State Institutions Not Seriously Affected By Food Rationing
Iowa's 15 board of control institutions housing about 14 000 inmates report they are faring well under rationing though sugar is scarce The Gazette cites Chairman P F Hopkins noting institutions bake bread pastry and make ice cream reducing sugar use An Office of Price Administration factor raised May June allotments The system treats institutions like wholesalers with quotas based on December 1942 meals or actual December usage
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Iowa
Board of Control
the Gazette
P. F. Hopkins
Hopkins
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Cedar Rapids
Ping
Wilber Blair
Fifth Avenue
Blair
Iowa State College
Ames
Ida Pingrey
Blairstown
West Coast
Home Office
Mortar Board Torch Chapter Installed at Cornell College
Mt Vernon Iowa reports the installation of the Torch chapter of Mortar Board at Cornell College with 12 active and 17 alumnae initiates. Attending were representatives from Iowa and Grinnell chapters, plus Dean Betts named honorary member.
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Cornell
Mt. Vernon
Mortar Board
Cornell College
Armstrong Hall
W. M Fowler
Town City
Florence O’kieffe
Minneapolis
Norma Kolahl
Clinton
Jane Albright
Des Moines
Rosie Munro
Lockport
Cornelia Brooks
Peggy Boyer
Appleton
Wis
Jane Hall
Cedar Rapids
Martha Jackson
Oskaloosa
Blanche Gabrielson
Keokuk
Joanne Day
Davenport
Mickey Schneider
Galva
Ill
Sue Swift
Maquoketa
Clyde Meffert
Marshall Hickman
Frank Kara
Louise Haug
Lloyd Oakland
Russell Cooper
Winifred van Etten
Donald Dick
Helen Wisgerhoff
Cleveland
Ohio
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Grinnell College
Torch
United States
Alice R. Betts
Torch Society
National Honorary Society
Luella Ninde
Pfeiffer
Helen Reich
Iowa City
Miss Jackson
Miss Betts
Florence O'Kieffe
National Society
Cornell Mortar Board
License to Wed Issued in Tipton by Clerk J C Coon
A marriage license was issued by Clerk J C Coon to Gerald Richard Ceurworst aged 21 and Cleo Corrine Bowman aged 20 in Tipton.
Six Sentenced for Violating Draft Act
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey sentenced six men on draft evasion pleas under the selective service act. Five were Jehovah's Witnesses. Each received prison terms and $100 fines. Defendants: Ralph William Owen, 23, Mount Pleasant. Robert Wayne Sheeder, 21, Des Moines. Melvin Logan Emmons, 33, What Cheer. Lincoln Raymond Davis, 26, Woodburn. Richard Oral Dickey, 22, Adair. Andrew Edward Tichy, 24, Marshalltown.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Jehovah's Witnesses
Ralph William Owen
Mount Pleasant
Robert Wayne Sheeder
Melvin Logan Emmons
What Cheer
Lincoln Raymond Davis
Woodburn
Richard Oral Dickey
Adair
Andrew Edward Tichy
Marshalltown
Memorial Day Services Set in Traer
Lieut. Gov. Robert D. Blue will speak at Memorial day services in Traer May 23. Kubik-Finch post will lead the program and decorate graves in local cemeteries. Memorial Sunday events will be held at the Traer opera house with Rev. J. J. Snyder delivering the sermon as three Protestant churches participate.
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Traer
Robert D. Blue
Kubik-Finch Post
Traer Opera House
J J. Snyder
Bankers Gather for Group 4 Meeting in West Union
West Union hosts Group 4 Iowa Bankers Association meeting on May 21 with speakers including B A Gronstal Council Bluffs and Bob Burlingame WHO Des Moines. Other participants are James A Cummins Des Moines and M W Ellis Charles City, plus local officers from Fayette County Bankers. The golf course opens for visitors and dinner is planned at the Rex hotel for attendees.
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West Union
Iowa Bankers’ Association
B. A. Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Bob Burlingame
WHO
Des Moines
James A. Cummins
Iowa Victory Fund Committee
M. W. Ellis
Charles City
G S. Huston
Minneapolis
George D Haskell
R. R. Blair
Dubuque
Fayette County
J. F. Brorby
Farmers Savings Bank
Clermont
Rex Hotel
Tama County Men Reported For Service In Armed Forces
Special to The Gazette Toledo Tama county men reported for service in the armed forces Wednesday Army Jerry Stejsakal Jr Clutter Conrad E Kessler Adolf Moeller Dysart Harold K Kien zie Wilbur Kroeger Gladbrook Vernon W Storjohann Reinbeck Rolland D Bratton Howard R Church Robert F Jacobsen Jr and Clarence D Pace Tama Richard H Amidon Johnnie M Cuthbertson and Richard A Zmolek Toledo Kenneth L Gates Tract Navy Edmund George Hix Jr Dysart Glenn Dale Kinslow and Robert Lyman Scudder Toledo Norman Paul Taylor Tracer.
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Toledo
Tama County
Army
Jerry Stejsakal Jr
Clutter
Conrad E. Kessler
Adolph Moeller
Dysart
Harold K. Kienzie
Wilbur Kroeger
Gladbrook
Vernon W. Storjohann
Reinbeck
Rolland D. Bratton
Howard R Church
Robert F. Jacobsen, Jr
Clarence D. Pace
Tama
Richard H Amidon
Johnnie M. Cuthbertson
Richard A. Zmolek
Kenneth L. Gates
Tract
Navy
Edmund George Hix, Jr
Glenn Dale Kinslow
Robert Lyman Scudder
Norman Paul Taylor
Tracer
Iowa City Police Break Up Another Gang of Juveniles
Nine more Iowa City youths were arrested for a long series of robberies in a drive against juvenile delinquency. The suspects, ages 14 to 17, were turned over to District Judge H D Evans and Probation Officer Mabel Evans for consideration as police recovered items from fraternities, business houses and private homes.
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Iowa City
Iowa
H. D. Evans
Mabel Evans
Navy Commissions To Eastern Iowans
Three eastern Iowans received naval reserve commissions. Lieut. (jg) Kenneth M. Hyde of Independence, a Farm Security Administration supervisor, will report to the University of Arizona Saturday. Ensign Clyde G. Freeman of Winthrop, a school teacher, and Ensign Paul A. Newton of Oelwein, a teacher, were also named. Freeman will report to the University of Arizona and Newton to naval air navigation school in Hollywood Florida.
Fellowship Award To Cornell Graduate
MT June Mathison formerly a Postville high school teacher and Cornell graduate of 1939 received the Lydia Roberts graduate fellowship from Columbia University. The fellowship supports Iowa residents pursuing advanced study at Iowa State Teachers College or related fields.
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the Gazette
Mt, Vernon
June Mathison
Postville High School
Cornell College
Lydia Roberts
Iowa State Teachers College
Miss Mathison
Cornell
Postville School
New York
Columbia University
Iowa
West Branch Midsummer Events Setup By Chamber
West Branch Commercial club chairman F. L. Pearson names committees for midsummer events. Band committee includes O. O. Yoder Cecil Butler L. A. Maley and Doy Baker. Pictures committee lists F. E. Corbin Warren Rummells Wayne Rummells Robert Wertzbaugher Derrold Foster Frank Wendall Pearson. Finance committee is H. A. Johnson and F. L. Pearson. Free picture shows start June 2. first open air band concert June 5.
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West Branch
F. L. Pearson
West Branch Commercial Club
O. O. Yoder
Cecil Butler
L. A. Maley
Doy Baker
F. E. Corbin
Warren Rummells
Wayne Rummells
Robert Wertzbaugher
Derrold Foster
Frank Wendall Pearson
H. A. Johnson
Former Blairstown and C R Man Back from Asia
HUDSON PINGREY, a Blairstown native and ex Cedar Rapids resident, has returned from Asia after 14 months as a US tech rep for a private aircraft firm aiding lend-lease transfers. He traveled with mixed peril and immense production pride, flew many missions, and awaits his next assignment while his wife and Iowa ties lie ahead.
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John Reynolds
Hudson Pingrey
Blairstown
Cedar Rapids
Ping
Asia
U.S
U S. Tech Rep
Were Stomach Ulcer Pains Napoleon's Waterloo
Advertisment promotes Udea or Udera Tablets for stomach ulcers indigestion gas pains heartburn and related acid discomfort. Claims relief with a 25 cent box and a double your money back offer upon trying the first dose. Provides consumer instruction to purchase from a druggist and return if not convinced.
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Nations
Brenneman Paroled From Anamosa Reformatory
Emil Brenneman, 26, was paroled Wednesday from the Anamosa re formatory where he was serving a five year term for larceny of domestic animals. He was entered from Johnson county February 11, 1941.
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Des Moines
Emil Brenneman
Anamosa Reformatory
Johnson County
Sounds Hero's Plea as Ship is Christened
Miss Genevieve Dahl christened a destroyer escort ship named for Ensign Edward Robert Sellstrom. He urged Americans to forget personal and material matters until the war ends, saying service members are on call 24 hours a day. Sellstrom, awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for downing two Japanese planes, was killed in the Pacific.
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Houston
Tex
Genevieve Dahl
Minneapolis
Edward Robert Sellstrom
Rockwell City
Ensign Sellstrom
Miss Dahl
Pacific
Mueller Reports For Navy Training In Independence
Mueller, longtime Independence schools superintendent since 1935, left for Columbia University for training. He was commissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy at Des Moines May 7 and will administer one of the Navy's college programs around July 1. He is a past president of the Independence Rotary Club and was given gifts by the school faculty and friends.
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Independence
F. E Muceller
Columbia University
New York City
Navy
Des Moines
Mueller
Independence Rotary Club
Kalona Soldier Cited for Bravery In Tunisia Battle
Pfe Austin L. Whetstine of Kalona, cited for outstanding bravery in Tunisia. On December 12, 1942, under heavy machine gun and rifle fire, he gallantly participated as machine gunner in a half track mounted counter attack, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.
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Kalona
Charles Whetstine
Pfe
Austin L. Whetstine
Tunisia
Whetstine
Bride of Former Central City and Cedar Rapids Man
Harvey Ellis Newman of Central City and Marjorie Clark of Seattle were married earlier this month in Port Townsend Washington. Both are Boeing employees in Seattle. Newman, a Central City High School graduate, attended Coe College in 1937 and once ran a Cedar Rapids bakery before moving to the west coast.
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Gazette
Central City
Harvey Ellis Newman
W. H Newman
Marjorie Clark
Seattle
Wash
Port Townsend
Boeing Aircraft
Coe College
Nperated
Cedar Rapids
West Coast
William McTavish Dies in Central City Home
William N D McTavish, 76, died at his Central City home from a heart attack. A noted stock breeder of Red Polled cattle and Berkshire hogs, he led the American Berkshire association and belonged to the Red Polled Cattle Club of America. Surviving wife Mary Henderson and several children, grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Services were held at the Federated church with Masonic rites at Mt Clark Cemetery.
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Coazette
William ND. McTavish
American Berkshire Association
Red Polled Cattle Club of America
Eastern Star and Federated Church
McTavish
New London
Canada
Central City
Mary Henderson
Hugh
Estherville
Harold
Cedar Rapids
Dugald
Detroit
Ruby Cosquillette
Flint
Mich
Cassie Honeyman
Vancouver
Federated Church
A O Wendelburg
Mt. Clark
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Rigo
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America
Us&s
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West
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Hero
H. E. Newman
William McTavish
Gilia
Coca-Cola
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