Iowans Earn Medals in Southwest Pacific War Effort
Iowans face the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific from Rabaul to Buna. General MacArthur and Brig. Gen. MacNider lead, with heroes like Private Mittleberger and Captain Handemann cited for Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Air Medal, and other honors. More medals likely as Iowans press to the front.
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Australia
Sergt. Brazelton
Rabaul
Hanford C. MacNider
Papua
Southwest Pacific
Earl Mittleberger
Davenport
Harold E. Handemann
Dubuque
Douglas MacArthur
General MacNider
Robert M. Wilde
Sioux City
Mittleberger
Handlemen
Alexander G. Evanoff
Keystone
Hubert I. Bgenes
Story City
Marion I. Wheeler
Webster
Leonard G. Brazelton
Council Bluffs
Raymond W. Collins
Marshall
Joseph C. Spoire
Pierre L. Alford
Donna C. Bellows
Mason City
MacNider
Buna
Mittlebetter
Handemann
Collins
Ambrecht
Oldest Newhall resident to mark 94th birthday
Mrs. Mary Russell, Newhall’s oldest resident, will celebrate her ninety four birthday on Tuesday. A New York native, she has lived in Newhall 62 years in the same house for 53 of them. She has a son John at home and daughters Mrs Lou Roland of Marion and Mrs Mabel Graham of Shellsburg. Russell has three grandsons and two great grandsons serving in the armed forces. She sews without glasses and reads war news daily. crocheting rugs and making quilts are her hobbies.
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Gazette
Newhall
Mary Russell
New York State
John
Lou Roland
Marion
Mabel Graham
Shellsburg
Russell
War News
Iowa State to Open Weishea Program May 7
Governor Bourke Hickenlooper will aid in the official opening of the 1943 Weishea program at Iowa State College on May 7. Des Moines organizer Bob Brinkman announced the ceremonies.
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Ames
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa State College
Bob Brinkman
Des Moines
Typhoid Fight Among Flooded Farms In Iowa
In Monona county Iowa a 12 hour boat trip inoculated almost 100 isolated residents against typhoid fever. Public health officials Captain M H Anderson and Dr D M Harris aided residents, tested water, and instructed on purification as floodwaters receded toward Carter Lake near Omaha.
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Norton S. Spayde
Blencoe
Monona County
Missouri River
Violet Rich
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
M. H. Anderson
U. S. Public Health Service
D. M. Harris
Iowa State Health
Harris
Sioux City
Tom Murray
Murray
Iowa Sees Rise in Measles and Whooping C cough in Early 1943
DES MOINES UP reports measles and whooping cough rose in the first quarter of 1943 while overall acute communicable diseases stayed above average. Measles reached 2,557 cases vs 1,754 expected. whooping cough 300 vs 261. Scarlet fever rose but remained under estimates. smallpox and diphtheria fell sharply with only eight and (unprovided) cases respectively.
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Des Moines
Iowa Health Department
Iowa
Waterloo widow receives Purple Heart for fallen husband
Mrs. Robert L. Downs of Waterloo has been awarded the Purple Heart posthumously for her husband’s actions in North Africa. Downs died February 20 from wounds suffered in battle.
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Waterloo
Robert L. Downs
War Department
North Africa
Downs
Iowa Tops Nation in March Series E Bond Sales
Des Moines reports Iowa led the nation in March Series E war bond sales with 18.27 million dollars, reaching 130.5 percent of the $14 million quota. The state aims for 100 million in pledges as 50 000 Iowans join the second drive, with West Des Moines and Dewitt surpassing their quotas and naval bases pledging full participation.
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Des Moines
Treasury Department
Iowa
The
Treasury
West Des Moines
Dewitt
Clinton County
J .Y. Floerchiner
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Iowa City
W. T. Swenson
Navy
Notice of Executrix Appointment in Novak Estate
On April 10 1943 Mary F M Novak was appointed and qualified as Executrix of Edwin C Novak deceased Linn County Iowa. Creditors should pay debts to the Executrix and file authenticated claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk through the attorney E P Korab.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Edwin C Novak
Linn County, Iowa
Mary F M. Novak
More Allamakee Men Off to War
Eighteen reservists depart for Camp Dodge to be inducted. The list covers multiple towns including Waukon Waterville New Albin Lansing Postville Harpers Ferry Rossville and more. Additional men and navy air corps training are noted along with a Pearl Harbor casualty.
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Waukon
Camp Dodge
Army
William Brink
William Campbell
Leslie Dubby
Leroy Hanson
Arnold Olson
Paul O'Meara
James Plien
Theodore Rumph, Jr
Waterville
Marlin Deal
New Albin
John Fitzgerald
Hannes Roth
Lansing
Guy Hamm
Wayne Irons
Sever Olson
Francis Weipert
Postville
Donald Plummer
Harpers Ferry
Inmates Seen as Excellent Material for Army
Des Moines AP Lieutenant Colonel O P Bennett says a survey finds nearly 150 inmates from the Anamosa reformatory and Fort Madison penitentiary could be excellent material for the armed forces. The study under Brig Gen Charles H Grahl is incomplete. Bennett notes about 75 candidates in Anamosa and about 75 in the penitentiary, with no mass releases planned.
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Des Moines
O. P. Bennett
Iowa
Selective Service
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison
Charles H Grahl
Bennett
Anamosa
Maynard School Raises War Bond Funds in 1942 43
Maynard Consolidated school reports war bond sales from November 1942 to April 9 1943 totaling 4683 95 with weekly average 24 58 A March drive aimed at three jeeps valued at 2700 has netted 2016 95 The second grade leads with 239 05 and the third grade with 221 80 Junior high council aided by student councils has raised 3360 60 Ninth grade tops junior high with 2115 80 Senior high has bought bonds 469 85 and sophomores lead that group with 24 15
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Maynard
Maynard Consolidated School
Joe Beave
Senior High
Three More Iowans Reported Missing in Action
The war department listed 269 soldiers missing in action, including three Iowans. Lieut Thomas A Stricker of Kiron is missing in Europe. Second Lieut. William E Jenks of Sioux City and Second Lieut William E Van Winkle of Dubuque are missing in the Middle East.
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Washington
War Department
Thomas A Stricker
William A. Stricker
Kiron
William E. Jenks
Frank Lyman Jenks
Sioux City
William E. van Winkle
Samuel V van Winkle
Dubuque
Iowa City Woman Held in Davenport
Sarah Mason of Iowa City was charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent after being found asleep in a car on the highway near Princeton. She was held to Scott County District Court on $500 bond and given five days in jail for drivers license violations.
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Davenport
Princeton
Sarah Mason
Iowa City
Scott County District Court
John J. McSwigg
Four Die In Collision At Rail Crossing
A train auto crash near Moline early Sunday killed Louis Dvorsky St. Ambrose academy coach and three Davenport residents. James Bechtel 20 Alice Braunlich 20 Wanda Casper 24 died after a Rock Island line passenger train struck their car as it slowed for a stop. Bechtel and Dvorsky connected to local schools and athletics. coroner set an inquest.
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Moline
Louis Dvorsky
St. Ambrose Academy
Davenport
James M. Bechtel
Harold Bechtel
Alice Braunlich
George Braunlich
Wanda Casper
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles Casper
Washington
Braunlich
Rock Island
Bechtel
Dvorsky
Iowa City
St. Ambrose College
W. J. Duford
John W Seids
Rock Island County
River near flood stage in Dubuque as Mississippi crests
The Mississippi River at Dubuque crested at 179 feet, one-tenth of a foot below flood stage, and was expected to hold for four to five days. Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, reached 16 feet and crested two feet below flood level.
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Dubuque
Mississippi
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