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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
5
Local column lists visits and travel among residents including Mr and Mrs Alexander Jensen and Kenneth Jensen with travel between Ames and Oelwein, Hobart Indiana visitors, several family gatherings, garden ad for Gleim peony gardens, and updates on medical and military family members with brief notes on outings, relocations, and events in Oelwein and surrounding towns.
Mercy Hospital reports Franklin Oelberg Wa dena admitted for medical treatment. Arlington resident Jack Amos remains a patient. Frank W Rhines Lamont returned home yesterday. Mrs Florian Burchett Arlington traveled Sunday to return home.
The Lions club met at the American Legion with President Carl Gregory presiding. They planned to attend the Elks Flag Day observance in a body after the meeting. Nominating committee report given. officer elections set for the next meeting. Russell Brant led singing with Sophie Tait at the piano.
Paul Heath was among 98 graduates at the University of Dubuque commencement on Monday June 14. He earned the Our Laude honor for high scholarship and received awards for Outstanding Christian Leadership and Outstanding Christian Character, plus serving as vice president of the student council. He will continue seminary studies at Dubuque and has been elected Director of Student Self-Help on campus.
Arlington reports the death of Lieut. James W. Moyer who died Saturday at 2:00 a.m. Born November 27, 1921, he moved from Knoxville to Randol, Texas then Chicago where he graduated Austin High School in 1939. He finished at Lubbock Army Flying School on April 22, earned his wings, and was commissioned. Died at Avon Park, Florida two weeks earlier from pneumonia. burial in Arlington with services Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Coastian church. his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harley Moyer of Knoxville, Tenn., arrived Monday afternoon.
Rev F C Witzigman of the Methodist church will join the five day Upper Iowa conference opening in Davenport June 18 at St Johns church. Oelwein delegates include Harry Young H D Temple and Mrs Thomas Ray. Over 250 ministers lay leaders and delegates from 236 churches will attend with speakers such as Bishop Edwin F Lee Isaac Foot Robert Burlingame and Dr J Raymond Schultz. Bishop J Ralph Magee will preside and the conference will issue ministerial appointments Sunday night.
Notice states the courthouse will be closed all day Thursday while county officers attend a school of instruction at Dex Moines. Mrs S E Preston of Rapid City South Dakota is visiting her sister in law Mrs J C Leaton. Mr and Mrs Preston plan to move from Rapid City to Cumberland Mad Try your want ad column for results.
Tom Baker credits the Oelwein Livestock Exchange with a top quality shipment sent to Floyd Adams of Vernon New York. The 134 head included 11 matched pairs and a 3 year old pony. Horses will be used for farm work and milk wagons. Harry D. Flower and Henry Andacrae run the exchange.
Sherwood J. Gray of Fredericksburg is listed among 3939 U S soldiers wounded in action per a War Department release. Gray, son of Mrs Grace Gray, was wounded in North Africa during the fighting.
The school board met in regular session and handled routine business. Bills were paid and the next meeting was set for July 1.
Justice of the Peace H. Q. Moyer imposed a five dollar fine and costs this morning on another Oklahoma man for an intoxication arrest.
The regular Civilian Defense corps meeting is postponed tonight due to refinishing on school floors. L. Porter notes the delay and provides no new date.
Mr Woolfries spoke to the Rotary Club on his experiences crossing war torn London and back. The address amused and educated, with his humor and vivid descriptions drawing praise from members and guests including Staff Sgt William Meskell and Father J. J. Olinger. The program opened with a lively choir under Herb Brant. rotations of hospitality followed as Rotarian C R Franklin and others offered greetings.
WAVE Ensign and Seabee officer Lieut McLaughlin, with five years in eastern large housing projects, moved from airfield construction before joining the Navy in 1942. The report notes his field new to him and his prior experience in factories and offices.
Mt. Vernon Iowa reports Cornell College transformed into a naval V-5 training campus. Young men 17 to 21 endure strict schedules, uniforms, and drills as they pursue future flight training from Pensacola to Corpus Christi, with campus buildings repurposed for wartime instruction.
Recruiters interview construction workers about the Seabees duties and chances for petty officer promotion. They discuss draft-age volunteers and portal-to-portal pay under a one hour figure, noting no travel pay if under forty hours, with a hypothetical $1.40 weekly maximum on a six day week. The UMW policy committee meets tomorrow.
Allied air forces reported big bombing raids on Ruhr and Sicily targets with moderate flak and searchlights scanning the skies for attackers. Photographs indicated the Littorio class battleship suffered a direct hit on its forward deck during the June 5 U S raid on Sperin naval list as three battleships were attacked.
The UMW asserted travel time averaged 90 minutes daily while Lewis accepted an estimate of one hour in reaching a tentative agreement with Central Pennsylvania operators last week.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor appealed to President Roosevelt last night describing the Smith-Con nally anti-stake bill as unAmerican, as cist and hodge-podge in content. Labor factions oppose enactment and warn of a potential stoppage if action lapses.
In Wyoming about 45,000 of the state’s 60,500 dairy cows are in small herds of 2 to 14. Only 60 herds contain more than 14 cows, highlighting the divide between small and large dairy operations in the state.
In 1919 Army master sergeant Al Schuman, 55, received written permission from the War Department to salute with his left hand due to a right arm injury. The article notes his belief that he is the only enlisted man to obtain such permission to salute from the portside.
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