Hear From Son Held By Japs Over 3 Years
Gordon Krysan, son of Mr and Mrs Krysan, reports from Camp Sukuoka that he remains in good health while prisoner of the Japs for over three years since Wake Island fall. He had worked as an electrician for Pacific Island Employees Foundation on Wake Island before capture. He describes meager rations and clothing, and prayers to see family soon. The firm learned prisoners are paid two and a half to six cents daily for hard labor. Gordon had previously lived in Calmar and Manitowoc before enlisting.
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Gordon Krysan
Camp Sukuoka
Wakehoe
Pacific Island Employes Foundation
Boise, Ida
Wake Island
Red Cross
Krysans
Gordon
Calmar High School
Manitowoc
Wis
Letter from Lt. Lowe reports health from POW camp Zentzuzi
Special to The Gazette Earlville Mrs Mason R Lowe receives word from her husband a lieutenant held by the Japs since the Philippines fall He writes be well cheerful tell daughter to study two languages bonds contact his folks and friends He is at Zentzuzi prisoner of war camp
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Earlville
Mason R. Lowe
Philippines
Convict Escape Leads Search Around Council Bluffs
Authorities continued chasing Edgar Cook 31 and John Giles 37 after they reportedly visited several businesses in the area Sunday while on the lam from a Council Bluffs jail two weeks after escaping.
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Edgar Cook
John Giles
Nebraska
Council Bluffs City
Northwestern Mutual Insurance meet names North Liberty leaders
The 77th annual Northwestern Mutual Insurance association of Johnson county gathered in the Masonic building. Lee Colony was elected president with W A Young as vice president Mrs Mabel Z Stoner secretary and Ernest Myers treasurer. Directors include J P Burns Fred Gegenheimer Joseph P Dvorsky Albert Hurt Glenn Stevens and C K Wolfe. Secretary Myers reported 7 607621 in force and about 34000 in ledger assets. The North Liberty Mutual Telephone company's annual meeting will be held in the Masonic building next Saturday at 1 30 p m.
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North Liberty
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Association
Johnson County
Lee Colony
W. A. Young
Mabel Z. Stoner
Ernest Myers
J. P. Burns
Fred Gegenheimer
Joseph P. Dvorsky
Albert Hurt
Glenn Stevens
C. K. Wolfe
Myers
North Liberty Mutual Telephone Company
Masonic Building
Frozen body of college student found on secluded path
The frozen body of John H. Moe, 24, Fort Dodge Iowa, a senior at Macalester College, was found on a secluded riverbank path near the campus by two hitchhikers. Police say Moe had been dead at least four days with no foul play evident. cause of death under inquiry.
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ST. Paul, Minn
John H. Moe
Fort Dodge
Mississippi River
Macalester College
Moe
Baked Ham Sandwich Costs Grille $25 Penalty
MOLINE AP The Hollywood Grille in Dubuque faced a $25 penalty after a baked ham sandwich priced at 40 cents with fries violated price rules. The price panel found the menu should include fries with the sandwich and settled the administrator's claim for $25.
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Moline
Hollywood Grille
Dubuque
District Opa
Vinton Soldier Dies in Hawaii Army Hospital
Pvt. Lloyd M. Worthen age 20 died in a Army hospital in Hawaii. He had been ill and had previously attended Vinton public school. Worthen served two years in the Army. parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Worthen.
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Vinton
Lloyd M. Worthen
Hawaiian
Charles W. Worthen
Pvt. Worthen
Vinton Public
Miller Hosts Golden Wedding Open House Change
An open house at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank B Miller honors their golden wedding anniversary. It will be held Tuesday January 23 from 2 to 5 pm instead of Sunday as previously published. A family dinner will precede the event.
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Alburnett
Frank B. Miller
Golder
Gazette
Tipton Sergeant Calls Himself One of Luckiest Soldiers
San Francisco AP reports Sgt Walter A Cacherell of Tipton Iowa says he felt lucky after a top hand grenade exploded him off the ground during a Wake Island assault. He endured a punctured eardrum and deafness, was treated in Australia, then returned to combat at Aitape New Guinea. He has 33 months overseas service. He is the son of Mrs Dora Cawiezell of Tipton.
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San Francisco
Walter A. Cacherell
Tipton
U. S. Infantry
Cacerell
Australia
Aitape
New Guinea
Cawiezell
Dora Cawiezell
Edgar A Guest The Poet of the People
Poem reflecting on generational shift from manual craft to gadget age. The speaker contrasts his storytelling with his grandsire's hands on engineering and mechanical skill as he laments not mastering tools, gadgets, motors, and precision instruments that earlier makers enjoyed.
Wounds Fatal to Norway Soldier Pvt Elliott Dies in Belgium
Pvt. Revere M. Elliott, 33, of Norway, died December 29 from wounds suffered in action in Belgium. He joined the service April 26, 1942, went overseas about a year earlier, and served as a tank crewman. He leaves a brother Pvt Don Elliott in Germany and a sister Mrs. Kathryn Montague.
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Norway
Pvt
Revere M. Elliott
Belgium
Don Elliott
Germany
Kathryn Montague
Dysart Man Graduates as Gunnery Instructor
LAREDO Texas Staff Sgt Leo L Johnson son of Mr and Mrs Roy C Johnson Dysart Ia graduated last week from the army air forces central instructors school at Laredo field and is now fully qualified to become an instructor at one of the nations seven aerial gunnery schools He completed a six week course in modern methods of instruction on aerial gunnery.
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Laredo
Texas
Leo L. Johnson
Roy C. Johnson
Dysart
Army Air Forces Central
Laredo Field
Tax Refunds Over 2000 Announced In Iowa District
The treasury announced refunds for the 1944 fiscal year in the Iowa internal revenue district. Notable refunds include Cedar Bids Barclay Securities $2546 Craemer's federal unemployment tax $2539 Irene H Douglas estate $19500 Shares company $2691 Monticello Monticello State Bank income tax unknown amount.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Iowa
Missing in Action Cpl Harold Blauer
Cpl Harold Blauer 24 is listed as missing in action in Europe since December 16 after serving a year in the Aleutians and returning from a 21 day furlough before going overseas again in October 1944 per war department notice to his wife.
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TRAER
Harold Blauer
Europe
War Department
Cpl
Blauer
Aleutians
Mrs Florence King Fatally Burned In Home Fire
Eldora residents mourn Mrs Florence King 88 after she fataly burned while preparing a noon meal her apron caught flame from a kerosene stove at her home on Sunday.
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Eldora
Florence King
Zephyr Case To Be Aired At FBI Conference
The Zephyr dynamiting, an unsolved wartime sabotage case, will be discussed at a Cedar Rapids FBI conference in the Chamber of Commerce building from 10 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. E R Fletcher and E E Kuhnel will present, with a later session in Ottumwa and other cities.
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Iowa
Ing
Nodaway
Cedar Rapids
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chamber of Commerce
E. E. Kuhnel
FBI
Kuhner
Fletcher
E. R. Fletcher
Wll
Lyle Dawson
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ottumwa
Mason City
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Fort Dodge Des Moines
Kidnaping Trial Opens at Anamosa
Ralph Cassidy one of four men who broke from the men's reformatory on January 1 1944 and took guards hostage goes on trial for kidnaping before District Judge G K Thompson. Jurors named include Dorothy Alexander L Swenson Mrs H Chaloupka Mrs John Jacobs John Wilcox Ambrose Knepper Duane Lincoln Raymond Dusanek Elmer Stern Robert Shedek H F Folkerts Mrs Otis Siber Prosecutor Glen Mc Laughlin and defense attorney George Lawrence named in court records.
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Anamosa
Ralph Cassidy
G. K. Thompson
Dorothy Alexander
L. Swenson
Olin
Chaloupka
John Jacobs
John Wilcox
Monticello
Ambrose Knepper
Cascade
Duane Lincoln
Raymond Dusanek
Elmer Stern
Robert Shedek
Wyoming
H. F. Folkerts
Otis Siber
Martelle
Glen McLaughlin
Cassidy
George Lawrence
Breakthrough Treatment Rewrites Years of Suffering
A historical medical text outlines a two decade new treatment method for serious health issues. It claims to correct conditions and relieve misery, offering readers hope for personal improvement and long term well being.
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