Supreme Court to Get Thoman Kidnaping Case
Dubuque based Lester Thoman faces potential extradition to Milwaukee on a kidnapping charge over six year old Richard Edward Bahl. District Judge John G Chalmers denied a habeas writ and Thoman appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court. Thoman claims paternity and says the child has been raised by his family, with testimony from witnesses including Dr Walter Connell. Wisconsin officials blocked admission of some evidence as Thoman seeks relief. Gov. Hickenlooper awaits habeas outcome before extradition ruling.
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Dubuque
Lester Thoman
Milwaukee
Richard Edward Bahl
Iowa Supreme Court
John G. Chalmers
Thoman
John J. Kintzinger
Supreme Court
Kintzinger
Wisconsin
Miss Bahl
Kintzin
Walter Connell
Lavina Bahl
Lodge Elections List of Masonic and Eastern Star Officers
A consolidated list of lodge officers for multiple bodies including Oxford Junctions Lodges and neighboring chapters. Names cover Worshipful Masters senior and junior wardens secretaries treasurers and various officers across Knights of Pythias Rebekahs and Eastern Star chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Zealous Masonic
Ed Zak
John Carstensen
Fred Barto
Fred Harms
John Barda
Knights of Pythias
Fred Koranda
Norman Schutt
Victor Tatak
Dwight Chapman
Henry Mowry
Louis Ingwersen
Vince Burda
George Vacek
Traer—Rebekahs
Noble Grand
Herbert Zimple
Frank Manley
Joe Soucek
August Untiect
Louis Drinvosky
John Jacobson
Brooklyn
Eastern Star
Will McCulla
Charles McSherry
Harold Schrader
William Wasson
al Burford
Ada Carlson
Gay Orr
Norman Spillett
Norway
N. E. Crees
Rasmus Strand
Chester Towe
Worthy
Leona Riley
E. E. Thomas
Elizabeth Melberg
George Doebel
Ruth Schloeman
Winifred Carroll
Pharo Freeman
Grace Crees
Oxford — Masonic
Homer Nunn
William Grechen
Robert Laren
Drever Worthman
O. P. Jones
Elmer Sievers
George Robertson
Ernest Singer
Fred Gegenheimer
Raymond Rourke
Eugene Mashe
Henry Dee
D. E. Warthman
Commencement at Iowa U Includes 165 Degrees and Five Certificates
Iowa City will host the twelfth wartime commencement at the University of Iowa on Thursday evening. About 165 degrees and five certificates will be awarded to candidates from 46 Iowa counties and 16 states plus four foreign countries, according to Registrar Harry G. Barnes. The ceremony marks the end of the first semester of 1944-45 and introduces Dean Allin W. Dakin as administrative assistant to President Virgil Hancher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Harry G. Barnes
Allin W. Dakin
Virgil Hancher
Brooklyn group sends 300 Christmas gift boxes to servicemen
The United Service Women's organization distributed 300 Christmas gift boxes to servicemen from Brooklyn and nearby areas, delivering holiday support to troops in a local outreach effort.
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Brooklyn
United Service Women’s Organization
Reunion Joy In Paris for Three East Iowans
Special to The Gazette reporters recount how Master Sgt. Keith Overbeck T Sgt. Don Wolf and Lt. Harlan Fahey inducted Jan 1 1942 left Elkader for Fort Warren then overseas. In Paris Overbeck describes meeting Fuker and Wolf in a NBC broadcast gap. Wolf, married with a two year old son George Henry, had been theater operator in Monona.
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Elkader
Keith Overbeck
Don Wolf
Harlan Fahey
Army
Fort Warren
Wych
Paris
Overbeck
Ben Overbeck
Harlan Fuker
Broadcasting Auditorium
NBC
United States
Harlan
Sgt. Overbeck
Luana
Red Boy the Council Bluffs Derby Horse Is Euthanized
In Council Bluffs Red Boy, a 41 year old lumbering horse known for decades with Municipal Judge John P. Tinley, collapsed with paralysis after his legs failed. The horse, a Derby participant in 1906, was destroyed on Tinley's order after a final affectionate moment.
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Council Bluffs
Red Boy
John P. Tinley
Judge Tinley
Ben Moodre
John H. Keeline
Elkader Airman Awarded for Ploesti Raid and Campaigns
First Lt. Alfred R. Frick, 25, decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters and two Bronze Stars for the invasion of Southern France and the Italian campaign, returned to Elkader after four days with his parents. He flew on a B-24 Liberator raid on the Ploesti oil fields and participated in missions over Vienna Munich and Friedrichshafen. He was accompanied by his wife Dorothy Anne Heisz and his brother Harold serves in the Marines.
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Elkader
France
Alfred R. Frick
Miami
Fla
Alfred Frick
Frick
Ploesti
Romania
Vienna
Munich
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Atstaten
Switzerland
Lt. Frick
Dorothy Anne Heisz
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Savannah
Pfc
Harold Frick
Marine Corps
Christmas Day Menu At Anamosa Reformatory
Warden Foss Davis lists the inmates Christmas day menu: roast chicken mashed potatoes giblet gravy dressing creamed asparagus hot buns strawberry preserves pumpkin pie bread and coffee. In other brief items Shellyburg hosts a Christmas pageant at 8 p.m. with a sextet and list of performers, Onslow notes Lyle Allen receives an honorable Army discharge after 18 months in North Africa Sicily and Italy, Traer to present a Christmas program Friday afternoon, South English Church of the Brethren youths perform White Christmas on Christmas Eve with cast listed.
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Anamosa
Foss Davis
Shellsburg
Charlene Wilt
Connie Reynolds
Jean Wright
Gladys Senft
Lois Fix
Marilyn Christianson
Stella Mae Steffenson
Joe Sheerey
Bob Holliday
Diantha Pangborn
Dean Boyer
Homer Showman
Kenneth Deklotz
Paul Holliday
Dean Mullins
Duane Dickinson
Joan Spink
Onslow
Lyle Allen
Leo Alien
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
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Christmas cantata and local nuptials across several towns
South English pupils present a Christmas cantata directed by Mrs. Donald Garrett. Delta notes the marriage of Allene Olive and Russell Rankin in Oskaloosa with service and upcoming reassignment. Center Junction reports the marriage of Lucile Hartbeck and S Sgt. Howard Mead on leave from the Aleutians. Ossian marks Mary Zweibohmer’s 91st birthday with a large family, including nine grandsons in service. Shueyville robberies disrupt Brown’s service station. Maynard covers the Waterloo marriage of Reval Smirl to Harold Stohr. Vinton features a Christmas concert by the high school band and a 65th anniversary for H L Beresford and spouse. Tipton notes L M Schilling’s 25th wedding anniversary surprise.
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Center Junction
Lucile Hartbeck
Clarence Hartbeck
Colesburg
Howard Mead
James Mead
Wyoming
Sgt. Mead
Aleutians
Vinton
Lincoln School
S. H. Kosowsky
H. L. Beresford
Arthur Auld
Tipton
L. M Schilling
Reform School Inmates Given 10 More Years
Anamosa John Bryl and Ralph Cassidy, reformatory inmates, were sentenced by District Judge M. C. Hamiel to 10 years in Fort Madison for motor vehicle larceny tied to their New Year’s escape. Sentences run after their current terms. Appeal bond set at $2500. They still face a kidnapping charge.
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Anamosa
John Bryl
Ralph Cassidy
M. C. Hamiel
Fort Madison
Appea Bov
Midget Dies At 75 After Pneumonia In Council Bluffs
Jean Bregant, 75, once a vaudeville performer known for his size, dies of pneumonia in Council Bluffs. He toured Europe and America for 14 years before settling, later entering groceries, candy distribution, and real estate. He married Inez Lewis in 1904. the couple lived in Council Bluffs. Services set at First Congregational Church with Rev. J. R. Perkins officiating.
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Council Bluffs
First Congregational Church
Jean Bregant
J. R. Perkins
Bregant
Vakia
Inez Lewis
Coney Island
Iea
Bregants
Europe
Bergant
Family Finances Strain After Uncle John Stops Gifts
Aunt Sue used to receive generous presents from Uncle John but he has quit giving. He says her shopping leaves him with no money to buy gifts.
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Sue
John
Brooklyn Naval Officer Is Dead
Brooklyn petty officer Edward Roth 22 died from injuries sustained on a submarine in the Pacific area. Navy department informed his parents Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Roth. Surviving besides his parents are two brothers and five sisters.
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Brooklyn
Edward Roth
Pacific
Ferdinand Roth
Navy Department
Anamosa Mrs Ernest Bohlen Notified Monday
Mrs. Ernest Bohlen of Anamosa was notified Monday by the authorities regarding a pending matter. The notice involves a prompted action expected to be completed within a specified period. Further local details were not provided in the fragment.
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Anamosa
Ernest Bohlken
War department confirms husband killed in action in France
A World War II obituary note states a wife reports her husband was killed in action in France on November 4. The fallen serviceman leaves behind a baby daughter.
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War Department
France
Soldier Moran Dies in Germany During World War II
Staff Sgt. Jake Paul Moran, 23, of Columbus Junction, died in Germany on November 30. He enlisted in 1942 and went overseas in 1943. Survived by his wife and infant daughter, his parents, two brothers (one in the Navy), and five sisters.
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Columbus Junction
Jake Paul Moran
Warnie Moran
Germany
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Iowa U
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Nag
Florida Citrus Commission
Lobkeland
Florida
Kowa News
Church of the Brethren
Vernon Brower
Mary V. Coffman
Don
Ald Coffman
Neva Dobbins
Joyce Ann Grove
Kenneth Rinker
Lyle Brower
Sara Ann Coffman
Elizabeth Holsapple
South English
Donald Garrett
Delta
Allene Olive
Ollie Olive
Russell Rankin
Clark Rankin
Oskaloosa
Mahaska Hospital
Southwest Pacific
Treasure Island
Calif
Ossian
Mary Zweibohmer
Maynard — Reval Smirl
Bat
Uncle Sam
Home Insulation Co
Avente
Johns-Manville
Reformatory
COAL
Arkansas
Franklin Illinois Furnace
Franklin Illinois Stoker
Freeman Furnace
Freeman Stoker
Kenwood Fuel CO
J. F. McLaughlin Dial
Armstrong
Moran
Armstrong'’S Millinery
Wembley
Esquire
Ihey
Armstrong's
Gay Figures Owns
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