Veteran Railway Mail Clerk Quits After Four Decades
George A. Hutchison of 1274 Twelfth Street will retire July 1 after 38 years on the railway mail service. He traveled between Marion and Omaha, completed 63 mail distribution exams with an average grade above 99 percent. He began in 1903 when Iowa had 1,913 post offices. now 1,184 remain due to rural route changes. The Hutchisons head to Cass Lake Minnesota for a month’s vacation.
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George A. Hutchison
Twelfth Street
Hutchison
Marion
Omaha
Iowa
Cass Lake
Minn
Edna Lorrine Selkora to wed Howard Freeman this afternoon
Mr and Mrs Stanley J Selkora announce the engagement of their daughter Edna Lorrine to Howard J Freeman son of Mr and Mrs Walter Freeman of Clarence. The wedding is set for this afternoon at 2 in the bride's home. They plan to live on a farm near Clarence.
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Stanley J. Selkora
Marion
Edna Lorrine
Howard J Freeman
Walter Freeman
Clarence
Donations Reported to Red Cross Plasma Fund
Mrs Pauline Nase chair reports latest gifts from community groups and individuals including North Marion Garden Club four dollars twenty five cents Rural Mothers Club Central City one dollar Mr and Mrs W K Lothian five dollars and Ruby Camp No allied Bayel Neighbors of America five dollars.
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Red Cross Blood Plasma Fund
Pauline Nase
North Marion
Henke Couple to Attend Clear Lake Camp for Month
The Rev and Mrs Arthur W Henke leave for the Methodist camp at Clear Lake today to spend a month. Mr Henke begins his eighth year this week as dean of the Des Moines area school for church recreation. A postgraduate school for ministerial training and the annual youth institute will be held during the month.
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Arthur W Henke
Clear Lake
Henke
Des Moines Area
Leaders of Church Recreation
Red Cross dressings drive and local travels noted
Mrs Louis C Ross reports materials arrived for surgical dressings. Red Cross rooms at Edison pharmacy open Wednesday and Thursday 8 30 to 11 am. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Wisconsin and Illinois including Jeanne Rodger-Gruenwald wedding, William Harlan on leave, and families in Milwaukee Story City Chicago and Faragut.
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Louis C. Ross
Red Cross
Edison Pharmacy
Iowa War Effort Involves 582 000 Citizens Across State
A Des Moines AP report details a statewide survey showing about 582 000 Iowans directly tied to the war effort. Farming, armed services, war industry, and women workers form the core contributions, with safety campaign officials in Des Moines announcing eight new industrial safety agents to reduce plant hazards.
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Des Moines
Army
Navy
United States Employment Service
State Committee For the Conservation of Manpower In War Industries
R J. Kennedy
Clinton
Edward Gunton
William O. Wilson
C J. Howlette
Davenport
C. S. Johnson
Beryl G. Woodson
Cedar Rapids
Elgie R. Lehman
Dufine
Paul Ll. Moreer
Keouk
What You Dy With WAR BONDS
Thirst threatens armies and navies, water can help. typhus, a dreaded plague, also haunts campaigns in Africa and the jungle islands of the Pacific, needing suppression for victory.
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Ty‘phus
Africa
Pacific
Training plan for naval cadets at colleges prompts pay and housing
Naval Training week will draft navy, marine and coast guard enlisted men into a temporary apprentice seaman program. Recruits receive $50 per month, wear uniforms, and live in college dormitories under local institution contracts. Instruction is by college faculty with naval staff overseeing discipline and liaison.
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Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
Injury claim settled for 500 dollars in Iowa county
George Stratton guardian of William Arthur Stratton was authorized by Judge J P Gaffney to settle with Rock Island railroad for 500 dollars over damages from the February 2 1943 Ladora accident. The boy attempting to pass between cars was thrown and suffered multiple fractures.
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Marengo
George Stratton
William Arthur Stratton
J. P. Gaffney
Iowa County District Court
Rock Island Railroad
Ladora
Young Stratton
Early English Law Relied on Witnesses Chosen from Jurors
In the early days of English law the witnesses in a trial were the jurors chosen for their presumed knowledge of the case. This system linked witness credibility to juror insight and shaped trial procedures in the medieval period.
Memory Monday Observed Across Marion Area
Marion posts No. 298 American Legion designates each Monday during the current conflict as Memory Monday with half staff on public flags until noon. Mayor Mullin urges observance. Also notices on DeMolay meeting, local visits, lodge gatherings, and residents illness.
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Marion
American Legion
Iowa
United States
John C. Mullin
Air corpsmen bail out over North Africa crash landings
Staff Sergeant Leslie E Borho of Nekoma North Dakota and Technical Sergeant Kirk E Phillips of Lineville Iowa were among 20 air corpsmen who bailed out of B 17s after a bombing mission over North Africa. Borho landed on a police station roof shattering it but staying uninjured. Phillips landed on a shed and somersaulted to the ground as locals invited him in for tea.
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Washington
War Department
Leslie E Borho
Nekoma
N D
Phillips
Crew of Torpedoed Ship Lures U Boat to Sinking
Ten men of a torpedoed British merchant ship remained aboard after the hit and fired on the approaching U-boat. The German vessel was sunk by the attackers before the survivors reached lifeboats and later Lisbon.
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The
United Press
London
Lisbon
Public seeks World War II memorial for Iowa
Des Moines Iowa State curator Ora Williams says postwar demand will push for a World War II memorial on the statehouse grounds near the Civil War monument. He notes a strong precedent and potential for a memorial honoring both World Wars, while detailing Iowa's wartime sacrifices and current enlistment levels.
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DES Moines
Ora Williams
Iowa
Golden Dome
Statehouse
Williams
Resurfacing Job Starts This Week
A resurfacing contract for state highway No. 38 from Wyoming to the Maquoketa river in Jones county was awarded to Concrete Materials and Construction of Cedar Rapids for 23 215 dollars covering 25 2 miles. Bidders posted 1 600 dollars and plan to start this week.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Wyoming
Maquoketa River
Jones County
State Highway Commission
Concrete Materials and Construction Company of
Cedar Rapids
Death services planned for Fred E F Dever
Fred E F Dever 76 died Friday in Iowa City. Services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Cathout funeral home. Born in Cedar Rapids he lived in Iowa City since 1877. Survived by wife a stepson a step daughter three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Iowa City
Fred EF. Dever
Cathout
Cedar Rapids
Tomorrow Promises a Day of Faithful Waiting
Fragmentary verse reflecting on tomorrow as a tested moment where fate, effort, and patience converge. The speaker urges steadfast labor and hopeful waiting as barriers rise and fall with the new day.
How Many Newspapers in 2 006 Square Feet of Floor Space
Iowa historian E F Pittman oversees 33 daily papers and 232 weekly copies daily storage in 2 006 square feet of floor space. Most volumes date back to 1836 with 10 995 total bound volumes, 5 250 unbound since 1922, stored in steel stacks and roller shelves for researchers. He envisions microfilming to save space and preserve back issues.
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ES Moines
E. F. Pittman
Iowa Historical Department
Pittman
The
Historical Department
Iowa
Supt
State Health Department
Towa
Des Moines
Start Processing Ration Books in Anamosa Monday
Inmates of the men's reformatory in Anamosa will begin processing 250000 ration books Monday. A 22-man crew works daily and four 22-man crews after supper, all on a volunteer basis without pay. Officials from the Office of Price Administration visited Friday to instruct. The project aims for completion by July 15.
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Anamosa
Office of Price Administration
State
War Ration Book Mail Delays Continue Into July
Washington reports the War Ration Book 3 mailing is over half complete with about 68 million books already in transit. Officials expect to mail 122.9 million books before the July 1 deadline and advise delays should not prompt complaints to the OPA.
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Washington
OPA
On Broadway with Walter Winchell War Dispatch
George Lait reports from North Africa on Walter Winchell’s return after 31 months under fire. He details desert heat, water shortages, barter with Arabs, and daily life with the Eighth Army, including tea and egg exchange, Bedouin customs, and the Casablanca conference via traveler’s word.
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George Lait
International News Service
London
Bizerte
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Desert
Egypt
Libya
Cyrenaica
Tripolitania
African Desert
North Africa
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Chester Morrison
Chicago Sun
Cairo
Glossary mischief angles from a Winchell column
The memoir recalls helping prepare an American slang glossary for the Winchell column in the London Express. A near slip caused a British editor to define shellacking as the unvarnished truth, provoking amused reactions among the Yankee readers.
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Winchell
London Express
Invasion of Attu Draws Praise for Infantry Valor
Maj Gen. Eugene M. Landrum lauds infantry for breaking Japanese lines on Attu Island after three cold weeks of advance, crediting artillery and air support for supporting but not replacing the troops who fought in the Aleutian terrain. He notes engineers and supply troops also played vital roles.
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Roward Handleman
Massacre Bay
Attu Island
Aleutians
INS
John Doughboy
Eugene M. Landrum
Attu
Landrum
Air Raid Warning System Described by Iowa Official
Capt. Alex Miller, director of Iowa's air raid warning system, outlined its operation to reach 1 100 Iowa points in a Saturday broadcast over an Iowa radio network. He said the army sends test messages regularly to ensure warning systems function, and an intensive public information campaign is under way to explain the signals.
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Des Moines
INS
Alex Miller
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Miller
Army
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