Soldier's Shattered Hand Is Saved at Clinton Hospital
Pvt. Delbert C. Marshall of Marshalltown, badly injured in North Africa last fall, faced possible amputation but doctors at Schick Army Hospital decided to try saving his right hand. Now in reconditioning, he learns daily tasks with his left hand and hopes for active duty or medical discharge. roller skating may aid his recovery.
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Schick Army Hospital
Clinton
Gazette
Iowa
Frank Nye
Chick Hospital
North Africa
Delbert C. Marshall
Marshalltown
National Guard
Pvt. Marshall
Army
Pvt
Marshall
Schick Hospital
Cassino
Italy
Anamosa convicts plead not guilty to escape charge
Four men from the state reformatory, Steve Ratcliff 31 Dayton Ohio Frank Brown 23 Poplar Bluff Missouri Ralph Cassidy 34 Davenport and John Burn 32 Omaha Nebraska, pleaded not guilty to escape. Judge J Heiserman set trial readiness for the April term as Warden Foss Davis and deputies escorted them in restraints.
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Anamosa
State Reformatory
J. JB. Heiserman
Steve Ratcliff
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Brown
Poplar Bluffs
Ralph Cassidy
Davenport
John Burn
Omaha
Neb
Foss Davis
Dorchester Family Informs of Robert Teff KIA in Italy
Mr and Mrs Henry Teff of Dorchester were notified that their son Robert, 23, was killed in action February 19 in Italy while serving in the army. A brother Donald, 19, died in 1942 by drowning in San Francisco Bay during service. Another son, Jackson, serves in the Navy in the South Pacific. The father is a World War I veteran of the Rainbow Division.
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Waukon
Henry Teff
Dorchester
Robert
Italy
Donald
San Francisco Bay
Jackson
South Pacific
Teff
Rainbow Division
Levsen Named OPA Enforcement Post For Quad Cities
Marvin C. Levsen former DeWitt Iowa attorney is named district enforcement attorney for the Quad-Cities OPA by district director Robert M. Harper. Levsen arrives from Chicago where he served in ordnance for the war department and earlier four years as Jones County attorney at Anamosa.
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Moline, Ill
Marvin C. Levsen
DeWitt, In
Quad-Cities
Opa
Robert M. Harper
Levsen
Chicago
Ordnance
War Department
Jones County
Anamosa
Ceilings Put Dollar Prices On 800 Food Items Des Moines
Des Moines area OPA official Walter D. Kline says about 800 food items in 64 Iowa counties are now under community price ceilings. Meat, fresh fruits and vegetables are capped. posters must be displayed and violations reported to the rationing board. Stores with errors will be rechecked and, if needed, referred for enforcement actions.
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Des Moines
Walter D. Kline
OPA
Iowa
Kline
OPO
Election Results Commissioner and Mayor Across Multiple Cities
A compilation of local election results lists mayors councilmen and officials elected without opposition in several towns including Fayette Porter Greenough North Liberty and Traer. Names such as Albert Kezar William Judd Ralph Powers and George Brown appear among new and reelected leaders. The Red Cross drive in north Tama county exceeded its $5 000 quota raising to $6 500.
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Ralph B. Slippy
Albert Kezar
George Essex
TRAER
Red Cross
Tama County
Marion News brief list of social and hospital notices
The Marion News records services for Mrs. Herman Zimmer at Yocom chapel with burial at Shiloh cemetery and pallbearers named. It lists club meetings, church group gatherings, ads, and local social notes including residents visiting, service personnel, and city events.
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Postville
Henry Weseman
Olin
Erwin Zimmer
Lisbon
Ben Zimmer
Omaha
Tipton Attorney and Banker Ends Life by Hanging
Lloyd E. Casterline a 54 year old Tipton attorney was found dead by hanging from a tree near Iowa City. Coroner Frank L. Love said death by his own action. a note cited an unshakeable complex as the motive. Casterline was seen last Sunday buying flowers for his mother's birthday in Tipton.
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Iowa City
Lloyd E. Casterline
Tipton
Frank L. Love
Johnson County
Casterline
Death of Tipton Lawyer Casterline Shocks Community
Lloyd E. Casterline Tipton city attorney and bank vice president died by his own hand after a mental breakdown from overwork. Born July 23 1889 in Kansas he practiced in Tipton over 25 years and is survived by his wife mother three daughters and a son with the FBI. He left a note requesting no funeral services no flowers and cremation with arrangements pending arrival of James Casterline from New York.
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Gazette
Tipton
Lloyd E. Casterline
Tipton State Bank
Cedar
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Edwards
Kermit Pfieffle
South Bend
Ind
Roy James
Davenport
Casterline
James Casterline
New York
Noted Churchman Dies at Mt. Vernon
MT VERNON Dr. Olin B. Chassell 82 longtime Methodist minister and educator dies after a long illness He served 34 years in the Upper Iowa conference Survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Herbert A Toops of Columbus Ohio and Mrs Homer E Cooper of College
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MT. Vernon
Olin B. Chassell
Upper Iowa
Herbert A. Toops
Columbus
Ohio
Homer E. Cooper
College
Obituary notice for Chassell family in Park, Md.
Park Maryland obituary brief notes a son Dr David O Chassell of Bennington Vermont, nine grandchildren, three brothers and a sister. Services are set Thursday at 3 p m at the Methodist church with burial Friday afternoon at Cedar Falls cemetery.
Under 26 Deferred Men to Get Their Tests Next Month
Col Ralph Lancaster Iowa assistant state director of selective service said Iowa draft boards were told to have under 26 men with non agricultural deferments report for pre induction physicals in April. He said younger qualified men will be called first but older men will also be drafted to meet quotas.
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Des Moines
Ralph Lancaster
Selective Service
Iowa
Lancaster
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Montrose Lobby
Montrose Mezzanine
Grant Wood
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Stadt Hotel
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Harry Vicker
Charles F. Triplett
Ralph Powers
Don Allen
Charles Cooter
Ralph D. Moore
William Judd
Herb Darling
Verne Ketelsen
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Forrest Beil
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Adam Bender
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Fred Sander
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W. A. Byers
Elkader
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E. C. Bandow
J. B. Donlon
P. V. Dougherty
L. J. Ehrhardt
H. M. Wolf
A. J. Johnson
E. H.ehrhardt
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Clarence Schaffer
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Clarence Matthiesen
Frank Ferring
Paul Schuetz
Lester Hearn
Elmer Coon
Weat Branch
H. L. Moorhead
L. C. Rummells
H. A. Johnson
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L. D. Reinbrecht
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H. M. Rhoades
B. C. Bergmann
B. C. Prall
Fred Merritt
W. A. van Metre
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Conesville
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Clair Hesseltine
William McCormick
Thomas Gipple
R. D. Bebb
Alice Solomon
George Norris
Freeman Estie
Marion
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Eldo Hilmer
Tenth Street
Osceola Lodge
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Mancheser
Edward L. Smith
Veterans Hospital
Cornelian Club
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Harvey Gipp
Women's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
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Raymond Kent
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Petersen Baking Company
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Vernon Simon
Camp Maxey
Texas
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Camp Wolters
Fort Sill
Okla
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Owen
Charles Benedict
Second Avenue
Robert Boxwell
Springville
Harve Lacock
James McGuire
Perry
Jimmie
McGuire
Edward McGuire
O. O. P. Club
Harold Nilsson
J. L. Papes
Constance Jordan Henley
Presbyterian
N. A. Baker
Clara Wilson
Central Avenue
LaVerna Mae Titus
Riverside
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Robert A. Titus
H. M. Titus
Cpl
Bernard Mullaley
Camp Phillips
Kan
Ed Mullaleys
LeRoy Davin
Fort Meade
Mrs. Davin
Frank Lafferty
Davin
Melvin Schmidt
John Ford
Teddy
Janice K. Hagerman
Terry Moore
Freda Mae Nestril
Judy Meroshek
Sandra
Penny Lacock
Douglas Ozias
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Joe Camp
Indianapolis
David Camp
Philip Smithmeyer
Philip, Jr
Alexandria
Paris
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D. D. Hastings
Eighth Avenue
T. A. Newman
China
Robert Cessford
Poe
Armstrong
Selby
Arch Preserver Shoes
DR. O. B. Chassell
Cartwright
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