Heart Attack Blamed in Farm Death Fire
Lon R. Watters 72 was found dead and burned on his Anamosa area farm after a brush fire. Coroner ruled heart attack as the cause. fire burned five acres while Watters walked toward his car. Survived by five daughters and son Tom F. Watters. Services set for Tuesday at Smykil funeral home.
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The
Gazette
Anamosa
Lon R. Watters
Tom Watters
Watters
Arizona
Tom F. Watters
George Northrup
Wood
Wis
Earl ‘Schuchman
Jackson
Miss
William Shinkus
Moline
Ill
Andy Neilsen
Marvin Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Smykil Funeral Home
W C T U Launches New Crusade in Des Moines
Mrs. Ida B Wise Smith national president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union announces a fresh anti liquor campaign for six months. She links drinking to absenteeism in war industry and urges public education between anniversaries of the temperance movement.
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Des Moines
INS
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bootlegger Sells Liquor to Sailors in Des Moines
Police seek a bootlegger who sold liquor to two sailors aged 17 and 18 on a downtown street corner. The youths bought liquor from a satchel for five dollars a pint and faced intoxication charges by the navy shore patrol. Last month police arrested four juveniles who claimed they bought liquor downtown.
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Des Moines
INS
Navy Shore Patrol
Boy Hunter Dean Johnson Killed in Accident
Shenandoah reports 14 year old Dean Johnson was fatally shot when his gun snagged in brush during a hunting trip on Saturday. The junior high student died from a heart wound in the accident.
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Shenandoah
Dean Johnson
Davenport Woman Sought In Possible Kidnapping Case
Chicago dispatch says police search Marjorie Mittleberger 24 Davenport Iowa and two month old Victor Bateman after they vanished from a Salvation Army women’s emergency lodge. Mary Bateman, the babies mother, says she left the infant with Mittleberger to find new living quarters and the woman left with the child claiming the mother asked her to take the baby to a railroad station. Police report no leads at city railroad stations.
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Chicago
Marjorie Mittleberger
Davenport
Victor Bateman
Salvation Army Women's Emergency Lodge
Mary Bateman
Salvation Army
Maquoketa Papers Reorder News With Service Emphasis
The Jackson Sentinel and Maquoketa Excelsior will publish items about service members before home news due to rising ad volume and limited pages. Carlyle Brown stated service coverage would precede local home items and rural correspondence, easing print constraints.
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Maquoketa
Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa Excelsior
Carlyle Brown
Brown
Iowa Deaths and Obituaries Across Towns
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Manchester Oelwein Oxford Junction Elgin Tipton Marengo and surrounding areas. Mrs John Henry Fuller 65 of Manchester dies after illness. service at Methodist church Tuesday. Helen Vacek 28 of Oxford Junction dies after pneumonia. services at home. Fred Rothlisberger 74 Elgin dies at home. services at Selyria church. Mrs George A Fowlie Tipton Cedar county funeral notice. Ole Olson 62 Marengo dies suddenly at church. survived by wife Peggy and siblings. body at Brown funeral home.
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Manchester
John Henry Fuller
Maurice Raymond
North Franklin Street
Oelwein
Shelly Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Verne
Guy Fuller
Waterloo
Charles Fuller
Dell Fuller
Stanley
Arthur Fuller
West Union
Fred Mishler
Oxford Junction
George Willimack
Helen Evelyn Vacek
Patricia Ann
Robert Charles Vacek
George
Blanche Willimack
Ed Vacek
Alvin Todden
Onslow
Herman Henningsen
Grand Mound
Edwin. Elgin
Fred Rothlisberger
Ruth
Otis
Selyria
Tipton
George A. Fowlie
Cedar County
McCormick Funeral Home
Marengo
Ole Hr. Olson
Olson
Peggy
Rose Frick
Mina Olson
Herman Olson
Los Angeles
Calif
Cora Johnson
Vancouver
Canada
Grant
Jule Olson
Conroy
Lena Disterhoff
Brown Funeral Home
David Conrad Hurt In Glass Door Accident At School
Eleven year old David Conrad son of Mr and Mrs Reuben Conrad sustained severe cuts to head face and hands when he ran into a glass door in the dark schoolhouse hall believing the door was open.
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Lowden
David Conrad
Reuben Conrad
Iowa War Records Project Aims To Preserve Service Histories
The Iowa state historical department under Curator Ora Williams will gather information on Iowans in World War II. Mrs. Bessie Wilson tours counties to arrange coverage and collect photos and service records, including those of KIA soldiers, with many families offering praise for preserving their sons’ legacies. The effort, described as a ten year proposition, ties to two memorial halls in the state building.
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Des Moines
State Historical Department
Iowa
Ora Williams
Bessie Wilson
Williams
Jowan
War Record Bureau
Iowa Trappers Drown In Minnesota Lake
Two Iowa men and a Minnesota man drowned while muskrat trapping on North Silver lake near Fairmont Minnesota on Sunday afternoon. The trio Hillard Theesfield Emil Christiansen and M B Simmons were found 150 feet from shore by the rescue squad after Simmons son spotted a hat on open water. Rescuers said thin ice likely caused the tragedy.
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Fairmont
Minn
Minnesota
North Silver Lake
Here
Hillard Theesfield
Armstrong
Emil Christiansen
Ringsted
M. B. Simmons
Hand's Park
Christiansen
Simmons
Minister and Wife Die in Train Collision Near Mitchellville
The Rev. Monroe Jackson Rarick, 77, and his wife, 67, were killed when a Great Western passenger train struck their car as they drove to church Sunday morning. The couple, from Mitchellville, were dragged about 360 feet. The minister had preached at the local Methodist church twice a month and may not have heard the oncoming train. The coroner reported severe injuries to the minister and a fatal neck and skull fracture to Mrs. Rarick. Bodies were moved to a Newton funeral home.
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IRA
Monroe Jackson Rarick
Mitchellville
Great Western
Rarick
Methodist
J. A. W. Johnson
Sioux City Victim Dies From Honey Plant Blast Burns
Gale Creger 50 of Dakota City Nebraska died in a Sioux City hospital from burns from an explosion that destroyed a Crystal Lake Iowa honey plant on Friday. Creger a World War I veteran was born in Winterset.
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Sioux City
Gale Creger
Dakota City
Neb
Crystal Lake
Creger
Winterset
Vets at Schick Hospital to receive Merry Christmas
About 2,000 gift packages valued at no less than one dollar each are being wrapped for veterans hospitalized at Schick. The Clinton district camp and hospital service committee raised funds for the gifts led by Mrs. Charles Cox. The Clinton Chamber of Commerce will deliver the presents and organize entertainment with trees placed in chapel, wards, and Red Cross center.
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Clinton
Schick General Hospital
Schick
District Camp and Hospital Service Committee
Charles Cox
Davenport
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Clinton U. S. C
Red Cross Center
Southwest Pacific
Red Cross
Iowa Builders Plan Postwar Civic Committees
Des Moines report says the executive board of the Iowa building and construction trades council will form community committees to study postwar construction with city and county officials. It also backs a federal agency to finance private industry in new manufactures like plastics, with Cedar Rapids members P. R. Ferris Ernest St Germain and John Evans present.
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Des Moines
Iowa Building and Construction Trades Council
Boards of Supervisors
P. R. Ferris
Ernest St. Germain
John Evans
Cedar Rapids
Winneshiek County Hunters Trappers Destroy 127 Foxes
DECORAH The fox population in Winneshiek county fell by 127 in November, county auditor Melvin Sattre reported while issuing bounty warrants. Forty three hunters joined. Hans Brunsvold and Esten Engen led with 43 pelts each, followed by Chris Hoeg and Earl Bennett with 10 apiece. Julius Invick had eight, others ranged one to three. A dike break near Luther College farm prompted a board of supervisors visit where nine large turkeys were found killed by foxes.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Melvin Sattre
Hans Brunsvold
Esten Engen
Highland Township
Chris Hoeg
Earl Bennett
Frankville
Julius Invick
Springfield
Upper
Iowa River
Luther College
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Soldiers Score in Italy with the Fifth Army
The 34th Infantry Division members from Iowa Minnesota and North Dakota earn citations for bravery in Italy. Sgt Thomas P Downes Sheldon Iowa charged a German position captured a machine gun and killed its gunner. Pfc Dale Vanderlan Charles City and Pfc William Lyman Port Falls aided wounded under heavy shellfire.
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Fifth Army
Italy
34Th Infantry Division
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Thomas P. Downes
Sheldon
Downes
Dale Vanderlan
Charles City
William Lyman
Port Falls
Gas Ration Books Stolen from Vault
OPA ration books were stolen from an office vault at K K K Medicine Company in Keokuk. Police report the theft occurred Saturday night with enough coupons to fuel hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline. Only $15 in cash was taken from the vault.
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Franks
Nearly 1 000 Iowa Schools to Receive War Citations
Nearly 1 000 Iowa schools will receive special citations after Pearl Harbor Day as part of the triple threat jeep campaign. County superintendents will apply, and schools plan assemblies, war bond and stamp features. The program continues with a new war bond plan and medals for larger schools carried in planes funded by war bonds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State War ‘Finance Committee
W. L. Clark
War Finance Committee
Iowa traffic toll tops 281 fatalities this year
Des Moines AP reports Iowa road deaths to date reach 281 this year, down from 374 at the same point last year, reflecting a sharp year over year decline in traffic deaths.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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