Iowans Return From German Prison Camps
DES MOINES AP Nineteen Iowa soldiers from army medical detachments returned home Thursday after months in German war prisoner camps. Pfc. Robert Houghton of Des Moines said they were “75 lucky men” allowed to go home. Repatriated medics included Melvin Owen Tipton John Ondrejka Fort Dodge B K Smokstad Monroe H Bitterman Aver Benjamin Salvatore Marion Devries Orange City Dale Reichert Fort Dodge Verne Seidel Waterloo Aaron Gaulke Dows Joe Hayes Correctionville Charles Slavens Cincinnati John Terris Dubuque Russell Sparks Maxwell Charles Minor Lamont Vincent White Marshalltown Morris James Newton John Spiegel Sioux City Robert Tadewald Muscatine Ansel Maughter Troy were en route after delays.
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Robert Houghton
Robert Tadewald
Muscatine
Ansel Maughter
Troy
Homecoming of prisoner Melvin Owen noted near Tipton
Technician Melvin Owen 26 described as happy to be home after release from a North Africa and Italy imprisonment. He arrived Thursday from the east coast and praised the Red Cross while recalling harsh prison camp conditions and a weight loss regained. He enlisted in 1941 and was captured at Faid Pass in February 1943, later held at Stalag 3B near Berlin.
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Melvin Owen
the Gazette
R. E. Owen
Tipton
Owen
Army
Red Cross
Faid Pass
North Africa
Italy
Berlin
Release confusion amid near-German front ends in doubt
Houghton recalls confusion over a prisoner group’s release near the German frontier. News came via a bulletin board and German radio, with initial belief Russians freed them. Red Cross supplies arrived weekly, and German guards punched food cans to prevent hoarding while two men brokered use of one can.
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Houghton
Germany
Red Cross
Prisoners Freed by Germany Return Home in 1948
Cpl. John Terris of Dubuque and other released prisoners arrived home after a long escape from German captivity. They were among mostly 34th Red Bull division men who had been held from North Africa through Italy. Terris said they endured starvation and forced marches, and learned of their pardon via an Italian quarantine camp and a Vatican contact.
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Houghton
Marseilles
France
United States
U. S
Ernest Hines
Germany
34Th
Red Bull
North
Africa
Italy
Cpl
John Terris
Dubuque
St. Raphael's Cathedral
Faid Pass
Terris
Tunis
Tunisia
Naples
Vatican
Mayo son wounded in action in Germany during war
Mr and Mrs Archie Mayo of Alpha received word from the war department that their son Pfe Frank Lee Mayo was wounded in action in Germany on February 20. He entered service in August 1944 and has been overseas since January.
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Hawkeye
Archie Mayo
Alpha
War Department
Pfe
Frank Lee Mayo
Germany
H. P. Kline
Seventh Avenue
Sgt
Robert E. Kline
Sgt. Kline
E. E. Klines
Iowa City
Pe Schick Hospital
Clinon
B. C. Jacobs
C. B.F
Mulroney-Smith wedding ceremony at Gordon home
Miss Muriel Maxine Mulroney and Ensign Phillip Max Smith wed in a double ring ceremony in the Gordon home living room. The bride wore white slipper satin with lace and net, a cathedral train, and a Mary Queen of Scots veil. Attendants included Miss Muriel Maxine Gordon and Mrs. Donald Rundquist. After a reception, the couple left for New York City. Both attend the University of Idaho. she in Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Alpha Iota, he in Alpha Tau Omega. Additional out of town guests attended.
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William J. Mulroney
St. Maries
Idaho
Phillip Max Smith
George T. Smith
Buhl
Edith Gordon
Sixth Avenue
W. R. de Jong
Verle Breed
Mary Chalmers Cory
Melvin McBride
Muriel Maxine Gordon
Donald Rundquist
Muriel Maxine Rundquist
Michael Jean Benning
Kellogg
Ensign John Schor
Los Angeles
Gordon
Charlotte Benedict
Ensign
Larry Gordon
Chicago
Minnie Fahl
Edna Fahl
Robert Fahl
Willis Lyon
Melvin Lyon
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Jecker
Patricia Jecker
Victoria
Texas
Red Cross Helps Soldiers Visit Dying Father in Marion
Soldiers Raymond and Herbert Wenzel travel from England and Panama to Marion to comfort their father William Wenzel who is critically ill with pneumonia at his home. Other relatives arrive, while local groups report blood plasma donations and various wartime notices, ads, and transfers across nearby towns.
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Red Cross
Raymond Wenzel
Herbert Wenzel
Marion
William Wenzel
Fourth Street
Ramond Wenzel
England
Panama
Howard Hall
Isabel
S. D
Tom Wright
Lincoln
Wash
Lonnie Baker
James Edwards
Harvard
Neb
Back Springs
Wyo
Flood Control Plans for Eastern Iowa Outlined by Army Engineer
Col Malcolm Elliott, head of the Upper Mississippi Valley division, outlined a unified flood control strategy for the Mississippi and tributaries before the Tri City chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He cited water retention, reservoirs, levees, and channel work as components, noting progress since 1927 and a safer 1937 flood. Iowa projects include Coralville and Red Rock reservoirs, plus measures on the Wapsipinicon, Cedar, Dry Run, Des Moines and Turkey rivers.
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Mississippi River
Malcolm Elliott
Tri-City
American Society of Civil Engineers
Upper Mississippi Valley Division
Corps of Engineers
Elliott
Gulf
Col. Elliott
Iowa
Coralville
Iowa River
Red Rock
Des Moines River
Wapsipinicon
Cedar
Dry Run
Des Moines
Turkey
Calmar Fire Destroys Lumber Office and Yards
A Friday morning blaze destroyed the J. F. Anderson Lumber Co. office building and yards in Calmar. Early loss estimates reached $40,000 with origin undetermined. De Corah firemen responded after the 7 a.m. alarm. manager John Hodina led the operation at the two story frame complex just outside the business district.
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Calmar
J. F. Anderson Lumber Company
Decorah
John Hodina
Commandments to Help Returning Vets at Iowa City
University of Iowa veterans service office outlines ten practical rules to aid World War II veterans readjusting to campus life. The commandments urge faith in the veteran, quiet warm welcomes, nonintrusive guidance, listening, helping set goals, giving time for adjustment, accepting differences, facing disability, treating the veteran as competent, and seeking professional help if needed.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Veterans Service Office
William D. Coder
Transfer Incorrigibles To Reformatory In Iowa
DES MOINES The house board of control urged the legislature to let the district court, upon request by the board, transfer incorrigible boys from Eldora to Anamosa men’s reformatory after a court hearing. Incidents included a severe attack that killed a peer and another injuring a school employee. The measure also covers employing trusted penitentiary and reformatory prisoners under the board. A social security bill would include volunteer firemen under workers compensation, granting max payments for injured volunteers with substantial salaries.
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House Board of Control
District Court
Board of Control
Eldora
Anamosa
Social Security Committee
Neh ring and wife buy Fairfield restaurant
Henry Neh ring, a former Fayette county sheriff, and his wife, both employed in defense work in Burlington, have purchased a restaurant at Fairfield.
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West Union
Henry Nehring
Fayette County
Burlington
Fairfield
Iowa Women Spend More For Bonnets
Iowa sales tax figures for April to September 1944 show women spent 1,150,400 on hats, up 176,850 from 1943. Total apparel store sales reached 37,955,000, while food store sales climbed to 156,094,500 and general merchandise 127,484,800, with gains across several categories except farm and garden produce.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Barclay boy suffers leg fracture at home
Manchester Orville Barclay, 13 year old son of Mr and Mrs O R Barclay of North Manchester, sustained a compound fracture of his left leg Tuesday night while playing at home and was hospitalized Wednesday.
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Orville Barclay
O. R. Barclay
North Manchester
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