National Meet of Assessors Draws 200 In Des Moines
About 200 municipal and county officers are expected to attend the seventh national conference on assessment administration in Des Moines from October 3 to 5. Speakers include Norman M. Littell assistant attorney general of the United States and John N. Blandford Jr. national housing agency administrator.
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Des Moines
Norman M. Littell
National Association of
John N. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Edmund A. Nightingale
School of Business Administration
University of Minnesota
Petit Jurors Called for Clayton County October Term
Special to The Gazette Elkader Clayton county district court jurors for the October term are listed for Oct 9. Names include St Olaf Fred Hoffman Thomas Peterson Ben Schmidt John Wilker Oscar Glesne Leo Hyde Ella Crowe George Tiden Oscar Gregorson and others across Elkader Strawberry Point McGregor Edgewood Guttenberg Monona Marquette Luana Farmersburg Volga and nearby towns with numerous jurors named.
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Elkader
Clayton County District Court
St. Olaf
Fred Hoffman
Thomas Peterson
Ben Schmidt
John Wilker
Oscar Glesne
Leo Hyde
Ella Crowe
George Tiden
Oscar Gregorson
Strawberry Point
F. E. Davis
Frank Weider
William Schultz
Pomme Wilker
McGregor
Fred L. Becker
Herman Snyder
Edgewood
F. H. Stalnaker
Marion Sheffert
Claud Fisher
Walter Fritz
Ezra Harbaugh
Guttenberg
Alphonse Miler
E. R Tucker
Herman A. Kickbush
Martin White
Monona
Selma Leath
Rudolph Garms
Ella Haberichter
Glenn Flaehn
George Wilker
Marquette Louise Langlie
Rose Schott
Luana
Evelyn Looney
Wilmer Fank
Hartford Veteran Dies From Fall on Pitchfork
Des Moines report says Glen E. Bruce Jr., 22, died at a Des Moines hospital from injuries after falling on a pitchfork on his father’s farm near Hartford. Bruce was among Iowa’s youngest army officers in 1942 when commissioned as a second lieutenant at 19 and was released from the army Sept 12 after serving more than two years.
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Des Moines
Glen E. Bruce, Jr
Hartford
Bruce
Iowa
Joseph Oliver Trumbauer 83 Retired Banker Dies
Joseph Oliver Trumbauer age 83, retired banker, died Sunday. He had been vice president of the Pioneer National Bank of Waterloo and an officer of the Waterloo Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company.
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Waterloo
Joseph Oliver Trumbauer
Dged
Pioneer National Nir of
Waterloo Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company
Enlisted Men Overseas Show Little Interest in Elections
Frank Miles reports from the Mediterranean theater that few G Lance Corporals and enlisted men expect to vote while overseas. Officers are more politically minded, with many having civilian civic backgrounds, while ballot access and nonpartisan guidance complicate voting duties for troops. Ralph Howard Peterson, NBC war broadcaster, is identified with roots in Estherville and Spirit Lake, planning a return trip with family after the war.
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Frank Miles
Iowa Daily Press
Terranean
IDPA
G.l’s
John Murphy
Allied Forces Headquarters
Mediterrean
G.i’s
Murphy
Chicago Daily Sun
Dollie Ida Fleming Weds Ralph L Chesrown in Davenport
Mr and Mrs Raymond Fleming announce the marriage of their daughter Dollie Ida to Ralph L Chesrown of Marion. The ceremony was on Sept 29 in Davenport. Both graduates of Marion High. Chesrown worked for Sweet Transfer and served in the army until Sept 1943. They plan to live with Mrs Elsie Chesrown after a wedding trip. Weekend guests were Lawrence Christenson and daughter Helen from Ricelake Wisconsin.
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Raymond Fleming
Seventh Avenue
Dollie Ida
Ralph L. Chesrown
Marion
Davenport
Chesrown
Marion High School
Sweet Transfer Company
Carl] Carver
Lawrence Christenson
Helen
Ricelake, Wis
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Dinner Hosts and Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McDonald celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a Sunday dinner at their 998 Ninth Street home. Guests included couples from Springville Center Point Marion and relatives, among them Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Sehi and Lena Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmens, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Albright, and Mrs. Emma Albright.
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Leslie McDonald
Ninth Street
Orlin Sehi
Orlena Mae
Springville
Amos Simmons
Fred Simmens
Center Point
Cecil Albright
Emma Albright
Marion
Betty Lou Scott to Wed Staff Sgt Harold Wagner
Compliment to Miss Betty Lou Scott who will marry Oct. 14 to Staff Sgt Harold Wagner of Midland Texas. Miss Shirley Carver hosts dinner this evening at her parents home on Old Marion road with guests Mrs Clyde Scott Marilyn Balcom and Mrs Amos Stewart.
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Betty Lou Scott
Harold Wagner
Midland
Texas
Shirley Carver
Carl Carvers
Old Marion Road
Clyde Scott
Marilyn Balcom
Amos Stewart
War Fund Meeting Move and Local Notices
War Fund drive workers will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the American Legion hall Marion instead of Thursday as warned in Sundays Gazette The Reading circle meets Friday at 2 30 with Mrs T Arthur Newman A brown and white male fox terrier is lost reward offered Call 377 Roy B Graves pharmacist mate in the South Pacific is ill according to word received by sisters C E Batchelder seriously ill at his home Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Elmo Whitmer include Mrs Whitmer s brother Billy James and Mrs James of Etowak Tenn and her parents Mr and Mrs W E James and Warren and Rex of Searsboro
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War Fund Meeting
War Fund Drive
American Legion Hall
Marion
Roy B. Graves
South Pacific
Lester Harford
John Fillmore
Elmo Whitmer
Wounded Sgt Southerland Reaches San Francisco Hospital
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Williams of 31 Seventh avenue announce their son in law Sgt Harry A Southerland has arrived at a San Francisco hospital after being wounded July 13 in New Guinea He was previously wounded in December 1942 He is the son of Mr and Mrs H G Southerland of Cedar Rapids Also noted are Sgt Allen Lange after tank armoured school at Fort Knox spending furlough with his parents and return to Camp Chaffee Ark October 9 Other relatives visited Marion for Staff Sgt William R Campbell memorial services.
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Lloyd Williams
Seventh Avenue
Harry A. Southerland
New Guinea
San Francisco
Sgt
Southerland
H. G. Southerlands
Thirty-fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Allen Lange
Tank Armored School
Fort Knox
Roy Lange
Camp Chaffee
Ark
I. O. Lieuellen
Lincoln
Neb
Mrs Sophia Winslow and C Ira Lewis Wed in Shellsburg
Sophia Winslow and C Ira Lewis married Thursday at Betten dorm Community Presbyterian in Shellsburg and plan to reside nearby.
Gillette Tells Roosevelts Voters Pray For You
Senator Gillette of Iowa met President Roosevelt and offered the greeting May the Lord and the voters be with you. He noted Iowa showed less Dewey enthusiasm than expected and spoke of a pro administration drift. Gillette, ranking on industrial agriculture, urged a bipartisan Midwest industry study commission and found the President sympathetic on the idea.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Iowan Killed in Bridge Accident Near Perry
Four people rode in a car eight miles north of Perry on highway 144 when rain slicked pavement caused a skid into a concrete railing. Lyle Konkhe 20 of Churdan was killed. Milo Hyland 22 of Chardan Vincent Gaffney 21 of Lohrville the driver and Elva Ferguson 22 of Jefferson were injured. The car plunged about 25 feet into a newly graded ditch and was found about an hour later.
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PERRY
Here
Lyle Konkhe
Churdan
Quartermaster
Milo Hyland
Chardan
Vincent Gaffney
Lohrville
Elva Ferguson
Jefferson
Seven Hurt in Headon Collision on Highway 20
Seven persons were injured and two cars badly damaged in a Sunday night headon crash on highway 20 near Earlville. Injured include Vincent Dutchen, his wife and six month old daughter, and Charles Candier with his mother and brothers Glen and John Candier of Dubuque. They were taken to Dubuque by ambulance.
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Manchester
Earlville
Vincent Dutchen
Charles Candier
Glen
John Candier
Dubuque
November Draft to Continue Low Trend in Iowa
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, state selective service director, announced that the November draft call for Iowa would be approximately the same as September and October. The recent months showed lower calls, and Grahl noted the November call would mainly involve men under 26.
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DES Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Iowa
Grahl
Supreme Justices Open New Term and Admit 24 Attorneys
Nine justices began a new term by admitting two dozen attorneys to practice before the bar, hearing a routine motion and adjourning until next Monday. The court faces more than 500 cases already docketed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Two Ottumwa Flight Officers Serve as Part Time Executives
At the U S naval air station in Ottumwa twenty flight instructors were acting as part time executives alongside their flying duties. Lt William R O Halloran of Traer and Lt (j g) Galyn A Peterson of Cedar Rapids were named assistants to the assembly and repair and personnel officers respectively.
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Ottumwa
INS
U. S. Naval Air Station
William R. O’halloran
Traer
J.g
Galyn A. Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Duck Hunting Accident Fatal to Dubuque Boy
Gene Meyer aged 16 son of Martin Meyer of Dubuque died after a duck hunting accident on the Mississippi River He was with George Gruber when Gruber fired at a low flying duck the shot striking Meyer in the head He died shortly after admission to Mercy hospital.
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Dubuque
INS
Gene Meyer
Martin Meyer
Mercy Hospital
Meyer
Mississippi River
George Gruber
Taxpayers Outline 5 Point Postwar Program in Iowa
The Iowa Taxpayers association proposed a five point plan to curb federal spending while promoting prosperity. Goals include full peacetime employment, strict budget discipline, stable prices, simplified tax laws with no double taxation, and protection against frequent tax rate changes to foster enterprise. The group cautioned true progress requires broad prosperity and widespread good wages.
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Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Association
Iowa Taxpayers Association Meeting in Des Moines
The Iowa Taxpayers Association will meet in Des Moines on November 17. The program includes an address by Governor B. B. Hickenlooper in the forenoon, a luncheon with the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, and an afternoon clinic and forum on federal administrative-financial policies and problems.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
Des Moines
Gov
B. B. Hickenlooper
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Applications Submitted For 2 Radio Stations
Applications filed with the FCC for two Iowa radio stations. Capitol Radio Corp Des Moines seeks a commercial station on 1 600 kilocycles 1000 watts day and night. Iowa State College Ames requests a noncommercial educational station on 42900 kilocycles 1000 watts.
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Washington
Iowa
Federal Communications Commission
Capitol Radio Corporation
Des Moines
Iowa State College At
Ames
State Exceeds August Quota of Waste Paper
Des Moines Iowa exceeded its August quota for waste paper collections reaching 13 480 792 pounds or 106 percent of the 12 691 340 pound quota War Production Board official Herbert C Plagman announced Collections from 18 counties were missing reports and would have raised the state past all prior records if submitted.
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Des Moines
INS
Lowa
Herbert C. Plagman
War Production Board
Plagman
Meeting of United Presbyterians Set For Columbus City
The eighty-fifth Iowa Synod session of the United Presbyterian church will be held Oct 3 4 and 5 in Columbus City. Rev George Kerr of Washington presides and preaches Tuesday. Dr W Bruce Wilson of Pittsburgh discusses The Church and Servicemen Tuesday night. Rev R M McCracken of Crawfordsville leads devotions and Rev Robert A Foster of Keokuk presides. Other speakers include Dr James H Grier Dr Charles L Hussey and President Earle M Collins.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa Synod
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
George Kerr
Washington
W. Bruce Wilson
Pittsburgh
G. E. Campbell
Waterloo
R. M. McCracken
Crawfordsville
Robert A. Foster
Keokuk
James H. Grier
Monmouth College
General Assembly
Charles L. Hussey
Philadelphia
Earle M. Collins
Tarkio College
Death notices for Fred Winter and Albert Holmes
Services were held Monday for Fred Winter 79 lifetime Cedar County resident who died Saturday. No immediate relatives survive. Monticello services were held Monday for Albert Holmes 79 who died Friday at John McDonald hospital. A Spanish American War veteran he is survived by brother Peter Cedar Rapids and two step brothers Sam Butte Montana and Robert Monticello
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Tipton
Fred Winter
Cedar County
Monticello
Albert Holmes
John McDonald Hospital
Peter
Cedar Rapds
Sam
Butte
Mont
Robert
Hutchins to be Honored in Dubuque Ceremony
Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, will be inducted as honorary rector of the University of Dubuque on October 17. His address, The Outlook for Education, will focus on education prospects.
Probe of Railway Wreck Continues in Missouri Valley
Investigators resume phases of the rail crash inquiry after leaving Missouri Valley without statements. Nine people were killed and about 100 injured in the collision. Damage to equipment exceeds 80 thousand dollars with several cars and a locomotive wrecked. Wrecking crew member Emil Olander was injured while clearing debris. Thirty residents remain hospitalized in Council Bluffs as efforts continue.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
Emil Olander
Boone
War Fund Drive Gets Underway in Iowa
DES MOINES UP A campaign to raise 2159801 for the national war fund is underway across Iowa under the Iowa War Chest. Carl Weeks says Iowa starts strong in its second annual drive as counties reach quotas quickly with many aiming to finish within 24 to 48 hours.
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Des Moines
National War Fund
Iowa
Iowa War Chest
Carl Weeks
State Chest
Weeks
Lt Menzo Hatter Speaks At Millersburg Party
Lt. Menzo Hatter, just back from three years overseas, spoke at a service men’s reception in Millersburg. He served in Ireland, England, Iran, and Italy and was wounded three times in the Italian campaign. He will report to Springfield Missouri on Oct 15 for further medical care.
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Millersburg
Menzo Hatter
Ireland
England
Iran
Italy
Hatter
Springfield
Rosefatter
Milburn Barker
Paifie Theater
Charles Barker
Iowa City Officer Missing in Action
First Lt. Donald A. Ohl, son of Mrs., has been missing in action in France since Sept. 11 while serving with Lt. Gen. Patton’s infantry tank forces. He was a University of Iowa journalism graduate and former managing editor of The Daily Iowan, entered service in 1942, and trained at Camp Robinson, Fort Meade, and other bases. A brother Keith studies at the University of Iowa.
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Iowa City
Donald A. Ohl
Orpha
France
War Department
Patton
Ohl
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Daily Iowan
Camp Robinson
Ark
Fort , Ga
Camp Carson
Colo
California
Fort Meade
Keith
The
University of Iowa
Clothing for Russia goal exceeded in state drive
Des Moines campaign chairman A W Blank announced that the goal of 1,500,000 pounds of clothing for Russia was exceeded. He added the collection was considerably in excess of the quota and that more than one million pairs of shoes received were double the quota.
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Des Moines
INS
Russia
A. W. Blank
High Blood Pressure Warns of Dangerous Complications
Warns that untreated hypertension can lead to artery hardening, stroke, paralysis, heart disease, and kidney failure. Claims temporary drugs fail and promotes Ball Clinic’s Health Correction with Excelsior Springs mineral waters as a new treatment yielding daily improvements and longer life.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Devel
Amazing Free Book On High Blood Pressure Clinic Methods
A Serine Mo clinic offers a free instructive book titled High Blood Pressure The Cure Tt explains modern methods to correct basic conditions and bring comfort relief and a new outlook on life. No obligation. Write today to receive the booklet.
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Ball Clinic
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