Veterans Return and Homefront Shifts Highlight Rural Page
Washington County air carries stories of Staff-sergeant Albert Yoder’s Solomon Islands combat service and his Presidential Unit Citation. The piece notes morale, homefront strain from strikes, and the lure of wartime bonds. It also covers housing trends and a reflection on American sacrifice and freedom amid the Ike era.
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Washington County
Albert Yoder
Wellman
Mahlon E. Yoder
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Henderson Field
South Sea
John L. Lewis
Yoder
Yeder
Golden Gate Bridge
San Franisco
Washington
Waiter Explains Cat in City Restaurant's Menu
A patron questions the presence of a cat in a city restaurant. The waiter replies that the manager believes the cat enhances dining when rabbit stew is on the menu, making the cat seem well in evidence.
Sergeant challenges friend over second lieutenant question
A sergeant who has served over a year in the Army recalls Sergt. York to explain why he has not become a second lieutenant. His friend nods as the sergeant asks him to name any second lieutenant from the last war. The sergeant's reply underscores the idea of chains of command.
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Washington
West Liberty
Henry Ford
Drew Pearson
Henry
Drew
Ford
Pearson
Sergt. York
No Keeping Down a Good Man Remember the Shark
An Hawaiian story describes fear of a shark when entering water and the hope of safety whether the predator sees you or not. It explores chances of survival if the shark is present, full, indifferent, or friendly, with a cautionary tone about being kept down. A line mentions a new Cavalry inductee.
Brighton Social Notes and School Openings Prompt Upcoming Visits
Bright on News lists local gatherings and visits including extended families and friends from Washington Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and Columbus City. It notes family arrivals teachers in Jefferson county Walnut township and Washington independent schools and mentions the Merry Moderns bridge group and upcoming Cam Keller camp assignment for Larents Dicks.
Soldier and horse duel ends in playful tumble
A private, eager to ride in a western scene, and his horse diverged paths. They galloped along the road, the rider misjudging the pace, and after an hour he returned limping and minus the horse. The sergeant asked what happened. the soldier claimed the horse pulled one way and he pulled the other, and the animal tossed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Rogers
Columbus Junction Soldier Returns After Army Training
Doren Dicks, long in army signal corps training at Des Moines since November, spent a week in Columbus Junction with family and friends before resuming duties.
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Columbus Junction
Doren Dicks
Army Signal Corps
Jes Moines
How to Exchange Garden Products
List your needs and garden surpluses with the OCD and get help making proper contacts. Telephone 380.
Mrs Esther Tabor Moves Into Smylie Home Apartment
Mrs Esther Tabor and her son Richard relocate to an apartment in the F. P. Smylie residence in Argyle. Tabor serves as the eighth grade teacher. Mrs Bessie Lee returns from Richland after assisting a relative in poor health. An infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Jennings, who died last week, was buried at Iowa City.
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Irwin Helmick
Washington
Bessie Myers
Janice Woodhouse
Rock Island
Charles Duke
F. W. Wanerus
Libertyville
Wm. Cooksey
Frank Stone
Dorothy Liming
Lee Emry
Earl Hoover
Monte Beauchamp
Dale Jones
Walter Hagans
Larents
Melvin Dicks
Camp Keller
Califf
Frances Cross
Muscatine
Lenore Foreman
Davenport
Clara Barker
Washinson
J. l. Hildebrand
M. L. Blankenhorn
Carl Johmston
Garner
J. C. Richie
J. R. Hill
Iowa City
Marguerite Griffith
Des Moines
Mra
Votroubek
Esther Tabor
Richard
Argyle
F. P. Smylie
Tabor
Bessie Lee
Richland
Walter Jennings
Aluminum in Planes Boosts Air Power Reach
Aluminum is regarded as the most important metal of air power with over 9 000 pounds needed for the modern transport plane and twice that for a bomber Magnesium is widely used for incendiary bombs tracer bullets and construction purposes
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Eee the Evening Journal
Home Daily Newspaper
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
Publishers News
North
Marion Avenue
Iowa
United Press
Iow
France
Iowa Daily Press Association
John the Baptist
Eleanor
South Seas
Arkansas Gazette
Eisenhower
Africa
Jackie
Daudi
Cavalry
Brighton News
Ents
Edward Brinton
Day
Ben Brinton
L. D. Knorr
Dwight Hoyle
Ed Cady
Belle Brinton
East Pleasant Plain
Grace
Maud Brinton
Homer Rotzinger
Velma Forbes
Kathryn Beck
Donna
Ottumwa
Tom Alter
Cooksey
Patricia
Winifred Coffman
Cedar Rapids
Fred Vanerus
Winifred
Jefferson Co
Walnut Township
Madge Hall
Birmingham
Spring Creek
Ruth Wolf
Sloughville
Helen Shkoff
Richwoods
Edith Zihlman
Sharks Corner
Gertrude Nash
Germanville
Dorothy Bagly
Louise Fitz
Burr Oak
Washington Co
Clay Township
Marion Fitz
Greenvale
Anna Pacha
Pleasant Grove
Joseph Engel
Leota Mullikin
Harmony
Louise Waterhouse
Hazel Mullikin
Rubio
Fredonia
Margaret Ongley
Helen Oak
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Alva Casnaway
Ronald and
Gary
Andover
Old Clifton
Laura Baker
Fernvale
Mary Buser
Loan Oak
Mary Holmes Pitchin
Devene Partington
Swamp College
Maxine Blankenhorn
Amity
June Hall
Otter Creek
Cecil Schlichtins
Carpenter
Esther Poulton
Shellbark
Betty Moore Oakland
Phyilis Allen
McQueen
John Shields
SUEL
Mac
Sitler Auto Parts — Distributors
Martha Butlers
Nation
E.W.T
Columbia Broadcasting System
Victory Gardens
Atavtiee
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Waew
Mike
Dixie Dugan
Dixie
Windy
By Mevoy
Striebel
Flixie’s Press
Dorothy Babb
Cristobal
Canal Zone
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