A Trip to Europe By Dr. Melvin Gingerich
Dr. Melvin Gingerich editor on a cargo voyage to Europe for war relief details a Plymouth stopover July 7 and 8. He notes the ship’s refrigeration failure and water shortage, the first steps on European soil, and local sights in Plymouth including parks and statues of Drake and a Armada reference.
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Europe
Melvin Gingerich
Washington Junior College
Danzig
Newport News
Sir Francis Drake
Plymouth visit recalls Pilgrims and Puritans in city
The account describes fortress cannons facing the city, Plymouth’s ties to Plymouth Massachusetts, and a St Andrew’s church now a garden hosting summer services. It notes wartime destruction, later rebuilding plans, and changes in shops and living conditions reflecting postwar hardship and limited food access.
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Plymouth
Massachusetts
New Itieland
St. Andrew's Church
Maren
Sir Francis S Brake
Frobisher
Blake
Commonwealth
America
Boon
Honeymoon Ends in Auto Crash Near Underwood
Mr and Mrs Orria Sluber spent their Chicago? no Bluff? honeymoon in a hospital in Council Bluffs Iowa after a car skidded and overturned near Underwood injuring both newlyweds. They were to be released later in the week after their marriage in Walnut.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Orria Sluber
Underewood
Walnut
Omaha
Neb
Underwood
Dubers
Hospital Births and Admissions Noted in Local Records
At the hospital a seven pound six ounce daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Lojrhire Ainsworth at 11 42 yesterday morning A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Fetters Weal Span at 1 04 yesterday afternoon Mr and Mrs Marvin Kinner 903 East Third street became parents of a daughter at 845 the evening A son was born at 218 this morning to Mr and Mrs Jack Fuhr on East Second street Finil Stalder route three admitted yesterday afternoon as a medical patient This morning Mrs Sedie Benson 309 S Marion ave was admitted as a medical patient Dismissals today included Mrs Thomas Clark and daughter Laura Elizabeth of Wayland Mrs Mahlon Frey and son Mahlon Dan Elias of Wellman Tommy Denison 727 8th Ave B was admitted at one o clock attacked
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Agal
Robert Lojrhire Ainsworth
Charles Fetters
Marvin Kinner
East Third Street
Jack Fuhr
East Second Street
Finil Stalder
Sedie Benson
S. Marion Ave
Thomas Clerk
Laura Elizabeth
Wayland
Mahlon Frey
Mahlon Dan Elias
Wellman
Tommy Denison
Maturity stage of Iowa corn beyond normal in August
The USDA notes improved prospects for tobacco and rice in the south, small grains flaxseed and potatoes in the north, with August temperatures cooler than usual. Record crops include pears tobacco peaches plums and several truck crops while barley rye flaxseed and sorghums vary. Iowa corn production estimated at 675,318,000 bushels with other states showing higher yields.
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North Central
North Atlantic
Great Plains
Michigan
Georgia
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Morrells Pledge to Make Ceilings Work
J M Foster of John Morrell & Co Ottumwa Iowa pledged the firm will do everything to make restored OPA price ceilings work. He added that since Sept 1 when ceilings were reimposed the company has bought only enough livestock to meet demand.
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Cuumwa
Iowa
J. M. Foster
John Morrell & Co
Ottumwa
Plant halts kill operations amid reduced capacity
Company reports two days of reduced output at the facility and no killing operations since last Thursday. It laid off nearly all of its 2,700 employees Monday due to a shortage of slaughter animals.
Toy Bin Helps Teach Children To Pick Up
A place to store toys aids children in learning tidiness and reduces tripping hazards in the home, encouraging safer play areas and organized cleanup habits.
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Brown Finance Co
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Carl Bean
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Leonard Lackey
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Pare Knowles
Shorts
Mars
Enric Madiguera and His Orchestra
Late Movietone News
Patric Knowles
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Alan Ladd
Paramount
O.S.S
Bluffs Hospital
Guther Studio
Madeline
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Kansas City
Terre Haute
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Tobias
Mildred Everett
Toby
International Soundphoto
Nature
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