Coal distribution program expands to Iowa advisory groups
Secretary Ickes urged retail coal firms to aid equitable winter distribution. Five Iowa area advisory committees were named to assist the Solid Fuels Administration for War in identifying emergency needs. Members serve without pay and cover Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Ames, Davenport, Des Moines and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Towa
Solid Fuels Administration
Iowa
S, Taft
Roy Johnson
George Iverson
Sioux City
G R
Imes
Denison
F. D. Moore
LeMars
Frank Krettek
Walter Youngwirth
Council Bluffs
Charles Johnson
Audubon
R. E. Sutherland
Stuart
Dale Clements
Red Oak
Dave Edwards
Ames
A. H. Warntjes
Primghar
Robert Brennan
Fort Dodge
F. E. Johnson
Mason City
Art Young
Waterloo
Walter Mueller
Davenport
H. W. Dettner
Clinton
George Johnston
Iowa City
Walter Waellhof
Burlington
H. E. Smith
Muscatine
W. E. Denniston
Newton
Verne Smith
Des Moines
George Myers
Ottumwa
C. L.ee
Scout Court Honors Center Junction Maples
Boy Scouts of the Jones County District Waubeek area council held a court of honor at Center Junction High School. Central and Langworthy troops earned 23 tenderfoot awards and 13 second class awards. James Houstman of Troop 60 earned first class and merit badges in music, aeronautics, and horsemanship. Frank Jones chaired the program and Frank Himebaugh of Center Junction received a charter from Scout Executive Keith Benner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Jones County
Waubeek Area Council
Center Junction
Langworthy
Morrey
Olin
James Houstman
Qlin
Jolin
Houstman
Neil Vernon
Clifford Taylor
Kenneth Barlow
Don Fostis
Frank
Linn District
Methodist Church
Don Hoff
David Lyons
Robert Page
Peter Kepros
Jack Ratliff, Jr
Cavanaugh Memorial Services at Bellevue
Memorial service for T/Sgt. Robert J. Cavanaugh was held at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Bellevue Iowa for a death in Italy on April 1. He had served in the army since May 1942 and went overseas in December. Survivors include his wife of Bellevue, a brother Fred Cavanaugh of Delhi and four sisters Carrie Cavanaugh Mrs J C O’Brien Cascade Mrs HJ Digmann Worthington and Sister Mary Joannes BV M Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Bellevue
Robert J. Cavanaugh
Italy
Charles Claeys
Fred Cavanaugh
Delhi
Carrie Cavanaugh
J. C. O'Brien
Cascade
Worthington
Mary Joannes
Iowa City
Iowa Pilot Killed In Florida Bomber Crash
Capt. Ralph O. Brown 25 of Sioux City Iowa died when a bomber he piloted crashed one mile from Lakeland army airbase Florida on Thursday AP reports three army flyers were killed in the accident and Brown was identified as the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland
Fla
Ralph O. Brown
Sioux City
Brown
Lakeland Army Airbase
War Veteran Lucius Olney Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Lucius R. Olney 48 of 1070 Eighth avenue Marion died Thursday at 2:20 p.m. in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. WWI veteran served in Battery company 345 and Battery E 126th field artillery sailed for France Oct 13 1918 returned June 11 1919 discharged June 21 1919. Survived by wife Frances Peters Stafford son Ralph Stafford grandson Billy Stafford sister Myrtle Eastwood Des Moines three brothers. Services Sunday 2:30 p.m. at Yocom chapel with Legion services at Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius Olney
Lucius R. Olney
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Herman
Ella
Olney
126Th Field Artillery
France
Frances Peters Stafford
Marion- Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Company
American Legion
Ralph Stafford
Billy Stafford
Myrtle Eastwood
Des Moines
Norman Olney
Delia
Kan
Arthur Olney
Stewart
Minn
Albert Olney
Los Angeles
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. de Jong
Legion
Oak Shade
States to control river use under new amendment
Senate amendment would empower states to determine beneficial river uses within their borders. It binds navigation and flood projects to substantial benefits and requires governor protest for any such works. Co sponsors include Senators Bushfield and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Senatory Bushfield
R-S. D
Wilson
R-Ia
Towans to Hear British Doctor at Iowa Health Meet
About 200 doctors nurses and public health workers are expected to attend the eighteenth annual Iowa Public Health association meeting in Des Moines next Wednesday and Thursday. Dr Arthur Massey medical officer of health Coventry England will be the principal speaker at the banquet Wednesday. Gov B B Hickenlooper and Dr L J Belding will address first day sessions. A communicable disease nursing institute May 12 will be attended by county public health nurses and other nurses with Gladys L Crain of Washington as main speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Public ‘Health Association
Arthur Massey
Coventry
England
B. B Hickenlooper
L. J. Belding
Council Bluffs
District Health Service
Gladys L. Crain
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Pattern 4779 New Misses Dress and Bolero
Advertises pattern 4779 for pattern dress with side closing cap sleeves and halter neck sundress with bolero. Available misses sizes 12 to 20 and women's 30 to 40, shown in size 16 with 3 yards fabric and 35 inch or 38 yard contrast. Send 20 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern dept Chicago Ill. Include size name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
Clinton St
Chicago
Ill
Iowa Nurse in Longest Mercy Flight On Record
In New Guinea Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters reports two mercy flight records by Fifth Air Force hospital planes. The longest leg flew an ill Second Lt. Katherine Landrey to the United States with Lt. Mary Kerr as nurse. The unit evacuated over 85,000 casualties in the Southwest Pacific, caring for 11,438 patients with only one death in three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Ins
Fifth Air Force
Australia
United States
Katherine Landrey
Boston
Mary Kerr
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Kerr
Warren Carter
San Antonio
Finschhafen
Saidor
Admiralty Islands
Strike at Ward Subsidiary Plant in Springfield
About 450 workers at Montgomery Ward and its Springfield subsidiary Hummer Manufacturing stayed idle claiming they will remain off the job until a contract is signed or the government seizes the plant. Local 628 IAM said the walkout targets wage and recognition issues amid wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Montgomery Ward and Company
Springfield
Hummer Manufacturing Company
International Association of Machinists
AFL
John A. Saxer
Iplant
Ward
Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Joe Winoski
Union
War Labor Board
Senate backs 18 Month Price Act Extension
The senate banking committee voted to recommend extending the price control act for 18 months, aligning the termination date with calendar year accounting. Senator Taft proposed the longer extension to set a new end date of December 31, 1945, instead of June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Maynard Students Suffer Window Injury In Windstorm
Iowa brief reports several junior high students were cut by flying glass when a school window shattered in a windstorm on Wednesday. In Wyoming, Legion post officers were elected with Ben Bahnsen as Commander and other posts listed. In McGregor, W A Myers bought the former Flanders store building to open a home appliance shop after the war. The Margery Goergen studio has reopened in McGregor at the former Frese building. Rev F Starke will deliver his introductory sermon at St Pauls Lutheran in McGregor, frisch from Luverne where he served 18 years.
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Board of Education
Marion
Irene Sipple
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Muller
Victor
Donaldson Floor Company
Rockford
Lincoln Building
Betty Roth
Maynard
Wyoming
Legion Post
Ben Bahnsen
Ernest Reitz
W. W. Bronson, Jr
Don Wherry
G. H. Herzberger
H. Groening
L. M. Sherrill
Lester Breunig
McGregor
W. A. Myers
Flanders Furniture
Margery Goergen
Frese
Mrs. Goatees
F. Starke
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Luverne
Iowa Obituaries Chronicle Multiple Local Deaths and Services
Iowa notices report Mrs Ella May of Columbus Junction died at about 67 from natural causes in her Columbus City home. Ida Ostrum Olander 85 and Frederick Straate 70 of Waukon had services and survivors listed. Garnet H Hardy 89 of Delta, Thomas C Johnson 64 of Shellsburg, and others noted with burial and church service plans. Surviving kin include siblings, children, and spouses across Cedar Rapids Bremerton and Waukon areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ella May
Columbus City
Louisa County
J. H. Chittum
Wapello
Ed Snyder
Cedar, Rapids
Richie
Waukon
Ida Ostrum-Olander
Center Baptist Church
Alden
Bremerton
Wash
Napoleon
Clifford Anderson
Frederick Straate
Zion Reformed Church
Waukon Farmers Creamery Company
Allamakee County Soil Conservation Committee
Waukon Equity Association
Milton Krumm
Herbert
Delta
Garnet H. Hardy
W . Lawrence
Lawrence
Elmer Hawk
Kirksville
Delta Christian Church
Shellsburg
Thomas C. Johnson
LaPorte City
Alcorn
Vinton
Burns and Explosions Kill 152 Iowans in 1943
Iowa health officials report 152 deaths from burns and explosions in 1943, up from 105 in 1942 and the highest since 1938. Forty nine victims were children under six, many in home fires, with a woman burned to death lighting a pipe cited as an odd case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Health Department
Iowa
Obituaries and Deaths Across Iowa County Areas
Manchester Edwin M Newcomb 82 longtime Delaware county resident dies at his farm home northeast of Manchester after brief illness with services in First Baptist church. Survived by nieces and nephews. Monticello Mrs Gerd Weers 83 dies. services set at St Matthew s Lutheran church. born in Repsholt Germany. survived by husband and eight children including Theda Weers and several Bohlkens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. R. Creglow
Marion
L. D. Creglow
Vista
Calif
Manchester
Edwin M Newcomb
Delaware County
First Baptist Church
Monticello
Gerd Weers
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Repsholt
Germany
America
Theda Weers
William Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Henry Bohlken
August
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A short comic piece by Claude Callan about a family car shortage. The narrator explains giving their car to a wealthy brother while their own family waits for repairs, highlighting frustration and humor in a modest household dilemma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Local Names in Regional Notices
The item lists individuals including Earlville resident Gerdes, Center Junction native Henry Weers, Mrs. Henry Doden of Monticello, Mrs. Lizzie Waggoner, Olin resident, and John Weers from Scotch Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerdes
Earlville
Henry Weers
Center Junction
Henry Doden
Monticello
Lizzie Waggoner
Olin
John Weers
Scotch Grove
Stanwood Church Is Dedicated After Fire Loss
TIPTON The United Presbyterian church at Stanwood will be dedicated Sunday with morning and afternoon services. Founded in 1868, the congregation met in a schoolhouse until 1870 when the first church was built. The brick modern building replaces the destruction of the 1942 church by fire and follows earlier structures razed after storms. The Rev. J C. Stewart leads with elders Otto Evers and others. trustees listed. Previous ministers and three missionaries emerged from the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
United Presbyterian Church
Stanwood
J C. Stewart
Otto Evers
Donald Smith
Samuel Hegarty
A. G. Davidson
William Davidson
James Smith
William Overholt
Henry Voelker
Edwin Davidson
R. J
E. R
W. C. Davidson
Charlotte Clancy Lambie
F. S. Hoyman
Euphemia Davidson
Iowa Retail Sales Hit All Time High in 1943
Des Moines AP reports Iowa total retail sales for 1943 reached a record 1.0506 billion dollars with sales taxes of 21.0147 million. 1942 sales were 972.4 million with 19.45 million in taxes. In Q4 1943 returns fell to 56,041 while taxes collected rose to a quarterly high of 5.8547 million.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Thirteen Tons of Fish Seized in Sioux City
Federal officials seized 13 tons of fish from Canada in Sioux City on Thursday. The shipment will be destroyed or repackaged for animal feed, with no fault attributed to the consignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Pure Food Administration
Washington
Canada
Teeth Fillings Reach 23 Million Since Pearl Harbor
A report notes that about 23 million fillings have been done on soldiers' teeth since the Pearl Harbor attack, reflecting a broad wartime dental program aimed at improving readiness and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
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Marion News Gazette
Marion High School
Lincoln Auditorium
New Hampshire
Robert Mathewson
Winnifred Schrubbe
B. B. Hickenlooper
P. G. Harlan
Floyd Sorter
Mothers Club
Hallmark
Seaman
Orville K. Collins, Jr
West Coast
O. K. Collins
Patricia Benedict
Clarke College
Dubuque
le Roy Benedicts
J. W. Barnoske
Savanna, Il
Richard Adams
St. Paul’s Lutheran Family Club
Walter M. Willis
Lincoln, Neb
Mr. Willis
Miles Willis
Mary Claire McGuire
the Waves
Edward McGuire
James McGuire
Perry
Storm’s
Court of Honor
Fords
B. H. Ford
Twelfth Street
Russell Ford
Ford
Syls Grocery
Charles Wood
Marion Road
Seventeenth Street
Myron Wood
Great Lakes
Nunn Bush
Edgerton
Ed Sieglfred
Pvt
Wilbur Clark
Fort Jackson
S. C
Mrs
George H. Clark
Alice Goldsberry
John Gibney
Pie
Ray Gallagher, Jr
Camp Forrest
Tenn
R. J Gallaghers
Jack Gallagher
Loras Academy
Robert Hammond
Charles Hammond
Moline
Emma David
M. L. Braska Co
Pearl Smith
Charles de Wald
Floyd G. Slauson
Clyde Fuller
Tenth Street
Navy
Howard Stark
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapide
Owen
Edward Good
Peoria
Earl H. Block
Eleventh Street
George L. Wood
H. P. Kline
Vernell Kinkead
Lyle Fitz Simmons
Ray Hoglund
P. I. Kinkead
Betty Blok
Barbara Armstrong
Lois Culver
Richard Arp
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale
U.S
Omar
Charmin Toilet
Rolls
Dickey’s Quality Foods
Florida Juice
Pillsbury's Flour
Fc’ Millar's
Iowa News
Carney
Coats
Carney’s
M. J. Raftis
Mei
Ing
Thomas
Independence
Ben
Doris Westerback
Robert
Harvey
George Johnson
Dora Mubray
Earl
Center Point
John
Nellie Harger
Nunn Bush Shoes
The
Cordova
Breoslen
Nunn-Bush
First Ave
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