Missouri Flood Rages Across Three States
Floods along the Missouri river stretch from Nebraska City to Hamburg Iowa with eight levee breaks. Drowning reported as Arthur Ludwig, 30, drowned while spearfishing near Anthon Iowa. Engineers with POW help rush to hold upstream levees while evacuations continue and flood relief mobilizes across Nebraska Iowa and Missouri.
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Omaha
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Neb
St. Joseph
Arthur Ludwig
Illinois Central
Anthon
Ludwig
Missouri
Nebraska
Hamburg
Missouri River District Engineers
Nebraska City, Neb
Nishnabotna ‘River
Mathew A. Tinley
Iowa State Guard
Bourke’ B. Hickenlooper
Red, Cross
Salvation Army
Ernie Blohm 25 Center Junction Killed in Action
Special to The Gazette Center Junction Iowa Ernie Blohm 25 Tech nician 5/g killed in action in Italy first local World War II casualty missing since May 24 he served in North Africa and at Anzio born near Center Junction inducted April 5 1942 overseas since March 1943 married December 16 1942 Ruth Ann Serbousek survived by wife and father sister Marvin in service two half sisters mother preceded him in death
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Center Junction
Ernie Blohm
Italy
Fred Blohm
Blohm
North Africa
Anzio
Ruth Ann Serbousek
Freda. Martens
Anamosa
Marvin
Flooding Recedes Slowly in Nebraska River Valleys
Trains resumed after three-day delays as floodwaters finally moved. Elkhorn River valley residents faced slow home return while Elkhorn Platte and Missouri tributaries lingered over farm land with little sign of rapid reane.
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Elkhorn River
Nebraska
Elkhorn
Platte
Missouri
Interim Committee Approves Emergency Grants
The Des Moines based interim committee on retrenchment and reform approved emergency appropriations totaling 63460 to state departments. Notable items include 26000 for the conservation commission to repair flood damage and 1975 for the state geological survey to fix river gauges damaged along the Des Moines Raccoon and Skunk rivers. Additional funding includes 41185 for Woodward State Hospital improvements and 2500 for Oakdale improvements.
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Des Moines
Conservation Commission
State Geological Survey
Iowa
Raccoon
Kalora
Belle Plaine
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Wapel
Iowa Unemployment Fund Would Cover 15 Weeks At 11 Dollars
Iowa officials estimate if all covered workers became jobless at once 96.2 percent could receive 11 dollars weekly for 15 weeks from unemployment funds. The state compensation reserve exceeds 43 million dollars and the average benefit is about 11 dollars per week.
Gillette Seeks Cabinet Backing For Postwar Industrial Plan
Senator Gillette of Iowa reports strong Cabinet support for turning postwar synthetic rubber, grain alcohol, flax fiber and other war industries into peacetime employment creators. Secretary Jesse Jones signaled private operation with government investment justified as economic insurance against monopolies and for regional resource use.
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Charles C. Haslet
Washington
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
Roosevelt
House Agriculture Committee
Jesse Jones
New York Financial Writers Association
Sgt Schinker POW in Germany a B 17 crewman
Norway where Sgt Arthur W. Schinker son of Mr and Mrs WN J Schinker is a prisoner of war of the German government. He had been reported missing in action over Germany since April 22 and was a crew member of a B 17.
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Norway
Arthur W. Schinker
WN. J. Schinker
Germany
If He Can Only Dream the Armistice Date
Rep Gwynne recalled dreaming of Allied landings in France with civilians and soldiers. In the vision the date appeared as June 7 and he told his editors the invasion might occur that day, but the invasion arrived a day later.
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Washington
Gwynne
R-Ia
France
Town Meeting of Air to Originate At KXEL
America's Town Meeting of the Air planned a Waterloo broadcast Thursday at 730 p m over the Blue network and KXEL. The Water loo West high school auditorium will host the in person segment with New York speakers, moderated by Dr M R Thompson and George V Denny Jr. The program discusses Should We Give Full Recognition to the Provisional French Government with Irving Pflaum Louis Fischer Lyle Evans Mahan and Waverly Root as speakers reaching about 10 000 000 listeners.
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Waterloo
Blue Network
KXEL
West High School
New Or
Iowa State Teachers College
Irving Pflaum
Chicago Daily Times
Louis Fischer
the Nation
Lyle Evans Mahan
Society For the Prevention of
Waverly Root
Chicago Tribune
Bordeaux
Pflaum
Root
Fischer and Mahan
New York
George V. Denny, Jr
M. R. Thompson
Department of Social Sciences
Radio Forum
Town Hall
Memorial Services for Captain Snyder Sunday
Memorial services for Captain Wallace F. Snyder, 36, will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at the Methodist church in Belle Plaine. The American Legion and Masonic groups along with the Bar association will attend. Snyder, killed in action in the European theater on April 28, was the first married man to enter service from Belle Plaine in 1942 and served as Benton County attorney, Belle Plaine mayor, and Chamber of Commerce president. He is survived by his wife two children Suzanne and Wallace Stephen Snyder two brothers in the army medical corps and a sister Lois Finger of Hollywood California.
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Belle Plaine
Wallace F. Snyder
American Legion
Masonic
Bar Association
Snyder
Benton County
Chamber of Commerce
Suzanne
Wallace Stephen Snyder
Drs
Don and
Merle Snyder
Army Medical Corps
Lois Finger
Hollywood
Calif
Arp Marries Mabel Nash in Philadelphia Ceremony
Sgt. Charles Arp former coach and manual training instructor wed Mabel Nash of Muscatine in a May 21 ceremony in Philadelphia. Nash formerly taught at Maynard Consolidated school as a grade teacher.
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Hawkeye
Sgt
Charles Arp
Mabel Nash
Muscatine
Philadelphia
Miss Nash
Maynard Consolidated School
Death of John Farrell in Italy Reported to Parents
Private John Farrell 31 son of Mr and Mrs Edward Farrell was killed in action in Italy May 24 word received by his parents. His wife Lydia Stone of Reinbeck lives at Charles City. Farrell entered service 1948 stationed in Italy last several months. He formerly worked for Oliver Tractor. Surviving: his parents wife two brothers Edward in England Joe of Charles City seven sisters Mildred Kraus Elkader Mae Connery Mason City Lucille Farrell seaman first class Washington Marion Calista Irene Patricia at home.
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Volga City
John Farrell
Edward Farrell
Italy
Lydia Stone
Reinbeck
Charles City
Farrell
Oliver Tractor Company
Edward
England
Joe
Mildred Kraus
Elkader
Mae Connery
Mason City
Lucille Farrell
Seaman
Washington, D. C
Marion
Calista
Irene
Patricia
Three men plead innocent on liquor conspiracy charges
Des Moines authorities say John Critelli Lester Snell and William Weathers pled innocent and were released on $5,000 bond each after being arrested in connection with illegal liquor importation for use in night clubs. R W Nebergall of the Iowa bureau of criminal investigation identified the case.
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Des Moines
John Critelli
Lester Snell
William Weathers
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Post Office Clerks Name Officers at Convention
Sioux City chosen for the 1945 convention as the Iowa organization of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and auxiliary closed its meeting with election of officers. F. V. Schunucker, Waterloo, was named to a post.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
The
National Federation of Post Office Clerks and Auxiliary
F. V. Schunucker
Waterloo
Lucky for Senator Schluter He's GOP Dad Votes for Him
89-year-old Ernest Schluter of London supports his unopposed son Senator Edwin C. Schluter for re nomination on the Republican ticket in Cedar county. The lifelong Republican voter recalls farming in 19th century, first ballot in 1878, and now owns 600 acres in Cedar county.
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the Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Ernest Schluter
London
Edwin C. Schluter
Clarence
Germany
State Clerk Officers Elected At Annual Meeting
The organization named a president for the state body and elected Mrs. Ralph L. Zaiser of Burlington as auxiliary head. Officers include John L. Stevens of Des Moines as first vice president Le Roy E Hollan of Cedar Rapids as second vice president H O Salberg of Sioux City as third vice president Omer Weaver of Council Bluffs as fourth vice president Andrew Hauswirth of Dubuque as fifth vice president and Gilbert S Cantwell of Mr Pleasant as secretary treasurer.
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Ralph L. Zaiser
Burlington
John L. Stevens
Des Moines
Leroy E. Hollan
Cedar Rapids
H. O. Salberg
Sioux City
Omer Weaver
Council Bluffs
Andrew Hauswirth
Dubuque
Gilbert S. Cantwell
Notice of Appointment of Executor for John E. Gable Estate
Frank R. Gable named executor of the estate of John E. Gable deceased in Linn County Iowa on June 13 1914. Creditors urged to pay debts and file claims authenticated with the Linn County Clerk of the District Court through the undersigned attorney.
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State of
Iowa
Linn
John E. Gable
Linn County
Frank R. Gable
Sargent, Spangler and Hines
Hancher Calls for Affirmative World Policy at Northwestern
Virgil M. Hancher, president of the State University of Iowa, urged an affirmative stance in international affairs during a Northwestern commencement address. He criticized the 1919 to 1941 negative policy, saying it ended in bankruptcy and Pearl Harbor. He urged a world where people are secure in person and livelihood, while Americans should focus on domestic conditions.
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Evanston
Virgil M. Hancher
State University of Iowa
Northwestern University
Hancher
Pearl Harbor
Flanagan Son Wounded in Action in Italy
Mrs. John Flanagan of Williamsburg learned from the war department that Pvt. James Flanagan was seriously wounded in Italy on May 26. A prior letter from him said he was recovering and would receive the Purple Heart for his wound.
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Williamsburg
John Flanagan
War Department
Pvt
James Flanagan
Italy
Flanagan
Soldier dies from machine gun bullet in North Africa
Fragmentary report notes a soldier was struck by a machine gun bullet beneath the left shoulder during action in the North African campaign. He later missed the Sicilian campaign due to a hospitalization for injuries including a kneecap fracture.
Iowans Awarded Purple Hearts at Percy Jones Hospital
Three Iowans were awarded Purple Hearts at Percy Jones General Hospital in Detroit on Tuesday. Robert Carlson of Belle Plaine was among the recipients, recognizing his bravery in action.
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Detroit
Robert: T. Carlson
Belle
Plaine
Purple. Heart
Percy Jones
General Hospital
How to Serve Strawberries in Simple Ways
A compact guide to serving ripe strawberries plain with sugar and cream or with powdered sugar. Suggestions include toppings for cereal dessert ice cream pudding angel food cake and variations such as strawberry pie omelet whip and shortcake served in different ways.
Old Fashioned Shortcake from a Retro Recipe
A vintage shortcake method mixes 3 cups sifted flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 5-6 tablespoons fat 34 to 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar. Cut fat into dry mix, add milk to form soft dough, roll halves bake with butter, assemble with strawberries, top with cream.
How To Freeze And Can Strawberries
Instructions for preserving strawberries describe selecting ripe firm fruit washing stemming and sorting. It covers freezing sliced or whole berries with sugar or syrup and packing into cartons for storage and details canning methods with sugar and boiling water processing times.
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