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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1942
Page
5
More than 400 Iowa theaters will participate in September Salute to Our Heroes Month to promote war bond buying. Posters and special postal cards will announce purchases and honor service members. State Director Slater O Hara says stars will visit at least 15 cities as zones and events are organized.
Special to The Gazette items from Clarence Cascade Van Horne Elkader Montour Tipton Manchester Waukon Postville Traer Morley Fayette Wyoming Edgewood Independence Shellsburg and more cover marriages military enlistments park plans school openings homestead valuations and community announcements across Iowa counties including Clayton Del and Bremer with details on individuals institutions and local events.
Reports list multiple deaths in Iowa communities including Waukon Franklin township Bertha Dietrich Jacob F Snively Port Louisa Daven port West View cemetery and Des Moines connections. Names include Lucy Krom Jacob Christ Floyd Gates T W Richards Grant D Bollman and others with survivors and burial plans noted.
The Iowa state highway commission announced low bids for maintenance resurfacing and reconstruction projects in eastern Iowa. Bids include Benton Buchanan Louisa Poweshiek Linn and other counties with firms such as CB De Wees Northern Gravel and Haegg Construction. Several bids noted as rejected or incomplete.
The Wellman school system will open Monday with new teachers Edwin Schreiber Le Grand for physical training Howard E Wagner Riverton for science and mathematics Mary Nesbitt Mr Pleasant for English and dramatics and Thomas Ayres Duluth Minn for music. Also reported is Irene Nabholz marrying Private Wilfred Jones of Gull Lake Sask on August 1 and plans to reside in Regina Sask. Parker's Grove church marked its eighty fourth anniversary with talks from Mrs McAfee and Rev Anthony. Rural districts of Wheatland resume Monday with teachers Lauretia OToole Liz ard Creek Jane Endorf Strackbein Mery Minor Mildred Kelting and Mildred Horstman. In Baldwin Erma Harding and Eldon Dimmer wed after a Catholic ceremony attended by Helen Lofman and Joe Dimmer, followed by a family dinner. Monticello sees Max McCrabb selling Reel Products to M H Lorenzen and Ed Lorenzen of Waterloo. Ed Lorenzen to run Monticello plant. Jerry Sonday remains superintendent. Augusta Melsha as secretary. Lorenzen plans to move family to Monticello. McCrabb also appointed secretary of Jones county rationing board, splitting time between Anamosa and Monticello offices.
Mrs Gertrude Marie Koenig Buswell 25 of Marengo died at Watts hospital after a brief illness. Born October 31 1917 she taught in rural schools and married Howard Buswell on November 26 1936. Survived by husband daughter Lavonne June mother two brothers and a sister. Funeral at St Johns Lutheran Marengo Thursday at 2 p.m. with burial in Loredo Cemetery.
DES MOINES UP The navy is positive German Uboats lack bases on this side of the Atlantic says Capt Leland P Lovette director of public relations He notes new submarines require no bases here and have a 14000 mile cruising radius with crew endurance as the limiting factor
Certification of the United Rubber Workers CIO local union as collective bargaining agency for Des Moines ordnance plant workers remained suspended. A stay order from the NLRB regional office in Minneapolis followed a formal protest by the AFL joint organizing committee to last week’s election, in which CIO won 50.1 percent, AFL 44.5 percent, and 5.4 percent voted for neither.
Independence Chamber of Commerce sponsors a county parade and patriotic program to honor Buchanan county service members. The event starts at 8 pm with a parade featuring all organizations, followed by street concerts and a platform program. Treasury official and Navy preflight school officer will speak.
Donald C. Regan, 24, son of Mrs. Genevieve Regan, is listed missing in action at Corregidor, Philippines. Adjutant General notified his mother in Washington after letters dated February 25, believed later found floating, mention two others not received. Regan, born in Riceville Ta, moved to Town City in 1931, graduated St Patrick’s high school, served as sergeant navigator in the Army Air Corps, in sixth year of service. He has three sisters, Mayzee Regan, Francis Murray, and Jerry Wymore in Kansas City Kan.
A farewell program is set for 28 Allamakee county draftees departing Thursday for induction at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Lansing men Leo H. Wagner and Joseph F. Haas will serve as corporals. Among the group is ex serviceman Elmer Schubert of Lansing. others include George Brady Lawrence Bresnahan Alfred Kruger Philip McGraw James McMorrow Ralph Gluck Sidney McClintick Emmet Maloney Milton Van Gorder Harvey Schlitter Milton Kruse Adolph Kuester Dayton Peters Monona Leo Wagner George Clancy Ernest Easley Donald Hammel Frank Schubert Bernard Zeimer Lansing Donald Easley Raymond O'Brien Harpers Ferry Henry Steffens Postville Verdun Fre dendall Morris Halverson Waterville Victor Headland Genoa Neb Sigurd Meyer New Albin.
Mrs Laura Swope of North English will celebrate her ninety first birthday on August 29. She is the town’s only widow of a Civil War veteran. Born Laura McKinstry in Mercer County Illinois, she moved to Iowa in 1866, taught school 10 years, and later lived on a farm before moving here 30 years ago. Her husband B A Swope served in Company G Eighth Iowa Infantry. She has two daughters, Rose Knipfer of North English and Martha Molloy of Rochester Minnesota. She remains active and in reasonably good health living alone.
Rex Willis, 20, who supported his parents, injured his hand at a Des Moines ordnance plant. Doctors said he would be in the hospital a month. A hospital visitor and plant workers raised 315.85 dollars for his recovery.
The Rev Thomas O'Toole aged 42 pastor of St Marys Catholic church Lycurgus six miles north of Waukon will report September 5 at Camp Wallace Texas to be inducted into the army as chaplain He is the third priest from Allamakee county to join the colors joining Rev Joseph Krochesky and Rev Edward Sullivan.
William I. Simpson 39 of Ainsworth sworn into a navy construction regiment after enlistment on Tuesday. The new dependency bill will provide his family $184.20 a month to maintain the home and keep the children in school. Simpson’s children are Laird 16 Bonnie 15 Robert 13 Raymond 10 George 8 Edith 6 John 4 Calvin 2 and Lawrence 1. He says Laird will likely follow him into the navy when he finishes high school next spring.
Ames sociologist Ray E Wakeley forecast that if World War II lasts through 1945 the United States will see a birth deficit of 3 to 4 million. Births would fall by about 1 million below normal even if the war ends next year, with a later rebound but years of population imbalance to follow. Wakeley warned that every social institution will face problems from the unborn.
District Judge Ralph Pritchard permanently restrains the General Drivers union from picketing the Palmer Fruit plant in Sioux City. The judge ruled the picketing illegal since the plant was not organized and no strike was in progress. Union leaders planned an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court after a temporary injunction was issued about a year ago.
Des Moines rationing officer Harold Teachout announced a September bike allotment of 1212 with 444 held in reserve and 768 to be rationed. County allotments include Polk 55 Black Hawk 46 Pottawattamie 45 Woodbury 5 Clinton 24 Des Moines 18 Scott 25 Story 30 Dubuque 28 Fayette 12 Lee 24 Marshall 18 Page 12 Wapello 25 Washington 10 Linn 20 Mahaska 17 Webster 20.
University of Iowa registrar Harry G. Barnes announced fall registration will be held September 5 and 7 in Iowa City. Classes begin September 8. Registration materials for various student groups become available early September. medical and nursing freshmen not admitted in September.
The Iowa City council after a special meeting and two closed sessions granted Police Judge William J. Smith a leave of absence and appointed Edward W Lucas to succeed him Smith has enlisted in the United States navy No successor to Lucas was named The council suspended parts of the new milk ordinance during the war The Iowa City schools will hire 14 new teachers this year with two women The supervisor of physical education in elementary schools will be filled by Mass Jane Fink The civilian defense director Iver Jennings is ordered to report to Miami Beach for officer training in the air intelligence service Jennings, a World War I naval veteran, organized the 186th ambulance corps in Iowa City which later became the medical unit of the national guard now on active duty in Ireland.
The seventh annual Hey Day celebration sponsored by the Manchester Legion post will be held Wednesday September 2 at the Manchester fairgrounds. The gate will be free and parking space will be provided.
Iowa City residents heard the new air raid warning whistle on Wednesday noon in a test. The device nicknamed Screaming Mamie was installed Tuesday and sounded 15 blasts lasting five seconds with three seconds between. Fred H Ambrose urged citizens to tune their ears to the sound to recognize it when needed.
FAIRBANKS Alaska Harry Ray 74 watchman at the Chena Bar was freed Wednesday after a coroner s jury found he acted in self defense in the fatal shooting of R W Howe 25 a Des Moines Iowa truck driver The incident followed Howe allegedly becoming abusive in the bar and attacking Ray with a soda bottle Ray fired twice hitting Howe in the wrist and heart
Des Moines AP reports the three week strike by automobile mechanics in Des Moines ended Wednesday night. Dealers and repair shops in the Des Moines Automobile Dealers Association had been closed two and a half weeks while International Association of Machinists Local 254 members refused to work without a new contract.
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