Iowa Contributes Planes Named for Counties and Cities
Des Moines Iowa residents and groups have purchased 29 war planes this year through special bond drives. Flying Fortresses heavy bombers and pursuit planes were funded by counties cities towns and organizations including Des Moines Retailers Association Humboldt Appanoose Pocahontas Linn Audubon Des Moines actors and Hadassah society. Names of qualifying counties cities and groups are painted on the planes and will accompany them into combat as the state aims to have most counties represented by year end.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
W. L. Clerk
Clark
Des Moines Retailers Association
Humboldt
Appanoose
Winnebago
Emmet
Adair
Pella
Linn County
Pocahontas County
Iowa Broadcasting Company
Abraham Lincoln High School
Hadassah Society
Council Bluffs
Audubon County
War Department
Robbed While Saving a Life on Davenport Levee
J. Lloyd heard a boy cry for help after wading into the Mississippi river near Davenport. He removed his shirt to toss it to the boy and then pulled him to shore. On returning, his shirt with a $17 billfold was stolen from the levee.
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Davenport
J. Lloyd
Davenport Levee
Lloyd
Sweeney Claims US Blundered By Not Using Poison Gas
Des Moines AP coverage quotes Dr. O R Sweeney of Town State College as saying the United States erred by not deploying poison gas to end World War II faster. He cites three tons of mustard gas in Singapore jungles and argues for aggressive prewar strategies, prompting applause despite his controversial stance.
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Des Moines
O R Sweeney
Town State College
United States
Sweeney
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Trend of Times Noted at Arsenal
Officials report a sharp rise in workforce at the Rock Island arsenal with 1000 percent more women employed than two years ago while male hires grew by 50 percent. Overall employment has doubled since 1941, signaling a wartime labor shift.
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Rock Island
INS
Times
Rock Island Arsenal
The
Arsenal
Local Obituaries From Iowa Communities Include Multiple Deaths
Postville burial for Fred J. Joehring 67 who died in Jackson Minnesota and had a Tacoma teaching daughter. Vining-Stephen Postolka older father of Mrs Vesely. body to be sent for burial. Waukon services for Mrs William Zoll 81 at Hanover church with large survivor tally. West Branch death of Mrs Jane Ohl 81, funeral in Oasis Cemetery Delhi death of George W White 92. Hawkeye Grace Chamberlin 69 funeral at I G Chamberlin home with relatives surviving.
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Postville
Fred Joehring
Jackson
Minn
Tacoma
Wash
Vining
Stephen Postolka
Seaforth
E. A Vesely
Waukon
William Zoll
Hanover Catholic Church
Henrietta Spangler
Jacob
Albert Miller
Pennsylvania
Frank Miller
Alburnett
Anderson Funeral Home
Oasis Cemetery
Delhi
George W. White
Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Hawkeye
Grace Chamberlin
I. G. Chamberlin
Decorah Soldier Dies While Held Prisoner by Japs
Staff Sergeant Henry Hugo Symonds, 29, of Decorah, captured December 1942, died June 11 in a Japanese prison camp. He served in Manila during the Philippines attack. A brother, Lieut Robert Symonds, 20, was killed in a Florida plane crash last September.
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Henry Hugo Symonds
H. J. Symonds
Decorah
War Department
Reginald Figge
Grande Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Manila
Philippines
Robert Symonds
Florida
Appointment of Gleason Acting Postmaster at Sioux City
Washington AP reports Harry J Gleason was named acting postmaster at Sioux City Iowa. The appointment was announced by the Post Office Department on Thursday.
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Washington (Ap
Harry J Gleason
Sioux City
Postoffice Department
War workers share rides in Iowa survey shows
Survey by Iowa highway patrol on primary highways counted 18 611 war workers in 6 966 cars averaging 2 68 per car. B and C sticker cars carried more persons, A sticker cars averaged 217 per car, with 40 percent of vehicles containing only the driver. The study was at the request of Ralph E Thomas of the Iowa highway traffic advisory committee to the war department.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ralph E. Thomas
Iowa Highway Traffic Advisory Committee
War Department
St Johns Lutheran festival services set for Sunday
Eastern Iowa churches announce services and sermons across towns. St John s Lutheran in Keokuk area holds morning and afternoon sermons with Rev Frese of Shellsburg and Rev John Bertram of Iowa City delivering messages. Local notices catalog marriages, weddings, and civic club updates through Decorah, Strawberry Point, and surrounding communities.
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Mary Shima
Alba Kessler
Hazel Lomansky
Mayme Frederick
Marjorie Peet
Margaret Pavel
Mildred Ambdensstock
Bessie Stahle
Edith Brown
Martha Reyhons
Anna Zemon
Major Alex Evanoff Home on Leave From War Service
Major Alex G. Evanoff, thrice decorated, returns to Keystone on a long leave with his wife and mother in Belle Plaine. The veteran of over 40 combat flights in Australian and New Guinea theaters wears the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star and the Air Medal.
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Keystone
Alex G. Evanoff
New Guinea
George Evanoff
Belle Plaine
Evanoff
North Africa
Army Corps
Hovey
Cedar Falls
Mary Jean Landgraf
Waterloo
Davenport Public Library
Manchester is Host to Weekend Weddings and Military News
Couples wed in Coggan and Oelwein churches as Manchester residents face hospital observation at Iowa City. Aurora pair Minnie Shearer and Bert Irvine wed in Oelwein, while Leona Jansa and Harold Poduska marry in Solon. Legion Auxiliary elects new officers in Garrison as a two week interdenominational Bible school plans unfold. Navy chaplain Fred Weltge leaves Dysart for chaplains school, and Marengo residents see business changes and naval advancement for Alfred Messer and Glenn Rouse with assignments to Cornell and a warship deck officer post.
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Walker
Coggan
Christian Church
Virgil E. Chester
Troy Mills
Virgil Dudley
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
University Hospital
Iowa City
Lee Duncan
William J. Malone
William C Snyder
E . Frontress
Aurora
Minnie Shearer
Bert Irvine
Rose Blough
Hazel Grillatt
Hazel Halwayv
Hazel Engelbert
Eva Burris
Dysart
Fred Weltge
Dysart Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Chaplains
Williamsburg
Marengo
Alfred Messer
Gerald H Harrison
J F Crawford
Crawford and
Marengo High School
Navy
Naval Training Station
Cornell University
Oelwein Marine Honored for Courage in Pacific Rescue Runs
Tech Sergt. William T. Meskell of Oelwein Iowa praised by Admiral Halsey for six risky Solomon Islands flights as flight mechanic on a navy cargo transport. He helped unload under fire at Henderson Field and ferried wounded marines while keeping an aerial supply route open during Guadalcanal operations. He enlisted in 1940 in Des Moines and is listed as outstanding heroism by Colonel P. K. Smith.
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South Pacific
William T. Meskell
USMC
Oelwein
Henderson Field
Solomon Islands
Meskell
Guadalcanal
Henderson
William F. Halsey
U.S.N
Sergi Meskell
Navy
Marengo Doctor Is Active at 80 and Honored
Special to The Gezette Marengo Dr E WN Brown dean of Iowa county physicians marked his eightieth birthday on Wednesday. He has received a 50 year Masonic membership medal and numerous honors including a University of Iowa class reunion medal and a city council plaque for 50 years as city health officer. He has long served Rock Island railroad physicians and held multiple community roles.
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Gezette Marengo
E WN Brown
Iowa County
Brown
Masonic Order
University of Iowa
Marenga
Iowa State Medical Association
Marengo
Rock Island Railroad
Board of Education
Presbyterian Church
Iowa County Medical Society
Marengo Public Library Board
Ames Graduates From Iowa State Naval Training School
Six Iowans will be among the graduates honored when Company IX of the Iowa State College naval training school is graduated here Saturday. The Iowans graduating include Richard II Wims of Cedar Rapids and Howard Parker of Oelwein.
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Gazette
AMES
Company IX
Diesel
Iowa State College Naval Training School
Richard II
Wims
Cedar Rapids
Howard Parker
Oelwein
Back the attack by upping your payroll savings plan
Boost your savings by increasing contribution at your next payday. Measure progress by the higher net income from that pay period and track the difference after taxes and deductions.
UIows Enrollment Hits Record 6537 Students
IOWA CITY UP Enrollment figures from the University of Iowa show a record 6537 students enrolled Friday. Civilian undergraduates total 2961 while non-college students reach 3576, including 1106 in war training and 1965 navy pre flight cadets. Men outnumber women in college enrollment 1421 to 1440. Liberal arts student count stands at 12056 with small declines, and enrollments in dentistry engineering and medicine have risen.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil M Hancher
Navy
Wheatland Flyer Killed in Crash
The body of Second Lieut Verne Laschansky 28 was being returned to Wheatland from Almogordo New Mexico Friday for funeral services. Laschansky was among 19 army men killed when their plane crashed during a training flight. Surviving are the widow his parents Mr and Mrs L Laschansky Elwood and a sister Mrs Harry Shontz Davenport.
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Wheatland
Verne Laschansky
Almogordo
Laschansky
Army
L. Taschanski
Elwood
Harry Shontz Davenport
Iowa Troops Drive Hill 609 in Tunisian Campaign
Des Moines IN S dispatch quotes Graham Hovey praising Iowa soldiers of the 34th division from Waterloo Dubuque Centerville Villisca Colfax and other towns. He recalls the dramatic escape of the last battalion of Lessouda and their capture of Hill 609 amid German attacks before advancing on three more hills.
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Des Moines
INS
International News Service
Graham Hovey
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Daily Courier
Iowa
Tunisia
Hovey
Waterloo
Dubuque Centerville
Vaillisca
Colfax
Lessouda
Be Ng
Robert Moore
Villisca Drugeis
Hawes
609
Harold Doyle
Wife Starts Suit For Divorce No 4
Des Moines reports that Elsie Hopkins, 40, sues Vern Hopkins, 42, for a fourth divorce charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple, married Oct 9 1919 in Des Moines, have three Polk county divorces and were remarried Aug 3 1934 in Chicago. They have a son, James L., 22, in the armed forces.
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Des Moines
Elsie Hopkins
Vern Hopkins
Hopkins
Clive
Polk County
Chicago
James L
Oyster shells surface dirt streets safe at 35 mph limit
The article notes that using oyster shells to surface dirt streets should not damage auto tires as long as drivers observe the 35 miles per hour speed limit. Local officials endorse the method as a practical paving solution.
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Frank Beckman
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Adam Blick
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Augustus Pfonnebecker
Moravia
Keota Methodist
Allamakee
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Thomas Thompson
Iwella Stortz
Mabel G. Erickson
Decorah Nutrition
Interstate Power Company
Coggon
Norma Truesdell
Lillian Washburn
Carl Washburn
Eldon Jeffries
Elza Jeffries
Quaker Oats CO
Messinger and Sons
Hillnois
Alex Evanoff
Alcan
Willam H. Condon
Joe Rieger
Clair Beckhemmer
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A H Hoeffle
Methodist
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U.S. Marine Corps
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