Iowa May bond quota set at 9 million in U S drive
Treasury announces a 9 million dollar May war bond quota for Iowa as part of a 600 million dollar national drive. May county targets include Johnson 110,800 and Linn 357,800 with broad regional allocations across eastern Iowa and small units like Armstrong County at 100 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Iowa
United States
New York City
Armstrong County
South Dakota
Daggett County
Utah
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Jowa
Johnson
Louisa
Poweshiek
Tama
Cseseses
Winneshiek
Former West Union Man Commissioned as Major
Richard Stolle of West Union, son of Mrs. J H Stolle, has been commissioned as major and is stationed at Hamilton Field in California. His training began at Iowa State College in 1931, with a 1941 air corps transfer and captaincy earned that August. He led the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1935 to 1941 and is a West Union High School and Iowa State College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Richard Stolle
J. H. Stolle
Hamilton Field
Calif
Stolle
Iowa State College
Air Corps
Hamilton’ Field
Civilian Conservation Corps
West Union High School
Cedar County Boy Scout Camporee At Tipton Grounds
The Cedar county Boy Scout district camporee will be held at the fairground west of Tipton on Friday and Saturday. Charles Carran of West Branch is camping and activities chairman. Troops from Tipton Durant Clarence West Branch Stanwood and Mechanicsville attend. Each group provides its own shelter bedding food and utensils. Program runs 1 p.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Boy Scout District
Fairground
Charles Carran
West Branch
Durant
Clarence
Stanwood
Mechanicsville
Soldier Shot by Date's Uncle Lived in Marion
Private Courtney S. Johnson, wounded after an USO dance in Springfield, is a former Marion resident and is expected to recover. He accompanied Miss Grayce Shull to her home. Shull was killed by her uncle John Yancy who then died by suicide. Johnson now serves at Fort Leonard Wood with parents Mr and Mrs Alvey S Johnson formerly of Marion.
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Courtney S. Johnson
Springfield
Grayce Shull
Marion
Johnson
Miss Shull
John Yancy
Fort Leonard Wood
Alvey S Johnson
Chicago
Emerson School
Alvey Johnson
Bells to start scrap drive in Marion
Peter C Lassen chairs Marion civilian defense salvage committee with J L Papes, Ed Mullaley, I L Ford, Z N Sunday and Carl Wiley. Bells and church bells will ring Saturday morning to remind residents to place tied bundles of old papers and magazines at the curb before 9 o clock for the first local collection. Committee members donate their services. Old iron goes to the rear lot of Scown blacksmith shop. brass copper lead and rubber may stay on the curb.
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Peter C Lassen
J .L. Papes
Ed Mullaley
I. L. Ford
Z. N
Carl Wiley
Marion Civilian Defense Committee
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Scown
Election marks at Baptist church parish annual meeting
Mrs Edna Bills was elected clerk of the Baptist church Wednesday evening at the annual meeting in the church parlor. Other officers and committee members named include Mrs Helen Vanderlinden financial secretary, Mrs Kathryn Eckhart treasurer, James F Pope and Raymond Eckhart deacons, Miss Mabelle Oxley and Mrs Dora Homans deaconesses, trustees Roland Fowler and Milo Vandentin, music committee Donald Hoff Mrs Edna Lagerquist and Mrs Mary Harford, and Miss Betty Fowler reporter. Funeral notices update for Floyd Strane set 2 p.m. Friday at Egelhof chapel in Dubuque, Dr W J Strane of Detroit arrived in relation to his brother’s death. Various community notices follow including lodging ads, library district meeting plans, and church events.
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Edna Bills
The
Baptist Church
Helen Vanderlinden
Kathryn Eckhart
James F. Pope
Raymond Eckhart
Mabelle Oxley
Floyd Strane
Egelhof Chapel
Dubuque
W. J. Strane
Detroit
Mich
Howard M. Titus
Methodist W S C S Holds Second Special Meeting
The Methodist W S C S of St Pauls Cedar Rapids held its second annual special meeting with 75 members, opening with the national anthem and a piano solo. The program featured a round table on efficiency aims and reports from the recent Oelwein convention, plus notices of visiting members and a death-related arrival.
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World-Wide Organization of the Methodist
W.sc.s
Wayne Foster
Society of St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Howard Martin
K V. Murdoch
James Fairley
B W. Schenken
H. F McCalley
Gladys Collier
L. M. Phelps
A. W. Henke
B. Vernon
Frank Gray
Society
Oelwein
J. J. Booth
Owen Turner
Aley Parsons
Mt. Vernon
Obituary notices and Red Cross shipment across Iowa towns
Funeral services set for Wilhelm Burmeister in Dysart with burial at Keystone Williamsburg. Mrs Ed Evans laid to rest in Williamsburg after Congregational church service. Independent s figure Wil son dies after operation in Long Beach. Decorah and Ossian deaths noted. Ingeman Sivesind and Emma Hegg Sivesind obituary. Clayton Red Cross ships 53 men s sweaters and other items to refugees in Elkader with Dry cleaners handling garments.
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Dysart
Wilhelm Burmeister
Waterloo
Mecklenburg
Germany
Ida Bender
Elberon
C C, Burmeister
E. J Braun
Zion Lutheran Church
Keystone
Sears
Elizabeth Bjork
Evanston
Evans
Congregational Church
Pe.o
W.R.C
Progress Club
Choral Union
Independence
Clifford Wilson
Long Beach
Calif
Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Knights Templar
The
American Legion
Charles H. Wilson
Blanche Wilson
Decorah
Ingeman Sivesind
Ossian
Emma Hegg
Erick Hegg
Springfield Township
Erick Bakke
Elkader
Clayton County
Davenport Sees Record Warmth As Iowa Reports Heat
Davenport reached 90 degrees the state's top reading this year while much of Iowa posted 80s. Forest City Decorah and Charles City noted lows near 60 given unusually warm April, with Keokuk and Davenport recording rainfall from a quarter to a third of an inch.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Davenport
Forest City
Decorah
Charles City
Keokuk
Mason City
Burlington
Bloom Eagerly Finishes Cadet Program Details
Lieut Commander John Bloom, executive officer at the University of Iowa naval pre flight school, is in Annapolis to obtain final cadet program details for Iowa City. He is expected back within a week as base administrative work proceeds. The first cadet contingent arrives May 28.
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Iowa City
John Bloom
University of Iowa
Naval
Annapolis
Bloom
Girl Fatally Shot During School Picnic Accident
A 14 year old LaMoille girl, Wanda Parsons, was killed by a .22 bullet during a high school picnic near Marshalltown. Coroner Rodney C. Wells ruled the shooting an accident caused by Herbert Wyatt, 15, as a group practiced target shooting with a toilet shack mistaken for an empty structure.
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Marshalltown
Here
la Moille
Rodney C. Wells
Wanda Parsons
Alva Parsons
LaMoille
LaMoille High School
Wells
Herbert Wyatt
Gored by Bull Leaves Man With Broken Ribs Near Williams burg
Melvin Livingston was gored by a bull at his parents home four miles southwest of Williams burg and was taken to Miller hospital with several fractured ribs. He was rescued from the bull by his father. The report also notes other local political and civic items including a Sperry township caucus result and nurse trainee Elizabeth Warren.
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The
Gazette
Williamsburg
Melvin Livingston
Ed Livingston
Miller Hospital
Livingston
Music Finals Open with 16000 Nationwide Contestants
Blaring bass and tenor voices fill four Iowa cities as 16000 young musicians begin the state music finals in Council Bluffs Spencer Oskaloosa and Oelwein. Contestants advance from about 30 district meets in cities nationwide and travel by private car or train due to wartime rationing. Groups compete in AA A B C and D divisions while judges from multiple states attend to coral performances.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Oskaloosa
Oelwein
St. Paul
Eastern Iowa
Rogers Whitmore
Columbia
H. W. Wenger
Owatonna
Minn
Gordon Bird
Des Moines
Bruce Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Harold Bachman
Chicago
Elsie Swanson
Omaha
Walter Aschenbrenner
Dean Douglas
Jefferson City
Paul Ray
Cedar Rapids
Clifford Bloom
Lytton 5S
Davis
George Strickling
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Joseph Skornicka
Milwaukee
David Hughes
Elkhart
Ind
John M Howard
Grand Forks
N. C
Don Gleckner
Topeka
Kan
Erwin Hertz
St. Cloud
Manchester High Band Buys New Marimba
Manchester high school band purchased a new marimba for student use. Manchester wedding vows were exchanged at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Des Moines on April 22 between Mary C Chambers and Brewer Wilson. Attendants were Jean Chambers and Ben Holbert. The groom is a special agent for the FBI in Louisville Kentucky.
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Manchiester
Manchester
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Mary C. Chambers
J. Earl Chambers
Brewer Wilson
Frank B. Wilson
Jean Chambers
Ben T. Holbert
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Louisville, Ky
Treatment for Color Blindness Described by Iowa Doctor
Dr Norman Kunath of Eldora told the Iowa Optometric association that a treatment may correct up to 90 percent of color blindness in men applying to the armed services. The method exposes the eye to the blind color until recognition improves. Causes are uncertain, possibly glare or lens chemistry, or color ignorance.
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Des Moines
Iowa Optometric Association
Norman Kunath
Eldora
Sixty Five Clayton County Men To Be Drafted In May
The county draft board plans two induction calls in May totaling 65 men. On May 13 24 men will depart by chartered buses and on May 14 41 more will be called. Last Friday 33 men left. one volunteer and one transfer were added to the original list.
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Eleader
Clayton County
County Board
William Hendrickson
McGregor
Frederick Schellenberg
Belleville
Ill
Farmersburg
Unregistered German Alien Arrested in Boone Iowa
Federal agents arrested an unregistered German alien living in Boone Iowa on Tuesday night and detained him at Fort Des Moines. Authorities say the suspect possessed four shotguns a rifle four cameras a short wave radio a motion picture projector and films. The alien registration rule prohibits possession of arms short wave radios and cameras.
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Des Moines
Boone
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fort Des Moines Army Post
James I. Dalton
FBI
Seize Slot Liquor In Des Moines Raid
Police raided two east Des Moines taverns Wednesday night seizing one slot machine and three and a half gallons of liquor. The Nelson hotel and the Merry Go Round tavern were visited.
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Des Moines
Nelson
Monona Novice Shorthand Team Clinches State Gold Trophy
The Monona high school novice shorthand team won first place and the gold trophy at the state contest in Newton. Team members include Doris Wagner Lorraine Moses and Virginia Rittenhouse with Donna Marie Kolbe as alternate. Commercial teacher Miss Luella Schlotfelt.
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Monona
Monona High School
Newton
Doris Wagner
Lorraine Moses
Virginia Rittenhouse
Donna Marie Kolbe
Luella Schlotfelt
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Asereess
Carney
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Bills
Owen
Elsie Saxton
DeWitt
Metta Whitcomb
Iowa Library Association
Bath
Llth Street
Harley McCalley
Townsend Club No
Memorial Hall
Alta Peterson
Center Point
St. Luke’s Hospital
Reginald Adams
Sara Nott
Farley
Dubuque County
Merle A Knight
O. R. Howie
Ray Adams
Monticello
Forrest McCalley
Walker
McCalley
Earl Helbig
Downey
Benjamin H. Shaw
Wendell Bills
Milo Vanderlinden
E. A. Lagerquist
Presbyterian Church
H. F. Gordon of
Martello
Brother
C. E. Gordon
Fred Rowe
Los Angeles
Charles T. Rowe
Mrs. Rowe
Earl Welsher
Spahn and Rose Lumber Company
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
F. L. Nickeson
Minnesota
C. V. R. de Jong
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lloyd de Jong
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Albert Jordan
Roy
Bill Scott
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
Lieut. Jordan
Supt. C. B Vernon
Margaret Laxson
Ontario
Ore
Rankin
Ralph L. Powers
Atty. Ree
John M. Rankin
Keouk
Rotary Club
Rotary Ams
A. C. Peterson
L. L. Carr
W. H. Mitchell
E. M. Phillips
Bill Johnston
Co. B. Christian
N J. Breckner
W. T Smith
F. W. Loftus
Upper Iowa University
Mary Frances Humphry
Arlene McMinimee
Wayne Timm
Irene Alderson
Claude Welch
Eugene Johnson
Leo Ponsar
Maquoketa
Verna Flagel
Gus Flagel
Kenneth van Horn
Anna van Horn
First Lutheran
Mueller
Anna Belle van Horn
Wayne Flagel
Wanda Lee
Marilyn Stamp
N. J. Warren
St. Mary’s Hospital
Buchanan County
Aurora
Quasqueton
Jesup
Rowley
Brandon
Lamont
Fairbank
Hazleton
Winthrop
Jack
Antw
Donta
du Pont
Duco
Standard Tire Company
First Avenue and
First Street NE
DIAL
Pont
Louis C. Kaiser
Optometrist
Higley Bldg
McKay
Neisner
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