Pact Against Women Ends in Wedding Twist
Emerson Libby recounts a barn pact by Ray Sawyer Duncan Talbot and himself to shun women. The pact collapses when Ray falls for Eileen Huston, then Duncan proposes to her and she marries Duncan with Ray as best man.
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Alton Club
Emerson Libby
Rus Flint
Rus
Emerson
Ray Sawyer
Duncan Talbot
Ray
Duncan
Christine Benson
Hustons
Eileen
Eileen Huston
Pact
Navy transport Wakefield fire rescues 1,600 aboard
Survivors recall cool heroism as the Wakefield, once the Manhattan, burned amid convoy duty. About 1,600 aboard were saved with several injured. Commander Harold Gardner Bradbury led a firefighting party back aboard and helped control the blaze before tow to port.
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Washington
Navy
Wakefield
Manhattan
Atlantic
Comdr
Harold Gardner Bradbury
Port Angeles
Wash
Bradbury
Robert Crabtree
Prefab Homes Rise Fast for War Workers in SF
A San Francisco contractor used plywood and glue to prefab 1,000 war workers homes, finishing in one third of the allotted time, signaling a rapid housing effort tied to wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Noted Artists Pull Many Boners in Art
A column catalogs famous historical blunders in art and literature. It notes Shakespeare misplacing cannons and clocks, Nero playing the fiddle before violins, Washington crossing the Delaware before the flag, Tintoretto arming Israelites with guns, and other anachronisms by Verrio, Durer, and Berlin, highlighting enduring gaps between art and invention.
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Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Schiller
Nero
Rome
George Washington
Delaware
Tintoreto
Israel
Verrio
Christ
Durer
Garden of Eden
Abraham
Isaac
Berlin
Virgin
King David
St. Catherine
Fluorine in Forage Crops and Fertilizer
Fluorine in fertilizer does not increase the fluorine content of forage crops to dangerous levels. The study notes that application rates do not raise contamination beyond safe limits and forage remains suitable for feeding.
Aquarian Marriage Ends Quickly in Annulment Hearing
In St Louis Judge John A Witthaus grants an annulment to Mrs Hazil D Carr after she said she met Earl Carr 33, married him six days later, and claimed being an Aquarius made her impulsive. The judge advised caution and urged a less impulsive future.
Man 50 Enlists in Navy After Punch Incident
Albany report says William A. Ryan a 50 year old husky construction salesman left for Norwich to punch City Attorney James W. Coleman in the nose at the Elks club. Coleman wagered he was too old to enlist while Ryan’s Navy approval came just under the age deadline.
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Albany
N. Y
William A. Ryan
Husky Construction Company
Norwich
James W. Coleman
Elks’ Club
Coleman
Ryan
Navy
Over Hearty Kiss Lands Swain in Hospital
In Cincinnati Drury Kelley, 42, sought medical aid after a severe lip injury he attributed to a kiss from his girlfriend. Lieut. Howard Gratton questioned him as Kelley was taken to general hospital for treatment.
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Kier
Swain
Cincinnati
Howard Gratton
Drury Kelley
General Hospital
Kelley
Pointers in the Big Dip Pointer Stars
The first two stars in the Big Dipper are named pointers for their role in pointing to the North Star. The bright pair guides navigators by locating Polaris.
Eighth Grade Graduation and Commencement Held at Brighton
Eighth grade graduation exercises were held at the high school with an invocation, musical selections, and diploma presentations led by Supt. Messer. Commencement followed at the Methodist church with processional, songs, salutatory by Frank Chuck, and speeches by David Dee and Dean Fred Hinkhouse.
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Edna 8. Crile
Brighton
Ke, Voss
Jeanne Zickarios
Jeanne Lambert
America
Florence Jensen
H. C. Whiting
Messer
N. W. Fillmore
Edith Oertel
The
Methodist Church
R. W. Fillmore
Rasbach
Virginia Cole
Frank Chuck
David de
Fred Hinkhouse
Arsons College
H. C. Messer
Maurice Gowey
Board of Education
E. E. Voss
Everette Schadt
Salem
Hagans son Glen Havans returns from Pacific voyage
Mr and Mrs H Hagans learn their son Glen Havans has landed after seven weeks away on the West Coast. He traveled five weeks at sea and landed on a small island where he gathered coconuts, limes and oranges amid routine delays. Other notes mention visitors, club meetings, and local illnesses.
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H. Hagans
Glen Havans
West Coast
Dan Pringle
Davenport
Walter Furman Retires After 42 Years on Rail Line
WELLMAN May 14 Walter Furman a railroad employee for 42 years has retired due to ill health and served as section foreman on the line for 23 years. Mrs Geo Longwell has been seriously ill with pneumonia the past week. Lydia Bohr of Keota and Leo Brown of this place were married at the Catholic church in Keota on Saturday morning.
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Wellman
Walter Furman
Furman
Geo. Longwell
Lydia Bohr
Keote
Leo Brown
Keota
Haskins News Notes From May Visit and Family Gatherings
Mrs Noel Bradford Estalene and Mrs Godlove shopped in Washington last Friday. The Bradford Hayes group spent the weekend near Lancaster Missouri to visit Noel's seriously ill sister who was improving. Mother's Day dinner at T R McCreedy home included Marjorie Davenport Ralph Marie West Point and families from Iowa City. A chicken dinner with ante fool cake and ice cream followed, prepared by Mrs M McCreedy and gifted by Mrs Godlove.
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Elcuses
Mer Sisler
Marilyn
Sue Jeil
San Antonio
Texas
AD. F. Berry
Jesse Berry
Mediapolis
Vlay
John W. Jones
Ralph Long
Sutherland
Iowa
Missouri
Birmingham
J. W. Jones
E. T. Nash
Barnes City
Frank Conn
Fairfield
Nash
Oskaloosa
Harold Battershall
Chicago
Robert Whitacre
Whitacre
Minnie Morgan
Albert Wel
Huaskins
James Campbell
Keokuk
Keith Keeler
Lone Tree
Roy Glider
Davenport
Betty Morgan
Washington
James Morgan
Rose Marie
Dicky
Nettle Stevens
Brighton
Harmony Club
Albert Saunders
Lou Stacy
S. P. Norton
Paul Hartsoek
Joe Podaris
Eas
Haskins
Leonard Strohm
Paul Edwards
Lysle
Fay Cherwinker
Ott Beback
Blaine
Dave Power
Gee
Murphy
Clara Godlove
Noel Bradford
Estalene
T. R. McCreedy
Marjorie
Ralph
Marie
West Point
Harry
Richard
Charles
Billy
Iowa City
M. Dr. MccCreedy
God
Poultry House Work Eases with Dropped Droppings Pits
Reducing the number of times the poultry house needs cleaning by dropping pits in the house. Litter can be added as needed to maintain cleanliness and efficiency in operations.
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Henry P. Kniskern Jr
New York City
Aquarius
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
House
U.S. (International
Dr. Whiting
Ment
Dean Hink
Cihutles buUninett
Richard Day
Wilbur Day
Des Moines
Army
Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Cap Bon Peinsula
von Arnim
Erwin Romme
General von Arnim
Duke, Duchess OF Windsor
Duke and Duchess OF Windsor
New York
Duke
Duchess
Bahamas
International Soundphoto
Hiagan
Pacific
George Alter
Wayland
Tom Alt
Vos
Nouseheenig
U. FF. Mayer Frome
Java
Ile
Brown
Walter Leighton
Cedar Rajody
Mre N Leighton
Trine Well
Cedar Rapids
Claire Howard
A. M. Gordon
Harry Showater
Jimmy Coon
Mr. Thoma
Hilton Coon
W. Furman
Railroad Rkimploye
Haskins News
Lessens
P. L. Etter
T. W. Harwood
Westphal Jewelry
East Side Square
U. S
Dwight Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Omar N. Bradley
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Second Army Corps
United States Army Signal Corps
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