Plan 100 Bed Health Clinic At Des Moines
Des Moines officials discuss converting old Broadlowns General Hospital into a state wide venereal disease clinic under federal supervision. A 100 bed facility would administer five day syphilis treatment with patients including courordered prostitutes and others under public health oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
Iowa
Washington
Broadlowns General Hospital
United States Public Health Supervision
Public Health Service
Army
John Macvicar
Dedicate Service Flag at Colesburg
A 30 star service flag was dedicated at the Colesen Methodist church in Colesburg on Sunday. The stars honor Edmund Birkholz Harold Bolsinger William Brown Elmer Bush Louis Brown John Eppens Lloyd Fowler Leland Grimes Russell Gull Ray Horn Alvin Koeneke Carol Koeneke Richard Merle and Burdette Holthaus Louis Kocher Kermit Kuhlman Harley Hansel Donald Every George Lee Jr Merle Miller Neil Prentice James Remley Ernest Ridenour Walter Shaffer Chester Shaffer Lowell Schenke Jack Troester Helen Wilson and Gladys Gorkow.
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Colesburg
Colesen Methodist Church
Edmund Birkholz
Harold Bolsinger
William Brown
Elmer Bush
Louis Brown
John Eppens
Lloyd Fowler
Leland Grimes
Russell Gull
Ray Horn
Alvin Koeneke
Carol Koeneke
Richard
Merle
Burdette Holthaus
Louis Kocher
Kermit Kuhlman
Harley Hansel
Donald Every
George Lee, Jr
Merle Miller
Neil Prentice
James Remley
Ernest Ridenour
Walter Shaffer
Chester Shaffer
Lowell Schenke
Jack Troester
Helen Wilson
Gladys Gorkow
Clinton Hospital to be Enlarged by Government
The government authorized five more buildings, officers quarters and nurses quarters as an addition to the Schick army hospital in Clinton. The expansion will provide space for 500 or more patients beyond the original plan for more than 1,000.
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Clinton
INS
Schick Army Hospital
Clermont Girl Becomes Bride On West Coast
Ammazette Henderson of Clermont marries Lynn Sarbaugh of Oskaloosa in a Seattle Pilgrim Congregational parsonage ceremony on March 17. The bride formerly worked in Des Moines at the state tax commission office while the groom is stationed with the merchant marine.
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Gizette Clermont
R S Henderson
Clermont
Ammazette
Lynn Sarbaugh
Oskaloosa
Pilgrim Congregational
Seattle
Merchant Marine
Sarbaugh
State Tax Commission
Des Moines
Can't Meet Demand For Recapped Tires In Iowa
Iowa OPA says only about one third of class A gasoline ration card holders have obtained used or recapped tires this month due to limited state quotas. Relaxed rules allow recapping or re pairing without a local war price and rationing board certificate. March 31 is the last day for federally required tire inspection. about 75 percent of passenger cars have completed inspection.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Death by Own Action Leaves Estate Total of 93281
J H Mulligan 87 a retired railroad man who killed himself when the WAAC took over the Plaza hotel where he had lived for 20 years left an estate valued at 93281 an inventory filed in district court showed Mulligan was found dead Aug 15 in the hotel He left a note complaining of ill health and being forced to vacate his room chiefly to five relatives
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Des Moines
J H. Mulligan
WAAC
Plaza Hotel
Mulligan
Tama County men enter service for armed forces
Forty two Tama County men were listed for induction with many named by town including Beaman Buckingham Clutier Dysart Elberon Garwin Gladbrook Montour and Toledo. Navy enlistments include Adair Braden Dufek Goettsch Hild Hruby Peters and Zatechka. Phillip Stuber of Traer named acting corporal. parents of Paul Kuhner to provide doughnuts and coffee before departure.
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Toledo
Tama County
Beaman
Kenneth Neidermann
Buckingham
Donald J. Beenken
Robert H. Beenken
Paul O. Lunsford
Chelsea
Russell F. Spenda
Charles J Sikir Clutier
Wesley F. Linhart Dysart
Ralph W. Alpers
Paul E. Burger
Dean S. Short
Robert R Wilson
Elberon
Richard P. Kess
Charles S. Ku
Robert Morgan
Oran E Parks
Ernest Roberts
Kenneth L. Wittkop
Paul C Kuhner
Ernest J Maya
Traer
Melvin J. Foledy
John T Haack
Ervin M Madera
Robert W Naylor
Phillip H Stuber
Ward W Schwab
Navy
Harry T Adair
Robert W Braden
Arlington
Edward J
Youth Loses Hand In Corn Shredder Accident
Special to The Gazette Edgewood Leo Estling 17 son of Mr and Mrs Gunner Estling lost his right hand in a corn shredder accident Monday at the farm home of his grandfather Charles Stone seven miles south of Edgewood Leo a high school senior will be 18 in a few weeks and he had planned to enlist in the navy.
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Edgewood
Leo Estling
Gunner Estling
Charles Stone
Leo
Navy
Decorah Veterans Remembered With Class Letters
Former Decorah high school students now in the service receive letters typed by the school typing classes under Leola Morrison and Pauline Kruse. Elizabeth Powers, librarian, prepares the letters for all men named on the school service roll. Each letter includes a mimeographed note with greetings and best wishes from Supt. T R Roberts and the high school teaching staff.
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Decorah
Decorah High School
Leola Morrison
Pauline Kruse
Elizabeth Powers
Supt
T R Roberts
Service Men Transfers And Promotions Reported
A long list of servicemen and women from Cedar Rapids and area is noted with transfers, furloughs, school assignments, and promotions. Warren L. Stien moves to Indianapolis for radio training. others head to camps in Florida Texas Washington and more with updates on families and stations.
Norway Soldier Japs' Prisoner
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Volz of Norway were notified their son Marine Private Vernon J. Volz 24 is a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines. He had been reported missing in the Manila bay area since May 13 1942 after three years in service. A brother Private Clarence Volz 23 is in the army and is now in Australia after battles in New Guinea.
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Norway
Frank Volz
Vernon J. Volz
Philippines
Manila Bay
Volz
Clarence Volz
Australia
New Guinea
Private James E. Wilson Held Prisoner in Japan
Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson of Independence report their son Private James E. Wilson 21 is a prisoner in Japan. He enlisted in the Marines August 1 1940 and was reported missing in the Manila bay area in May 1942. The family learned the news on their 22nd wedding anniversary through the Japanese Red Cross.
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James E. Wilson
Japan
Frank Wilson
Red Cross
Wilson
Manila Bay Area
Wilsons
Jurors Drawn for Iowa County April Term
Marengo, Ladora, North English, Williamsburg, Parnell, Millersburg, Hollis Fish, Amana, Homestead, Keswick, South Amana, Guernsey, Conroy and Wellman each provide lists of jurors selected for the April term of the Iowa county district court. The names include Aiken Ballard Fiser Hilly Meeks Olson Rathjen Spoerry Slaymaker Schaefer Tanner Voss Willenbrook and many others.
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Marengo
Iowa County District Court
R. E. Aiken
D. A. Ballard
Orland Fiser
Eva Hilly
Leola Meeks
W. W. Olson
Edith Rathjen
Fred W. Spoerry
E. E. Slaymaker
Ralph Schaefer
Hazel Tanner
John Voss
Elsie Willenbrook
Ladora
Bernice Augustine
Verna Guehra
L. K. Shull
Louis Wauters
North English
Edith Brooks
W. Bonwater
Virgil Bell
Forrest Morrison
Williamsburg
W. H. Bushman
George Blythe
C. C. Carnes
Louis Ebel
Harry Groves
Orville Hummer
Ed W. Jones
Thurman K. Lortz
Vernon Mumby
H. W. McCallister
W. J. Newcomb
Howard Nicholas
Truman Romberg
Merlin Stahl
George Stake
Orville Scandridge
John von Weine
Otto von Ahsen
Walter Wallace
Merle Wichman
Parnell
Leo Duffy
A. C. Marine
Millersburg
Irma Danshill
Victor—Hollis Fish
Frank Koehn
R. I. Myers
William McGrory
Jeanette Houshar
Ruth Randolph
Clark Schafbach
Roy Walinc
Theodore Bohlstedt
Fred Kuby
Amana
Henrietta Geiger
D. B. Smith
Anna Votroubek
Homestead
Carl Hopp
Rudolph Sandersfeld
Willard Zuber
School Lunch Program Wins FDA Support In Iowa
Des Moines AP reports the FDA stands ready to provide limited cash support to Iowa hot lunch programs. Since January 113 schools have received aid, totaling 15,73649 dollars feeding 14,821 pupils. The agency aims to restore 1942 WPA levels and will contribute up to seven cents per child per meal to defray costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Food Distribution Administration
FDA
Russell D Mather
Mather
Two Brothers From Stone City Reunite In North Africa
In a letter to Mr and Mrs Donald Sackett of Stone City Private Walter Sackett recounts meeting his brother Willis in North Africa after months apart Walter and Willis served in different outfits and the siblings spent two days and two nights together while passing through a shared water canteen moment
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Stone City
North Africa
Donald Sackett
Walter Sackett
Sacketts
Walter
Willis
James
Urbana High Presents Three One Act Plays at Legion Hall
Urbana high school students will present three one act plays Friday at the Legion hall. The plays Fireman Save My Child Land of the Free and The Ghostly Passenger feature 22 students in the cast directed by Miss Betty Eno.
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Urbana—Urbana
the Legion Hall
Land of the Free
Betty Eno
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Warren L. Stien
Albert Stien
Newhall
Great Lakes
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Mrs. C. Wallace
Second Street
Army Air Forces Technical Training School
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C Street
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Robert Fish
Fort Bragg
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Johnson Avenue
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Rolland J. Roth
Jude Roth
Favenue
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J. J. Carney
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South Pacific
Sergt
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Frank J. Lawrence
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Army Air Forces Officer Training School
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Verne DeFore
J. E. DeFore
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Army Air Base
R. L. Root
Fred Root
Luesther
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George A. Patterson
Westwood Road
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Philip Listebarger
Third Street
Fleet School
Norfolk
Robert A. Fuller
Alton Fuller
Camp Kearns
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St. Louis
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F. W Moershel
Aloe Field
Victoria
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Aviation Mechanic's School
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Frank Brooks
Brandon
San Diego
Calif
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Jeff Wednesday
Pacific
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Nina Wilson
Sixth Street
Donald R. Wilson
Duncanfield
San Antonio
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George R. Liddle
Bever Avenue
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Franklin High School
Henry T. Wam
Army Air Corps
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Solon
Cedar Rapids Corp
Edward Ws. White
Pacific Area
Archie White
Fourteenth Street
Frank Hembecra
Elmer M. Bruce
C. Bruce
Higley Avenue SE
Camp Davis
Joseph Zarubs
Mary Zaruba
Fort Warren
Wyo
Camp Claiborne
Quartermaster Corps
Donald Harmon
A. R. Harmon
A Avenue
Newport
Ark
Santa Ana
James “Corky” Concannon
St. Augustine
Groton
H. L. Concannon
Fourth Avenue
Mary Geraldine Blake
H Avenue
Hunter College
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
St. Joseph
Florsheims
Florsheim
Vernon Volz
Iowa County
John Hurd
South Amana
Arthur Hanseman
Guernsey
Henry Meyer
Conroy
Herbert Thorn
Ton
Wellman
Gerald Ruegsegger
WMI
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Ey Ifan
Manhattan
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