Oelwein Personal News Highlights Visitors and Departures
The column lists local residents and guests: Mrs Claude Plowers of Wama and others as callers in Oelwein. Mr and Mrs Joe Dinan and family of West Union. Bert Erickson family of Wadena. Max Jennings of Arlington visiting business circles. Mike Anderson of Arlington also in town. Lyle Lingle has left for Florida after high school graduation. Several shoppers and visitors from Arlington, West Union, Allison, Campbell participate in local scenes. Also notes promotions and transfers: Sam Kramer to Fireman l/c. Cpl Eldon Schmidtke moved to Camp Fannin. Sgt Gerald Arrington promoted in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Plowers
Wama
Joe Dinan
Mily
West Union
Oelwein
Bert Erickson
Illiam
John
Wadena
Max Jennings
Arlington Ang
Mike Anderon
Arlington
Lyle Lingle
Florida
Ray Welsh
Elider
Ook
Ameger
Alfred Turner
Elwein
Cooney
Bert Baker Ofayette
City
City Laundersg Co
Robert White
Robbie
Allison
George Jardee
Courtland Murphy
Roswell
New Mexico
J. Murphy
John Corkery
Haffee
Ark
Wm. Tate
Chris Guilford
Belle ‘Twine
Anda Himebaugh
Monticello
Anderson
Ellen Olson
Firs
Rose Johnston
Clarason
Ballman
Smerald Ballman
St. Paul
William Olson
Davenport
Catherine Baldridge
Joe Lupo
Louis Nagy
Chicago
Wid
D. Nagy
Gerald B. Arrington
North Africa
Elma Ross
C. G. Blunt
Elgin
Camp Fannin
Tyler
Texas
Schmidtke
R.F. Schmidtke
Frances Losch
Fayette
Lydia Aherns
Donnie
Clint Rush
Baby born at Mercy Hospital to Ziegler family
At Mercy Hospital Mr and Mrs David Ziegler of Oelwein welcomed a baby yesterday afternoon. Frank Rhines of Lamont was admitted for medical treatment. Fern Krieg of Egport and Mery Henn of Hawkeye were discharged today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ziegler
Oelwein
Solicit Citizens For Hospital Plan In Oelwein
H M Clark and Foster Campbell of Cedar Rapids tour Oelwein this week and next to promote a Blue Cross rental plan that covers hospital bills for the entire family at 1.50 dollars monthly. Mercy Hospital requests this, and no commissions or bonuses are paid. Firms with fewer than five employees join via the Chamber of Commerce group. those with five or more are contacted directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Clark
Foster Cambell
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Blue Cross
Mercy Hospital
Memorial Service honors Oelwein war heroes
A memorial service at the Methodist church honored Harold G. DeBow Paul S Frame Alfred Charles Moyle and Ben Burnette Sanford four girls placed roses a fifth offered a tribute Mrs Paul Grassfield sang There Is No Death Harold DeBow born August 6 1921 enlisted 1942 killed in the Solomon Islands January 20 1943 Paul Frame born September 24 1921 enlisted 1940 missing in the Java Sea March 1 1942 Moyle born February 12 1915 enlisted 1935 missing in action March 1 1942 Sanford born August 15 1917 enlisted 1939 killed in Western Europe November 8 1942 The service was held with Oelwein patriotic groups at the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. DeBow
Paul S. Frame
Charles Alfred Moyle
Ben Burnett Sanford
Oelwein
Dorothy Walrath
Mary Schneid
Marjorie Olson
Winifred Anderson
Ruth Anderson
Paul Grassfield
Floyd
Lillian Safranek DeBow
Solomon Islands
Mike M
U. S. S. Pecos
Ben Burnette Sanford
Wilfred A
Nellie A. Sanford
Dora West Sanford
U. S Cavalry
Oclwein
Duggar of Oran Joins Axis Exterminators at San Angelo
Cadet Bruce M. Duggar of Oran became a member of the Society of Axis Exterminators at the San Angelo Army Air Field in Texas on May 29. The society includes bombardiers trained at the West Texas bombardier school. Duggar is the son of Mr and Mrs Dwight Duggar of Oran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce M. Duggar
Oran
Society of Axis Exterminators
San Angelo Army Air Field
San Angelo
Texas
Society of
Axis Exterminators
West Texas
Bombardier School
Duggar
Dwight Duggar
Women Marines In Oelwein Tonight
Officers Capt R J Gowan and Sgt Ruth Sullivan meet with women at the Hotel Mealey in Oelwein tonight from 9 to 11 for enlistment information and interviews. They will answer questions on joining the Marine Corps and provide full details to local young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps
R. J. Gowan
Ruth Sullivan
Oelwein
Mealey
Capt. Gowan
Sgt. Sullivan
Ration Books of Servicemen Must Be Turned In
Local rationing officials warned that ration books belonging to men who have entered the service must be surrendered. Many books are still in use by families. Beginning Thursday, the boards will check up on such books to enforce compliance.
Firm Produces About 25 Tons of Ice Daily
The Young Coal Company plant runs at roughly 25 tons daily with a winter reserve to meet demand. Each worker has a quota of 64 large ice cakes per eight hour shift. Brine tanks and streamlined gear mark a modern setup, and a recent near-miss prompted safety upgrades. The firm notes a potential record season due to rising demand and legible limits on special deliveries under new government rules requiring advance orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Coal Company
Harry Young
Nineteen Youths On Draft Register 1943 List
A 1943 draft roll lists eighteen year olds who became eligible from May 1 to May 31 and registered. It also notes 3 registrants aged 45 or over, with names including Hanken Zanatta Thone Womack Dennler Freeman Reich Donat and others, plus late registrants Fritz Kimball Slemmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penald Francis Hanken
Castalig
Charles Micheal Zanatta
Oelwein
Robert Anthony Thone
Oelwein Gale Marlin Womack
Sumner Leo Robert Dennler
Elgin Lloyd Lyle Freeman
Arlington
Wendell Francis Reich
Maynard Gale
Marion Donat
Randalia Verin
Victor
Real Estate Transfers in West Union Area 1943
Listings show multiple transfers and deeds in West Union from May 26 to 28 1943. Transactions include Gertrude Stafford to N q y and Clara Martin with QCD valued at $1 and $1 65, Nelson H McMaster as Executor to N J and Clara Martin at $14 000, Lewis T Mabb and others to Mary Nieland at $25 000, and several other WD Ex D or Tr D transfers involving Buhr Rohng Clow Larson King Hoth Willis Wolfgram Nordstrom Fedeler Rohrig and Becktenwald among others. Property descriptions span townships and blocks in Fayette Oelwein and surrounding areas with notes of Lot 123 Block 3 South Heartland Realty Addition and Kint & Boyack's additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Stafford
Gertrude
N. Q.y
Clara Martin
McMaster
Nelson H. Exe
N. J
Mabb
Lewis T
Mary Nieland
Rule
Fred S
William Buhr
Hallberg
Martha & Hus
Olga Rohng
Hurmence
Fred C
Margie Clow
Ida
Ernest & Lena Wolfgram
Halvorson, LaNora & Hus
Leonard E
Mildred Larson
Fedeler
Carrie
Ida Hoth
Nordstrom
Laura & Husk
Deast Ass'n
Sesw
Dora A
Orange E. Willis
Rohrig
Olga & Husk
Alexander Andrew
Conrad
Helen E. Becktenwald
Wadena
Death Takes C. A. Jensen
C A Jensen aged 66 died this noon at his home 524 914 St SW. The body is at Hintz Funeral Home awaiting arrangements for services to be announced later. He is survived by his wife and one son Lloyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Jensen
St. SW
Hintz Funeral Home
Mr. Jensen
Lloyd
Mammys Lil Wild Rose Play By Royal Neighbors
Students from Central and Sacred Heart schools act in the Royal Neighbors of America Camp 314 sponsored play Mammys Lil Wild Rose to be staged at the Senior High Auditorium on Thursday June 10. Proceeds fund war bonds and the event is pitched as a worthwhile community entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammmy
Royal Neighbors of America
Central
Sacred Heart
John Kwasnicka's Modern Shoe Shop 23rd Anniversary
A local pioneer business marks its twenty third year in operation as John Kwasnicka's Modern Shoe Shop. The firm notes wartime shortages affecting inventories and reports a special shipment arriving to celebrate the anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kwasnicka
Modern
Kwasnicka
No Date on Canning Sugar Policy Update
The note states no date is set for canning sugar rules and urges that those who have not yet applied need not do so until sugar is needed. Applications may be made any time during the summer as required. The location ration board has issued 836 applications to date.
Legion Auxiliary Election Friday at Legion Hall
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular meeting Friday June 4 at 8:00 p m in the Legion hall. Officers will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Licensed to Wed West Union
Marriage licenses issued in the past week list Thelmer Helgerson of Elgin age 29 and La Rhue E Meyer of Ossian age 23. William F Niemeyer of Sumner age 29 and Selah Begalske of Hawkeye age 29. Henry A Steffans of Clermont age 45 and Mae Wiemerslage of Lansing age 23. Charles Paul Sniffin of Wadena age 129 and La Verle Marie Oldfather of Arlington age 18. Richard G Werth of Niagara Falls New York age 23 and Wilma M Lauer of West Union age 20. Arnold Joseph Frost of Gilbertville Iowa age 23 and Rosemary M Schmitt of Oelwein age 22. Ralph W Holmes of Maynard age 22 and Jane Gladys Pauline Shaw of Maynard age 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Thelmer Helgerson
Elgin
la Rhue E. Meyer
Ossian
William F. Niemeyer
Sumner
Selah Begalske
Hawkeye
Charles Paul Sniffin
Wadena
la Verle Marie Oldfather
Arlington
Richard G. Werth
Niagara Falls
Wilma M. Lauer
Arnold Joseph Frost
Gilberstville
Iowa
Rosemary M. Schmitt
Oelwein
Ralph W. Holmes
Maynard
Jane Gladys Pauline Shaw
May records show licenses and deeds in county office
County Recorder Clyder Munson reports May instruments filed at 379 with 76 deeds recorded. April brought in 1278.00 from hunting and fishing licenses. Brain capacity of a skull may be one seventh greater in one case based on external size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Clyder Munson
West Union court actions include bond forfeiture and multiple divorces
Court week May 24 to June 1 1943 in West Union Iowa records a bond forfeiture in State of Iowa versus Melvin C Davis with a bench warrant and summons. Several divorces granted including Bertha L Rounds from W J Rounds and Lorena C Damon from Harold H Damon with full custody awarded to the mothers. New filings include Henry M Lynch vs William W Lynch in quiet title and Chris Rasmussen versus Ray Neill for $5156 damages from a Ford truck collision on a Fayette County farm paralyzing the plaintiff for 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
State of
Towa
State of Iowa
Melvin Charles Davis
Edgar L. Blake
Plainfill
R. R. Sherman
Harry’ Wenger
Rose Wenger McMillan
Arthur C. Burkhart
Almer H. Burkhart
F. G. Lee
Florence Aufold Morgan Bodkin
Charles J. Kelsey
Board of Park Commissioners of
City of Oelwein
R. C. Ingersoll
Bertha L. Rounds
W. J. Rounds
Lorena C. Damon
Harold H. Damon
Marjorie
Jean Damon
Myron _ William "Damon
Ruth Felix
Elmer R. Felix
Connie Lee Felix
Glen Pierce
Henry M. Lynch
Plaintuf
William W. Lynch
Chris Rasmussen
Center Township
Fayette County
Ray Neill
Mr. Neill
West Union issues 181 000 pounds of canning sugar
North Fayette County Ration Board reports 3 881 applications for extra canning sugar in West Union last week and 181 337 pounds issued. The sugar is in addition to five pounds purchasable with stamps No 14 and No 15. Certificates must be used by July 27 or a July date, while extra stamps No 14 and No 15 can be bought until October 31, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
M. L. Peterson
North Fayette County
West Union C D A Installs Officers
The Catholic Daughters of America chapter in West Union will install officers on Friday June 4 1943 at Holy Name church hall. Picnic supper at 6 30 will precede a business meeting where past grand regent Mrs Pat Meskel reports on the Cedar Falls state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Catholic Daughters of America Chapter
Stella Lillis
Oelwein
Holy Name Church Hall
J. F. McSweeney
John McSweeney
Fayette
Pat Meskel
A. H. Berns
Prophet
Rose Huber
Hawkeye
Herman Hinsenbrock
Ella Guritz
Thomas Theobald
J. F. Molumby
Ed MccDonough
W. EF. Johns
Work Stoppage Threat to War Output Picks Up
Continued from page one warnings by steel officials warn of a potential nationwide dispute and possible ban on all shipments as government authorities predicted a broader strike affecting war production.
Miners strike across Appalachian states amid bitter labor actions
The nationwide coal strike paralyzed Pennsylvania and West Virginia with 125,000 bituminous and 980,000 anthracite miners in Pennsylvania out and 130,000 in West Virginia staying idle. A lone veteran near Uniontown returned to work, sparking a handful to follow, while others remained out in Kentucky Ohio Illinois Alabama and and regions beyond the Appalachians. Small soft coal production continued by AFL members totaling about 25,000. Regional totals include towns Indiana Washington Maryland Rocky Mountain states Oklahoma Arkansas Utah Tennessee and Kansas with tens of thousands idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Uniontown
Great
Appalachian Range
Kentucky
Ohio
Illinois
Alabama
Tennessee
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Progressive Mine Workers of America
AFL
You Know The Moisture Content Of Woods At Saturation
The article notes that moisture content at fiber saturation for common woods runs about 26 percent. It appears as a brief technical remark from a period of ads urging readers that Want Ads bring results.
Allied antisubmarine weapons praised by British official
A London Daily Telegraph quote from a naval commander says the new antisubmarine weapons were British in conception and development but largely produced in the United States. He credits allied success in part to improved depth charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Telegraph
United States
Bet Not New One Out of Every Thirty Three Austratigas
A Melbourne estimate suggests that one in thirty three Austratigas plays golf. The finding highlights a surprising hobby prevalence among this group and notes the source as a local statistical survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austratigas
Melbourne
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Esther Andreae
Strawberry Point
Louis Kane
Weastgate
Qovlwen
Dugger of
Oelwein Elevator and Feed Store
Harry Anderson
Ady
Burdell Aherns
Mrs. Ray, Wolfe
Harry Hall
Pearl City
E. C. Mueller
Readlyn
Oelwein Verter
Death
R.N.A
WED
Henry A. Steffans
Clermont
Mae Wiemerslage
Lansing
Chicago Great Western Railway
West Union C.D.A
Dori
Pfeiffer’s Drug Store, Inc
Our
Ice
Young Coal Co
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