Three Hanna brothers rise to army captain ranks
Mrs. Mary Lillie Hanna of 1093 Tenth street learned Saturday that her youngest son Edward Hanna, a base veterinarian at Rome Army Air Field, has been promoted to captain. All three Hanna brothers are now captains, including Charles at Fitzsimons Denver and W Burdette at Fort Dix with his wife Elizabeth Sloss and their sons Gary and Tommy. All three are Iowa State College graduates. Edward joined after graduating in 1942.
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Mary Lillie Hanna
Tenth Street
Edward Hanna
Rome
N. Y
Army Air Field
Hanna
Charles Hanna
Fitzsimons Hospital
Denver
Scranton
W. Burdette Hanna
Marion
Fort Dix
N. J
Elizabeth Sloss
A. C. Sloss
Cedar Rapids
Gary
Tommy
Iowa State College
Capt
Service
Marion Red Cross sewing and dressings drive announced
Red Cross rooms will host open sessions Monday Tuesday and Thursday 2 to 4 p m and Tuesday 7 to 9 p m for surgical dressings. Open classes need women helpers. Mrs L C Ross chairs. Sewing room opens Wednesday 10 to 4 for sewing and knitting led by Mrs Mary Hanna and Miss Maye. Kenneth Burns ad. Gleaners division to sew Friday at 2 with Mrs Harry Jacobs.
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Marion Red Cross
L. C. Ross
Mary Hanna
Maye
Gleaners
Methodist
Harry Jacobs
Marion Eastern Star Kensington Monday at Masonic Temple
The Marion Eastern Star chapter holds Kensington Monday at the Masonic temple with supper at 5 30 chaired by Mrs L O Dickey and Mrs J E Cippera. Also notes include W C T U meeting Tuesday 2 30 at the public library and drive for Red Cross materials.
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Marion
Eastern Star
Kensington
Masonic Temple
L. O. Dickey
J. E. Cippera
Presbyterian Cornerstone Kensington Meeting Set
The Presbyterian Cornerstone Kensington will be held Thursday at 2 30 at the home of Mrs. W D Shank.
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Presbyterian
Cornerstone Kensington
W. D. Shank
Army Air Corps Nurses Report for Training at Patterson Field
Jean Lehdigh of Marion and Jacquelyn Clay of Cedar Rapids join the Army Air Nurse Corps at Patterson Field Dayton Ohio for training. Their long friendship began in Marion through grade school and high school and continued through a five year joint program at Coe College and St Luke's School of Nursing. They earned BA degrees from Coe and nursing diplomas from St Luke's in 1938 and worked at Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago for experience before active service.
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Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Army Air Nurse Corps
Jean Lehdigh
Marion
Jacquelyn Clay
Cedar Rapids
Marion High School
Coe College
St. Luke’s
Coe
St. Luke's
Lehdigh
Clay
Chicago
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Mrs Benjamin Cummins Honored at Showers
Multiple showers honored Mrs Benjamin Cummins newly married as Mildred Gillmore with guests from Marion Cedar Rapids Mt Vernon Lisbon. Favorite recipes saved and presented. Wagon gift carrying guests and refreshments noted.
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Benjamin Cummins
Clyde Scott
Alfred Hoffman
Pratt
Mildred Gillmore
Cummins
Vernell Kinkead
Marion
Maribel Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Queen to Be Crowned at Marion High Athletics Ball
A queen will be chosen by a public vote of all high school boys who have played varsity athletics since fall. The queen will be crowned Friday at an athletic ball in the school gymnasium replacing the annual athletic banquet. The football captain-elect will crown the queen. A buffet luncheon will follow, served by the legion post and auxiliary. Committee members are L. S. Barber Z. N. Lundy Fred Ross and L. A. Franke.
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Marion Legion Post
L. S. Barber
Z. N. Lundy
Fred Ross
L. A. Franke
Marion High School Pre-District Declamatory Contest Entries
Marion high school will be represented at the pre district declamatory contest in Davenport this week with Helen Frazier Barbara Seger and Bob Mathewson performing in their respective categories Muscatine and Lisbon schools also participate Womens groups and clubs host meetings and programs including Farm Bureau Entre Nous W.R.C. West Marion Garden club and P.E.O. chapter CS plus a lost dog notice and local ads from Owen's Cut Rate Drug and Farm Bureau lessons.
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Marion High School
Davenport
Helen Frazier
Barbara Seger
Bob Mathewson
Muscatine
Lisbon
Marion
Musical Literary club Meeting Led by Edna Roberts
The Musical Literary club will meet Monday at 7:30 with Miss Edna Roberts. Choral Practice will be the subject of the study.
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Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Thomas Wildey
Edna Roberts
Debates Over Iowa Income Tax Repeal or Suspension
Iowa lawmakers discuss a potential suspension or repeal of the state income tax amid wartime finances. Republicans and Democrats express opposing views on maintaining surpluses, funding schools, and postwar needs. Several eastern Iowa senators and representatives weigh options, with calls to preserve the tax for future revenue and other voices urging temporary relief for taxpayers.
Army Show Delivers Humor and Heart at University Stage
Cpl Zigmund Skowronski led a lively Army Show with skits and songs addressing humor and the racial issue through a piece titled Next of Kin. Leo Branton read a fallen flyer’s letter to his infant son while other numbers featured Begin the Beguine and Night and Day. Proceeds support the A.S.T.P. regimental fund.
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Next of
Pfe
Leo Branton
Chicago
Cole Porter
Tech
Robert McGill
New York
Pfc
John Eriksen
Minneapolis
E. C. Mabie
University Theater
Arnold Gillette
Hunton D. Sellman
Dramatic Arts Department
Blake Flint
A.S.T.P. Regimental Fund
Tarawa veteran recalls brutal fight and recovery
Cedar Rapids marine Eddie Zrudzky shares vivid Tarawa memories from enlistment in Des Moines on October 2 1942 to battlefield danger in Hawaii New Zealand New Caledonia and the Gilberts He recounts being wounded twice aboard a landing craft and later evacuated to Pearl Harbor and San Diego He praises the Marine Corps and its leaders and vows to return to service if possible while stressing the value of education and discipline.
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John Zrudsky
Mt. Vernon Road
Fortieth Street
Des Moines
San Diego
Calif
Hawaii
New Zealand
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
The
Gilberts
Tarawa
Marine Corps
Eddie
Navy
Aadiace
Pearl Harbor
San Diego Dee
C. BR
Edward Holecek
Cedar Rapids
Pfc
Leo Bowden
Floyd
Gerald Secora
Golden Gloves
Machinery allocation under AAA schedules described
The article outlines two AAA rationing schedules for farm equipment. Schedule one uses quotas with manufacturers supplying counties and committees selecting applicants by need. Schedule two removes quotas with farmers directly purchasing via local committees.
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AAA
AAA Committee
Iowa Legislature Opens Eleventh Extra Session in 1943 History
The article outlines planned voting rules for military members, session priorities like soldier voting and emergency measures, and expected timing. It notes Gov Hickenlooper’s address to explain the session purpose, plus leadership, member compensation, and historical context of Iowa’s special sessions dating back to 1848.
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Henry W. Burma
Allison
House
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
Forty-fifth General Assembly
State Liquor Commission
United States Senate
W. B. Allison
Tax on Stored Cars Hardship To Servicemen
Iowa law treats any unlicensed automobile stored for a year as personal property tax. Proposals urge legislative relief for soldiers affected. The state tax commission notes stored vehicles in 1943 are assessable as personal property as of year end, higher than if license fees had been paid.
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DES Moinesap
Iowa
State Tax Commission
War department lists Lt Richard A Abbe missing in action
The War Department announced Saturday that Second Lieutenant Richard A Abbe of Toledo Iowa is missing in action in the Mediterranean area.
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Washington
War Department
Richard A. Abbe
Toledo
Mediterranean
Norway Man Gunners On Flying Fortress
Special to The Gazette Alexandria Louisiana Sgt. Arthur W. Schinker of Norway Iowa is completing an intensive combat flying course at the army air base and will soon join a Flying Fortress crew overseas as a gunner. He is the son of Mr and Mrs N J Schinker and graduated from Norway high school in May 1940.
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Alexandria
Arthur W. Schinker
Norway
Army Air Base
N. J. Schinker
Norway High School
Elberon Postmaster Nomination Sent to Senate
President Roosevelt sends Georgetta B Bollzal nomination for postmaster at Elberon Iowa to the Senate. The action marks a formal step in filling the local postmaster position.
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Washington
Georgetta B. Bolelzal
Elberon
Senate
Roosevelt
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L. C. Dow
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