Soldier Paralyzed from Chest Down After War Injury
Sgt Merlin Royer, 25, Iowa farm lad, lies paralyzed from the chest down after shrapnel struck near Volturno, November 2. He recalls almost getting it the day before, while doctors and his mother work to plan hopeful operations.
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Frank Nye
Chick Hospital
Clinton
Sgt
Merlin Royer
Sgt. Royer
Volturno
Iowa
Linn Roger
Merlin
Roger
Italy
Merlin Roger
Linden
Des Moines
Schick Hospital
Des Moines OPA Demands In-Person Gas Ration Coupon Applications
Walter D Kline acting director of the Des Moines OPA district announces that all truck operators must apply in person for new T gasoline ration coupons for the second quarter from April 1 to June 30.
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Des Moines
Walter D Kline
OPA District
Soldier's Wife Gets A Divorce While He's Away
A wounded Iowa soldier in hospital after three years in the army learns his former wife, married to another man during his service in 1942, has divorced him. He seeks custody of his children after his visit home and the new husband asks to transfer the allotment from his mother to support the children.
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Schick Hospital
Clin‘ton
Iowa
National Guard
Ireland
North Africa
Cassino
Italy
Punish Seven Who Escaped From Prison
Seven convicts who escaped from the men’s reformatory pled guilty before District Judge J. E. Heiserman and were sentenced to not exceed five years at hard labor with sentences to start after their current terms end. Names include McClaskey, Brodinski, Faught, Spooner, Sweet, Smith, and Lendely.
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Anamosa
J. E. Heiserman
Billy Lee
McClaskey
Stanley Brodinski
Norman Faught
Harvey H. Spooner
Bernard Sweet
Paul Smith
Clincart Lendely
Brodinski
Amber
Faught
Spooner
Grinnell
Sweet
Smith
Dyersville
Crawford County
Johnson County
Tama
Storm Lake
Clarion
Spencer
Davenport
Steve Ratcliff
Frank Brown
Ralph Cassidy
John Burl
Albert Becker
Sioux City
Lloyd Selby
Lockman Ia
Marion
Investigation Costs Anticipated Over Four Thousand Dollars
The investigation of conditions at the Anamosa reformatory is expected to cost more than 4000 dollars. It was completed last week but findings await transcript of about 1000 testimonies. Expenses include four state employees, a court reporter, motel meals travel and proceedings transcript ordered by Governor Bourke B Hickenlooper after four inmates escaped on New Year’s day.
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Des Moines
INS
Anamosa Reformatory
Guv Bourke
Hickenlooper
No Wholesale Furloughs For Soldiers Overseas
Washington ap reports the war department will not authorize broad furloughs for troops overseas. Individual furloughs will be granted on a rotation basis, with overseas length of service and ship logistics as key factors. Senators, including Gillette, pressed for relief for the 34th division, but army officials cited rapid troop turnover and shipping constraints as hurdles.
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Washington
War Department
Sen. Gillette
D-Ia
Army
34Th
Africa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Gillette
War ‘Department
Senators Shipstead
R-Minn
Langer
R-N D
Bushfield
Gurney
Wilson
Wherry
John Alexander
Relatives’ Club
Amana Young Men’s Bureau Banquet Features Palmer Talk
Banish: Davenport lecturer and traveler B J Palmer will speak on world affairs at a banquet in the Amana Welfare association club house after dinner at 6 45 at the Colony Inn. All interested invited with no charge. Harry Geiger is bureau president Carl Selzer secretary.
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Gazette
AMANA
B J Palmer
Davenport
Amana Young Men's Bureau
Amana Welfare Association
Colony Inn
Harry Geiger
Young Men's Bureau
Carl Selzer
Homestead
March Induction Quotas Cut as February Figures Fall
The general noted March figures nearly doubled February totals. February quotas were sharply reduced while the pre induction system of physical examinations was being stalled.
Bellevue Man 80 Dies After Window Jump
Mathew Tebbe, 80, of Bellevue, died Tuesday night after jumping from a third story window at Moulton hospital in Bellevue. Coroner Dr E V Andrew said no inquest would be held and cited despondency as the cause. Tebbe had been hospitalized since last December.
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Maquoreta
Mathew Tebbe
Bellevue
Moulton Hospital
E. V. Andrew
Jackson County
Tebbe
Central City Girl Burned Lighting Gas Stove
Levernia Fleming eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Irvin Fleming is hospitalized in Cedar Rapids with second degree burns after lighting a gas stove burner when gas had escaped. Her condition Wednesday morning is listed as good. She was alone when a flare up occurred and neighbors carried her outside.
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the Gazette Central City
Levernia Fleming
Irvin Fleming
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Fleming
Smaller Iowa Draft Call Seen in May
Des Moines reports Iowa's next draft call in May will be slightly smaller than April. Brig Gen. Charles H Grahl, state selective service director, said Wednesday that the April quota of men from the state will be about the same.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles H Grahl
Selective Service
Carter's Little Liver Pills Digestive Aid Ad
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to boost bile flow and improve digestion. It claims natural, quick effects, promising relief in about thirty minutes and urging purchase at drugstores for 25 cents.
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Carter
Notice to Subscribers Address Change Instructions
Notice to subscribers requests subscribers to provide old and new addresses including route numbers or town status for each change so mail delivery remains accurate.
Maquoketa Marine Flyer James Crawford Killed
Lt. James Crawford 21 of the marine air corps was killed in a California plane collision Sunday. His father H. R. Crawford was notified Tuesday night. His mother was visiting him at Eltona field. Survived by brother Glen and sisters Margaret Ellen and Maxine Crawford. Body to be returned to Maquoketa for services and burial.
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Maquoketa
James Crawford
Marine Air Corps
California
H. R. Crawford
Eltona Field
Glen Crawford
Margaret Ellen
Maxine Crawford
Funeral Mass for Lt Robert Coen in Iowa City
Iowa City mourns Lt. Robert J Coen killed in a bomber crash last Thursday at Tonopah. A funeral Mass is scheduled for Thursday.
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Robert Coen
Iowa City
Robert J Coen
Tonopah
Burial Plans In Nevada After Plane Crash
The service will start at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's church with a Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hohenschuh mortuary. Lt. Coen, a bombardier and navigator, died when his plane crashed during a routine flight. He is buried in St. Joseph's cemetery in Parnell.
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St. Patrick's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Parnell
Hohenschuh Mortuary
Coen
Governor Appoints Graven's Successor
DES MOINES Iowa Governor Bourke B Hickenlooper named William P Butler Mason City attorney to fill the Twelfth judicial district seat vacated by Henry N Graven who became a federal judge in northern Iowa Butler a Republican and a World War I veteran was endorsed by the Cerro Gordo County Bar association
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
William P. Butler
Mason City
Twelfth Judicial District
Henry N. Graven
Iowa
Butler
Cerro Gordo County
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Dads
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Miracle Mentalist
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Blue Network
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