Local News Highlights From Akron Sioux City Visits and Dated Glimpses
Visitors from Sioux City drop by to see family members in Akron while local groups plan bake sales and club meetings. Births, marriages, and military inductions are noted alongside farm supply ads, church notices, and a quiet primary election with low turnout. The community honors residents, reports on deaths, and lists local businesses advertising feed, hardware, and clothing amid wartime supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Lundgren
Dirks Hardware
Lois Jean
Ruth Harris
Sioux City
C.C.C
Farmers Co-Operative
Aid of the Christian Church
Weidenfeller Market
Lendol Newman
C. Newman
Donald
Robert J. Tucker
Marfa
Texas
Arnold Mentzer
Merleen Moritz
Little Brown
Nashua
David E. Mentzer
Strable
This County
Akron
Farmers Co-Op
Sudan
Ross Grain Co
Harley Small
Ernest Allen
James Agnes
jLemen
le Mars
Duane Everett Trometer
Lucretia Mary ‘Taylor
Merrill
L. K. Burker
Kendall
J. F. Long
Struble
Armed Services
Thorson
D Day Invasion Opens With Allied Landing On French Coast
The invasion began Tuesday morning as thousands of Allied troops landed on the coast of France from Cherbourg to Le Havre. About 4 000 ships and 11 000 airplanes under General Eisenhower participated in the largest armada in history. Beachheads were established with less opposition than expected, signaling the start of a decisive series of battles to defeat the Nazis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Tn Strip
Cherbourg
le Havre
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. A
Final report in Akron Savings Bank case in Plymouth Co Iowa
In Plymouth County Iowa No 18170 M W Ellis Superintendent of Banking plaintiff v Akron Savings Bank Depositors Trust Akron Iowa defendant final report of M W Ellis Receiver showing receipts disbursements and disposition of assets hearing set June 21 1944 at LeMars Court House at 10:00 AM to determine approval discharge and final dividend if funds undelivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Plysmouth County
M. W. Ellis
District Court
Plymouth County
Iowa
Akron Savings
Bank Depositors’ Trust of
Akron
LeMars
Akron Savings Bank Depositors’ Trust
Aged Mother of Local Pastor 18 Summoned
Funeral services were held at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Rossow Funeral Home. Rev J Olen Kennell and Rev W W Bell assisted with hymns by H J Bellmer. Interment followed in Bancroft Iowa cemetery with Rev Spimmers conducting the burial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossow Funeral Home
J.olen Kennell
Methodist Church of
Hawarden
H. J. Bellmer
Bancroft
Iowa
Card of Thanks for Rosa Howe and family
A notice expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy after the death of Rosa Howe. It thanks Esther Jacobs and Hawarden Nursing Home staff for care. Signed by Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Howe, Miss Edith Howe, Mrs. Don Blanchard, Mrs. Margaret Tranks. It ends with an advertisement urging Defense Bonds and Want-Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Howe
Esther Jacobs
Hawarden Nursing Home
A. A. Howe
Kenneth Howe
Edith Howe
Don Blanchard
Margaret Tranks
Catholic Church Services Akron Holy Maus Confession Times
St Patrick's Akron outlines Mass times on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 8 00 p m and the second and fourth Sundays at 9 30 p m Confessions heard at 8 00 p m on Saturdays before the first third and fifth Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s
Akron
Holy Mass at Bt Catharine’s Westfield Sundays
Information notice from Father C Ernst for Bt Catharine’s Westfield detailing Mass times on the first, third and fifth Sundays at 9 30 a m and on the month at 8 00 a m Confessions are heard half an hour before Mass The notice also includes a booster message urging residents to trade with their hometown morchaonis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father C, Ernst
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Comings Delage
Sunshine Club
Th. Huls
Huls
QO. W. Harvey
Laura Barr
Trene Qnnen
Joh Hull
Bill Harkness
Fred Dierksen
Sioux C
Germany
Francis
U. S
W. W. Weyen
Lundgren
Chas. Wang
Gerdes
Union Creek Fixtension Club
Chas
James Smith
Perry James
Onawa
Hf. L. Smith
Raymond Gibbons
Selma
Alabama
Gibbons
Army Air Base
Rudolph Hartman
Canton
Dorothy Faulkner
Harry Englebrecht
Elkton
Lamar Jones
Bride
Waco
Nettie Mann
Lauren Mann
Land
S. H. Jones
Elaine
Hinton
Vern Swift
Worthington
Minn
Emil Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Max Fredrickson
Cpl
Raymond Fredrickson
Fort Kenning
Georgia
U. S. Signal Corps
Duane Lewis
J. Claeys
B. A. Neal and Son
Chester
Clark, 8. D
Pris
Robert Enoeckson
Cyril Larsen
Yorks
Camp Dodge
Clarence
Roseberry
Helen
Hiawatha
Des Moines
Lois Jean Baldwin
State College
Brookings
S. C
R. J. Baker
Frank Jacobs
Sioux Falls
Gordon Lewison
John Aatts
Humboldt
Duane E. Lewis
Joenl Gamble
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
WMIS
Natchez
Lowell L. Burrill
Floyd Scheeler
Alton
Iown
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Elmer Franzen
Axel Johnson
Franzen
Johnson
Floodwood
Robert D. Blue
Heeger
Robin
Hood
Pride of the Rockies
Morrell’s
Armour’s Star Hams
New California Shafters
California
Sunkist Lemons
Fleischmann
Heeger's Market
Robin Hood
del Monte
Armour’s Star
THE
GM CO
Towa
Logal
Freedom
Uncle Sam
Register
Defense
Bt. Catharine's
Westfield
Holy Mass
Morchaonis
J.E. Akin
Rhodes Building
First National Bank
Lloyd Port
Anxin’s Food MarKet
Omar
Perfex
Spo
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