General Arnold Warns of Jap Losses and Boosts Doolittle Force
Mt. Pleasant Iowa AP Lieutenant General H H Arnold commander of the U S Army Air Forces told the Iowa Wesleyan college commencement audience that for every plane down four are lost and that thousands of Doolittles are on the way He said raids on Cologne and Essen are only starters and that production aims of 60000 planes this year are being met He predicted air power will determine victory or defeat in the next six months and that the ferrying command will push American aircraft to Britain Russia the Middle East China and Australia with no front line in modern warfare to stop the war everywhere in air. He spoke after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the college.
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MT. Pleasant
H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Force
Iowa Wesleyan College
Flying Fortress
Arnold
Britain
Russia
Middle East
China
Australia
Coventry
Cologne
Europe
Far East
Libya
Pacific Isles
Albert I. Lodwick
Lakeland
Fla
Iowa Wesleyan Board of Trustees
Mystic
Iowa
Col. Beebe
J. H. Chamberlain
College Training Is Vital to War Effort
Dr. George S. Stoddard, New York education commissioner designate, told a St. Lawrence University graduation class that college training is essential to victory and lasting world peace. He urged mobilizing science and industry and warned against relying on past gains, stating graduates must contribute as war workers though not all may bear arms.
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Canton
N.Y
New York
St. Lawrence University
George S. Stoddard
University of Iowa Graduate School
University of the State of New York
Stoddard
Education
Hail Wrecks Glass and Crops Near Manchester
Special to The Gazette reports a severe hailstorm eight miles southeast of Manchester smashing 157 window panes at the Delaware county home. Mr and Mrs Engel say ice like stones shattered glass and shelves. insurance covers 142 panes. Two thousand tomato plants and fruit trees were damaged. Nearby Herman Harbach and Jesse Toms farms suffered further pane breaks and crop losses.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Joe Engel
Herman Harbach
Jesse Toms
Harbach
Twenty Two Allamakee Men to Enter Service
Twenty two Allamakee county men will be sent to the Des Moines induction center June 20. Four have joined the navy: John Protsman and Raymond Williams of Lansing, Leonard O'Brien and William Dwyer of Waukon. Others listed include Raymond Doubek Dorchester Gordon Gunderson Waterville Erven Ellings ton Albert Bublitz Lansing Truman Howard Charles Pratt Martin Krummee 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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Gazette
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 Krummee
Russie Lane
Draftees Leave for Army from Iowa County
Thirty one selectees from Iowa county left for the Des Moines reception center on Friday. The group includes Charles Barker Jr Vernal Lucel Lanning Walter William Baack Ernest Hocker Ballard Rudolph Fred Rowming 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 McCammant Alfred Clair Pope Cyril John Curry Bennie Joseph Rotter Jacob Elwood Zimmerman Menzo Bernard Pope Carroll Julius Mulherin Clarence Francis Griffin George F. Edwards Joseph Paul Carney Harold Brown Snender Robert Cecil Dillin Emil Willie Ankel Lloyd Powell Jones and Charles Joseph Carey.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Des Moines
Charles Barker, Jr
Vernal Lucel Lanning
Walter William Baack
Ernest Hocker
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 McCammant
LOCAL WEDDINGS IN DECORAH AND GLENWOOD TOWNSHIPS
DECORAH Ardath Jewell Amundson daughter of Gilbert Amundson Burr Oak and Joe Flynn Decorah wed at St Benedicts parish house. Attendants Miss Marjorie McLain and Will Flynn. Reception at Mrs B E Jewells home. Bride previously taught in Winneshiek rural schools. groom a safety inspector at Burlington ordnance plant. they will live in Burlington. DECORAH Miss Gladys Dorothea Vick and Truman Clement Engen wed at Pontoppi dan Lutheran church Glenwood township with a reception. couple to farm near Decorah. MANCHESTER sum of
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Decorah
Ardath Jewell Amundson
Gilbert Amundson
Burr Oak
Joe Flynn
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Marjorie McLain
Will Flynn
Waucoma
B. E. Jewell
Winneshiek County
Burlington
Cora Vick
Carolla Kittleson
Gerald Gilbertson
Vernon Vick
Mrs. Engen
Manchester
Four Civil War veterans attend 68th G A R encampment in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Grand Army of the Republic annual encampment as only four veterans, Elliott P. Taylor aged 96, J M Gudgel 95, J J Neuman 95, and T J Noll 97, attend from the dwindling membership. The 1941 attendees John S. Merriam 96 and J M McHarque 96 died this year. The encampment runs through Wednesday night with affiliated groups present.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fairfield Corps
J. M. Gudgel
Shenandoah
J. J. Neuman
T. J. Noll
John S. Merriam
J. M McHarque
G.A.R
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the Gar
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans
Milroy’s Campaign Craft Shapes Iowa Politics
Backstage In Iowa Politics profiles James H. Milroy of Vinton, a lawyer and dog-kennels owner who steered the 1938 Republican comeback and dominated the 1940 primary with B. B. Hicklenlooper. The piece notes his reluctance to seek office, hints at Kraschel’s early campaign start, and ripples through party dynamics after Pearl Harbor.
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Frank T. Nye
Iowa Daily Press Assn
IDPA
Iowa
James H. Milroy
Vinton
Milroy
Statehouse
Earl G. Miller
Jolin
Jim” Milroy
B. B. Hickenlooper
Miller
Maquoketa Byte: Local Weddings Across Iowa Towns
Miss Moyle of Maquoketa wed Glennaul Butler of Chicago in a Maquoketa church ceremony with attendants Beth Moyle and A N Rossman. Butler, previously with Jackson State Savings and now in Chicago, and Moyle, a Grinnell graduate and high school teacher, were the focus of the event.
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Maquoketa
Maquoketa High School
Grinnell College
Eagle Grove High School
Mr. Butler
Mechanicsville High School
Jackson State Savings Bank
Chicago
Iowa Second in U.S. For War Bond Sales
Iowa ranked second among states in May war savings bond sales, totaling 13.87 million dollars against its quota. Utah led in percentage, Hawaii far surpassed in volume with 5.985 million, and New York reported the highest dollar sales at 106.671 million despite not meeting its quota. Alaska and Alaska again posted strong percentages in the overall tabulation.
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Washington
Iowa
Treasury
Utah
Hawaii
Alaska
New York State
Bride of Roland White at Dubuque
Miss Marjorie Kerth of Dubuque married Roland A. White son of Mrs Grace E Crenshaw of Marengo on Saturday in Dubuque Their home will be in Dubuque White a University of Iowa graduate and former Daily Iowan editor has been managing editor of the Dubuque Leader for four years
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TRAER
Viva Erickson
E. Erickson
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Army Camp Hospital
Erickson
Iowa State Teachers College
New Hampton
Riverside
Leo Birka
Joseph Birka
Parks Air College
East St. Louis
Mobile
Air Corps
Manchester
al Ehrhardt
Delaware County
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Decorah
Marengo
Leonard Fiser
Des Moines
George Fiser
Leonard
Waukon
William C. Kunsch
St. Patrick’s Church
Joseph Kosciiski
Colors
Kunsch
Chicago
Notre Dame University
Loras College
Mount St. Mary of the West
Norwood
Ohio
Beckman
Dubuque
Dysart
Dysart Legion Auxiliary
Ray Merritt
Aoice Mehlhaus
Martha Selk
Marjorie Kerth
Roland A. White
Grace E. Crenshaw
White
University of Iowa
Daily Iowan
Iowa City Private Walters Returns Home From Marines
Private First Class Carroll William Walters, with six months in the U S Marines, is home in Iowa City awaiting his seventeenth birthday in February before automatic reinstatement as a corporal. He volunteered in November 1941 claiming age 17, though he was 15, completed basic training in San Diego, served in the Samoa region, then was honorably discharged after a voyage encounter with a hurricane.
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Iowa City
United States Marine Corps
Carroll William Walters
Carroll
C. V. Walters
Marines
Walters
San Diego
Samoan Islands
United States
Traffic Fatalities 17 Under Last Year
Des Moines engineer Mark B. Kruse, 57, died Saturday night from injuries after being struck by a car Friday. The Iowa highway fatality total for 1942 reached 197, down from 214 on the same date last year, with fourteen other Iowans dying from traffic injuries last week.
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Associated Press
Mark B. Kruse
Des Moines
Scrimgeour Estate Valued at $66,218.40 in Benton County
In VINTON the Benton county clerk's office filed the inventory of the late W. C. Scrimgeour of Belle Plaine. The estate lists real and personal property totaling $66,218.40. Scrimgeour, who died Jan 17, was the oldest practicing attorney in Benton county.
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Vinton
W. C. Scriimgeour
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Navy Avenger Group Totals 308 in Iowa
In Iowa 308 Navy enlistees swore to avenge the attack on the United States. At Des Moines statehouse steps 58 men took the oath at 1 25 p m as audiences observed. Similar ceremonies occurred across the state and nation with a shared pledge to join the Navy and the Avenger Squadron.
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Iowa
Navy
United States
Pacific
Des Moines
United States Navy
Avenger Squadron
Decorah Crowds See Navy Candidates Publicly Inducted
About 800 people gathered on the Decorah courthouse lawn Sunday to witness the public induction of ten Naval Reserve recruits recruited through the Decorah naval station led by Francis Kelley and Glen Saddier. Lieut. Fred Stalcup of the University of Iowa pre flight school administered the oath of allegiance after a short program featuring the Decorah Junior Drum and Bugle corps. Recruits include Glen A. Fay Fredericksburg Robert J. Gardner Ossian Edward A. Gordon Lawler Laverne J. Roach Ronald C. Anderman Richard G. Jamison George E. Jamison Russell P. Enyart Rudolph P. Moen and Lyle Dinger.
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Decorah
Decorah Naval Station
Francis Kelley
Glen Saddier
Fred Stalcup
University of Iowa
Glen A. Fay
Fredericksburg
Robert J. Gardner
Ossian
Edward A. Gordon
Lawyler
Laverne J. Roach
Elkader
Ronald C. Anderman
Arlington
Richard G. and
George E. Jamison
Brothers
Oclwein
Russell P. Enyart
Rudolph P. Moen
Waukon
Lyle Dinger
Elma
Burlington Rations Water Amid Population Growth
Mark Driftmeier, superintendent of the Citizens' Water Co., announced a water use order restricting lawn sprinkling. He said Burlington faces no shortage but rapid population growth strains the system. war priorities hinder more settling basins.
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Burlington
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 of Des Moines as first vice president and Harry C. Mote of Sioux City as second vice president. Roy E. Cottrill of Ames is secretary treasurer, Emil B. Read of Centerville sergeant at arms, and Mrs Emil B. Read of Centerville heads the women’s auxiliary as president.
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DES Moines
Reed L. Blankinship
Ottumwa
Iowa
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Roscoe Blakely
Harry C. Mote
Sioux City
Roy E. Cottrill
Ames
Emil B. Read
Centerville
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Jimmy Doolittles
Colin Kellys
Butch O’hares
London
Essen
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Air War Unlimited
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Polk
Hickenlooper
Hick
Nelson G. Kraschel
Democratic
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Pearl Harbor
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Mary Fagan
A. E. Augustine
Iowa News
Tama County
R. R. Dvorak
State
Palo—Sersgt
Bill J. Taylor
Camp Claiborne
Fort Sill
Okla
Tiffin
Charles Fingle
Howard Garnet
Oscar Summerhase
Rock Island
Oxford
Walter Toms
Pasadena
Nineteenth Engineers
Army
Anita Lutzon
Walter Lutton
Christ Lutheran Church
Twildh Crawford
Charles Brown
Hilda Toms
Miss Toms
George E. Dodrill
Lincoln
Neb
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
Hopkinton
William J. Stanger
Wilma Barrack
Anna May
Evan
Wesley W. Whitesell
Henry Whitsell
Chelsea
Ueille Bistline
Verna Bistline
Cedar Rapids
Edgar Whitsell
Leonard Wauters
Bistline
Bette Cantwell
Doris Steinberg
Ruth Hlavicek
Joseph Truxaw
St. Mary's School
Los Angeles Inne
Father Truxaw
Immaculate Conception Church
Los Angeles
PALO
Walter Wagner
Fayette
Loretta Mattocks
Wadena
Fayette High School
Miss Mattocks
Jeanette Bender
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
Anamosa
Albert Beardsley
Rebekah Lodge
Guy Beardsley
Emma Soper
Guy Byerly
Ramsey Henriksen
Newhall
Robert Fuller
Alton Fuller
Wayne Miller
Henry Miller
Hawkeye Boys State
Grinnell
Newhall High School
Gilbert Gluesing
Lloyd Barry
Gladys Weichman
Weichman
Charles Hanneman
Supt
O. A. Kelly
Vernon Boddicker
Merlyn Hultman
Faye Atkins
Phyllis Weichman
Clarence Nichols
J. H. Milroy
Vinton Country Club
Benton County Bank and Trust Company
New Bank
W. Harold Brenton
W. Palmer Wilson
George Kelly
Floyd Bock
Alfred Happel
Winton
Mary Josephine Mealhow
Paul Mealhow
Carl
California
White Shafters
FOX
Andy
Corot’s
Valentine Seaver
Smith
Magee
Congoleum-Nairn
Himes Y
Simmons Armstrong
Fifth Avenue SE
Roland White
Iowa Cities
Navy Avenger
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St. Joseph
Third Avenue SE
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