County Goals Set for War Loan Drive
Des Moines reports county state quotas totaling 178 million dollars and series E bonds at 61 million as the fifth war loan campaign targets. Officials warn of a tough fight requiring house to house and farm to farm solicitation with meetings this week to plan sales. Key quotas include Linn 9.256 million, Johnson 1.883 million, Tama 1.128 million, Jones 1.028 million, Cedar 1.035 million.
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Des Moines
Ahn
Iowa War Finance Committee
Linn
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Iowa
Johnson
Jones
Tama
Two Iowans Die in Bomber Crash in New Mexico
Six officers and nine enlisted men were killed when a bomber on a combat training mission crashed and burned about 25 miles southeast of Clovis New Mexico. Among the dead were First Lt Noble J. Klink of Gladbrook Iowa and Second Lt Charles H. Ziegel of Rockwell City Iowa.
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Clovis
N. M
Noble J. Klink
Emma D. Klink
Gladbrook
Charles H. Ziegel
Johanna Ziegel
Rockwell City
Woman Ends Life in Burlington Home
Ida A. Smith 67, of Burlington, hanged herself Sunday at relatives' home. Coroner R. O. Giles reported the body was found by an electric cord from a basement rafter. She had been in ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Ida A. Smith
R. O. Giles
Des Moines
Industrial Safety Health Conference Speakers Announced
DES MOINES AP announces an Iowa conference on industrial safety and health to be held on the 28th. Over 400 attendees include industrialists safety engineers physicians nurses and labor representatives. The round table will be led by John Roche with others such as Dr. Bruce Brown and C A Greenley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Army
Iowa
Berward R. Veenainn Washington
Army Service Forces
A. K. Meyers
Clinton
Ce Bowman
Washington
U. S. Department of Labor
W. A. Cook
Chicago
E. T. Price
Round Table
John Roche
National Safety Council
Bruce Brown
Iowa State Health Department
C. A. Greenley
Iowa Industrial Commission
Young Iowa Hunter Killed by Own Gun
Osialoosa sheriff reports 17 year old Charles Phillips was killed by his own gun on his father's Barnes City farm after he admonished himself for carrying the weapon incorrectly. He carried the gun by the barrel while crossing a log with a companion when it swung and fired.
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Oskaloosa
Dwight Mateer
Charles Phillips
Phillips
Barnes City
Mateer
Dubuque Man Killed by Passenger Train at Crossing
Carl Knoernschild, 48, died Sunday after being struck by a Chicago Great Western passenger train at a crossing in Dubuque. Authorities investigated the fatal accident and continued inquiries into the crossing safety.
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Dubuque
INS
Carl Knoernschild
Chicago Great Western
Iowa City Officer Scores with Navy As Photographer
Des Moines AP reports Lt. Robert E. Edmondson of Burne led an air group on a April 29 1944 mission that sank or damaged many enemy ships with eight Hellcats. He earned multiple honors and survived several forced landings at sea. Iowa City’s Lt. (jg) William L. Meardon served as photographic officer, piloting dangerous low altitude missions over Palau Pagan and Iwo Jima to obtain crucial images for operations.
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DES Moines
Air Group 32
Truk
Robert E. Edmondson
Burne
Edmondson
Towan
William L. Meardon
Iowa City
Meardon
Palau
Pagan
Iwo Jima Islands
Deaths in Iowa and Norway Honor Local Residents
In Marengo services were held Sunday at Brown funeral home for Bruce Royal 59 who died Friday Surviving include wife a daughter Rachel Dye and brother Lee both of Marengo and three grandchildren In Norway services for John Ask 76 who died Sunday morning after a stroke will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Bethlehem Lutheran Church He served as janitor of Norway school for 50 years Surviving are son Elmer Cedar Rapids two daughters Amelia Steinbeck Cedar Rapids and Serina King Chicago and three grandchildren His wife Petra Anderson died last May 21.
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Marengo
Brown Funeral
Bruce Royal
Rachel Dye
Lee
Norway
John Ask
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Norway School
Elmer
Cedar Rapids
Amelia Steinbeck
Serina King
Chicago
Petra Anderson
WLB Penalties Hit Iowa Carpenters Strike Firms
The War Labor Board imposed penalties on AFL Carpenters locals in five Iowa plants during wartime. About 2,500 workers faced probation with no dues check off or maintenance of membership provisions in contracts. Cases spanned Metz Manufacturing Dubuque 60 workers Curtis Companies Clinton 500 Farley Loetscher Dubuque 1,134 Muscatine Roach Musser 375 Huttig Manufacturing 400.
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Washington
AFL Carpenters Union
Iowa
War Labor Board
WLB
Wisconsin
Illinois
Metz Manufacturing Company
Dubuque
Curtis Companies, Inc
Clinton
Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company
Combat Crew Trainee Killed by Propeller
Cpl. Eli Trbovich of Wittsburg Virginia, a combat crew trainee, was killed Saturday when a spinning airplane propeller struck him on the head at the army air base in Sioux City. Cpl. W S. Dawson, commandant, said Trbovich apparently walked too close to the propeller while returning to the plane after consulting with the ground crew chief.
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Sioux City
Eli Trbovich
Wittsburg
Army Air Base
W. 5
Dawson
Trbovich
Invitations Sent Out for Iowa Taxpayers Meeting
Newly elected Iowa legislators and officials at all levels receive invitations to the tenth annual Iowa association meeting in Des Moines. The Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the group will host a luncheon with Fred Bennion of the Montana Yax association as the major speaker. A federal expenditures and taxes clinic is new this year. Herbert J. Miller of Washington will give the lead-off address. The morning program features Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper Allan Kline and Edward A. Kimball discussing agriculture and industry needs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa — Association
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Fred Bennion
Montana Yax Association
Herbert J. Miller
Washington, D. C
Citizens National Committee
Minnesota
Twin Cities
B. B. Hickenlooper
Allan Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. Kimball
Iowa W Manufacturers Association
Ceiling on Thanksgiving Meals in Restaurants Des Moines AP
Des Moines AP reports that Thanksgiving dinners in restaurants will cost about the same as last year but may not exceed 15 percent above the restaurant's regular Sunday dinner price. Walter D. Kline, Des Moines district OPA director, noted the rule. For New Year's Eve, prices may match those in effect on New Year's Eve 1942, with no 15 percent limit.
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DES Moines
Walter D. Kline
OPA
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Organizational Updates
In Wapello the Methodist W S C S elected officers led by Mrs Charles Koutinger. Iowa City prepares for the University of Iowa chorus first program with 158 voices. In Volga City Pvt Leo Becker, wounded in action, is returned to the US and hospitalized at McGuire General. New W S C S president Mrs Lyle Jennings leads Volga City chapter. McGregor Kiwanis club to join Kiwanis International with charter night at Congregational church. Elkader Catholic Women hold quarterly deanery meeting in Volga City. Ossian sees L J Radtke resign as Red Cross liaison for Iowa State Teachers Association. Toledo honors servicemen on an upcoming roll call.
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Volga City
E. C. Becker
Pvt
Leo Becker
United States
McGuire General Hospital
Richmond
Becker
Elkader Deanery
National Council of Catholic Women
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Ossian
L. J. Radtke
Red Cross
Iowa State Teachers Association
Toledo
Tama High School Adds Gifted Board and New Youth Center
A 30 by 30 foot board donated by the senior class lists 175 former students with two Gold Stars for Stanley Friedericks and Richard DuPre. Tama The Web youth center will open Thursday night with a large painted spider web on the ceiling to fit the center’s name.
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Stanley Friedericks
Richard DuPre
Tama
New Commander Named for First Bombardment Division
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle announced Brig. Gen. Howard MacMann Turner of Avoca Iowa as commanding officer of the First Bombardment Division of the Eighth Air Force. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Robert B. Williams of Albany Texas, who has departed to the United States.
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London (Ap
Howard MacMann Turner
Avoca
Eighth Air Force
Robert B. William
Albany
Texas
James H. Doolittle
William
United States
Chaplain Praises 34th Division in Des Moines
Des Moines AP reports the 34th Division composed largely of Iowa and Minnesota men has earned 1 498 awards for heroism. Lt Col Delois Marken notes four Medal of Honor awards 54 Distinguished Service Crosses 12 Legion of Merit awards 420 Oak Leaf Clusters and 1 008 Bronze Stars.
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DES Moines
Delois Marken
Marken
College Avenue
Cash Bonuses for Civilian Employes At Naval Station
Ottumwa AP Civilian employes at the Naval Air Station were set to receive cash bonuses up to 250 dollars under a beneficial suggestion plan now in operation. A five member board reviews devices and ideas from about 400 workers and recommends award amounts to Captain K B Salisbury, the commanding officer, for suggestions that save money time or labor.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Ottumwa Naval Air Station
Stoon
K. B. Salisbury
Blue Goose Shot Near McGregor With Band From Washington
Walter Wright shot a rare blue goose near National west of McGregor. The nine pound bird weighed 58 inch wingspan and bore a U S Biological Survey band marked 40, suggesting it was banded in 1940. A flock of about 50 blue geese fed in the Ernest Werder farm cornfield and fled as others were shot. The band is being sent to Washington for identification.
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McGregor
Walter Wright
National
Ernest Werder
Wunters
Wright
Washington
Oldest Iowa twins to mark 87th birthday
Fairfield and Libertyville residents G. W. Riniker and A. J. Riniker will celebrate their eighty seventh birthday Wednesday, believed to be the oldest twin brothers in Iowa.
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Fairfield
G. W. Riniker
A. J. Riniker
Libertyville
Iowa
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Navy
Uncle Dan
Will Thompson
Wapello
W. S.C.S
Charles Koutinger
Oscar Kemper
Pearl Kremer
L. E. Parish
Lela Eversmeyer
University of Iowa Chorus
Herald I. Stark
Lyle Jennings
Methodist
Vern Puffer
K. Jay
Frank Phillips
Waukon
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Es Congregational Church
Lowan
Naval Station
Hunter
America
East 42Nd Street
New York
N.Y
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