Cedar Rapids board awards four insulation bids after bid dispute
The Cedar Rapids school board reversed a plan to split contracts for attic insulation among four bidders and awarded all four to Haegg Roofing at low total bids. The decision followed scrutiny of samples under engineer Joe Suma tests for fire resistance water repellence and heat penetration.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Haegg
Brant Haegg
Cedar Rapids Roofing Company
Myron Koenig
Joe Suma
Koenig
Haegg
Suma
Franklin School
Batts
McKinley
Roosevelt
Wilson
Wounded in Action Sgt John Reding in Belgium
S/Sgt John Reding 26 with a tank destroyer battalion received shrapnel wounds in action in Belgium December 28. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Reding of Westwood Drive NW Sat Reding a St Patrick's High School graduate and former La Plant Choate employee. He has been overseas since January 1944. His brother Sgt Clarence Reding trained with him at Camp Claiborne and both were in the same battalion in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reding
Belgium
Esther
Herman Merklin
Westwood Drive
Reding
St. Patrick’s High School
la- Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Clarence Reding
Camp Claiborne
Germany
Annual Meeting of Iowa Mutual Sees Officers Re-elected
John Hanson of Waterloo and Ray J. Mills of Cedar Rapids were re elected directors at the Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance company annual meeting in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Hanson was re elected chairman and Mills president and general manager. Holdover directors include Beardsley Coquillette Dows Durham and Taylor. Officials Durham Hopkins Starman Taylor Coquillette and Dutton were also re elected to various posts. The firm reported a 14 percent rise in premiums, gains in assets and reserves, and expansion into five states Montana Oklahoma Florida North Carolina and Virginia plus burglary coverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hanson
Waterloo
Ray J. Mills
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Hanson
Mills
David E. Beardsley
S E. Coquillette
Sutherland C. Dows
Harry D. Durham
R. D. Taylor
Durham
G. W. Hopkins
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Police Records Show Cash and Cigaret Thefts
Marietta Quick reported a billfold with $65 stolen from her purse at the Foxhead tavern. Arnold Pyle of Collins Radio reported a carton of cigarets taken from the cafeteria in an ongoing police records inquiry.
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Marietta Quick
Third Avenue SE
Foxhead Tavern
Collins Radio Company
Arnold Pyle
Six Brothers From Toledo In Service
Special to The Gazette Toledo. Three of the six Rucker brothers are at home on furlough after overseas service. Lawrence, 27, with the 34th division, served three years including duty at Eisenhower's Africa headquarters and Anzio, to return to the Salian front. Leslie, 28, ship’s cook, served 20 months in the South Pacific and at Australia, Admiralty and Johnson islands. Everett, 23, Baker 3/c, three years in Maui Hawaii. Max, 21, Baker 2/c, due home soon from Kodiak Alaska. Hollis, 33, fireman 2/c, with the Pacific fleet, 18 months at sea. Melvin, 30, Pvt., in the European theater with the 78th Field Artillery.
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Toledo
Rucker
Lawrence Rucker
Eisenhower
Africa
Italy
Anzio
Salian
Leslie Rucker
South Pacific
Australia
Admiralty
Johnson Islands
Baker
Everett Rucker
Maui
Hawaiian Islands
Max Rucker
Kodiak Island
Alaska
Hollis Rucker
Pacific Fleet
Pvt
Melvin Rucker
Euraean
78Th Field Artilery
Three More Eastern Iowans Missing In Action
Special to The Gaz Iowa City William D. Hoff 19 is missing in action in Belgium since January 1. He is the son of Lawrence T. Hoff and entered service last June after graduating from Iowa City High School. Hoff was sent overseas last October and assigned to the Third Army.
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Gaz
Iowa City Blc
William D. Hoff
Belgium
Lawrence T. Hoff
Iowa City
Brooklyn Soldier Missing in Action in France
Staff Sgt. Elmer Kraske an infantryman with the Seventh Army has been missing in action in France since January 3. His wife and two children reside in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Elmer Kraske
France
Seventh Army
Missing in Action Vail Son Sought in India
Mr and Mrs Ed Vail report their son Charles Vail is missing in action in India. The family awaits official word as the war stretches on and uncertainties mount for the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Vail
Charles Vail
India
Woods Cited by Admiral Nimitz for Pacific radio stations
Lt. Comdr. James L. Woods Jr. received a citation from Admiral C. W. Nimitz for establishing advance radio stations on five Southwest Pacific islands. The award notes his leadership aided motor torpedo boat operations and upheld naval traditions. He was promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant commander for outstanding service. Woods attended Cedar Rapids grade schools from 1909 to 1912.
Tama youth passes Eddy radar aptitude test at Waterloo
William Johnston 18 son of Mr and Mrs William Johnston Dinsdale is the first Tama county man to pass the Eddy aptitude test for specialized radar training. He was one of four of a hundred to pass the test when given at Waterloo recently.
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Toledo
Wilford
William’ Johnston
William Johnston
Dinsdale
Eddy
Tama County
Waterloo
Calmar Red Cross Elects New Officers
The Calmar town ship Red Cross unit tapped Lottie Hillesland as president and Bernice Vick as secretary and treasurer. Over the past year the group produced 35 pairs of slippers 104 service kits 19 operating gowns three sweaters 42 bedside bags and 12 convalescent robes.
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Calmar
Calmar Township
Red Cross
Lottie Hillesland
Bernice Vick
MacNider's Men In Luzon Drive
Brig Gen Hanford MacNider leads the 158th regimental combat team with Maj Gen Innis P Swift along Luzon central plains. The veterans previously took part in Arawe New Britain landing Dec 15, 1943 and in Wakde Sarmi Noemfoor during the New Guinea campaign. MacNider, wounded at Papuan campaign, is a former American Legion national commander from Mason City Iowa.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Luzon Central Plains
Innis P. Swift
el Paso
Texas
Hanford MacNider
Arawe
New Britain
Wakde
Sarmi
Noemfoor
New Guinea
MacNider
American Legion
Mason City
West Union Rainbow Girls Install Officers
Beatrice Ruhde is the new worthy adviser and her sister Walda Ruhde the worthy associate adviser of West Union Rainbow for Girls. Other officers include Shirley Chicken Charity Winifred Sherren Hope Lois Martin Faith Marjorie Knorr treasurer Mary Joyce Frank recorder Betty Marting chaplain Carleen Sturch drill leader Peggy Spencer love Patty Camp religion Dawn Dummermuth nature Maxine George immortality Marie Mann fidelity Shirley Weston patriotism Mary Louise Swale service Marilyn Moen choir director Mary Jean Sturch confidential observer Marlys Halverson outer observer Mary Elizabeth Meyer Patty Camp Mary Brehme Vivian Bentley Jane Falk Georgiana Falk Arlys Elsheimer Nancy Price Mary Woodard Patricia Eastman Kathryn Nicola Maxine Anderson Jeanette Niehaus chair. Mrs. C. B. Christian is mother adviser and C. H. Rulifson is Rainbow dad. Advisory board includes Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rulifson Dr. Kenneth L. Ritchie Mrs. Harry Neil Mrs. C. B. Christian Mrs. Lorenz Schatz Mrs. Howard Whitney Mrs. E. R. Ballard Mrs. Doran Meyer Mrs. J. H. Barrett Mrs. N. J. Martin Mrs. P. R. Wagner and Miss Lena Laurissen.
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West Union
Beatrice Ruhde
Walda Ruhde
Order of Rainbow
Shirley Chicken
Charity
Winifred’ Sherren
Hope
Lois Martin
Marjorie Knorr
Mary Joyce Frank
Betty Marting
Carleen Sturch
Peggy Spencer
Maxine George
Marie Mann
Fidelity
Shirley Weston
Mary Louise Swale
Marilyn Moen
Mary Jean Sturch
Confidential
Marlys Halverson
Outer Observer
Mary Elizabeth Meyer
Patty Camp
Mary Brehme
Vivian Bentley
Jane Falk
Georgiana Falk
Arlys Elsheimer
Nancy Price
Mary Woodard
Patricia Eastman
Kathryn Nicola
Maxine Anderson
Jean
Pvt. Coye of Toledo Wounded in Luxembourg
Pvt. Kenneth Coye 24 of Toledo was wounded Christmas Day in Luxembourg. He sustained a fractured left leg and shrapnel wounds to both legs and the right arm. He entered service in May 1944 and was sent overseas in October, serving in Gen. Patton' s Third Army. His wife was advised and the Coyes have a son.
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Toledo
Kenneth Coye
Luxembourg
Pvt
Coye
Patton
Third Army
Coyes
Aurora Seaman Wounded in Leyte Invasion
Seaman 2/c Roy Rippel, gunner on an aircraft carrier, was wounded in the Leyte invasion and hospitalized. His sister Mrs. Joe Kaiser has been advised. Marine Captain Leo Mulford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulford, is seriously ill with malaria in the South Pacific.
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Aurora
Roy Rippel
Leyte
Joe Kaiser
Leo Mulford
Frank Mulford
South Pacific
Colesburg Soldier Returns on Furlough from Australia
Merle Holthaus, wounded in New Guinea and treated for malaria there, has arrived home on furlough from Australia. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Holthaus.
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Colesburg
Merle Holthaus
New Guinea
Australia
Benjamin Holthaus
No Hands Soldier Drives Car With Amputations
S/Sgt. Thomas M. Dougherty of Sioux City and Pvt. Demont Erland of Vinton, both amputees, were approved by Michigan state police as capable drivers. Iowa will renew their licenses based on Michigan recommendations. Dougherty has an artificial left hand and a hook on the right hand.
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DES Moines
Thomas M. Dougherty
Sioux City
Iowa Public Safety Department
Dougherty
Michigan
Pvt. Demont Erland
Vinton
Erland
Clarence Shirer
Iowa
Iowans Help to Build Air Base
Ground specialists from Iowa joined the 21st Bombardment Command in Guam to construct administrative and living facilities for a new air base near Saipan. Brig. Gen. Hansell commended their hard labor and ingenuity after completing the base in under 20 weeks, enabling B 29 bombers to operate from the field. Eastern Iowans Staff Sgt. Harold M. Carr Cedar Rapids Sgt. Gerald Chamberlain Iowa City and Pvt. Lawrence Logan Mt. Pleasant were named in the commendation.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Iowa
H. S. Hansell, Jr
Saipan
Gen. Hansell
Tipton Bachelor Loses Left Ear in Wash Day Slip
Tom Ingledew a 66 year old Tipton bachelor lost his left ear in a wash day accident. After lifting a tub of water he slipped on a wet floor and skidded through a doorway where the ear was severed by the door jam. He was taken to University hospital in Iowa City.
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Tipton Bachelor
the Gazette
Tipton
Tom Ingledew
University Hospital
Iowa City
Wapello Infantryman Receives Bronze Star
Kenneth Mc Chesney of Wapello and his Sixth Army infantry unit in the South Pacific earned the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in military operations against the enemy in Australia and New Guinea from September 1943 to June 1944, as reported by his wife.
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Kenneth McChesney
Sixth Army
South Pacific
Australia
New Guinea
Langland to Undergo Appendectomy in Des Moines
Rep. C. M. Langland, 74, Iowa legislator from Winneshiek county who lives near the Minnesota line, will have an appendectomy in a Des Moines hospital and be unable to attend house duties for three to four weeks, per his physician.
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Des Moines
C. M. Langland
Iowa
House of Representatives
Langland
Winneshiek County
Minnesota
Spring Grove
Minn
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Dwight Krumholtz
George Kosek
J. C. Blodgett
Cedar Rapids Insurance Agents
George Maxwell
Maxwell
Blodgett
Acoustes
Linn County
F. W. Yanda Inte
Towa
Violet M Janda
Chas, Penningroth
Elkader
Ross Powell
Harry Powell
Sid Powell
England
New York
Rochester
Vicks Ol
the Gazette Go
Sgt
Sgt, Reding
Iowa Mutual
Uncle Sam
Home Insulation CO
B Avenue
Woods
Admiral Nimitz
West Union Rainbow Girls
Beatrice Rude
Pvt. Coye
Seaman Roy Rippel
Edwarda
Edwari
Wapello
Franklin Witneis Furnace
Franklin Illinois Stoker
Freeman Furnace
Freeman Stoker
Kenwood Fuel CO
J. F. McLaughlin
Dial
Montgomery Ward
Rarionto
Ll ' Ratiioned
Jong
Tiatasinees
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