Senator Whitehill Dies As Legislature Opens
Iowa Senator B C Whitehill 69 of Marshalltown died of a heart attack as the Fifty-first General Assembly opened in Des Moines He had been named president pro tempore but was unable to attend the caucus due to heart trouble Hart of Keokuk was chosen to succeed him and elected pro tempore 45 to 0.
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Des Moines
B. C. Whitehill
Marshalltown
Iowa Senate
Fifty-first General Assembly
Senate
Whitehill
Stanley L. Hart
Keokuk
Hart
Mercy Hospital
John Gardner
Lisbon
Senator Whitehill
State Center
Saskatchewan
Canada
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshall
Robert D. Blue
Marshall County
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Evans
Emerson
Byers
House
Ted Sloane
Polk County
Thomas Doyle
Emmanuel
William C. Brashares
A. R. Avery
Spencer
A. C. Gustafson
Jay C. Colburn
Harlan
F. J. Pine
Columbus Junction
G. E. Whitehead
Perry
Harold Felton
Indianola
J. R. Hall
Malvern
E. E. Poston
Corydon
Felton
Leroy Mercer
Iowa City
Rep
Posten
Rites Held for Anamosa Victims of Lisbon Train Crash
Services were held in Anamosa for Mr. and Mrs. Wright Frazier, killed when their car collided with a Chicago and North Western freight train near Lisbon. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery. Frazier, an Anamosa attorney, and his wife were en route to celebrate Fraziers' 40th birthday at the Briggs home.
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Anamosa
Wright Frazier
Lisbon
Rorth Western
Smykil Funeral
Marion L. Sanderlin
Riverside Cemetery
Frazier
Harlan Briggs
Father and son confess to Iowa murder
Philip Heincy and his son William Henry Heincy, both held in Polk County Jail, confessed to the murder of resort operator Robert W. O. Raebel on West Okoboji Lake on December 16. They face first degree murder and related robbery charges. Raebel's wife was severely beaten and remains in critical condition. Raebel’s car was used in the crime, and the motive includes robbery with valuable findings and possible revenge.
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Des Moines
Philip Heincy
William Henry Heincy
la Belle
Polk County
Robert W. O. Raebel
West Okoboji Lake
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Quincy
Sam Kelly
State Bureau of Investigation
Spirit Lake
Nebergall
Raebel
Dickinson County
William Heiney
Missouri State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
John Watt
Margaret Thompson
Hardin County
Philip
William
Kansas City
Joe L. McQuirk
D. O. Bender
Heineys
Storm Lake
Bureau of Investigation
Men and War IN THE SERVICE
Army and Navy personnel households report on service members. William H. Lynch Jr earns two Oak Leaf Clusters with the Air Medal for meritorious achievement over Germany while a Flying Fortress tail gunner in England. Joseph P. Wall earns aerial gunner wings after graduating in Laredo Texas. his brother Sgt. Vincent Wall serves in Belgium and Pvt. William Wall is in an Italian POW camp. Other families list Capt Ben Carns with multiple honors, hospital apprentice Edward Rocarek, and sailors Jess Martin and Pvt. Lester Skalsky on furloughs or awaiting reassignment.
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William H. Lynch, Jr
W. H. Lynch
Fourth Avenue SW
Germany
Lynch
England
Set
Joseph P. Wall
Veronica Wall
F Avenue NW
Laredo
Texas
Roosevelt
Sgt
Wall
Link Belt
Vincent Wall
Signal Corps
Belgium
Pvt
William Wall
Weingarten
Ben Carns
Eighth Air Force
Sixth Avenue SE
Fauh R. Carns
Carns
Lester Skalsky
Southwest Pacific
Hot Springs
Ark
George A. Skaisky
Ferry Command
Gonefield
Mont
Army Air Corps
Everett Usher
Lester Usher
Fourteenth Avenue
South Pacific
Earl
Norman
Oklo
Vern Usher
Eighth Avenue SW
Local Navy Personnel Transfers And Leaves Reported
Seaman Lawrence H. Johnson moves from pre radio to primary training at Oklahoma A and M Stillwater while Dorothy Jane Freeman spends an eight day leave with her parents in Des Moines area. Leslie P. Farmer promoted to sergeant with the Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. Pvt. James Richey has arrived in France. Velma Rose Love on three day leave from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
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Lawrence H. Johnson
Seaman
Harry S. Johnson
Washington Avenue
Michigan City
Mich
Oklahoma A
Stillwater
Okla
Dorothy Jane Freeman
R. C. Freeman
Joseph Ennis
Twentieth Avenue
Seaman Freeman
Memphis, Tenn
Naval Air Station
Thomas Freeman
Leslie P. Farmer
Frank O. Farmer
Second Avenue SE
A Avenue NW
Sgt. Farmer
Marine Corps
Central Pacific
Velma Rose Love
C. A. Love
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Corpus Christi
Texas
Twenty Five More Jones County Men in Service
Inductees from Jones County were sent to Fort Snelling last week. Named include Marion Dirks and Elva Bunting of Anamosa. John Schilt Kuhns Lyon Claus Leonard of Monticello. Roland Morrison Felton Kleitsch Talbert of Cascade. Edward Tjaden and Gene Denniston of Onslow. Merlin Kuehl Heiken of Scotch Grove. William Cozart of Mt. Vernon. Raymond Antons of Center Junction. Henry Hester of Zwingle. Marvin Engelbart of Amber. Francis Miller of Mechanicsville. Marvin Stokes of Bernard. Marvin Opfer of Springville. Richard Smith and Olin Biere of Morley.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Fort Snelling
Marion G. Dirks
Elva M. Bunting
Monticello
John W. Schilt
Kermit W. Kuhns
John J. Lyon
Wayne E. Claus
Milton C. Leonard
Cascade
Roland J. Morrison
Joseph C. Felton
Carl N. Kleitsch
John L. Talbert
Onslow
Edward J. Tjaden
Gene M. Denniston
Scotch Grove
Merlin A. Kuehl
John H. Heiken
Mt. Vernon
William A. Cozart
Center Junction
Raymond G. Antons
Zwingle
Henry M. Hester
Amber
Marvin G. Engelbart
Mechanicsville
Francis D. Miller
Bernard
Marvin J
Cedar County Marriage Licenses and Divorces 1944
In Cedar County eighty three marriage licenses were issued in 1944 and eighteen divorces were granted reflecting the year’s family status events.
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Tipton
Cedar County
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Mrs. Frazier
Toledo
Helen Schultz
Tama
Orion Schultz
Anna Ward
James Ward
Sgt. Lynch
Cpl
Fred Vost
Center Street
Mrs
J. Vost
Madison Street
Edward Rocarek
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Hospital, San Diego
Second Street
C. R. Rubins
Dona Karen
Charles Rubins
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Detroit
Jess Martin
Pacific
Saipan
W. E. Martin
Emerald Drive
Sgt. Wall
James Richey
France
Hazel Richey
Center Point Road
St. Joseph Aspirin
Pete
Nea
LGW Price
Pizi
3Rd Avenue
Newman
Mon
Bess Lac
Fort Pierce
Fla
J&p Coats
Armstrong
Houseweares
Carolina Cretonne
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