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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
8
Des Moines test blackout described by Rodney Q. Selby secretary of the Iowa industrial and defense com as a total failure noting that a real raid would have caused tremendous casualties and making the city an ideal target for bombers.
Des Moines reports that Iowa expects statewide unannounced blackouts under orders from the Seventh Service Command in Omaha. Rodney Q. Selby, secretary of the Iowa industrial and defense commission, says defense personnel and the public must receive thorough schooling on the actions required by each blackout signal.
A Wednesday night blackout drill covering 19 south central Iowa counties began at 9 35 and ended at 10 15. Officials criticized inadequate signaling and confusion among wardens defense corps and radio stations for declaring the all clear too early.
DES MOINES Iowa marriages fell 45 percent in 1942 as couples left Iowa to avoid the pre marriage examination law. Total marriages were 13112 down from 25936 in 1941 while divorces declined modestly to 4797 from 5098. officials expect counts to rise again after Missouri and Nebraska laws took effect.
WEST UNION Fay ette county resident Mrs. Richard Buchelt of St. Lucas will christen a destroyer escort vessel at the Fore River Bethlehem yard in Quincy Mass. The ship is named for her brother the Rev. Aloysius H. Schmitt, Catholic chaplain from St. Lucas and Dubuque who died on the USS Oklahoma during Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Buchelt and her husband left Wednesday for Massachusetts.
Louisa County selectees left for active service at Camp Dodge. Names include Charles O. Garrett James R. Greene Robert F. Hanft Kenneth M. Arington Raymond O. Metzky Ralph C. Mathews Charles A. Holmquist James E. Blair John H. Wagoner James A. Ruthven Richard E. Kerr Philip K. McClurkin Theodore W. Rowe Donald M. Bridges Clyde D. Gage John E. Wolfe plus two Columbus Junction enlistees Donald A. Rutt and William R. Swaile in the navy.
Deputy Sheriff P. J. Whittemore reports five of ten cattle near Central City died from arsenic poisoning. Vet Dr. T. J. Sharp diagnosed poisoning, and University of Iowa chemist Dean Teeters confirmed arsenic traces in dead cattle. Five cattle valued at $550.
A class of 14 will graduate from St Aloysius parochial school on Sunday. The Rev. A S Peikert will confer the honors.
NEWHALL Don Boddicker son of Mr and Mrs J G Bod dicker of Newhall has been advanced from captain to major at Fort Benning Ga A law graduate of the University of Iowa Major Boddicker resigned as Benton county attorney to enter the service Jan 15 1942 He was a second lieutenant in the army officers reserve DELHI The Green Bay Lumber company has been sold to J Howard Reed of Manchester He took possession Wednesday
Plans for registering non farm residents in Linn County by June 10 were completed in five more communities led by local chambers of commerce. Marion Vance Coleman presides. Mr. Vernon Ralph Heasty leads. Springville O. J. Emmons chairs with A. R. Pearson. Center Point L. J. Dennis chairs. Eldon Dennison and John W. Ashlock assist. Walker F. W. Templeman chairs. Coggan Gaylord Odessa chairs with W. H. Odom and Ed Kebhri. Central City Othel L. Wright coordinates.
Mr and Mrs Thomas F Sullivan of Waterloo wrap up a four month nation tour after their five sons were declared missing as the Juneau was sunk. Navy credits the couple with helping increase war material output as they spoke at 235 rallies, dressing audiences over 1 million in 65 cities from Atlantic to Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
In Lisbon Grover Miehe chairs with Milo Kaliban, in Prairieburg Harry G Came, while Tom Lewis and Bernard Johnson are listed as chairmen elsewhere in the region.
Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper proclaimed a plan handled by local United States Employment Service volunteers to manage registration in other communities in the county, with Roy Walmutt and P. M. Delancey named in attendance.
Ottumwa AP reports a severe water shortage in Wapello county forces relocation of residents. The last of three wells failed leaving the home unusable. Fifteen mental patients were sent to Mt. Pleasant state hospital and ten residents to Bloomfield county home with another fifteen moved to Oskaloosa.
Nancy Littlefield four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James H Littlefield farmers three miles northwest of Hopkinton is credited with saving the life of her two year old brother Jimmy when he fell into a water tank three feet deep Nancy held his head above water until her screams brought their mother.
Walter Higbee, 8, drowned Wednesday while swimming with a group of boys in a creek near Fort Madison. Firemen recovered the body.
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