240 000 lowans In Uniform By Waldo Wiese
Des Moines AP reports that about 240000 Iowans are in uniform, with estimates of discharged veterans around 5 percent to 10 15 thousand, and about 40000 Towans in service at Pearl Harbor time. Many discharged face rehabilitation and unable to return to prior jobs. Iowans contributed to every major phase of the war, with notable losses and acts of heroism across communities.
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Waldo Wiese
Des Moines
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service
Dalmatian Mike of Merry Woods Dies at Camp Polk
Mayor John C. Mullin of Marion receives word from Army Service Forces that his Dalmatian Mike of Merry Woods, serving with Dogs for Defense at Camp Polk Louisiana, died of acute indigestion. Mike had guarded the prisoner enclosure and performed rescues, earning praise for four hours of nightly sentry duty. He was born May 14 1942 and enlisted August 1943 after training at Fort Robinson Nebraska.
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John C. Mullin
Marion
Army Service Forces
Mike
Merry Woods
Camp Polk
Louisiana
John Keblish
Mullin
Mayor Mullin
van Vechten Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Fort Robinson
Neb
Army
War flyers rise in missions amid air daring
Newspaper clippings show rapid wartime progress as air crews climb from five to ten to 50 missions. An Associated Press report notes Capt. Martin Alger visiting Fort Dodge after completing 110 missions, highlighting the escalating tally of airmen' deeds.
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Associated Press
Martin Alger
Fort Dodge
Seize Slots and Punch Boards Worth $10,000 in Ottumwa Raid
State agents and Wapello County officers seized 1630 punch boards and 130 slot machines worth 10 000 in a raid on Ottumwa Novelty Company. Harold Ginsberg claimed ownership. The operation was led by State Agent D O Bender and Sheriff Mike Mier.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
Ottumwa Novelty Company
Harold Ginsberg
D. O. Bender
Des Moines
Mike Mier
Some Patrolmen Deferred, Others Are Turned Down
DES MOINES Iowa dispatch reports local draft boards vary in deferments for highway patrolmen C A Knee chief of Iowa state highway patrol says about 10 men were deferred and eight refused deferments Deferments run for three or six months Appeals filed in all refused cases with no decisions yet The department filed deferment requests for 80 patrol members after 62 had entered the armed forces
G O P Orchids For Johnson In Iowa Political Drive
Francis Johnson praised by Republican publicist as energy driven former Iowa Farm Bureau leader who may run for governor. Democrats criticize Gov Hickenlooper over subsidies and coal response while citing 2,275 licensed slot machines under his watch. More notes on tax abatements and public safety enforcement follow in the column.
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Francis Johnson
Lou Gardner
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Democratic News
Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Gardner
Henry O. Talle
Atty Gen Rankin
Hickenlooper
Commodity Credit Corporation
Virginia
Maryland
Jake More
Iowa
Department of Public Safety
Center Junction Flyer Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Second Lt Richard Thompson of Monticello earns the Distinguished Flying Cross for services in the southwest Pacific. The 22 year old Center Junction native trained at Williamsfield Arizona and received his wings and commission last February after studies at Lenox college Hopkinton and Coe college Cedar Rapids. He enlisted January 22 1942.
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United Press
Alliedy
Southwest Pacific
Richard Thompson
Monticello
Thompson
Center Junction
Sam G. Thompson
Williamsfield
Chandler
Ariz
Center Junction High School
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowan Relieved Of European Post In Army Change
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Beckford of Baltimore named provost marshal general of the U S army in Europe. Brig. Gen. C. C. Hollar of Sioux City Iowa to serve as Beckford's deputy, according to American army headquarters on Tuesday.
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London
Milton A. Beckford
Baltimore
C. C. Hollar
Sioux City
Reckford
Bowdish resigns as Marion assessor to join government project
J. W. Bowdish Jr., Marion city assessor, tendered his resignation to the city council. He is now engaged in construction work for the government at Charles City. The council authorized Mayor Mullin to enter an agreement with the Milwaukee railroad to build curb and gutter in front of Wilona Grocery at 1927 Sixth Avenue with shared costs. A PT A petition urged barricades on several streets for the coast season and flooding of the Irving school east playground.
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J. W. Bowdish, Jr
Marion
Bowdish
Charles City
John C. Mullin
Milwaukee Railroad
Wilona
Sixth Avenue
Marion P.T.A
Irving School
Seventh Street
Ninth
Tenth Avenues
Lincoln
Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Thomas Park
Emerson School
Edith Stamy elected head of Marion Eastern Star chapter
Mrs. Edith Stamy was elected worthy matron of Marion Chapter No. 183 O E S with Lee Voorhies as worthy patron. Other officers named include Mildred Hawk associate matron Warren Johnson associate patron Maude Newman secretary Marie Rose treasurer Harriett Failor conductress and Frances Voorhies associate conductress. A Dec 17 meeting planned with initiatory work and a Christmas party. The chapter donated $5 to the Christmas seal fund and 80 members attended refreshments.
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Edith Stamy
Marion
O.E.S
Lee Voorhies
Mildred Hawk
Warren Johnson
Maude Newman
Marie Rose
Harriett Failor
Frances Voorhies
Man Who Never Spoke Dies at 86 in Marion
Louis P. Herbold 86, a retired farmer and Marion resident for six years, died at 9 25 am Tuesday after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He a former mute met Winnie Edgerton at a Council Bluffs school for the deaf they wed in 1885 and had nine sons all mutes. Survivors include his wife seven sons, two sisters and a brother, 23 grandchildren, three overseas. Services in Yocom chapel Thursday at 2 pm with burial in Cedar Memorial park.
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Louis P. Herbold
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Herbold
Muscatine
Towa School For the
Council Bluffs
Winnie Edgerton
Riverton
Fremont County
Harry Herbold
Denver
Herbold
Newton
Montana
A. W Henke
Cedar Memorial Park
Waves swearing ceremony for Kathleen Newman on birthday
Kathleen Newman travels to Des Moines Thursday to be sworn into the Waves with the oath Friday on her twentieth birthday. The notice also lists ads and events including Trojan lodge meeting, a military family update, a Seaman visiting, a Fidelis circle picnic, a Christmas story presentation, and a newborn daughter born December 6 at St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids to Norman and Mrs Brown.
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Kathleen Newman
T. Arthur Newman
Des Moines
Fidelis Circle
King’s Daughters
Nathan P. Vanderlinden
H. M. Howe
A. R. McElwain
St. Luke's Hospital
Norman Brown
Cedar Rapids
New Liberty Ship Named for Tipton Man Robert G. Cousins
A Liberty ship under construction at Richmond California will be named for the late Robert G. Cousins of Tipton Iowa former representative in Congress who delivered a famous oration in the house after the sinking of the battleship Maine. Cousins died in 1933.
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Washington
Richmond
Calif
Robert G. Cousins
Tipton
Congress
Maine
Cousins
Patricia Lee Mrs Brown Former Alice Hammond of Marion
Patricia Lee is identified with Mrs Brown who is the former Alice Hammond of Marion, linking the two names through marriage and previous identity in a local society note.
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Patricia Lee
Brown
Alice Hammond
Marion
Auto collision near Marion injures no one
An automobile driven by Anton Willimack on highway 13 north of its intersection with highway 151 collided with Edna Emmaline Trinder of St. Luke's hospital at 9 p.m. Monday. No injuries. both cars damaged. Deputy sheriff Harlan Synder investigated. Also noted: Russell Benedict is confined at home with an injured ankle from a milk bottle incident, and Mrs. Benjamin H. Shaw and her son Norman returned from Dayton as guests. The Grove City Rebekah lodge Past Noble Grands association will host a Christmas supper Friday at Mrs. Frank Clark's home.
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Anton Willimack
Marion
Edna Emmaline Trinder
St. Luke’s Hospital
Harlan Synder
Russell Benedict
RA_ Benedicts
Noble Grands Association
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Frank Clark
Knox Given Life Sentence for Patricide
SIGOURNEY Iowa July sentence for Carl Knox 30 Sigourney livestock buyer for murder of bedridden father Walter Knox 69 last July 21. Judge P J Siegers denied new trial motion. Jury of six men six women recommended life imprisonment after 12 hours deliberation.
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Sigourney (LLP
Carl Knox
Sigourney Livestock
Fort Madison
Walter Knox
P. J. Siegers
Pioneer Iowa dentist dies in California
Des Moines reports the death of Dr. Jesse M. Deford 82 widow of Dr. W. H. Deford and first woman graduate of the University of Iowa dental college. News came from Ontario California where she died Saturday.
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Des Moines
Jesse M. Deford
W. H. Deford
Dental College
University of Iowa
Ontario
Calif
C R Girl Honored At Iowa State College
Thirty four coeds at Iowa State college pledged to Omicron Nu and Phi Upsilon Omicron honorary home economics groups. Iowa names include Barbara Sgarlata of Cedar Rapids.
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Ames
Ins
Iowa State College
Omicron Nu
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Iowa
Barbara Sgarlata
Cedar Rapids
Bridge in Wartime Draws Big Classes at Roosevelt High
In Des Moines the contract bridge class at Roosevelt high school ranks second in attendance only to the popular adult education Spanish course, highlighting wartime interest in cognitive pastime and community learning.
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DES Moines
Roosevelt High School
Manchester Sailor Home From Tropics
Seaman Dick Wells, 17 in 1942, returns on leave from Curacao Island off Venezuela after serving on a minesweeper in the Caribbean. He recalls 8,000 miles of wartime travel, depth charges, shell fire, U S O entertainment, and meetings with Manchester friends before resuming duty at his base.
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Manchester
Dick Wells
Curaco
Venezuela
Wells
Grace Wells
Navy
Caribbean
Curaco Island
States
U.S.O
Curace Island
Trinidad
Tommy Holtz
Jack Roloff
Frigate Burlington Christened in Pearl Harbor Ceremony
Mrs. Max A. Conrad wife of Burlington Indiana mayor christened the navy frigate Burlington at Wilmington California yard ceremony marking the vessel eighteenth of its type. Mrs. James A. Quinn of Burlington served as matron of honor while Mayor Conrad spoke briefly. The event was attended by several former Burlington residents and honored Pearl Harbor anniversary.
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Wilmington
Calif
Burlington
Max A. Conrad
Consolidated Steel Corporation
James A. Quinn
Conrad
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South Pacific
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War Department
Tunisia
U. S. Signal Corps
Elery
Pascal
State
G.O.P
Frank Nye
Iowan
Merle E. Garmoe
Third Street
Dial
Optometrist
Texas
Pascal Celery
Marion News
Eastern Star Chapter
David B. Smyth
Lexington
Charles Alexander and
Maude Smyth Turner
Mt. Vernon
Kathryn B. Blinks
Methodist W.S.C.S
Minnie Schenken
Hassocks
Robert
Max Davis
Keith Smith
Harry Pinch
Kenneth McGowan
Tommy Lee
Robert Byse
Ray Gogg
Billie Vote
Merrill Clemans
David Lynn
Ninth Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Storm
Cornelian Club
George Michel
Alburnett Road
Storm's
Nina Steele
Eleventh Street
Seaman
Keith Stark
Camp Endicott
R. I
Evelyn Womachka
Cedar. Rapids
Gene Dunn
John Knapp, Jr
Gail
Gerald Stark
Jennie Faulkner
Perry Fagle
Rowley
Wesley Fagle
Virginia Lee
Owen
Trojan Lodge
A. M
Masonic Temple
Cpl
Paul C. Hertensen
St. Louis
C. T. Anderson
Camp Endicott, R. 1
Benjamin H. Shaw
Norman
Dayton
Mrs. Shaw
Fred Lambert
Knox
DR. Deford
C. R
Clarence Cox
The
Gazette
Christensa Frigate
Robert J. Lenz
8Th Avenue
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Crete
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