Middle Amana Veteran Wins Campaign Stars
Special to The Gazette recounts Technician John C. Rettig of Middle Amana Ia who serves in the 388th infantry regiment 85th division and earned campaign stars for Moroccan and Italian campaigns along with the combat infantryman badge. He describes frontline recalls near Florence Italy and a close escape from artillery fire during combat. Rettig trained in the signal corps at Camp Crowder Mo before infantry transfer in May 1944 and is on a 30 day furlough at Camp Shanks NY to visit his mother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John C. Rettig
Middle Amana
Italy
Cpl. Rettig
Signal Corps
North Africa
388Th
85Th Infantry
Camp Shanks
Cpl
Rettig
Florence
Camp Crowder
Louisa Rettig
Florence Rettig
Drabelle backs shift shooting in Iowa mines
Des Moines AP report covers a public hearing where Drabelle of the Iowa Coal Institute urged passage of a bill to permit shooting on shift in Iowa coal mines. Opponents from United Mine Workers argued health hazards. House committee endorsed a bill allowing shift shooting after mine inspector approval, citing potential production gains and restoring Iowa coal to market competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
51St
General Assembly
Senate
House Mines and Mining Committee
John M. Drabelle
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Coal Institute
B. B Hickenlooper
Drabelle
United Mine Workers of America
John Schuler
Schuler
Another Five-Year Term for Cassidy
Anamosa district Judge G K Thompson sentenced Ralph Cassidy to five years at Fort Madison for involvement in the January 1 1944 reformatory break kidnapping Deputy Warden L Jomachka and Yard Captain Dan Beam. Cassidy already has five years for escape and five for assault with intent to commit manslaughter along with 20 years for motor vehicle larceny. His partners in the escape plan, John Bryl Frank Brown and Steve Ratcliffe, face trial on kidnapping charges and have prior sentences of five years for escape 20 years for larceny and 30 years for assault with intent to commit murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
G K. Thompson
Ralph Cassidy
Fort Madison
L. Jomachka
Dan E. Beam
Reformatory
Cassidy
John Bryl
Frank Brown
Steve Ratcliff
Sioux City to Get Bomb Training Unit
Grand Island Nebraska AP reports the 17th bombardment operational training wing headquarters will move from Grand Island army air field to the Sioux City army base in February. Col William A Miller, commander at Grand Island, confirmed the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Grand, Island, Neb
17th _bombardment operational training wing
Grand Island Army Air Field
William A. Miller
Grand Island Field
Notice of appointments in Linn County Iowa estates 1945
Notice announces appointment of executor and administratrix for Linn County Iowa estates. J W Brown Tate estate names executor Loren ce Brown Dale Stentz attorney. James J Leach estate names administratrix Corafay and Elmer A Johnson attorney. Creditors urged to file claims and debtors to pay promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
Ss. Notley
J. W Brown Tate
Iowa
Lorence
BROWN
Dale Stentz
Springville
Hames Gets Eight Years for Manslaughter
DUBUQUE AP Dorrance Hames 26 year old discharged war veteran who killed Wanda Haas and Mary Solea on highway 52 near here was given an indeterminate sentence of eight years in the Anamosa reformatory on his guilty plea to manslaughter. Two other counts were dismissed on the county attorney s recommendation. The two girls died walking along the highway singing Don t Fence Me In. Marian Gerhard testified at the coroner s inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dorrance Hames
Wanda Haas
Mary Solea
Here
Anamosa
Hames
Milton J. Glenn
E. J. Kean
Marian Gerhard
Services Thursday for Garnaville Publisher
Special to The Gazette McGREGOR Services for R Schumacher 63 editor and publisher of the Garnaville Tribune since 1909 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at St Pauls Lutheran church Garnaville. He was active in civic affairs serving as school board secretary for 30 years town clerk organized Garnaville Telephone Co and was secretary and manager until it was taken over by Bell He promoted the town band and was its director. Surviving are his wife two daughters Mrs EJ Flaucher Garnavillo and Winifred Schumacher Milwaukee and a sister Mrs Edwin Milesky Garnavillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
R. Schumacher
Garnaville
E. J. Flaucher
Garnavillo
Winifred Schumacher
Milwaukee
Edwin Milesky
Resort Owner Slain During Robbery Described by Witness
Spirit Lake testimony links Phillip H Heiney and his son William to the December 16 19 Raebel murder after they staked out the Raebel cabin. Heiney testified they beat Raebel and shot him in the basement while plotting the crime. Ruth Raebel survived the assault. The pair pleaded guilty to first degree murder as the hearing addressed sentence severity. Carl Marolf of West Branch was granted a continuance after indictment for assault with intent to commit great bodily injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Phillip H. Heiney
Robert W. Raebel
Quincy
Raebel
Heiney
William
Okoboji Lake
Tipton
Carl Marolf
West Branch
Cedar County
Grand Jury
Floyd Philbrick
Marolf
Ruth
Missionary Rev Chris Jensen to Speak at Anamosa Church
The Rev. Chris Jensen, recently returning from Korea, will address a special church meeting at the Anamosa Methodist Church on Thursday at 7 30 p.m. The event aims to share his missionary experiences and insights with attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Chris Jensen
Korea
Methodist Church
Wounded Soldier Pfc Donald Jordan in Belgium
Pfc Donald Jordan, husband of Bernice Jordan of Troy Mills, was wounded in action January 4 in Belgium. He entered service in April 1943 and has been overseas since August. His parents are Mr and Mrs K J Jordan of Central City. His brother LeRoy Jordan, a fireman second class, is stationed in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Jordan
Bernice Jordan
Troy Mills
Belgium
K. J. Jordan
Central City
Pfc
Jordan
LeRoy Jordan
Boston
Ernest Schluter Dies at 89 in Lowden Bank Leader
Ernest Schluter 89, vice president of the Lowden American Trust and Savings Bank and director since 1913, died Wednesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He leaves two sons State Senator Edwin Schluter of Clarence and Otto Schluter of Cedar Rapids, two daughters Mrs Otto Schneider and Mrs William Smith of London, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden
Ernest Schluter
Lowden American Trust and Savings Bank J
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Schluter
Clarence
Otto Schluter
Otto Schneider
William Smith
London
Pfc. Smith of Watkins Now Prisoner in Japan
The war department informed Mr and Mrs George H Smith that their son Marine Pfc George Smith Jr has been moved from the Philippines to a prison camp in Japan after being a prisoner since the fall of Bataan. He enlisted in July 1940 and spent a year in China before Pearl Harbor. His brother Seaman Edward L Smith is on leave from the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc. Smith
Watkins
Japan
War Department
George H. Smith
Pfc
George Smith, Jr
Bataan
Philippines
Smith
China
Pearl Harbor
Seaman
Edward L. Smith
Southwest Pacific
Manchester Soldier Supervising Aachen Election
Capt. Edward L. Moon of Manchester Iowa led secret balloting in one Aachen township as the first free election since Hitler’s rise. In a farm house kitchen 14 votes were cast for representative. Joseph Drisen won eight, his cousin Peter four, and two others one each under Allied supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aachen
Germany
Edward L. Moon
Manchester
Hitler
Moon
Joseph Drisen
Peter
Accused Slayer Captured by FBI in Omaha
Wilbur Paul Patterson and Tony Prodhello were arrested by FBI agents in Omaha after a nationwide alert. Patterson, 22, allegedly killed a Daytona Beach detective and boasted he would never be taken alive. Prodhello, 22, from Sioux City, Ia, was also captured in the garage trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Wilbur Paul Patterson
Daytona Beach
Fla
Tony Prodhello
Sioux City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special FBI
Duane L. Traynor
Nebraska
Patterson
Prochello
FBI
Traynor
Iowa War Plants Need 2,305 Workers
Des Moines report shows Iowa war plants on the production urgency list require 2,305 workers, down 361 from two weeks earlier, with shortages delaying schedules. The districts listed include Des Moines 935 and Waterloo 407 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
George D. Haskell
Haskell l
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dubuque
Mason City
Sioux City
Waterloo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amana
John Rettig
Cyematt
Charles Duster
Rome
Libby
MY Foods Prunes
Getagles
ITY
Maine
Triumph
Idaho
Russetts
Nash
Skardale
College Grocery
Jerry Klinsky
Troyak
Fifth St
California
Texas
Camas
HERS
CAMRY
Charmin
Briardale
LENYZ
Pillsbury's Flour
Sweet Amor
Great Northern
Griddle
Iowa Mines
Corafay
Elmer A. Johnson
T In
Peterial
Annes
Peter Pan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!