Wants Women Registered for War Service
Ernesta Barlow of New York leads a drive to back the National War Service Act registering women age 18 to 50 alongside men 18 to 65 for factory and field work to aid wartime production. She spoke to 175 women across four states and ties with the Citizens' Committee for a National War Service Act to mobilize female manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Ernesta Barlow
House
Senate
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
War
Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Iowa Marriages And Engagements Across Counties
A long list of Iowa marriage notices and engagements from various towns details couples wed in June and July at churches and chapels. Names include Jean La Verne and Harold L. Cain, Katherine Gamm and Roy M. Rinkert, Betty Jane Wedo and Leslie Jean Flack, and many others with partners in the military or civilian roles. Locations span Fairfax, Oelwein, Volga City, Clermont, Decorah, Marengo, Dysart, Cedar Rapids, and more, with grooms serving in the Army and Navy branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Crowley
Tenth Street
James T. Fitzpatrick
Marine Corps
Cedar Rapids
A Avenue
St. Matthew’s Church
J.D. Kearn
Lincoln
Roosevelt Hotel
Pfc
Fitzpatrick
Palace Theater
South Pacific
Marshall Islands
San Diego
Calif
Credit Department
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Williamsburg
Betty Jo Howe
Charles Frederick Howe
Arnold Maas
Herman Maas
Homestead
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Eric Schuelke
O. HH
Kamprath
Janet Goethals
South Bend
Ind
Dr. Howe
Shirley Jean Howe
Maid of Honor
Maas
Wilane High School
Stephens College
Columbia
St. John’s Parochial
Fairfax
E. Berry
Pasadena
Jean la Verne
Harold L. Cain
Washington, D. C
Riverdale
Clermont
Janet Lorraine Olson
Hazel Olson
Marine
Joseph Brady
T. H. Brady
Sacred Heart
Oelwein
Maynard
Bougainville
New Georgia
Volga City
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
el Paso
Texas
Katherine Gamm
San Pedro
John Gamm
Roy M. Rinkert
Harry Rinkert
Betty Jane Wede
Charles Wedo
Leslie Jean Flack
Clermont Lutheran Parsonage
Duane
John Buress
Alphonse Bullerman
Henry Bullerman
Fort Atkinson
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
St. Lukas
Eleanora Zahasky
Ph Zahasky
Joseph G. Reage
Godloy Gon
W. C. Hradecky
Caimar
Norma Jeanne Frana
L. J. Frana
Arnold Meyer
Adam Meyer
St. Aloysius Church
Hopkinnton
Pyeng
Agnes Kirby
John
Edwin E. Lightfoot
Maude Lightfoot
Lulu Wichita
Kan
Samuel M. Flory
South English
Wichita
Belle Plaine
Lauretta Siepmann
James Siepmann
James E. Foley
Emma Foley
Camp Bartow
Fla. Toledo
Pearl Kupka Cox
Toledo
Walter Leander
Des Moines
Marengo
Lowell N. Oakes
Oxford
Della Alice Wray
North Liberty
Methodist
Decorah
Janice D. Diderickson
Peter Diderickson
Joseph L. Woodhouse
James Woodhouse
St. Benedict’s Catholic Church
Marilyn Elizabeth Wenger
W. W. Wenger
Raymond C. Wolf
P. A. Wolf
Oceanside
Norway
Lualis Uthoff
William Uthoff
Lloyd Dumenil
Chicago
Lester Dumenil
Argyle
Austin Presbyterian Church
Tracr
William Lorenz
Kathleen
Pfc. J. Kongsback
West Bend
Camp Campbell
Marianna
Fla
Army Air Base
Jarelte Mondon
Springfield
Mass
Lynee Running
Ruth Greenslade
Anthony Almon
Ridgeway
Cresco
Luana
Carol Gilson
John Gilson
Waukon
Burnell Krambeer
John J. Krambeer
Lutheran Church
Paul N. Adix
Arlene Donat
Marion Donat
Pvt
Thomas Samuelson
Nick Samuelson
Tax Receipts Drop in May for Motor Vehicles
Des Moines report shows May use tax on new motor vehicles and trailers at 10,778.44 dollars, down about 50 percent from 19,986.85 dollars a year earlier, per the state tax commission Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Air Force Merit Certificate Awarded to Coe College President
A certificate of merit was awarded to Coe College President Charles A. Anderson by Major J. D. McWilliams after the final Air crew review at Coe. Attendees included Mayor Frank K. Hahn and Arthur Poe among others. The aviation unit, active since February 1943, ends its contract June 30 with students to depart early this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Charles A. Anderson
J. D. McWilliams
Coast Army Air Forces Training Command
Santa Ana
Calif
McWilliams
Andibenn
Frank K. Hahn
Alfred W. Meyer
Arthur Poe
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Iowa
John Peyton
Troy Mills
Darlene
Donald Coleman
P. J. Coleman
Walker
Miss Peyton
The
Shores Company
Mr. Coleman
Poe
Fair View
Washington
A. E. Diddams
Prairie Baptist Church
Washington, Ia
Merle Berger
Marshalltown
Robert Berson
Benson
Washington, In
Gilbert Price
Darleen
Paul Baty
Mark Baty
Miss Price
Iowa State Teachers College
Baty
S. A. Burkey
Anamosa
Betty
Loren Remington
James Remington
Olin
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Parsonage
Charles Bridges
Remington
Anamosa High School
Anamosa Produce Company
Clin
Darlene Peyton
James Fitzpatrick
Mrs
Paul Benson
Darleen Price
Adelaide Kerr
Try
Paul McNutt
Lorraine Light
First Avenue
F. A. Light
Colesburg
Bernard Moravitz
Stephen Moravitz
Ely
Aurora
Minn
Moravitz
Fort Leonard Wood
P. S. Flinn
Joseph Miles
Biwabick
James Miles
Gilbert J. Gordon
Marion
Theola LaVon
Louis W. Soldan, Jr
N.R
Louis W. Soldan
Miss Gordon
Marion High School
Cornell College
Mt.Vernon
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Soldan
Morgan Park Military Academy
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Ronald Sears
Eleventh Street
Doris E
Charles L. Decker
Roy W. Decker
Miss Sears
Pfe. Decker
Roosevelt High School
Pfe Decker
California
William J. Sullivan
329 Avenue NW
Ann
Carl E. Newman
Nels Newman
Madrid
John Newman
Carl Newrisa
West Branch
Mtyr
Mildred Helen
Robert Iner
Signalman
W. R. Conner
LaCrosse
Theola Gordon
Doris E. Sears
Carl Newman
Mildred Yoder
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Ill
Evanthe Army Air Forces
Dysart
LaVaun Palmer
Will Palmer
Earl Raub
Will Raub
Riverside
Shellsburg—Aviation
Om Schlotterback
Dorthea Moseley
Oakland
Calvary Baptist Parsonage
Janice Stempfile
Fred Stempfle
Lyle A. Lamphier
Oscar Lamphier
Sacred Heart Church
Luther Memorial Eee
Martin Clark
Palo
Clark Pease
Atkins
John Pease
George Pease
Ella Cornell
Jen Pease
Dora Clark
George Clark
Byron Clark
Ivan Bys
Laina Wheeler
Second Street
Cau
Frank Friedl
Paramount
Third Avenue
Klinger
Second Ave
Trenk OF
Tn Asa
Boa Ee
CERTO
Buehler Bros
First Street
Thompson
Air Force
Coe
Beauty Shop
1St Ave
Tel
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins
Brabbit-Taylor Music
King Band Instruments
Columbia Records Music Appreciation Records
Albertt
Alberty
Micready Health Foods
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Richelieu Coffee
Yeovil
Can Yacht Club
Ren
Andy
Alume
Birdseye Lima
Life Beverages
Sanka
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