Bruns Denies Iowa Plants Hoard Labor
DES MOINES Iowa war plants showing no labor hoarding says C H Bruns state chief of utilization for the War Manpower commission after surveys in over 25 major facilities and spot checks in hundreds more He notes brief production lags cause rumors but investigations found no plant inefficiency and cites high man hour production in Iowa versus national averages with favorable absenteeism and turnover overall
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Des Moines
Llp
C. H Bruns
War Manpower Commission
Iowa
Bruns
WMC
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Clinton
Iowa Township Church Plans Mission Festival
St John s Lutheran church in Iowa township schedules a mission festival with German services led by Rev W Ullerich of Van Horn at 10 am and Rev E Schuelke of Williamsburg at 2 30 pm An English service and evening talk by Rev L Wuerffel of Iowa City follows He will share reports from the Missouri synod convention and on mission work in China India Africa and South America and among service members
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Marengo
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Iowa Township
Otto Beer
W. Ullerich
van Horn
E. Schuelke
Williamsburg
L. Wuerffel
Iowa City
Wuerffel
The
Missouri Synod
Saginaw, Mich
China
India
Africa
South America
Car overturns near Savanna kills two occupants
Anton H Winter 51 of Elizabeth Iowa died when a car they rode in overturned about 100 yards west of the Savanna bridge. Lavern Foley 16 of Savanna Illinois was seriously injured in the same accident.
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Sabula
Anton H Winter
Elizabeth
Lavern Foley
Savanna
Savanna Bridge
Marion News Weekend Updates Blossom With Travel and Ads
Mrs. Max Berlin and daughters Sally Jo Sharon Lee and Mary Grace leave for Bremerton Washington to reside with Seaman Berlin. Many local residents and families plan visits and vacations including trips to Northwood Rockford Ill and Fort Smith Ark. Advertisements promote summer clearance prices groceries seersucker dresses and home goods from local stores.
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Sally Jo
Sharon Lee
Mary Grace
Bremerton
Wash
Seaman
Berlin
Don McElhenney
Hublers Charged with Disturbing Worshippers
Tipton Gilber Hubler of Cedar Valley faced arraignment in Cedar County before Judge Leatherby on an assault charge with charges of disturbing an assembly at religious worship filed for May 14 and July 30. His brothers Kenneth and William and mother Mrs Milton Hubler also face related accusations stemming from a dispute over services at the Cedar Valley school house near the Hubler home.
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Tipton
Gilbert Hubler
Cedar Valley
Stanwood
C A. Leatherby
Cedar County
Kenneth
William
Milton Hubler
Hubler
Hublers
Death notices from Iowa for Silas Fox and Marie Numedahl
Services for Silas Fox 89 longtime McGregor resident were held Friday at Pilkington funeral home. He died Wednesday at Charles Carroll farm where he had worked for years. Marie Numedahl 78 of Calmar died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Elmie Dalens home.
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McGregor
Silas Fox
Pilkington
Charles Carroll
Calmar
Marie Numedahl
Elmie Dalen
Calmar Lutheran Church
Dalen
Adolph Detroit
Mich
George
Decorah
Hartvig
Clarence
Wykoff
Minn
Minnie Grant
Leonard
N. D
Theodore Samuelson
Adolph Samuelson
Ridgefield
Wash
Cadet Training Flight Heads to Sioux City Base
The first group of 100 civil air patrol cadets and air corps reservists left Des Moines for a week of training at the Sioux City bomber base. The cadets came from Des Moines Boone Davenport and Independence squadrons. About 200 more will train at the base in subsequent weeks.
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INS
Civil Air Patrol
Air Corps
Sioux City
Boone
Davenport
Independence
East Iowans Listed Dead And Missing
Pvt Louis Lehrman 28 killed June 28 on Saipan during second major battle against the Japs. Entered service October 1941, wounded at Eniwetok, awarded Purple Heart on 28th birthday. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Herman Lehrman near Stanwood, three brothers, a sister Eloise, and Cp Merle Lehrman in England. Sgt George T Ward 30 killed July 17 in France. From Kentucky in 1935, worked for John Buresh, enlisted February 1941, overseas December 1942 with tank destroyer battalion. Parents Mr and Mrs Hannibal Ward of Clementsville, Ky, relatives near Mechanicsville.
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Louis Lehrman
Saipan
Hawaiian Islands
Eniwetok
Herman Lehrman
Stanwood
Ervin
Frederick
Eloise
Merle Lehrman
England
George T Ward
France
Kentucky
John Buresh
Fort Lewis
Wash
Hannibal Ward
Clementsville
Everett Francis Kline
Wiliam Kline
Manchester
Edith Hakanson
Leonard Kline
Cedar Rapids
Seaman
Herbert L. Kline
Seattle
Two Clayton County Soldiers Killed in Action
Pie Marvin Kraus 31 killed July 5 in France. Entered service June 1942 and overseas last March. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs August Kraus Garna ville and three brothers Eugene Lincoln Donald Edgewood. Clifford C. Lamphiear 28 killed June 27 on Saipan. Entered service Sept 30 1943 and overseas since last March. Survived by wife and baby son and mother Mrs Roy Showalter Edgewood.
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Clayton County
War Department
Pie Marvin Kraus
France
August Kraus
Garnaville
Eugene
Lincoln
Donald Edgewood
Pic
Clifford C. Lamphiear
Elkport
Saipan
Hiss
Roy Showalter
Edgewood
Fireman Leppla Missing in Action from Wilton Junction
Fireman First Class Chauncey William Leppla 19 is missing in action. His mother Mrs Mary Leppla was advised by the navy. He has not heard from in 10 weeks after enlisting in November 1942. His brothers LaVerne a seaman and Cpl Harold Leppla are in service. sister Mrs Arthur Farmer resides in Wilton.
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Chauncey William Leppla
Mary Leppla
Navy Department
Leppla
Navy
LaVerne
Cpl
Harold Leppla
Fort Pierce
Fla
Arthur Farmer
Wilton
Murphey Family Informs of Missing Nephew in France
Independence residents Mr and Mrs Fred W Murphey report their nephew Pfc Albert L Dewey has been listed missing in action in France since July 13. The family lives on route 3 in Independence.
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Independence
Fred W. Murphey
Route 3
Pfc
Albert L. Dewey
France
Missing in Action Sgt. Richard Hovey Reported
Independentist reports S/Sgt. Richard Norman Hovey turret gunner on a bomber has been missing in action since July 28. He entered service in March 1943 and has been stationed in England since last April. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hovey.
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Independence
Richard Norman Hovey
England
Sherman Hovey
Roy T. Pullen Weds Zoe Spitler in Des Moines
Roy T. Pullen of Spencer chairman of the state board of control and Zoe Spitler secretary in the board's purchasing department were married in Des Moines Thursday night.
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Des Moines
Roy T. Pullen
Spencer
State Board of Control
Zoe Spitler
Parents Hear from Their Son Held by Japs Since May 1942
Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson received a 200 word letter from their son Cpl James Wilson a prisoner of war at Osaka Japan one of the enemy s leading naval bases The letter dated July 3 1943 took 13 months to reach them and was the third message since he was captured at Corregidor May 6 1942 He reports he is well and working six days a week with pay and Sundays off.
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Cpl
James Wilson
Osaka
Japan
Wilsons
Corregidor
Primary Election Ballots Won't Be Burned This Year
Des Moines AP Attorney General office ruled that primary election ballots and nomination papers may be destroyed ten days before the November general election if no contest is pending. Ballots must be torn and mutilated so they cannot be identified as any ballot.
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DES Moines
Ap)-L
John Rankin
Robert Larson
John J Henneberry
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Henneberry
Larson
Wives Misuse Allotment Money Spark Iowa Service Cases
Iowa Humane Society reports July cases rise due to servicemen families mismanaging $140 to $180 monthly allotments. Families funded purchases for self and taxi fares while children lack clothing. Poor drinking habits and new social circles blamed. 35 of 161 active July cases involve service members' families over money sex or child welfare.
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Des Moines
Iowa Humane Society
Tire panel approves 190 large truck tires
Des Moines reports the emergency truck tire panel approved applications for 190 large-size truck tires on Thursday to ration tires amid a rubber shortage.
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DES Moines
Creation of New State Aeronautics Commission Asked
Des Moines reports a proposed Iowa aviation law draft to create a state aeronautics commission with licensing power over airplanes and pilots. Fees would be set at one percent of new plane price, 40 cents per 100 pounds empty weight, plus annual reductions. Pilots mechanics teachers and riggers would register for 25 cents yearly, and aviation gasoline tax would be three cents per gallon. The plan aims to spur community air field development for postwar transport value.
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INS
State Aeronautics Commission
Iowa
Towa
Anamosa Line Man Survives 7220 Volts Incident
Anamosa native Ray Seeley, a line man for Iowa Electric, grabbed a live wire delivering 7220 volts near Manchester while inspecting a high line. He suffered a severe hand burn and temporary paralysis on his right side, with statistics noting he is among one in ten thousand to survive such shocks.
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Anamosa
Ray Seeley
Iowa Electric Company
Iowa Electric
Manchester
Seeley
1400 Millworkers Strike At Three Dubuque Plants
About 1,400 workers at Farley Loetscher Carr Adams and Collier Metz plants in Dubuque walked out Friday morning to protest the War Labor board's delay in deciding issues with their employers. Office and maintenance staff remained at work. no picket lines were reported.
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War Labor Board
Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company
Carr, Adams and Collier Company
Metz Manufacturing Company
Striking Carpenters Halt Curtis Sash and Door Plant
Production stopped at the Curtis sash and door plant in Clinton as 400 Carpenters Union members walked off the job at 7 am Friday. Workers picketed and the stoppage affected operations at the facility.
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Clinton
Curtis Company
Carpenters Union
Five Iowans Promoted In Military Ranks
The War Department announced temporary promotions for five eastern Iowans. Marvin Harold Linn of Atalissa moves from first lieutenant to captain, while John Julian Greer of Iowa City becomes first lieutenant. Cecil Henry Hamilton of Mr Pleasant, Bradford Kuhns MacGaw of Mr Vernon, and Keith Raymond Lindsey of Wyoming rise from second to first lieutenant.
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War Department
Marvin Harold Linn
Atalissa
Cutenant
John Julian Greer
Iowa City
Cecil Henry Hamilton
Pleasant
Bradford Kuhns MacGaw
Vernon
Keith Raymond Lindsey
Wyoming
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