University Students Barred by Draft Age Change
Iowa City students and university officials reacted to Secretary Stimson's announcement that men in the enlisted reserve corps become subject to service at age 20. Col. H H Slaughter said about 150 juniors and seniors in the program would be affected. freshmen and sophomores remain below draft age. President Hancher awaited official Washington information.
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Iowa City
Stimson
University of Iowa
Office of Student Affairs
Virgil M. Hancher
Washington
H. H. Slaughter
Military Department
Cedar Rapids Navy Prospects Sworn After Physicals
About 30 eastern Iowa men, recruited through Cedar Rapids, pass physicals for U S navy entry. Most will be sworn at a mass induction Sunday at Bever Park at 2 pm, part of Iowa’s token force for the launch of the Iowa battleship. The event includes a band concert and a stamp sales contest among services.
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Moines
U. S. Navy
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Bever Park
Army
Marine Corps
Henry H Joritz
Walker
Alvin K. Wyborny
James D. Sample
Ralph A. Dutton
Strawberry Point
Donald J. Weiland
Iowa Flyer Now a Major Serving RAF Mission in Egypt
Clifton Pen Oleson, former McGregor resident and early Iowa aviation pioneer, has been promoted to major in the U S Army Air Forces. He is believed to be on a special RAF mission in Egypt, having gone there in July. Oleson piloted in World War I at age 18 and later ran the Ottumwa municipal airport before rejoining service with Iowa's 124th Observation Squadron. His wife Esther is also a licensed pilot.
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McGregor
Clifton Pen Oleson
Iowa
U. S. Army Air Forces
Oleson
RAF
Egypt
Ottumwa
Pilot Training Corps
Army
124Th Observation
Des Moines
Fort Leavenworth
Raw
Esther
Catharine Turner
Golden Wedding of Thornburg Couple Observed This Sunday
Mr and Mrs John White of Coal Creek three miles west of Thornburg celebrate their golden wedding on Sunday with open house from 2 to 4 pm They were married September 14 1892 at the Friends meeting house Coal Creek Mrs White nee Sarah Bates Their ages 77 They have seven living children 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren The couple has resided on the same farm since marriage Mr White is active in community affairs and a director of the Keokuk county air project.
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Thornburg
John White
Coal Creek
Edison L
Eddyvil
Edgar B
Bellflower
Calif
Charles T
Gibson
Dwight Griggs
Des Moines
Carl Vollmer
Mukwonago
Wis
Morris
Oskaloosa
Indictment in Tipton Robbery and Related Assault
The Cedar County grand jury discharged until November. Edwin Tracy of Muscatine indicted for robbery and pleaded innocent. A second charge of assault with intent to murder was dismissed for lack of indictment. Tracy, held in Cedar County jail since April, linked to a Tipton robbery of Wilbur Ochiltree.
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Tipton
Ceddar
Edwin Tracy
Muscatine
G. K. Thompson
Tracy
Cedar County
Wilbur Ochiltree
Ochiltree
Ray
D. W. Jackson
Ray Tracy
James Thomas Payton
Syphilis Reactions Among Draftees Rise in Iowa Tests
In fiscal 1941 42 1 72 percent of 73908 selective service specimens in Iowa tested positive for syphilis at the state hygienic lab compared with 1 45 percent of 30265 tests the year before. There were 1278 positive cases this year versus 440 prior year with officials noting group results likely reflect actual prevalence.
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Des Moines
Selective Service System
Iowa Hygienic Laboratory
State Department of Health
Wakefield fire casualty and community notes in Marion
Private First Class Donald E. Benedict, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Benedict, was aboard the naval transport Wakefield when it burned on September 3. Benedict, recovering from a foot injury in Fort Dix hospital, lost all personal belongings. The item also lists engagements, visits, gatherings, and local ads from Marion and Cedar Rapids, including a planned marriage, open house notices, and local business advertisements.
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Donald E. Benedict
Russell Benedict
Fourteenth Avenue
Wakefield
Benedict
A.E.F
Northern Ireland
United States
Tilton General Hospital
Fort Dix
N. J
Henry Buehler
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Jean
Oran Covington
H. A. Covington
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Miss Buehler
McKinley High School
Mr. Covington
Marion High School
Don Heim
Fort Ord
Calif
Wyona Carey
Reed's Sisters Arrive For Homecoming Event
Notable guests travel from Sioux Falls and Indiana Harbor to attend the homecoming of Bill Reed. Separate society items cover the Milwaukee Woman's Club fall season opening, bridge and rummy scores, and new member welcomes. Earl Fulton marries Betty Maxson in Monroe Wisconsin. he recently sang with Stan Stanley orchestra at Delavan Gardens. A home nursing class forms in Marion with 20 enrolled, while New Art Club postpones until Sept 18.
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Memorial Hall
Milwaukee Woman's Club
Co. A Trask
Emil Petrush
Glenn Hempy
Frank Zuhlke
Robert Lowe
O. A. Beerman
Edward Schoech
Elmer Fisher
Richard Bristol
Petruscn
Thomas Costello
Earl Fulton
Charles Fulton
Betty Maxson
Janesville
Wis
Monroe
Fulton
Marion High School
Stan Stanley
Delavan Gardens
Delavan
R. K. Stoddard
J. Franklin
Marion
Robins
Parsons
New Art Club
Clarence Meggers
Forrest Trial on Auto Theft Set for Sept. 28
A Delaware district court in Manchester will summon a jury on Sept. 28 to hear the case of the state versus George W. Forrest charged with stealing an automobile from his brother in law Frank Bishop of the Almoral neighborhood north of Earlville.
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Manchester
Delaware
George W. Forrest
Frank Bishop
Almoral
Earlville
Iowa War Work Not Yet Hampered by Draft Loss
Iowa war production remains steady despite some workers joining the armed forces. Edward A. Kimball says only a few key men have been drafted and officials expect a pinch as selective service widens. Training efforts accelerate to replace skilled labor, while younger men face service obligations and older workers fill key production roles.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Edward A. Kimball
Iowa Industrial and Defense Council
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Kimball
Selective Service
William Barnes
United States Employment Service
Barnes
Francis Pickett Set as Shellsburg Pastor
The Rev Francis Purl Pickett of Minneapolis has accepted a call to lead the Shellsburg Federated church and will attend morning and evening services this Sunday. He is married with two daughters Judith and Abigail and holds degrees from Los Angeles Baptist Seminary and Northwestern Evangelical Seminary. A former missionary in the Belgian Congo from 1935 to 1939, he later served as pastor of the Richfield Community church in suburban Minneapolis.
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Shellsburg
Francis Purl Pickett
Minneapolis
Iowa City School Board Plans Air Raid Procedures
Iowa City public schools report 2109 students this year, down from 2118 last year. Supt Ivor Opstad announced figures at the school board meeting. After debate, it was decided children should remain in school buildings when air raid warnings are issued per civilian defense guidance.
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Iowa City
Ivor A Opstad
Civilian Defense Council
Fairfield trucker changes mind on draft move
Chester Marle Vogt a 27 year old Fairfield resident who previously refused a draft exam told Sheriff Mike Mier he is ready to go to the army any time He said he was made mad by draft officials and declared he was a full blooded German Vogt was arrested by federal agents and jailed in default of $5000 bond
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Ottumwa
Chester Marle Vogt
Fairfield
Mike Mier
Vogt
Cedar Rapids Girl Among Six in WAAC Officer Class
Six Iowa women join 243 WAAC officer candidates to graduate at Fort Des Moines on Saturday. The Cedar Rapids honoree is Elizabeth Louise Flanagan, 21, among six from Iowa including Ruth Woods of Des Moines and Helen Grote of Neola, with others from Council Bluffs Templeton and Greeley.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort Des Moines
Waac Training Center
Ruth Elizabeth Woods
Elizabeth Louise Flanagan
Cedar Rapids
Kola Snyder Gallagher
Council Bluffs
Irene O Galloway
Templeton
Helen C Grote
Neola
Marcella Miller McCue
Greeley
Oldest Postville Resident Dead
Robert F. Hecker Postville’s oldest resident and business man died at 3 30 a m Friday at his home after a two week illness He would have been 91 Nov 15 He ran a carriage and wagon shop later a blacksmith and farm implement business and an auto sales agency for years He was active with his son Robert until recently Born in Baden Germany he came to Indiana then learned carriage making in Dubuque and Davenport He married Mary Hupp Jan 6 1876 and started his Postville business His wife died 16 years ago sons John and Joseph and daughter Mrs Lowell Moody survive Services Sunday at 230 p m at Community Presbyterian Church Burial in Postville Cemetery
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Postville
Robert F. Hecker
Robert
Baden
Germany
Hecker
Lansing
Dubuque
Davenport
Mary Hupp
Hupp
John
Joseph
Here
Lowell Moody
Excelsior
Pettlon Family in Manchester Goes to War
Manchester residents the Pettlons face wartime service across five sons. Orville serves in coast artillery at Fort Worden. Fred trains in radio work at Camp Claiborne. La Norman works in a war plant at Marysville. John begins army exams in Des Moines. Warren, 18, attends a Kansas City school and plans to enlist. Their father works in a Collins Radio war industry job and a son-in-law, Roy Galloway, lives in Cedar Rapids.
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Manchester
Henry O Pettlon
Pettlons
Petilon
Collins Radio
Cedar Rapids
Roy Galloway
Orville Petilon
Miss Corelia Egan Dies Pioneer Woman Lawyer of Iowa
Miss Corelia B. Egan died Thursday in Sioux City at age 82. She was among the first women to practice law in northwest Iowa and led various state women's organizations for many years.
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Sioux City
Corelia B. Egan
Iowa
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