Riordan’s POW Log Details Five Months in German Captivity
Lt. John E. Riordan of Illinois, a Flying Fortress pilot with the Fifteenth Air Force, kept a diary during five and a half months as a prisoner after bailing out over Austria on Nov 15 1944. The log covers downing by flak near Linz and Graz, loss of ship systems, capture and harsh treatment, and a long march through multiple camps ending with transfer toward Nurnburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Riordan
E. C. Clark
Grande Avenue SE
Italy
Fifteenth Air Force
Riordan
Linz
Austria
Graz
Alps
Newmarket
Bill
Village
Tony
Scheiffling
Jesse
Jack Burke
Anderson
B. Eder
Felwich
Cadwell
Stalag Luft III
Sagan
Germany
Nurnburg
OPA Cites Two Locker Plants and Oil Firm for Violations
Two locker plants and a fuel oil company faced OPA violation petitions filed in Cedar Rapids federal court. The Mt. Vernon W C Horton and Sons Locker was accused of selling beef and pork above ceiling prices from February 3 to April 2 and of record-keeping failures. Stanwood Locker Service was charged with storing and selling ungraded meat. Lowdon H O Hoffmeier Oil Co was accused of accepting fuel oil coupons before they valid, from January 8 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Federal District Court
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
George O’malley
W. C. Horton and Sons
Mt. Vernon
O’malley
W. C. Horton
Boyd C. Horton
Don Horton
Dale O. Stentz
Quad-Cities
OPA
Moline
Ervin Techau
Stanwood Locker Service
Stanwood
Quad- Cities
H. O. Hoffmeier Oil Company
Lowdon
R. C. Waggoner
Fuel and Consumer Goods Division
Butts and Company
Brooklyn
Stuart Locker Service
Stuart
W. E. Butts
C. H. Reiche
Clyde Jones
Stuart Company
Small Town Commuters Drive War Plant Output
Des Moines AP notes 2264 workers from 62 Northeast Iowa communities commute daily within 60 miles to 16 Cedar Rapids war plants boosting war production. Ed Dvorak Mt. Vernon 32 mile die maker at Century Eng, other riders from Alburnett Monticello Anamosa Oelwein. 656 cars carry 2264 riders with Collins Radio averaging 4.2 per car.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ed Dvorak
Century Engineering Corporation
Mt. Vernon
Glenn Johnston
Glenn
Collins Radio Company
Oelwein
Guy Beatty
Walter Scott
Independence
Ethel Kemp
Burl McCright
Harold Collins
Rowley
the Gazette
Arthur G. Wells
Wilson and Company
Chester Johnson
Century Engineering
Collins
Adburnett
Amana
Amber
Anamosa
Atkins
Belle Plaine
Bertram
Center Point
Central City
Clarence
Coggin
Ely
Fairfax
Hale
Homestead
Hopkinton
Iowa City
Lisbon
Manchester
Marengo
Marion
Martello
Mechanicsville
Monmouth
Monticello
Morse
Newhall
North Liberty
Norway
Olin
Onslow
Oxford
Oxford Junction
Cedar Century Dsineer Oes
Surrey Collee
Fruehaus
Ian On
LaPlant-Choate
Sugar Cut To Reduce Production
A 50 percent sugar allotment cut for industrial users will curb ice cream and soft drink production in the July to September quarter. Ice cream and beverage makers warn of rationing and potential quality compromises, though most refuse to sacrifice quality. Industry leaders, including Dysart, Krebs, Sidwell, and others, express concern over reduced supply while supporting the war effort.
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the Gazette
John W. Dysart
Dysart
First Avenue SE
J. R. Murray
Borden Company
Hutchinson Cream
Third Eee SE
M. V. Shover
Shomont Ice Cream Company
First Avenue NW
Moore Wins Bronze Star in Philippines
Captain Eugene R. Moore of Tipton receives the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement during operations against the Japanese on Luzon from March 10 to April 3, 1943. He leads a fire battery in the 80th Field Artillery battalion, Sixth division, with a long Pacific combat record, including Maffin Bay and Sappers campaigns in New Guinea before Luzon.
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Tipton
Eugene R. Moore
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Moore
Pacific
Maffin Bay
Sansaper
New Guinea
Barley Beans and a Diamond Ring Seal Iowa Couple Engagement
Earle Krousse and Opal Adelia Read, longtime neighbors near Postville Iowa, won a six cent bag of barley beans on Mutual’s Auction Gallery at the Ritz Carlton New York. The beans blessed their engagement with a $375 diamond ring after they ate beans on air. Read, a musician, studied in New York City, while Krousse moved from Chicago to the city for work.
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New York
Earle Krousse
Opal Adelia Read
Postville
Crystal Ballroom
Ritz Carlton
Iowa
Mutual Broadcasting System
New “Auction Gallery
Dave Elman
Elman
Earle
Opal
Miss Read
New York City
KTOK
Oklahoma City
Krousse
Iowa Flyer Killed When Parachute Fails
Ontario Calif AP reports Lt. James O'Neil 23 Ames Iowa was found Friday after bailing from a twin engined fighter plane Thursday 24 miles south of Marchfield. He was a flight instructor at the Ontario airfield and son of Patrick H O'Neil of Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Calif
Ontario Army Airfield
James O’neil
Ames
Marchfield
O’neil
Ontario Field
Patrick H. O’neil
Decorahan Helps to Reunite Burmese Merchant, 2 Sons
Decorah Iowa veteran Sgt. Leonard Carolan assisted in reuniting Benson Wei and Colin Wei with their Burmese merchant father after years of separation during the Burma conflict. Volunteers first found the boys in Kunming China and brought them to safety. The International Red Cross confirmed the reunion Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Leonard Carolan
Burma
Benson Wei
Colin Wei
Kunming
China
Sgt
Carolan
Winneshiek County
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Iyas
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Fort Pilot
Farmer
Freiwalder
Mauskau
Don, Bill and I
Col. Bland
Maj. Baxon
West Compound
Rudeman and I
Grastien
Spremburg
C. R. Factories
Frank Nye
Lester Miller
Lester
la Platt-Choate Manufacturing Company
Alburnett
Paul Hearn
Irvin Leggett
Hearn
Leggett
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Charles Boxwell
Charles Norton
Fred McShane
Forrest Hart
Lester Wright
Vernon Ray
Patricia O'Brien
Charles Seeley
Chris Paulson
William McNamara
Gazette
Turner Company
Opal Paul
Anna Lee Onley
Merion
Edna Seng
Joan Rhoads
Mi. Vernon
C. G. Krebs
Krebs
Albert Sidwell
Russell’s Velvet Ice Cream Company
E Avenue NW
Whl
J. E. McRaith
McRaith
First Street
Bronze Star
Philippines
Cently
Chicago
Decorahan
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