First WAAC Officers Commissioned at Fort Des Moines
Fort Des Moines saw 436 women commissioned as WAAC third officers with Gen. Marshall lauding the class. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers urged their duty as soldiers, Oveta Hobby presided as WAAC director, and oath was given by Maj. Gen. Ulio with diplomas from Maj. Gen. Uhl. Guests included Gov. George A. Wilson and Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl.
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Fort Des Moines
WAAC
Army
Marshall
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
France
England
Rogers
Waacs
America
Seventh Service Command
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Charles H. Grahl
Tama Indian Youth Sentenced to 30 Years in Reformatory
Willard Sanache, 21, an Indian youth on the Tama reservation, received 30 years in the Anamosa state reformatory for a string of car thefts and burglaries. Two younger boys, arraigned in juvenile court, were sent to Eldora but paroled to Indian authorities. The trio were arrested after a multi county pursuit that included a farmer's cornfield and a crashed stolen car. Sanache faces a total of 70 years with some terms to run concurrently.
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Toledo
B. F. Thomas Friday
Willard Sanache
Tama
Anamosa State Reformatory
Sanache
Eldora
Iowa City updates include nutrition chief resignation and bond totals
Mrs Verne W Bales resigns as head of the Iowa City nutrition program but remains chairman of selling nutrition booklets. Johnson county war bond drive nears its yearly quota with 9 884 dollars to go. Petit jurors for September term named and will report Sept 28. grand jury due first Monday. Johnson county rural scrap drive planned with farmer reply cards. junk dealers offer ten dollars per ton for scrap delivered and eight dollars if hauled by request.
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Iowa City
Verne W. Bales
Bales
Johnson County
Ed Sulek
R. J. Jones
R. Nielson Miller
Jack White
Accused Cattle Thief Returned to West Union
Sheriff A J Kutschat brought Alfred George Kohler 34 to West Union from Aberdeen South Dakota after Kohler confessed to stealing five fat two year old steers August 16 from Lou and Oscar Hunsberger near Wadena The suspect said he trucked the cattle to Aberdeen and sold them to a slaughterhouse His 17 year old brother in law also left with him but was not present at the time of questioning.
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West Union
A. J. Kutschat
Aberdeen
S. D
Alfred George Kohler
Kohler
Wadena
Kutschet
Lou
Oscar Hunsberger
Supply deliveries to military units this week
This week items were completed and sent to county headquarters including eight sleeveless sweaters two helmets and three pairs of rifle mitts for the army and fourteen pair of navy socks six turtle neck navy sweaters five sleeveless 2 ape relief garments two ladies sweaters one pair of socks and five children's sweaters for the navy.
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Ie Army
The
Navy
Webster Consolidated School to Open in September
Webster consolidated school will open Monday with Supt. A. C. Kepler entering his ninth year and Ada Zimmerman, Mrs. Agnes Hayworth and one more to be hired. Grade teachers include Roey Butler, Mrs. Gilmore, and Mary Pettigrew. bus drivers listed. Local communities note several area events and staff appointments across Anamosa, Traer, Luana, Marengo, and other towns.
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Webster
Webster Consolidated School
Supt
A. C. Kepler
Ada Zimmerman
Ladora
Agnes Hayworth
Sigourney
Roey Butler
North English
Gilmore
Mary Pettigrew
Ottumwa
Cecil Shifflet
Henry Frederickson
Lynn Harris
Roy Sorden
Ae Shifflet
Warren Snakenberg
Clair Shifflet
Iowa Deaths List Brings Several Local Obituaries
The column records deaths across Iowa communities including Walker, Decorah, Vinton, Olin and Toledo. It lists survivors such as spouses, children, and grandchildren, funeral dates, and burial sites, with notes on birthplaces and prior residences.
Legion Backs U S Scrap Drive For War Relics
DES MOINES AP The Iowa American Legion and its auxiliary endorsed the federal call to convert metal relics from past wars into scrap. A rival group urged protest saying historic objects should not be scrapped until resources are exhausted. Colonel Padgett said no coercion is involved.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Legion
Dan J. O'Brien
American Legion
O'Brien
Thomas H. Tracey
Manchester
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
Col
W. L. Padgett
Fort Des Moines
Five Keokuk Residents Rescued After Boat Capsize
Five Keokuk residents were saved when their outboard motor boat capsized in the Mississippi River Friday. Joe Inman spotted the accident and rushed to assist them in his boat.
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Keokuk
Mississippi River
Joe Inman
Dorchester Ceremony Links Schulte and Hammill in Dorchester
Miss Mary Margaret Schulte of Dorchester and Francis Sidney Hammill of Decorah were married at St Marys Catholic church in Dorchester by Rev M J Brogan. Dinner followed for 75 at the bride’s home and a reception was held later at Blue Moon pavilion in Eitzen Minnesota. The bride taught in rural schools and the groom works at Lange jewelry in Decorah where they will live. WAUKON Public schools open Monday with added military training and physical fitness courses under new coach Ivan Blackmer. Several teaching positions remain to be filled with staff listed including Orr, Hager, Huene man, Olson, Maurer, Rueggemeier, Rowe, Sallis, Stilwell.
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Elberon
George Strochata
Charles Strochata
Mayme Riha
James Riha
Chelsea
Lancaster
W. A. Shelton
Millie Buresh
Traer and Corp
Joseph Pavlicek
Fort Oglethorpe
TRAER
D. R. Cottrell
Alfaretta Gregg
Viola Moeller
Pauline Harold
Kenneth Smith
Rheon Woodward
George Roberts
Albert Shepherd
Marjorie Child Lundt
Middy McNeal
Theodore Stueben
Lowell Teckenberg
Henry Teckenberg
Unionville
Walter H. Clark
Stueben
Luana
Kathleen Norris
Waterloo
State Teachers College
Beatrice Hoehne
F. M. Gillispie
Will Gillispie
Red Wood City
Calif
Shellsburg
Francis Pickett
Minneapolis
Federated Church
Belgian Congo
Tiffin
Gertrude Smith
Viva Strong
Gayle England
G. M. Ludwig
H. C. Hanson
Lenox Colwee
Svens
Spainton
Javvs A. Johnston
Hopkinton
Chanute Field
Ill
Breanc
Army Air Forces Technical School
Anamosa High School
Supt
G. B. Kinser
I. A. Mirick
Anamosa
Ashland
Ore
Donald Olson
Chariton
Atkins Public
University of Iowa
University
Atkins
Barbara Beard
Iowa State Teachers College
Board of Education
Lewis K. Kemley
Beard
Schaller
Betty Ann Day
Harry Day
Lawrence Lubben
John Lubben
Grace Lutheran Church
San Antonio
Texas
John Scherrer
Ray Knudsen
St. Paul, Minn
Lubben
Erick Brynildson
Taylor, NL
Chicago
Delia Brynildson
Harry Trout
Trotter
Chicago Union Station Company
Maynard High School
Volga City
Victorine Kelley
Dubuque
Volga School Board
Ming
Ray Loomis
Belmont
Wis
Center Junction
Mark Risinger
Bernice White
Dorothy Thompson
Olive Bender
Evelyn Sorensen
Fred Lewis
Manchester
Lyman Bort
Franklin Street
Emhylyn Smith
Laura Lewis
Delaware County
Des Moines
Delaware Board
van Horne
Clemet Paul Cantwell
United States Navy
Atlantic
Thomas Cantwell
C. L. Akers
Anderson
Ind
Columbus Junction
Rachel Bond
Mary Bond
Columbus City
L. A. Schumach
Davenport
Newcomb Memor
Davaint
John H. Gabriel
Fort Atkinson
Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Wayne Saunders
Smith
C. T
M. E. Clifford Mader
Floyd
Mervin
Or Semaine
Clifford Mader
Cor
Edith Tenney
Decorah
Frank Kelly
Kelly
Monona
Sergt
Clifton J. Bernhard
Clarence Bernhard
Alberta Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Camp Haan
McGregor
Clermont
Ray Vasby
Horan
Donald Horan
Pueblo Ordnance Depot
Pueblo
Colo
Francis Horan
Camp Roberts
Far Lawton
Seattle
Wash
Walford
G. W. Argo
Marna Shinn
Margaret Munneke
Margaret Vesely
Aileen Larson
Mary Gray
Mary Elien Bowler
Tipton
Cedar County
Jane McCormick
Waukon
Eunice Kessel
Henry Kessel
Roger Bender
E. J. McDonald
Marie King
Raymond Ruffridge
Mary Margaret Schulte
Benjamin J. Schulte
Dorchester
Francis Sidney Hammill
Joseph Hammill
Lansing
M. J. Brogan
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Blue Moon Pavilion
Eitzen
Minn
Lanesboro
Lange Jewelry
B. K. Orr
Ivan Blackmer
B. Orr
M. H. Oe
Blackmer
Dorothy Dickson
Robert Hager
Smith- Hughes
Calvin Hueneman
Phyllis
Lois Olson
Darwin Maurer
Marie Olson
Cora Rueggemeier
Lawrence Rowe
O. E. Sallis
Martha Stilwell
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la Porte City
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Harry Brokaw
Bemidji
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George Eggleston
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Horton
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DeWitt
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Welton
Independence
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Elmwood
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Alcorn-Guenther
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Wilbur Robinson
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Neva Hatcher
Rachel Smith
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Mollie Ebert
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Rapid City
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Velma Switzer
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Ada Nanke
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