Prisoners Of War Aid Iowa Can Bounty Of Canning
Iowa's 38 sweetcorn canning plants near peak production with no crop loss from labor shortages. 220 prisoners of war are assigned to plants in Waverly Ackley Hampton Grundy Center and Reinbeck with 25 more to Wapello this week. 150 prisoners to tomato canning in Muscatine planned later this month.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
George D. Haskell
Waverly
Ackley
Hampton
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Wapello
Muscatine
Haskell
Paula Anderson To Head Rainbow Assembly
Paula Anderson will be installed Thursday as honorary worthy adviser of Belle Plaine Rainbow. Lillian Beck becomes Miss Beck station of active worthy adviser. Installing officer Electa Groszkruger aided by Helen Pfingsten Jean Newland and Charlene Stettler. Other officers include Mary Fige J Vifquain Margaret racheid Patsy Jares Virginia Dickey and many more. Flower bearers Sharon Williams and Mary Beck will assist. Mrs Grace Dierks pianist.
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Belle Plaine
Paula Anderson
Lester Anderson
Belle Plaine Rainbow Assembly
Lillian Beck
Burdette Beck
Electa Groszkruger
Helen Pfingsten
Jean Newland
Charlene Stettler
Mary Fige
Vifquain
Charity
Margaret Racheid
Hope
Patsy Jares
Virginia Dickey
Wene Leonard
At. Lund
Beth Stettler
Margaret Little
Shirley Stoddard
Ruti Carlson
Nature
Sue Visquain
Virginia Chambers
Fidelity
Eloise Frazier
Audrey Kern
Service
Jean Burrows
Confidential Observer
Marilyn Tappan
Outer Observer
Nancy Conrad
Marjory Mason
Sharon Williams
Mary
Jimmie Beck
Grace Dierks
Virginia
Robert Beck
George Janes
Services for Judge Nichols Held in Bachus Minn
Judge Clarence Nichols age 76 was found dead Monday in his cabin at Bachus Minn Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at Elk horn Funeral home.
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Vinton
Clarence Nichols
Bachus, Minn
Elkhorn Funeral Home
Sietkes to Open American Lutheran Church Convention
The Rev. H. W. Sietkes will conduct opening services for the Town and Country Church clinic in Strawberry Point from Sept 11 to 15. Attending speakers include Rev. R. E. Glaser and Dr. E. Meuser, with St Sebald Lutheran Church hosting the Thursday evening service marking the 90th anniversary of the former Iowa Synod.
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Strawberry Point
H. W. Sietkes
American Lutheran Church
Town and Country Church
R. E. Glaser
Sugar Grove
Ohio
M. Schroeder
Lincoln
Neb
G. Kuhlmann
Sumner
Marcus Recke
Columbus
A. D. Mattson
Augustana College
Rock Island
E. W. Mueller
Martinsdale
E. A. Biedermann
Des Moines
E. Meuser
Home Missions
E. J. Braulick
Wartburg College
Waverly
Expansion program outlined by Iowa Lutheran church
The Iowa district meeting of the American Lutheran church announced an expansion plan including 100000 for Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque and over 200000 for Wartburg College in Waverly. A regional meeting on September 7 and 8 will include representatives from the Dakotas Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and other central districts. The Dubuque seminary seeks a new dormitory and books while Wartburg College plans a sizable expansion of its physical plant.
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Waverly
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Wartburg College
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ilinois
Innocent Pleas Entered In Child Neglect Case
In Des Moines municipal court on Wednesday Mrs. Alvena Holiday 25 and Thomas Galvin entered innocent pleas to charges of contributing to the neglect of children. A police report stated the couple confined their two children in a pig shed for part of two days. Judge C S Scooter scheduled a hearing for Aug 29.
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Des Moines
Alvena Holiday
Thomas Galvin
C. S. Scooter
Independence Man Killed in Action
Cpl. Arthur J. Anderson age 28 of Independence has been reported killed in action. He enlisted February 16, 1942, and is survived by his father, five sisters including Lt Mabel Anderson and Lt Ella Mae Anderson stationed near Rome, Mrs Esther Antons of Dundee, Mrs Agnes Grimm of Cedar Rapids, Edith Anderson of Los Angeles, and a brother Pfc. Scott Anderson serving overseas.
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Independence
Arthur J. Anderson
Marine Corps
War Department
Charles F. Anderson
Mabel Anderson
Ella Mae Anderson
Rome
Esther Antons
Dundee
Agnes Grimm
Cedar Rapids
Edith Anderson
Los Angeles
Pfc
Scott Anderson
MIA B-25 Pilot Lundin Missing Over Burma
War department reports Lt. Robert J. Lundin assume missing in action over Burma. He entered service two years ago and went overseas in February 1944. Survived by wife Liouise Clark and two daughters Regna Gean and Sharon Ann.
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West Union
Robert J. Lundin
Burma
War Department
Liouise Clark
Lundin
Regna Gean
Sharon Ann
Wounded in Action Ssgt Stanley G McAtee in France
Independence dispatch reports Ssgt Stanley G McAtee wounded in action July 23 in France. He is the son of Mrs A A McAtee and was notified by his mother.
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Independence
Stanley G. McAtee
A. A. McAtee
France
Wounded in Action John Wayne Oldridge at France
Cpl Wayne Oldridge 23 was wounded August 7 in France per a war department message to his parents Mr and Mrs Clifford Bostedor. He enlisted March 1940 and has been overseas since December 1943 serving as a gunner in a tank destroyer company.
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Troy Mills
Wayne Oldridge
France
War Department
Clifford Bostedor
Cpl
Oldridge
Purple Heart for Pvt Burckart Sent Home From War Service
Pvt. Donald P. Burckart, wounded in France, has been sent to his parents near Mc Gregor. A letter to his mother says he is recovering in an English hospital after service since 1940. He served in Iceland nearly two years before being sent to England and France.
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McGregor
Pvt
Donald P. Burckart
France
L. A. Burckart
Near
Pvt. Burckart
England
Iceland
New Upper Iowa Journalism Head
Fayette Dr. Vivian T. Smith announced the addition of a journalism department and named Dr. Pen Hawkins as professor and director of publicity. The post war curriculum change aims to prepare returning students. Hawkins serves as Burr Oak Community church pastor with extensive degrees and journalism experience. His wife and two children will relocate to Iowa, settling in Fayette or Burr Oak.
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Gazette
Fayette
Vivian T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Pen. Hawkins
Sandra Lee
Paul
Iowa
Burr Oak
Mrs. Gertrude Foster Dies in Los Angeles
Marion mourns the death of Mrs. Gertrude Foster widow of J H Foster former superintendent of the Iowa division of the Milwaukee railroad She died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles and belonged to the Entre Nous club of Marion.
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Gertrude Foster
J. H. Foster
Iowa Division
The
Milwaukee Railroad
Local notices and personal updates from Cedar Rapids area
The clipping lists personal notices from residents including a wounded son in France sending a letter dated August 13, a K W Kendalls daughter Kathryn Kendall earning an M A from Iowa State College and continuing teaching in Cedar Rapids, plus various ads and notices about church meetings, housing wants, hospital patients, football equipment distribution, and service members returning from the Southwest Pacific on leave.
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Kathryn Kendall
Karl W. Kendalls
Iowa State College
McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa Notes on School Registration and Local Visits
Freshmen in Marion high school register Friday and each class follows on subsequent days. Local entries report visits, military inductions at Fort Snelling, and servicemen families gathering in Marion. Mrs Blinks returns from Chicago and Wisconsin while others depart for Seattle and Sioux Falls. Local residents host relatives and service members.
Victor Bowman Rites Held for Local World War I Veteran
Military services were held Tuesday for Will C Bowman 54 a veteran of World War I and first commander of Harold E Smith post of the American Legion. He died Saturday at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. Surviving are his wife two children Howard and Delores two brothers Ellis and Oliver Bowman both of Victor three sisters Ala Leila Bowman also of Victor and Mrs M B DePutron Jersey City N J.
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Victor
Will C. Bowman
Harold E. Smith
American Legion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Howard
Delores
Ellis
Oliver Bowman
Ala
Leila Bowman
M. B. DePutron
Jersey City
N. J
Fort Madison Soldier Awarded Silver Star
The War Department announced Tech. Sgt. Harley E. Watts of Fort Madison earned the Silver Star for heroism in Italy. His citation notes he advanced ahead of his platoon, located enemy mortars, fired on them from a position that allowed direct fire, killed one, drove the others back, and captured two.
81 mm mortars and machine guns seized in ammo cache
A large ammunition cache containing 81 mm mortars two light machine guns and substantial ammo was found. Authorities secured the weapons and are investigating the origins and intended use.
Lutheran church rededication honors members in service
Decorah Iowa Dr N Astrup Lar sen president of the Iowa district of the Lutheran church will speak Aug 39 at the rededication of the First Lutheran church auditorium. The service honors 190 church members serving in the armed forces and Dr O J H Preus president of Luther college will speak on behalf of the parents.
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Decorah
N. Astrup Laresen
Iowa
Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
O. J. H. Preus
Luther College
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Toccoa, Ga
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Chicago
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Seattle
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Servicemen’s Wives Club
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