Senator Whitehill Dies as Senate Opens War Era Session
Senator B C Whitehill of Marshalltown died at 69 from a heart attack suffered as the Fifty-first Iowa General Assembly convened. Stanley Hart was elected president pro tempore to succeed him. Hart will serve until Kenneth Evans takes oath as lieutenant governor. The assembly opened at 10 02 am with leaders and officers named. 14 senate bills were introduced, mainly to extend wartime benefits to veterans. Rep A R Avery and A C Gustafson were named temporary speaker and chief clerk respectively. The special election to fill Whitehill’s seat will be set by Gov Blue after the party county conventions.
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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
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. Fine
Columbus Junction
G. E. Whitehead
Perry
Harold Felton
Indianola
J. R. Hall
Malvern
E. E. Poston
Corydon
Felton
B. B. Hickenlooper
Rites at Anamosa For Crash Victims
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Iowa services were held for Wright and Mrs Frazier killed Friday evening in Lisbon when their car was struck by a North Western freight train. The Rev Marion L Sanderlin officiated with burial in Riverside cemetery. Frazier, an Anamosa attorney, and his wife were en route to celebrate his 40th birthday at the Briggs home in Lisbon when they waited at a rail crossing for an eastbound train to pass and drove into a west bound train.
Resigning Governor to Address Joint Session on Parole Laws
The governor who resigned last week will address the joint session and propose changes to state law, focusing on parole and commutation practices for life sentence inmates. At a Democratic caucus, Senator Leroy Mercer of Iowa City became senate floor leader while Representative Posten of Corydon was named house floor leader.
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Leroy Mercer
Iowa City
Senate
Rep
Posten
Corydon
J House
Twenty Five More Jones County Men in Service
Special to The Gazette Anamosa twenty five Jones county men were inducted at Fort Snelling last week Included were Anamosa Marion G Dirks and Elva M Bunting Monticello John W Schilt Kermit W Kuhns John J Lyon Wayne E Claus and Milton C Leonard Cascade Roland J Morrison Joseph C Felton Carl N Kleitsch and John L Talbert Onslow Edward J Tjaden and Gene M Denniston Scotch Grove Merlin A Kuehl and 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 Stokes Springville Marvin R Opfer Morley Richard C Smith Olin Frederick H Biere
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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
Father Son Admit Iowa Murder and Robbery
Philip Heincy 71 and son William 45 of La Belle Missouri confessed to killing resort operator Robert Rae bel on West Okoboji Lake December 16 and beating Rae bel’s wife, R. W. Nebergall says. They face first degree murder charges in Spirit Lake and robbery and larceny charges.
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Des Moines
Philip Heincy
William Henry Heincy
la Belle
Polk County
Robert W. O. Raebe
West Okoboji Lake
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Quincy
Ill
Sam Kelly
State Bureau of Investigation
Spirit Lake
Nebergall
Raehel
Dickinson County
Missouri State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
John Watt
Margaret Thompson
Hardin County
Philip
William
Kansas City
Joe L. McQuirk
Raebel
D. O. Bender
Heineys
Storm Lake
Bureau of Investigation
Veterans and Families Share Wartime Service Notes
In wartime dispatches families report continuing service connections. William H. Lynch Jr. earned two Oak Leaf Clusters and Air Medal while tail gunner on a Flying Fortress in England. Sgt. Joseph P. Wall and others move through training and postings in Texas, Belgium, England, and the Pacific while relatives await assignments and furloughs.
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William H. Lynch, Jr
W. H. Lynch
Fourth Avenue SW
Germany
Lynch
England
Joseph P. Wall
Veronica Wall
F Avenue NW
Laredo
Texas
A. Roosevelt
Wall
Link Belt
Sgt
Vincent Wall
Signal Corps
Belgium
Pvt
William Wall
Halian
Weingarten
Ben Carns
Eighth Air Force
Sixth Avenue
Faud R. Carns
Carns
Cedar county records show 1944 marriages and divorces
In Cedar county during 1944 eighty three marriage licenses were issued and eighteen divorces were granted.
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Tipton
Cedar County
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St. Joseph Aspirin
le Coe Et
3Rd Avenue
S. E
Wright Frazier
Mrs, Frazier
William Heiney
Toledo
Helen Schultz
Tama
Orion Schultz
Anna Ward
James Ward
Cpl
Fred Vost
Center Street
J. Vost
Madison Street
Edward Rocarck
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Hospital, San Diego
Second Street
C. R. Rubins
Dona Karen
Charles Rubins
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Detroit
Jess Martin
Seaman
Pacific
Saipan
W. E. Martin
Emerald Drive
Lester Skalsky
Southwest Pacific
Hot Springs
Ark
George A. Skalsky
Ferry Command
Gonefield
Mont
Army Air Corps
Everett Usher
Lester Usher
Fourteenth Avenue
South Pacific
Earl
Norman
Oklo
Vern Usher
Eighth Avenue SW
Lawrence Hi, Johnson
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
Sgt. Farmer
Marine Corps
Central Pacific
James Richey
France
Hazel Richey
Center Point Road
Velma Rose Love
C. A. Love
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Corpus Christi
Sgt, Wall
Sgt Lynch
Newman
J&p Coats
Jane
Fort Pierce
Fly
Smith Bros
Armstrong
of Carolina Cretonne
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