Iowa’s October Tire Quotas Cut in Des Moines District
Des Moines district officials report October quotas for new passenger car tires dropping to 17,727 units, 173 fewer than September, with 12,500 applications already on hand and local boards prepared to ration 89 boards. Small truck tires remain at September levels, while demand exceeds supply. Army may release 31,000 used units to ease the shortage.
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Des Moines
OPA
Walter D Kline
Kline
Eli
Maytag Plant Cuts Stir Ghost Town Fears in Newton
Workers fear Newton may become an industrial ghost town as war production at Maytag shrinks. The CIO local, as exclusive bargaining agent, appeals to the War Labor Board and War Manpower Commission to allow immediate peacetime production of washing machines and ironers. From 3100 war jobs to 1800, further cuts loom with 400 more released from foundry roles in Allison and Rolls Royce engine work. Maytag seeks WPB and WMC spot authorization to start component parts for washing machines, under review.
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Newton
Maytag Company
CIO
War Labor Board
War Manpower
Maytag
Allison
Rolls- Royce
WPB
WMC
Norway Soldier Killed in France
Sgt Elton Melberg 24 of Norway was killed Sept 12 in France while serving with an infantry division. He graduated from Norway High School and planned to begin his senior year at Iowa State College before enlisting in August 1942. He trained at Camp Wolters San Luis Obispo Camp Rucker Fort Benning and Camp Butner. He is survived by his father two brothers and two sisters and was a member of the Norway Methodist church.
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Elton Melberg
France
Elmer Melberg
Bar Department
Norway High School
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Camp Wolters
Texas
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Camp Rucker
Ala
Fort Benning
Camp Butner
N. C
Milford Melberg
Pacific
Clifford Melberg
Cedar Rapids
Geneva Melberg
Army
Sioux City officer acquitted in manslaughter case
SIOUX CITY AP Harry Sencenbaugh 31 suspended Sioux City officer accused of fatally injuring George Williams 41 during a June 2 arrest was found not guilty of manslaughter after a five hour jury deliberation Williams died June 12 from a skull fracture Williams wife accused Sencenbaugh of striking him with a flashlight He testified he used only the heel of his hand The defense argued Williams probably fractured his skull in a jail brawl after arrest Sencenbaugh was suspended June 3 and expects reinstatement and back pay.
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Sioux City
Harry Sencenbaugh
George Williams
Sencenbaugh
Woodbury County
Williams
Sereenbaugh
Decorah to Host Army Planes for Recruiting Event
Decorah Civil Air Patrol unit will host several Army planes on October 7 and 8 as part of the Army Air Force recruiting and training program.
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Decorah
The
Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Force
Cedar Rapids Doctors Discuss X Ray Birth Mark Treatments
Disfiguring infant birth marks and common tumors respond to early X ray treatment, said Dr. James V. Prouty of Cedar Rapids at a joint meeting. He noted strawberry marks often fade by age five. Dr. Arthur W. Erskine warned X rays can harm healthy tissue if misused. Dr. H. Dabney Kerr of Iowa City was elected treasurer of the American Roentgen Ray society. Pennsylvania hospital doctors won top honors for their exhibit.
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Chicago
James V. Prouty
Cedar Rapids
American Roentgen Bay Society
Radiological Society of North America
Prouty
Arthur W. Erskine
H. Dabney Kerr
Iowa City
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Rainbow Leader Installed as Worthy Adviser at Manchester
Janet Whisler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Whisler, was installed as worthy adviser of the Manchester Rainbow Girls after a dinner. Several officers followed including Nadine Nieman as associate adviser and Genevieve Barr as Charity.
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Manchester
Janet Whisler
J. N. Whisler
Manchester Rainbow Girls
Nadine Nieman
Charity
Genevieve Barr
Hope
Marie Dunnuck
Doris Ashline
Audrey Gage
Joyce Condon
Eleanor Adams
Verdis Webster
Nancy Jane Garvey
Mary Martha Gill
Garnet Ross
Jeanine Boyer
Fidelity
Joan Maxfield
Barbara Anderson
Service
Joan McKeag
Confidential Observer
Shirley Campbell
Outer Observer
Carol Koitzman
Evelyn Burt
Marion News Roundup of Local Updates and Notices
Marion residents see updates on burn injuries to Edward Reed in Memphis while painting for Quaker Oats, address changes, local real estate purchase by Mathias Steicham, staffing ads at Marion Cleaners, hospital recoveries, a Milwaukee railroad supervisor Oliver Fahey ill in Chicago, and Serg Merrill Clemans injury in training. Also mentions Red Cross correspondence for Pfc Jack Kindig in Italy and shopping ads from Boston Store and Owen's Cut Rate Drug.
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Edward Reed
Sixteenth St
Quaker Oats Company
Memphis
Tenn
Reed
Marion
Oliver Fahey
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Boarding House Case Notes and Morning Milk Visit
A fragmented report describes a boarding house case with a resident named Tom finding a new spot. The text hints at money, prescriptions, and a routine involving morning milk deliveries and night work, referencing family ties and ongoing search for lodging.
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Big Boy Blue
Tom
Bronze Star for Sgt Alonzo Brown in France
Mrs Ejitel Petrusch reports her brother Sgt Alonzo Brown 23 earned the Bronze Star serving as a gunner pilot with the air forces in France. He has been in foreign service for a year and his award is noted for community readers. Also mentions fall 1944 menswear and a home dinner hosted by Mrs Lulu Liddle and Mrs Lavern Staman for Mrs S B McGowan of Huntington Park California. A local obituary note states George Farley’s passing.
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Ejitel Petrusch
Sgt
Alonzo Brown
France
Sgt. Brown
Lulu Liddle
Lavern Staman
S. B. McGowan
Huntington Park
Calif
Moravia Service Attended by Husband and Son
Mrs. Farley remains confined by illness at Center Ville Hospital. Her husband and son David will travel to Moravia to attend the services.
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Moravia
Centerville
Syl's Grocery Weekly Specials Headline
Fork chops and hamburger priced at 22 cents per pound. short cuts Swiss steak 26 cents per pound. celery and lettuce 10 cents. pork and beans three for 75 cents. Local grocery advertisement notes Syl's Grocery.
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Syl's Grocery
Slayer of Iowa Woman Captured
Harry E. May, 24, was returned to Iowa to face murder charges in the May death of Mrs. Pearl Weatherill, 26, in Council Bluffs. May confessed after investigators traced him from Minneapolis and St Paul, saying he strangled Weatherill with a rope in a vacant lot following an assault.
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Harry E. May
Iowa
Pearl Wetherill
Council Bluffs
Elden Rowe
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
May
Dwight Bender
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Woman 59 Fatally Injured by Own Car in Wyoming
Special to The Gerette reports Nellie J. Abel age 59 died at Mercy Hospital Anamosa after being run over by her car on a Wyoming street. The vehicle rolled down an incline when a wheel block was removed. Abel, who said she was an unemployed telegraph operator, had been rooming at Mrs. Fred Koch’s home and had a brother in Estherville.
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Wyoming
Nellie J. Abel
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Fred Koch
Iowa Gov Proclaims November 12 as Columbus Day
Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper proclaimed November 12 as Columbus Day in Iowa and urged residents to display the American flag. He called for Iowans to study Christopher Columbus life and career in gratitude for his contributions to free humanity.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Burlington Police Chief to resign from post
Police Chief Fred Macholz announced plans to submit his resignation to the Burlington city council on Monday. He has led the department since 1938 and has 22 years of service with the force, beginning as a patrolman.
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Burlington
Fred Macholz
Coggon Soldier Listed Missing in France
Pfc. Charles W. Gater, 24, of Coggon, missing in action in France since Sept. 9, per War Department message received by his mother Ruth Gater. A Coggon high school graduate, he has been overseas since July. He has a brother, Lt. Morris L. Gater, at Camp McClellan, and two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Kurth and Wilma Gater, at home.
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Coggon
Charles W. Gater
Ruth Gater
France
War Department
Coggon High School
Gater
Morris L. Gater
Camp McClellan
Ala
Lloyd Kurth
Wilma Gater
Memorial service for Capt. Henthorne in McGregor
Memorial service for Capt. William Henthorne, killed June 15 in Burma, will be held Saturday at 3 30 p.m. at the Marquette Methodist church.
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McGregor
William Henthorne
Burma
Marquette Methodist Church
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