Special Ballot for Absentees Promoted by Iowa Republicans
Des Moines Republican leaders urge legalization of a special absentee ballot for overseas voters in 1944. Publicity chief Lou Gardner argues for state control to include all state and local candidates, while noting earlier limits. Gardner proposes longer filing time, earlier certification, and preprinting ballots to aid soldiers and sailors. Democratic HQ remains silent this week.
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Towans
Des Moines
Lou Gardner
Gardner
Washington
Iowa
Current Flu Wave Mild Compared With 1918 Epidemic
Des Moines AP reports Iowa's present influenza wave is mild and widespread but far less lethal than the 1918 epidemic. State figures show 6,543 flu deaths and 42,797 October cases in 1918. later months dropped sharply and 1919 saw 1,183 deaths, with a small second wave in 1920.
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Des Moines
Juwa
State Health Department
Golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Emory Allen
Mr and Mrs Emory Allen celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Manchester on Monday. The couple, ages 74 and 73, were married in Manchester and farmed in Coffins Grove township before retiring six years ago and moving to town. They attend the Methodist church. Their children are Mrs Ennis Kennedy, Mrs Kathryn Barr, Paul Allen of Manchester, and Mrs Chloe Hand of Winthrop, with seven grandchildren including Sgt Robert Kennedy serving in England.
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Manchester
Emory Allen
Mr. Allen
New York State
Mrs. Allen
Masonville
Coffins Grove Township
Town
The
Methodist Church
Ennis Kennedy
Kathryn Barr
Paul Allen
Chloe Hand
Winthrop
Sgt
Robert Kennedy
England
Marion Honor Roll to List 1700 Service Members
The American Legion announced that Marion will list 1700 men and women in the service on a new honor roll to be erected in the city park. The Marion post reports 185 members and the post office will close for the weekend. A varied program included a fundraiser for Schick hospital and gifts to Red Cross and Salvation Army.
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Marion
R. J Gallagher
American Legion
Marion Post
Legion Auxiliary
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Red Cross
U.S. O
Salvation Army
Hunter Library
A. B Nollsch
Oscar French
Margaret Leming
Allen R McElwain
Ill and Broke He Thanks Judge For Prison Term
Des Moines AP District Judge C Edwin Moore sentenced Judson De Ford 61 to five years in the Iowa state penitentiary De Ford thanked him He was charged with taking a suit of women s clothing from a department store He said he was out of money and medicine for a heart ailment The judge told De Ford he would receive good hospital care at the prison De Ford had served terms in Arkansas Oklahoma and Kansas
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Des Moines
C. Edwin Moore
Judson de Ford
Iowa State Penitentiary
de Ford
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Local Holiday Visitors and Community Notices
Ames residents share holiday visits as Major J J Keith returns from Fort Benjamin Harrison. Loras Academy student Jack Gallagher spends holidays with the R J Gallagher family. Ed Sigfred company store opens evenings through Friday. Mrs M J Rourke of Oxford visits DeWitt to see her daughter after a stay with the Whiteford and Floetchinger families. Marion chapter RA M holds a special meeting at the Masonic temple. Donald Hall recovers at home from pneumonia. Seventh Day Church of God holds services with Elder Lawrence Christiansen speaking. Harold Lathrop visits Amber for the week. J C Miller returns from Cedar Rapids hospital after pneumonia treatment. Mrs Paul W Wright travels to Fort Leavenworth to spend holidays with Cpl Wright.
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Paul W Wright
G. W Self
Kansas
Cpl Wright
Fort Leavenworth
West Union's Oldest Resident Carl Carlson Dies at 93
Carl Carlson age 93 longtime West Union resident died Sunday. Born in Bergen Norway on Sept 29 1850 he moved to West Union in 1915 and lived there 72 years. Survived by six children Rasmus Carlson Cedar Rapids P J Carlson Mrs Walter Bedient Cedar Rapids George Carlson Bellevue Tom Waterloo and Mrs Axel Dahl West Union.
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West Union
Carl Carlson
Bergen
Norway
Rasmus Carlson
Cocker, S. D
P. J Carlson
Walter Bedient
Cedar Rapids
George Carlson
Bellevue
Tom
Waterloo
Axel Dahl
Stricter Rules For Commercial Vehicles Coming
Des Moines AP reports John H Gillespie district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation said stricter controls on commercial motor vehicles are coming in 1944. An order due January 10 1944 would require freight carrying trucks over 25 miles to register with the DDT.
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DES Moines
John H Gillespie
Office of Defense Transportation
Des Moines Transportation Club
Gillespie
Allamakee County Grand and Trial Jurors Are Drawn
Grand jurors for 1944 and trial jurors for the district court term opening January 10 were drawn in Allamakee County. Names include Dorothy O'Donnell Jechiel Johnson Ruby Middendorff and others across Waukon Post Iowa Makee Lafayette Waterloo Ludlow union Prairie and more with Judge W L Eichendorf presiding.
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Waukon
Dorothy O'Donnell
Lansing Township
Jechiel Johnson
Ruby Middendorff
Iowa Township
Jens Erickson
Jefferson
Arthur Houlihan
Taylor
Henry O’niell
Lafayette
Paul Helming
Ludlow
John Livesind
Union Prairie
Elmer Wiethorn
Linton
Gustave Dresselhaus
Waterloo
Fred J. Heins
Post
Floyd Wilde
Union City
W. L. Eichendorf Wall
Kathryn Fitzgerald
Martha Fogt
Marie Joy
James Waldron
William Peterson
Post Township
Ruth Schutte
Cora Lennon
Willam Willman
Marie Rima
Jessie Schroeder
Iowa
Stacia Reburn
Nellie Colsch
Makee
Lizzie Mitchell
Ben Treendle
Mary Campbell
Cyril Mooney
Patrick Neiman
J S. Quandahl
Floyd Kumpf Ludlow
Alvin Walby
Fred Fluge
Clarence Winkie
Hanover
Josephine Bresnahan
Lawrence McGraw
Lansing
Arthur Wendel
Theodore Hoover
John P. Spinner
Franklin
Leon Chamberlain
George W. Ewing
Arthur Schmidt
Lydia Helming
Paint Creek
Fannie Barlow
Paul Rood
Ebert Ellefson
W .W. Kregel
I. Satrang
Helmet Wold
French Creek
U J Ashbacher Linton
Carlton Schutter Taylor
Lnevald Sandvold
Navy Induction Will Follow Fort Dodge Birth
Jesse Martin 31 reports for voluntary navy duty December 28 while his newborn Judith Kay, born at one pound 12 ounces, now weighs about five pounds in a Fort Dodge hospital incubator. He and wife Mrs Martin have four older daughters Betty 15 Beverly 10 Mary 8 and Janet 6. The monthly allotment for the wife and five children is $160.
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Livermore
Jesse Martin
Navy
Fort Dodge
Martin
Judith Kay
Betty
Beverly
Mary
Janet
Joyful Spencer Santa Spurs Toy Giveaways for 30 Years
In Spencer Iowa E Joy Roberts an insurance man known as Santa Claus for 30 years robs the poor of the city with donated toys. He fixes broken items and assembles thousands of gifts each year culminating in a Christmas Eve distribution from store basements with help from volunteers and donated trucks.
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Spencer
Joy
E. Joy Roberts
Santa Claus
Roberts
Play
Burma for Governor club formed in Third District
About fifty Republicans in Iowa’s Third congressional district met in Waverly and organized a Burma for Governor club. Howard Roach of Plainfield was elected chairman, with an executive committee to be chosen later. The district covers 14 counties and aims to organize other districts statewide. Henry W. Burma, speaker of the Iowa House, is from Allison.
Wilton Junction Girl 17 Dies After Illness
Lois May Whitehead 17, a Wilton High junior, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Davenport after a brief illness from influenza and complications. Survived by mother Mrs Harry Woodhouse Cedar County brother Harold and sisters Mrs Margaret Bess Long Beach Calif Mrs Earl Martin Rock Island and Mrs William Thedes Wilton and grandmothers Mrs Fannie Woodhouse Winton and Mrs Emma Norman Tipton. Body at Griffith Funeral Home.
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Wilton Junction
Lois May Whitehead
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Wilton High School
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry Woodhouse
Harold
Cedar County
Margaret Bess
Long Beach
Calif
Earl Martin
Rock, Island
William Thedes
Wilton
Fannie Woodhouse
Winton
Emma Norman
Tipton
Griffith Feneral Home
Iowa City Restaurateur Fined for Liquor Violation
Doug Fairbanks owner of an Iowa City restaurant pled guilty in district court to illegal possession of liquor. He was fined 300 with costs by Judge Harold Evans, the fine suspended. A charge of possession of gambling devices was dismissed by County Attorney E F Rate.
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Iowa City (Lp
Doug Fairbanks
Iowa City
Harold J&. Evans Hall
E. F. Rate
Fewer Bad Check Artists Working, says Nebergall
Des Moines AP Chief R W Nebergall said fewer forged check cases reached the state bureau of investigation this year. He noted draft impacts and improved self protection by businesses as reasons, with many offenders already caught in prior years and some turning to honest work.
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Nebergall
DES Moines
R W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Nebhergall
Death of Onslow Soldier Reported
Mr and Mrs Ben Warren were notified by the war department that their son Pfc Leo Edward Warren 22 died December 10 the message gave no location or details He enlisted February 1941 went to Africa December 1942 attached to Gen Pattons army and had the Purple Heart from Sicily He is survived by his parents a sister Helen
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Onslow
Ben Warren
War Department
Pfc
Leo Edward Warren
Warren
Africa
Patton
Sicily
Helen
Oelwein Father Receives Telegram on Son's Death
Oelwein resident Pfc. Claude J Cole Jr died in a prison camp in Italy on October 6. A War Department telegram to his father said details would follow.
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Oelwein
Claude J Cole, Jr
Italy
War Department
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M. W. Courtney
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Savanna
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Fort Belvoir
Owen
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Iowa University
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Alburnett
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Springville
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Attwood
Anamosa
Cary ,Club
E. V. Carey
Harry Snell
Elsie Singmaster
L. B. DeWees
Walter Winter
Betty McBride
Iowa State College
Bargain Shoe Center
Second Avenue SE
Catholic Pi
Ee Bc
Sanford
Agement
Dr. McBrides
Mrs. McBride
Ames
J. J. Keith
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
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Loras Academy
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Ed Sigfred Company
M. J. Rourke
Oxford
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DeWitt
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Masonic Temple
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Stanberry, Mo
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Amber
Storm's
J C Miller
Allamakee County
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Burma
America
First Avenue E
Duluth
Minnesota
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Brady Street
CUP Silex
SILEX
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