Iowa Soldiers Named in Dixie Flyer Train Wreck Death Toll
The army released 26 names of servicemen killed when the Dixie Flyer and a mail train crashed head on near Terre Haute. Among Iowa victims are Staff Sgt. Henry W. Barnholts of Postville, Staff Sgt. Arthur D. Fitch of Tipton, Staff Sgt. Richard A. Hancock of Des Moines, Staff Sgt. Charles B. Jordan of Des Moines, Staff Sgt. Charles W. Mercer of Packwood, and Staff Sgt. Lester H. Konzen of Dyersville. Colonel Henry A. Tisdale is listed as commander on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Army
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Terre Haute
Henry W. Barnholts
Postville
Viola Barnholts
Arthur D. Fitch
Tipton
Evelyn F. Fitch
Richard A. Hancock
Des Moines
Wreck Kills 29 As Rail Express Collides Near Terre Haute
Police report 26 airmen among the 29 dead in a head on collision between the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Express and a northbound mail train north of Terre Haute. 37 injured officially, Vigo County estimates at least 65 hurt, many seriously. Engineer Frank Blair and fireman Louis Rausch killed. service resumed after repairs.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Army Air Force
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Danville
Ill
Vigo County
Denzil M. Ferguson
Miami
Airforce
Postville Native among 26 Victims in Indiana Train Wreck
Staff Sgt. Henry W. Barnholts, 28, a gunner with the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy, was killed in Thursday’s Indiana train wreck. Reared in Postville he attended local schools, with wife and baby son in town. His parents live in Austin, Minnesota. He had received the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters and enlisted January 15, 1943. His body will be returned to Postville for services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Henry W. Barnholts
Indiana
John Barnholts
Austin
Minn
Barnholts
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Tipton Soldier Killed in Indiana Train Wreck
Staff Sgt Arthur D. Fitch 26 of Tipton died in the Indiana train wreck Thursday after a 30 day furlough. A Tipton high school graduate and star athlete, he served 50 overseas missions since joining the air corps in January 1943. He is survived by wife, father E. W. Fitch, four brothers including Lt Alfred Fitch and Duane Fitch, and his mother is dead. The body will return to Tipton for military services and burial.
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Tipton
Arthur D. Fitch
Indiana
E. W. Fitch
Fitch
Air Corps
Alfred Fitch
Duane Fitch
Coast Guard
Local Families Buy Marion Cottage on Eleventh Street
Mr and Mrs Frank Starry of Portsmouth and Webster City and Mr and Mrs Richard Starry of Knoxville bought a cottage at 985 Eleventh Street from Mr and Mrs Frank N Webber. Christmas goods on display in the soda room. Esther Austin wed Harold Thompson in Cedar Rapids.
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Portsmouth, Va
Frank Starry
Webster City
Richard Starry
Knoxville
Tenn
Coq. Franklin
Eleventh Street
Frank N.webber
Qwen
Esther Austin
Cedar Rapids
Harold Thompson
Marion
Warren Towne
Myrna Bailey
K. V. Cafe
EB. A Starry
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Henderson
Burns nominated for Marion postmaster approved by Senate
The senate approved Charles D Burns for the Marion Iowa postmaster position. A lifelong Marion resident, he has worked with the Iowa State highway commission, the WPA as area engineer in Cedar Rapids, and supervised defense plant construction since WWII. He is a Democrat and active in party affairs. Mrs Burns formerly Laura Tripp Church Convention.
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Burns
Linn County
Marion
Iowa State Highway Commission
WPA
Cedar Rapids
Laura Tripp
Independence Tire Shop Owner Indicted in Federal Case
WATERLOO Iowa Wayne Moffert of Independence was indicted by a federal grand jury and released on a $1000 bond awaiting trial at the December term in Dubuque He is charged with selling tires on falsified tire ration certificates and operates a tire shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wayne Moffert
Independence
Dubuque
Moffert
Iowans Hold War Bonds At High Retention Rates
DES MOINES Iowa war bond receipts are well above the national average with the Iowa war finance committee reporting that over 95 percent of bonds purchased since May 1 1941 remain with the original buyers. Banks surveyed said redemptions were negligible and could be counted on one hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa War Finance Committee
Dewey Leads in Iowa Farm Poll
A Wallace's Farmer and Iowa Homestead survey of Iowa farmers shows Gov. Thomas E. Dewey leading with 48 percent of the farm vote while President Roosevelt has 39 percent and 13 percent are undecided. Undecided voters are unusually small for this campaign stage, and Dewey appears stronger on farms than in 1940.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wallace
Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Dewey
Roosevelt
Willkie
Eastern Iowa War Casualty Report Details Kruckenberg Injury
Pvt. James Kruckenberg lost three fingers of his right hand when a grenade exploded during maneuvers on September 7. He is currently hospitalized at Camp Robinson in Arkansas, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Kruckenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Auburn
James Kruckenberg
Lewis Kruckenberg
Camp Robinson, Ark
Purple Heart awarded Pfe. Schmidt for war wounds
STRAWBERRY POINT The Purple Heart awarded Pfe. Donald Schmidt for wounds received August 15 in France has been sent to his parents Mr and Mrs Mike Schmidt. Schmidt entered service July 3 1942 and served in North Africa and Sicily before being moved to England and France.
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Strawberry Point
Pfe
Donald Schmidt
France
Mike Schmidt
Schmidt
North Africa
Sicily
England
Delta Mrs Lela Shipley Notified of Son Wounded in France
Mrs. Lela Shipley has been notified that her son Joe was wounded in action in France during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DELTA
Lela Shipley
Joe
France
Freshman Enrollment Tops Cornell College At Mt Vernon
Cornell College reports 255 first year students for the new term, with 224 women and 31 men. The class includes the Nishiyama sisters from Chicago and the Brown sisters from Chile via Peru, plus three sets of twins and students from 15 states and three foreign countries.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
J. M. Macaulay
Molly
Sally Nishiyama
Chicago
Mary
Aida Brown
Brown
Chile
South America
Lima
Peru
Des Moines
United States
Berele Chipkiewicz
Bogota
Columbia
Beverly
Shirley Whitmer
Helen
Margaret Withrow
Rosemary
Mariellen Ehlers
Plymouth
Panama
Towa
Illinois
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Frank Blair
Farmersburg
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Delrich
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Monarch
California
Colorado
Wamburger
Ea Weuce
Rae
Eng
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Sgt. Fitch
Lowry Field
Margaret E. McNally
Lucy McNally
Cascade
Mercy Hospital
Army Nurse Corps
Helen M. Wilson
F. C. Wilson
Colesburg
Hedvig A. Freden
Burlington
Jean M. Klotzbach
V. K. Klotzbach
St. Luke's Hospital
Marion News Gazette
A. A. Lyons
Twelfth Street
Monticello
Jake Gesie
Senate
Washington
Charles D Burns
Marion, Ia
Center Point
B. W. Jeuck
Mineral Point, Wis
Clyde M. Taylor
Syl’s Grocery
Boston Store
F M Conklin
Elvin Shirley
Saipan
Milwaukee Woman's Club
Memorial Hall
St. Paul’s
Tenth Street
W. F. Cooney
Carl T. Wuerffel
Presho, S. D
Don Kensinger
The
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LaDell Nicholson
HbeRy Kensingers
Castle Bros
Marion Schneider
Marion Township Teachers Association
Mary Cheadle
Margaret Ellsworth
Storm’s
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Globe
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