Maj Herrick Listed Missing Since August 6
Special to The Gazette reports Maj Lawrence Herrick a fighter plane pilot who completed 42 missions and 80 sorties over Europe has been missing over France since August 6. His wife Jeanette Hermick received the war department message Monday. Herrick enlisted in 1940, was commissioned in 1941 at Craigfield Alabama and promoted to major in February. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Herrick live in Letts.
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Columbus Junction
Msj
Lawrence Herrick
Europe
France
War Department
Jeanette Hermick
Maj
Herrick
Army Air Corps
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Craigfield
Ala
Charles Herrick
Letts
Iowa City Soldier Belger Dies in France
Sgt James E Belger 31 formerly listed wounded died August 6 in France War Department message to parents Mr and Mrs James Belger He graduated Parnell high school entered service January 1941 trained at Fort Benning Ga overseas fought in North Africa Sicily and the Normandy invasion.
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Iowa City
James E. Belger
France
War Department
James Belger
Parnell High School
Belger
Fort Benning
Normandy
Soldier Byron Deere Jr Wounded in France Receives Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs Byron Deere of Belle Plaine learned Friday their son Byron Deere Jr was wounded by shrapnel on August 11 in France. He is hospitalized in England and has been awarded the Purple Heart.
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Belle Plaine
Byron Deere
Byron, Jr
France
England
Seaman Kenneth Bracy Wounded in South Pacific
Seaman first class Kenneth Bracy was wounded in the South Pacific two months ago. He has already made a satisfactory recovery, according to word received by his mother Mrs. Bessie Bracy in Belle Plaine.
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Belle Plaine
Seaman
Kenneth Bracy
South Pacific
Bessie Bracy
Seaman Bracy
Pvt Joe LaRose Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Private Joe LaRose is awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary combat in a major operation. He has served overseas since May 26 1942 and has been stationed in New Zealand Guadalcanal the Fiji Islands New Georgia and the Solomons.
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Victor
Joe LaRose
New Zealand
Guadalcanal
Fiji Islands
New Georgia
Solomons
Marengo Pilot Casey Still Missing in Europe
Lt. Lawrence R. Casey a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot remains missing in Europe per his parents Mr and Mrs F C Casey. He had earlier been reported safe.
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Marengo
Lawrence R. Casey
Europe
F. C. Casey
Silver Star awarded to Staff Sgt Erwin Drewis for action in Mediterranean
The War Department awarded Staff Sgt Erwin L. Drewis of Tripoli the Silver Star for scouting enemy positions during a February attack in the Mediterranean theater. He advanced ahead of his platoon and dispatched Germans from a house with hand grenades, then burned two German half tracks found there.
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Washington
War Department
Erwin L. Drewis
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Drewis
Linn County Old Settlers to Hold Two Reunion Programs
Earl T. Brockman president of Linn County Old Settlers Association announced the fiftieth fourth annual reunion will hold an afternoon program Thursday at 1 15 p m in the Methodist church due to insufficient park seating. morning events occur at the park.
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Earl T. Brockman
Linn County Old Settlers Association
Brockman
Waitress and Night Manager Wanted at Hallwood Cafe
Classified ad seeks a hostess waitress and a night manager for Hallwood Cafe. Positions require reliable workers with customer service experience and ability to handle late shifts. Apply in person with references. Location Hallwood. Contact details provided in ad.
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Hallwood Cafe
Richard Jordan Family Reunion Held at Neustel Home
The annual family reunion gathered Sunday at Allan P. Neustel home near Central City with thirty seven attendees. An advertisement noted Owen's Cut Rate Drug offering 10 Personna precision blades for one dollar.
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Richard Jordan
Allan P. Neustel
Central City
Owen
Local Notices and Personnel Advertisements
Mrs Emmet Hickey returns from Knoxville to visit brother Seaman Richard Kimball at veterans hospital. Dickey's Grocery seeks full time lady clerk. Mrs Verda Burtis of Fayetteville Ark visits brother in law Lee Brown. Magic Washer loo Thursday special. Donald Tow coast guard motor machinist’s mate arrives with Mrs Tow to visit Emmet Tow family.
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Knoxville
Seaman
Richard Kimball
Veterans Hospital
Verda Burtis
Fayetteville, Ark
Lee Brown
Donald Tow
Coast Guard
Treasure Island
Calif
Tow
Emmet
Theater Manager Cited for War Bond Drive Service
G. E. Rathman of Marion theater received a War Activities committee citation for devotion to a patriotic cause during the fifth war loan drive. He sponsored a war bond premiere on July 11.
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Marion Theater
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
War Finance Committee
U. S. Treasury
Rathman
Dinner honors Pvt Aupperle on furlough and guest
Mr and Mrs Jack Norris hosted a Monday dinner honoring Pvt Howard Aupperle on furlough from foreign service. The event also welcomed Miss Leona Strickland Castor Louisiana as a guest of Pvt Aupperle’s parents, the William J Aupperles.
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Pvt
Howard Aupperle
Foreign Service
Leona Strickland
Castor
Pvt. Aupperle
William J. Aupperles
Brasha Company Offers Thursday Millinery Special
Special for Thursday assortment of full millinery priced at 2.95 dollars. M. L. Brasha Company advertises the sale highlighting value and style for shoppers.
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M. L. Brasha Company
Local Families Return From Ohio Visit and Induction News
Mr and Mrs Dewey Lockey and daughter Phyllis return from Cincinnati where their daughter Seaman Drusilla Mae Van Zandt attends Miami university radio school in Oxford Ohio. A Marion chapter special meeting August 31 at 7 pm marks a Mark degree. Rodney Vahl heads to Fort Snelling Minnesota for induction on Wednesday. Mrs May Vahl hosted a dinner for 12 with Old Settlers Day 50c at Baptist church. Mrs E J Reed hosted a picnic celebrating granddaughters birthdays Marion Shesler of Indiana har.
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Phyllis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Seaman
Drusilla Mae van Zandt
The
Waves
Miami University Radio School
Oxford
Rodney Vahl
Fort Snelling
Minn
May Vahl
E. J. Reed
Marion Shesler
Indiana
Local Attendees Join Event In Bor City
In Bor Indiana and Marion guest Jo Anna Dumbol ton and Gene Rath burn of Sioux Falls were among those present at the gathering.
Farewell Party Highlights Local Departures and News
A farewell picnic honored Meree Peck departing Thursday for Wichita to live with her aunt Miss Joy Fulkerson. Attendees included Joan Gibson, Carol Fairley, Beverly Lutz, Jeanne Nickeson, Beverly Walker, and Darlene Port. Various notices report military inductions and family travels in the community.
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Wichita
Kan
Miss Joy Fulkerson
Joanne Crew
Joan Gibson
Carol Jean Fairley
Beverly Lutz
Jeanne Nickeson
Beverly Walker
Darlene Port
Local Notices of Moves and Transfers
Flitsch's sister Mrs Arthur Hutchins leaves for Los Angeles to join her partner Lee Petersons. Her husband, a seaman second class, is stationed at Norfolk Virginia. Mrs DeWayne Dickey will depart for Petersburg. Sgt Neal DeWees transfers from Camp McCoy Wisconsin to Camp Atterbury Indiana.
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Flitsch
Arthur Hutchins
Los Angeles
Lee Petersons
Norfolk, Va
Neal DeWees
Camp McCoy
Wis
Camp Atterbury
Indianapolis
September Tire Quota Cuts Hike Des Moines District
Des Moines district announces September quotas for 17 900 tires across 64 counties with a 4 667 drop in new passenger car tires while other categories show modest increases. Large truck tires remain well below needs but improve from August. bicycle allocations rise sharply to 265.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Kline
Highway Workers Struck By Truck Near Waukon
Three state highway workers were injured Tuesday night when hit by a truck driven by Ray Vickery of Harpers Ferry as they walked along Highway 51 nine miles southwest of Waukon. Albert Long age 64 suffered a broken arm and collar bone, William Tobin age 40 a spinal injury and fractured pelvis, George McShane age 58 a bruised arm. Long and Tobin were admitted to a La Crosse Wisconsin hospital.
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Gazette
Waukon
Ray Vickery
Harper’s Ferry
Albert Long
William Tobin
George McShane
Long
Tobin
Wis
Polio Cases in Iowa Not Reaching Epidemic Level
Dr. Carl Jordan of the Iowa state health department said on Wednesday that poliomyelitis cases reported this month in Iowa have not reached epidemic proportions. So far this month there have been 43 cases, versus 35 for all of August last year.
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Des Moines
Carl Jordan
State Health Department
Iowa
First Lt Merlyn B Phillips Killed in Action in France
First Lt Mer lyn B Phillips 25 was killed in action in France on August 10 per a war department message to his wife Irene Otterbeck. An air observer he had earned the Air Medal. Survived by wife a year old son Jimmie his mother Mrs Helen Blake Phillips Gridley Kan his father Leon A Blake Volga City a sister Mrs Ray Kellogg Strawberry Point two brothers Layla Blake Minneapolis and Dean Blake in the navy and his grandmother Mrs C C Blake.
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Volga City
Merlyn B. Phillips
France
War Department
Irene Otterbeck
Phillips
Ireland
England
Jimmie
Helen Blake Phillips
Gridley
Kan
Leon A. Blake
Ray Kellogg
Strawberry Point
Layla Blake
Minneapolis
Dean Blake
Navy
C. C. Blake
Iowa in Brief Roundup Across Communities
Fire devastates a barn near Clermont killing two horses and nine calves and destroying farm outputs including oats hay phosphate harnesses and a hammermill. Community reunions furlough returns charity dance promotions honors farewell notices and staff promotions follow across Clutier Earlville Vining Baldwin Wilton Junction Newhall and nearby towns.
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Arthur Mott
Mott
Clutier
Karkosh
Earlville
Elmer Carty
Coast Guard
Saipan
Margaret Carty
Vining
C.S.A. Lodge
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Baldwin
Baldwin Dancel
Wilton Junction
Fred K. Latchaw
War Department
Newhall
Center Point School Hosts Tenth Annual Reunion
Center Point hosts the tenth annual reunion of former teachers and pupils at the schoolhouse this Sunday. In Wapello, Wanda Werner was elected president of Louisa county rural teachers, with Gladys Ball as vice president, Maxine Blankenhorn secretary, and June Harder treasurer.
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Center Point
Wapello
Wanda Werner
Louisa County Rural Teachers
Gladys Ball
Maxine Blankenhorn
June Harder
Iowa City youths sentenced to Anamosa reform school
District Judge Harold D. Evans sentenced Clarence Hull and Richard Sauer, both of Iowa City, to serve original 10 year terms at the Anamosa state reformatory for breaking parole pledges. Hull forged checks after leaving the state. Sauer stole a taxi on August 22 and crashed it, causing $200 in damage.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
Clarence Hull
Richard Sauer
Anamosa State Reformatory
Hull
Dixon
Pat Murphy
Sauer
Deluxe Cab Company
Braulick Resigns as Wartburg College President
Wartburg College president Dr E J Braulick resigns his post effective immediately accepted by the board led by Rev L L Beck The Wartburg alumnus has led the college since 1935 and hopes to remain on the faculty He previously served as pastor of the Lutheran church at Celwein for many years
Aunt Het on Sue Pearl Broad Mindedness
A quote portrays Sue Pearl as not criticizing others while noting she truly doesn’t care, reflecting a wry attitude on social ease. The remark frames Sue Pearl’s reputation for tolerance as indifference rather than generosity.
Davenport Woman Elected 2nd VP of National Hairdressers Group
Mrs Mayme Madden of Davenport Iowa was elected second vice president at the National Association of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists closing session Tuesday night after a three day convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
Mayme Madden
Davenport
National Association of Hairdressers and
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