Iowa Woman Listed Dead Held by Japs in Philippines
Mrs Melvin Toyne former Helen Murphy of Iowa City died last May in a Japanese concentration camp in the Philippines. Her husband and daughter are believed to be in the camp. Also reported is the death listing of Clayton Kronen, son of Mr and Mrs W Kronen, who served in the Philippines when Bataan fell.
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Iowa City
Melvin Toyne
Helen Murphy
Philippines
Boone
W. Kronen
War Department
Clayton Kronen
Bataan
Buckingham Losses Grow As War Listings Reach Local Families
Second Lt. Kenneth Herman 23 son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Herman of Buckingham has been missing since Oct 22 over Germany. A Traer high school graduate he entered service in 1943 and earned his commission in June at Phoenix Arizona. His brother Second Lt. Joel Herman is in the Army Air Corps stationed at Ephrata Washington. Also missing in France since Oct 17 is Sgt. Wallace Max son 23 nephew of Mrs. H. G. Ross of Buckingham. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maxson and serves as a turret gunner on a bomber near Marble Rock.
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Buckingham
Kenneth Herman
Oscar Herman
Germany
Herman
Phoenix
Ariz
Traer
Town State Teachers College
Joel Herman
Army Air Corps
Ephrata
Wash
France
Wallace Maxson
H. G. Ross
Carl Maxson
Marble Rock
Soldier Francis C. Smith Killed in Action in Germany
Pfc. Francis C. Smith, 22, was killed in action in Germany on Sept 19. He was in service since June 1941 and overseas since August 1943. relatives have been advised by the War Department. Son of the late Mr and Mrs Ray Smith.
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Eleader
Francis C. Smith
Germany
War Department
Ray Smith
Window Display Contest Offers $110000 War Loan Prizes
Iowa retailers join a national drive promoting the sixth war loan through a window display contest. Prizes totaling over 110000 will be awarded in Iowa across ten categories including department hardware jewelry grocery and drug stores and women's apparel. Regional and national competition follow state wins.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith Family Notice Cites Siblings in Bel gium Letter
Last letter from him dated Sept 11 written in Belgium. Surviving are three brothers Sgt Lloyd Smith Fort Bliss Tex Keith Smith Earlville and Asa Smith Greeley five sisters Mrs Vincent Combs Garber Betty Lou Dubuque Mary Jean and Donna Mae Elkader and Margaret Smith Davenport.
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Belgium
Sgt
Lloyd Smith
Fort Bliss
Texas
Keith Smith
Earlville
Asa Smith
Greeley
Vincent Combs
Garber
Betty Lou
Dubuque
Mary Jean
Donna Mae
Soldier Swindell Wounded in Germany Eye Replaced in England
Lt. Duane Swindell was wounded by shrapnel September 29 in Germany and had his left eye removed October 24 at a hospital in England. His mother Opal Sukoi has been advised.
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Earlville
Duane Swindell
Germany
England
Ute Opal Sukoi
Fayette Ex-coach Hass Receives Purple Heart
First Lt. Arthur Hass formerly coached at Fayette High School has been awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in action in the Pacific theater during World War II.
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Fayette
Arthur Hass
Fayette High School
Ceiling Prices On Most Gifts In Des Moines
Des Moines OPA head Walter D Kline says about 95 percent of gift items including toys gadgets fur coats refrigerators radios and grand pianos fall under price controls. He notes most used or second hand goods are covered and urges shoppers to consult local war price and rationing boards for guidance.
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Des Moines
OPA
Walter D Kline
Kline
Thieves Rob Clarence Co-op Lumber Office
Burglars broke into the Clarence Cooperative Lumber Company office and fled after taking an electric drill and a coat, leaving a cash register missing $1.30 behind.
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Clarence
Clarence Cooperative Lumber Company
Editors Converge at Iowa City for Newspaper Conference
More than 100 editors and staff from weekly papers gather at the University of Iowa for a two day conference. Frederic Goudy, famed type designer, will speak on The Work of the Type Designer and conduct a round table on Fine Printing. Exhibits include Goudy materials owned by Earl Emmons.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wilbur Schramm
School of Journalism
University
Iowa Press Association
Frederic Goudy
New York State
Goudy
Earl Emmons
West Liberty
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Europe
Leon Barnes
Northwood
James McCutcheon
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye Record
Charles Coxsee
Monticello Express
H. Ward Barnes
Eagle Grove Eagle
Don L. Berry
Indianola Record and Tribune
Iowa
Iowa Postwar Planning Commission
Charles Schaefer Weds Genevieve Ann Hu in Corpus Christi
Charles J. Schaefer son of Mr and Mrs Charles W Schaefer of Marion and Genevieve Ann Hu daughter of Riverside Illinois married Oct 28 at the First Methodist parsonage Corpus Christi Texas. The bride a Mankato Minn high school graduate has sung with an orchestra. Schaefer an instructor of student combat air crewmen at Corpus Christi naval air station recently returned from service overseas. The couple reside at 3253 Austin St Corpus Christi.
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Charles J. Schaefer
Charles W. Schaefer
Marion
Genevieve Ann Huson
Riverside
Ill
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mankato, Minn
Mate Schaefer
United States
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Marion High School
Schaefers
Austin Street
Salisbury Speaker at C R Hi-Y Ceremony
A. W. Salisbury Marion high school principal spoke at the Roosevelt Hi-Y club induction at the Cedar Rapids YMCA, as nine new members joined. Guests included Marion Hi-Y members and officers Bob Foile, Don Hastings, Jack Awbrey, and Dick Stamy.
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A. W. Salisbury
Marion High School
Cedar Rapids
Local notices and family updates from Iowa towns
Wuerffel and Rev. Hesse names from Iowa City Eldora Fayette Iowa Falls and Wellsburg listed along with relatives visiting in Mechanicsville and Mechan Little with air corps in India. Harlan family learns son Baker Bill L. Harlan 3/c will return for Thanksgiving. Wave Yeoman 3/c Lillian Harlan arrives from Durham NC. Mrs Grady learns husband in tank corps in Germany promoted to first sergeant.
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Wuerffel
Iowa City
C. Hesse
Eldora
Carl Schliepsick
Fayette
E. H. Harms
Iowa Falls
Alfred H. Ernst
Wellsburg
Charles Harlan
Baker
Bill L. Harlan
United States
Foreign Service
Wave Yeoman
Lillian Harlan
Durham
N.C
Henry Grady
Germany
War Ballot Vote Likely Under 50 000 In Iowa
DES MOINES AP With 85 of 99 counties reporting, Iowa probably cast fewer than 50 000 war ballots in the November 7 election. A total of 42 274 ballots was listed for the 85 counties, with an average return rate under 68 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of State
Iowa corn harvest passes half way mark in week
About 51 percent of Iowa's corn crop has been husked, up 10 percent from last week. Federal meteorologist Charles D Reed said favorable fall weather allowed 90 percent of the corn to escape frost damage. Soybean harvest is 92 percent complete.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D Reed
Grandma’s Penetro Uses Suet Base for Cold Relief
Aunties and mothers turn to Penetro with a mutton suet base for fast relief from chest colds. The multi medicated ointment acts as a counter irritant and pain reliever when spread on the skin and as a soothing aroma when inhaled. Millions switch today for easier rest and quicker recovery.
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America
Grandma
Cpl John H Eggert Receives Bronze Star for Rescue
Cpl John H Eggert, 30, awarded the Bronze Star for aiding in freeing an armored vehicle from a mud filled ditch under artillery fire. Serving in the Third Army under General Patton, he entered service in Cedar Rapids in 1943 and arrived in England last June. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Eggert of Peoria Illinois.
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Cpl
John H. Eggert
Mechanicsville
Eggert
Third Army
Patton
Cpl Eggert
Cedar Rapids
England
Western Freight Lines
Henry Eggert
Peoria
Ill
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Losses Hit Record
Heaviest dollar losses in the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association history were reported at its convention. The total was $875,000 with Sioux County accounting for $261,000, 95 percent of which was farm property. Pocahontas and Webster counties reported $104,000 and $85,000 respectively.
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Des Moines
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association
H. F. Gross
Sioux County
Pocahontas County
Webster County
Iowa Marriages and Engagements Summary
Ver non Gallagher and Frances Larkin wed at St Patrick’s church in Waukon and will live on a Hanover township farm. Leona Humker and Cpl James Watt married at St John’s Waterloo. Watt returns from 33 months in North Africa and Italy. Betty Nelson and Cpl Norman Hallman Jr wed near Buckingham. Hallman stationed at Cherry Point NC. Phyllis Keith and Richard Kromminga married in Hopkinton. to live on a farm west of Monticello.
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Waukon
Vernon Gallagher
Maurice Gallagher
Frances Larkin
John Larkin
St. Patrick's Church
Hanover Township
Calmar
Leona Humker
Edmund Huinker
James Watt
Lyle Watt
St. John’s Catholic Church
Waterloo
Cpl
Watt
North Africa
Italy
Buckingham
Betty Nelson
Marcus Nelson
Near
Norman Hallman
Racine
Wis
Hallman
Cherry Point
N. C
Hopkinton
Ben Keith
Phyllis
Richard Kromminga
Trucker Dies in Train Collision Near Grinnell
Des Moines driver Ward Sparks, 28, was killed when his oil transport semi struck by a Rock Island passenger train at a crossing near Grinnell. The collision occurred Tuesday night with Sparks the sole fatality.
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Grinnell
Ward Sparks
Des Moines
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Pfc. Smith
Worthwestern Bell Telephone Company
LT. Swindell
Hass
Turkeys
Witwer Turkey Farm
Acme
Telephoto
Jane J. Sunderbruch
Army Nurse Corps
Richard Sunderburch
Davenport
Jane Sunderbruch
Signal Corps
Aachen
Marion News
Charles Schaefer
Brothers
E. L. Freeman
Seventh Street
Seaman
Emhmer Lynn Freeman, Jr
Lloyd Freeman
Kenneth
Freeman
Virgil Freeman
Central Pacific Fleet
Harold Harville
Anton Dvorak
Greenville
William Achey
DeVere Achey
Rochelle
Salisbury
C.R
Edward
Iowa State Highway
Fifth Avenue East
Treasury Fund
W. H. Applegate
Earl Davin
Fort Benning, Ga
T. V. Davins
Storm
Harry Milligan
Lawrence Brecht
Jesse Scott
Ralph Beckner
Clyde Kearns
Frank Huth
Sixteenth Street
Red Cross
L. C. Ross
Rachel Booth
Mrs
Cora Davis Elliott of
Clinton
Charles Davis
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
Lions Club
Michael Cira, Jr
Hattiesburg, Miss
Camp Shelby
Owen
Pic
Donald Swan
Sioux Falls, S. D
New York
Mrs. Swan
Gladys Hayes
A. A. Lyon
Mrs. Lyon
Jake Gesse
Carl T. Wuerffel
Bethany Lutheran Church
L. C
Coca-Cola
Ora
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Richard Little
David
Lt. Little
Floy King
Air Corps
India
Marion Dairy
Harlan
U. S
7Th Ave
Momarch
John Eggert
Bronze
Iowa Tornado Insurance Association
Boss Harvester
Montgomery
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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