Reconditioning Program Builds Up His Appetite
Second Lt. John H. Leafstone of Sioux City, wounded at the Volturno, is profiled as he undergoes bed rest and a army reconditioning program at Clinton's Schick General Hospital. He credits the rehab for appetite, morale, and renewed study interest, aiming toward air conditioning work after the war.
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Gazette
John H. Leafstone
Volturno
Italy
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Sioux City
Johnny Leafstone
Sioux City Journal
National Guard Company
John V. Leafstone
Johnny
Safe Blowers Loot Tire Shop After Fire
Firefighters battled a blaze at the O.K. tire shop in Fort Dodge after thieves removed and opened the shop safe. The interior was ruined and about $300 was stolen. The fire was reported at 2:55 am Sunday.
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Fort Dodge
O.K
Cedar County Trial Jurors Are Drawn
Special to The Gazette Jurors for Cedar county district court opening April 17 report April 24. Lists include jurors from Atalissa Bennett Clarence Durant London Mechanicsville Moscow Stanwood Tipton West Branch West Liberty Wilton Junction with numerous named residents.
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Tipton
M. C. Hamiel
Cedar County
Atalissa
A. H. Simons
Guy Osborn
Bennett
William Roop
J. L. Small
Evelyn Johansen
Fred C. Klipp
Emma Conrad
Clarence—Verva Bixler
Forrest Woode
Muriel Elijah
Anna Budelier
Durant
Nellie E. Ehlert
William E. Kunde
Ella Horn
Inez Baldridge
Harold Cole
Ed Christensen
London
Edwin Werndt
Cyrus K. Kemmann
Mechanicsville
Charles Mulherin
Maude Platner
Ralph Becker
Moscow
C. A. Zeisig
Stanwood
L. O. Reid
Glen Tenley
Walter Miller
Violet Boris
R. W. Wright
Eva Brown
Herman Lange
Agnes Banghart
A. C. Stiff
William Schneekloth
Frank Loomis
James Stafford
Mildred Richards
Fred Luedeman
Albert Chapman
E. W. Sissel
Fred Rogers
West Branch
Delia Miner
Lulu Gill
H. H. Walker
John B. J. Tucker
Clara Larson
West Liberty
Lawrence Jensen
William Hinkhouse
Wilton Junction
Leo Weich
Wilber Hendricks
Emil Lamaack
Widow Julia Pratt Celebrates 100th Birthday
100 year old widow of a Civil War veteran Mrs Julia Pratt observed her one hundredth birthday on Monday in Fredericksburg Iowa.
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Fredericksburg
Julia Pratt
Fayette County Superintendent Takes New Post
Fayette County superintendent of schools D. R. Roberts will leave his post to become a Veterans Administration training officer and report April 1 in Des Moines. He served in World War I and spent 16 months in France with the U S Army. Earlier he was superintendent at Elgin for four years.
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West Union
D. R. Roberts
Fayette ‘County
Veterans’ Administration
Des Moines
Roberts
United States Army
France
Elgin
Palo superintendent granted leave of absence
Walter E. Wagner, superintendent of the Palo consolidated school for eight years, has been granted a leave of absence by the school board. He passed his pre-induction physical at Camp Dodge and awaits his call to the army.
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Palo
Walter E. Wagner
Palo Consolidated
Camp Dodge
Army
Winthrop Superintendent Resigns to Enlist
Winthrop M. R. Field, who has led the schools for the past three years, resigns to volunteer for military service and will finish the current school year.
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Winthrop—M. R. Field
Funeral Services Held Sunday for John Hutton
John W. Hutton 85 longtime Scotch Grove landowner died in a Monticello hospital after a long farming career starting at age 14. He owned multiple farms in Scotch Grove township and timber land, plus Monticello property. Surviving are four cousins. Services were at Goetsch funeral home and Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church with burial in Scotch Grove cemetery.
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Scotch Grove
John W. Hutton
Monticello
Samuel E
Hester Jane Davis Hutton
Jones County
James Hutton
Samuel Eby
Ennis
August Ladehoff and Sons
Scotch Grove Cemetery
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Goetsch
Husband and Wife Die in Farm Fire Near Fort Dodge
Mr and Mrs Clifford E Allard were burned to death and their farm home seven miles northwest of Fort Dodge destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin Sunday Neighbors reached the scene after 3 am but could not enter The Allards leaves include six brothers a sister for him and parents for her The couple had no children
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Fort Dodge
Clifford E. Allard
Allards
Here
Allard
Tama Men Wounded in Mediterranean Action
The War Department announced that Pfc. Dewey Roberts and Pvt. Melvin E. Twin of Tama, Iowa were wounded in action in the Mediterranean area on Monday.
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Washington
War Department
Pfc
Dewey Roberts
Pvt
Melvin E. Twin
Tama, Ta
Mediterranean
Retired pastor dies in Des Moines at 77
The Rev. C. L. McKim, 77, a retired Christian minister, died Sunday in Des Moines. He formerly served as pastor of the Christian Church in Oelwein.
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Des Moines
C. L. McKim
Christian Ihurch
Oelwein
Legion of Merit Award to Kinney Native of Aurora
The Navy announced awards to two Iowa natives. Captain Philip R. Kinney, 47, of Aurora, a communication officer with the South Atlantic force, received the Legion of Merit for vision initiative and administrative ingenuity aiding communications and operations in the South Atlantic theater.
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Legion of Merit
Kinney
Aurora
Washington
Navy
Philip R. Kinney
South Atlantic
Navy captain earns DSM for anti submarine task force work
Captain Arnold J. Isbell of Ofo received the Distinguished Service Medal for commanding an anti submarine task force in the South Atlantic from July 27 to November 9, 1943. The citation praises a notable record of submarine sinkings and effective warfare against the enemy to curb the submarine menace and blockading runners.
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South Atlantic
Arnold J. Isbell
Ofo
Atlantic
Townsend Clubs Hold State Meet in Des Moines
About 400 people attended the Townsend clubs state meeting in Des Moines Iowa on Sunday Russell Saville of Washington head of the national Townsend lobbying bureau said 166 representatives had signed a petition to bring the Townsend pension plan bill out of the ways and means committee for House consideration.
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Des Moines
Townsend Clubs of
Iowa
Russell Saville
Washington
National Townsend Organization
House of Representatives
Ways and, Means
House
Iowans Hear from Son Captive Since Fall of Corregidor
McGregor residents learn their son Larry McGuire, an air corps bomber, has been a prisoner of the Japanese since Corregidor fell. A September 7 letter via Red Cross reports his health as good and requests chocolates and tobacco. A March shortwave update from Washington confirms he is in Camp 2 M Tokyo area, hopes to return home soon.
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McGregor
P. E. McGuire
Larry McGuire
Corregidor
Red Cross
Bernetta
Lawrence R. McGuire
Camp No. 2
Tokyo Area
Japan
McGuire
Washington, D. C
Cpl
Gordon Coones
Camp 2 M
Tokyo
Air Corps
Dubuque
Philippines
MacArthur
Air Force
John Durr
Mcc Guire
Bernetta Durr
U. S. Nurse Corps
Australia
Boone High Sophomore Donald Wood Ended Life After Permission Refused
Donald Wood worth a Boone high school sophomore, aged 16, killed himself with a handgun Saturday after his parents refused to let him travel to Omaha. He walked a few blocks from home and used his own gun in the act.
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Boone
Donald Woodworth
Boone High School
Omaha
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