Homefront Notes and War Office Updates
Local notices relay homecomings of Clayton Dunn and George McCarty from military service, plus multiple letters and camp moves. A war prisoner camp is planned near Algona for 3,000 inmates with 500 guards, costing about 2 million dollars. Other items include transfers to Army Air Force cadet programs, personnel at Camp Hood and Livingston, and letters from Pearl Harbor and Australia detailing family connections and morale.
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Algona
Highway 18
U. S
Notice of Appointment of Administrator Hand for John McDonagh
Joseph P Hand appointed Administrator of the Estate of John McDonagh deceased in Palo Alto County Iowa. All debts should be paid to the undersigned and all claims filed with the Clerk of the District Court for allowance. Dated August 31 1943. James W Fay his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Hand
John McDonagh
Towa
Palo Alto County
Palo Alto
District Court
Joseph
P. Hand
James W, Fay
Teachers and families pack week with visits across Iowa Minnesota
Iowa school secretaries face shortages as Iowa teachers remain scarce this year. Ads in the Register note openings for high school and grade teachers. Mrs A H Shaver visits son Leslie in Minneapolis while other locals travel to Osage Long Prairie Cylinder and nearby towns for work and furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Shaver
Leslie
Minneapolis
Drett & Lambert
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Iowa
Andrew Christopherson
Osage
Art Albrecht
Clarence Clemmenson
Long Prairie
Minnesota
Stanley Best
Stanley
J. P. McManus
Mary
Ann
Cylinder
Ann McManus
Cylinder Consolidated
Enger Family Hosts Leave From California Visit
Osgood News reports Mr and Mrs Lloyd Enger and family hosted a party at Ted Le Duc s on Sunday honoring Mrs Enger s sister and brother in law Glen Larson recently from California and in the navy Melville Olesen visited on furlough from Fort Leonard Wood Ma Mrs J E Moffitt Mina and Mrs Harold Drobst and families joined Clarence Moffitt s Sunday Mr and Mrs M M Smith returned to Des Moines Sunday They were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs M O Arayce Smith who had been visiting her grandparents for two weeks Miss Helen Stiles and Miss Leona Kinnets spent Sunday in Estherville Leona left that evening for West Bend to be employed at the Leo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olene Jacobson
Emmetsburg
Armand Larsen
W. R. Petersen
Wisconsin Lumber Co
West of Town
Grace Anderson
Clear Lake
C. A. Jensen
Fred Graettinger
Cpl
John A. Fish
Julius Hansen
Ringsted
Wm. Strain
Ames
Strain
Ankeny
Glynn S. Cress
Lloyd Enger
Ted Leduc
Enger
Glen Larson
California
Larsen
Melville Olesen
Fort. Lenorad Wood
J. E. Moffitt
Mina
Harold Drobst
Clarence Moffitt
M. M. Smith
Des Moines
M. O. Arayce Smith
Helen Stiles
Leona Kinnets
Estherville
Leona
West Bend
Leo
Frieden home for an indefinite time
Mrs. A Stiles visited Auburn Friday to see her son in the army. Several local families hosted guests at Ingval Larsen’s Sunday including Bert Rolfson Judy Wallingford, Loyal Smiths from Motherville, Kempfs visitors. I B Larsen stopped en route from Dickey to Roland farming interests. Schools in 12 Mile Lake began Monday with varied teachers listed. Many locals attended funerals and visits in the area, including relatives at Bode and Depew. Marvin Christian killed in tractor accident near Grover. funeral in Ketherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieden
Bert Rolfson
Judy
Wallingford
Loyal Smith and Family
Motherville
Ingval Larsen
Kempf
I. B. Larsen
Roland
Dickey
N. Dak
Albert Christensen
Bode
Christensen
Paul McNew
Omahid
Victor Hyatt
Harry Hyatt
Fremont
Lawrence
Mildred
Melvin Christiansen
Depew
Chris Egeland
Amos
Clarence Egeland
Anfin Egeland
Ketherville
H. Johnson
Metherville
Fred Cook
Spencer
Edward Christian
Marvin Christian
Grover
Marvin
Glenn Williams
Kaylene
Minneapolis
Lloya Larson
Etherville
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the Stars and Stripes
Clayton Duhn
Clayton Dunn
Field Artillery
E. P. Duhn
George McCarty
Missouri
Eugene McCarty
George
Merville Oleson
O. C. Oleson
Oleson
Melville
Szt
Bernard Doerning
John
Livingston
Texas
Raymond Wuhn
Graettinger High School
Camp Sibert
Alabama
Soren Duhn
Dick Spies
San Antonio
Myril Olson
Alvin
Tiny) Weir
Alvin Weir
Gulfport
Mississippi
Frank Weir
Quakers Data Co
Tiny
South
Alice
Fred Beschorner
Berlin
Freddy
Fred
J. &. Doerning
Camp Healthen
Camp Livingston
Doerning
Blairsburg
Nebraska
Bergman
Camp Hood
Army
Wayne Knutsen
Naval Air Force
Army Air Force
Corpus Christi
Ontario
the Times
Wayne
Pacific Ocean
Teo Young
Pearl Harbor
Frank
Charles
Young
Shorty Brobst
Shorty
Bob Olson
Navy
Care
San Francisco
Donald Bartleman
Roy Bartleman
Dorothy
St. James
Donald
Stanley Bartleman
Bartleman
Australia
Bartlemans
Graettinger
Mr. Bartleman
Raymond Simonsen
Times
R. H. Simonsen
Forrest Peterson
Clarion Christiansen
Melvin Hartman
Melvin
U. S. Army
Woodrow Starkey
Chiro
R. T. Simonsen
Mia
J. J. Sullivan
Joseph Galleger
Mereilitl
Seattle
Washington
John Galleger
Galleger
B. J. Bergeson
Mid-West Live Stock Commission Co
Sioux City
Groettinger
Emlin
Leroy, Mears
Milo Bergeson
Lee
Wisconsin Lbr. Co— Adv
Osgood News
Gene Neville
Farm Service Oil Co
Twelve Mile Lake
12 Mile Lake
Lungren
Dorothy Hyatt
Anna Raleigh
Doris Larsen
Miss Hagerman
Lator Day
Methodist Church
Hawkeye
Lawrence D. Brennan
E. S. George
Leistad
Graettinger Band
Legion Hall
Watson Hall
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