Missing in action updates from Mt. Vernon families
Mt Vernon reports Sgt Har old E Beach missing in Luxembourg since December 20 while in Gen Hodges First Army anti tank unit. Also Pvt Edgar Shoemaker missing in Belgium since December 16, Pvt Robert Dochtermann listed dead from last July near St Mere Eglise. Beach and Shoemaker are linked to local families. Dochtermann died in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Harold E. Beach
Luxembourg
War Department
J. E. Beach
Hodges
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Sgt. Beach
Clarence Bohlander
Twentieth Street
Cedar Rapids
Rubye Beach
Missing in France Pfc Roy Olinger a Springville Infantryman
Pfc Roy L Olinger 21 of Springville is reported missing in France since January 2. His parents Mr and Mrs George Olinger were notified by a war department message. Olinger entered service May 1942 and went overseas last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Olinger
Springville
France
Roy L. Olinger
George Olinger
War Department
Pfc
Olinger
Elgin Soldier 18 Missing in Action
Pvt. Gerald Boyer, 18, of Elgin, has been missing in action since December 25. His parents, Mr and Mrs Bud Boyer, were notified by the war department. He enlisted April 6, 1944, trained in Texas and Alabama, went overseas last November, and was home on furlough last September. His brother Pvt Arthur Boyer serves in Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Shoemaker
Belgium
Everett Shoemaker
Mt. Vernon
War Department
Mendota, Ill
Ralph Shoemaker
Mendota
Shoemaker
Elgin
Gerald Boyer
Bud” Boyer
Texas
Alabama
Pvt
Arthur Boyer
Audit Finds No Current Shortage in State Safety Funds
Des Moines AP report says a 1943-44 audit of the Iowa Department of Public Safety found no current shortage. About $100 in padding was noted but no specific individuals were accused or required restitution. Audit urged closer cooperation with the state comptroller to prevent future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Safety Department
DES Moines
State Department of Public Safety
Robert D. Blue
Public Safety
R. B. Laird
C. B. Akers
Akers
C. Fred Porter
Porter
Services for Mrs F C Witzigman Held in Mt Vernon
Mrs F C Witzigman wife of Rev F C Witzigman pastor of Grace Methodist church died at her home Thursday in Oelwein The service is at Neff funeral home Mt Vernon Sunday at 4 30 p m conducted by Rev Glen Rowley and Rev Frank Cole burial in Mt Vernon cemetery She attended Cornell College she had been ill about two years survived by three daughters and a son cousin of Mrs Weaver Witwer Cedar Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
F. IC. Witzigman
Neff
Mt. Vernon
F. C. Witzigman
Grace Methodist Church
Weaver Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Glen Rowley
Frank Cole
Cornell College
Russell Cole
Witzigman
Decorah Woman Struck By Truck At Upper Town River Bridge
Miss Lena Landmeyer, 73, of Decorah was struck by a truck while crossing the Upper Town river bridge Thursday evening. She was taken to Decorah Hospital with undetermined injuries after the driver Jerome Christopherson said she stepped in front of the vehicle despite his attempt to swerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Lena Landmeyer
Decorah Hospital
Upper Town River Bridge
Jerome Christopherson
Executor Appointed for Linn County Woman’s Estate
No 17843 ECUTOT signed January 1945 appoints W R Hatter as Executor of Josephine Lonergan of Linn County Iowa. Creditors are urged to file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk, authenticated, at once. Hatter and Hatter, Marengo IA, attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecutot
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Josephine Lonergan
W. R. Hatter
Hatter
Marengo, Ia
Iowa School Code Program Faces Setback In Senate
Iowa lawmakers report another delay on the school code program as the house appropriations committee adopts a rule requiring operation appropriations precede other measures. Senate leaders say the three year extension of the 50 percent income tax forgiveness will wait for further study on surplus funds and the school code commission’s recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Kuester
Griswold
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate Republicans
G. R. Hill
Clarion
Irving Long
Manchester
H. S. Love
Bridgewater
A. D. Clem
Story City
School Code Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Marion Legion Hosts Linn County Joint Meeting
The Marion Legion post and auxiliary led a joint Linn County meeting with county commander James Winn and county adjutant Herbert Price presiding. Speakers included Capt. Clarence Day on county organization and Hugh Fletcher on membership. Dinner for 90 served by the Marion auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Legion
Marion Legion
Linn
James Winn
Herbert P. Price
Martha Phillips
Clarence Day
Hugh Fletcher
Delmar
Millie Hoffman
Central City
Art Buckner
E. J. Ferreter
Marion Auxiliary
Missing In Action Sgt Ralph R Stahle Luxembourg
Mrs. Margaret Stahle of Solon reports her son Sgt Ralph R Stahle 32 was listed missing in action in Luxembourg by the war department. He previously worked for Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids before reentering service two years ago. Brothers Lt Leo Stahle and Sailor Alfred Stahle serve, with another brother Mike at La Plant Choate. A sister Mrs Everett Kemp resides in Cedar Rapids and another sister Mrs Leo Kasparek in Solon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Stahle
Solon
War Department
Ralph R. Stahle
Luxembourg
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Leo Stahle
Seaman
Alfred Stahle
South Pacific
Mike Stahle
la- Plant-Choate Company
Everett Kemp
Fifteenth Avenue
Leo Kasparek
Local Notables Attend Community Events and Personal News
Mrs Hefner and Mrs Stimson bring family updates while Seaman Milo Glass visits from Great Lakes with his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Glass. Veterans and students noted, with engagements at Mercy hospital and the Cedar Rapids YMCA Keen Teen Klub hosting Marion High School teens for a weekend of activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Milo Glass
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Howard Glass
Marion High School
Keen Teen
Mt Vernon Flyer Home from Europe
Mt. Vernon Tech Sgt Rudy Vodicka son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Vodicka arrived home after completing 30 bombing missions over Europe He entered the air corps in May 1942 and has 200 hours of combat flying as radio operator and gunner on a B 24 Flying Fortress based in England Also in the crew was Staff Sgt Clarence Squires of Arlington Vodicka will report to Santa Ana California for reassignment after his furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon—Tech
Rudy Vodicka
Rudolph Vodicka
Europe
Air Corps
England
Clarence Squires
Arlington
Vodicka
Mt. Vernon
Santa Ana
Calif
Pierce's Special Vitamin Formula Promises Vital Support
If gums bleed or you bruise easily, you may have a vitamin deficiency. Pierce's Special Vitamin Formula provides abundant vitamin C and B-complex factors to support nerves and energy. Taken as directed it claims to offer the exact combination not found in other preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Two More Iowa Citians Missing War Department reports two Iowa City men missing
Two more Iowa City men are listed as missing in action. Second Lt John A Pickering 34 serving with Gen Pattons Third Army engineers has been missing in Luxembourg since December 17. Tech 5g Bert Steffensen 22 missing in Germany since December 21, he joined March 1943 and served with the 106th division. his wife and parents are notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
John A. Pickering
Bert Steffensen
War Department
Pickering
Luxembourg
Patton
Third Army
Arthur A. Pickering
Tommie
Chester Pickering
Baton Rouge
la. Tech
Steffensen
Germany
Olaf Steffensen
West Branch
Truck Charge Minimum Increase Delayed in Iowa
The proposed minimum trucking charge of 1.05 for shipments over single or double lines in Iowa was postponed to May 19 after a 10 day stay by the state commerce commission. Cedar Rapids official Harry Sundberg argued the rise would harm the public, while Midwest Freight Bureau said carriers lose about four cents per dollar. Sundberg proposed 75 cents for single line, 1.00 for two-line, and 1.25 for three-line hauls as alternate minimums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Commerce Commission
Harry F. Sundberg
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Commission
Maurice Andrew
Midwestern Freight Bureau
Midwest Truck Lines
Freight Bureau
Hawkeye Motor Express
H. and W. Express
McCoy
Cedar Rapids
Sundberg
Notice of Probate and Administratrix in Iowa
In Linn County Iowa Ella Merriman named administratrix of Eva Robbins estate creditors to demand payment and file claims. In Linn County Iowa District Court notice of will Maggie M Funk late of Cedar Rapids probate hearing January 26 1945 at 9 oclock am. Arthur Axme ar Clerk Elliott Shuttleworth Ingersoll Attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Eva Robbins
State of Iowa
Maggie M. Funk
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Axmear
Elliott, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll
Attorneys
Nurses and soldiers in service listed with families
Lois I. Benson, daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Benson, has been appointed to the army nurse corps with the rank of second lieutenant and is assigned to Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Her sister is a nurse in Belgium and a brother serves there with an ambulance company. Numerous other family members, including George Edward Carson and two other brothers, are noted for Marine service and airborne divisions in Europe and the Pacific. A long roster of promotions and transfers across the armed services is described, with locations from Alaska to England and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois I. Benson
J. C. Benson
Thirteenth Street NW
Army Nurse Corps
Roosevelt
Coe
Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago
St. Benson
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Mildred Benson
Belgium
Sgt
Jack
England
George Edward Carson
Marine Corps
Walnut Ridge
Ark
George Carson
Georgia Rook
Ninth Street
Carson
Charles Elmer
South Pacific
James Walter
Alaska
James
Soldier’s Son Furlough After 27 Months Air Corps Service
Ferris K. Simpson, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Simpson of 342 Woodland Drive SE, is at home on furlough after 27 months with the air corps in the African, Mediterranean, China, Burma and India theaters. He will report at Santa Ana, California for reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Ferris K. Simpson
C. E. Simpson
Woodland Drive
Air Corps
Mediterranean
China
Burma
India
Santa Ana
Calif
Moon Heads Mercy Hospital Medical Staff
Dr. B. J. Moon was elected chief of the medical staff at Mercy Hospital during the annual meeting held Thursday night. New officers include Vice-president Dr. Phil Crew and secretary Dr. Blanche Houser, with executive committee members Dr. W. J. Neuzil Dr. C. S. Krause and Dr. S. G. Murray. Department chiefs remain to be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Moon
Mercy Hospital
Phil Crew
Blanche Houser
W. J. Neuzil
C. S. Krause
S. G. Murray
Bank Robberies Rise in 1944 First Time in 12 Years
Director J Edgar Hoover of the FBI warned of tougher years ahead as bank robberies rose during 1944 for the first time in 12 years, signaling a trend toward increased lawlessness unless curbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Shoemaker Missing
Dochtermann
Robert Dochtermann
Eleanor Thomassen
Vernon
St. Mere Eglise
Rose Stoddard
Vaughn Stoddard
James E. Patterson
HINDS
Mayfair
Storm's
Marion
Boyer
F.C. Witzigman
Dickey’s
Jack Sprat
Richelieu
Robinhood Flour
National Cash Register For Sale
Doz
Culbert's Food Market
Rosedale
Rinso
LARGE
Rinso Prg
Wilson’'S
Colorado
Marion News
John P. Oliver
1540
Seventh Avenue
Bernard Hawke
Charles O’mahony
St. Columban's Foreign Mission Society
Omaha
Minnesota
Edward Mullaley
L. E. Peckosh
Lange
William J. Lange
Supreme Headquarters of the
A.E.F
United States
Army
John
L. R. Langes
Jesse B. Howells
Owen
Bert Dean
J. J. Booth
Hallmark
Boston
Lowell B. Parks
Lowryfield, Colo
Mrs
Ralph Parks
Bob Lundy
Camp Fannin
Lyle Stimson
Mrs. Stimson
Royce Hefner
Ralph Stahle
Hefner
A. W. Salisbury
Mothers Club
Storm
Bailey’s Milk Bar
Charles A. Engel
Minneapolis
William P. Engel
Ed Sigfred Co
Wawo Kiye
Fay Bailey
Guardian
Joan Stockwell
Agnes Mullaley
Joan Brooks
Kathryn Hastings
Donna Bailey
Carol Stimson
Sue Cary
Patricia Baughman
Jack Ratliff
Second Avenue
The
Town Electric Light and Power Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mt. Vernon Flyer
Ella
Merriman
Imogen
Emery
Silver Leaf
Benson
Marine
Dick Farmer
Southwest Pacific
R. M. Farmer
Twelfth Avenue SW
Rudy A. Grubich
George Grubich
Eighth Street
Grubich
Navy
Ben J. McGlashing
Biak Island
Tenth Avenue SE
Robert W. |Blanchard
Jud Blanchard
Center Point Road
Australia
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Hot Springs
James F. McNeill
Ross Johnson
L Street
Pvt. McNeill
Cpt
Marvin A. Palmer
Gen. Patton
F ‘Avenue
Cpl
Dale Wayne Fielder
E. O. Fielder
C Street
Philippines
Fielder
Francis Richardson
H. H. Richardson
Eleventh Street
Virgil Richardson
Second Street
Frederick Fisher, Jr
Camp Beale
Fritzy
First Avenue SE
Fred C.fisher
Second Avenue SE
Richard M. Loftus
Willard A. Christopherson
Mary Christopherson
Cedar
Fort Meade, Md
Kenneth D. Barta
Barta
Vonley B
Jimmie” Hall
Holland
Margaret Morrison
Fourth Street
Pfc. Hall
Shaver Road
Robert T. Mackey
Ficainer Ge Caress Oe Co & TS Ung
Monarch
Sojka
16Th Ave
Hires Root
MLE OK A
Ipie
Ipilie
Moon
Cudahy
Pork
Springville Creamery Co
Del
Ae Zh As
Zbois
Borden
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