General Arnold Says Jap Losses Four Times U S Planes
Lt. Gen. H H Arnold told the 100th annual Iowa Wesleyan commencement in Mt Pleasant that for every U S plane shot down the Japs have lost four. He said the day of reckoning is near and touted U S production goals and future fighter pilots. He contrasted battlefield reach with worldwide air war and cited ferrying to Britain, Russia, the Middle East, China and Australia. He spoke after arrival with Col Eugene Beebe and Capt J H Chamberlain.
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MT. Pleasant
H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Force
Towa Wesleyan College
Britain
Russia
Middle East
China
Australia
Air War Unlimited
Coventry
Cologne
Europe
Far East
Libya
Malay
Pacific Isles
Arnold
Albert I. Lodwick
Lakeland
Fla
Iowa Wesleyan Board of Trustees
Mystic
Eugene Beebe
J. H. Chamberlain
College Training Vital to War Effort Stoddard Says
St. Lawrence University graduates hear New York education chief Dr. George S. Stoddard warn that college training in science and engineering is essential to victory and world peace. He urges continuous research and a relentless counter-attack on enemy science, noting graduates may serve in labs or skilled trades rather to support the war.
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Canton
N.Y
New York
New Commissioner of Education
St. Lawrence University
George S. Stoddard
University of Ilona Graduate School
University of the State of New York
Stoddard
Hail Smashes Windows and Crops Near Man chester
Delaware county home eight miles southeast of Manchester loses 57 window panes after a Friday hailstorm. Large hail shattered glass on the south side, damaged glass shelves, and broke 27 panes at nearby farms. Two thousand tomato plants and fruit trees were damaged. insurance covers 142 panes.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Joe Engel
Herman Harbach
Jesse Toms
Harbach
Twenty Two Allamakee Men to Enter Service
Special to The Gazette Waukon twenty two Allamakee county men will be sent to the Des Moines induction center June 20. Four have joined the navy including John Protsman and Raymond Williams of Lansing and Leonard O'Brien with William Dwyer of Waukon. Others listed are Raymond Doubek Dorchester Gordon Gunderson Waterville Erven Ellings ton Albert Bublitz Truman Howard Charles Pratt Martin Krummeec Russie Lane Raymond Tehal Melvin Johnson Francis Drew Waukon Lloyd Kolsrud Bernard Rethwisch Harpers Ferry Irving Granlich James Welch Lansing Walter Schuttmeier New Albin Melvin Dyke Postville Nathan C Ellingston of Waukon volunteered for the navy.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Des Moines
Navy
John Protsman
Raymond Williams
Lansing
Leonard O'Brien
William Dwyer
Raymond Doubek
Dorchester
Gordon Gunderson
Waterville
Erven Ellingston
Albert Bublitz
Truman Howard
Charles Pratt
Martin Krummeec
Russie Lane
Raymond Tehal
Melvin Johnson
Francis Drew
Lloyd Kolsrud
Bernard Rethwisch
Harpers Ferry
Irving Granlich
James Welch
Walter Schuttmeier
New Albin
Melvin Dyke
Postville
Nathan C. Ellingston
31 Draftees Leave for Army from Iowa County
Thirty one selectees from Iowa county depart for the Des Moines reception center on Friday. Names include Barker jr Vernal Lucel Lanning Baack Hocker Ballard Rowmng Kellenberger Masterson Heinze Biesant Riley Zuber Gaffey Mumm Danovitz Verba Hess McCammant Pope Curry Rotter Zimmerman Mulherin Griffin Edwards Carney Snender Dillin Ankel Jones and Carey. Arduth Amundson and Joe Flynn wed Monday at St Benedicts Decorah parish house with brief reception. Gladys Vick Engen wed June 4 at Pontoppi Lutheran Glenwood township. Manchester Navy Relief tag day raises 235 dollars with prize to Chastine Webber.
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Gazette
Marengo
Iowa County
Des Moines
Charles Barker
Jr Vernal Lucel Lanning
Walter William Baack
Ernest Hocker
Edmond Ballard
Rudolph Fred Rowmng
Paul Emil Kellenberger
Patrick James Masterson
Fred William Heinze
Robert Biesant Riley
Elmer Jake Zuber
Leo Gaffey
Ivor Mumm
David Jack Danovitz
Henry Ralph Verba
George Earl Hess
Alfred Lloyd McC
Decorah
Arduth Jewell Amundson
Gilbert Amundson
Burr Oak
Joe Flynn
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Marjorie McLain
Will Flynn
Waucoma
B. E. Jewell
Winneshirk
Burlington
Cora Vick
Carolla Kittleson
Gerald Gilbertson
Vernon Vick
Four Veterans Attend G A R Reunion in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the sixty eighth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment with only four Civil War veterans in attendance Ello P Taxlor 96 Jo M Gudgel 95 J J Neuman 95 and T J Noll 97 all Des Moines aged veterans were the survivors able to attend The 1941 attendees John S Merriam and J M Mecharque both 96 died this year Other groups joining the GAR include the Woman's Relief Corps and Daughters of Union Veterans The encampment will adjourn Wednesday night
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fairfield Corps
Jo M . Gudgel
Shenandoah
J. J Neuman
T. J. Noll
John S. Merriam
J. M MecHarque
G.A
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the
GAR
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans
Milroy shapes GOP comeback and political flair in Iowa
Article profiles James H Milroy of Vinton a veteran campaign manager who steered the 1938 Republican revival and helped Bob Hickenlooper win by about 140 000 votes praising his strategic skill yet noting his reluctance to seek power. It also references Nelson G Kriaschel and ongoing Iowa political activity amid looming November elections with state politics and party dynamics.
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Frank T Nye
Iowa Daily Presa Asan
ES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
James H Milroy
Vinton
Milroy
Aly
Statehouse
Earl G. Miller
Miller
Polk
Hickenlooper
Hick
Maquoketa area couples wed and officials report defense orders
Miss Margaret Moyle, daughter of Rep. B. S. Moyle, married Glenn L. Butler of Chicago in Maquoketa Congregational church. The column lists multiple marriages, appointments, air raid defense staff, school hires, and local notices across eastern Iowa towns.
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Maquoketa
Margaret Moyle
B. S. Moyle
Glenn L. Butler
Chicago
A. Butler
Mechanicsville
Congregational Church
T. Stuart Cleworth
Ruth Moyle
Low City
A N. Rossman
Spencer
Butler
Maquoketa High School
Grinnell College
Eagle Grove High School
Mechanicsville High School
Jackson State Savings Bank
Iowa Second in U.S. For War Bond Sales
Iowa ranked second in May war savings bond sales by percentage of quota at 154.1 percent, with $14,870,000 sold against a $9,000,000 quota. New York led in raw dollars with $106,671,000, while Hawaii posted the highest percentage, and Alaska was second in percentage. Independent- Esther Beatr ice Gilbert and Richard Thomas Brockling wed in Independence.
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Washington
Iowa
Treasury Department
Utah
Hawaii
Alaska
New York State
Independence
Esther Beatrice Gilbert
Richard Thomas Brockling
Bernard Ulrich Brockling
St. John’s Church
Charles Mailer
Huberta Anna Brockling
Russell B. Brockling
Independence High School
Independence Conservative
Postville
Allamakee County
U.S. D
Clifford Gruber
Lansing Township
John C. Johnson
Makee Township
Weslie Thias
Linton Township
Bride of Roland White Married in Dubuque
Miss Marjorie Kerth of Dubuque became the bride of Roland A White son of Mrs Grace E Crenshaw of Marengo on Saturday afternoon in Dubuque Their home will be in Dubuque White a University of Iowa graduate and former editor of the Daily Iowan has served as managing editor of the Dubuque Leader for four years
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Dysart
Walter Toms
Pasadena
Engineers
Anita Lutzon
Walter Lutzon
Christ Lutheran Church
Twild Crawford
Charles Brown
Hilda ‘Toms
Mass Toms
George E. Dodrill
Lincoln
Neb
Washington, D C
Rural Electrification Administration
Dodrill
St. Louis
Wheatland
Eleanor Andresen
Frank Andresen
Lester Lund
Jens Lund
DeWitt
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Clarence Koehler
Ethel Andresen
Bart Neil
Wheatland High School
Davenport
Lund
DeWitt High
Rock Island
Hopkinton
William J. Stanger
Wilma Barrack
Anna May Klinker
Denison
Edgar Whitsell
Leonard Wauters
Bistline
Bette Cantwell
Doris Steinberg
Ruth Hlavice
Chelsea
Roland White
Marengo
Marjorie Kerth
Dubuque
Roland A White
Grace E. Crenshaw
White
University of Iowa
Daily Iowan
Iowa Cition Waits For Time to Make Him a Marine Again
Private First Class Carroll William Walters, with six months in the Marine Corps, is at home in Iowa City awaiting reinstatement as a corporal on his seventeenth birthday in February. He volunteered in November 1941 at age 17, completed basic training in San Diego, served in the Samoa area, and was honorably discharged after a convoy in a hurricane.
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TRAER
Tama County
State
Palo—Serst
Bill J. Taylor
Camp Claiborne
Fort Sill
Oklo
Tiffin
Charles Fingle
Howard Garnet
Oscar Summerhase
Thei
Rock Island
Oxford
Iowa City
United States Marine Corps
Carroll William Walters
Carroll
C Vo Watters
Marines
Walters
San Diego
Samoan Islands
United States
Carrol
Traffic Fatalities Drop 19 Percent in Iowa Last Year
Des Moines engineer Mark B. Kruse, 57, died Saturday night from injuries after being struck by a car Friday. The Iowa highway death toll reached 197 this year, down from 214 on the same date last year, with fourteen other Iowans dying from traffic injuries in the past week.
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Associated Press
Mark B. Kruse
Des Moines
Iowa
Scrimgeour Estate Valued at $66,218.40 in Benton County
The Benton county clerk's office filed the inventory of the estate of the late W. C. Scrimgeour of Belle Plaine. Assets total 66,218.40 including real and personal property. Scrimgeour, who died Jan 17, was Benton county's oldest practicing attorney.
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Winton
W. C. Scrimgeour
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Scrimgeour
Navy Avenger Group Totals 308 in Iowa
In Iowa 308 navy enlistees vow to avenge Pearl Harbor by joining the Navy as Avengers of Pearl Harbor. Oath ceremonies occurred at statehouse Des Moines and in Decorah with ten recruits among them and a local program led by Lieut. Fred Stalcup.
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Navy Avenger
Iowa
Navy
Pearl Harbor
United States
Pacific
Des Moines
United States Navy
Decorah
Decorah Naval Station
Francis Kelley
Glen Saddler
Fred Stalcup
University of Iowa
Glen A Fay
Fredericksburg
Robert J. Gardner
Ossian
Edward A. Gordon
Lawler
Laverne J. Roach
Elkader
Ronald (. Anderman
Artington
Richard G
George E. Jamison
Brothers
Oclwein
Russell P. Enyart
Rudolph P. Moen
Waukon
Lyle Dinger
Elma
Burlington to ration water as population grows
Mark Driftmeier head of the Citizens' Water Co. announces water rationing with an order regulating lawn sprinkling. He notes no shortage but says Burlington's population boom has strained the system. War priorities blocked new settling basins.
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Burlington
Mark Driftmeier
Citizens’ Water Co
Driftmeier
Ottumwa Man Heads Postal Supervisors
Reed L. Blankinship of Ottumwa was elected president of the Iowa branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors at the annual convention. Other officers named include Roscoe Blakely Des Moines first vice president Harry C. Mote Sioux City second vice president Roy F. E. Cottrill Ames secretary treasurer and Emil B. Read Centerville sergeant at arms Mrs Emil B Read Centerville was elected president of the auxiliary.
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Des Moines
Reed L. Blankinship
Ottumwa
Iowa
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Roscoe Blakely
Harry C. Mote
Sioux City
Roy FE. Cottrill
Ames
Emil B. Read
Centerville
Women's Auxiliary
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Tama County Civilian Defense Council
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St Mary's School
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Dysart Legion Auxiliary
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Martha Selk
PALO
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Fayette
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Wadena
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California
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Newhall
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Wayne Miller
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Hawkeye Boys’ State
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Charles Hanneman
Supt O. A. Kelly
Vernon Boddicker
Merlyn Hultman
Mary Josephine Meathow
Paul Meathow
Carl Albert Erickson
Co. J. Erickson
Trinity Lutheran Parsonage
Cedar Rapids
Pauline Meathow
Glenn Erickson
Corot
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Eae Ee Les ES Smith
Magee
Congoleum-Nairn
ERM Y . Simmons
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