Two Die in Des Moines Area Bus Crash
Two killed and nine injured when a bus carrying Des Moines Ordnance plant workers collided with a semi truck on Highway 6 west of Altoona. Driver of the truck, Raymond Smith, was arrested for manslaughter. bus owner Safety Bus Lines.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
Highway 6
Altoona
Rock Island
Pass
C T. Scott
Newton
Raymond Smith
Davenport
M. B. Wilson
Smith
M. M. Lindsey
Colfax
Ensign Sincox Home at Tama
Ensign Sincox a Hell Diver pilot home on leave with his wife Juanita Taylor of Louisiana. Also home on furlough are Staff Sgt Wilford Abbott and others from the Pacific Theater and Italy. Alumni officers named at Marion High School meeting, banquet precedes. 168 attend. Local ads and notices follow with various services and sales.
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Fibvin
Okinawa
Louisiana
Sincox
Italy
Child Drowns in Pool at Peterson Residence
An 18 month old child, Kenneth Murray, son of Mr and Mrs M N Murray, wandered from his yard and drowned Thursday afternoon in a fish pool at the W C Peterson residence in Marshalltown. The incident was reported by INS.
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Marshalltown
Kenneth Murray
M. N. Murray
W. C Peterson
Marion Board hires third grade teacher in Lincoln building
Miss Alice Wiley of Center Point was hired as third grade teacher in the Lincoln building by the Marion school board at a special meeting Thursday night. The board voted to release Miss Anne Poperick, home economics instructor, if and when a suitable successor is found for her position. Miss Popchuck has been hired by the Cedar Rapids board of education. Mrs. W. O. Hulin was re appointed music department accompanist.
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Alice Wiley
Center Point
Lincoln
Marion School Board
Anne Poperick
Popchuck
Cedar Rapids
Coast to Coast Store Garden Plant Ad
Advertises petunias geraniums and lantanas for home gardens and cemetery plots offered by Coast to Coast Store.
May Breakfast at Marion Nature and Garden Club
The Marion Nature and Garden club hosted a May Breakfast at Mrs Pauline Nase's home with prizes for vegetable hats won by Mrs Lawrence Parkman and Mrs Nase. Prizes included vegetable hats and greeting cards. Coast to Coast Store advertisement notes stationery in boxes and a local watch loss reward. Lt. Robert Fiedler informs parents of transfer to Persian Gulf from Central Africa. Helen Fiedler arrives from Chicago for an indefinite visit with the Fiedler family.
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
Pauline Nase
Stanley Thomas
Lawrence Parkman
Nase
Robert Fiedler
Paul J. Fiedlers
Central Africa
Persian Gulf
Helene Fiedler
Chicago
Women in Service to Get Property Tax Exemption
DES MOINES Iowa Friday the attorney general ruled that Waves Spars Wacs and marine women are eligible for the state property tax exemption. The $500 exemption named soldiers sailors marines or nurses but the opinion says the leg is laters intended to include women’s branches. The opinion also holds that workmen’s compensation benefits increase from $15 to $18 a week applies only to injuries after July 4 1945 not retroactive to payments current when the act becomes effective.
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Des Moines
INS
Attourney General’s
Waves
Spars
Wacs
Marine
Attorney General
Iowa to distribute surplus federal goods in five Midwest points
Des Moines will be one of five distribution points for surplus federal commodities, with St. Louis Omaha Sidney Neb. and a Kansas city to be chosen. Sample rooms will open within 30 days, top priority to federal agencies first month, then states counties and cities, veterans get farm machinery first. Prices set by industry specialists. freight paid by buyer if federal deliveries needed. Wichman urged state agencies counties and cities to list desired commodities and adopt a uniform buying process.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Henry Wichman
Iowa War Surplus Commodities Board
Wichman
Kansas City
F. G. Moyer
Regional Surplus Property Board
Moyer
St. Louis
Omaha
Sidney
Neb
Kansas
Iowa
Harak commended for 112 days in Philippines service
Virsil Harak of Center Point son of Fred Harak serves with the Sixth Infantry in the Philippines. He reports in a letter to his father about 112 days of continuous combat and notes helping roast deer and wild hog for a hunter party in his company.
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Center Point
Virsil Harak
Fred Harak
Philippines
Sixth Infantry
Stanley Woman's Brother Is Killed on Okinawa
Stanley woman learns her brother Pfc Richard Sprague 32 is killed in action on Okinawa. He entered service April 1942 and went overseas two months later from Camp Roberts California. He fought in Aleutians Marshall Islands Saipan Leyte before Okinawa. His mother Mrs Luella Sprague of Waterloo survives with five brothers and three sisters. One brother Pfc Philip Sprague is in Iceland.
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Stanley
Richard Sprague
Okinawa
Glenn Short
Pfc
Sprague
Camp Roberts
Calif
Aleutians
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Leyte
Luella Sprague
Waterloo
Philip Sprague
Iceland
Hopkins Admits Guards Lacking For Prisoners
DES MOINES Iowa P F Hopkins of the state board of control said no protest was received over convict labor at Glenwood state school for feeble minded. He noted a guard shortage while 25 trustees from Fort Madison were in custody and six convicts faced charges for a wave of robberies in Glenwood Mineola Pacific Junction Red Oak. Investigators probed seven robberies with more than 4500 dollars stolen from a Glenwood grocery safe.
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Des Moines
INS
P. F. “Hopkins
State Board of ‘Control
Glenwood
Iowa
Fort Madison
Hopkins
State Bureau of Investigation
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Mineola
Pacific Junction
Ice Cream Makers Told to Improve Taste or Cut Prices
Des Moines AP reports about 300 Iowa ice cream and mix makers who must raise butterfat content from 65 to 75 percent or lower prices starting June 1 under a War Food Administration order valid for June. The Des Moines district OPA reminded firms of these requirements.
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Des Moines
Iowa
OPA
War Food Administration
Marquette Creek Yields Big German Brown Trout
Fishing on Bloody Run creek in Marquette produced notable catches this week. The Rev Paxton Smith of McGregor landed a German Brown weighing three and a half pounds and 21 inches long. The following day Captain William Weir, on furlough, nearly matched that catch with a three pound, 21 inch trout.
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Marquette
Bloody Run
Paxton Smith
McGregor
William Weir
Frank Kladivo to Direct School Band This Summer
Frank Kladivo has been engaged to direct the school band during the upcoming summer concert season. The appointment marks a continuation of the district’s music program leadership and aims to provide rehearsals and performances for students and community audiences.
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TRAER
Frank Kladivo
More Eastern Iowans Freed
Names of eastern Iowans freed from German camps reported by The Gazette include Second Lt Donald S. Mohr of North English and Cedar Rapids, missing March 18 while flying a B-17 over England. Tama’s Corporal Ronald Van De Woestyne, captured Feb 17, 1943 in North Africa. Sgt Ralph Hall of the medical corps captured April 21. Corporal Dale Arnold liberated April 22 by Russians near Berlin. Elberon’s Second Lt Bernard F. Kozik prisoner since March 18. Marquette’s Elwyn Schott captured Feb 17, 1943 in North Africa and noting his breakfast in a parental letter.
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Donald S. Mohr
George P. Mohr
Linn County
James Smith
Cedar ‘Rapids
Army Air Corps
Pecos
Texas
England
Alvin Jones
North Africa
Ralph Hall
Medical Corps
Dale Arnold
Berlin
Elberon
Bernard F. Kozik
Steve Kozik
Marquette—Elwyn Schott
Lloyd Schott
Schott
Local Woman Receives News of Son’s Release
Anamosa resident Mrs. G B Kirner reported word from her son Fred Pilcher that he was being released from a German prison. The note, dated May 5, conveyed his relief after two years.
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Anamosa
G B. Kirner
Fred Pilcher
Silver Star to Sgt Delbert Brown in Belgium action
Marengo note reports Sgt Delbert Brown awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Presentation at Barnes General Hospital Vancouver Washington where he is hospitalized after his tank destroyer was hit in Belgium during campaigns in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Belgium. Cpl Rex Beardshear also noted as recipient of Air Medal to wife.
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Marengo
Delbert Brown
Mrr
Brown
Barnes General Rospatal
Vanscouver
Wash
Bawan
Belgium
Evan
Uy Arsrica
Sicily
Italy
Normands
Rex Beardsheatr
James Beardsbeston
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Mitchellville
Frank Burnett
Orra Stock
LeRoy Shadley
Ollie Turner
Ensign Sincox
Tama
Arp
Marion High School
Henry Arp, Jr
Marion High School Alumni Association
Gladys Beach
Catherine Lafferty Brenneman
Ruby Secrist Hanscom
Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Clyde Scott
Elizabeth Hess Gibson
A Wn Salisbury
Robert Foile
Royal Holbrook
Kathryn Kassler
Tom Duchterman
Reva Ford
Donn Hastings
Carol Jean Fairley
Bailey's Milk Bar
Neal DeWees
Vernon Blietz
Muinneapolis
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion
Franz Sieck
Barbara Paul
James Pauls
St. Luke's Hospital
F. Storck
Battle Creek
E. E Leonard
Storm
Ed Bills
Brookfield
Jeri
Benesh
Panama
Sigfred Company
Raymond Davin
Mercy Hospital
Ladd
Eleventh Street
Rayor
Braska Company
Marjorie Ostrander
Iowa City
Miss Ruth Ostrander
Iowavnversity
Syl's Grocery
Owen
Pvt
James Reynolds
Fort Snelling
Jefferson Barracks
12Th Street
Marion, IA
Culbert's Food Market
Rosedale
Cal
Wilson
O.V. Fortress
Lifebuoy
Dickey’s
Jack Sprat
Richelieu
del Monte
Tady
Teo
Davis Shoe Repairing
Davis
Wat
Second Avenue
Iowa Daily Press
James Cummings
Boone
Alfred Madsen
Thornton
Iowa Soldiers Home
Matheney Sna Haa
Mour
Meonard
Herdwere & Paint Stores
Sgt. Brown
Ree Wee MC
Easy Credit
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Coca-Cola Company
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