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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1943
Page
24
The subject entered the service in May 1941 and was sent to North Africa in November of the same year, reflecting early World War II military deployment.
A Wheatland school fund tally and local honors are noted alongside upcoming Midwest farm conference events. Governors Griswold, Green, and other state leaders including Schricker, Kelly, Bricker, Donnell, and Hickenlooper are highlighted as participants, with past conferences dating to 1933 and Willkie’s 1940 gathering.
Members report personal costs rising with the session. Rep Henry Wichman notes room and meal increases and urges early adjournment. He cites farm labor shortages and April as critical for work. Rep Dewey Butterfield projects higher expenses, while Rep George L. Scott details his own costs rising from 1941 figures.
Farmers face scarce access to new trucks as DDT rules limit heavy vehicles and used station wagons. Cedar Rapids dealers note government buys and war plant needs divert trucks to industry, leaving farmers with few viable options. Railroads seek a used demonstrator wagon but are denied as “new unit.” Gasoline and tire rationing shrink commercial vehicle demand, pushing farmers toward limited, uncertain supplies.
Postville men entering military service will receive rifle marksman training at Memorial Hall. The program uses government supplied .22 caliber rifles and runs one evening weekly. Dr. Henry D. Cole is chief supervisor with coaches James A. Gregg Louis Koevenig Lloyd Putnam and Elmer Sander.
Mrs. Parsons converts her living room into a volunteer office to aid service men on furlough. She records needs and helps obtain extensions and funds to return soldiers to camp, a role she also filled in the last war.
Mrs. Erwin Lanning was elected president at a Friday meeting held at the home of a club member. The New Art Club gathered to elect officers and discuss upcoming programs.
Cedar Rapids residents announce the upcoming marriage of Sergt. Frank B. Travis of a Kansas Army Air Base to a local partner. Mrs. H. F canons and Mrs. Harold Travis attended out of town events.
The Tennyson club announces a picnic dinner to cover the usual picnic requirements. Members expect entertainment and social time during the gathering.
A kickoff meeting for all captains and workers will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at the American Legion hall in Marion and vicinity. The drive itself runs Thursday Friday and Saturday in the area.
Mrs Frank W Ross says her husband Elmer Neff of Camp Hood and formerly Lochner will enter the University Monday at 1 15 p m. The announcement comes from residence 725 Fifth Avenue with Mrs Fred M Blakeslee hosting. Meanwhile ER Brooks suffered a fractured right arm Thursday while at school.
The Ladies Aid and Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at the church. Members asked to bring a covered dish for the gathering on Jan 16, 1919.
A local social item notes Mr Pete Scott and family hosting a dinner northeast of Marion for Mr and Mrs Vernon Lown and Mr and Mrs George H of Cedar Rapids. The report mentions the Cedar Rapids connections and the hosting household at Pete Scott’s home.
The W. S. C. S. of the Methodist church will meet Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the church. The Friendly guild will host. The True Blue division will present two plays, Such As I Have and Across the Nation With Our Rural Workers.
The Malta chapter in Cedar Rapids invites members to attend a dinner and inspection this Saturday evening. Reservations should be made with Maude Newman, secretary, by Wednesday noon.
Mrs Minnie Schenken of Iowa City will entertain today at dinner at her home. Other guests include Mrs Hugo Schenken and her daughter Judy of Dallas Texas Miss Betty Sheef of Iowa City and Mr and Mrs A A Schenken of Marion.
American Legion Marion Post 298 and auxiliary schedule a Monday afternoon supper. Post officers and members including Howard Cruise O W McBride D H Smith Z N Lundy and Frank Williams of Cedar Rapids are listed as organizers and assistants for the event.
Mrs Amber Travis hosts guests including her cousins Mrs Hans Jorgensen of Aberdeen South Dakota and Mrs George Marolf of Mason City, her aunt Mrs John Schrambling of Cedar Rapids, and Miss Marietta Winsor of Walker and Miss Mary Buzza.
The Entre Nous club will meet in the area to discuss forthcoming events and activities. Members are advised to confirm attendance and note location specifics for the gathering.
Mr and Mrs A J Taube welcomed the Concord Agricultural and Literary club with Harry Boyd editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette as speaker. Mrs Carolyn Hanscom spoke on War Memorials and Shrines of America during a 33 attendee gathering. The Indian Creek Fish and Game club set a 8 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the Dye garage. The Tuck-a-stitch club planned a 2 p.m. Tuesday gathering with Mrs Walter Morrison.
Mrs. 8. F. Cary RN will spend Monday in Manchester for war emergency public health nursing under the state department of health.
Mrs. Theodore Puli of Marshall town and Mrs. Jay Mason of Van Cleve and their husbands Friday here with their sister, Keith Vawter.
The ceremony united Doris Soenksen and Sergt. J W Pieper. Bride wore a navy blue two piece street dress. The wedding appears in the notice alongside references to Alvin F. Soenksen and Olin High School.
Harry A. Palmer former Iowa Masons grand master will address Marion lodge No. 6 at the Masonic temple. Household furnishings will be offered for sale by Florence Conrad at 562 7th Ave. Advertisement notes Mr and Mrs Leonard Taylor Angeles with their son Fran Taylor and family.
The Cornelian club enjoyed a potluck at the James Fitzgerald residence with Mrs. George Michel leading the lesson. Mr. and Mrs. Se departed for Piedmont California to visit their daughter for a month. Betty Sheef of Mason accompanies Eileen Schenken for a weekend visit at the Schenkens' home.
The O. O. P. club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Earl Welsher at 925 Seventeenth Street. Miss Mary English will reprise a reading from Broad and Alien Is the World.
The Martin's Creek Community club schedules a picnic luncheon Thursday at Mrs. Henry Boesenberg's home. Meat and drink will be furnished. Members are asked to bring their coffee and sugar and the usual picnic supplies.
The Ladies Aid society of St Pauls Lutheran church will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. in the church riors. Mrs Theodore and Ms George Krog will be joint hostesses. Members are asked to take their mite boxes.
A Lat-a-Lot club meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed. No new date is announced. members are advised to watch for updates from organizers.
Mrs Willis Sheets will entertain the Diana Fret club Thursday. The program will be presented by Mrs Sheets.
The Theristrial club will meet atCc V R De Jong.
Mr and Mrs Joe F Schulte of Norway announce their son, F Schulte, has been missing in action in North Africa since February 17. He entered service May 2, 1941.
What Cheer reports Frank De enger son of Roy Clavenger has been missing in North Africa since February 17. Local officials and relatives seek information on his whereabouts and safety amid ongoing conflict in the region.
Mr and Mrs John Winterburger of Waterville are notified their 24 year old son has been missing in North since February.
A Fayette county petition filed in clerk’s office seeks to restrain actions against park trustees over Lake Oelwein cottages and park access. The suit cites long standing cottages, safety concerns over a lake crossing, and a court hearing before Judge M M Cooney with traffic limits set for crossing the thres. All three park commissioners say they will not run again.
Lawrence Caraway son of Mr and Mrs James Caraway is reported missing in action in North Africa while serving in May. The note confirms his enlistment and status in the Monmouth area.
Services conducted Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Castle Grove for J Hennessey who died at his home near Monticello last Sunday. A solemn requiem mass was led by Rev E L Bierie with deacon Rev Chennesey and sub deacon Rev James F Delay. Mr Hennessey came to Iowa in 1873 and is survived by two sons Don of Monticello and Earl of Wyoming and three daughters including Sister Cedar Rapids.
A routine flight near Sheridan Arkansas ends in tragedy as a heavy bomber crashes killing nine aboard. Among the dead is Lieut. George H. Davis of Dubuque Iowa.
Fifty four Iowa State college naval aviation cadets were graduated at Ames Saturday. D Kallsen of South Engineering was included in the list.
The conference addressed farmer employment woes and the 1944 Republican field includes Bricker Stassen and Green linked to possible Roosevelt succession. Iowa Governor Hickenlooper is discussed as a possible vice presidential candidate as party boosters push for top posts at the hemp plant facility and beyond.
Reporters in the press gallery react as bills with long file numbers are read, while GOP leader Albert Steinberg plans a caucus to gauge member wishes on a possible April Fool’s deadline. Welfare changes shift arrivals on old age rolls, and state officials caution about obligations on state farms. Art Coburn of Cherokee and G. C. Wilead lead the state committee in a long-serving roster.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitt mark fifty years of marriage with a Monday celebration at their Monona home. They recently retired to a new Monona house after living on a farm east of town for almost five decades and enjoy good health at ages 77 and 72. They have five daughters, seven grandchildren, and name Wiethorn and several daughters in Monona, Postville, and Luana.
Rep. C F Shimanek of Monticello and his clerk sister share an apartment and predict total expenses this year between 350 and 450 dollars, down from about 500 in 1941. Rep. W R Fimmen of Bloomfield notes last session cost 350 dollars, rising to about 450 this time as he aims to leave quickly.
Philadelphia reports detail officer salaries with officers T Henry Foster and J C Stentz earning $32,000 as part of security allocations shown Saturday.
The March term of Louisa County district court will convene in Wapello on March 20 with Judge Paul McCord presiding. Grand jurors report March 30. Trial list includes numerous area residents from Wapello, Columbus Junction, Letts, Grandview, Conesville, Muscatine and nearby routes.
NEWHALL Mr and Mrs Au James Broendel will mark a golden anniversary Monday with an open house at their Newhall home from 2 to 6 pm and an evening dinner at Concordia Lutheran church. The couple, lifelong Eden township residents, retired from farming and moved to Newhall in 1920 and are both in good health.
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