Inside the Burlington Ordnance Plant Visitation
A wartime tour of the Burlington Ordnance plant reveals its vast 7 by 5 mile layout with igloos for live TNT, mile-long conveyors, and high guard security. Brigadier General F. M. Shinkle notes low accidents and a largely local, dedicated workforce, including many women, as mass production drives shells to the front.
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Burlington Ordnance Plant
War Department
War Ordnance Plant
Ordnance
F. M. Shinkle
Shinkle
Day & Zimmerman
Burlington
Phantom Lady Stars Tone and Raines at Fox Theatre
Universal's Phantom Lady stars Franchot Tone Ella Raines and Alan Curtis in a suspenseful mystery not a horror film. The story hinges on justice obstructed by chance and psychology with strong performances by the leads and notable support from Comeez Helm Cook Toomey Crehan and Tombes.
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Age of Sound
Universal
Fox Theatre
Franchot Tone
Ella Raines
Alan Curtis
Tone
Miss Raines
Curtis
Thomas Comeez
Fay Helm
Elisha Cook, Jr
Regis Toomey
Andy Tombes
Joseph Crehan
George W. Wagner Wounded Serving in France
George W. Wagner, 30, of Letts, Iowa, was seriously wounded in France on August 30 after entering service on October 27, 1943 and going overseas in March 1944. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wagner. The report places Wagner among local families with relatives serving abroad and notes other service members from Columbus Junction and nearby areas.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
George W. Wagner
Letts
France
Phillip Wagner
Alonzo Diller
Fredonia
Ransom Diller
Davenport
J.g
Craig Huston
J. H. Huston
LST
South Pacific
Jean Robertson
Dirs
Anna Robertson
Columbus High School
University of Iowa
Detroit
Mich
Leslie Everett
Santa Ana
Calif
Irvin Everett
Clarence R. McFarland
CPO
Warnie Moran
Woodrow J. Shearer
Battle Creek
PA. H. Shearer
Delmore Evans
Elsie Evans
Bougainville
Steel Workers See 50 Percent Pay Rise to Over Fifty Dollars
In three years the average weekly earnings of steelworkers have increased by about 50 percent reaching over $50 per week. The report notes substantial gains across facilities and highlights wage trends for the industry.
Snack Shack Memories and Changes in Washington
An editor's letter by J icloyd Lewis reflects on years in Washington Iowa and the Snack Shack lease change. He praises community ties with Cori Widmer and Bertha Graber of Wayland as new owners. He honors Gladys M. Metcalf and shares a personal poem Divine Messenger.
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Jicloyd Lewis
Chicago
Washington
Iowa
Sheir Lwo Dadygisters
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas City
East Washington Street
Cori Widmer
Bertha Graber
Wayland
God
Christ
Gladys M. Metcalf
Before the War Aims and Crabs in Trade Notes
The letter by J. Lioeyd Lewis discusses moral sentiment and divine presence in flowery verse. The second fragment notes prewar crabmeat trade, stating Japan supplied about 95 percent of canned crabmeat to the United States, with 10,720,000 pounds imported valued at $4,582,000 in one year.
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Japan
United States
Lacks Coal Argentina Weighs Steel Plant Capacity
Argentina’s lack of coal limits pig iron production though steel plants exist with an aggregate capacity around 65 000 tons of ingots per year.
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Argentina
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the Evening Journal
the Home Daily Newspaper
Washington County
ELDFR
Shannon & Co
Bruce Cowden
North
Marion Avenue
United Press
Carrer
Dowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Boice
Wade Gardner
Illinois
Lytle
O. KE. Schmitt
Claude Tucker
City of
Phantom Lady
Starstone
Bella Raines
Pfe
George M. Holland
Fort Custer
Mien
Frank Wall
Cpl
Samuel R. Holland
Camp Miles Standish
Mass
Robert Holland
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
All IN
Lorden Music CO
Washington, Iowa
Corky
Kelly
Pacific
Colin “Corky” Kelly
John Pedrow, Jr
Alexandria
Washington Dairy
Pittsburgh
Sorrell
Auto Parts
West Madison
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
FFI
French Forces of the Interior
International
Very Sincerely, J. Lioeyd Lewis
P. L. Etter
S. Lowa
Journal Building
John Shields & Sons
Joe Palooka
L. A
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Field
ATC
Palooka
Leemy
Ham Fishet
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