Iowa Draft Pool Fails to Materialize Says Grahl
Des Moines AP General Charles H. Grahl says Iowa failed to build a draft pool as projected. Despite calling about three times the monthly pre induction examinations, many are rejected or reclassified, leaving current month needs unmet. Grahl notes 92 percent of calls were filled over six months and focuses boards on essential workers and deferments for under 26.
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DES Moines
Selective Service
Iowa
Charles H. Grahl
Frid
Grahl
Missing North English Flyer Body Found
Special to The Gazette indicates Lt. Robert Plank was found deceased in his wrecked plane near Galveston Texas after a land and water flight mission. Plank son of Mr and Mrs Forest Plank of North English had been missing since Sunday. He earned his wings at Aloe field Texas and studied at Coe College before service.
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Galveston
Texas
Robert Plank
Plank
Forest Plank
North English
Army Air Field
Milared Lortz
Millersburg
Planks
Navy Plimps
Navy
Coast Guard
Aloe Field
Victoria
North English High School
Coe College
Iowa County Pastor Accepts Monticello Call
The Rev. R. P. Young, longtime pastor of St. John's Lutheran in Lincoln township, will leave for Monticello to lead St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He will preach farewell on April 16 and serve as Lutheran chaplain at the state reformatory in Anamosa, with weekly sermons and Bible classes. He marks 25 years in the ministry this summer and has helped establish congregations at Millersburg and Deep River, plus guiding 11 churches as visitor superintendent of the Victor circuit. He succeeds Rev. Paul T. Gutknecht, now pastor in Belding, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
R. P. Young
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lincoln Township
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Monticello
Young
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Wisconsin
Concordia Seminary
Springfield
Millersburg
Deep River
Victor
Mr. Young
Paul T. Gutknecht
Belding
Mich
State House Dome Antenna Boosts Police Radio Reception
Des Moines AP reports a new auxiliary antenna atop the state house central dome greatly improves reception of radio messages from state police cars. Gerald Sutton, chief engineer of the state police radio system, said the antenna is used exclusively for receiving two way messages from highway patrol and the SBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State House
Gerald Sutton
State Highway Patrol
State Bureau of Investigation
Five Airmen Die in Sioux City B-17 Crash
At Sioux City army air base early Friday a runway collision between two B 17 Flying Fortresses killed five airmen and left six others hospitalized as investigators study the accident. The crash occurred at 6 30 am when a taxiing ship crossed a taking off Fortress, causing a gasoline fire. Names of crewmen withheld pending next of kin notice.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Army Air Base
George A. Blakey
Col
Blakey
Memorial Service for Paratrooper Kenneth Curtis
A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Curtis, paratrooper killed in action in Italy January 30, will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at the Methodist church. Rev. W M Zimmerman will deliver a sermon and Arnold Roger Legion post veterans will serve as ushers. Curtis, 28, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Curtis, enlisted in 1941 and trained at Camp Wolters Texas and Fort Benning Georgia. He went overseas in 1943 and helped invade Sicily in the first paratrooper wave. A brother, Sgt Conrad J Curtis, is stationed at Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Kenneth R. Curtis
Italy
Methodist Church
W. M. Zimmerman
Veterans of
Arnold-Roger
Curtis
Harold Curtis
Camp Wolters
Texas
Fort Benning
Sicily
Infant Burned To Death In Crib In Oskaloosa
OSKALOOSA AP Infant 13 month old Cornelius Vandrimmelen died when his crib caught fire on Thursday night. Investigators said older siblings were playing with matches, triggering the blaze and the fatal burn.
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Oskaloosa
Cornelius Vandrimmelen
Eugene Vandrimmelen
Marion Women Receive 50 Year E S Membership Honor
Mrs. Robert Cessford received a 50 year membership certificate from Marion chapter No 183 O E S at a special meeting. Mrs. Maude Keyser presented it. eight members were initiated and three affiliated. 140 members were served in the dining room with gold and white decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cessford
Marion
Maude Keyser
Iowa
Cessford
Gladys Ballard
Lois Lehdigh
Albert E. Bragg
Donations to Marion plasma fund noted by chairman
Mrs. Pauline Naso reports latest contributions to the Marion blood plasma fund. Donors include Mr and Mrs George W Price $4 Four C cius $5 Norris Lovig Ruth Engstrom and H E Trimbles $2 each Lafalot CC P Diana Fret clubs and P J Fiedlers $1 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Milwaukee railroad switchman suffers spine fracture
X rays Thursday showed Guy Marvin Mundy Jr. of 160 Twenty-first Street Milwaukee a railroad switchman who fell from a boxcar in Cedar Rapids yards Wednesday and sustained a compound spine fracture and a broken right arm. He is hospitalized at St. Luke's.
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Guy Marvin Mundy, Jr
Twenty-first Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mandeville Flower Adverts at Owen's Cut Rate Drug
A compact notice advertises a Mandeville flower sale tested in multiple price points five ten fifteen and twenty cents per package at Owen's Cut Rate Drug.
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Mandeville
Owen
Mrs Fay Bailey Hosts Wednesday Study Club Meeting
Mrs. Fay Bailey entertained the Wednesday Study club with card games arranged at two tables for the social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Bailey
Mrs Smith Gogg Visits Nashua Brother in Law H C Gogg
Mrs Smith Gogg of Nashua arrived Friday to visit her brother in law H C Gogg and his family. Burpee s sweet peas in bulk plant now Coast to Coast Store.
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Smith Gogg
Nashua
H. C. Gogg
Burpee’s Sweet Peas
Burpee’s
Marion Women Enjoy Party and Local News Bits
Twenty members of the Marion Business Girls club attended a party in the Gas Company home demonstration room with games and refreshments led by Winifred Perkins Anna Mae Noelisch and Marilyn Balcom Burpee seeds were displayed An array of local visitors and residents appeared in notices including Mrs Sarah Isham Slife and her relatives Major Hutchison and others Easter shopping ads and garden club notes accompany a round of social items and family updates
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Marion Business Girls Club
The
Gas Company
Winifred Perkins
Anna Mae Noelisch
Marilyn Balcom
Bragg musician returns to Corpus Christi after leave
Donald Bragg a musician with unit 1/c came back to Corpus Christi on Thursday following a ten day leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert E Bragg.
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Donald Bragg
Corpus Christi
Albert E. Braggs
Spring millinery sale ad from M. L. Braska Co
The Braska Co advertises spring millinery with toppers on sale for 1.79 and handkerchiefs priced at 29 cents. Includes mention of a Saturday sale event and promotional pricing.
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M. L. Braska Co
Pfc Bill Creglow Brief Furlough With Family
Pfc Bill Creglow spends a short furlough from Camp Lejeune North Carolina with his parents the L M Creglows at the home of his grandparents the C R Creglows.
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Pfc
Bill Creglow
Camp le Jeune
N. C
L. M. Creglows
C. R. Creglows
Weavers Visited by Grandparents Near Springville
Diane and Delores Weaver visit their grandparents the Charles Weavers in Springville. Paris Laundry offers free hauling. Mrs. Peter Meci of Maywood Illinois and her children Caroline and Frank arrive Saturday for an extended visit with Mrs. Pauline Naso. Meci has worked at the regional FDA office in Chicago and is summoned to the New York office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane and
Delores Weaver
Charles Weavers
Springville
Peter Meci
Maywood
Caroline
Frank
Meci
Pauline Naso
Food Distribution Administration
Chicago
New York
Shannon Named Superintendent At Monticello
Boyd Shannon, a 14 year Monticello school teacher and current principal under A B Grimes, is appointed superintendent to succeed Grimes who moves to Boone Iowa in June. Shannon is married with four children and all other teachers were reelected at the school board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Boyd Shannon
A. B. Grimes
Boone
Shannon
Grimes
Central City School Chief Hansen Resigns After 18 Years
George W. Hansen, superintendent of Central City schools for the past 18 years, submitted his resignation this week effective at the end of the current term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
George W. Hansen
Clermont Superintendent Resigns for Williamsburg Position
Theodore C Ressler who has led Clermont schools for five years re signs to join Winburn Hatheryard Produce at Williamsburg. His wife, a primary teacher, also resigns from Clermont duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Theodore C Ressler
Winburn Hatheryard Produce Company
Williamsburg
School Board Reorganization Names New Leaders
Mt. Vernon Supt H Ostergaard will not seek re election. Dr L E Bigger is re elected president at the board organization meeting. Board members Jacques Jolas and Rex Dean are named.
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MT. Vernon
H. Ostergaard
L. E. Bigger
Jacques Jolas
Rex Dean
More Than 11 000 Iowans Placed in Jobs in February
February job placements in Iowa's 25 USES offices totaled 11 132 with 40 percent women and 994 veterans. Nearly 40 000 people visited offices and 32 632 received services. Employers reported 9 526 hires by March 1, with 1 606 cleared for work outside local areas. Cedar Rapids 684 Iowa City 122 Decorah 58.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U. S
George D. Haskell
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Decorah
Missing Keystone Soldier Now Listed as Dead
Mr and Mrs Ernest Koeppen learn their son Arthur Koeppen, reported missing in action February 17 1943 after the Battle for Faïd Pass in North Africa, has no trace and is officially listed as dead. The Koeppens have two other sons in service Orlean a paratrooper in Europe and Delbert in the navy.
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Keystone
Ernest Koeppen
Arthur Koeppen
Faid Pass
North Africa
War Department
Koeppens
Orlean Koeppen
Delbert Koeppen
Des Moines Man Dies at 100 After Birthday Celebration
William H. Brown died Thursday of a heart ailment in Des Moines at age 100. He had celebrated his hundredth birthday on December 7.
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Des Moines
William H. Brown
Dunn Named Keynoter and Temporary Chairman
Des Moines events detail E G Dunn Mason City attorney chosen as keynoter and temporary chair of the Democratic state convention in Des Moines on April 15. Dunn is a former United States attorney for the northern Iowa district.
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Des Moines
INS
Jake More
Democratic State Central Committee
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Dunn
United States
Northern
Iowa
Tainted Dubuque liquor seized from Illinois owners
State agents seized 285 cases of liquor valued at about 20000 dollars in a Dubuque warehouse tied to tavern owners in East Dubuque Illinois. The liquor, held for disposal under court orders, may be sent out of state or allocated to hospitals if forfeited, with the sheriff overseeing compliance.
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DES Moines
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Dubuque
East Dubuque
Ill
lIena
Nebergall
Leo J. Ejisbach
Dubuque County
Dick R. Lane
State Liquor Commission
Iowa
Lane
Sgt. William Fischer Reported POW by Germans
Anamosa couple, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Fischer, learned their son, Sgt. William Fischer, is a prisoner of war of the German government. He went missing on February 8 during a mission over Germany while serving as an aerial gunner on a Flying Fortress. He previously survived a November plane crash that killed 12 men and enlisted in January 1943, leaving for foreign duty last December.
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Anamosa
William J. Fischer
William Fischer
Fischer
Germany
Burlington Rail Station Dedication Set for March 28
Governor B. B. Hickenlooper will speak at the dedication ceremonies for the new Burlington railway station next Tuesday March 28. The event marks a milestone in regional rail service and will include brief remarks from local officials.
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Burlington
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa students launch critical campus magazine Perspective
The University of Iowa faces strong student and faculty reaction as Perspective, a 24 page independently edited magazine, questions the administration. Prof J Howard Arnold contributes a critical faculty appraisal while James Meade calls for a teachers union and a reformed liberal arts curriculum Proposal by Seymour Pitcher outlines changes. Editors Pauline Mangelsdorf William Drake and Mel Peet are listed.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Univerity
J. Howard Arnold
Chemical Department
James Meade
Seymour Pitcher
Harry K. Newburn
The
Liberal Arts College
Pauline Mangelsdorf
Burlingame
Calif
William Drake
Sioux City
Mel Peet
Anamosa
Real Estate Taxes Waived For Service Members
Atty Gen John Rankin broadened a prior ruling to hold that no interest or penalties may be charged on 1943 and 1944 property taxes of armed service personnel. The opinion says the act covers all real property held by service members, not just homesteads, clarifying the scope after a county treasurer inquiry.
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Des Moines
John Rankin
Armed Services
Rankin
S Department
van W. Hammerstrom
Woodbury County
Hammerstrom
Petticoat Bank Robber Convicted by Iowa Jury
In Clarinda, a six by six jury found John Davis of Shenandoah guilty of the Petticoat Bank robbery against Miss Jennie Maxwell, a Shenandoah widow. The trial heard John Wilder had helped, holding light while Davis removed the money from Maxwell’s home last May. Maxwell, 65, was bound and blindfolded during the theft, which netted between $7,000 and $8,000. the blindfold slipped, letting her identify the assailants. Wives of both defendants await trial.
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Clarinda
John Davis
Shenandoah
Jennie Davis
Davis
Miss Maxwell
Wilder
Air Medal Awarded to Newhall Tail Gunner Hartz
Sgt. George W. Hartz of route one Newhall Iowa tail gunner of a Flying Fortress earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on five combat missions over enemy Europe. The citation praised his courage coolness and skill reflecting credit on himself and the United States. Hartz 23 is the son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Hartz. He was a farmer before enlisting October 14 1942.
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England
George W. Hartz
Newhall
Europe
United States
Sgt
Hartz
Harvey Hartz
Legion of Merit awarded to Tech Sergeant Blazek for Sicily Italy work
The War Department announced Tech Sergeant Charles R. Blazek of Chelsea Iowa received the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious service overseas from January 14 to August 27 1943. His clerical and drafting work at the Fifth Army invasion training center helped prepare schedules charts and sand tables aiding combat teams training for the Sicily and Italy invasions.
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Washington (Ap
War Department
Legion of Merit
Tech
Charles R. Blazek
Chelsea
Fifth Army
Blazek
Sicily
Italy
Death sentence for
Harold Arthur Miner, 48, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Huntsville state prison on May 5 for the fatal shooting of his divorced wife Marjorie Forsyth Miner as she fled from their apartment in El Paso last May 12.
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EL Paso, Texas
Harold Arthur Miner
Huntsville State Prison
Marjorie Forsyth Miner
Newton
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Drewe
Packer's
Storm's Store
Marion, Iowa
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale
Delrich Oleo
Iowa County
Conrad J. Curtis
Camp Dodge
Marion News
Mrs. Cessford
Kenwood
Gazette
Sarah Isham Slife
L. Wayne Slife
New York City
Wayne G. Slife
Marfa
Inlaw
W. L. Slife
Charles Snyder
Western Auto Associate Store
Robert Hutchison
Kenneth Hillerege
Major Hutchison
Great Britain
George A. Hutchison
K-V Cafe
Prairie Chapel
W.S.C.S
Irvin Scott
Vernon Nelson
Clyde Scott
Balster’s Furniture Company
Frank Fuller
Woodbury’s
Boston
Fred Haines
Twelfth Street
Syl
C. C. Scott
Presbyterian Cornerstone
Kensington
A. J. Taube
Elsie St. John
Red Cross
R. O. Shively
Hazel Sheldon
Frank Shively
Milwaukee
Betty Shively
John de Maio
Shreveport
Ed Sigfred Co
Prairie Chapel Garden Club
Ralph Michel
Grover Ankeny
George Dvorsky
Ivan Wood
Ninth Street
Mr. Wood
Pvt
Amos Wood, Jr
Camp Roberts
Amos Woods
Jeanette Ann Davis
Max Davis
Seventh Street
Heinz Pork & Beans
hOle IK
Store Marion
Paris
Hansen
Ressler
Ostergaard
Keystone Spldier
Leventhal
First ST
Post Office
John M. Rankin
Liquor Commission
Sgt. Fischer of
Petticoat Bank
Foxholes
Ocarinas
Calla
Ostae Leethan
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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