Food Stores Comply With OPA Rulings Des Moines
In Des Moines the OPA district office reported 76 percent of 2306 food stores complied with price and posting rules from the August survey. Of violations, three quarters were posting errors. 1758 stores fully complied with both price and posting rules, 2159 with price, while 206 failed to post fruit and vegetable tags and 1177 failed meat tags.
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Des Moines
OPA
Walker D. Kline
Thursay
Kline
War Price and Rationing Board
Tama County Veterans Committee Convenes
The Tama County Veterans Service committee met for a second time to plan aid for veterans and dependents to secure entitled benefits under the G I bill of rights. Members include Carrie Burley chairwoman and other local leaders from Traer Toledo and surrounding areas.
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Toledo
Tama County
Veterans Service Committee
G. I
Asa Thomas
Burns M. Byyam
Chase E. Gary
Leonard Cherry
Veterans Information and
Foundry Chief O E J Abrahamson Dies at 51
O E J Abrahamson 51 president of Headford Brothers and Hitchins Foundry died Wednesday night after gall bladder operation. City and business circles mourn the Waterloo leader.
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Waterloo
O. E. J. Abrahamson
Headford Brothers and Hitchins Foundry Company
Iowans Hobby: Making Knives for Servicemen
Philip Damon of Ames crafts utility knives from ordinary butcher blades for U S servicemen overseas. He dislikes selling them and gifts each blade to holders of help from friends and family. Damon began after his son David joined the Navy and he improvised a better knife with walnut handle and a marbleized finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
IDPA
Philip Damon
Frank Miles
Iowa Daily Press
Miles
F. M
American Legion
Damon
Charles P. Damon
France
Atlantic
Pacific
Italy
New Guinea
England
David
New
Hebrides
Hopkinton Pair Hattie Livingstone and Harry B Sill Wed in Manchester
Hattie Livingstone and Harry B Sill both of Hopkinton were married in Manchester on Tuesday. The bride and groom obtained a license earlier this week and the ceremony took place in the city.
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Hopkinton
Hattie Livingstone
Harry B. Sill
Manchester
Iowa Births Fall To Peacetime Levels In 1944
Des Moines IA July through July births totaled 25 734 down from 26 435 in 1943 a drop of 701 births in the first seven months of 1944 Iowa vital statistics director Loren E Chancellor cites World War II separations as the main cause for the decline noting prewar totals rose from 45 433 in 1940 to 49 235 in 1942 then eased to 48 209 last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Loren E. Chancellor
Vital Statistics
State Health Department
Chancellor
Prosecutions for Game Violations in 1943 44 in Iowa
Iowa conservation commission reported 635 prosecutions for game violations in the 1943 44 fiscal year with 626 convictions. Fines totaling 17 648 were assessed and violators received 365 days in jail. fines were paid into the county school fund as required by law.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Linn County Board approves tax clearance and property sales
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met August 29 1944 approved minutes August 22 and referred several letters to the county engineer. The board accepted offers to purchase tax deed properties including Belmont Addition Lot 152 Kenwood Park Annex Cedar Rapids and Isbell's 2nd Addition Out Lot A Marion Iowa. Also approved a cash compromise of delinquent taxes from Lewis Rusk and adopted multiple resolutions authorizing deeds and real estate conveyances to Delmar A and Virginia Duvall and to M A Thompson and Bessie Thompson, plus property transfers and notices to depart. Adjourned to September 5 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Mn County
Iowa
Linn
Edar Rapids
Board O Supervisors
Beevell
Petty
Beeson
Seevell
M. G. Bowler
Aye
JC Waddell, Jr
Ray C. Coutts
Emma Blakemore
Scevell
Lewis Rusk
Weeple
Soldiers Relief Commission
Linn County
Belmont
Kenwood Park
Cedar Rapids
Delmar A
Virginia Duvall
C. L. Beeson
G. L. Beeson
Ken Wood Park Annex
Tull
Towit Isbell
Marion
M. A. Thompson
Bessie Thompson
CG. L. Beeson
Isbell
R.R
City of
Towa
Bennett
Helen
18Th Avenue
Polk County
Raccoons Find Scarce Dens Across Iowa Hobbled by Short Quarters
The Iowa State Conservation Commission reports raccoons are increasing while natural living quarters grow scarce. Mother raccoons birth young in haymows, straw piles, corn cribs, and drains as dens decline to a historic low. Authorities note high harvests and expanding artificial den programs. It is illegal to capture raccoons for pets and orphaned kits should be reported to local officers for care.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Lt Charles Campbell Reported Missing in Action
Lt. Charles N. Campbell 21 son of Mr and Mrs Charles C Campbell has been missing in action over Austria since Aug 4 he has been overseas since July 7 and his wife of Houston Texas will visit his parents next week in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Charles N. Campbell
Charles C. Campbell
Austria
Campbell
Army Air Corps
Houston
Texas
Former Elkader Postmaster V L Gilje Dies Suddenly
V L Gilje age 81 a former Elkader postmaster for 22 years died suddenly Tuesday of a heart attack Services were held Thursday in Wagner township Gilje emigrated from Stevanger Norway taught in Decorah parochial schools and worked in a mercantile firm He was appointed postmaster in 1908 and served 1908 12 and 1916 34 Surviving wife two sons Comdr Louis E Gilje overseas with the navy Capt Lorimer Gilje in the adjutant general's Washington office and a daughter Mrs Frank Loufek Cedar Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
V. L. Gilje
Wagner Township
America
Stevanger
Norway
Gilje
Decorah
R. O. Glesne
Teddy Roosevelt
Louis E. Gilje
Navy
Lorimer Gilje
Adjustant General’s Department
Washington, D. C
Frank Loufek
Cedar Rapids
Justifiable homicide verdict in Southside tavern death
A coroner's jury found justifiable homicide in the Aug. 3 death of Omer Anthony Kelly, 27, a Bancroft Iowa Navy athletic instructor, shot five times by Jack Goodman after Kelly allegedly shouted anti-Semitic slurs and struck another man with a chair. Kelly survived by his wife Eileen and a son Thomas.
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Chicago
Omer Anthony Kelly
Bancroft
Jack Goodman
Kelly
Eileen
Wice
Thomas
Blairstown Girl To Teach School In South America
Betty Schoen daughter of Dr and Mrs J F Schoen of Blairstown leaves Chicago for Miami to join a Pan American Clipper flight to Maracaibo Venezuela where she will teach primary and first grade to about 200 pupils most of them oil company children She is a graduate of Blairstown High School and Lindenwood College for Girls and has taught in Ellsberry Missouri and Strawberry Point last year
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Gazette
Blairstown
Betty Schoen
J. F. Schoen
Chicago
Miami
Flia
South America
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Miss Schoen
Blairstown High School
Lindenwood College For Girls
St. Charles
Ellsberry
Strawberry Point
Toledo Airman Wounded in Austrian Bombing Mission
T/Sgt. Richard DuPre of Toledo, an engineer on a B 24 Liberator, was seriously wounded in a bombing raid over Austria after completing his fiftieth mission over southern France on D day. He is hospitalized in Italy and has earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters along with campaign ribbons for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Olive DuPre
Richard DuPre
Austria
France
Italy
DuPre
Germany
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Toledo High School
University of Iowa
Greeley Airman Wins Another Decoration
Lt. Gen George C. Kenney awarded a second bronze Oak Leaf cluster to the Air Medal for S/Sgt Wilfred D. Nichols of Greeley Iowa. The citation notes meritorious achievement during sustained operational flight missions including bombing enemy airfields, installations, and attacks on enemy ships in the South West Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
Wilfred D. Nichols
Greeley
Memorial service for Sgt Donald Akers in Springville
A memorial service for Sgt Donald Akers who was killed in action in Normandy last June 17 will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Springville Methodist Church.
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Springville
Donald Akers
Normandy
Springville Methodist Church
Iowa City Nurse Wins Air Medal
Lt. Retha Opal Rodgers of the army nurse corps receives the Air Medal for service in the European theater. She joined in 1942 and served with the first air evacuation trainees, taking part in Tunisia, Sicily, and Salerno campaigns before stationed in England. Rodgers is a University of Iowa nursing graduate.
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Iowa City
Retha Opal Rodgers
Army Nurse Corps
University Hospital
Rodgers
Africa
Salerno
England
University of Iowa School of Nursing
Captain Payton Wounded in France During War
Captain Robert C. Payton armored infantry was wounded in France August 9. In a message to his parents he says he is in a hospital in England. A 1937 all state football star, he played for the University of Iowa in 1938 and graduated from SUI in 1942. He entered service May 25, 1942 and has been overseas since March 1, 1944.
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Linn County
Iowa
Lewis B. Stanley
Oakdale
Springville
Seainst
Auto Electric Shop
Road Maint
Auto Parts Co
Andrew
Armature Service Co
Bezdek
Baldwin Prank
Benesh Dr F
Iblue Line Chemical Co
Bakerney
Baldwin Frank
Durow
Dewees
Duster Bros Groc
Eakle
Edna
Fiala
Pred
Fegley
J W
Fourth Ave
Gipp William
Goodyear Service
Grauerholtz
Harris
Lura
Hruska
Huttons Grocery
Hearn Stevenson
Heefner and Potter
Holcomb
Handler Motor Co
Holden Kahler Co
International Harvester Co
Inter Ocean Reinsurance Co
Ofc
Keller Co
Walton A
Kness
Roxie
Krejct Bros Grocery
Krejct Bros
Kinney Co
Kudrna Wm J
Klopp Daniel
Levasseur Loule
Mt Vernon
Nassif Sam
Rent Newman's
Nash Finch Co
Bell Tel Co
Dewey
Belle Plaine
Robert C. Payton
Armored Infantry
France
War Department
Robert R. Payton
Payton
England
University of Iowa
SUI
Tipton Couple Celebrate Their Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Kuhn marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house for about 150 friends. The couple, born and married in Franklin, moved to Tipton 44 years ago to run a family variety store. Their son Clarence works with his father, and Mrs. Kuhn helps in the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
L. F. Kuhn
Clarence W. Kuhn
Stanley Schlick
Kuhn
Clarence
Clyde
Des Moines Fire Station From 1907 Set for Auction
Des Moines city officials announced that a fire station built in 1907 will be auctioned. The station was abandoned in 1938 and has been vacant since 1943 when the NYA entity dissolved. The building is valued at about 16000 dollars.
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Des Moines
NYA
Elkader Sisters Enlist in Waves
Elizabeth and Marjory Witt of El kader have joined the Waves and will report at Hunter College in New York City around November 1. Elizabeth, a State Teachers college graduate, taught in Cedar Rapids and served as primary supervisor in Midland Washington schools. Marjory, a University of Iowa graduate, taught English at Midland and previously taught at Colesburg and Northwood.
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Elizabeth
Marjory Witt
Gazette
Elkader
William Witt
The
Waves
Hunter College
New York City
Elizabeth Witt
State Teachers College
Cedar Rapids
Midland
Wash
University of Iowa
Colesburg
Northwood
Iowa GOP Women Headed to National Meeting in Louisville
Nine members of the Iowa council of Republican women travel to Louisville Kentucky to attend the National Federation of Republican Women’s convention. Participants include Mrs. R. R. Roberts Britt president, with Mary Humes ton Albia J B Judd Vinton Irving Knouse Davenport W S Pritchard Garner Helen Vernon Fairfield Gertrude Wilharm Sumner C D Moody Nora Springs and Mae Neil Davenport.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Louisville
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
R. R. Roberts
Britt
Iowa Council
Mary Humeston
Albia
J. B. Judd
Vinton
Irving Knouse
Davenport
W. S. Pritchard
Garner
Helen Vernon
Fairfield
Gertrude Wilharm
Sumner
C. D. Moody
Nora Springs
Mae Neil
Jones County jurors listed for September term court
Anamosa and surrounding towns announce the jurors summoned for the Jones County September term with Judge Floyd Philbrick presiding. Names include Betty Atkinson Percy Bray Clifford Crow Ernest Dirks Bessie Embree Hazel Grim and others across Anamosa Monticello Oxford Junction Wyoming Center Junction Onslow Olin Monmouth Cascade Stone City Martelle Scotch Grove Hale and more.
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Anamosa
Jones County District Court
Floyd Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
Betty Atkinson
Percy Bray
Clifford Crow
Ernest Dirks
Bessie Embree
Hazel Grim
G. B. Kinser
Harold Larson
Phyllis Lister
Robert Livingston
Jennie Pland
Edith Russell
Ella Sampica
Leroy Skeels
William Steenhoek
Wilma Westphal
Geneva Zeigler
James White
Wyoming
Austin Allen
John Allen
Albert Buck
J. C. O’hara
Merton Pence
Clayton Sherrill
Claire Westphal
Center Junction
E. A. Andrews
Geo. Andrews
M. P. Paulsen
Onslow
Imogene Briggs
Stanley Eichhorn
Edna Hamilton
Mary Carol Hanwardson
Bennie Keating Olin
Margaret Brown
Ray Grassfield
Floyd Groth
Audrey McCormick
Etta E. Taylor
Monmouth
C. P. Fayram
Cascade
Melvin Green, Harry Manternach
John Mar
Ion
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Tama County Veterans Committee
Phillips Clay EB Jr
Pioneer Litho Co
Peschau Dr
S E
Peoples Groce & Mkt
Peoples Groc & Mkt
Physicians Exchange
Padzensky's
Prentice-Hall Inc
Risk Groc Ferris
Standard Oil Co. Co
Home Gas and Co. S
Swift & Co. Co
Home
Shaffer Harold
Thomas Gee C
Constable Fees
Trzil_L J. poor
van Meter Co. Ctose
Vorel Elmer _M
Vorpahl
Vorpahl Dr RA
Walbrand A H
Sal & Mil
Waddle Grocery
Wiggins Irene
Washburn Carl
Zachar Bros
Co. L. Beeson
Otto H. Hanzlik
Charles Campbell
Towan
Baker
Second
R. C. Payton
Catt. Payton
Jones County
Monticello
Rudolph Ambuehl
Geo. Balster
Neilly Cashen
Chris Decker
Frank Eiler
Mary Gesse
Siegfred Guyan
George Harford
Joseph A. Holub
Jane Long
Lillie Matthiessen
Grace Rogers
John Robertson
John G. Schoon
Oxford Junction
John Burda, Jr
Louis Buresh
Freeman Ethridge
Lea Lasack
Raymond Mizaur
Tillie Pashek
Chas. J. Quirk
Stone City
Clarence Healy
Walter Rowen
Martelle
Don Meeksy
Scotch Grove
Pearl Naylor
Hale
C. M. Paulsen
Gruen and Bulova
Star Jewelry CO
Second Street
Sunkist
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