Plane for Iowa governor after July plan announced
Des Moines Gov Bourke B. Hickenlooper will gain access to a three seat monoplane through Lieut. Col. Dan Hunter commander of the Iowa wing Civil Air Patrol CAP staff in Des Moines. The aircraft, costing six to seven thousand dollars, should be ready by July 1 and will be used for official trips with CAP paying upkeep and operating costs. The governor has relied on CAP planes for intrastate travel and federal control of such craft has threatened future trips.
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Bourke B
Hickenlooper
Dan Hunter
Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
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Hunter
Vernon
Texas
Long
CAP
West Union Boy Killed by Auto
DES MOINES AP Three town pedestrians were fatally injured when struck by automobiles over the weekend. Eddie Hemmingsen five of West Union died minutes after being hit Saturday night while en route home from a movie. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Orvin Hemmingsen. Francis Foley thirty three of a farm four miles northeast of West Union drove the car. It was Fayette county s first fatal auto accident of the year. William Schnittgrund forty three of Davenport died early Sunday from injuries suffered Saturday night. It was Davenport s first traffic death since March 13. Lytal Howard sixty seven of Runnells died Sunday in a Des Moines hospital from injuries received Saturday night in Runnells. The town s 1943 traffic death toll now totals one hundred five compared with one hundred ninety eight at this time last year.
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Eddie Hemmingsen
West Union
Orvin Hemmingsen
Francis Foley
Walter Dullard
Fayette County
William Schnittgrund
Davenport
Lytal Howard
Runnells
Des Moines
Second Regiment Starts Training at Camp Dodge
Summer field training began at Camp Dodge for 760 men and 70 officers of the Second regiment and supply company of the Iowa state guard. Rookies started army life with drills, first aid, hygiene, demolitions, and guerrilla warfare under Col. Otto I. Ronnigen. Company L from Cedar Rapids was represented.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Iowa State Guard
Otto I. Ronnigen
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Alumni Officers Elected
AMES Iowa State college alumni elected Leroy Snyder Humboldt class of 1913 president at a weekend meet Other officers named were KR Marvin Ames class of 1923 vice president Harold V Ellis Marengo class of 1921 member of the executive committee and Dan Craig Des Moines class of 1908 member of the athletic council
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AMES
Leroy Snyder
Humboldt
Iowa State College Alumni ‘Association
K R R. Marvin
Harold V. Ellis
Marengo
Dan Craig
Des Moines
Boyd Lumberman Dies in Eldora
Jay C. Boyd, 70, former lumber dealer at Mt. Vernon, died in Eldora Saturday. He worked about 25 years as a representative for Williams and Hunting Company of Cedar Rapids. He is survived by his wife and four sons. Services will be held in Eldora Tuesday morning with burial in Mt. Vernon that afternoon.
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Eldora—Jay C. Boyd
Mt. Vernon
Williams and Hunting Company
Cedar Rapids
Eldora
Mt Vernon
School costs in Iowa seen rising this year and next
Des Moines dispatch reports the Iowa Taxpayers Association says current school costs show increases and next year they will likely rise from five to ten percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Newhall Soldier Leads North Africa Swing Band
Pfc. Bob Andrews of Newhall writes home about leading an all-soldier swing band in North Africa. They rehearse after work in an improvised ampitheater with a converted radio PA on stage, performing three command concerts weekly for troops and guest appearances, aided by several professional musicians from the United States.
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North Africa
the Gazette
Newhall
Pfc
Bob Andrews
I. E. Andrews
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Corp
Robert Robertson
Kansas City
Henry King
Henry Free
Peoria
Ed Krawczyk
Chicago
Bill Strickland
Bob Chester
Walter Harris
Hugo
Okla
Bob Hope
Andrews Plans Novel Military Band Repertoire
Andrews describes a new concert set featuring tunes not yet heard in the States. It includes Why Don t You Thrill in boogie woogie style a captain wrote a song used in each performance and Moonlight in Blackout co written with a major. Repertoire also lists Star Dust and In a Little Spanish Town as favorites.
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States
Andrews
Marion Family Remains Missing Two Officer Sons
Marion residents mourn as Lieut. Robert Austin Titus 28 and Lieut. John Elliott Titus 23 are listed missing in action. Robert, a University of Iowa graduate and former music teacher, was deployed from Mather Field California and sent overseas after Rapid City South Carolina assignments. John, a CornellCollege graduate, was commissioned at Barksdale Field in 1942 and last heard from in Australia.
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Howard M. Titus
Third Avenue
Marion
War Department
John Elliott Titus
South Pacific
Robert Titus
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Camp Roberts
Calif
Air Corps
Matherfield
California
Rapid City
S. C
John E. Titus
Australia
Cornell College
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
Titus Brothers
la Verna Mae Titus
Aaron Miller
Riverside
Ill
Linebaugh Services for Thomas B. F. Linebaugh
The Rev. C. V. R. DeJong will conduct services at Yocom chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Thomas B. F. Linebaugh who died Friday in San Antonio Texas. The body arrives this evening and friends may call. Burial is planned at Cedar Memorial Park.
Emma M Parker 87 Dies in Iowa Soldiers Home
Emma Murray Parker 87 died Sunday evening at the Iowa Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown where she had lived 11 years. Born March 9 1856 in Marion she was widowed twice, with former spouses Charles Lee Murray and Ed Parker. She belonged to Marion Methodist church Grove City Rebekah lodge and Robert Mitchell W R C. Services Tuesday at 2 pm in Yocom chapel, burial Oak Shade Cemetery.
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Emma Murray Parker
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Marion
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Charles Lee Murray
Ed Parker
Robert Mitchell
Local notices and gatherings on Tuesday in Cedar Rapids area
Delta Deck club to be entertained by Mrs Harley F Breed at luncheon Tuesday. Retirement railway workers meet 2 pm in Cedar Rapids service club room over Milwaukee depot. Grove City Rebekah lodge to attend Emma Parker funeral Tuesday 1 30 pm. KBB class Methodist picnic at Amy Deans 6 30 pm Tuesday. Marion high school band meeting 8 pm Tuesday Lincoln building. Hazel Walker Bedford school principal visiting Susan Sanborn weekend.
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Harley F. Breed
Milwaukee Depot
Cedar Rapids
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Emma Parker
The
Methodist Church
Amy Dean
Marion High School
Lincoln
Hazel Walker
Bedford School
Susan Sanborn
Flying Cross awarded to Marengo man Corp John B Moore
Corp John B Moore son of Mrs Marie Moore of Marengo has earned the Distinguished Flying Cross while with the Army Air Forces in New Guinea. He logged 50 or more round trips as a “flying freight train” pilot across New Guinea’s mountains and jungles. Moore enlisted from Marengo, trained in Cedar Rapids and Akron, then served at multiple fields before departing for overseas in October 1942. His high school graduation was in 1932.
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John B. Moore
Marie Moore
Army Air Forces
New Guinea
Corp. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Akron
Ohio
Missouri
Texas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Mississippi
North Carolina
California
Kenneth
Topeka
Kan
Kathryn
Sergi
Lorren H. Hess
Camp White
Ore
Boys State Meet Opens in Grinnell
Grinnell hosts the sixth annual Hawkeye Boys State with 480 youths chosen by local American Legion posts. Attendees were assigned to Nationalist or Federalist parties, eight counties named, and two cities per county. The convention sets Tuesday officer elections and the rest of the week covers government study and practical application. Speakers included Prof. Stuart Brown of Grinnell College and Dan O'Brien, state commander of the American Legion.
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Grinnell
Iowa
American Legion
Stuart Brown
Grinnell College
Dan O'Brien
Des Moines
Mike P Conway Dies in Des Moines at 66
Mike P Conway 66 of Atlantic former state commerce commissioner died in a Des Moines hospital Sunday Survivors include his widow and four children He was elected to the commerce commission in 1932 when it was the railroad commission and was reelected in 1936 serving until January 1941
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Des Moines
Mike P. Conway
Atlantic
Conway
Commerce Commission
Railroad Commission
Farmer Drowned After Horse Throws Him Into Stream
Ottumwa report says 32-year-old George Wollums a dairy farmer near Ottumwa was drowned when his horse slipped while entering a pasture Sunday night. A helper on another horse could not rescue him as he fell into a swollen stream.
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Ottumwa
INS
George Wollums
Wollums
Wertheim Dies In Belle Plaine
Solly Wertheim 86 longtime Belle Plaine merchant and former mayor died at his home Sunday. A 60 year Mason and Hope lodge member he led the lodge for years and served on the school board and fire department. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Wise and Mrs Wasser and three grandchildren. Masonic services at Peffer's Tuesday 4 p.m. body to New York for burial in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
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Solly Wertheim
Hope Lodge
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Dysart
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Hartford
Peffer
New York
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Hardin Heads Elks in Iowa Elks Meeting
Robert Hardin of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Association of Elks at the annual gathering in Burlington. A memorial service followed with a solemn high mass at St. Pauls Catholic Church.
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Burlington
Robert Hardin
Waterloo
Iowa Association of Elks
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Des Moines man found in river after vigil for brother
Fred Kern, 74, who kept a five year vigil at Des Moines city hall for a missing brother, was found in the Des Moines river Sunday after being missing for a week.
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Des Moines
Fred Kern
Des Moines Youth Shot by Police After Gasoline Theft
Des Moines 16 year old Wayne Signs wounded by two patrolmen after he and two companions siphoned gasoline from a truck. The others surrendered. Signs fled and was hit after a warning shot. A 19 year old, Charles Stapleton, says they siphoned gas to move a car. detectives plan larceny charges.
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Wayne Signs
William Marohn
James McCarthy
Charles Stapleton
Paul Castelline
Youth Dies Under Car At Denkman Farm South of Stanwood
Raymond Denkman 19 was found dead in the Denkman farm garage two miles south of Stanwood on highway 38 at 11 30 a m Sunday. The car axle pinned him after a jack slipped, killing him instantly. Coroner says no inquest. Survived by parents Elmer and Mrs Denkman sister Mrs James Gossman and Aunt Miss Anna Denkman Cedar services set for Stenwood Methodist church at 2 pm Wednesday with burial in Tipton Masonic cemetery.
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Raymond Denkman
Denkman Farm
A. M McCormick
Raymond
Davenport
Elmer Denkman
James Gossman
Anna Denkman
Cedar Rapids
Stenwood Methodist Church
Masonic
Tipton
Only a Handful of Veterans at G A R Sessions
Davenport AP The sixty ninth annual Iowa encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated groups entered its second day with only a handful of the state's 28 Civil war veterans in attendance. Among those present were John M. Gudgel 95 of Shenandoah department commander Thomas J. Noll 98 of Des Moines national judge advocate Elliott P. Taylor 7 Newton past department commander and David Sisk 95 the last Union veteran remaining in the Soldiers' home at Marshalltown M H Morse of Wyoming Jones county was to arrive Monday Harrison Legrand Sunday of Monroe was elected president of the Iowa federation of patriotic societies which is meeting with the ALR.
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Davenport
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
John M. Gudgel
Shenandoah
Thomas J. Noll
Des Moines
Elliott P. Taylor
Newton
David Sisk
Marshalltown
M. H. Morse
Wyoming
Jones County
Harrison Legrand
Monroe
Iowa Federation of Patriotic Socielies
ALR
OWI Warns of Air Transport Over Optimism
The Office of War Information warns against exaggerated claims for postwar air freight. It notes wartime air transport growth will add many major and minor US airports, but fuel limits and costs will constrain civilian air transport. higher air cargo will be balanced by increased surface shipping, with rail and sea lanes needed to support fuel and freight needs. Staraya Russa meaning "Old Russia."
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America
Office of War Information
Army
Navy Air Transport Services
OWI
United States
C. I. Stanton
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
New York
England
Newfoundland
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