Iowa City Woman Heads Army Nurses in Italy
First Lt. Helen E. Wharton of 621 North Johnson Street Iowa City Iowa was named chief nurse for the Fifth Army in Italy by the War Department. A veteran of the Italian campaign she survived a hospital ship bombing at Salerno and later joined an evacuation hospital unit after the beachhead was established.
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Washington
Helen E. Wharton
North Johnson Street
Iowa City
Fifth Army
Italy
War Department
Wharton
Bay of Salerno
Army Nurse Corps
New York City
Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago
Prosperity credited with Iowa suicide decline in 1943
Iowa health officials report 278 deaths by own action in 1943, down from 308 in 1942 and 344 in 1941. Director L. E. Chancellor cites health and money as main factors with employment and cash flow improving. Ages range 13 to 93, two thirds male, most between 35 and 69, many linked to poor health.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Iowa
Department
Grand jury to resume probe of payoff racketeering
Wapello county grand jury will resume investigations Thursday into alleged payoff racketeering in Ottumwa. Sessions paused during the ouster hearing of G E Rhoads, former safety commissioner.
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Ottumwa
INS
Wapello County
Multiple Iowa Deaths Across Linn and Decorah Regions
Obituaries note the deaths of Mt. Vernon resident Kafer 79 after illness. Decorah figures James V Strayer 80 and Mrs. George Skeim 66 with service plans. Dysart reports 3-year-old Roger Jones died in California of pneumonia, with burial return to Dysart and survivor grandparents mentioned.
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Mt. Vernon
Grant Kafer
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Merle D
Johnston Funeral Home
Dysart
Roger
Ellis Jones
California
John O. Jones
B. E. Barkdoll
Pythian Sisters Meet Hosts School of Instruction
Marie Douglas of Cedar Rapids will conduct a school of instruction during the Pythian Sisters meeting Friday.
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Marengo
Marie Douglas
Cedar Rapids
Pythian Sisters
Could Henry VIII Have Had Stomach Ulcer Pains
History notes Henry VIII may have suffered after gorging on meals. An ad then promotes Udga Tablets for ulcer pain indigestion gas heartburn and related symptoms claiming relief from excess acid. Ends with a promise of double money back if not convinced.
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Henry ViIl
Henry VIII
Lorenzen Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Wil liam Lorenzen, a 59 year old Ida county farmer, found guilty of murder in the first degree for poisoning his wife with strychnine last October. Jury recommends life imprisonment. judge to set sentence March 25. Lorenzen confessed, claiming infatuation with a former hotel maid and stating he was driven by witches.
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Ida Grove
William Lorenzen
Ida County
Bruce M. Snell
Lorenzen
Eleanor Huss
Sioux City
Iowa Soldier Wounded in Mediterranean Area Named
Washington AP reports eight Iowa soldiers wounded in action in the Mediterranean area. Included is Pvt. Donald F. Kinley of Coggon.
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Washington
War Department
Iowa
Mediterranean
Pvt
Donald F. Kinley
Coggon
Noted Woman War Photographer to Speak at Cornell
Margaret Bourke White, recently returned from Italy, will speak at the Cornell college chapel on Thursday at 8 p.m. She is the first woman photographer accredited by the Twelfth Air Force Bomber Command and has covered the war from Allied front lines since 1942, including North Africa, the Italian campaign, and a prior lecture tour in 1943.
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MT. Vernon
Margaret Bourke-White
Italy
A.E. F
Cornell College
A.E.F
Red Cross Drive Lagging In Marion Township
Marion and Marion township have contributed about 4000 dollars to the Red Cross war fund drive, far from the 7500 dollar quota. Chairmen Mrs. Elmer Michel and Mrs. Ralph J. Williams will receive contributions and solicitors reports Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Red Cross production rooms. Mrs. Dorothy Hannon, a Marion high school history teacher, has given 30 dollars, and her husband Lt George Hannon, navigator on a bomber, was captured in a January raid on Germany. He financed a radio purchase in London, and his share was sent to his wife to donate to the Red Cross.
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Marion
Marion Township
Red Cross War Fund
Elmer Michel
Ralph J. Williams
Red Cross
Dorothy Hannon
Red Cross Fund
George Hannon
Germany
London
Hannon
Tuckabache Club to Meet Friday for Luncheon
The Tuckabache club will meet Friday at 1 pm for a picnic luncheon with Mrs. E. B. Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Munson returned Tuesday from St. Petersburg, Florida, where they spent the winter.
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Tuckabache Club
E. B. Castle
Andrew P. Munson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Handicraft Club No. 1
Louis Mekota
Hazel Eastman Marries Pharmacist's Mate in Marion
Hazel Eastman of 777 Fifteenth street wed C. F. Gowans chief pharmacist’s mate Tuesday in Marion by Judge G K Thompson. Attendants were Dr and Mrs H N Strader of Marion. A wedding dinner followed at the Roosevelt hotel as Gowans, formerly an osteopath, returns from service in the South Pacific and plans visits to Ohio and the East before joining the Atlantic fleet.
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Hazel Eastman
Fifteenth Street
C. F. Gowans
G. K. Thompson
H. N. Strader
Marion
Roosevelt Hotel
Gowans
South Pacific
Ohio
Banquet Set for Marion Lodge Centenary at Masonic Temple
More than 300 reservations have been made for a Thursday banquet at 6 30 p m at the Masonic temple commemorating Marion lodge No 6 A F and A M s one hundredth anniversary. Tickets grant admission to the banquet and program due to limited seating.
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Masonic Temple
Marion Lodge No 6
A. F
A. M
Fleisher Improves After Fall Injuries
Kyle Fleisher of Cedar Rapids aged 21 suffered severe injuries Sunday when he fell while seen trees. He was taken to his home Wednesday from St. Luke's hospital. Mrs. C A Bailey and daughter Jacqueline left Wednesday for a week in Cleveland Ohio to visit Mrs. Bailey's sister Mrs. Robert Byrnes. Shakespeare club meets Thursday with Mrs. J A Beeson and Mrs. A W Salisbury will lead the program.
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Myrtle Cunningham
Charles Grimm, Jr
University Hospital
Iowa City
Fleisher
Kyle Fleisher
Eastern Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Fleisher
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
C. A. Bailey
Jacqueline
Shakespeare Club
J. A. Beeson
A. W. Salisbury
Free Cooking School Thursday at 2 15 P M
Advertisements note a free cooking school session Thursday at 2 15 P M held at the Marion Gas Company Office. The item presents several brief notices including illnesses and events around local residents and clubs. Dorothy Mack undergoes emergency appendectomy at St Luke's hospital.
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Marion Gas Company
Claassen announces candidacy for Congress in Second District
George C. Claassen, 57, Cedar Rapids attorney, announces as the first Democratic contender for the Second District seat. He calls for pro business postwar policy, labor harmony, farm support, a global peace role, and keeping America a land of opportunity. Claassen, born in Germany in 1886, and educated at Findlay College and University of Michigan Law, is married with two children.
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George C. Claassen
Woodland Drive
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Statehouse
Des Moines
H. O. Talle
Decorah
W. A. McCullough
Clinton
America
Claassen
Campen
Germany
Grundy Center
Fort Scott
Kan
Findlay
Ohio
University of Michigan Law College
Fort Snelling
Minn
William
North Africa
Kathryn
University of Michigan
Thousands Apply for War Ballots in Iowa Primaries
DES MOINES AP Secretary of State Wayne Ropes said about 4000 Towans in the armed services have requested absent voter ballots for the June primaries. He noted 774 requests in the last 15 days and says the daily total is rising as election time nears.
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Des Moines
Wayne Ropes
Ropes
Two New York Women Injured In Marengo Highway Crash
Two New York women traveling from Oregon to Maryland to join husbands in the service suffered minor injuries Monday night on highway 6 about eight miles west of Marengo when their car skidded into a ditch. Clifford Swarting found the wreck and took them to the hospital. A four month old baby in the car was thrown from the back to the front seat but unharmed.
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Marengo
New York
Oregon
Maryland
Highway 6
Clifford Swarting
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Helen Wharton
Agy
James V. Strayer
George Strayer
Decorah Township
William Strayer
Baker, Ore
George Skeim
Clarence
Anton Espeseth
Marie Sherven
Madison
Wis
John Fagerlie
Duluth
John
Carl
Otto
Fred
Elmer
Albert Smorstad
Decorah and Vicinity
Avert
Cornell
Miss Bourke-White
Marion News Gazette
Red Cross Drive
Hinds
Owen
Keith Collier
Gladys Collier
Naval Training Station
Wahpeton
Naval
San Diego
Marion Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. R. McConaughy
Ralph Oxley
Ames
Lakeside Literary Club
Robert Kinsley
Arthur E. Fairhurst
Kahler Hospital
Rochester
Sara Nott
R. G. Adams
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Republican Women’s Club
Wimms
U. S
Oie
Tae GE
Sacre Ae Ik
John David Ballard
Dorothy Mack
Howard Mack
Willis Jordan
Harland B. Jones
Elizabeth Klen
St. Louis
Executive Branch
Iéwa
On Foreign Policy
George Claassen
Riley
E&Lloo¢A’s
U. S. Department of Labor
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric CO
Yoro
Honduras
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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