Iowa Flood Crisis Eases as Rivers Fall Across State
Iowa recounts a easing flood scene as Des Moines and Mississippi rivers recede. Ot tumwa crest measured 16.8 feet, then 16.15 feet. Mississippi eased to 20.3 feet at Keokuk and 17 feet 1 inch at Burlington. Cleanup begins in damaged counties. German POWs aid debris removal in Pocahontas. Illinois levee breach near Warsaw endangers 28,000 acres. Camp Ellis flood duty continues near Quincy as authorities forecast a slow fall toward 9 feet.
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Blackhawk
Central Addition
Mississippi
Quincy, I
Des Moines
Keokuk
Burlington
Ireland
Wever
Pocahontas
Algona
Maxwell
Iowa
Illinois
Warsaw
Ilinois
Lima
Lima Lake
Ihey
Canton Mo
Camp Ellis
Quincy
Des Moines OPA Shifts Industrial Ration Applications
Des Moines district OPA will handle all industrial ration allotments. Industrial users such as bakers, confectioners, and manufacturers must apply to the district office rather than local boards. Allotments for the next quarter start mid June with forms obtainable by mail or at local offices.
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DES Moines
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Bakers, Bettiers
Candy
Kline
Mrs Minnie Peterson dies at 78 in Anthon rural death notice
Mrs Minnie Peterson aged 78 and longtime Alburnett resident died at 2 30 am Sunday at the home of her sister in law Mrs Myra Jorgenson Anthon after a brief illness Born October 15 1865 in Switzerland she came to the United States in 1868 Living at Cedar Rapids before settling in Alburnett She married Peter H Petersen in Cedar Rapids March 31 1885 He died January 1931 Survivors include daughter Mrs Phil Kester Coggan four sons James H Center Point Clarence A Cedar Rapids Harold Marion and Lawrence E Central City nine grandchildren and two half brothers Sam Dahms Robins and Will Dahms Marion Services will be held at 2 30 pm Wednesday at the Yocom chapel by Rev C V R De Jong Burial in Linwood Cemetery Cedar Rapids Friends may call at the Yocom chapel
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Minnie Peterson
Alburnett
Myra Jorgenson
Anthon
Switzerland
United States
Cedar Rapids
Peter H. Petersen
Lutheran Church
C. C. Club
Phil Kester
Coggan
James H
Center Point
Clarence A
Harold
Marion
Lawrence E
Central City
Sam Dahms
Robins
Will Dahms
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. de Jong
Linwood Cemetery
Services for LeRoy Jayne Infant in Oak Shade Cemetery
Day-old LeRoy John Jayne, son of Leroy and Daisy Bowman Jayne, died Saturday after birth Friday at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Rev. Arthur W. Henke officiated at Monday graveside rites in Oak Shade cemetery. Surviving are parents, a brother, three sisters, and grandparents John E. Jayne, Thomas F. Bowman of Cedar Rapids.
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LeRoy John Jayne
Leroy
Daisy Bowman Jayne
Blair's Ferry Road
Oak Shade
Arthur W. Henke
Cedar Rapids
Edward T. Robertson
Ila Mae
Sharon Lee
Nancy Kay Jayne
John E. Jaynes
Thomas F. Bowmans
Mayo Clinic Visit Returns Family From Rochester Minn
Mrs Walter Stobaugh and her son Walter Jr returned Sunday from Rochester Minnesota where they have been patients at the Mayo Clinic Mr Stobaugh accompanied them
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Walter Stobaugh
Walter, Jr
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Mr. Stobaugh
Milwaukee railroad boys ad seeks workers in gangs
Advertisement offers high school boys work on a railroad section at 57 cents per hour for eight hours plus two hours travel time. Employer will pick up and return workers daily at Milwaukee depot. Inquiries directed to division engineer's office at the depot.
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Milwaukee
Prairie Chapel Garden Club Meeting at Mrs LeRoy Scott's
Mrs LeRoy Scott entertained the Prairie Chapel Garden club Thursday afternoon at her home with piano selections by Roxie Lea Scott and a vocal performance by Mrs Norris Lovig.
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LeRoy Scott
Prairie Chapel Garden Club
Roxie Lea Scott
Norris Lovig
Legion Auxiliary Pies Raise Funds for Hospitalized Veterans
Marion Springville and Viola units of the American Legion auxiliary and junior auxiliary sold 2300 pop pies collecting 238.54 for veterans hospitalization. Marion raised 200, Springville 27.43, Viola 11.11. Mrs Frances Wahl chaired Marion efforts.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Junior Auxiliary
Marion
Springville
Viola
Frances Wahl
Services for Shirley Oliphant Conducted at Yocom Chapel
Services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Yocom chapel with Rev. W. C. Wilson officiating for Shirley Marie Oliphant. Burial followed in Dunkard cemetery. Notices mention a 1 to 5 p.m. closure Tuesday and a local drug ad. Various social updates note visitors from Santa Monica, California, and weekend gatherings among Marion area residents including the Rathgabers and Stobaugh family.
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Shirley Marie
$50 000 Barnum Circus Wagon To Be Restored
DES MOINES INS Two Hemispheres the large circus wagon built for 50 000 in 1870 is being prepared for a new trip Dr B J Palmer of Davenport announced Zack Terrell president Cole Brothers circus presented the wagon for his museum It has rested at the Iowa State fairgrounds and Palmer plans to rebuild it for Davenport parades
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Des Moines
INS
P. T. Barnum
B. J. Palmer
Daven
The
Palmer of Chiropractics
Zack Terrell
Cole Brothers Circus
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Palmer
Davenport
Visit to Ed and Victoria Sharp in Oak Forest Illinois
A brief note records a visit to the Sharp family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sharp, in Oak Forest Illinois, mentioning their brother-in-law and sister.
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Oak Forrest, Ill
Ed Sharp
Marion Post Office to Close Memorial Day All Day
The Marion post office will be closed for Memorial Day with no mail delivery. A mail pickup will be available, providing customers a limited window to collect up mail.
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Marion
Local Homes Change Hands in Marion Area
Mr and Mrs Gale Batchelder bought 1543 Sixth Avenue from George Baumgardner of California. Mr and Mrs Frank Schluter purchased 1348 Seventh Avenue from W E Lutz. Mr and Mrs R B Rathbun of Anamosa bought 2442 Fifth Avenue, all arranged by Earl Booze. Decoration Day noon close. Lions club not meeting. Service men may join Marion Post 298 on Tuesday to decorate graves, meet by 8:30 a m at the Legion hall. Hutchinsons visiting Memorial Day with Howard Hutchinson family in Burlington.
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Gale Batchelder
East Seventh Avenue
Sixth Avenue
George Baumgardner
California
Frank Schluter
W. E. Lutz
Seventh Avenue
R. B. Rathbun
Anamosa
Oren Hines
Fifth Avenue
Earl Booze
Marion
Marion Post No
Legion Hall
Everett Hartson and son return from Gary trip
Everett Hartson and his son Everett Jr. returned Saturday from Gary Indiana where they spent a week with his sister Mrs. Alex Hilton in the visit.
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Everett Hartson
Everett, Jr
Gary
Ind
Alex Hilton
Navy Seaman Freeman on 15 day leave with parents
Seaman Lynn Freeman, recently operated on at the Norfolk naval hospital, is spending a 15 day leave with his parents, the Ethmer L. Freemans. Seaman Virgil Freeman has been transferred from Idaho to Shoemaker California. Mrs. Earl Caraway has word her husband, a gunner's mate in the maritime service with the Atlantic fleet, is safe and well.
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Seaman
Lynn Freeman
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Ethmer L. Freemans
Virgil Freeman
Idaho
Shoemaker
Calif
Earl Caraway
Montgomery is Weekend Guest in Chanute Visit
Mrs. J. Cal Montgomery of Chanute Kansas is a weekend guest of her brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Blinks.
Painter Arrest Reveals Odd Hoard in Des Moines
Des Moines AP reports a 70 year old painter was jailed on a fire hazard warrant. Police found 20 paint brushes 60 mechanical pencils and nails four putty knives 17 combs a 50 foot cord road maps ration books sauerkraut weiners sugar shaving cream whistle used toothpicks tape flashlights razor soap razor blades hammer knives shoe laces grind stone buttons nails marbles safety pins chains and 472 keys from a prior search. Deputy Bailiff Wakefield supervised the search.
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Des Moines
Edward Wakefield
Saint Luke's school of religion enrollment figure
Fifty children under fifteen are enrolled in the school of religion at St. Luke's Catholic church in Hopkinton.
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Hopkinton
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Sigourney Child Drowns In Open Cistern At Grandparents Home
Sigourney child Jimmie Flanegan three is drowned Sunday at 5 p.m. at grandparents home where tin covering over an old cistern gave way. He was found by aunt Bernadine Cavin and revived by Dr F Adrian and a palmotor squad after two hours. Inquest pending may note a broken neck from the fall. Survived by parents Lorraine and Jimmie Flanegan a younger brother Virgil and three grandparents. Funeral plans not set.
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the Gazette
Sigourney
Jimmie Flanegan
Lorraine Flanegan
Jesse Cavin
Bernadine Cavin
F. Adrian
Palmotor
Red Cross
Virgil
Lon Flanegan
Sales Tax Hits All-Time High In Iowa In 1943 Quarter
Iowa's final quarter 1943 set a record for two percent sales tax receipts totaling 5 851 880 28, with a Christmas quarter retail spend of 292 594 014. Food, apparel, restaurants, jewelry and furs all rose, driven by employment and wage gains. The quarter saw higher spending as federal withholding taxes took effect and ration points influenced dining out.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
To Restore Luther College Building
Decorah Luther college board of trustees authorized Charles Altfillisch the Decorah architect to begin reconstruction of Larsen hall the men’s dormitory immediately. Plans call for complete renovation of the third floor west wing with new plastering doors floor sanding shower and toilet facilities re wiring with outlets in each room new furniture and decorations.
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Decorah
Luther College Board of Trustees
Charles Altfillisch
Larsen Hall
Missing in Flight Sgt. Magruder Reported by Office
Oxford Junction residents were notified Friday that Sgt. Junior Evard Magruder, a radio operator, is missing in flight. Details about the search and any official statements were not immediately available.
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J. E. Magruder
Oxford Junction
Thomas Hanwardson
Junior Evard Magruder
Iowa Jaycees Plan Formation of Youth Center
DES MOINES INS The state board of the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce Monday was laying plans for formation of an Iowa youth center organization Dick Buresh vice president of the state board and a resident of Cedar Rapids suggested the organization to provide a clearing house for information concerning existing youth centers and these contemplated Melvin Beemer of Keokuk was named chairman of the organization s committee State committees from the following clubs were named to carry on projects of the national organization Town City Americanization Shenandoah agriculture and awards Atlantic aviation Marshalltown city beautification Algona conservation Ames membership Waterloo intraclub meetings Des Moines legislative and the fifth freedom Cedar Rapids postwar planning Keokuk public health Mason City publicity Sioux City safety and Christmas activities Newton speakers bureau Davenport ses Creston war service and natural defense Keokuk youth activities The state board will hold its next meeting July 29 30 at Waterloo.
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Melvin Beemer
Keokuk
Town City
Shenandoah
Atlantic
Marshalltown
Algona
Ames
Waterloo
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Sioux City
Newton
Burau
Davenport
Creston
Truman Urges U S to Lead World Peace
Grinnell Iowa AP Senator Harry S Truman told Grinnell College graduates that the United States must assume world leadership in making plans for lasting peace. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as chairman of the Senate committee investigating national defense.
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Grinnell
Harry S. Truman
D-Mo
Grinnell College
United States
Truman
Senate
College Girl Sets 24500 Foot Air Commencement Record
In Columbia Missouri Stephens College held its first air school commencement with Betty Flint a 19 year old Artesia New Mexico graduate soaring 24500 feet in an Aeronca Chief. The ceremony featured aerobatics bomb drops spot landings and precision flying by more than a dozen campus students as part of the diploma event.
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Columbia
Stephens College For Women
Betty Flint
Artesia
N. M
Aeronca
Rhoads’s B 26 crews face hot targets at Anzio
Robert W. Rhoads of Vinton Iowa, a 26 year old flight officer and bombardier navigator with the Twelfth Air Force, has logged 50 combat missions over the Mediterranean. He saw heavy flak at Anzio while supporting troop concentrations and gun positions. He notes the March 11 Florence railroad yards attack as among the best, and he has earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He is a Lincoln high school graduate and Las Vegas aerial gunnery school alumnus.
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Robert W. Rhoads
Vinton
Mediterranean
Twelfth Air Force
Anzio
Rhoads
Italy
France
Rome
Florence
Naples
Salerno
Cassino
Marseilles
Abbey of Monte Cassino
Willis Rhoads
Lincoln High School
Las Vegas, Nev
Three Illinois Men Held at Iowa City
Three Illinois men, C. B. Carroll of Decatur Tr, D. H. Burton and W. M. Plummer of Clinton, were held in Johnson county jail pending district court trial on charges of illegally opening coin machines. Arrested by Iowa City police after one was found at the Country club with a tool. They used fraternal organization membership cards to gain entry to clubs with coin machines. Preliminary hearing completed. each man held on $1,000 bond.
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Iowa City
Ilnois
Johnson County
C. B. Carroll
Decatur
D. H. Burton
W. M. Plummer
Clinton, Jr
Country Club
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IDPA
Herman J. Smith
Marion News
Jayne Services
J. H. Penly
Penly
William Goldsberry
Moline
Carl Falcon
Irene Harris
Mercy Hospital
Mrs
Rudolph Harris
Kataryn McElwain
Shenandoah High School
A. R. McElwairis
Trojan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
George Albright
Lisbon
T. R. Mitchell
Ee Vernon
Mary and Evelyn
Myrtle Cunningham
Oliphant Services
Owen
A. A. Hardin
Santa Monica
W. K. Lothian
C. H. Daws
O. K. Collins
Dickey’s Standard Service
Lions Club
Claude Hutchinson
Mr. Hutchinson
Howard Hutchinson
M. and St. L
North
Eddyville
Sigourney Child
China
E. D. Magruder
Maquoketa
Hanwardson
Oxford Junction High School
Driner
Pvt
David Magruder
Theo
New York
Luther College
Iowa Jaycees
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dick Buresh
State Board
Sonoton
Impetica
Acre
May's Drug Store
Nature
U. 5. Pat
Meopols Brewing Co
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