Clarkson and Kies to Quit Office July 1
The final Kraschel appointees in Iowa will depart state posts July 1. Peter J. Kies of Dubuque, chair of the employment security commission, and John T. Clarkson of Albia, industrial commissioner, complete six-year terms begun in 1937. Kies will be succeeded by Carl Stiger. Clarkson by Elmer P. Corwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Kraschel
Iowa
Peter J. Kies
Dubuque
State Employment Security Commission
John T. Clarkson
Albia
George A. Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Kies
State Senate
Industrial Commission
Lost Nation Soldier Reported Missing in North Africa
Letters and cards from over 1160 people in the United States and Canada say a short wave broadcast from Germany claimed Sergt. Darrell Christensen, missing since Feb 17, is interned in Bavaria and well. The broadcast requested the news be relayed to his parents. Another Lost Nation soldier, Pfc. Lyle Sheldon, is also a prisoner of war in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Christensen
United States
Canada
Germany
Christensen
Sergt
Darrell Christensen
North Africa
Bavaria
Lost Nation
Pfc
Lyle Sheldon
Elias Sheldon
Des Moines Toddler Recovers From Grease Burn
Jo Ann Johnston age 20 months is in a Des Moines hospital recovering Monday from severe facial and neck burns after she pulled a cup of hot grease from a kitchen table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jo Ann Johnston
Six Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported In Week
Des Moines AP reports six traffic deaths in Iowa for the week ended Sunday. The 1943 toll stands at 112, compared with 209 at the same point last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Raymond Printing Change Hands in Independence Sale
C L Raymond buys Raymond Printing Co from brother Earle E Raymond in Independence. The transfer keys a family business succession and local printing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
C. L. Raymond
Raymond Printing Company
Earle E. Raymond
War Vet Returns to Iowa
Sergt. Dicken, 22 year old Cedar Falls farm boy and South Pacific veteran, visited the University of Iowa with his brother Don on 10 day furlough from Camp Chaffee Arkansas. He spoke with WSUI and toured campus, praising Iowa and planning to study agriculture at Iowa State after the war. The decorated air gunner shared combat tales from B 26 missions, noted three downed Zeros, and described harsh jungle fighting and Aborigine encounters. He reports 600 total air hours with 115:55 combat time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Sergt. Dicken
Cedar Falls
Don
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Gen Slemmons
WSUI
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa State College
Ames
Coral Sea
Midway
Buna
Sergt
Dick Hansen
Cedar Rapids Gazette Masthead and Circulation Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette masthead lists publication details with editors and staff roles. It includes pricing for subscriptions, delivery options, and regional distribution, plus advertising representation information.
Local Obituaries Across Iowa Towns Name Multiple Residents
Wapello native Iowa 84 dies at home. funeral at Dudgeon Funeral Home with burial in Harrison Cemetery. F J Jennings 78 dies at Mercy Hospital. services in Christian Church and burial at Sharon Cemetery. Mrs Clint Somers 57 dies at Des Moines General. services in Millersburg Methodist Church and burial there. Coletta McDermott 68 bury St Marys Church and Sacred Heart Cemetery. August Malotzki 57 dies after surgery. survivors listed. arrangements pending.
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Wapelleo
John Thompson
Missouri
North Wapello
Dudgeon
Harrison
West Liberty
F. J. Jennings
Mercy Hospital
Christian Church
Sharon Cemetery
Wilton
Millersburg
Clint Somers
Des Moines General Hospital
Merle Jones
Charlotte Gerard
Marengo
Keith
Russell
William
Walter Seaton
Roy Ingram
Milo Danshill
Somers
Strawberry Point
Coletta McDermott
St. Mary’s Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Ernest Johnston
Fallon
Nevada
Thomas McDermott
Boise
Idaho
R. E. McDermott
Cedar Rapids
London
August Malotzki
St. Luke’s Hospital
Myra Dochtermann
Myrta
Lester
Bishop Magee Names Pulpit Assignments in Upper Iowa
Bishop J Ralph Magee announced 17 new pastors and five ordinations at the fifth annual Upper Iowa district session in Davenport. Due to pastor shortages, several pastorates will be supplied later with ordinations led for deacons Wilbur Wilcox Dewitt Clinton Milton Charles Don Northhurst and elder Dwight Edwin Webster.
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Davenport
Upper Iowa
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
Wilbur Wilcox
Marshalltown
Dewitt Clinton
Iowa Falls
Milton Charles
Chicago
Don Northhurst
Boston
Mass
Dwight Edwin Webster
McGregor
Coe Men Earn Naval Wings From Corpus Christi Center
Two former Coe students received second lieutenants commissions after graduating from the naval air training center in Corpus Christi Texas Lavern T Aegerter son of Mr and Mrs Nick F Aegerter Sumner entered service in September 1940 He belonged to the class of 1941 was with Alpha Delta Alpha and played on the football team Ren D Finnigan son of Mr and Mrs G D Finnigan 421 Thirty third Street NE was in the class of 1943 He joined Chi Beta Pi fraternity and Alpine club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lavern T. Aegerter
Nick F. Aegerter
Sumner
Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity
Ren D. Finnigan
G. D. Finnigan
Thirtythird Street
Chi Beta Pi
Alpine Club
Fort Atkinson Waterloo district pastors listed in notice
A public notice names Fort Atkinson Guttenburg Masonville Silver Creek Waterloo District and Clarksville federated churches along with reverends B. G. Ojlson Milton Charles Gilbert S. Cox and the First Church of Waterloo stressing affiliations and clergy listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Farm Hand Ends Life on West Liberty Farm
David Morrison, 41, ended his life Sunday evening with a shotgun on Henry Heick’s farm two and a half miles east of West Liberty. His wife and mother reside in West Liberty. The body was taken to Snider funeral home. Sheriff Fred Nester and Dr. C P Phillips investigated, ruling suicide.
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The
Gazette
West Liberty
David Morrison
Henry Heick
Julia Morrison
Snider
Fred Nester
C. P. Phillips
Muscatine County
Amundson Nominated for U S Naval Academy Induction
Kenneth Amundson of Arthur Amundson has been named by Rep. Henry Talle of Iowa 2nd District for appointment as a midshipman at Annapolis. He passed the oral test and awaits a Monday physical. If approved he will report July 1. His brother and sister serve in the South Pacific.
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Wallekon
Kenneth Amundson
Arthur Amundson
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Henry ©. Talle
Iowa
Amundson
South Pacific
Mother Rescues Her Four Children From House Fire
In Decorah Mrs Harold Jene son lowered her four children from an upstairs window using a rope and jumped to safety as the Jenson home and contents burned early Monday. The fire, sparked by an oil stove explosion, caused about $4,000 in losses. The husband is employed on the Alcan highway in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Harold Jeneson
Jenson
Alcan Highway
Canada
Veterans Tour Iowa War Plants
Des Moines navy public relations announced two Pacific veterans visit 15 war plants across Dubuque Waterloo Charles City Cedar Falls Marshalltown Newton and Des Moines. They are Charles Barker of Chicago an electrician's mate first class who aided in refugee evacuations from Bataan and Singapore and Private Robert Chapin of Royal Oak Michigan a marine aviation gunner wounded at Guadalcanal who earned early gray hair after escaping the Yorktown sinking.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Dubuque
Waterloo
Charles City
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown
Newton
Charles Barker
Chicago
Navy
Bataan
Singapore
Robert Chapin
Royal Oak
Mich
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Yorktown
Blankenship Re-elected Iowa Post Office Supervisors Chief
Reed L. Blankenship of Ottumwa was re elected president of the Iowa branch of the National Association of Post Office Supervisors at a meeting in Des Moines on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Reed L. Blankenship
Ottumwa
Iowa
National Association of Post Office Supervisors
Sunay
Wake Up Your Liver with Liver Pills Ad
A vintage advertisement touts liver pills to stimulate bile flow and relieve sluggish digestion. The copy emphasizes quick relief and improved health through a quick, daily dose, typical of early patent medicine promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
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Clarkson
New Highway Board
Highway Commission
Fred Gilbert
State Center
Sanford Zeigler
Fairfield
Ray Emerson
Creston
Randall Molson
Humboldt
Leslie M. Eicher
Washington
R. B. Laird
Sidney
Board of Education
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Thomas W. Keenan
Shenandoah
Addison Parker
Board of Control
P. F. Hopkins
Mason City
W. Earl Hall
Richard H. Plock
Burlington
Charles R. Fischer
Onawa
Charles W. Harness
Dick R. Lane
Virginia Bedell
Rspirit Lake
Public Safety
Karl Fischer
R-Vinton
Fischer
Social Welfare Board
H. Clay Beard
D-Mt. Ayr
Tax Commission
D. L. Murrow
Dcorydon
Rene
Enna Jettick Shoes
Newman
America
Newmans Basement
Dorothy Wallace
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Army
Sergt. Hansen
Henry Johnson
West Branch
J. C. Johnson
Washington Street
Tampa
Fla
Jacelyn Hansen
University Avenue
Rose Mary Cordes
Eleventh Street
Army Air Corps
Gazette Company
John Miller
Harry Boyd
E. C. Hoyt
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
U. S&s
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center Ride
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P . Bureau of Advertising
Magee
Cedar Rapids District
Kenwood Park
Dwight E. Webster
Dike
B. A. Wendlandt
Mr. Auburn
George Eggleston
Parkersburg
William R. Noland
Toledo
Co. C. Winter
Whitten-Gifford
Walter Dimmrick
Albion
Brandon-Urbana
Palo
Davenport District
Lisbon
Charles Arnold Solon
C. F. Hartzell
Alburnett-West Prairie
Central City
Coggon - Waubeek
Hopkinton
Rowley-Spencer’s Grove
Spring Grove
Troy Mills
Dubuque District
Lavern Aegerter
Ren Finnigan
Waterloo District
Farm Hand
Midshipman
Iowa War Plants
Monarch
Eos
Sprqin
Tredemerk
Reg
U.S
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the Friendly Beer
Dept. 10
Minneapolis Brewing Co
Minneapolis, Minn
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