Plans to Aid Iowa Veterans Coordinated Effort
Iowa plans for veteran assistance through a state veterans service committee formed Tuesday. Brig Gen Charles H Grahl chairs with Rodney Selby as secretary. Members include George Haskell W P C W B Nugent Veterans Administration EF Kaderabek and Bernard Nowak. The panel will set up information centers and refer applicants to agencies, starting in Polk County, with weekly meetings at the statehouse.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Veterans Service Committee
Charles H. Grahl
State Selective Service
Rodney Q. Selby
Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation Commission
George Haskell
War Manpower Commission
W. B. Nugent
Veterans Administration
E F. Kaderabek
Bernard Nowak
Industrial and Defense Commission
Polk County
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Statehouse
Gen. Grahl
Oelwein Man Killed In Calcium Hopper
James G. Maynard 57 died by suffocation after a calcium hopper dislodged and buried him at the Oelwein Chemical plant where he worked. An English immigrant who lived in the area for 30 years, he farmed near Waterloo before moving to Oelwein and is survived by his wife.
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Oelwein
James G. Maynard
Oelwein Chemical Company
Maynard
England
Waterloo
Mrs. H. L. Beye Heads Iowa City School Board
Mrs Howard L Beye has been elected to serve as president of the Iowa City school board after Dan C Dutcher left for navy training in Hollywood Fla Attorney Arthur O Leff will fill Mrs Beyes seat for the remainder of the term ending March 1
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Iowa City
Howard L. Beye
Dan C. Dutcher
Hollywood
Fla
Arthur O. Leff
Beye
Officers Installed By Rebekah Lodge In Marion
Mrs. Mable Harlan was installed as noble grand of Grove City Rebekah lodge at the O O F hall with district deputy president Henrietta Sea- Bnet and Cedar Rapids Praha lodge staff conducting. Other officers installed include Pluma Terrill Grace Berlin Bernice Carnahan Grace Lang Ella Harding Alma Zimmer Maud Robison Marian Castle Elsie Knapp Margaret Shireman Maxine Wood Gladys Derflinger Gladys Ballard Dorothy Milner Anna Detlefsen. Retiring noble grand Betty Johnson presented past grand pin. Cpl Vernon Blietz on furlough praised at Thomas park. Osceola lodge to install officers Thursday night.
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Mable Harlan
Noble Grand
Grove City
Oo. O. F. Hall
Henrietta
Marion theater hosts fifth war bond premiere
Gilbert Rathman, theater manager, said 700 to 800 attended the event Tuesday night. The Marion theater sold $40,375 of bonds in the drive as "Who Done It?" and short subjects played. Brief talks were given by Reuben Smith and Rathman. Failer announced Marion and Marion township had purchased $267,083 in bonds, exceeding the $250,000 quota.
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Gilbert Rathman
Marion Theater
Rathman
Reuben Smith
Marion
W. E. Failer
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Report of Condition
Report of Condition for Guaranty Bank and Trust Company of Town Linn County as of June 30 1944 details resources liabilities and capital. It lists cash and due from banks U S government obligations loans and deposits with totals for resources and deposits plus capital accounts and signatures of the bank officers and notary public.
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Guaranty Bank
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
United States
U. S
van Vechten Shaffer
Reginald B. Flee
Reginald B. Figge
GLADYCE_C. GETZ
Bieware “Eee
Traner Receives D F C for World War II Action Over New Britain
Capt. George L. Traner, 23, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery during a February 15, 1944 mission over New Britain Island. He aided two downed P-38 pilots, shot down a Japanese Zero despite engine loss, and saved the second P-38. Traner, a former University of Iowa student, served since 1943 and later faces next assignment in California after visiting his mother in Sebring and wife Peggy Ann Roe in Manchester. His brother Jay trains at Greenwood, Mississippi.
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Manchester
George L. Traner
South Pacific
Peggy Ann Roe
Earl Traner
Independence
Traner
D.F.C
New Britain Island
California
Arizona
Sebring
Ohio
Jay Traner
Greenwood
Miss
New All Time Mark in Job Placements in Iowa
In June the U S employment service in Iowa set an all time placement record with 17 872 persons assigned to jobs as reported by George D Haskell state war manpower director. The total topped the prior high of 15 152 from September and came from 26 area offices and four branches with 63 327 people visiting counters. Haskell cited vacation work by high school students and aggressive recruiting as causes and warned of a possible manpower emergency next fall as students return to school. Local totals included 948 in Cedar Rapids 67 in Decorah and 95 in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
U. S. Employment Service
Iowa
George D Haskell
Haskell
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Iowa City
S/Sgt Maurice Kelly Killed in Action in Italy May 5
Mrs Ida Kelly of Harper's Ferry receives word that her son S/Sgt Maurice Kelly 23 waist gunner was killed in action in Italy May 5. He had been listed missing in June before later found safe, family believes death occurred on a later bombing mission. He enlisted January 1943 and went overseas April. Survived by mother two brothers Laurence and Leon a sister Sister Pascal, and brothers Clem in California and Joe in North Africa.
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McGregor
Ida Kelly
Harper's Ferry
Maurice Kelly
Italy
Set
Kelly
Clem
Camp Robers
Calif
Joe
North Africa
Laurence Kelly
S. J. Campion College
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Leon
Dubuque
Pascal
Golden Congregational Church Golden Anniversary in Manchester
The Golden Congregational Church near Manchester marked its seventy fifth anniversary with Sunday services led by Rev Ota O Hobson. Mrs George Chrystal read a church history, 25 year members were listed, and a baptismal service along with new members, special music and a pot luck dinner followed. Frank Clark 86 attended. church origins traced to 1869 with prior meetings at Guthrie school.
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Manchester
Golden Congregational Church
Ota O. Hobson
George Chrystal
Bennie Worm
Golden
Frank Clark
Guthrie School
John Chrystal
William Spoers
L. LaBounty
Officers Move to Strip Glamour From Taverns in Postwar Talk
Iowa City sessions of the peace officers' short course featured Sheriff H T Wagner and Sheriff James H Smith urging a return to Mutlet era saloon rules to curb juvenile delinquency tied to tavern lure. They called for postwar police science study and state funds for a four year police program at Iowa University.
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Iowa City
H T. Wagner
Waterloo
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Riley C. Nelson
Iowa State Sheriffs’ Association
Iowa University
W. W. Keenan
Omaha
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iowa City Girl is Named Miss Johnson County Queen
Donna Mae Scheetz 18 was crowned Miss Johnson County after winning 92 600 votes in the fifth war loan drive. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Scheetz of 1026 East Washington street, Iowa City, and a Iowa City High School graduate employed at a local dress shop. Bernice Leeney placed second with 80 650 votes followed by Jayne Kupka Hills Jeanne Skvor Riverside and Mary Wilkinson Iowa City in the top five.
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Iowa City
Donna Mae Scheetz
Johnson County
Miss Scheetz
John J Scheetz
East
Washington Street
Iowa City High School
Bernice Leeney
Jayne Kupka
Hills
Jeanne Skvor
Riverside
Mary Wilkinson
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Callie Knapp
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