Des Moines OPA attorney dies of polio at 43
Donald D. Holdoegel 43 Des Moines district OPA enforcement attorney died Monday night in a Des Moines hospital from infantile paralysis He had worked the day before his hospitalization and had taken only a one week vacation in three years He is survived by his wife and mother services will be held in Des Moines Thursday with burial at Rockwell City He led the district since 1942 and his death prompted praise from Walter I Kline director of the district.
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Des Moines
Donald D. Holdoegel
OPA
Holdoegel
Ferne Holdoegel
University of Iowa
Harvard
Ore. Perry, Bannister and
Walter I. Kline
Iowa
Don Holdoegel
Fire Damages Roof as 80 Cases Whisky Explode at Millean Home
In Fort Dodge authorities report a Sunday kitchen roof fire led to explosions from 80 cases of out of state whisky stored in a second floor bedroom. Fire chief notified police. Millean was later released on a $1000 bond.
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Fort Dodge
John Millean
Millean
Eastern Iowa War Casualties
Mrs Arlene Gunder Bell of Toledo reports her husband Lt Col Miller A G Bell was killed in action March 3 1943. He died after taking off in a fighter and being shot down over the Pacific after 10 minutes. He received the Purple Heart Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross three Oak Leaf clusters and the Cross of Valor. Bell was an instructor at the Electronic Radio Television Institute in Omaha and has a daughter Melody Carol Bell.
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Toledo
Arlene Gunder Bell
Miller A. G. Bell
Army Air Force
Bell
Pacific Ocean
T. V. Gunder
West Union Soldier Wounded In Action In France
Mrs. Ralph E Robertson receives notice that Lt Ralph Robertson was wounded in action on September 18 and is hospitalized in France. He is the son of Mrs A A Robertson of West Union and entered service two years ago, overseas since May.
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West Union
Ralph E. Robertson
Ralph Robertson
France
Robertson
A. A. Robertson
Oxford Junction Soldier Wounded in Italy
Sargent Chauncey Moore twenty six son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Moore was wounded on September seventeenth in Italy and is now hospitalised He has been overseas since last December
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Oxford Junction
Chauncey Moore
Leonard Moore
Italy
Tragedy Strikes James Deimerly Farm As Tractor Overturns
Paul Henry aged 39 died when a caterpillar tractor he drove overturned on a gravel pit bank on the James Deimerly farm east of here. His wife, seated in a car nearby, witnessed the incident.
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Clarion (Ap
Paul Henry
James Deimerly
Here
Cornell Navy Flight School at Cornell College Disbanded
The naval flight preparatory school on the Cornell college campus in Mt. Vernon was decommissioned after 20 months of operation. The last 42 cadets departed for the navy pre flight school at Iowa City as officers and enlisted personnel received new assignments across bases in Norfolk Florida California and other locations. Approximately 3 000 cadets completed training since opening January 7 1943.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Naval Flight Preparatory School
Navy
Iowa City
D. E. Smith
Edmonton
Okla
Totten P. Heffelfinger
Norfolk
Ross Hutton
Jacksonville
Fla
C. J. Blythe
Shoemaker
Calif
Lynn Clark
San Francisco
Loren Miller
Cornell
Earl Fussell
Yeoman
Miami
Logan Turner
Wade W. Jenkins
Seaman
Daytona Beach
Sheriff Probes Poisoning Attempt Against Iowa Family Near Griswold
Sheriff Henry Jordan investigated an apparent attempt to kill farm residents near Griswold. Mr and Mrs Pete Eisel and Carl Holldorf were made violently ill after eating poisoned sugar, catsup and peaches while the family was away. Mrs Holldorf did not eat the foods and survived. State lab tests were planned. Eisel, Cass county supervisor, said no motive could be ascribed.
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Atlantic
INS
Henry Jordan
Griswold
Jordan
Pete Eisel
Carl Holldorf
State Laboratory
Eisel
Cass County Board of Supervisors
Iowan Bags Third Deer With a Bow and Arrow
McGregor hunter Jack Slyfield bags his third bow deer in three years during a first hunt of the Wisconsin season at Potter's Marsh near Black River Falls. He shoots 31 yards, the deer dies instantly, and the group dines on venison that night. Slyfield hopes to bag a bear next, and notes WBH pin membership with the Wisconsin Bow Hunters' association.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Jack Slyfield
Wisconsin
Slyfield
Potter’s Marsh
Black River Falls
Art Friedlund
Len Schultz
Prairie du Chien
Wis
WBH
Bow Hunters’ Association
Madison
Help for Kula family sought in Marion
Marion residents donate bedding and clothing for the James Kula family displaced by a recent fire that destroyed the farm tenant house. Contributions may be taken to Bill's fire shop at 1257 Seventh avenue. The Kulas include a 4 year old daughter and a 2 year old son, with another child expected. The father has been ill recently.
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Kula
Marion
James Kula
Bill
Seventh Avenue
Kulas
Henrietta Robinson
Clatterbuck Son Wounded in France and Grimms Burial
Mr and Mrs George Clatterbuck of Springville were told their son Pvt Eugene D Clatterbuck was seriously wounded on September 17 in France and is in a hospital behind the lines. Mr and Mrs William Luedemann have returned from Wyoming with the body of Mrs Luedemanns father Harry Grimm for burial. Grimm died October 5 at the IOOF home in Mason City.
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George Clatterbuck
Springville
Pvt
Eugene D. Clatterbuck
France
William Luedemann
Wyoming
Wedding Invitations Turned on Fort Custer Soldier
Pfc. Kenneth Losey of Fort Custer Michigan will wed Miss Eileen O’Daner at 9 am Thursday at St Cecelia Detroit. Losey once lived with the Burch family who now own a Cedar Rapids home.
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Charles Burch
Pfc
Kenneth Losey
Fort Custer
Mich
Eileen O’danyer
St. Cecelia Church
Detroit
Losey
Burches
Postal and publication details of The Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 and published daily and Sunday by The Gazette Company at 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It entered second class matter June 18 1932 at Cedar Rapids post office. Rates include carrier weekly 25 cents mail yearly six months three months and other regional pricing. Also lists Allen Klapp Company addresses in Chicago New York Detroit and a note on wire services and republication rights.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Iowa
Iowa Marriages And Engagements
Iowa couples announce marriages and engagements across towns. Oelwein's Pvt. Hagge weds Mary Jane Zillhardt in Reading as he returns from 29 months in the Pacific. Delta and Rose Hill report vows. others unite in Oxford Junction and Dundee with local families cited.
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Oelwein
Donald J. Hagge
Carl F. Wagner
Mary Jane Zillhardt
Reading
Hagge
Pacific Area
Delta
Christine Root
Rex Root
Rose Hill
Clayton Crill
Howard Crill
Christian Church
Oxford Junction
Catherine Carrington
Joseph Carrington
J. Bart Gilroy
James E. Gilroy
Lost Nation
Sacred Heart Church
Belle Plaine
G. W. Yavorsky
Marion
Dan V. Martin
United States Navy
Solon
Joe Sullivan
Iowa City
Irene
Cedar Rapids
William Zenishek
Vernon Kent
St. Mary’s Church
Tech
Zenishek
India
China
Manchester
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Dundee
Elnora Mae Vierow
Ernest Vierow
Alfred H. Kueker
W. D. Kueker
Tripoli
Man 42 Killed By Train Near Mechanicsville
Dennis P. Keane 42 identified by papers found on his person after a Chicago and North Western passenger train struck him two miles east of Mechanicsville. He had Newark New Jersey birth date April 12 1902 and Navy discharge. He previously worked in San Francisco and had a relation named Josephine Keane. Body taken to McCormick funeral home Tipton as authorities seek contact.
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Tipton
Dennis P. Keane
Mechanicsville
Chicago and North Western
Keane
Navy
Newark
N. J
San Francisco
Josephine Keane
McCormick Funeral Home
Shoe Man Accused of Breaking Sabbath in Des Moines
Paul Wilson, who runs a shoe repair shop in Des Moines, was charged with desecration of the Sabbath for working on Sunday. The case was filed in municipal court by Russell Sage, who lives above the shop and said the noise kept him from sleeping.
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Des Moines
Paul Wilson
Russell Sage
Sage
Anthony T. Renda
Sigourney Clothier Leo Pfaff Dies of Heart Attack
Sigourney Leo Pfaff 61 clothier died Monday night of a heart attack while listening to a radio program. He helped reroute and publicize primary route 92 and worked in the family clothing business with his father and brother. He is survived by his wife two sons Frank Pfaff Cedar Rapids and Major Thornton Pfaff New York City and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements await arrival of Major Pfaff.
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the Gazette
Sigourney
Leo Pfaff
Sigourney Clothier
Pfaff
Frank Pfaff
Lonnie
Cedar Rapids
Major Thornton Pfaff
New York City
Major Pfaff
Iowa Parents Group Debates Home Based Postwar ROTC
Iowa City leader L C Crawford proposes that postwar youth receive a year's military training at home through an expanded high school ROTC program. Currently Iowa has two high school ROTC units, in Davenport and Council Bluffs, with broader adoption under consideration by the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers.
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Iowa
P.T.A
L. S. Munford
Council Bluffs
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
F. R. Kenison
Madrid
INS
L. C. Crawford
Iowa City
Davenport
Twin Brothers Earn Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster
Sgt. Robert C. Green, 19, of Marion Route One, has completed 13 combat missions over Europe and received an Oak Leaf cluster to his Air Medal. A tail gunner on a B 17 based in England, he is joined by twin brother Pvt. William C. Green in Hawaii with an anti aircraft unit. The brothers, who entered service in September 1943, both attended Toddville high school. Their father served overseas in World War I.
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Europe
Robert C. Green
Charles E. Green
Route One
Marion
Sgt
Green
England
Pvt
William C. Green
Hawaii
Toddville High School
Iowa City Union Club Beer Permit Revoked After Raid
The Central Labor Union club beer permit was revoked by the Iowa City city council Monday night after police found six slot machines and 34 bottles of liquor bearing Illinois seals during a raid on the club.
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Iowa City
Central Labor Union
Illinois
Clinton Man Killed By His Own Truck
Fred Humphrey a 50 year old Clinton resident and house mover died when his truck slid off a gravel road. Coroner said the door flew open and the wheels ran over him as he fell from the vehicle. A neighbor found Humphrey with the motor running and lights on.
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Clinton
Fred Humphrey
Here
Fred B. Morgan
Humphrey
Norman Schwartz
Antiphlogistine Poultice Relief for Chest Cold and Sprains
Moist heat from ANTIPHLOGISTINE poultice eases cough and chest tightness from chest cold. It reduces bronchial irritation and sore throat and also relieves pain and stiffness from simple sprains bruises or strains. Available in tube or can at retail outlets.
Graham Hutton Speaks on Winning the Peace at Cornell
Graham Hutton of Chicago Western Director of British Information Service spoke at the Cornell college chapel. He urged that the big task is to win the peace and make it stick, noting democracies face future challenges for both present and younger generations. He warned modern inventions bring both good and evil and called for institutional changes to keep pace with technical advances.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Graham Hutton
Chicago
British Information Service
Hutton
Cono Center Church Marks 50th Anniversary Week
The Cono Center Presbyterian church near Rowley celebrates its fiftieth anniversary the week of October 15 to 22 with nightly services except Saturday. Dr. Evan D. Welsh of Wheaton College will speak, and a flag dedication for servicemen will occur at the Sunday service. The church, founded by Capt. A. R. O'Brien, will feature nightly music and multiple Sunday services.
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Rowley
Cono Center Presbyterian Church
Walker
Orin Graff
Evan D. Welsh
College Church
Wheaton
James Veneklasen
Cone Center
A. R. O’brien
Hills Bros perfects roast with continuous controlled method
Coffee experts praise Hills Bros for a continuous roasting process that delivers uniform flavor. The method keeps temperature and speed constant while controlling the small, steady addition of beans to ensure each batch is roasted to the same standard.
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Hills Bros
Hills Bros. Coffee
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Kline
Iowa Daily Press
LT. Robertson
Sgt. Moore
Cornell Navy Flight School
U.S. Steel
United States Steel
Marion News
George Carlyle
Frank R. Marek
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Marek
James Dean
Anamosa
Eighth Avenue
Jerry Kusler
Oceanside
Fred Kuslers
Twelfth Street
Edwin Plotz, Jr
Holland
Frank Tudeen
Owen
H. M. Howe
Bud” Howe
South Pacific
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Ninth Street
D. C. Stewart
Lewayne Howe
Camp Meade, Md
Pyt. Stewart
Pvt. Clatterbuck
Marjorie Castle
Washington Avenue SE
George Kolda
Milwaukee Woman's Club
I. L. Mann
Robert Mann
Lyle McConaughy
Fort Worth
Texas
Eugene McConaughys
Wendover
Mass
Kathleen Newman
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Arthur Newmans
P. F. Schultz
Marcus Bach
School of Religion
Methodist Church
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
New York
New Center Ridg
Media Records
A.N
Cition
Robert Green
Iowa City Labor Union
Cono Center
Marvene
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