Iowa War Casualties Ranked In First Postwar Roll
The War Department released a consolidated casualty roll listing 5,623 Iowans who died in army service or remain missing through Jan 31, 1946. Of these, 3,282 were killed in action and 2,351 died or were missing but not killed in battle. Navy casualties are excluded. Polk county led with 450 losses, followed by Woodbury 234, Linn 213, and Black Hawk 201. National totals reach 308,978 dead and missing.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Iowa
United States
Polk County
Des Moines
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Iowa War Dead Toll Stretches Toward Eight Thousand
The Iowa state historical department reports 7 860 dead from World War I with estimates likely surpassing 8 000. Navy losses list 1 380 Iowans while the department explains discrepancies stem from residence determinations and use of prewar addresses versus next of kin addresses.
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State Historical Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Historical Department
Navy
Bessie Wilson
State Historical Records Division
War
Navy Department
Anamosa Chief Announces Cancer Campaign Total
Arthur Siver, chairman, reports Jones county cancer control fund campaign raised 324 dollars and 7 cents.
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Anamosa
Arthur Siver
Cancer Control Fund
Jones County
Purple martins and their skyward life
A poetic reflection on purple martins preferring open skies to human habitats. The birds abandon man made objects, choosing nests and food in the air while humans remain earthbound. The poem contrasts martins’ swift windward quest with humans’ daily struggles and conflicts.
Park assignments place Morse in Mt. Vernon and Carrier at Lake Manawa
Dwight Morse of Osage is assigned to Palisades Kepler State Park at Mt. Vernon by the state conservation commission. I. E. Carrier of Marengo is assigned to Patrol Lake Manawa.
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Des Moines
Dwight Morse
Osage
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Mt. Vernon
State Conservation Commission
I. E. Carrier
Marengo
Lake Manawa
Des Moines thieves cut tree to steal 12 foot rowboat
In Des Moines on Wednesday thieves sawed down a tree by the river to reach a 12 foot rowboat chained to it. The boat was secured with a heavy lock, owned by James Williamson.
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Des Moines
Des Moines River
James Williamson
Gen Wainwright to speak at Iowa Legion convention
Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright accepted an invitation to address the 28th annual Iowa American Legion convention in Des Moines on August 20. The public address will be arranged through Rep. Thomas E. Martin and will follow the convention held August 19 to 21. Wainwright, once in command in the Philippines, spent years in Japanese prison camps and witnessed Japan's formal surrender aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Des Moines
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Iowa American Legion
A. F. Faber
Department
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
House Military Affairs Committee
Wainwright
Fourth Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Philippines
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Washington
General Awarded Medal of Honor Progresses to Full General
The officer promoted from major general to full general receives the Congressional Medal of Honor in recognition of exemplary service and valor. The ceremony honored his leadership and strategic contributions to the force.
Conservation Exhibit To Tour Iowa County Fairs
The state conservation commission plans to resurrect its traveling exhibit after the war and take it on a circuit of county fairs. Nineteen counties have asked for display slots. The program will feature live game birds animals fish reptiles and a $2000 native fur exhibit with no schedule set yet.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
PEO Convention Backing United Nations College for Women
Mrs. Hiram C. Houghton of Red Oak urged at the P.E.O. Sisterhood annual convention in Council Bluffs for a United Nations college for women in the Midwest.
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Council Bluffs
United Nations College For Women
Midwest
P.E.O. Sisterhood
Hiram C. Houghton
Red Oak
Contests Added To Fair Program in Iowa Centennial Year
More than a dozen statewide contests will open to Iowans at the Centennial state fair in August with over $100,000 in premiums. Highlights include a grain-growing contest, garden clubs show, team-pulling, cooking and canning, an art show, farmers horseshoe pitching, a 16-class photography contest, an old fiddlers contest, and pioneer-theme contests in honor of Iowa's centennial.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Housewives
Vets Returning From Overseas From Eastern Iowa Ports
Eastern Iowans coming home include veterans listed with hometowns Maquoketa Iowa City Cedar Rapids Decorah Mechanicsville Oelwein Anamosa Winthrop and others aboard the Gen. Richardson S/Sgt Ray V Watters First Lt Thomas D Marr S/Sgt Richard Dockstader S/Sgt Leon K Boysen T/Sgt Augustus J Pusteri T/4 LaVerne F Hartman S/Sgt Ralph L Youngblood T/5 James Christianson Sgt Charles A McBride T/5 Warren E Raver and First Lt Winton L Dunlap Arrival dates are approximate and lists may be in error.
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Associated Press
Ralph L. Youngblood
Decorah
James Christianson
Mechanicsville
Charles A. McBride
Oelwein
Warren E. Raver
Anamosa
Winton L. Dunlap
Winthrop
Youth Drowns in Farm Pond Near Iowa City
Henry Miller aged 18 drowned Wednesday night in a farm pond about 12 miles southwest of Iowa City. He and his two younger brothers swam there. Henry jumped into a 6 foot hole and did not surface. The body was recovered about 15 minutes later with a boat. Iowa City firemen worked 90 minutes without success. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Monroe Miller of near Sharon Center.
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Iowa City
Henry Miller
Here
Henry
Monroe Miller
Sharon Center
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Palisades
Service Optical
Gen. Wainwright
U.N. College
Burma-Vita Company
Minneapolis, Minn
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Joan Taylor Cottons
Joan Taylor
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