Senate to Probe Expanded Use of Tinless Cans for Food
Senator Guy Gillette announced hearings to explore wider use of all fiber plastic lined cans for food packaging. Albert Robbins outlined a secret formula, with MacMillan Petroleum offering to share rights and process details. The War Production Board also banned metal oil cans for civilian use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guy Gillette
D-a
Senate Agriculture
Gillette
Albert A. Robbins
Raymond S. MacMillan
MacMillan Petroleum Corporation
Los Angeles
Calif
Ralph Davies
MacMillan
Robbins
War Production Board
Miller Heads Army Recruiting in Iowa
Capt. Floyd R. Miller arrives in Des Moines to take charge of army recruiting in Iowa replacing Capt. Robert Jacques transferred to Camp Carson. Miller will be joined next month by his wife Edith Clock of Hampton Iowa and his daughter Jeanne Frances a University of Nebraska junior.
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Des Moines
Floyd R. Miller
Omaha
Iowa
Robert Jacques
Camp Carson
Colo
Miller
Edith Clock
Hampton, Ta
Jeanne Frances
University of Nebraska
Induction Despondent Farmer Dies by Self-Inflicted Shot
Dwight Walker a 27 year old Danville Illinois farmer was found dead near his parents home after shooting himself in the head with a 12 gauge shotgun Officials said he was despondent over impending army induction expected Sept 22 Des Moines county coroner R O Giles investigated the death
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Burlington
Llp
Dwight Walker
Danville
R. O. Giles
Des Moines
Giles
Walker
Ol' Man River Yields a Whale Catfish in McGregor Nets
Frank Hill and his son John fish the Iowa river near McGregor. They haul a 55 pound catfish from their nets, calling it the biggest of the summer and recalling larger 80 to 100 pounders from past seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ol‘ Man
the Gazette
McGregor
Frank Hill
John
Johnny
Bluffs Police Face Quiet Iowa Blackout Test
Council Bluffs police reported an unusually quiet night during the Iowa blackout drill with police and civilian defense officials calling the test 100 percent successful. The desk sergeant described the night as the quietest ever, and overall operations ran smoothly.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Iowa
Barfoed names deputy sheriff in Marengo term
Marengo Iowa county board fills vacancy by appointing Guy H. Schroll as deputy sheriff for the unexpired term ending January 1. The resignation of Bert Long created the vacancy.
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Marengo
Iowa County Board of Supervisors
Guy H. Schroll
Bert Long
Mattie Marley Celebrates 50 Years Teaching in Earlville
Miss Mattie Marley of Earlville marks a half century in the same first grade room at the Earlville public school. Her career began in Burr Oak country school in 1892 and includes four decades in the same building with generations of pupils.
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Mattie Marley
Earlville
Clarence Cox
Manchester
Marley
Burr Oak School
Navy promotes Maquoketa sailor for wartime service
Merlin James Murray 31 of Maquoketa Indiana has been advanced to chief machinist's mate for carrying out his assignment under difficult circumstances while in action against the enemy. The navy commended his ingenuity and perseverance in maintaining machinery during a war patrol. His wife lives in Tucumcari New Mexico.
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Washington
Navy
Merlin James Murray
Maquoketa
Murray
Tucumcari
N. M
Dr Hess Commissioned in Army Medical Corps at West Union
West Union reports Dr A M Hess has been commissioned as first lieutenant in the army medical corps and will depart soon. Dr Edwin Walsh of Hawkeye will take over his practice. Hess has practiced in West Union two years with Mrs Hess and two young sons. Vinton notes Red Cross kit bag tag day sales in Waukon raised 192 dollars.
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West Union
A M. Hess
Army Medical Corps
Edwin Walsh
Hawkeye
Hess
Vinton
Red Cross
Waukon
Witnesses Man Held on Induction Evasion Charge
Gerald Keyte 24 of Barnes City was arraigned in Ottumwa on failure to report for army induction under the selective service act. He said he is a Jehovahs Witness. Summoned twice, the last on August 8, he is held in the county jail on $5,000 bond awaiting federal grand jury action on September 16.
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Ottumwa
INS
Gerald Keyte
Barnes City
Keyte
Jehovah's Witnesses
Wilber Dull
Selectees Report to Des Moines for Army Camps
West Union group of selectees bound for Des Moines on Friday for assignment to camps includes Elwood P Aeschliman Warren Rueber Conrad Curtis Oscar Andreae Francis Baldwin Lawrence Bathke Fay Church Warren Weger James Gilbert William Bartels Robert Malven Clifford Becker Richard Johnson Everett McNulty LaVerne Rose Leland Heldt John Becker Charles Brodie William Crowe Eldon Schmidtke Chester Eggert Donald Granne man George Mueller Henry Pfeiffer Delmar Sorge and others from West Union Oelwein Hawkeye Elgin Randalia Newport area.
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West Union
Des Moines
Elwood P. Aeschliman
Chicago
Warren D Rueber
Clinton
Conrad J. Curtis
Hawkeye
Oscar S. Andreae
Arlington
Francis T. Baldwin
Wadena
Lawrence D
Bathke
Oran
Fay W. Church
Sumner
Warren H. Weger
James H. Gilbert
Clermont
William A. Bartels
Robert D. Malven
Maynard
Clifford A. Becker
Richard A. Johnson
Everette V. McNulty
LaVerne A Rose
Leland E. Heldt
Donnan
John C. Becker
Charles M Brodie
William D. Crowe
Eldon K. Schmidtke
Chester H. Eggert
Oelwein
Donald R Granneman
George H W. Mueller
Elgin
Henry M. Pfeiffer
Fayette
Delmar E. Sorge
Randalia
Obituary notices from Edgewood West Liberty and Independence
Funeral services were held for Mrs Mary White 87 at Platt Funeral Home Edgewood with burial at Edgewood cemetery. She died Saturday after six weeks illness born Ottawa Indiana March 28 1855 married Myron White October 20 1881 later lived Minot North Dakota Spokane Washington and had three sons and grandchildren. West Liberty funeral plans for Mrs Emmett Buckman 63 former Carrie Eves with long Quaker and Presbyterian church involvement and two children and four siblings. J W Clendennen 88 retired Independence farmer died after years as an invalid with funeral at Hedge Funeral Home and Oak Grove cemetery.
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Edgewood
Mary White
Platt
Thomas H. Smith
Trinity Methodist Church of
White
Mary Bailey
Ottawa
Myron White
Clayton County
Iowa
Marvin White
Minot
N. D
Alfred
Albert White
Spokane
Wash
West Liberty
Emmett Buckman
Carrie Eves
Millville
Grace Confer
Williamsport
Roy Eves
Pittsburgh
Wesley Eves
Seward
Arthur Eves
South Range
Wis
Oscar Eves
Helen Jean
Independence
J. W. Clendennen
Mr. Clendennen
Butler County
Pennsylvania
William Clendennen
Greeley
Carrie E. Waite
Delaware County
Fayette
Buchanan
Lamont
Hedge
H. H. Dill
Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Traffic Deaths in Record Iowa Drop for August
Iowa highway fatalities fell by fifty five in August from the year before marking the largest monthly decrease in the department's history. August saw 24 deaths versus 79 a year earlier while July this year had 42 deaths. Through eight months total deaths were 269, down 90 from 359 in the same period of 1941. injuries fell by 2,684 to 4,450 from 7,134.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Public Safety
Department
Freeze Order Gets Iowans Out of Debt
Iowa reports show substantial debt liquidation this year with frozen charge accounts shrinking to a negligible level by August 10. Merchants noted only 16 to 20 percent of customers defaulted after July 10 restrictions. State banking data reveal banks’ loans fell by 10.5 million while deposits rose by 26.0 million in the six months ending June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Banking Department
Des Moines Fire Chief, Preacher in Deadlock Over Duties
Reverend Howard L. Stanbrough and Fire Chief Charles L. Slade clash as Stanbrough refuses to abandon preaching while serving as a Des Moines firefighter. Slade issues a writ ten order demanding Stanbrough stop any occupation outside department work or face discharge. Stanbrough vows not to lay down his Bible and plans to preach next Sunday.
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DES Moines
Howard L. Stanbrough
Charles L. Slade
Stanbrough
Slade
Fire Department
Teacher Shortage Forces Iowa Schools to Drop Commercials
DES MOINES AP says Iowa schools will skip teaching commercial subjects this year due to a serious shortage of commercial teachers. Deputy state superintendent J. P. Street notes commercial teachers are practically non existent and that science and mathematics also face shortages as many men join war industries or the armed forces. West Union reports the marriage of Miss Lovella Dibble of Clermont and Gordon Shepard of West Union at 2 pm with limited attendants. The bride studied at Iowa State Teachers College and Upper Town University and taught in Fayette and Atlantic schools. the groom, a Woodbury College graduate, has freelanced writing and worked in Los Angeles publishers. The couple left for the West after the ceremony.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. P. Street
Street
West Union
Lovella Dibble
E.H Dibble
Clermont
Gordon Shepard
Clare Shepard
W. H. Mitchell
Methodist Parsonage
Jack
Jane Dibble
Iowa State Teachers College
Clermont High School
It Is 1 A For All But Those With Most Serious Defects
Des Moines AP reports that men with hernia, syphilis or diabetes will be listed as 4-F, ineligible for any military service. Lieut. Col. Robert S Shane says the state aims to present less severe cases to the armed forces for final decision. The change removes class 1-B and directs boards to evaluate doubts about defects locally.
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Des Moines
Robert S Shane
State Selective Service Headquarters
Shane
Rietz Quits as Head Of Math Department At Iowa University
Prof Henry Lewis Rietz resigns as head of the University of Iowa mathematics department. Roscoe Woods will serve as acting chair. The announcement also lists new appointments and promotions across several departments including history religion psychology psychiatry commerce and zoology with multiple faculty moves.
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Rietz
Iowa University
Iowa City
Henry Lewis Rietz
University of Iowa
Roscoe Woods
Troyer Anderson
Swarthmore College
David C. Shipley
Yale
Joseph B. Code
Catholic University
Washington
School of Religion
Willard J. Poppy
Earl O. Culver
Armel Dyer
Philip Guston
Himie Voxman
H. W. Saunders
C. Addison Hickman
Elmer C. Lundquist
James A. Jacobs
Iowa Doctors Serve in Wartime Armed Forces Reach 452
Iowa faces a doctor shortage as Lieut. Col. Robert S. Shane reports 452 of about 2,600 state physicians are in the armed forces. An additional 100 to 150 have commissions on file, with Polk county listing 78 serving. By year end about 600 Iowa doctors are expected in uniform. Civilian needs may be met with 600 in service, but more would strain supply. Dentists — about 200 of 1,600 — have received commissions, with younger dentists prioritized. Some doctors still in private practice provide free surgical care to eligible servicemen.
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DES Moines
Robert S. Shane
Selective Service System
Iowa
Polk County
Shane
State Medical Society
C. S. Foster
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Dental Society
Armed Services
Foster
Mercer named director of civilian defense training in Iowa City
Willis Mercer chosen by Johnson county civilian defense council to succeed H J Jennings as director of civilian defense training. Jennings leaves to join the army air corps this week. Mercer previously served on the Iowa City CD corps general staff and organized personnel in schools and public facilities. Funeral services held for Len Plum aged 65 with burial at Oakland cemetery. Nurses eligible to become instructors urged to attend two day Red Cross institute led by Ruby Caldwell at Westlawn classrooms.
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Iowa City
Willis Mercer
Johnson County
Civilian Defense Council
H J Jennings
Jennings
Army Air Corps
Mercer
Civilian Defense Corps
Kenneth M Dunlop
H. F Willenbrock
Erling Thoen
Mason Ladd
Roscoe Taylor
Len Plum
Raymond Ludwigson
The
Christian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Westlawn
Ruby Caldwell
American Red Cross
First aid class completes tests in Scotch Grove
Nineteen of a 21 member first aid class passed tests Monday evening. The course was taught by Miss Ann Dushanek and Joe Barron of Monticello.
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Scotch Grove
Ann Dushanek
Joe Barron
Monticello
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