Melroses Return from War of Nerves to Gripsholm
Presbyterian missionaries to Hainan, Mr and Mrs Paul C Melrose, survive three years of Japanese control on Nadoa Island begin anew in New York harbor aboard the Gripsholm. They recount food aid, bicycle powered radio, and internment life, awaiting future service with the Chinese field. Their daughter Sylvia connects with the Agnews in Walker while two other children study and serve in the United States Navy and USC.
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Gripsholm
Paul C Melrose
Hainan
Melroses
Melrose
W J Agnew
Walker
West Coast
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Foreign Legion
Ames
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
China
New York Harbor
Jao
Nadoa
America
Shanghai
Hugh
Uncle Sam
Navy
John Melrose
Charter Oak
Jean
Marie
USC
Gazette
Reynolds
Paul Melrose
Sylvia
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
Advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin as a stomach friendly laxative. It claims relief from constipation and accompanying symptoms like bloating and gas, noting doctors favor pepsin in prescriptions and promising pleasant taste for children.
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Caildwell
Posthumous DSC Presentation Set for Oct 14
A Johnson county ceremony on October 14 will honor Greeley Bernard Williams with the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Williams, died at Clark Field in the Philippines on December 8, 1941. The event will be led by Brig. Gen. E L Eubank with William R Hart presiding, and a guard from the preflight school and university ROTC detachment will participate.
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Johnson County
Greeley Bernard Williams
Arthur Willams
Iowa City
Greeley Willliams
Clark Field
Philippine Islands
Iowa
Bng
E L. Eubank
William R Hart
Roy L. Chopek Legion Post
Guard of
a_ university R.OT.C
Wheatland Shop Operator Enlists in Naval Reserve
Jack Henderson of Wheatland a machine shop operator and World War I veteran went to Des Moines Monday to enlist in the naval reserve with rating of machinist mate He will report for duty Saturday and is disposing his shop
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Wheatland
Jack Henderson
Des Moines
Naval Reserve
Dates and Places Listed for Legion District Confabs
The Iowa American Legion and Legion auxiliary announce district conferences across nine locations. Capt Frank Miles notes the theme the place of the American Legion and auxiliary in the war effort with dates: Fort Madison Oct 7 Clinton Oct 20 Iowa Falls Oct 22 Lansing Oct 21 Newton Oct 6 Des Moines Oct 26 Council Bluffs Oct 13 Fort Dodge Oct 15 Sioux City Oct 14. State Commander Dan O’Brien and auxiliary president Mrs Thomas H Tracey will speak at joint banquets.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Auxiliary
Fort Madison
Clinton
Iowa Falls
Lansing
Newton
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Dan O'Brien
Thomas H Tracey
Manchester
Mules
Accused Embezzler Extradited From California
Los Angeles AP Max B Ruffcorn a former Des Moines attorney sought by Iowa authorities for embezzling funds from the estate of former Governor W L Harding lost his bid to halt extradition. Superior Judge William McKay denied the writ of habeas corpus and Ruffcorn was turned over to Iowa agent C T Carlson after arrest in Inglewood on June 24.
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Los Angeles
Max B Ruffcorn
Des Moines
Iowa
W L. Harding
William McKay
Ruffcorn
C. T Carlson
Inglewood
Third Officer McCue To Recruit at Denver
Marcella M McCue of Greeley Iowa is among 50 women’s auxiliary army corps third officers assigned to recruiting duty. She will be stationed in Denver Colorado after a temporary posting at service command headquarters, then report to her permanent recruiting station.
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Fort Des Moines
Marcella M McCue
Greeley
McGregor Woman Joins Red Cross in Iceland
Mrs. Elizabeth Todd formerly of McGregor and a Marquette native serves with the American Red Cross in Iceland. At Pearl Harbor she supervised a music studio in Honolulu and has worked in Los Angeles education, Rock Island music and public speaking, with Red Cross duties focusing on recreation for troops.
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B Snecal
The
Gazette
McGregor
Elizabeth Todd
Marquette
Iceland
American Red Cross
Todd
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Calif
Augustana College
Rock Island
Red Cross
Spaatz’s Sister Enlisted as Buck Private at Fort Des Moines
Anne S. Leaver, 37, sister of Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, enrolled in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps as a buck private. She previously volunteered with an Army aircraft warning unit in Philadelphia and is from Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania.
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Fort Des Moines
INS
Carl Spaatz
United States Army Air Forces
England
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Anne S. Leaver
Gilbertsville
Army
Philadelphia
Grinnell awards $31 783 in scholarships for 1942 43
Grinnell college has awarded $31 783 in scholarships for the school year 1942 43, well above the ten year average of $27 000. Dr S N Stevens, the college president, says the rise is due mainly to additional income from general endowment funds set aside for this purpose.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
S. N. Stevens
Witness Guilty in Delinquency Case in Indianola
Reginald A. Bourne 30 a Watch Tower representative was found guilty of contributing to a minor's delinquency before Justice C C Briggs. Sentencing set for Saturday. Bourne allegedly gave money to Wayne Emmons 16 to fund a Jehovah's Witness convention trip in Madison Wisconsin. Emmons parents opposed the trip and sought to remove him from Witness relatives in What Cheer Iowa.
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Indianola
Reginald A. Bourne
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
C. C. Briggs
Wayne Emmons
Harold Emmons
Iowa City
Jehovah’s Witness
Madison
Wis
Bourne
Emmons
Wisconsin
Wayne
What Cheer
Jehovah's Witnesses
Two WAAC Members Held After AWOL Incident
Two WAACs who were AWOL were picked up by Fort Leavenworth MPs after being located in Atchison Kansas. Fort Des Moines officials notified Leavenworth authorities Wednesday and the two were placed aboard a train at Leavenworth. Major James Elliott withheld names.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Johnson Draftees Will Be Honored at Dinner
Iowa City officials set a dinner by the Chamber of Commerce at the Jefferson hotel Monday at 6 30 p.m. to honor the next Johnson county draftees. Dean Mason Ladd of the university college of law will address about 38 to 42 men prior to their departure town city next week.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
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Hainian
Mrs. Melrose
Mopkins Drug Store “May Drug.co
Greeley Williams
McCue
Denver
Mrs. Todd
General Spaatz
Sister Buck Private In
Wacks
Carney
Gabardine
Carney Clothing Company
Second Avenue
Merchants Bank
Renga
Waacs
Johnson
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