Outstanding Airman James McDaniel Honored at Alaska Base
Mr and Mrs Reuben McDante Route 4 receive word that their son James H. McDaniel A1e AF 1768 620 has been named Outstanding in the Quarter by Lt Col De Wendie commander of the Air Police Squadron at Bileson Air Force Base Fairbanks Alaska. The award includes leave exemptions, special trips, and priority in promotion consideration over the next three months.
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Reuben McDante
James McDaniel
Bileson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
de Wendie
With Air Police Squadron
James
James H. McDaniel
Aire
Kes
24 Men Missing From Local National Guard Company
A March 11, 1943 Herald-Journal front page memorializes 24 Clarinda area National Guard anti tank cadets captured at Kasserine Pass on Feb 17. Names include Arlo Babcock Ralph Bond William Burnside and more with notes on escapes deaths and transfers. The piece notes half the unit hailed from Atlantic and mentions one confirmed death Robert Thompson.
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Clarindans
National Guard
Rommel
Kasserine Pass
North Africa
Arlo Babcock
Ralph Bond
William Burnside
Harry Lucas
Kenneth Mace
Warren Mason
Raymond Peterson
Lyle Sherman
IK Varley
Dean Bailey
Jor Casteri
Elbert Cline
George Tones
Rodger Long
Orivis Waga- Gustafson
Robert Tho Updike
Robert Zang
Harry Bill Simonton
Clarinda
Harold K Heumphreus
Robert Heumphreus
Fr Cis B Wadedo
James Adilison
Herbert F Myers
Eugar Fine
Atlantic
Robert Thompson
Fredrick Kramer
Clarinda Company
Lawrence Hixgine
Fillion
Kasserine
Katy
Thomas A Rarhart
Africa
Italy
Clarinda Journal
Camp Ripley Witnesses Night Drill Amid Vehicle Mix Up
A garbled report from Camp Ripley Minnesota describes vehicles on a night shift duty incident and a Tuesday August 3 operation. Details are unclear but reference to a guard duty and two shift showers appears amid scrambled lines.
County Fair Judging Highlights 836 Entries Canned Goods
Page County fair entries show 340 canned goods 336 baked products and 144 flower arrangements by 4 H girls in junior and senior divisions. Flower groups judged Wednesday while foods and nutrition exhibits Thursday by James Traian of Atlantic.
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Page County
James Traian
Atlantic
Permits Granted For 10 Homes And Community Buildings
Since the year began Clarinda issued permits for 10 new homes, four commercial buildings, eight home additions, and seven new or expanded garages. Several residences are near completion or occupied, with new frame houses listed at various addresses. A school building, a 4-H structure, and a storage facility are among the projects, alongside multiple porch enclosures and home additions by local residents.
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City Hall
Clarinda
I Henest
Harry Grimeswag
Lincoln
Harold ‘Siedenburg
West State
Roy” Rbefiy
Donavan/ Litutson
West
Clark
Aj’ Hell
20Th Street
Vertiur
Elisabeth Stewart
Page County
Farmers Fertilizer and Equipment Company
Boyd Foter
George [Woolson
Eda Pottertt
West Portal
Glen Cade
Underwood
Eugene Maley
Fred Hagemler Jr
L D Walker
Young Texan Tops Calf Ropers in Rodeo History
Sidney Fedeo reports that McLaughlin became the youngest calf roper to win the world championship, setting an all-time rodeo record while hailed as a veteran rider. The piece notes his trick roping beginnings at age seven with brother Gene, his appearances in New York and Denver, and includes local delivery details and pricing.
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Sidney Fedeo
McLaughlin
Toota Mansfield
It Rodeo
Gene
Jeanne
Kathe
New York
Boston
Denver Worth
Sidney
Clarindan Invited to Valparaiso University Meeting
Edward Blume of 710 N 13th Street Clarinda has been invited by Valparaiso University to attend the first campus convention of the Valparaiso Ad Hoc Council from August 29 to 31. Participants will discuss issues and methods to increase understanding and support for Valparaiso's Christian education program. Blume recently accepted an appointment from Dr O P Kretz to serve as church liaison. He is a member of St John Lutheran Church in Clarinda.
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Clarindan
Talparaiso
Edward Blume
ClarInda
Valparaiso University
Valparai
Ind
Valparaiso Ad- Haory Council
Valparaiso
Blume
OP. Kretz
Nignn
St . John’s Lutheran Church
Cleaa
Rey Wit Discher
Four Candidates to Attend State Plow Meet at Bedford
Bedford hosts the Iowa State Plowing contest on September 9 at the Paul Thompson & Son farm nine miles east of town. L Gillette Thomas Martin Slyde Herring Leo Hoesch are listed as visiting political readers. The event includes a banquet on September 8 with dignitaries such as Floyd Andre Dean Frank Mendel and Foster. An estimated 15 000 attendees are expected with parades bands floats and tractor-drawn wagon trains at the Thompson farm.
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Det
Nate Plowing
Hob Zeller
Haleman
Towa
Paul Thompson & Son
Bedford
L. Gillette
Thomas Martin
Slyde ‘Herring’ Jr
Leo Hoesch
Floyd Andre
College of Agriculture
Town State
Frank Mendel
National Association of Soil ‘Conservation Districts
James Foster
Aibla
Allen R Schroder
Des Moines
Towa Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Gilbert Findley
Towa Soil Conservation Pride
Medford
Thompson Farm
Ata Who
Who-Tv
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Airman
McDaniel
Homer Pfander
Kathelyn James
Vehieles
Ines Falls
Minn
Sivwauced
Camp Ripley
the. Com
FDC
Sohn Ob Rees Inter
Forlari
Jal Milihone
Bob McKinnnon
Eencantata
PPE
Hon Grievee
Hecent
M_Weetman
North 15Th
North 13Th Street
Paul Bowers
East Linoln
Hillcrest
Plattsmouth
Neb
Jack Wareham
Stuart
Opal Bennett
Grant
North 18Th Street
Cecil Hatfield
South 16Th
Nishna Street
Herald-Journal
Wvaxam&e
Kleanall Cleaners
Bedford Hapa
Court House
Clarinda Merchants
Retail Committee
Chamber of Oc
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