Red Oak Residents Hold Hope For Missing Guardsmen
In Red Oak Iowa a town of 5763 mourns and hopes as 18 local National Guard men and 26 nearby residents are reported missing in North Africa. Families cling to prisoners of war or hospital stay as rumors spread they number about 90 to 100 of the original 120. The town's mood blends pride with sorrow as telegrams confirm the absence without new details.
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RED Oak
Hope
North Africa
Red Oak National Guard Company
Africa
Jay D Smith
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars
War Department
Oliva Fined $700 and Jailed on Liquor and Slots Charges
Victor Oliva was fined $700 and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge James P Gaffney on charges of illegal liquor possession slot machines and violation of liquor injunctions. If the fine is not paid he faces 210 additional days.
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Iowa City
Victor Oliva
James P Gaffney
Oliva
Marengo Soldier Dies in Hospital in Mississippi
George Kimm 32 Marengo son of Mr and Mrs George Kimm and husband of Jeannette Barber died Tuesday in Camp Van Dorn Miss The body will be returned to Marengo for military services in the Swedenborgen church with burial in Swedenborgen cemetery He is survived by his wife his parents six sisters and four brothers including Mrs Charles Plotz Mrs Harry Ballard Mrs George Friml jr Mrs Alma Gerner Mrs Francis McMann Martin Kimm Albert Victor Ervin Dale and others
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Marengo
Alma Gerner
Watkins
Francis McMann
Cedar Rapids
Otto Schumacher
Martin Kimm
Blairstown
Albert
Victor
Ervin
Dale
Volga City Resident Faces Arson Charge
Volga City resident Louis W. Preuss, 57, was held to the grand jury on arson of personal property. He posted a $500 bond after being released. County attorney H. K. Roggensack alleges he took a quarter of beef from Mer vin Puffett’s truck. the missing meat was found among burning rubbish. Sheriff E. W. Carlsen led the investigation.
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Eleader
Louis W. Preuss
Volga City
Brand
Justice of the Peace
Ray Barton
H. K. Roggensack
Preuss
Mervyn Puffett
Puffett
Wenger
E W. Carlsen
Rabbi Morris Kertzer Receives Chaplain Corps Commission
Rabbi Morris Kertzer, Jewish professor in the University of Iowa school of religion, will go to Fort Dix, New Jersey, to receive a first lieutenant's commission in the chaplain's corps. He has served on the religion faculty since 1930 and previously at Alabama, Illinois, and last summer as Jewish chaplain at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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Iowa City
Morris Kertzer
University of Iowa School of Religion
Fort Dix
N. J
Chaplain's Corps
Rabbi Kertze
Alabama
Illinois
Ft. Riley
Kan
Pershing Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding in Keota
Dr. and Mrs. F. O. Pershing mark 50 years since their March 29 1893 marriage in La Harpe Illinois. After moving to Keota in 1911 Dr. Pershing practiced until retirement in 1941. Family and community festivities included a Methodist church dinner and open house with heirlooms and wedding gifts on display. Their son Orville died in 1921 from service related disability in World War I.
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Gazette
Keota
F. O. Pershin
Glenn Hitchcock
Pershing
Winifred Littlefield Bray
la Harpe
Orville
U. S
Farmer Killed by Falling Tree Near Victor
Paul De Nesel, a farmer, was killed Tuesday afternoon when struck by a tree blown down by the wind on the Louis De Rycke farm near Victor. De Ryke suffered bruises. De Nesel did not own a farm but had worked for several farmers in the area.
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Victor
Paul de Nesel
Louis de Rycke
de Ryke
de Kesel
June Mad chosen for Monticello senior class play
Monticello announces the annual senior class play to be presented May 14 under Miss Bette Rakow. The cast features Dorothy Ambuehl, Philip Schneider, Robert Greene, James Nelson, Jane Ann Patterson, Imogene Moats, Kathleen Adams, Sam Reynor, Larry Ricken, Rebecca Games, Robert Bohlken, Betty Clark and Bob Bartlett with Pete Hall as stage manager and Elizabeth Byerly as promoter.
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Monticello
Mad
Bette Rakow
Dorothy Ambuehl
Philip Schneider
Robert Greene
James Nelson
Jane Ann Patterson
Imogene Moats
Kathleen ,Adams
Sam Reynor
Larry Ricken
Rebecca Games
Robert Bohlken
Betty Clark
Bob Bartlett
Pete Hall
Elizabeth Byerly
Greeley
mMr
William Armstrong
Darlene
Carl Allen
Las Vegas
Nev
Long Beach
Allen
Douglas Airplane Factory
Anamosa
Victory Garden Club
Anamosa Club
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Anamosa Garden Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
Boy Scouts
High School
Victory Corps
Colesburg
A. C. Honn
Ray Honn
Eleanor Neilson
Coleman
Alberta
Canada
Denver
Manchester
United Service Women
Catherine Kenna
Vina May
Ivan Banks
Gertrude Byers
Helen Gassman
Martha Rechtfertig
Sylvern Anderson
Ruby Cox
Mabel Tracey
Will of Claus Borm and local notices from Iowa regional pages
The will of Claus Borm of Gladbrook dated April 4 1940 leaves all estate to wife Catharina M Borm with 500 dollars each to granddaughters Lysle Emerson and Wilma Emerson and 250 dollars to daughter Orilla Christensen. Dr L S Lewis plans to move to Fresno California leaving Garrison without a doctor. Mrs Clarke Shaffer announces the marriage of her sister Betty Lou Kuhlman to Merle McFarland of Los Angeles. Clutier high school will host Navy V 12 tests on April 2 and seniors begin work on the play Mystery in the Library.
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Lysle Emerson
Wilma Emerson
Orilla Christensen
Claus Borm
Gladbrook
Catharina M. Borm
Garrison
L. S Lewis
Vinton
Fresno
Calif
Colesburg
Clarke Shaffer
Betty Lou Kuhlman
Merle McFarland
Los Angeles
Iowa Deaths Reach Across Cities Obituaries Chronicle
Anamosa Mrs J L Kauffmann 83 dies Mercy Hospital member of Methodist church WSC S Rebecca lodge and WR club Surviving sons Clarence B Anamosa Earl Maquoketa Services Thursday 2 pm Smykils funeral Riverside cemetery Edgewood Mrs William Judson Breed 81 dies last Saturday Surviving three children Elmwood Wis Leora Norris Strawberry Point Lottie Breed Edgewood Earlville James Preston Akers 52 WWI veteran Perryville Mo buried Bay cemetery Sister Verna McElmeel Nor nieces and nephews Oelwein Shirley Ann Lawver 2 months died Monday services Hintz funeral Woodlawn cemetery Colesburg Jacob Moreland 84 dies Sunday buried Oak Hill Colesburg wife two sons William Kane Isaac Colesburg three daughters George Lee Colesburg Fred Knee Oelwein Lottie Edgewood Jerome Glass Edgewood Decorah Lars Gringer 82 Hesper services Lothian church burial Wellman Dr Arthur William Harold 65 dies Saturday services Beckman mortuary burial IOOF cemetery Marengo Surviving wife Olin son Harold daughters Mrs Ruiz Waterloo brother Roy Hollywood Calif Riverside Dr Lester L Godlove formerly Riverside services Wellman burial Wellman daughter Martha Des Moines four sons Richard Ottawa Kane Delbert Chicago Robert in Durham NC Walter Las Vegas two sisters Ev erett Lewis Wellman Mrs William McConnell West Liberty
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J. L. Kaufmann
Mercy Hospital
Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Rebecca Lodge
Women’s Relief Corps
Clarence B. Anamosa
Earl
Maquoketa
Smykils Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
Earlville
Delhi Methodist Church
James Preston Akers
Perryville
Bay Cemetery
Verna McElmeel
Oelwein
Shirley Ann Lawver
Richard Lawver
Hintz
Woodlawn
Colesburg
Rhines
Edgewood
Jacob Moreland
Oak Hill Cemetery
William
Hays
Kane
Isaac
George Lee
Fred Knee
Jerome Glass
Lars Gringer
Hesper
Lothian
Arthur William Harold
Beckman
Marengo
Arthur Harold
Lester L. Godlove
Riverside
Wellman
Wellman Cemetery
Godlove
Martha
Des Moines
Richard
Ottawa
Delbert
Chicago
Robert
Durham
Walter
Las Vegas
Nev
Everett Lewis
William McConnell
West Liberty
More Iowans Missing Or Prisoners In North Africa
Strawberry Point reports two Iowa servicemen listed as missing in North Africa since March 10. Jerome Pugh 28 son of Clarence Pugh and Private Bob Frye grandson of Jake Troupe enlisted two years ago and served six months in the theater. Frye previously lived with Paul Dillon.
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Gazette
Strawberry Point
Soldiers Missing in North Africa Reported From Iowa
Special to The Greette. Oelwein youths Pfc Claude Cole Jr 19 son of Mr and Mrs Claude D Cole and Pvt Robert B Wessels 22 son of Mrs Olive Salisbury Arlington have been missing in North Africa since March 10 They served in the same division Cole enlisted at Cedar Rapids February 1941 and his parents got a letter dated February 24 March 15 Wessels enlisted May 1941.
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Oelwein
Claude Cole, Jr
Claude D, Cole
Pfe
Robert B Wessels
Olive Salisbury
Arlington
North Africa
Cole
Wessels
Cedar Rapids
Ensign Rohner Reported Missing After March Plane Crash
IO WA CITY Ensign Edward J Rohner son of Dr and Mrs F J Rohner has been reported missing since a plane crash March 28 according to word from the fleet detachment at Norfolk Va He completed carrier flight training at Miami naval air station in December and was chosen an ensign He was stationed at Norfolk.
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Iowa City
Edward J Rohner
F J Rohner
Fleet
Norfolk
Rohner
Miami Naval Air Station
Norolk
War Dept lists two lona soldiers as Japanese prisoners
The War Department announced two lona soldiers held by Japan Private Russell I Larkin whose uncle is Roy Hays of Algona and Pfc George L Williams whose mother is Mrs. Lou Vera Roach of Burlington.
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Washington
War Department
Russell I Larkin
Roy Hays
Algona
George L Williams
Lou Vera Roach
Burlington
Dentists' Future In Postwar World Good Says Bryan
Iowa City report notes wartime shortage of dentists will spur postwar growth. Dean A Bryan of University of Iowa College of Dentistry says 12 000 of 74 000 dentists were in the armed forces in 1942 and about 9 500 more will be drafted in 1943.
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Bryan
Iowa City
Dean A . Bryan
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Dean Bryan
United States
Purple Heart Award Reaches Blairstown
Harold Webert of Blairstown was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. His parents Mr and Mrs Otto Webert received the medal along with a letter from his company’s first lieutenant praising his courage and gallantry in action. Webert died December 28 1942 in the New Guinea area. A birthday present sent by Gladys Collingwood of Des Moines was returned unopened last month.
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Blairstown
Harold Webert
Otto Webert
Webert
New Guinea
Gladys Collingwood
Des Moines
Tipton Council Cancels March Light and Water Bills
The Tipton city council voted to cancel March light and water bills amid a claim the city is in excellent financial condition. Tipton owns its water supply and electrical distribution inside city limits and buys power from Iowa Light and Power of Cedar Rapids. It also authorized oiling 88 blocks of streets pending permit to buy the oil after bids were received.
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Tipton
Iowa Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Lowden Hosts Cedar County Legionaux Conference
Sixty six Cedar county American Legion auxiliary delegates registered at the annual conference in Legion hall. Highlights included memorial services for four members, special music from local students, and election of Florence Smith West Branch as county president with Lennie Kier Tipton as secretary treasurer. The 1944 conference will be held at Bennett.
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Lowden
Cedar County
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Edna Freese
Sarah Mahlstedt
Leone Anderson
Tipton
Charles Akers
Amita Chamberlain
Bertha Remking
Alma Hoffmeier
London
G Turner
Ellen Mayes
Richard Denkmann
Mildred Marquis
Ethel Shiver
Clarence
Olwe Pollock
Bennett
Florence Smith
West Branch
Lennie Kier
Lucy Plate Bennett
Tithe Ostergard Stanwood
G. Fitzsimmons
West
Students elect Iowa Union officers and board members
IOWA CITY In student elections held Wednesday at the Memorial union members of the University of Iowa Union board and student board of publications were chosen for the coming year. Union board members include Patricia Ann Baldndge, Jennie Evins, Ed Bowman, Downey Jean Hardie, Buster Hart Jr, and Robert Cody. Core members of the student board of publications are Ed Bowman, Donald Ottihe, and John Doran.
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Iowa City
Memorial Union
University of Iowa Union Board
Patricia Ann Baldndge
Jennie Evins
Ames
Ed Bowman
Downey
Jean Hardie
Freeport
Buster Hart J
Rapid City SC
Robert Cody
Monte Vista
Donald Ottihe
Medicine Manchester
John Doran
Boone
Iowa University coed wins Mademoiselle patriotism prize
Mary Louise Nelson, University of Iowa senior and former University Women's Association leader, wins Mademoiselle fourth M-V award for practical patriotism. She has held UWA offices, contributed to war effort programs, and plans to marry in June before moving to Salt Lake City.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Mary Louise Nelson
University of Iowa
Mademoiselle Magazine
Iowa
University Womens Association
Mortar Board
Code
Union Board
Pi Lambda Theta
Currier
UWA
Student Phoenix Fund
Liberal Arts College
Nelson
Salt Lake City
Legislature's Session May Be Prolonged
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa House opened a 437 page school code bill as a special order while 80 amendments sit on file. Debates threaten adjournment by April 8 with additional measures needing action beforehand. A motion to reconsider the April 8 adjournment filed. a Senate postwar planning panel bill also moves forward.
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DES Moines
House
Iowa
Howe
Senate
Hickenlooper
Sen Devere Wate Sen
R-Counci Bluffs
Three Parole Violations Charged in Anamosa Court
Three inmates of the Anamosa reformatory faced parole violation charges in Judge G K Thompson's district court. Details show several parolees, including Tent Cec Kinder and Kells King, were taken into custody around mid July 1941 and mid August 1942 for leaving their counties. Additional defendants Clay Willong and others faced hearings with counsel appointed. Decorah notes report the annual Wineshie county spelling contest at the Decorah high school library.
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Anamosa
G K Thompson
Lhdes Covety District Court
Fred Lear
Spioggile
Linn Couto
Kells King
Livingstone
Tones County
Vandaha
Roth
Clay Willong
Charles Cords
Fleder Delt Clavton
Rockfind TT
Gulis
Fk Ho Snimanek
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Mississippi
Officer's Commission For Religion
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Anna L. Stimpson
Norma Jean Johnson
Ellen Maudsley
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America
A. N. Trevarthen
Gilman Lozier
Ed Reid
Mildred Armstrong
Jack Little
New York City
Garrison High School
Iowa State Teachers ‘College
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Fort Madison
Boy Scout Committee
Toledo
Helen Winters
Tama County
Leon Emerson
Forrest Emerson
William Judson Breed
Arthur Breed
Elmwood
Wis
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Lottie Breed
Carter
Takana
Ark
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Decorah High School
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