Suspended Iowa Fire Chief Ends Life
W L Koppin age 52 was suspended as Newton Iowa fire chief and city building commissioner after a larceny charge. He killed himself in his basement with a .22 rifle Monday morning. He left a widow and four sons, all four having served in the armed forces. Koppin had served six years as fire chief and had been removed from the building commissioner post after an emergency council meeting. The charge stemmed from an alleged misappropriation of funds from the Newton Rural Fire Truck association, based on a $50 check from C. H. and Will J. Herbold after a Nov 24 fire. Koppin had been the association’s collector for three years. J G McFadden will serve as acting building commissioner.
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Newton
INS
W L. Koppin
Koppin
F. L.hummel
Newton Rural Fire Truck Association
Justice Court
Association
C. H
Will J. Herbold
Hummel
J. G. McFadden
J. H. Harvey
Marion News GAZETTE BUSTY
John Fritz Pflughaupt 81 retired farmer died Sunday night in Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Born July 15 1864 in Schrampe Saxony he came to the United States at age three. He married Mary Rosa Krapf February 3 1886 near Troy Mills. Surviving daughter Mrs W L Quaas Santa Monica Calif four sons H Louis Central City Dr Walter H y Oelwein Milton C Marion and Dr William F Pflughaupt Cedar Rapids. 13 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. Last of eight siblings he resided on route one near Marion for 55 years. Services Wednesday at 2 pm at Yocom chapel with Rev C V R De Jong. burial Cedar Memorial Park. Pallbearers Carroll Glenn Howard Robert Pflughaupt grandsons. Friends may call at chapel.
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John Fritz Pflughaupt
Cedar’ Rapids
Schrampe
Saxony
Troy Mills
Mary Rosa Krapf
Route One
Marion
Buffalo Evangelical Church
W. L. Quaas
Santa Monica
Calif
H. Louis
Central City
Walter Hy
Oelwein
Milton C
William F. Pilughaupt
Cedar
Rapids
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. de Jong
Cedar Memorial Park
Carroll
Glenn
Howard
Robert Pflughaupt
Pflughaupt
Army promotions and homecomings fill events at Camp Grant
Captain promotion for Frank B. Travis announced after arrival from Europe. His wife and Ellis Lambertsen drove to Camp Grant to accompany him home. Michael Cira and son report from Le Havre arrival back in United States. Seaman Leonard W. Bouck discharged in Minneapolis after service in Hawaii. Mrs. Earl Swore hosts Dasie’s sixth birthday party. John P. Oliver returns from Des Moines Veterans Hospital after a month’s stay.
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Frank B. Travis
States
Europe
Camp Grant, Ill
Ellis Lambertsen
Mt. Vernon
Camp Grant
Leonard W. Bouck
Beryl Fuller
Minneapolis
Hawaii
John P. Oliver
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Marion area Red Cross drive reports lag with one third pledges
P. A. Osborne reports only about one third of solicitors have filed pledges in the Marion campaign, totaling 1400 toward a 5000 quota. Jackson urges prompt reports. Notices include Osness’s husband arriving in San Francisco from Okinawa and awaiting discharge at Fort Lewis, and Balster's return from California. Mrs. Charles Luse remains critically ill in Iowa City, Ella Lewis, sister of Mrs. Stewart, dies in Osceola.
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P. A. Osborne
Red Cross
Marion
Marion Township
Jackson
Mr. Osness
San Francisco
Okinawa
Fort Lewis
Wash
Charles Luse
University Hospital, Iowa City
Ella Lewis
D. S. Stewart
Osceola
Independence Canning Plant Gets New Owner
Independence Canning Corp has sold its canning plant in Independence to Frankie Karsten of Chicago. Carrie Wackerbarth, secretary treasurer, said Karsten plans to continue operations at the plant.
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Independence Canning Plant
Independence
The
Independence Canning Corporation
Frankie Karsten
Chicago
Carrie Wackerbarth
Karsten
Horse Tramples Man at Flynn Dairy Barn Des Moines
Otto Dahlgren aged 65 was trampled by a horse while feeding at the Flynn dairy barn Sunday and remained in critical condition Monday at a Des Moines hospital.
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Des Moines
INS
Flynn Dairy
Otto Dahlgren
Jespersen Named New Iowa Highway Patrol Chief
S N Jespersen 41 superintendent of the state motor vehicle department was named chief of the Iowa state highway patrol by Public Safety Commissioner Fred L Wilkins. He succeeds C A Knee who died of a heart attack. Jespersen headed the motor vehicle registration office since Jan 15 1945 and has a long patrol service record dating to 1935. He is a Maple Hill resident, married with one son aged 15.
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DES Moines
S. N. Jespersen
State
Iowa State Highway Patrol
Fred L. Wilkins
Jespersen
C. A. Knee
Highway Patrol
Iowa State Teachers College
Highway Patrol Force
Maple Hill
Trainman Crushed At Oxford Junction
David Aiken a 52 year old brakeman from Savanna Illinois was crushed to death at Oxford Junction when he was coupling a car to a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight engine taking on water in the coal yards on the night of the incident.
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Oxford Junction
David Aiken
Savanna
Ill
Vets Returning From Overseas List Of Iowan POWs
The Associated Press notes Eastern Iowans listed for return to U S ports include Marion Dyersville Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids and several others with ranks from Pfc to First Lt Many arrival dates are noted as estimates and may be incorrect Passenger lists may contain errors aboard vessels such as the Antioch Victory the Admiral Hughes the Gen Blatchford and the Maquoketa
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Associated Press
United States
New York
Antioch Victory
Eugene W. Dunn
Marion
Emil V. Pettiger
Dyersville
Horace G. Sgeetz
Belle Plaine
Nicholas J. Lahr
Hopkinton
Fred A. McNabb
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Admiral Hughes
Donald L. Dolezal
Mt. Vernon
Roy L. Freshwater
Glenn F. Johnson
Marengo
Robert E. Spence
Oclwein
Seattle
Blatchford
Elmer H. Wagner
McGregor
Robert Bednosek
Donald L. Trachta
Roger C. Steen
Decorah
Carl. E. Gerdes
Elroy J. Hinz
Anamosa
John E. Mc Calmant
Wyoming
Robert I.swisher
Iowa City
Harold C. Krogh
Ralph W. Hopker
Keith M Keller
William B. Crain
Arland D. Topel
Laura Richards
Maquoketa
Boots elected president of Rainbow Division Veterans group
Boot s was named president of the Iowa Association of Rainbow Division Veterans of World War I at Des Moines. Sun day officers elected include Harvey Staton Ottumwa Cecil Clarke Sioux City L E Brooks Des Moines and Lyle Walsh Mason City. Re elected are Ralph Butler treasurer M C Twining secretary and Claude M Stanley chaplain all Des Moines. William Price Independence and Anton Nordquist Council Bluffs joined the executive committee. Mrs Homer Gardner Des Moines wife of the retiring president was elected president of the women's auxiliary to the organization.
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Des Moines
Bert Boots
Iowa Association of Rainbow Division
Harvey Staton
Ottumwa
Cecil Clarke
Sioux City
L. E. Brooks
Lyle Walsh
Mason City
Ralph Butler
M. C. Twining
Claude M. Stanley
William Price
Independence
Anton Nordquist
Council Bluffs
Homer Gardner
McGregor Radioman Wins Two Decorations
John Nicholson of McGregor has earned the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for service as first radioman on a PBM patrol bomber in the Pacific. He served at Guadalcanal New Britain the New Hebrides and other islands then saw action in the Marianas and Okinawa before returning to the United States and being reassigned in December 1944. He is at Alameda California and plans to re-enlist after his current term ends in June.
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McGregor
John Nicholson
Gertrude Nicholson
First State R Savings Bank
Pacific
Nicholson
Guadalcanal
New Britain
New Hebrides
United States
Marianas
Okinawa
Alameda
Calif
Decorah Veteran Found Dead in Car
CRAH Paul Selness a 25 year old veteran was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car east of Decorah on Sunday. He reportedly left the engine running to keep warm as the vehicle slipped off the road. Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Selness north of Decorah he served as a veteran pilot with 50 missions in the European theater.
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the Gazette
Crah
Paul Selness
Decorah
Thomas Selness
Buchanan County Draft Board Calls Up 35 Men
Buchanan County mobilizes 35 men for induction at Fort Snelling Minnesota. The list includes Richard D. Hebel Victor G Anderson Joseph F Weber Vincent M Fischels John F Reilly Jr Glenn A Walton Eugene M Hogan and others. Eleven more Buchanan county men have enlisted in the army.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Fort Snelling
Mainn
Selective Service Headquarters
Richard D. Hebel
Victor G. Anderson
Joseph F. Weber
Vincent M. Fischels
John F. Reilly, Jr
Glenn A. Walton
Eugene M. Hogan
William F. Fangman
David W. Greenley
Delbert Hocken
Frederick D. Tielebein
Bernard F. Ratchford
Julius R. van Daele
Robert J Tate
Glen W. O'Brian
Paul J. Bagby
Karl S. Fisher
John T. Atwood
Louis J Monaghan
Edwin Papesh
Galen W. Griffin
Bernard B. Johnson
John W. Hickey
Paul , Ryan
Ervin C Bagge
Lawrence H. Corkery
Leroy T. Wieser
Robert L. Fuller
Raymond E. Miller
Wayne J
Iowa City Man Struck By Auto Sustains Serious Injuries
Elmer W. Omsler was struck by an automobile driven by Walton Schultz on Sunday. He remained in serious condition Monday with a broken leg several broken ribs and a possible skull fracture.
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Iowa City
INS
Elmer W. Omsler
Walton Schultz
Funeral planned for Rev Edward Holyoke pastor for 32 years
Rev Edward Holyoke aged 69 longtime pastor of the Evangelical Reformed church in Maquoketa died Saturday from a heart ailment. He served as a prelate of the Knights Templar of Iowa and was an active Mason. Funeral arrangements were set to begin Monday.
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Maquoketa
Edward Holyoke
Evangelical Reformed Church
Knights Templar of
Iowa
Labor Industry Strife War on People Wilson
Senator George A. Wilson answers Iowa constituents on labor and industry policy. He calls for adequate wages, peaceful collective bargaining, and arbitration with judicial options if needed, arguing the current industrial conflict harms the American people and must be forbidden and punished.
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Washington
George A. Wilson
Iowa
United States
St Paul Man Chosen To Run Waterloo Airport
Waterloo's new airport with a $2,000,000 cost gets a manager from St Paul. Co E Omdalen, previously a Dallas airport manager, will take charge on April 1 after eight months in civilian pilot training and nearly four years in army flight training programs.
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St. Paul
Waterloo
E. Omdalen
Minn
A. E Randall
Omdalen
Dallas
Texas
Randall
Survey on Housing in 34 Iowa Towns Reveals Shortage
A state housing committee survey of 34 Iowa towns shows 21 have local housing groups and 16 with skilled labor, while 15 have housing information centers and 16 have inventories. 2,810 housing units are needed, but only 229 under construction. 215 trailers and 175 portable homes have been allotted. Findings highlight material shortages and lack of masons and carpenters as main constraints. responses from towns list specific unit needs and ongoing construction.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Housing Committee
Public Housing Authority
W. J. Knipe
Spencer Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo
West Des Moines
Knoxville
Waukon
Keosauqua
Town City
Newhall
Morning Sun
Newton
Portable homes and FHA units across Iowa towns
Ottumwa to receive demountable units and 40 army trailer units applied for. Dubuque needs 500 units with 75 under construction. Dyersville requires 60 units with one pre fabricated house on order. Waverly reports 100 units needed with three being built and 50 trailers in use.
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Ottumwa
Dubuque
Dyersville
Waverly
Elgin State Hospital Leader Dr Charles Read Dies
Elgin Illinois AP report 69 year old Dr Charles F Read longtime managing officer of the Elgin state hospital and veteran of 40 years in the system died after a brief illness. A Nevada Iowa native Read supervised Elgin state hospital since 1930 and previously served as state alienist from 1921 to 1925.
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Elgin, Ill
Charles F. Read
Elgin State Hospital
State
Nevada
Read
Manchester Fish Fry Date Set by Local Association
Manchester's annual fish fry sponsored by the Delaware County Fish and Game Protective association will be held April 25 at the fair grounds pavilion. The announcement followed an oyster supper sponsored by the association for sportsmen who helped eliminate foxes in weekly hunts.
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Manchester
Delaware County Fish and Game Protective Association
Fair Grounds
Association For Sportsmen
Two Iowan Drivers Die In Train Collision At Crossing
Inwood, Iowa. Adrian Buitendyk, 34, and Irvin Bahnson, 42, both from Inwood, were killed when their car collided with a train at a crossing amid fog Saturday night. Sheriff Glen D. Foltz reported the conditions.
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Inwood
Adrian Buitendyk
Irvin Bahnson
Glen D. Foltz
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