Local social notes record visitors and well wishes
A parade of guests visits across Washington Wellman Frytown and Davenport includes Mr and Mrs Warren Groff Mrs Florence Kimen and families Mr and Mrs Lloyd Anderson and daughters and more. Don Ross and Allan Brody call on local residents while G B Pray offers mats lessons at Cy Bush. Mrs Harry Sizer and children return from Lisbon after illness. John Turner warns against trespassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Groff
Wellman
Florence Kimen
Frytown
Lloyd Anderson
Patricia Anne
Anna Marie
Junior Hill
Mart Anderson
Washington
Charles G. Anderson
Rodney Hanan
Pairfield
Hospital Admissions and Births in Washington Area
Rudolph Schmidt of Washington was admitted for medical treatment last evening. Mrs. Lloyd Luers of Brighton route 1 underwent an appendectomy on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wieland of Riverside are parents of a son born this morning, weighing eight pounds two ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kelley Wellman have a daughter born this morning, weight six pounds fifteen ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Schmidt
Washington
Lloyd Luers
Brighton
Joe Wieland
Riverside
Orville’ Kelley
Wellman
Major League Scores and Standings Across Cities
Tuesday results show Boston 7 Chicago 6 and Philadelphia 9 Cleveland etc with National League updates including New York at St. Louis postponed. St. Louis and Chicago games featured, while Brooklyn, Cincinnati and Philadelphia clashes yielded 6 0 and 4 0 scores respectively. In Iowa City Riverside St Mary's beat local St Mary's 17 to 4 as Schindheim pitched for Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
W. L. Pet. Braogleigh
C.n
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Riverside
St. Mary's High School
Iowa City
Herman Strub
St. Mary's
Schindheim
Brock
Robert Ryan
John
Song Recital At United Presbyterian Church Features Stephens Vacha Gray
A May 16 1940 recital at United Presbyterian Church presents Myrla Stephens Kathryn Vacha Thomas Gray and Merle Simpson with Mrs George Masson as accompanist. Selections include Love songs from The Night Has A Thousand Eyes The Lightning Bug and A Dream Cottage among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrla Stephens
Kathryn Vacha
Thomas Gray
Merle Simpson
Wicked Cupid Trotere
Local social notes from Davenport and Muscatine area events
J N Phillips travels to Ex celsior Springs Missouri for weeks. Davenport hosts a T T T banquet with a new chapter formed and installation planned. Washington Rest Jone supervised by a registered nurse. Graduates Keith Norton and others from Crawfordsville attend ceremonies. Muscatine Y M C A hosts banquet with six clubs from Iowa and Illinois. International Y M S president John L Madden of Monroe Louisiana speaks. Local residents Speer Blankenhorn Howe Crawfordsville connected to moves and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Logan
Robert McFarlane
John Owen
Ted Brown
Don Benblossom
Dave Elder
Charles Berdo
Muscatine
Hotel Muscatine
Y's Mens
Iowa
Illinois
John L. Madden
Monroe
International
Y's
Ice Patrol Faces Tough Spring War Strain
The North Atlantic ice patrol warns this spring and summer will be its hardest since inception as war cuts radio reports from liners and ships. Halifax base is unavailable, shifting operations to Boston and New York, widening the distance to ice fields and increasing danger to shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Naval Hydrographic Office
Hydrographic Office
Europe
Ice Patrol
Halifax
Boston
New York
War News From Europe and Brussels Dispatch
The report details ongoing bombing raids with parachute spy drops and hourly attacks near Wo, while Belgian King Leopold's family is safe in London. Dutch casualties reach one in four soldiers as Netherlands fights the German invasion per the Dutch Foreign Minister Van Kleffens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo A.m
London
Radio
Brussels
Leopold
3S A. van Kleffens
Ten Million Plants in the University Project
A project titled Ten Million Plants aims to involve about ten million persons in a university program. The initiative seeks large scale participation to advance urban forestry and ecological research within campus boundaries.
Birthday Dinner Honors Janet Rae Blankenhorn
Mr and Mrs Ray Blankenhorn hosted a dinner for Janet Rae Blankenhorn whose birthday fell yesterday. Eugene Holcomb and Sidney Smith attended a meeting of the Iowa Greens Association in Ames, viewing experimental gardens and grasses. The greenskeepers plan a state wide volt tournament in mid June with details to come. Mrs Arthur Nicola of Sandborn remains seriously ill after a stroke two weeks ago. before marriage she was Esther Griffith of Wayland where the Griffiths once lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Blankenhorn
Elmer Thomas
Janet Rae
Eugene Holcomb
Sidney Smith
Ames
Iown, Gireens Association
Holcomb
Arthur Nicola
Sandborn
Iowa
Charles Nicola
Nicola
Esther Griffith
Waylang
Griffiths
Longevity record in the Dongell son community noted
The ten living children of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Hirscher have an average age of 76 years. Mrs. Ed Mayhew spent Mother's Day in Lone Tree with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kemp. Mrs. W I Duncan visits Garwin with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. R Rider and grandsons Billy and Tommy Rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hirscher
Dongellson
Ed Mayhew
Lone Tree
Mrs
Orville Kemp
Farmington Gravel Pit Hints of Gold and Mercury Discovery
In Bloomfield the Farmington Gravel company reports gold and mercury found in its pit sands. Tests are under way to determine whether these metals can be economically extracted. The find suggests the town might uncover gold in local gravel rather than hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington Gravel Company
Bloomfield
Kyushu Scholar Produces Artificial Wool From Whale Meat
S Sasaki of Kyushu Imperial University reports success in creating artificial wool from whale meat. Raw meat is fermented and spun into fiber resembling wool with notable tensile strength. When combined with cellulose xanthate the fiber becomes silklike, with properties varying by xanthate content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Sasaki
College of Agriculture
Kyushu
Imperial University
Tokyo
American Chemical Society
Automobiles as War Weapons Highlighted by Grover
Preston Grover notes the automobile's efficiency as a war tool rivaling aircraft. He emphasizes trucks and cars move armies quickly and that tanks resemble motor cars. He points out the United States owns 68 percent of the world’s motor vehicles and can supply unlimited production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover
Washington
U. S
Dry Spell Forces Navajos To Sell Treasured Horses
National Geographic notes the 1939 drought hit the Navajo Nation across Arizona New Mexico and Utah forcing widespread livestock disposals. About 10 000 horses were sold as eight inches of rain failed to replenish forage, affecting social status tied to having a mount for each family member and leaving many with reduced horse herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Geographic Society
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Open Prayer Book Found With Dead Couple in Car
A prayer book lies open at a funeral service in a Rockleigh New Jersey car where the bodies of Leonard Graber and a woman about 25 were found. Both had been shot. Graber allegedly killed the woman then himself after five days missing from Highland Falls New York. A letter signed Anna with a Manhattan return address was found in Graber’s pocket and police traced it to identify the woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockleigh
N. J
Leonard Graber
Graber
Highland Falls
N. Y
Anna
Manhattan
Honorary M D Degree Granted in 1827 Returns to Board
A yellowed medical diploma shows that on March 13 1827 the New York state board of regents awarded Dr Gain Robinson of Wayne NY an honorary Doctor of Medicine degree. The document, gifted by his great grandfather Joseph Gavit acting director of the state library, is now possessed by the regents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
State Board of Regents
Gain Robinson
Wayne
Joseph Gavit
State Library
New York
Baby of 20 Months Weighs 50 Pounds
Gloucester Mass Joe Randazza Jr weighs 180 pounds at eight years old and his 20 month old brother Sam weighs 50 pounds yet growing fatter daily. Parents say Sam could rival the title America's biggest baby as he nears his brother's early record. Joe once weighed 185 pounds in 1938 but fell ill with pneumonia and now uses crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Joe Randazza Jr
Sam
Joe
Canada Population and Gold Ranking Fact
Canada’s population is estimated at 11 195 000 and it ranks third among gold producing countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Poison Bryan Mohler Listed With Bedford Area Head Count
A fragment notes Bryan W. Mohler living east of Bedford with a count of three heads cited in an informal report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poison Bryan W. Mohler
Bedford
Jost
Cattle Ingest Grasshopper Poison, Two Die
Cattle consumed grasshopper poison dumped nearby and suffered illness. Two animals are reported sick with others showing distress from the contaminated grass.
Muskrat Trapped in School Furnace Room
Corwith Iowa janitor Charles Strickson found a muskrat in the school furnace room and, after closing the door for the night, woke to the animal gnawing a hole and stuck. The muskrat was released to a swamp east of Corwith by a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Srickson
Corwith
Plymouth farmer earns local fame as a hay fork hero
Claus Ebrp of Plymouth county gained local fame last week when a prize bull attacked horses in his pen. He defended the team with a hay fork, stopping two charges and guiding the animal back into confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Ebrp
Plymouth County
Mr. Ebrp
Homemade bow explosion rattles Traer near tracks
In Traer youths built a crude explosive from a crease gun and blasting powder. They detonated it near the railroad edge, tearing ground and creating a 75 foot long grease-run hole. Three nearby transients were shaken and reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
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Wolf Floral CO
Reister Bros
Don Ross
Des Moines
Silas Ross
Allan Brody
Davenport
G. KB. Pray
Matsseur
Cy Bush Tes
Smith
Sat
May
Harry Sizer
Patty
Harry, Jr
Lisbon
J. R. Gardner
John Turner
Willes
C. A. Rowe
Lynn
Columbus Junction
Ait
Pioneer Drug
S. W. Corner Square
American
Louis
Seacur
L. Ke Ae Ee
Resul
Homme En
Carolyn Hamilton
George Masson
United Presbyterian Church
Myrla Stephen S
Banjo
Summer Garden
Marchioness
Thrush Myrla Stephens
Acushla
Nightingale
Rose
Peter Pan
Peel Johns Wetzel
Burleigh
Cadman Dichmont
Krahmer Rogers
Vanderpool
Montague Foote Wells
Phillips
Lemaire Lehmann
Lehmann von der Lieth
Prentice
Hawley _ Bischort Wales Smith Stickles
Rogers
Salter Brahe
Ia. B
J. N. Phillips
Excelsior Springs, Mo
Robert Lytle
Lucy Dempsey
Ed Muck
Richard Johnston
Harold Putnam
T.T.T
Ivan Norton
Floyd Hamil
Lafe and
Lester
Crawfordsville
Keith Norton
Mrs. C. A. Speer
Wapello
St. John, Mich
Mr. Speer
Floyd Blankenhorn
Ainsworth
Raymond Howeare
National Consumers Tax Commission
Sonny
Johnny
Mary
Univer
C. WH. Guther
Carl
Sailor Atrow
Thak
Dreds
Carr's Market
Southwest Corner Square
Discover
Cara
The
Pioneer Drug Store
Coats
Martin’s Modern Cleaners
C. Vv. Crall
Oxfords
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