Mercy hospital to cap 20 nurse aides Sunday
Mercy hospital in Oelwein will cap 20 volunteer nurse aides Sunday in a ceremony at the Senior High school auditorium. The 35 hour theory and 45 hour supervised practice prepareees pledge 150 hours of service within a year, with 20 recipients named amid praise from Sister DeLillis and the Red Cross committee.
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Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
M. DeLillis
Henricka Metsgeier
DeLillis
Metgeier
Detroit
Carlyle B. Hintz
Lew Warren
Sacred Heart School
The
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Merses
Eunice Anderson
L. W. Bennett
Eleanor Margaret Burdick
Jennie DeTimmerman
Dean Foster
Godfrey Hellmaier
Albert Hintz
Carl Jakwar
Earl King
Lois N. Kraft
Florence Lindstrom
Mildred McBride
Helen Pitschner
Fred Schure
Alice Shimer
Eva E. Standle
Helen J. Sullivan
Harry Seineider
Marian D. Pepin
S. L. White
Zelma Laippie
Winess
Red Cross Nurses Aide Committee
D. W. Shine
Mesdames P. D. Becker
Art. E. C. Hulse
Donald Kulm
Center 4H Meets At Lowell Mabon's Home May Meeting
Center Township 4H gathered at Lowell Mabon’s home for the May meeting with 27 members and County Agent Mr. Wangsness present. Refreshments were served. The June meeting is set for June 18 at the school grounds with a weiner toast.
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Randaltia Specialy
Center Township
Fils
Lowell Mabon
Wangsness
Wetlaufers Form Garage Corporation Articles Filed
Articles of incorporation for the First Avenue Garage in Orlhem were filed today with the secretary of state. Officers capitalized at 530,000 are H. Wetlaufer president D. H. Wetterfer vice president and G. R. Wetlaufer secretary treasurer. The trio previously operated in partnership in the same business.
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PRS Mommies
ITP— Artiles
Avenue Garage
Orlhem
HM. Wet- Jaufer
D .H. Wetterfer
G. R. Wet- Jaufer
Man from Oelwein Burned in Phoenix Plant Blast
Claire Rechkemmer, son of Mr and Mrs Phil Rechkemmer of Oelwein, is in serious condition at a Phoenix hospital with severe burns from a small explosion at the war plant where he worked for a year. His wife and children accompanied the move from Manchester in 1944, and little hope is held for his recovery.
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Claire Rechkemmer
Phil Rechkemmer
Oelwein
Phoenix, Ariz
End of French War in Levant Amid Cease Fire Pace
Paris ordered troops in the Levant to cease fire and retire, likely ending a small war that inflamed the region. Damascus and Hama reported about 400 dead in fighting with Syrian irregulars, as Churchill pressed De Gaulle for restraint and British intervention to curb bloodshed. Washington planned talks with London and Paris to seek a satisfactory Syria Lebanon settlement amid Arab League concern.
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Paris
France
Levant
Middle-East
Damascus
Hama
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Levan
Deaulle
Beyrouth
Middle East
Arab League
Syria
Lebanon
Washington
United States
Britain
London
Big Five veto shadow looms over new world peace group
In the Levant crisis France Syria and Lebanon challenge the idea of a world body enforcing peace. Delegates fear permanent members can veto actions harming sovereignty while the Big Five claim military strength and nonaggressiveness justify limiting collective action. The dispute weakens the league’s authority on near eastern conflicts.
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San Francisco
Syria
Lebanon
Inday
Little United Nations
New League
World Organization
Near East
France
Bie Nowyer
Bie
Osaka and Tokyo Burn in Allied Air Raids Blitz
In a sweeping display of air power, B 29s firebomb Osaka and Tokyo as part of raids on Japan. Smoke from Osaka rose five miles high. Tokyo reports ongoing flames hours after the attack. In Okinawa fighting, American forces close on the Nana Shuri line as 120 to 190 troops are reported killed or wounded.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Misui
Mitsubishi
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Nana-Shuri-Yonabaru
Radio Tokyo
Twvo
Far Eest
Dutch East Indies
Dr Wood Speaks At Wadena Service
Large attendance at Memorial Services heard Dr J R Wood speak and enjoyed a Legion Auxiliary musical program. American Legion opened with colors and the National Anthem, withInvocation by Alan Robinson. Legion procession past Honor Roll to cemeteries, taps and salute. Lt. Frank Weizel guest of honor. Honor Roll lists 145 names with seven gold stars, four red stars and purple hearts. Women’s USO organized the display and flowers, flags and trees added color to the service.
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Mary Clark Wadena
J. R. Wood
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Alan Robinson
Legion
Frank Weizel
Prn
United Nations
Womens United Service Organizat
Memorial Service for Pfc Morris Kloster in West Union
Memorial service for Pfc Morris Kloster will be held at St Olass church in West Union at 2 p m Sunday. He was killed in Germany in April after two years in service. Survivors include his wife Janice and daughter, plus his parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Kloster and two brothers Earl and Leo.
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West Union
Pfc
Morris Kloster
St Olass
Ris Castors
E. O. Ulring
V. A. Fiskerbeck
Ossian
Kloster
Andrew Kloster
Germany
Janice
Earl
Leo
Loren Trude
Fayette
Francis Warne
Los Angeles
Calif
Agnes Kloster
Santa Ana
Frances Kloster
Cedar Rapids
Beheading of 11 Baptist Missionaries in Philippines
Dr. Jesse Wilson of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society reported that 11 Baptist missionaries and a nine year old son were executed by Japanese forces in Panay on December 19 and 20, 1943 after fleeing into the hills. He cited Engracio Alora’s account of a hill settlement named Hopevale and said casualties included other Americans and possibly Filipino civilians.
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New York
UGP
Jesse Wilson
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Baptists
Philippines
Wilson
Panay
War Department
Society
Ora
Alora
Fayette Garden Club backs youth project meeting notes
Fayette Special reports the Fayette Garden Club invites youths aged 6 to 15 to a meeting at Mrs. C A Lund's home tomorrow from 2 PM to 4 PM. The project involves raising eyetables flowers and fruits with committee members Mrs Henry Hettier Mrs W A Stranahan and Mrs Lund coordinating.
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Fayette
Oelwein High Sees 71 Graduates In War Class Commencement
The Oelwein Senior High School auditorium hosted the second commencement for 71 graduates. Professor Harrison J. Thornton of the University of Iowa delivered the address noting the class entered with Pearl Harbor and leaves with V E day, praising teachers, administrators, and taxpayers.
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Oelwein
Harrison J. Thornton
History Department
University of Iowa
Pearl Harbor
Thornton
D. Kermit Pugh
First Church of Christ
Alabama
Saul B. Cohen
R. D. Noble
Russell W Brant
Oelwein Board of Education
Jae Lee
Decoration Day Services at Westgate Opera House
A large crowd attended Memorial exercises at the Westgate Opera House Wednesday forenoon. John McSweeny presided as master of ceremonies and announced a program including patriotic songs, a Memorial Day address by O. C. Schultz, a flag drill by Lutheran school girls, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by Richard Lehmkuhl, cornet solo by Burnita Brock, In Flanders Field by Robert Mahoney, soprano solo by Beatrice Foss, and taps sung by five girls. A silent tribute to service members was read by McSweeny.
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Westgate
Westgate Opera House
John McSweeny
O. C. Schultz
Lincoln
Richard Lehmkuhl
Burnita Brock
Robert Mahoney
Beatrice Foss
Lutheran School
H. H. Suler
McSweeny
Halt Issuance of Canning Sugar by Des Moines Boards
Des Moines district OPA halted issuing unit canning sugar coupons temporarily after a Chicago regional order to pause. 64 Iowa counties are overseen. local housewives who already held coupons may buy sugar. A future meeting will set quotas and resume allotments once applications are processed.
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Ine
Des Moines
Area Scouts To Camp At West Union
West Union hosts the Wapsipinicon area Boy Scout weekend camp at Growlers Gulch on Saturday and Sunday June 23. About 500 boys are expected. a Sunday afternoon program and demonstration will invite parents and friends. District chairman Jo Rush, Scoutmaster Andy Carstensen, activity chairman Darold Martin, and organizer Dick Clark lead the event with Black Hawk, Buchanan, Winneshiek, Howard counties in the district.
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West Union
Fayette County
Wapsipinicon
Growlers Gulch
Blackhawk
Buchanan
Winneshies
Howard
Jo Rush
Andy Carstensen
Darold Martin
Dick Clark
Organier
First German civilian trial opens in Ahrweiler
A military commission in Ahrweiler heard the trial of three German civilians Peter Kohn Matthias Gierens and Matthias Drein accused of murdering a U S airman who parachuted into German territory last August The prosecution’s chief witness Nicholas Nospes testified witnessing the airman’s killing and subsequent beating by the defendants The proceedings drew a small audience and the airman’s identity remained unestablished. Back a wounded suspect remains at large.
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Ahrweiler
Germany
Reich
Abrweiler
Hell
Peter Kohn
Priest
Matthias Gierens
Matthias Drein
U. S
Nicholas Nospes
Nosnes
Preist
Cobblenz
Nospes
Peter Back
Gierens
Kohn
Theodore Irwin
Dallas
Atormer
Naspes
U.S
May Organize Cub Scouts At Wadena
The May organization meeting for Cub Scouts in Wadena met at the schoolhouse Tuesday evening and was voted on by Bill Aste. Fremont Clark was named committee chairman with four more men to be chosen and a cubmaster appointed at a subsequent meeting. All Wadena men interested in Scouting urged to attend.
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Wadena
Ancre Daremis
Bill Aste
Wapsipinicen
Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Fremont
Fremont Clark
Truman urges renewed national war effort to defeat Japan
President Truman calls for a doubled Pacific army and intensified air power to subdue Japan. He signals a 4 million-strong force, warns civilians to evacuate cities, and outlines four strategic emphases including pinning Japanese forces, overwhelming each attack, and applying relentless pressure by sea, air, and land. The message honors Roosevelt while noting rising losses and Japan’s large force, stressing there is no easy path to victory.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Pacific
Congress
Sagement
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Winston Churchill
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Marine Corps
International Soundphoto
Superforts
Scorch Osaka
Dr. Wood
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Fayette Garden Club
Oelwein High
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