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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1944

Page

13

Cedar Rapids Stockbuyer Oliphant Dies In Center Point Crash

Dale Oliphant 32 stock buyer and trucker from Cedar Rapids was killed when his car hit a service pole in Center Point Thursday at about 7 30 p m. No inquest was planned. He is survived by his wife Cora two sons a brother and three sisters. Services set for Sunday at 2 p m at the Christian church with burial in Oliphant cemetery.

Center Point Dale Oliphant Cedar Rapids Fred W. Mulson Linn County Larry Condon Oliphant Satchett Funeral Home Toddville Elmer Oliphant Cora Third Street NW Wendell Ray Dale Eugene Donovan Oliphant Fae Beebe Kansas City Leon Klemish Lloyd Newman Iowa Livestock Exchange Twelfth Avenue Twelfth Street Christian Church Marion Baptist Church Richard Awbrey Bonnie Fowler Janice McKee Rodney Wahl Milo Wenger Benjamin H. Shaw Kathryn Kassler Helen Lagerquist

Elisabeth Ford, Author, Is Dead

Elisabet h Ford, Mt. Vernon author of two books and former Cedar Rapids and New York newspaper woman, died in a New York hospital. She wrote No Hour of History in 1940 and Amy Ferreby's Daughter in spring 1946. She was a Cornell College graduate and Columbia journalism master’s, survived by two cousins, burial planned in Mt. Vernon after cremation.

Gazette MT. Vernon Elisabeth Ford Cedar Rapids New York Amy Ferreby Cornell College Columbia University New York Evening Telegram Andrew W. Ford Charles Brackett Hollywood Edgar Brackett Neff

Two Independence Soldiers Travel Home From War

An army ambulance plane carrying 30 casualties from Europe landed at East Boston Airport after forced landing conditions. Among the arrivals were Cpl. Thomas E. Clyde and Pvt. Arthur L. Strickell of Independence, Iowa. They and the other medical cases were taken to Cushing General Hospital in Framingham and all could walk.

Boston New York Thomas E. Clyde Arthur L. Strickell Independence Cushing General Hospital Framingham Army

Colesburg Man Dies Of Heart Attack At Baseball Game

Roy Prentice 53 of Colesburg Indiana died of a heart attack outside the park after leaving his seat during a state championship game between Colesburg and Davenport High. A portable mill operator, he is survived by his wife and one son S/Sgt Neil Prentice with an army ordnance outfit in New Guinea.

Fort Dodge Roy Prentice Colesburg Davenport High Prentice Neil Prentice Army Ordnance New Guinea

Ambulatory Transfer Planned for Framingham Center

Ambulances will move patients from the plane to a Framingham facility. Few patients are expected to stay long term at the Framingham center and will be sent to nearer hospitals once stable.

Framingham Framingham Center

Cedar Rapids Firm Gets Iowa City Pool Contract

Mayor Wilber Teeters of Iowa City won council approval to sign a contract with Howard R. Greene of Cedar Rapids to design and supervise the municipal swimming pool project.

Cedar Rapids Iowa City Pool Iowa City INS Wilber Teeters Iowa City Council Howard R. Greene Company

Ten Men Die as Bomber Crashes Near Anthon

A four motor bomber from the Sioux City air base crashed five miles southwest of Anthon in Woodbury County. All ten crew members were killed. their names will be released after next of kin notification. Everett Heuer of the Anthon Herald noted the crash occurred about 7:45 a.m. and the plane exploded nosediving into trees.

Sioux City Ronald Horn Anthon Woodbury County George A. Blakey Col. Blakey Clelland Yockey Horn Place Air Base Army Everett Heuer The Anthon Herald

Grove City hosts annual mother daughter banquet features

Marion area notices include grove city Rebekah lodge mother daughter banquet with 60 covers, spring flowers and musical and readings. School and church events plus memorial services, bids, and local sales fill the town page alongside visitors, service members, and local shop ads.

Grove City Rebekah Lodge Bertha Barnes Janet Wishniewski Kathryn Kassler Ernest Johnson

DROWNING AT DUBUQUE CAPSIZE CLAIMS MAN

Wilfred Weber aged 40 of Dubuque drowned Friday morning when the boat he rode capsized on the Illinois side of the Mississippi river. Walter Reardon, also 40, survived by clinging to an Illinois Central rail bridge boom section.

Dubuque Wilfred Weber Illinois Mississippi River Walter Reardon Illinois Central

East Iowa Communities Honor War Dead Observances

East Iowa communities plan Memorial day programs and church services to honor war dead. Readings and addresses will be given by local clergy and visiting speakers such as Col. Ralph Lancaster and Rev. Emery Wallace in Fairfax and South English. Events span towns from Fairfax to Manchester with parades, sermons, and cemetery rituals.

Edgewood A. H. Meyer Methodist Church Thomas H. Smith Volga City Clara Nelson China George M. Richter Elkader Methodist Calmar David Nelson Luther College Decorah London B. J. Maxwell Tipton Marion Ruprecht F. J. Abele A. L. Mensing James Koch Faith Strackbein Dale Twachtmann H. Maas Toledo Dwight Krumholtz Cedar Rapids Presbyterian Church Thomas R. Hill Rolfe A. Haatvedt India Congregational Church Floyd H. Weed Waukon Courthouse Lawn Thomas O’toole St. Mary’s Church Nancy Herbert Groening Memorial Hall Anamosa J. E. Heiser High School Robert Thompson Jimmy Rife Loretta Colligan Mayfield Women’s Relief Corps Riverside Cemetery Monticello Glenn McMichael Oakwood Cemetery Sacred Heart Cemetery Arthur P. O’rourke Monticello Legion Fayette N. W McGee

Anamosa Flyer Missing as War Department Reports Pilcher Missing

Staff Sgt. Donald F. Pilcher an Anamosa native and ball turret gunner on a B 17 in the 25th mission has been reported missing in action over Germany since May 7 his mother Mrs G B Kinser was notified by a war department message Pilcher who served since November 1942 and was based in England since 1943 had written May 5 I will either be home or else He had been believed possibly a prisoner in Germany based on a recent letter from a flight companion

Anamosa Donald F. Pilcher Germany G. B. Kinser War Department Pilcher Kinser Anamosa Blue Raiders England

Army Sgt James Gilchrist Killed in Texas Plane Crash

Center Point resident James Gilchrist 40, an air corps crew member, died in an El Campo Texas crash with four others. A Center Point High School graduate, he served nine years in the Army. His family plans to travel to El Campo for funeral services set May 31.

Center Point James Gilchrist el Campo Texas Gilchrist Center Point High School Air Corps W. L. Morgan Marion Walker

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