Northeast Iowa Teachers Converge in Cedar Rapids
The forty sixth convention of the northeast division of the Iowa State Teachers association will be held in Cedar Rapids on September 28 and 29. K W Johnson of Independence is president with representation from Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar, Clayton, Chickasaw, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Jackson, Linn, Mitchell and Winneshiek counties.
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Iowa State Teachers Association
Cedar Rapids
K. W. Johnson
Independence
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Cedar
Clayton
Chickasaw
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Floyd
Howard
Jackson
Prose Linn
Mitchell
Winneship
West Branch Plans For War Memorial
Sixty two residents met in the municipal hall to organize a memorial fund for World War II veterans in West Branch. Mayor H L Moorhead presided with Glen Brown as secretary. A $20 000 fund is planned as the nucleus for a permanent memorial with an executive board named H A Johnson, chairman, L D Reinbrecht, O O Yoder, F W Hinkhouse, A F Anderson and T M Davis. The committee will work with veterans of the current war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
H. L. Moorhead
Glen Brown
H. A. Johnson
L. D. Reinbrecht
O. O. Yoder
F. W. Hinkhouse
A. F
Self-Styled Hero Is Sent to Prison
William H. Welch, 19, known as a self-styled war hero, was sentenced by Federal Judge Charles E. Dewey to six months in a federal penitentiary for illegally wearing a military uniform. He was arrested in Clarinda, Iowa, Aug. 24 after authorities grew suspicious of his inconsistent war stories.
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Des Moines
William H. Welch
Charles E. Dewey
Tentiary
Clarinda
Winners Treated by Musical Literary Club Hosts
The delinquents of the Musical Literary club entertained the winners Monday at dinner at Mrs. Gilbert Voorhies home. Four tables were centered with tea flower bouquets and musical guessing games were coordinated by Mrs. Albert E Bragg.
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Musical Literary Club
Gilbert Voorhies
Albert E. Bragg
Local Marion News Briefs Highlight Military and Community Events
Joe Cira returns home from San Diego after a navy discharge and recent operation. Advertises help wanted on a milk route and creamery work at Marion Dairy. Lt. Charles Joiner of Courtland, Alabama, visiting. Marion hosts family dinner. Pfc. Vernon Kohl heads overseas from Camp Pendleton. wife to join in Oskaloosa. Fire Chief Edward repairs Marion station bell. Obituary notice for Joseph Armstrong. Ivan Gillmore undergoes surgery at Mercy Hospital.
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Marion Dairy
G. L. Martin
Fifth Avenue
Charles Joiner
Courtland
Ala
Dewitt H. Kohl
Thirteenth Street
Marine Pfc
Vernon “Bud” Kohl
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marion
Oskaloosa
Fred Davis
Edward
Local Social Notes Highlight Cedar Rapids Wedding Plans
Mrs. Fern Anthes hosted a Tuesday gathering for 20 at her northeast Marion area home to honor Esther Austin of Cedar Rapids who will wed Harold Thompson of Marion Friday. Cripps-Dunlap family reunion set for Sunday at Beverpark Cedar Rapids. Marine Pvt. Neville now at Camp Pendleton. Numerous travels and illness notes from Marion and surrounding area.
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Fern Anthes
Esther Austin
Cedar Rapids
Harold Thompson
Marion
Cripps-Dunlap
Beverpark
Ed Neville
Jimmie
Harry B. Jones
Marine Pvt. Neville
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Local servicemen and real estate moves shared in Jefferson Barracks area
Pvt. Charles Maroshek returns Thursday to Jefferson Barracks Missouri after furlough with his wife and children. Charles Trask and W F Cooney bought Ed Daigle house at 895 Ninth Street with the Cooney family moving in Tuesday. Aviation Radioman (3/c) Frank Luse en route from DeLand Florida to San Diego visits his parents Mr and Mrs Francis E Luse.
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Pvt
Charles Maroshek
Jefferson Barracks
Charles Trask
W. F. Cooney
Ed Daigle
Ninth Street
Cooney
Aviation
Frank Luse
DeLand, Fla
San Diego
Francis E. Luse
Eastern Iowa War Casualties
Private Sidney Steadman was wounded in action in France on August 26 and is listed as in a hospital in England recovering from a broken left leg. The message was received by his wife via the War Department.
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Hawkeye
Pvt
Sidney Steadman
France
War Department
Steadman
England
Son’s Amputation After Saipan Wound at Mare Island
Mrs Laura Richards learns her 19 year old son William had the amputation of his right leg and is confined at Mare Island Hospital California. He served two years in the navy and was wounded in the Battle of Saipan.
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U. S. Navy
Arthur E. Haycraft
J. E. Haycraft
Route 1
Iowa City
Aleutians
Paramushiro
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Haycraft
Leslie E. Gehres
Fleet Air Wing
Victor
Laura Richards
William
Mare Island Hospital
California
Navy
Richard
Saipan
Wyoming Historical Society Names Three Officers
Mrs. S. G. Hutton Mrs. Nettie Wherry and Miss Harriet Alden were elected to act in official capacity on all matters pertaining to the Wyoming Historical Society.
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Wyoming
S. G. Hutton
Nettie Wherry
Harriet Alden
Wyoming Historical Society
Beall Sells West Union Weeklies in Iowa
Mrs Blanche M Beall announced by word the sale of the West Union Argo Gazette and the Hawkeye Beacon to K C Crabb of Grinnell. The Argo was acquired in 1907 by the Bealls and merged with the Gazette in 1910. Walter H Beall died last May and Mrs Beall has since run both papers.
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Mrs
Blanche Beall
West Union
Hawkeye
Argo-Gazette
K. C. Crabb
Grinnell
Blanche M. Beall
West Union Argo
Tipton Vernon Nelson fined for passing school bus
Vernon Nelson, a Tipton truck driver, pled guilty on Tuesday to passing a Bennett Consolidated school bus transporting passengers a half mile east of Bennett. He was fined $50 and costs. Anamosa Knights of Columbus rented James Connelly’s building upstairs to convert it into a lodge and recreation room in anticipation of postwar growth.
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Tipton
Vernon Nelson
Monmouth
Bennett Consolidated
Bennett
Anamosa
Knights of Columbus
James Connelly
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promoted For Digestive Ease
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick aid to digestion by stimulating digestive flow. It claims relief from indigestion in minutes and urges readers to buy at drugstores for 10 or 25 cents.
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Carter
Nature
Convicts at State Penitentiary Make Wooden Novelties
Fort Madison Iowa AP reports a new workshop inside the state penitentiary furniture plant using scrap lumber. The inmate factory produces wooden items such as children's dinette sets, coffee tables, kiddie cars, what-nots and small shelves sold commercially. Warden P A Lainson says more items may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
P. A. Lainson
Army flyer returns after 82 missions in Asiatic and Mediterranean
Lt. Vernon E. Mannquist of the Army Air Corps goes on furlough in Lenox Iowas after completing 82 missions in the Asiatic and Mediterranean theaters.
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Lenox, Ia
Vernon E. Mannquist
Army Air Corps
Asiatic
Mediterranean
Veterans Jobs Hit State Record in August
In August the United States Employment Service Iowa division placed 1,573 veterans, a new state record. Des Moines led with 434 placements, followed by Sioux City 198, Cedar Rapids 129, and Waterloo 107. about 722 were disabled and one in eight placements were war veterans.
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Des Moines
Veterans Employment Division
United States Employment Service
Iowa
J. H. Quigley
Sioux City
Cedar
Waterloo
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Arthur Deamer
Fred J. Kluss
Laura F. Ulery
W. A. Shupp
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Joe Cira
Cira
Hugh Hutton
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Newton
Richard Sears
Ivan Gillmore
Mercy Hospital
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Carmicheals, Pa
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Oklahoma City
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H. A. Kahler
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Garrison
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A. J. Kellogg
Elsie Chappell
Robert A. Kennedy
John Kennedy
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Lenox Flyer
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