Army nurse Lt Helen Starks recalls Italy service
Monticello native and 1941 army nurse corps officer Lt Helen A Starks writes from Italy as chief nurse of the fifteenth evacuation hospital. Excerpts from her Jetters describe Sicily and Capri visits, brief rests, air raids, and life with soldiers amid shifting front lines and camp challenges.
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Helen A. Starks
Monticello
Army Nurse Corps
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Starks
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mother Mary Redemnpta
Sacred Heart Convent
Josephine and
Loretta Howe
Isle of Capri
Air Corps
Naples
Drivers Fined After Two Accidents In Traffic Court
Two early Tuesday crashes led to traffic court fines. Loren Anspoker paid $5 for driving without a license after unknown vehicle maneuvers near North Western tracks. Clarence Moore also paid $5 for allowing an unauthorized driver. Katherine Bailey sustained minor scratches. Meredith Strang paid $5 for failing to identify himself and losing vehicle control after hitting a telephone pole on Mt. Vernon road.
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Loren Anspoker
Second Street
North Western Tracks
Prairie Creek Bridge
J Street
Clarence Moore
Katherine Bailey
Twentieth Avenue
Meredith H. Strang
Fairfax
Mt. Vernon Road
Congressmen Seek Blockade Lift for Allied Food Aid
Washington AP reports House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a resolution by Rep. Fish calling Britain to lift the blockade to allow Allied food relief for Europe. It asserts Greek civilians have benefited without aiding German military aims and urges extending the program to all subjugated nations in need.
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Washington
Britain
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Fish
R-N. Y
Greece
Willkie Assails Federal Control in Wisconsin Speech
Wendell L. Willkie told a Ripon audience that the Democratic party serves to maintain power and push toward a government controlled society. He warned the New Deal erodes incentives and that 12 years of subversion foster an irrepressible class conflict between free enterprise and welfare state. He also attacked Republican leaders for indecision and compromising to gain office, saying such tactics sap a party’s vitality.
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Ripon
Wis
Democratic Party
Wendell L. Willkie
New Deal
Republican Party
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Miss Hippie Recovers Purse From Snatcher in Evanston
Miss Arline Hippie chased a purse snatcher in Evanston Illinois after he snatched her purse. He jumped a fence but she followed, caught him, and recovered the purse containing her paycheck and $5, then walked away. She reported the incident to police after returning home.
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Evanston, Ill
Arline Hippie
Upward Trend in Diphtheria and Smallpox in Iowa
DES MOINES AP Smallpox and diphtheria rise in Iowa with March figures doubling January February totals. Eight smallpox cases in March vs three in Jan and Feb. Diphtheria reaches 61 since Jan 1, highest since 1941. Counties reporting include Black Hawk Dubuque Pottawattamie Clayton Lucas Jones Woodbury and others.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Health
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Clayton
Lucas, Jones
Woodbury
Woodbury County
Monona
Washington
Cass
Polk
Humboldt
Muscatine
Cerro Gordo
Franklin, Marshall
Osceola
Allamakee
Blue Opens Campaign Quarters for Governor Bid
Des Moines reports Lt. Gov. Robert D. Blue, a Republican hopeful for governor, opened campaign headquarters at the Kirkwood Hotel with Ward Barnes as campaign manager. Blue previously served as a 1940 Republican national convention delegate.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Kirkwood Hotel
Ward Barnes
Eagle Grove Eagle
16 Model Planes Stolen At Wilson Over Weekend
Police report theft at Wilson school last weekend with 16 model airplanes taken after a basement window was broken. The same period saw $540 stolen from the cash drawer of Electric Motors, 219 First Street SW, reported by J C Hupp.
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Wilson School
J. C. Hupp
The
Electric Motors Company
First Street
Sheriff Moves Jail Ladder Used by Prisoners Since 1896
Lycoming county sheriff Joseph Schmucker has ordered the removal of a pole that served as a ladder for escaping county jail inmates since a horse thief first used it in 1896. The pole was installed to aid escape attempts and its removal ends a long-standing escape route.
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Duke’s Palace
Italy
Montana
Lyear
Jerry
Williamsport, Pa
Joseph Schmucker
Lycoming County
Blodgett Named New President of Cedar Rapids School Board
Cedar Rapids school board sworn in three new members George Kosek E F Moorman and Mrs Dwight Krumholtz at a Monday meeting The board elected J C Blodgett Tribune editor as president for the coming year succeeding Charles Penningroth The vote was unanimous The group also referred a request from the Office of Civilian Defense to convert unused Cleveland school playground into a victory garden and approved dues to the Iowa Association of School Boards
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Cedar Rapids School Board
George Kosek
E. F Moorman
Dwight Krumholtz
J. C. Blodgett
Cedar Rapids Tribune Edditorial
Charles Penningroth
Blodgett
Board of Education
Penningroth
Office of Civilian Defense
Cleveland
Iowa Association of School Boards
Short wave transmitter blocked at German embassy after Pearl Harbor
A short wave transmitter in the German embassy here was rendered unusable immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack, preventing the Germans from using it for communications. The disruption occurred as Allied authorities moved to neutralize Nazi propaganda and intelligence links.
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Pearl Harbor
Germans Had Radio in Embassy Reported by Senator
Washington AP Sen La Follette Wisconsin told the Senate that the radio intelligence division of the Federal Communications Commission had located a facility related to German communications in an embassy. The remark came during a discussion of wartime wireless activity and intelligence gathering.
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Washington
Sen. la Follette
Senate
Radio Intelligence Division
Federal Communications Commission
Ban on Anonymous Political Material Passed by House
Washington AP The House approved and sent to the Senate legislation making it a crime to publish or distribute anonymous political statements about federal candidates. Penalties include up to one year in jail, a $1000 fine, or both. The measure requires the publishers to disclose names, and if issued by a committee or group, the officers’ names as well.
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Washington
House
Senate
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