Funeral rites for ex Muscatine man Henry Gerdts
Funeral services for Henry Gerdts, formerly of Muscatine, who died in Marysville California, were held at 2 30 p m on Wednesday at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals with the Rev Wayne Witte officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. Catherine Mittman Mrs Tom Hinrichson sang with Miss Eda Critz at the organ. Casket bearers were Gus Oeter R Daedlow Walter Mittman Sam Loga Clarence Appel and Ernest Pagel.
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Henry Gerdts
Muscatine
Marysville
Calif
Fairbanks Home
Wayne Witte
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Catherine Mittman
Tom Hinrichson
Eda Critz
Gus Oeter
R. Daedlow
Walter Mittman
Sam Loga
Clarence Appel
Ernest Pagel
Final rites for Mr and Mrs Fred Humpleby
Deaths occurred at their home 114 Sherman Street from heart attacks Monday night. Services for Mrs Humpleby at St Marys Church followed by burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Mr Humpleby services at Riley Meyers Funeral Home conducted by Rev C B Rayhill. Pallbearers named Tommy Denhardt Ed Giessregen Laurence Cecil Earl and Andrew State. Mary Riley sang with Rose Fayle on organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Humpleby
Sherman Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Harold Wingerter
Humpleby
Riley-Meyers
C. B. Rayhill
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Tommy Denhardt
Ed Giessregen
Laurence
Cecil
Earl
Is Epilepsy Inherited Causes Explored by Doctors
A booklet outlining doctors opinions on epilepsy and its causes is offered free to readers who write to Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept E 525. The flyer invites inquiries and promises genetic and environmental factors are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept
McKee Announces Soy Products Plant Operating
L. R. McKee announces Hawkeye Soy Products Co plant at Front and Oak streets is ready to operate around the clock. The facility will extract oil from soybeans and use the meal for mixed feeds with a 500 bushel daily capacity and a 12 man staff. Beans are secured from rail and truck deliveries with storage on the riverfront at McKee Feed and Grain Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Soy Products Co
Front and
Oak Streets
L. R. McKee
Mr. McKee
McKee Feed and Grain Co
Dale Allen Held In Larceny Case
Dale Allen of 1811 High Street Des Moines formerly of Muscatine was arrested and returned to Des Moines on a charge of larceny of an automobile. Police said he was nabbed at 1 15 p m Wednesday in the 200 block on West Second Street by the police chief and two officers while in possession of a Chevrolet convertible coupe reported stolen in Des Moines.
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Dale Allen
High Street
Des Moines
Muscatine
Ted McGill
Allen
West Second Street
McGill
William Rhone
Don Dustrup
John Behrens
Culver Street
Mulberry Avenue
Earl Lanier
Moline
Justice of the Peace
L. A. Crull
Laurent Council Knights of Columbus
Zacharius Jansen’s early compound microscope invention
Zacharius Jansen is credited with creating the first compound microscope around 1590, marking a milestone in optical science. The device combined multiple lenses to achieve higher magnification, influencing future developments in microscopy and scientific observation.
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Zacharius Jansen
Former Davenport Ad Man Helps to Capture Foe Sub
Lt. David K. Gottlieb formerly with the Daily Times advertising department led the boarding party that captured a Japan bound German submarine off Newfoundland on May 14. The crew was largely young and appeared relieved war was over. Also aboard were Lt. Gates of St. Louis and Ensign Jabour of Vicksburg.
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Davenport
David K. Gottlieb
Daily Times Advertising Department
Mr. X
Navy Department
Gottlieb
Newfoundland
Portsmouth
N. H
Frank Gates
St. Louis
Carl J. Jabour
Vicksburg
Miss
Memorial Day Observance In Iowa Marked By Two Drownings
Memorial Day observances across Iowa were largely quiet with parades and graveside services led by Gov. Robert D. Blue in Grinnell. Two accidental drownings occurred, one near the state fairgrounds and another in the Des Moines River, and veterans’ graves were tended at Marshalltown. Nationally, deaths fell to 54 from 327 last year as the holiday lasted one day.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Frank Peterson
Manson
Farmer
Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers Home
David Sisk
United Spanish War Veterans
Wacs
Iowa State Guard
Zeimer Named To Aid Conservation Commission Head
G L Zeimer ass istant chief engineer and former acting chief of lands and waters division is named assistant director of the state conservation commission to aid Director Fred T Schwab in policy execution. Zeimer a Waltham Minnesota native and Iowa State College 1932 engineer graduate is married with three children. Birdsall transfers to Walut Woods state park as custodian duties. Rhody resigns after 23 years at Wapsipinicon recreation reserve Anamosa retirement to pursue private business. successor unnamed.
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Des Moines
G. L. Zeimer
Lands and Waters Division
State Conservation Commission
Fred T. Schwab
Zeimer
Waltham, Minn
Iowa State College
E. R. Birdsall
Stone Park
Sioux City
Walut Woods
Commerce
John E. Rhody
Wapsipinicon
Anamosa
Rhody
State Board of Conservation
Phillips Named Top Leader of Port City Disabled Vets
P M Phillips was reelected commander of Port City post 25 Disabled American Veterans as officers for the coming year were named at a Grand Hotel meeting. Charles Horton became senior vice commander. Louis Olson junior vice. Kenneth Chatfield adjutant. Phillips service officer and executive committee member. Further officers to be announced.
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P. M. Phillips
Port City
Grand Hotel
Charles Horton
Louis Olson
Kenneth Chatfield
Mr. Phillips
Leslie Titus
Post
Muscatine
Phillips
Delates
Cedar Rapids
Thee Port City Group
City projects seek hospital contributions by June 13
City residents are asked to donate to Schick hospital through the local hospital committee by June 13, the date of the next council meeting at the hospital in Clinton. Gifts should be left at the John Wiegand home, 506 Iowa Avenue, with golf balls cleaning rags and money especially needed for patients to make phone calls home.
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Schick Hospital
Clinton
John Wiegand
Iowa Avenue
Calvary Baptist Church
Youth For Christ
Soldiers’ Field
Chicago
Field Museum
Glen Pringle
Howard Tumey
Wilton
Bellevue Hospital
George Koenigsaecker
West Second Street
Roy Weis
East Tenth Street
Curtis Cromer
Tipton
Louise Rininsland
Route 4
Margaret Martin
Phillips Street
Michael Sizek
Grandview Avenue
Howard Wagner
Chestnut Street
Jerry Atkins
Grand Avenue
Delores Hernandez
West Second Stres
Thomas Kindler
Miles Avenue
Joyce
Roger Johnson
E. H. Gremmel
East Seventh Street
Thelma Rector
Edgar Greenhaw
East Sixth Street
Wanda Greenhaw
LaVaughn Watson
Helen Kirk
East Second Street
George Ricketts
Pine Street
Guy Bruser
New Boston
Clarence Curry
Maple Avenue
George Saunders
Michael Seltzer
Park Avenue
L. C
Smalley Avenue
Elmer Best
Stockton
Gertrude A. Stecher
Muscatines
Harold Daufeldt
Atalissa
Arlene L. Bermel
Muscatine
Raymond C. Teeters
Fairfield
Justice of the Peace L. A. Crul
Evelyn Gundrum
Oto Gundrum
Cypress Street
Ladies’ Aid Society
Zion Lutheran Church
Red Cross
Lincoln Boulevard Baptist Church
Douglas Birk
Fourth
Oak Streets
Earl Day
Oak Street
U S Casualties in World War II Reach Over One Million
Washington reports total U S casualties in World War II at 1 002 887 after three years and five months of fighting. Army losses 890 019. navy 112 868. Five divisions named as hardest hit: 3rd 45th 36th 9th and 4th infantry.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Patterson
Afriica
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Normandy
Belgian Woman Traitor Executed at Brugge
Irma Swer vaeger, 40, the first Belgian woman executed as a traitor, was shot at Brugge on Wednesday. She was accused of passing front line information to the enemy last September, which led to the killing of seven Belgian patriots.
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Brussels
Irma Swervaeger
Brugge
Divorce Petition Alleges Cruel Treatment Between Walters
Vera J. Walter files for divorce from Harold G. Walter alleging cruel inhuman treatment. They married November 10, 1934 and have one child. She seeks $50 attorney fees and costs, household furniture, custody of the child, and $7 weekly support.
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Vera J. Walter
Harold G. Walter
Black Market Bandage Doctor Sentenced In Brooklyn
Abraham Freitag a 44 year old Brooklyn physician and head of Bias Coating Corp was sentenced in federal court to three years and a 100000 dollar fine for diverting the equivalent of nearly 3 million yards of bias cut bandage material into the black market. He admitted profiting over 100000 dollars from the scheme and is known for inventing a bias cut bandage used by the armed forces. Cobalt is described as a metal used for blue shades in glassmaking.
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New York
Abraham Freitag
Brooklyn
Freitag
Bias Coating Corp
Dance Scheduled At Grange Hall For Grim Family
Announcement states a dance will be held at Pike Grange hall Saturday night honoring Donald Melvin and Everett Grim. Local organizers invite community members to join the Grims for a social event at the venue.
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Grange Hall
Nichols
Pike Grange Hall
Donald
Melvin
Everett Grim
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Soy Products Co
McColm’s
Blondie
Laurel Bidg
Adcate, Inc
Foe
Marlowa
Conservation Commission
Joseph Henry
Henry
Muscatine County Finance Co
Weber's Cigar Store
City News
Fred R. Beach
Roselawn Avenue
Zion Lutheran School
Inez Miller
Journal Plant
Margaret Heitz
Gladys Heitz
Kiwanis Club
Charles Leu
Weed Park
Harold Chenhall
Y-Men’s Club
Chenhall
Rotary Lodge
Chic Young
Carl Anderson
Ana Stane
U. S
Walter
Bob Livingston As
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St. Johan
Ingrid Bergman
Charles Bover
Joseph Cotten
Mr. Moocher
Bosten
Seale
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Teigs
Lucille Ball
Wynnpatricia
Morison
Carl Esmonde
Felix Bressart -Mayer
Crime BY Night
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