Iowa Briefs carousel of tragic and war relic items
Sigourney Merie Wessels, 24, a Holland Michigan student, drowned at home of her parents. A squirrel hunting accident killed 18 year old Des Moines youth. Drake University President Harmen to give keynote at the 1946 midway institute. Nazi flag donated by Lt. Carl E. Linder Jr. captured at Erpel Germany. Another prisoner captured May 28 at Prairie du Chien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Merie Wessels
Holland, Mich
Wikea
Evens
Mre
Merry McCreery
Des Moines
H. G. Harmen
Drake University
Midway Institute of International
Hitler
Rhine
State Historical Department
Carl E. Linder, Jr
Erpel
Germany
Storms Drive Temp Drops and Damaging Winds Across Iowa
Storms yesterday brought wind hail and heavy rainfall across Iowa. Iowa City and counties in Webster and Boone reported property damage while a tornado leveled buildings on the Guy Smalley farm injuring two people. May rainfall reached 7.85 inches with Onawa recording 8.50 inches. Sioux City saw four inches of snow on May 9. The month averaged 6 degrees below normal with 6.25 inches of rain about two inches above normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Mercury
Atlantic
Decorah
Iowa
Burlington
Estherville
Iowa City
Webster
Boone
Estherle
Sigourney
Guy Smalley
Onawa
Mason City
Sioux City
Cloudy Tonight Then Clearing Sunday in the Weather
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions tonight with clearing on Sunday. Temperatures will be cooler in the southeast tonight and slightly warmer Sunday.
De Gaulle Reluctant to Join Tripartite Syria Lebanon Talks
Moscow urged a peaceful settlement of the Syria Lebanon dispute and called for immediate end to military actions in Syria. France and Gen De Gaulle resisted a tripartite conference while Damascus signaled readiness to negotiate under Syrian control and mutual withdrawal of foreign troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles de Gaulle
France
Lebanon
Syria
Moscow
People’s Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Paris
Washington
Chungking
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
de Gaulle
Lege
Damascus
Shari Quwatl
Churchill
Truman
Quwatli
Uder
Me Gaulle
Fred Rowley to Be Ordained at M. E. Conference
Fred Rowley son of Mr and Mrs J C Rowley of 708 Hickory street will be ordained next Friday night during the closing session of the annual Iowa-Des Moines conference in Des Moines The program includes talks by Dr Charles Goff and Dr Karl Quimby and the ordination service Rowley a graduate of Atlantic high school and Taylor University and recent Drew Seminary graduate will join the Iowa-Des Moines conference and receive an appointment Mrs L D Thomas will attend as local church helper Sandra Mae Andersen daughter of Mrs Norman Andersen returned home from two months with her grandmother Mrs Neal Andersen at Brayton and her father is expected home from overseas service soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rowley
J. C. Rowley
Hickory Street
Atlantic High Aches Taylor University
Upland
Ind
Drew Seminary
Madison
N. J
Iowa
Iowa-Des Moines
L. D. Thomas
Des Moines
Paul Milford
Atlantic
Sandra Mae Andersen
Norman Andersen
Neal Andersen
Brayton
Pope Pius XII Hopes Germans Rebuild After Nazi Era
Vatican broadcast quotes the pope urging Germany to rise to new dignity after repudiating national socialism. He defends Vatican Nazi policies, recalls the 1933 concordat, and says the church offered safeguards for faith amid violations while condemning Nazi persecution and coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Nazi Germany
College of Cardinals
St. Eugene's
Pius
Germany
Church
Paris Doubts Laval Death by Own Action Report
Paris circles questioned a London led report that Pierre Laval killed himself. The Exchange Telegraph quoted Luxembourg radio as claiming Laval died by his own hand, but no corroborating information or surrender details were available.
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Paris
London
Pierre Laval
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Luxembourg
Laval
Spain
France
May dead toll in Iowa exceeds World War I figure
May reports show 484 Iowa servicemen killed bringing total war deaths in Iowa to 6,242, the second worst May in World War II after March’s 543. The record comes from the state historical war records department directed by Bessie Wilson, noting the May total is over 2,600 higher than the final World War I count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ides
Moines
Iowa
Towans
State Historical War Records Department
Bessie Wilson
Lt. R. Willis Receives Silver Star For Luzon Action
First Lt. Raymond F. Willis earned the Silver Star for gallantry in the Luzon battle near Hill 200 in the Sierra Madre east of Manila. He directed artillery fire that destroyed over 500 Japanese units while aiding evacuations under front-line fire and prior shrapnel wounds. He is a 8 year Army veteran, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Willis of Melcher IA, and has been overseas 20 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond F. Willis
Sierra Madre
Manila
Lus
Mre
Donnabelle Brows
Atlantic
Hesel Street
C. E. Hurdis
Willis
Himsel
Marikina
Luzon
Gist
Guerra Madre
H. W. Willis
Melcner, Ja
Atlantic bids for veterans TB hospital in Iowa
Atlantic submits a bid to house a $2,000,000 veterans hospital for tuberculosis treatment in western Iowa. The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce asks Rep. Ben Jensen to help secure the project, citing Atlantic’s central location on the Rock Island main line and two transcontinental highways as ideal for the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Ben Jensen
Extra
Veterans Administration
Rock Island
No State Fair to be Held This Year Says Defense Agency
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation says regional and state fairs cannot be held this year due to wartime transport needs. Rural county fairs may proceed if travel constraints avoid inter city exhibitor or spectator transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Office of Defense Transportation
OPA Plans Fair Meat Distribution Across Counties
The OPA announced a fair distribution plan to allocate meat by county, setting June 17 as the start date. Bowles said the plan aims for even distribution using the 1944 first quarter as a base, requiring slaughterers to deliver at least 80 percent of county shares monthly and 90 percent over three months, within tight tolerances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Eisenhower Proclaims D-Day Anniversary Holiday for Allied Forces
Gen. Eisenhower announced that the first anniversary of the Normandy landings on June 6 would be observed as a holiday for Allied forces. He urged a brief pause on June 8 to renew resolve and strengthen spirit and strength for the months ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eisenhower
Normandy
Rock Island Names New Assistant Manager in Des Moines District
Des Moines based O W Limestall, Rock Island lines general superintendent, has been named assistant general manager of the new first district with headquarters in Des Moines. Under a reorganization effective yesterday, the Rock Island system is now divided into two districts from the former three. The city council announces its June meeting for Tuesday at 7 30 PM at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
O. W. Limestall
Rock Island
First District
Okinawa Push Seeks Airfield and Harbor Access
U S 10th Army advances on Okinawa after capturing Shuri aiming to seize the island’s key airfield and harbor. Allied forces report breaking the main Japanese defense line while facing remaining enemy troops defending Naha and Nakagueuku peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
U. S. 10Th Army
Japan
Okinawa
Shuri
Associated Press
al Copking
Vern Haugland
Naha
Navy
Washington
Tokyo Radio
Losxa
U. S. Navy
Fallen Naha
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Sixth Marine
Kokuba
Archibald W. Arnold
Himmler Secret Document Outlines Nazi Plan for Eastern Europe
London radio, cited by the Luxembourg broadcast, reports a secret Himmler document proposing to reduce eastern Europeans to uneducated laborers and roadwork, with Jews to be exterminated and others taught only basic literacy and obedience. The plan allegedly targets eastern district leaders, Hitler, and the labor ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Luxembourg
Heinrich Himmler
Europe
Hitler
Two Cahill Sons Killed in War, Emmetsburg Father Informed
Emmetsburg residents learn mark of tragedy as 1/c Thomas Cahill son of Mr and Mrs John Cahill is killed in the Pacific last April while another son Pvt Joseph Cahill dies in action in France last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Yeoman
Thomas Cahill
John Cahill
Pacific
Pvt
Joseph Cahill
France
Californian Here Mrs Swallow Visits San Bernardino Cousins
Mrs Oscar Swallow of San Bernardino California former Miss Katherine Cave naugh of Atlantic arrived Thursday evening for several weeks visit at the home of her cousins Mr and Mrs Harry Cavenaugh at 10 East Twelfth Street.
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Oscar Swallow
San Bernardino
Cal
Katherine Cavenaugh
Atlantic
Harry Cavenaugh
East Twelfth Street
Longtime Atlantic Resident Mrs. J. A. Conerd Dies
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Conerd 88 died at Miller nursing home after three months of illness. Born September 18 1858 in Adams county Pennsylvania she moved to Illinois then Atlantic where she and husband Jacob A. Conerd farmed and he served as postmaster. Surviving are daughter in law Mrs Carl Hoffman and two granddaughters. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home with Rev William Mack officiating. Interment Atlantic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Conera
Jacob A. Conerd
Miller Nursing Home
Conerd
Adams County
Samuel and
Leon Chronister
Franklin Grove
Ill
Dixon
Atlantic
Presbyterian Church
Atlantic Royal
Carl E.hoffman
Elizabeth Ann DeKay
Cuerno, Tex
Virginia May Hoffman
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
William Mack
Des Moines
Atlantic Presbyterian Church
Atlantic Cemetery
King Haakon to Return Home and Oslo Declares Holiday
King Haakon will return to Norway on Thursday and the day will be a national holiday. This marks his first sight of home since leaving five years ago to fight Germany from London. June 7 recalls Norway's 1905 independence from Sweden. Tops Market reports Henry Knop of west of Atlantic selling 20 white face steers for 17.40 per hundred, averaging 1,276 pounds.
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Oslo
Haakon
Norway
Germany
London
Sweden
Henry Knop
West of Atlantic
Chicago
On Kyushu Island
Allied air and naval operations expand in the Pacific as carrier planes raid southern Japan. Halsey and Spruance oversee a vast armada while Okinawa losses mount and raids threaten Kyushu air bases and railways. China fronts push toward Szelo as Nanning to Shienkiang advances unfold.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Adm
William F
Ell) Halsey
Third Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Halsey
Okinawa
U. S
North Pole
South Pole
Tokyo
Ryukyu Islands
Kyushu
Southwest Pacific
Race Gashef
Osaka
Indo-China
South China
Nanning
Szelo
Shienkiang
14Th Air Force
Philippine Fronte
Mindanao
Manila
Marikina
Luzon
East China
Chungking
Wenchow
Shanghai
Central China
Cass county approves gravel contract and staff changes
The Cass county board of supervisors awarded a graveling contract for 1 1/2 miles of road from the county farm to U S Highway 6 to Vic Carroll at 2 dollars per yard. The board also approved Miss Jessie Bradford as junior social welfare worker and hired J A Jobe as patrol operator with Carl Avey joining the bridge crew. Resignations of Roy B Dotson and J C Woodring were accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County Board of Supervisors
Vic Carroll
Jessie Bradford
Atlantic
J. A. Jobe
Carl Avey
Roy B. Dotson
J. C. Woodring
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Astedeted Press
Kohei Tanalm
Prairie du Chien
Wis
M. E. Conference
Fairmont
U. 8
Edward R. Stettinius
Joseph Paul Boncour
Earl of Halifax
United States
Stettinius
A. A. Gromyke
Russia
V. K. Wellington Koo
China
Pope
R. Willis
Silver Star
Veterans T. B. Hospital
Himmler
Executive Yuan
Chiang Kai-shek
T. V. Soong
Soong
Chiang
J. A. Conerd
King Returns
Kyushu Island
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