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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
4
Radio coverage of floods featured WOW EMA and field units KAR ROLLE with transcripts and reports. KFAB ran a station at the porter office with no transcripts, while Daily broadcasts included interviews with Mayor Weolk and Red Cross official Stalin.
News from Honda Texas reports Bing D. Vest of Farra Gat earned a pilot wing and second lieutenant commission in the AAF. He logged over 16 000 miles in combat training flights in navigation training ships. Vest follows his father Earl Vest who served in WWI. His brother, Sgt. Carl Beasley, is a prisoner of war in the Philippines. From Great Lakes, Elmer Houchin, Charles Cummings, Dean Spittisy and Earl White begin air crew training. Clipping from Sabetha Kansas notes Sgt. L. Watkins overseas and serving in Europe. Other families share updates on sons in the service and local training, with notes on many awaiting assignments and furloughs.
Marine Carl Lloyd stationed in San Diego arrived home on furlough Friday and left Wednesday for Oceanside California his new post. He is proud of his assignment and remarks he takes to it well and with confidence.
Red Cross relief efforts expand to meet minimum needs with potential supplementation. Rehabilitation focuses on repairing homes furnishing households and supplying farm equipment to restore pre disaster living standards. Individual family care begins locally while flood disaster case work continues for months.
Local hospital notes list numerous patients admitted in mid to late June for minor surgery, tonsillectomies, appendectomies, and medical care. Entries include Mrs Gladys Buttercays Sidney and Mr Gene Brown Haubarg with newborn daughter born June 15, plus several Rock Port, River Inandees, Riverton and Tabay residents undergoing procedures. A serving flag story from Cresca Iowa notes, and a village puzzle and weatherless items close the page.
The World Herald sends Lawrence Youngman to Europe to cover war news for mothers and wives seeking updates on soldiers. The Nebraska and southwestern towns are clustered in a research collection, with Iowa materials kept together and marked for easy shelving.
A World-Herald staff member with fifteen years in the paper has joined the feature writing section in London nine hours before the invasion began. He is noted for lead stories on the Nebraska sera drive and is known for his civilian patrol work.
The State Historical Society of Iowa catalogs books pamphlets and manuscripts on Iowa history to aid historians editors teachers and researchers. The collection centers on Town and United States materials with Iowa focus and regional sources from the Mississippi Valley area.
A century ago the Territory of Towa moved toward statehood as 30 plus counties formed and 75 000 residents settled. Government sat at Lowa City with the Sixth Legislative Assembly adjourned February 16, 1944 after enacting 244 laws. Governors, judges, and pioneers shaped land and resource development while schools and mills rose along lower streams.
A century old description by Dr. F A Swisher recounts the 1844 Iowa City constitutional convention and public meetings where pioneers argued for and against statehood. Supporters claimed growth and improved governance, while opponents warned of higher taxes and limited gains, ending with a minority vote for constitution and federal admission request.
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