Northeast Iowa Teachers Set Convention in Cedar Rapids
The forty sixth convention of the northeast division of the Iowa State Teachers association will be in Cedar Rapids on September 28 and 29. R W Johnson of Independence is president. Counties include Allamakee to Winnebago. speakers include Mrs Mark W Clark Dr Richard Struna and Dr Ralph W Sockman. Local chairs cover registration luncheons meeting places and publicity.
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Iowa State Teachers Association
Cedar Rapids
R. W. Johnson
Independence
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Cedar
Clayton
Chickasaw
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Floyd
Howard
Jackson
Dongs Linn
Mitchell
Winneshiek
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Richard Struna
Czechoslovakia
Ralph W. Sockman
Christ Church
New York City
Coliseum
Harry E. Kelley
Sara Ann Brown
Arthur Deamer
Fred J. Kluss
Laura F. Ulery
W. A. Shupp
West Branch Plans For War Memorial
Sixty two residents met in the municipal hall to form a permanent organization for a World War II veterans memorial. Mayor Moorhead presided with Glen Brown as secretary. A $20,000 fund is planned. Executive board: H A Johnson, chairman. L D Reinbrecht. O O Yoder. F W Hinkhouse. A F Anderson. T M Davis. The committee will collaborate with current war veterans.
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West Branch
H L. Moorhead
Glen Brown
H. A.johnson
L. D. Reinbrecht
O. O. Yoder
F. W. Hinkhouse
A F
Self-Styled Hero Sentenced for Illegal Uniform Wear
William H. Welch a 19 year old from Des Moines pled guilty to illegally wearing a military uniform and was sentenced by Federal Judge Charles E. Dewey to six months in a federal penitentiary. He was arrested at Clarinda Iowa on August 24 after authorities questioned his war stories.
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Des Moines
William H. Welch
Charles E. Dewey
Tentiary
Clarinda
Local club dinner honors winners at Mrs Voorhies home
Delinquents of the Musical Literary club entertained the winners at a dinner hosted by Mrs. Gilbert Voorhies. Four tables were set with fall bouquets and games led by Mrs. Albert E. Bragg. Suburban notices include Jill Cira’s homecoming after navy discharge and Marion Dairy ads seeking milk route help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Literary Club
Gilbert Voorhies
Albert E. Bragg
Shower for Miss Austin at Mrs Anthes home
A midweek shower honored Miss Esther Austin of Cedar Rapids at a home northeast of Marion with 20 guests receiving refreshments. Other notes include local reunions, military moves, and residents visiting relatives across Iowa and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Anthes
Marion
Esther Austin
Cedar Rapids
Harold Thompson
Eastern Iowa War Casualties
Hawkeye Pvt Sidney Steadman was wounded in France on August 26, report says received by his wife. A later war department message notes he is in a hospital in England recovering from a broken left leg.
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Hawkeye
Pvt
Sidney Steadman
France
War Department
Steadman
England
Son Loses Leg in Saipan Battle
Mrs. Laura Richards learns her 19 year old son William has had his right leg amputated and is hospitalized at Mare Island California. He served two years in the navy and was wounded in the Saipan battle.
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Arthur’. E. Haycraft
J. £. Haycraft
Route I
Iowa City
Aleutians
Paramushiro
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Haycraft
Victor
Laura Richards
William
Mare Island Hospital
California
Navy
Richard
Saipan
Wyoming Historical Society Elects Officers
Mrs. S. G. Hutton, Mrs. Nettie Wherry and Miss Harriet Alden are elected to act in official capacity on all matters pertaining to the Wyoming Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
S. G. Hutton
Nettie Wherry
Harriet Alden
Wyoming Historical Society
Mrs Beall sells West Union Hawkeye weeklies
West Union paper sale announced by Mrs Blanche M Beall. She takes over the West Union Argo Gazette and Hawkeye Beacon after her husband Walter H Beall consolidated Argo with the Gazette in 1910 and acquired Hawkeye Beacon in 1943. Beall died last May and his widow now publishes the weeklies.
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Mrs
Blanche Beall
West Union
Hawkeye
Argo-Gazette
Beacon
K. C. ‘Crabb
Grinnell
Blanche M Beall
West Union Argo
Vernon Nelson fined for passing school bus near Bennett
Vernon Nelson of Monmouth Illinois pled guilty to a charge of passing a Bennett consolidated school bus that was taking on passengers a half mile east of Bennett Monday morning. The driver was fined 50 dollars plus costs Tuesday. The Knights of Columbus rented the second story of James Connelly's building in Anamosa and are converting it into a lodge and recreation room in anticipation of postwar membership growth.
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Tipton
Vernon Nelson
Monmouth
Ill
Bennett Consolidated
Bennett
Anamosa
Knights of Columbus
James Connelly
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim Quick Digestive Aid
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a fast way to increase digestive juice flow within about 30 minutes. It urges readers to buy the pills at drugstores for 10¢ or 25¢ and to rely on them rather than artificial aids for indigestion relief.
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Nature
Carter
Convicts Turn Scrap Lumber Into Wooden Novelties At Penitentiary
A small factory within the state penitentiary furniture plant uses scrap lumber to produce wooden novelties. Items include children's dinette sets, black-top coffee tables, kiddie cars, what-nots, and shelves sold commercially. Warden P A Lainson says more items may follow.
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Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
P A. Lainson
Army flyer Mannquist returns on furlough after 82 missions
Lt. Vernon E. Mannquist of the Army Air Corps has returned to Lenox on furlough after completing 82 missions in the Asiatic and Mediterranean theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox, Ia
Vernon E. Mannquist
Army Air Corps
Asiatic
Mediterranean
Jobs Found For 1 573 Vets In August in Iowa
DES MOINES AP The veterans employment division of the United States employment service set a new Iowa record by placing 1 573 veterans in August. Capt J H Quigley said one in eight placements were war veterans, with 722 of the 1 573 being disabled. Des Moines led with 434 placements followed by Sioux City 198 Cedar Rapids 120 and Waterloo 107.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Veterans Employment Division
United States Employment Service
Iowa
J. H. Quigley
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
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Marion News Gazette
Club
Joe Cira
San Diego
Cira
Marion Dairy
G. L. Martin
Fifth Avenue
Charles Joiner
Courtland
Ala
Hugh Hutton
Marion Grocer
Dewitt H. Kohl
Thirteenth Street
Marine Pfe. Vernon
Bud” Kohl
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Oskaloosa
Fred Davis
Edward
James Dunlop
Grand Island, Neb
Joseph Armstrong
Clara Sears
Dewey Eckhart
Newton
Richard Sears
Ivan Gillmore
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Ing
Koppers
Chicago Coke
Uine
Chicago By-Products Corporation
S. Pulaski Rd
Second Street
Central Park Fuel CO
6Th Street
Diamond Block Coal CO
Itt
Third Street
8Th Avenue
Miss Austin
Owen
Cripps-Dunlap
Beverpark
John Ingleman
Vivian Haak
Willard Haaks
Ingleman
Lloyd Klopp
Charles Luse
Carmicheals, Pa
Lou Kassler
Robert Kadesch
R. E. Leidhigh
Oklahoma City
Dr. Leidhigh
H. A. Kahler
C. A. Garrison
Myr Garrison
Helen Wescott
Martha Stroope
Ed Neville
Jimmie
Harry B Jones
A. J. Kellogg
Elsie Chappell
Charles Maroshek
Jefferson Barracks
Charles Trask
W. F. Cooney
Ed Daigle
Ninth Street
Cooney
Aviation
Frank Luse
DeLand, Fla
Francis E. Luse
Robert A. Kennedy
John Kennedy
Manchester
Third Motorized Infantry
Patton
NB KO PN
Worto
Sherwin-Williams
Cedar Rapiite
Dial
Home Decoration Service
Lenox Flyer Thome
Sherwin- Williams
Suerwin-Williams
Sherwin-Willams
Sxeawin-Williams
Sweawin-Williams
Third Ave
Sherwin-Williams Paint Headquarters
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