Gillette Takes Over New Job In Six Weeks
Washington AP report outlines a legal delay in appointing Senator Guy M. Gillette to the Surplus War Property Disposal board. The three member board will include Rob ert Hurley and Edward Heller. The body faces disposal decisions estimated up to 100 billion dollars and aims to favor peacetime enterprise, aid small business, curb monopolies, and bolster employment. Gillette plans to urge farm material use and oppose scrapping the synthetic rubber industry before leaving the Senate. The salary for the post is 12000 dollars a year, two thousand more than Gillette earned as a senator.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Roosevelt
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Edward Heller
San Francisco
Gillette
White House
Congress
Surplus Property Disposal Act
Hurley
Heller
Army
House
Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
United States
Drivers Urged to Guard Against Holiday Accidents
DES MOINES Iowa motorists were urged to exercise extra caution over the holiday weekend by R B Laird commissioner of the state department of public safety. He cited the 1943 Thanksgiving toll of five killed 66 injured and 117 accidents on Iowa highways from Thursday through Sunday noting the toll could rise again without weather forecasts careful driving and courtesy. The commissioner said the traffic toll has improved this year with only a slight increase over last year.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
R. B. Laird
State Department of Public Safety
Maquoketa Pastor to Be Ordained Sunday Night
Maquoketa student pastor J. W. Raad of the First Baptist church will be ordained Sunday at 7 p.m. Dr. J. R. Montey, Greek professor at Northern Theological Seminary in Chicago, to deliver the sermon. Raad graduated from Northern Seminary last May and has served at Webb Iowa and Cornell Minnesota, and was an assistant pastor at Mt. Clare Baptist Church in Chicago.
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Maquoketa
J. W. Raad
First Baptist Church
J. R. Montey
Northern Theological Seminary
Chicago
Rand
Northern Seminary
Webb
Iowa
Cornell, Minn
Mt. Clare Baptist Church
Earlville pilot earns gold wings in navy training
Gene Guetzko of Earlville has been commissioned an ensign and received his gold wings as a navy pilot at Corpus Christi Texas after 17 months training. He graduated with a class of 195 and awaits assignment orders.
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Earlville
Gene Guetzko
Ed Guetzko
Corpus Christi
Texas
Eastern Iowa Institutions Needs Listed Improvements
State board of control submitted a schedule to the interim legislature committee detailing renovations across 15 eastern institutions. Major items include cell house remodels at the Men’s Reformatory, hospital and ward work at Independence and Oakdale, and new barns, water systems, and housing for staff. Total estimated cost across all 15 facilities runs to 7,881,263 dollars.
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Iowa
State Board of Control
Cellalion
Eenen
Independence State Hospital
Oeom Oe
Oakdale
Toledo
Board of Control
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Cherokee State Hospital
Woodward State Hospital
Clarinda State Hospital
Soldiers Orphans Home
Davenport
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
Training School For Girls
Mitchellville
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Mt. Pleasant State Hospital
State School
Glenwood
Obituary Notices for Mrs Cora Christian and Others in Iowa Towns
Obituaries list multiple deaths with services and survivors. Mrs Cora Christian of Victor died at 72 with four sons and two daughters among survivors including navy member Richard and daughter Ida Van Hulle of Moline. Mrs George Volk of Oxford died at 72, survived by husband six sons and four daughters plus siblings and a large extended family. James W Nesmith, 78 former Oxford mayor, listed with service details at Federated church after death Tuesday. long railroad career noted.
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Victor
Cora Christian
St. Bridget’s Church
Louis
William
Pete
Richard
Navy
Lorraine Scott
Ida van Hulle
Moline
Jennie DeCoster
John DeBates
Hardwick
Minn
Charles DeBates
Montrose
Henry
East Moline
Ill
Oxford
George Volk
Iowa City
Joseph
Peter
Bernard
George
Des Moines
John
William Seydel
William Dahnke
Casey
Louis Kopfer
Margaret Volk
Sarah Ahern
James O’brien
Cornell
Richard Volk
Joseph Barry
James W. Nesmith
Federated Church
Rock Island Railroad
West Union
Ada Rickets
Lake Wilson
Claude A. Brause
George Mott
Hazleton
Glen R. Wallace
Waterloo
Donald
Frank
Vernon
Ethelda Burge
Campbell
Calif
Neff
Harry Bassett
Burge
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Garrison
Fred Rommann
Marie Ervin
Vinton
Garrison Methodist Church
G. F. Schafer
Ashton
Leota Rommann
British Isles
Ervin
Roberta Knuth
Iowans Get Invitation To Tour Ordnance Plant
Des Moines AP reports the Des Moines ordnance plant will hold an open house with guided tours on Saturday. Officials say the public will see small arms ammunition production and emphasize wartime labor needs. Free tickets are distributed through the Iowa-Des Moines Light and Power Co and schools, inviting in-town and out-of-town attendees.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. H. Herring
Eisenhower
Iowa-Des Moines Light and Power Company
Herring
Obituaries and Death Notices from Various Iowa Towns
Obituary notices report deaths of local residents across towns including Oxford Wapello West Union Hazleton Garrison Vernon Decorah Dysart Manchester Mt. Vernon and Marion. The obituaries name survivors such as spouses children siblings and in some cases military status and places of service or burial.
Buckley's Canadies Mixture Ad for Bronchial Relief
An old style drug store ad touts Buckley's Canadies Mixture as triple acting for bronchial asthma and phlegm. It promises rapid throat and bronchial relief, easier breathing, and better sleep with a money back guarantee. The offer notes 45 cent price at May's Drug Store Osco Drugs or any drug store.
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May
Osco Drugs
Buckley
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Vast Global Power
A historical note states that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics occupies one sixth of the earth's land surface, highlighting its vast geographic expanse and influence.
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The
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Iowan Charged With Kidnapping Boy Vanished in Milwaukee
Six year old Richard Bahl disappeared from a Milwaukee yard after his mother Lavina Bahl of Dubuque sought custody. Lester Thoman of Dubuque, attached to the boy, faced a kidnapping warrant as authorities pursued him across Wisconsin and Iowa following months of pursuit and protests.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Iowa
Lester Thoman
Dubuque
Richard Bahl
Lavina Bahl
Thoman
James J. Kerwin
New Methodist Superintendent Named for Burlington District
Des Moines AP Dr Walter M Scheuermann pastor of First Methodist Church in Indianola has been appointed superintendent of the Burlington district succeeding Dr L L Weis.
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Des Moines
Walter M. Scheuermann
First Methodist Church
Indianola
Burlington
The
Methodist Church
L. L. Weis
Pvt Edward Criss Wounded in Action in France
Pvt Edward E Criss former teacher and coach at Urbana and Williams burg was seriously wounded in action in France on November 3 according to a notice received by his wife Sylvia who is living with her father at New Sharon. He has served in the intelligence division since July and overseas since August. He and Mrs Criss have two children Wayne four and Donald two.
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Edward E. Criss
Urbana
Williamsburg
France
Sylvia
New Sharon
Infantry
Criss
Rankin of Iowa Elected AGs Association President
John M. Rankin attorney general of Iowa was chosen president of the National Association of Attorneys General at the closing session of the 38th annual conference in Omaha.
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Omaha
John M. Rankin
Iowa
National Association of Attorneys General
What Cheer Flyer Reported Missing
First Lt. Donald Kitzman of What Cheer is listed as missing since November 2 during a bombing mission over Germany. His parents, Mr and Mrs Otto Kitzman, have been advised by the War Department.
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the Gazette
Donald Kitzman
Germany
Otto Kitzman
War Department
Clarinda POW camp head dispels Iowa cigarette rum or rumors
Lt. Col George W. Ball commandant of the Clarinda prisoner of war camp told reporters Tuesday night that German prisoners of war in Iowa were not smoking all the cigarets they wanted during the cigar supply shortage.
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Des Moines
George W. Ball
Clarinda
Iowa
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