Weekend visitors and travel updates in Tyler and vicinity
Mrs Frank Brandt of Tyler Minnesota hosts weekend guests including Mrs Batie and Charles Nicola of South Dakota. L C Whititts Jr. leaves Des Moines for San Diego Marine base after final exams. Des Moines visits and a described car ad appear among local notices and social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brandt
Tyler, Minn
Frank Batie
Butter
S. Dak
Charles Nicola
Brandt, S. Dak
Charley Nicola
Bores Cs
Batie
Charley
L. C. Whititts, Jr
Des Moines
San Diego
Calif
Marine Base
L. C. Willits
Elmer Keith
Julie
Glass ventilators for the home improve comfort and health
Ventilator protectors are easy to attach and affordable. They allow adequate airflow to reduce drafts while lifting curtain wear and lowering laundry costs.
Fishes Welcome Daughter in Fayette Iowa
Mr and Mrs Robert Fish of Fayette Iowa welcomed a daughter born yesterday afternoon at 5 40 weighing six pounds 12 ounces Mrs Fish is the former Mary Collett Esther Kephart of Sigourney was admitted yesterday evening as a surgical patient Glen Roth of Wayland underwent appendicitis surgery yesterday afternoon Mrs Ella Stafford of Washington was admitted yesterday afternoon as a medical patient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fish
Fayette
Iowa
Standings and Results From Major Leagues
American League standings show New York leading with a 96 49 record while Cleveland and Detroit trail. Monday results include Washington beating Detroit and New York over Cleveland. National League leads Brooklyn and Cincinnati with several matchups listed for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
New York
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Rowe
Chase
Niggeling
Besse
WCW
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Hamlin
Riddle
Vander Meer
Schumacher
White
Tobin
Passeau
Mrs Forest Shrader Plans Return After Hospital Stay
Mrs Forest Shrader of Seattle will leave tomorrow after visiting as a houseguest with Mr and Mrs B Wilson. She will remain in a Cedar Rapids hospital where he has been a patient since an automobile accident last June. Shrader came for a car repaired in a local garage. Wayne Wilson, who worked this summer at Fort Dodge with United States Gypsum, visits with his parents and will resume studies at the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Shrader
Seattle
Wash
In B. Wilson
Shrader
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Wilson
Fort Dodge
United States Gypsum Company
Lawrence Wilson
University of Iowa
Ruth Foster Named Temporary Nutrition Chairman in County
Ruth Foster was selected as temporary chairman of Washington county nutrition committee for National Defense at a meeting in Ames attended by representatives from several counties. Dr. P Mabel Nelson, head of ISU food and nutrition, called the meeting and Foster is Iowa’s Nutrition committee chair for National Defense. County meetings set up county committees, with Mrs W Leslie Gatesway named temporary vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Foster
Washington County
Nutrition Committee For National Defense
Ames
P. Mabel Nelson
Food and Nutrition Department
Iowa State College
Iowa Nutrition Committee
W. Leslie Gatesway
Ruth Church
Eleanor Cruickshank
Merle Twinam
Crawfordsville
Farm Bureau Women’s Home Project
Dorothy Darnel
J. W. Chandler
Delbert Darnel
Earth's Year Length Details From Sun's Orbit
The article states the earth completes a solar year in 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 47 seconds. It explains this is the time required for the earth to return to its orbit relative to the sun.
Cardinal six man grid plans under coach Duca
Junior College plans a six man football schedule under coach Joe Duca with a squad of about fifteen candidates. Four players return from last year and several others from nearby schools join the roster. The tentative schedule includes a Sept 26 opener at Elkader and Oct 3 at Independence with two open dates and a potential Oct 30 visit to Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland W. Mead
Cardinals
Elkader
Joe Duca
Cardinal
Southeastern Iowa
Jack Mace
Don Morrison
Bill Steele
Valen Bull
Wellman
Verle Crist
Morning Sun
Duen
T. J. Berdo
Joe Pease
Berdo
Pease
Victor Flynn
West Chester High School
Hubert Reed
Dave Masson
Sikke Temple
Vernon Richardson
Washington
Clyde Finke
Crawfordsville
Independence
Tipton
Two Escaped Convicts Shot in Bank Robbery Attempt
Two of five Kansan convicts who tunneled from a state prison last May were shot to death in Macksville after attempting to rob a bank. Agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and local officers had waited ten days after learning of their plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Mike Hisht
Frank Witherick
Kansas
Macksville
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Leeal
Roosevelt to Entertain Duke and Duchess at Luncheon
President Roosevelt will host an informal luncheon on September 25 for the Duke of Windsor and his American-born wife, the former Wallis Simpson. It will be the duchess’s first meeting with the president, though the duke has met Roosevelt previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Legion Parades At Milwaukee 23rd annual convention
The American Legion with 6,000 members paraded in Milwaukee as President Roosevelt Navy Secretary Knox General Marshall and Mayor LaGuardia urged Legion service in the national emergency. About 1,000,000 spectators watched the 23rd annual convention with 1,100,000 members represented and a Sioux City drum corps leading past national commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
American Legion
Roosevelt
Navy
Knox
George Marshall
United States Army
LaGuardia
New York
Legion
Sioux City
Iowa
Accident on Highway 218 Involves Bus And Car
James Kelley of Mediapolis drove around a truck on Highway 218, failing to see an approaching Jackson bus. In sudden rightward return, the car struck the bus front, bus damaged, car ditched and fence posts and a telephone post broken. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kelley
Mediapolis
Jackson
Bull Invades Italian Barbershop Shattered Shop In Varese
A furious bull charged a barber shop in Varese as a barber shaved a customer. Both men fled as the animal, seeing its reflection, reared horns and charged. The shop was wrecked before the bull was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varese
Italy
Copper Roofs Through the Ages in Architecture
Copper roofs have long been used for stateliness and economy. The material is rustless and durable, gaining beauty with age. Under various conditions it develops a bronze color and a velvety green patina that blends with stone, brick, wood, and foliage.
Birthday Party at Wolfe Home Celebrates Eighteenth
Darlene Miller and Verne Wolfe host a family dinner at the Wolfe home as Wolfe turns eighteen and Mrs. Miller marks her September birthday. Attendees include Sammy Miller, Cloyce Pickering, Janet Hinshaw, Elizabeth Varney, Jud Coil, Albert Hinshaw, Lawrence Varney and many relatives from Pleasant Plain, Washington, Richland and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Miller
Ardell Wolfe
Verne Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Mrs. Miller
Sammy Miller
Silvis
Cloyce Pickering
Francis
Fannie Pickering
Janet Hinshaw
Pleasant Plain
Elizabeth Varney
Washington
Jud Coil
Albert Hinshaw
Janet
Lawrence Varney
Faye
William Varney
Forest Henry
Ivan
Delmar
Beverly
Dickie
Maurice
LaVerne Hoxstra
Richland
Frank Knight
Talleyrand
D of U V Meet At G A R Rooms
The first fall meeting of the Daughters of Union Veterans was held in the G A R rooms with Mrs Eva Blake presiding. Officers reviewed orders and district convention plans for Davenport on October 6. The group reported sending ten cent greeting cards to 88 Iowa veterans and planned a pot luck supper at the Secott Wilcox home on October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Union, Veterans
G.A.R
Eva Blake
Davenport
Iowa
Secott Wilcox
Drama Department Opens First Meeting at Jurging Home
About twenty Fortnightly club drama members met for the first meeting of the year at Mrs. R. A. Jurging’s home with Mrs. Merritt McDaniel assisting. New members include Mrs. Douglas Smith and Betty White. Mrs. Robert Young elected assistant leader. Flavis Richards did not return to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Jurging
Merritt McDaniel
Josephine Lambert
Margaret Moberly
Fern Thompson
Betty Sue Thompson
Kenneth Freeman
Helen Harrison
Douglas Smith
Betty White
Jurging
Robert Young
Flavis Richards
Washington
Don Maxwell
Father
D. O. Braden
W. A. Erbe
Clarice Meek
Climate notes for Guam with steady year round warmth
The Guam climate features a mean annual temperature around 81 degrees Fahrenheit and about 81 inches of annual rainfall. From December to June light rain falls under northeast trade winds, while the remaining months bring the monsoon and the rainy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Pardon Appeal Of Jan Valtin Due for Action
California's state pardon board will review the pardon request of Richard Krebs known as Jan Valtin author of Out of the Night at its September meeting. He seeks clemency to avoid deportation to Germany and to aid a Congress bill calling for lawful permanent residence. Supporters call his book a warning against totalitarianism and Nazism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
California State Advisory Pardon Board
Richard Krebs
Jan Valtin
Culbert L. Olson
California
Congress
Krebs
Germany
Danbury
Conn
William Allen White
Emporia, Kas
White
Kreb
Gov
Olson
Communist Party Line
Comintern
Communist Party
Richard Julius Herman Krebs
Los Angeles
America
Francis Frothingham
Boston
I. W. Traxler
Vernon, Tex
Dairyman
D. Schwartz
Sinai Temple
Chicago
J. Albert Steele
Lewis Waldman
New York
George 38
Columbia University
National Federation of Teachers
Eugene Lyons
The
American Mercury
L. M. Birkhead
Friends of Democracy, Inc
Surprise Party Honors Mrs Ledger at Home
Mrs Paul Horak hosted a surprise party at 118 East Polk Street for Mrs A R Ledger. Guests played bridge at three tables with Agnes Wheelan high, Ed Hurley second, and Harry Sowden winning the traveling prize. The honoree received gifts for Marianne and a pink blue pink decor theme featured a stork centerpiece and lamp lighting throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Horak
East Polk Street
A. R. Ledger
Ledger
Marianne
Agnes Wheelan
Ed Hurley
Harry Sowden
Golden Age of Furniture Designers Highlighted
The Georgian period is described as the Golden Age of English furniture with influence from Thomas Chippendale, Robert and James Adam, George Hepplewhite, and Thomas Sheraton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Chippendale
Robert and James Adam
George Hepplewhite
Thomas Sheraton
Moothart Reunion Names Officers for Next Year
The 1941 Moothart reunion at Sunset Park elected new officers led by president Bessie Votruba and vice president Ralph Moothart. Committees were formed and many members from Washington, Ainsworth, Maquoketa, Fort Madison and Des Moines attended. Ella Hout was noted as missing due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moothart
Sunset Park
Nola Faulkner
Bessie Votruba
Ralph Moothart
John Applegate
Paul Harvey
Duane Daering
Gerald Moothart
George Young
Clarence Johnson
Earnest Meyers
Louise Burris
Maquoketa
Glen Moothart
Ft. Madison
Preston
Marjorie
Virginia
Richard
Dale Denison
Tom and Jerry
Harold Young
Dollie
Buddy
Lloyd Moothart
Earnest
Paul
Sharon Kay
Patty
Shelby
W. J. Taylor
Margaret
Helen
John
Charles
Mary
Walter
Eleanor Deal
Hazel Bradshaw
Harvey Waggoner
Anna
Washington
Wes Meyers
Mildred
Maurice
Theodore Meyers
Donald
Dean
David
Tomny Harvey
Ainsworth
Brighton
Edward Brown
Rock Island
Raymond West
Gary
Orville Tompkins
Fairfield
Frank Bussert
Joy
Robert Scovern
Pleasant
James Moothart
Wellman
Clyde Young
Floyd
Larry
Minneapolis
Minn
Glenn Moothart
Wreida Mae
Fort Madison
Carlos J. Burris
Mathew
Des Moines
Ella Hout
Final Family Night Dinner at Country Club
Members of the Country Club plan a last family night dinner Thursday at 6 45 p m in the clubhouse. Mrs E E Stutsman chairs the dinner committee with Mrs William J Shannon in charge of telephoning. Entertainment will be by Richard McCleery and Tom Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Stutsman
William J. Shannon
Richard McCleery
Tom Stewart
W. L. Alcorn
M. L. McCreedy
Brighton
Roger Jones
United States Investments in Romania Reported
The article estimates U S investments in Romania at 46 3 million dollars highlighting capital flows and economic interest by American firms in the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Romania
Wilma Wooley Birthday Celebration With School Friends
Crawfordsville report of Wilma Wooley turning fourteen with five school friends at a family picnic. Guests toasted wieners and marshmallows, then sang happy birthday as gifts were exchanged around a cake with fourteen candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
W. C. Wooley
Wilma
Mary Cherryholmes
Joan Maxwell Gwyneth Davies
Maxine Rickey
Kathryn Kesthley
W C T U Meeting Set At Anderson Home
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet at 2 30 Thursday afternoon with Mrs A Anderson at 406 East Washington Street. The program titled My Town and Safety will include scripture from Job 5 4 and Psalm 17 22 led by Mrs J A Hawthorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
A. Anderson
East Washington Street
J. A. Hawthorne
Jeanne Davis Elected Worthy Advisor Of Rainbow Girls
Forty Rainbow Girls met at the Masonic temple and elected Jeanne Davis as Worthy Advisor. Audrey Hotle, Morothy Watson, Marjorie Thompson, Georganne Rudiger named as other officers. Miss Davis to appoint others for installation with Marian Krumbholtz of Mason City as guest of honor Sept 29. A cooperative dinner at 6:30 invites all Masons and Eastern Stars, followed by installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Marian Krumbholtz
Mason City
Jeanne Davis
Worothy
Audrey Hotlé
Worthy
Morothy Watson
Charity
Marjorie Thompson
Hope
Georganne Rudiger
Faith
Miss Davis
Krumpcholtz
Paprika Rich in Vitamin C Value
Paprika is rich in food value and contains vitamin C.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolf Floral CO
J. E. Walker
Harold and
Ralph
Pawnee City
Nebr
Fred Donaldson
Bert Donaldson
Warren W. Donaldson
Theodore Meyer
Harry Donaldson
Mel Donaldson
Warren R. Donaldson
Maurice Meyer
Stella Donaldson
George Kerr
Mary Donaldson
Fred L. Stewart
Clinton
Madison
Hazel Stewart Alberson
Alberson
Monmouth
Ill
George C. Stewart
Betty
Katherine Bostwick
B. F. Bostwick
Warren Bostwick
Evoready Plumbing & Heating CO
Washington, Iowa
Ruth Foster Nutrition
Rexall Drug
Pioneer Drug Store
Duca
Duke
Sidhswipes
W. Wolfe
D. of
U.V
San Quentin
Gestapo
Hamburg
Mrs. Ledger
Wilma Wooley
W.C.T.U
Anderson
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Naomi G. Ramer
Lincoln, Nebraska
Dorset
E. M. Bridges & Co
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