Your Congressman's Postwar Outlook from Iowa District 1
A district newsletter discusses government egg sales and losses, postwar policy needs, and wartime supply actions. It notes Army truck sales to farmers, anticipated Japanese theater pushes, and shifts in House party balance. The rep promises summer office coverage and fall newsletters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
AAA
Japan
Tokyo
China
Navy
Air Corps
House of Representatives
Congress
Alton
Notice on renewal and continued subscription obligation
The paper states subscriptions beyond expiration require notification and continuation implies obligation to pay. Readers who keep receiving the paper after expiration are liable for the renewal price under the ongoing subscription terms.
Funeral Services and Local Happenings in Afton Vicinity
Afton area residents attend funeral services for Mrs. Martena Hahn at Boothby Funeral Home with burial in Good Hope cemetery. Frank Smith also funeralized at Boothby with interment in Afton Cemetery. Community events include anniversaries and visits, plus storm damage across central Afton with crops and gardens devastated and trees blown down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hahn
Martena Hahn
Boothby Funeral
Good Hope
Joan Jordan
Aurelia
Joan Mummert
Frank Smith
Afton
Smith’s
Cherokee
Raymond Zwick
Junior Kastengren
Frank Becker
Harold Johnson
Rockford
Iowa
Robert Ferris
Grand Meadow
Bob Jackson
Hugh Hagan
Storm Lake
Robert Gates
Darlene Kolpin
Frank Kolpin
Paul Jones
Ray Jones
George Zwick
Joe Harris
Spencer
Earl Zwick
Lois Hughes
Des Moines
Harvey Halford
Dale Sleezer
Bill Booth
Rochester
Minn
Will Sleezer
Dale’s
Patricia
Servicemen Birthdays Listed With Overseas Addresses
A censorship note explains overseas addresses are not complete and advises relatives to provide full details. The column lists birthdays for several service members with ranks and units, including Benny Wieland at AP O 340 New York, Clifford Coombs AP O 16095 New York, Albert Stutz ARTC Ft. Knox Kentucky, Bernhard Buenger Camp Roberts California, Filmore Ohlson AP O 29 clo, Jack Coombs AP O 635 clo, John CNT tenet 2nd Battery Fort Monroe Virginia, Doyle Holderness Fleet Post Office San Francisco, and Raymond Buenger Battery B 742nd FA Bn Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny C. Wieland
Clo
New York
N. Y
Clifford T. Coombs
B. J
Albert E. Stutz
Co. B
1St Bn
A.R.T.C
U. 8 S. Army
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
Bernhard M. Buenger
Co. C
89Th Inf. Tag
Camp Roberts
California
Filmore Ohlson
A.P.O
John W
Tenet
Ft. Monroe
Doyle A. Holderness
Fleet Post
San Francisco
Raymond Buenger
742Nd
F. A. Bn
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Servicemen urged to buy war bonds from Iceland posting
Leon A. Bischel, son of Mrs Alma Bischel, writes from Iceland that enlisted men see home support through War Bond campaigns. He notes most servicemen set up Bond Allotments and urges continued saving to aid the government and secure financial guard after civilian life. Cpl. Leon A. Bischel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Bischel
Cherokee County
Alma Bischel
Iceland
Leon A. Bischel
Rapp Returns from Alaska Now Stationed at Lawson Field
Cpl. Albert A. Rapp, recently back from the Alaskan Aleutian theatre, is stationed at Lawson Field Ft Benning Ga as a member of the First Troop Carrier Command. The First Troop Carrier Command HQ is in Indianapolis Indiana as part of the U S Army Air Forces I Troop Carrier Command.
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Lawson Field
Ft. Benning
Albert A. Rapp
U. S. Army Air Forces
I Troop Carrier Command
First Troop Carrier Command
Indianapolis
Indiana
Air Force
Air Forces troop transport pilot profile highlights Cpl Rapp
The article details a C 47 cargo unit flying in war zones delivering paratroopers, gliders, medical supplies, and wounded to base hospitals. Cpl Rapp joined the Army Air Forces on September 12 1942 and is the son of Albert A Rapp of Aurelia Iowa.
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America
Cpl. Rapp
Army Air Forces
Albert A. Rapp
Aurelia
Towa
Letter with bank draft returns to sender after long voyage
A February 8 1941 letter containing a bank draft to Helen M Boosalis in Niota Laconia Greece was returned to Nick Boosalis in Denison. Envelop stamps show a planned Atlantic Clipper trip but the note reads Service Suspended Return to Sender. The 30 month journey did little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Boosalis
Niota
Laconia
Greece
Nick Boosalis
Denison
Atlantic Clipper
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the Aurelia Sentinel
E. C. Lighter
Carl J. Lighter
Howell Bros
Urelia
IL. & S. Modernizing Company
Spencer, Iowa
Earl Awick
Cpl
Albert (Junior) Rapp
Troop Carrier Command Base
Don R. Hankens
Cherokee State Bank Bldg
Jess Weatherman
Harley McKinnis
Clifford Ohlson
Herbert Langwin
John Galvin
James Fee
Erwin Helmsoth
Frank D. Waddell
Ralph A. Peterson
Herbert W. Peterson
Alfred Simonson
Louis C. Bengtson
Chas. Schulke
Oscar Gustafson
Roy Dieterich
Richard Glawe
Emmett Rand
Harold V. Nelson
Harold Conley
Edmund Radke
Alvin Peterson
Walter Peterson
Robert E. Taylor
Raymond Sturgeon
Klaus Magnuson
Vernon Peterson
Lee Robinson
Earl R. Crippen
Harry Wilson
Robert Whiting Rudolph Ewoldt
Albert Grashoff
W. C. Patten
Troy Mummert
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