mr Kos They plan to stay a few days The Globe Beauty Shoppe will be closed for two weeks Mr and Mrs A E Rankin of Hampton are here on business Mrs EB McConaughy and Helen Fulton hosted over mothers day guests Mr and Mrs Lawrence Kozak Davenport Mary McConaughy Des Moines Mrs William McConaughy Chicago Mrs Raymond Dayton and daughter Charlene returned to Garner after a week with the Dayton family The report lists multiple extended visits centered on family occasions
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William W. Black
Kansas City
Mooher
William W. Kos
Mr. Kos
A. E. Rankin
Hampton
EB. M. McConaughy
Helen Fulton
Lawrence Kozak
Davenport
Mary McConaughy
Des Moines
William McConaughy
Chicago
Raymond Dayton
Charlene
Garner
Private McCreedy Listed as Missing
Mr and Mrs Alex McCreedy of Ainsworth receive word their grandson Pfe Richard McCreedy 19 is listed as missing in action April 24. He was Fairfield High School class of 1943 and enlisted August 11 1944. He shipped overseas in January and landed in England. He has two brothers at Fairfield High School and another at Town State College.
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Alex McCreedy
Ainsworth
Pfe
Richard McCreedy
Harry Duane MccCreedy
Fairfield
Fairfield Ledger
Fairfield High School
Army
England
Town State College
Social Calendar Highlights Community Club Events
Local groups advertise a busy slate of meetings and social gatherings. The list includes booster club events, church circles, ladies’ aid societies, a rose by memory tribute, pinochle and pinochle parties, picnics, and a memorial service, with venues at high school, Congress hotel, Masonic temple, and churches.
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Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Minnsawne Legion Hall
St. Anthony Circle
Hubert Walker
Travel to National Parks in 1941 Captured Record Pace
Travel to national parks during 1941, the last prewar year, topped 21 million visitors as rural schools seen in accompanying notes.
Ladies Aid Meeting at Valley Church May 9
Valley Ladies Aid met at the church May 9 with seven members present. They spent time quilting and visiting and shared a noon lunch. Mrs Emma Tinnes reported on the Regional Woman's Guild in Wheatland. A five member committee proposed new by laws and the next meeting was set for May 23.
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Valley Ladies Aid
America
Emma Tinnes
Wheatland
Rocall
Till, Deal
Ladies Aid Society Meets at Church
Fifty members of the Ladies Aid society of the United Presbyterian church met Friday afternoon in the social rooms with Captain Lawrence M. Whisler as guest speaker. Mrs. Oscar Lane led devotionals and Mrs. W. H. McConnel presided over the business meeting.
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Ladies Aid Society
The
United Presbyterian Church
Lawrence M. Whisler
Oscar Lane
W. H. McCon
A. Boice
R. E. Whisler
Whisler
15Th Aaf
Italy
Ane Jence
Whis Ier
Fred Donaldson
Jack Trotman
C. Harry Daux
Presbyterian morning prayer meeting notice
The Presbyterian church announces a morning prayer meeting at 9 30 on Wednesday morning. Zetz
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Presbyterian
Zetz
Cities Named for Prominent Persons Rise Across United States
About 575 U.S. cities bear names honoring notable individuals, reflecting a widespread practice of commemorating leaders, explorers, and cultural figures through place naming across states. The pattern highlights how local history and national memory intertwine in urban identities.
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United States
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International Soundphoto
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Adanaa
Major
Mary Brohm
Penna
Dennis Brohm
Miss Brohm
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Eugene Snider
Elizabeth Irwin
Columbus City
Harold Irwin
Lincoln
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Bob Irwin
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Bob
Dale Rathmel
Stanley
Table Grove
E. W. Goldsmith
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Dallas Center
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Thornburg
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Frank Pringle
Betty Drake
Mercy Hospital
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Town City
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Carl Craig
Hubert Kron
Jack Sherburne
Delbert Flynn
A. V. Sutton
Sandra
Jesse Gingerich
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Claude Flynn
Lyle Fesler
Sherman Fox
Clair Flynn
James Wehmeyer
Ardell Gerot
Victor Burich
St. Marys High School
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J. J. Fath
CC. V. Datttremont
Mount Vernon
Richard Colbert
Alphonse Kieopfer
Wilma Fesler
Frances Hardy
Janclle Kron
Marjorie Quinn
Esther Rumelhart
Frances Schnoebelen
Juanita Vegey
W. &. C. S. Meeting
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church of Riverside
Opal Kern
F. H. Clayton
Harry E. Colvin
McCreedy
Lucy Dempsey
Booster Club
George Jarrard
S. H. Steele
Wesleyan Service Guild
Rebecca Rath
W.F.W
Promptus
Ec. Hall
Kolah Club
Clayde Knupp
Haundcraft Dept
McCleary Circle
Presbyterian Church
Elsie Bratten
Susannah Girls
Methodist Church
Little Plower Circle
P.m
Jd. J. Mattes
Stella Latchem
Rural Woman's Club
Mary Shields
Alice Hunter
Mother
Order of Fastern Star
Masonic Temple
Rural School
Little’s Furniture
Ladies Aid
Valley Church
C. V. Grall
Burlington
Coca-Cola
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