Tire Shortage Persists As October Quotas Slashed
Des Moines OPA district reports October tire quotas for 664 counties remain critically low. Walter D. Kline, director, says 17 727 new passenger tires and the same number of small truck tires will be available for rationing by 89 local boards, down from September. About 12 500 applications were on hand awaiting action, and 31 000 used units may be released by the army to ease demand.
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Des Moines
OPA
Walter D Kline
Kline
Acta
Maytag plant cuts threaten Newton into ghost town
The CIO local representing Maytag workers appeals to the War Labor Board and War Manufacturing Committee to allow immediate peacetime production. War cutbacks reduce Maytag staff from 3100 to about 1800 with 400 more releases expected as Allison and Rolls Royce programs wind down.
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Newton
Maytag Company
CIO
War Labor Board
War Manpower Compassion
Maytag
Allison
Rolls- Royce
WPB
WMC
Norway Soldier Killed in France
Elton Melberg 24 of Norway was killed Sept 12 in France while serving in an infantry division. He was a Iowa State College senior, Alpha Gamma Rho member, trained at Camp Wolters San Luis Obispo Camp Rucker Fort Benning and Camp Butner. He is survived by his father two brothers two sisters and grandfather. He attended Norway High School and Norway Methodist Church.
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Elton Melberg
France
Elmer Melberg
War 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 Nurse Corps
Dolores Keiper
Henry Tuttle
Norway Methodist Church
Police officer acquitted in manslaughter case in Sioux City
Harry Sencenbaugh a 31 year old Sioux City police suspended after arresting George Williams 41 for intoxication was found not guilty of manslaughter by a Woodbury county jury after five hours deliberation Williams died June 12 from a skull fracture Sencenbaugh testified he used only the heel of his hand Williams wife alleged a flashlight was used. The officer expects immediate reinstatement and pay since June 3. In Decorah the civil air patrol squadron will bring army planes October 7 and 8 for recruitment and training.
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Sioux City
Harry Sencenbaugh
George Williams
Sencenbaugh
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Williams
Cedar Rapids Doctors Discuss X Ray Birthmark Treatment
Cedar Rapids doctors say disfiguring birth marks and infant tumors respond to early X ray treatment. Dr. James V. Prouty warns of scarring if not treated promptly, while Dr. Arthur W. Erskine cautions that non experts may harm healthy tissue with X rays. Dr H Dabney Kerr elected treasurer of the American Roentgen Ray society.
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Chicago
James V. Prouty
Cedar Rapids
American Roentgen Bay Society
The
Radiological Society of North America
Prouty
Arthur W Erskine
H. Dabney Kerr
Iowa City
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Rainbow Leader Installed in Manchester Rainbow Girls
Special to The Gazette Manchester Janet Whisler daughter of Mr and Mrs J N Whisler was installed as worthy adviser Thursday night after a dinner Other officers installed included Associate adviser Nadine Nieman Charity Genevieve Barr Hope Marie Dunnuck Faith Doris Ashline recorder Audrey Gage treasurer Joyce Condon chaplain Eleanor Adams drill leader Verdis Webster Love Nancy Jane Garrey Religion Mary Martha Gill Nature Garnet Ross Immortality Jeanine Boyer Fidelity Joan Maxfield Patrio tism Barbara Anderson Service Joan McKeag confidential observer Shirley Campbell outer observer Carol Kottman and musician Evelyn Burt
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Gazette
Manchester
Janet Whisler
J. N. Whisler
Rainbow Girls
Nadine Nieman
Charity
Genevieve Barr
Hope
Marie Dunnuck
Doris Ashline
Audrey Gage
Joyce Condon
Eleanor Adams
Verdis Webster
Nancy Jane Garrey
Mary Martha Gill
Garnet Ross
Jeanine Boyer
Fidelity
Joan Maxfield
Barbara Anderson
Service
Joan McKeag
Confidential Observer
Shirley Campbell
Outer Observer
Carol Kottman
Evelyn Burt
Marion News Highlights Burns and Local Notices
Edward Reed recovers at 386 Sixteenth Street from serious burns suffered while painting for Quaker Oats in Memphis. Several items note telephone changes, real estate, and local ads from Marion businesses including Conoco, Boston Store, Storm’s, Owen’s Drug, and Storm’s advertisements. Reports mention family updates on Sgt Merrill Clemans and Sgt Alonzo Brown receiving honors and injuries in wartime.
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Edward Reed
Sixteenth Street
Quaker Oats Company
Memphis
Tonn Reed
Vern Clemans
Sgt
Merrill Clemans
Camp Mackall
Odd Ball Diary Entry From a Mock Newspaper
A fragmentary diary style notice voices dramatic farce and personal distress. The speaker alludes to illness heart trouble and insomnia while referencing money and a feral mix of humorous villainy and domestic tension. The tone imitates vintage spoof journalism.
Moravia Services Attend by Moravia Cousins
Mrs Farley confined by illness at a Centerville hospital. Her husband and son David will travel to Moravia to attend the services. Local grocery ad notes pork chops and hamburger at 22 cents per pound, Swiss steak 26 cents, celery and lettuce 10 cents, pork and beans 3 for 25 cents. Syl's Grocery.
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Moravia
Centerville
Farley
David
Syl’s Grocery
Slayer of Iowa Woman Captured
Harry E. May, 24, returned to Iowa to face murder charges in the May death of Pearl Weatherill, 26, of Council Bluffs. May confessed after police traced him from Minneapolis to St Paul, saying he strangled Weatherill with a rope after pulling her into a vacant lot. Her husband Nyal Weatherill found her body eight hours after the search began.
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ST Paul
Harry E. May
Iowa
Mi's
Pearl Weath
Eril
Council Bluffs
Elden Rowe
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
May
Dwight Bender
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Woman 59 fatally struck by her own car in Wyoming
Special to The Gazette Mrs Nelher Abel aged 59 died at Mercy hospital Anamosa after being run over by her car on an incline in front of Mrs Fred Koch home She had parked with a block under a rear wheel to ease faulty brakes and kicked it away as the car rolled backward dragging her across the street She was unemployed telegraph operator and had a brother in Estherville Ia The hospital and other details were unavailable
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The
Gazette
Wyoming
Nelher Abel
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Fred Koch
Abel
Iowa Governor Proclaims Columbus Day November 12
Gov Bourke B. Hickenlooper proclaimed November 12 as Columbus Day in Iowa and urged residents to display the American flag. He called on Iowans to study the life and career of Christopher Columbus in gratitude for his role in the cause of free humanity.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Burlington Police Chief to Resign on Monday
Police Chief Fred Macholz said he will submit his resignation to the city council on Monday. He has led the Burlington force since 1938 and served on the department for 22 years, beginning as a patrolman.
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Burlington
Fred Macholz
Coggan Soldier Charles W. Gater Reported Missing in France
Pfc Charles W Gater 24 son of Mrs Ruth Gater reported missing in action in France since Sept 9. A Coggan 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. McGregor memorial service for Capt William Henthorne killed June 15 in Burma set for 3 30 p.m. at Marquette Methodist Church.
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Coggon
Charles W. Gater
Ruth Gater
France
War Department
Coggan High School
Gater
Morris L. Gater
Camp McClellan
Ala
Lloyd Kurth
Willma Gater
McGregor
William Henthorne
Burma
Marquette Methodist Church
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