Personal notices from Camp Hood to Des Moines area
Individuals travel and leave details include Corp Don Coselman returning to Camp Hood Texas after furlough with his mother and Mrs Ruth Frazer visiting from Macon Georgia. Miss Ruth Delker visiting Henderson Kentucky cousin. Gordon Walker promoted to Sgt. M B Steltzmiller elected clerk at Iowa Synod meeting. Mr and Mrs Fred Bevan and Olive Mae of St Paul return from Oelwein. Mrs Robert Hohl of Independence shops in city. H J Raftis family visiting Des Moines. Edward Lehrman on 15 day leave from Brooklyn. Edith Wilson from Marshalltown visiting grandmother. local ads for Friday dinner lobster tails sea scallops chicken and steak Pine Lodge and Full erized Dry Cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Walker
Harold Walker
M. B. Steltzmiller
Oelwein
Dubuque Presbytery
Iowa Synod
Ames
Steltzmiller
Fred Bevan
Olive Mae
St. Paul
Robert Hohl
Independence
Pine Lodge
H. J. Raftis
Michael
Des Moines
L. J. ‘Raftis
Benton
Wisconsin
C. H Lehrman
Edith Elizabeth Wilson
Marshalltown
A. C. Wilson
Mercy Hospital Birth and Patient Updates
At Mercy Hospital Mr and Mrs Hugh Roberts of Oelwein welcome a baby boy born last night. Mrs Herman Lange of West Gate is undergoing medical treatment. Ralph Thorpe Jr of Oelwein was a surgical patient yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Roberts
Oelwein
Herman Lange
West‘gate
Ralph Thorpe, Jr
Stoddards Lose Baby Daughter in Tragic Birth Loss
Marion, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Stoddard, died soon after birth at Eat Merry Hospital. Burial was made at Woodlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ray Stoddard
Eat Merry Hospital
Mnaedet
Woodlawn
Six Fined in Justice Court for Alcohol and Traffic
Three men were fined five dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace H O Moyer s office for intoxication. Two overloaded truck cases led to $30 fines. suspensions depend on proper gas and load. J L Brown Aynard and Francis W Mebus Winzleton were the truckers. Guy Brooks Arlington paid $3 for faulty brakes. J L Michaels Hazleton had case dismissed for lack of evidence as license not displayed but on person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aynard
Francis W. Mebus
Winzleton
Guy Brooks
Arlington
Hns
J. L. Michaels
Hazleton
Justice of the Peace
Court Gets Park Board Case
A signed statement by H. O. Moyer and C. H. Rohrig was handed to the Regis ter. The hearing was not delayed as a prior note claimed. Atty Peterson filed a darr er but it was a statement challenging the Park Board’s legal status and requesting dismissal. The cottage owners’ attorneys did not respond. E. Johnson for the Park Board had the case submitted. The Park Board asserts election irregularities and defends against false charges while seeking lawful action. June 25th 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Moyer
C. H. Rohrig
Atty. Peterson
Park Board
Acton
E. Johnson
Oine
A C. H. Rohrig
H. O. MO
State Salvage Director Here in Fayette County
Herbert Plagman, executive director of salvage operations in Iowa, visited West Union yesterday and is in Oelwein today to secure a county chairman for salvage work. Ralph Pixler has resigned to focus on business duties, and Plagman urges a rapid special drive to hit a 15000 ton quota. Arrangements designate Waterloo trucks to collect tin cans monthly, with surrounding towns to bring cans to Delwen. a Decorah truck will collect West Union cans, and Fayette will handle cans from nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Plagman
Iowa
West Union
Oelwein
Ralph Pixler
Plagman
Fayette County
Waterloo
Delwen
Decorah
Fayette
County Agents Meet Here in Wartime Two Day Session
County agents from nine counties gather in Oelwein for a two day meeting of the Fighting First district. Fayette County agent M C Wangsness notes useful wartime planning committees aiding food production. Town State College Ames official T W Schultz and pie leader Fred Clark attend. Talks cover economic development and war planning program sessions tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fighting First
Oelwein
M. C. Wangsness
Fayette County
T. W. Schultz
Town State College
Ames
Fred Clark
T.C
Schultz
Mundt Infant Dies at Birth Near Hazleton
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mundt died shortly after birth at their home northeast of Hazleton. Burial was at Wooldlawn. The clipping also includes a question and answer about refrigerator cleaning, noting baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is used with warm water, while washing soda is too strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Mundt
Hazleton
Pattern No. 8193 for 12 to 20 sizes offered
The advertisement promotes a two piece pattern No 8193 in sizes 12 through 20 with yardage for size 19 listed as 344 yards of 39 inch material. It invites readers to order for 15 cents plus 1 cent postage by sending name address pattern number and size to The Oelwein Register Pattern Dept Chicago IL. It also pitches a summer catalog Fashion featuring over 100 new patterns at 25 cents per copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gimart
Oelwein Register Pattern Dept
South Walls St
Chicago
McElree Receives Aerial Gunner Wings at Tyndall Field
Robert W. McElree of Oelwein Iowa earned the right to wear the silver wings of an aerial gunner and was promoted to Sergeant after completing training at the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Tyndall Field Panama City Florida He trained in operating .30 and 50 caliber machine guns on ground ranges and in air preparation for service as a bomber crew member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. McElree
Robert McElree
8Th Ave
Oelwein
Iowa
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Panama City
Florida
Shangri La Bond Drive Theme Aims to Raise $131 Million
A Chamber of Commerce meeting this afternoon outlined steps for a community drive to raise 131,669,275 dollars for the Shangri La bond campaign to fund war stamps. The plan, backed by theatres and local business, urges Americans to buy an extra dollar in War Stamps in July to lift the total beyond ordinary purchases. Grand and Ritz theatres will host a free show with admission equal to one dollar in War Stamps, with further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shangri-La
Tokyo
Chamber of Commerce
Grand and Ritz Theatres
Senators Debate Banking Committee Proposal Amid Lobbying Claims
A senate debate centers on a banking committee proposal enabling the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to spend up to 675 million dollars. A letter urging senate acceptance of the plan is read by the senate clerk, prompting charges of indecent lobbying. Names include Duke Hosteter West Union and others from Oelwein Fayette and West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceyrur
Ohl
Leroy Albert
Oelwein
Crawford
William Robert
Fay
Duke
David Hosteter
West
Ac- Union
Lion
Senate
Miller
George Jacob
Fayette
Shaffer
Everett
Pingree
Eugene Arthur
Wein
Clark
Swarts
Charles Herbert
Oel
Jones
Pirillo
Domonic Frank
Reconstruction Finance Comwein
Cre
University professor named OPA information chief in Des Moines
Charles L. Sanders of the University of Iowa was appointed information officer for the Des Moines district of the OPA succeeding George D. Haskell who resigned to become director of the war manpower commission in Iowa. Sanders has taught advertising and radio at the university since 1930 and will take leave while serving with the OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles L. Sanders
University of Iown
Ficgr
OPA
George D. Haskell
Haskell
War Manpower Commission
Iowa
Sanders
University
June Draft List Long Charges Jones With Lobbying
A large group of men left West Union Wednesday evening June 23 for Des Moines and Camp Dodge Iowa to take examinations for selective service. The list names draftees for June 1943 with many transfers and movements across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Union
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Miller
Chester Rolland
Cedar Rapids
Hatch
Dwight Gillen
Oelwein
Hines
Dell D
Mike
Norman Thomas
Klemmer
Alfred Ferdinand
Fioche
Detroit
Mich
Manocheo
Charlies Francis
Santa Monica
Calif
Hall
Gilbert
Wadena
Coleman
Rellis Finch
Westgate
Wichita
Kans
Northrop
Algie E
Arlington
Bellis
William H
West Union
Parks
Earl Calvin
Chicago
Smith
Howard LeRoy
Johnson
Eugene Steven
Fayette
Kenniston
Kohler
Robert Lewis
Biermann
Clarence Hadwen
Garris
Fleir Joseph
Acker
Merlyn George
Borland
Hollis Harley
Beltz
Hubert Lester
Independence
Johnston
Lee William
Cornish, Jr
Irvin
Hawkeye
Mabb
Edward
Jensen
Robert Clair
Waterloo
Carmello
Nicholas James
Hinnemann
Robert James
Sexton
William Michael
Atte
Donald John
Alesio, Jr
Louie Prank
Revolt Spreads In Coal Mines Across Regions
The Republi Steel Co said it would shut two of its blast furnaces today as a wave of mine unrest continues. Many miners still out were expected to return this week, while some workers who had complied with the policy committee’s orders voted last night to resume strike actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republi Steel Co
Allies Hit Ruhr Valley and Southern Europe in Offensive
The report notes Allied bombardments across the Ruhr Valley and parts of Italy and Greece, aided by moonlight absence. It recalls RAF losses of 33 planes in the initial stage of the Wuppertal strike on May 29 and cites a Daily Telegraph dispatch describing widespread damage in northwestern towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhr Valley
Italy
Greece
Simu
RAF
Wuppertal
Daily Telegraph
Europe
Germany Declared War Area After Bombardment Devastation
The report states Germany has been proclaimed a war area due to extensive destruction caused by RAF and American bombing. The designation signals heightened military measures and restrictions across the country as Allied bombardments continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Roosevelt vetoes wartime labor bill over strike and politics clauses
President Roosevelt objected to sections forcing notices that could trigger strike ballots and possible strikes in government plants. He supported only the first seven sections and warned the broader provisions would hinder wartime production. He also opposed a wartime ban on political contributions by labor unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
War Labor Board
Government to Toughen War Strike Controls Says Official
A government official argues against a wartime only ban on strikes and urges extending prohibitions to other non profit bodies. He pledges to back laws that strengthen government power to stop war production interruptions and uphold the national war labor board decisions. The appeal ends with a wartime bond and stamp fundraising pitch for equipment for the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Labor Board
War Meath Priced During Test
Prices listed show a pair of overale rising 82 cents to 2.95 and a ten pound bag of sugar costing 0.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meath
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Mercy Hospital
Stoddards
Justice Court
Smart
McElree
Shinneman
Alvin Kendall
Celvein
Shepherd
Melvin Ear
Celwein
Fetrow
Donald William
Serfling
Roy Howard
Ralston
Paul William
Celwen
Harms
Howard William
Ocelvein
Sieleman
Robert Bennard
Potter
Daniel Myrle
Binning
Francis George
Maynard
Martin
Robert Morris
Dunn, Jr
Donald Leonel
Wheeler
Aaron Lee
Astor
William Raymond
Granneman
Virgil Walter
Birdsell
William
O'Brien
John
Fox
George Shaw
Cousins
Eugene Charles
Jarchow
Paul Ray
Briggs
Paul Eugene
Schmelzer
Maurice Edmund
Rehlander
Milton Frederick
Wagner
Daniel Edward
Oeelwein
Broughton
Walter Edward
McCallum
Lewis Warren
Butts
Donald Willis
Lillibridge
Jim Merland
Theodore Armand
Florenten
New
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Thomas E. Scanlon
la Guardia
Washington Administration
Office of Price Administration
Murray
Secretary of Commerce
LUX Soap
Salerno
Purina
Sever Purina
Sprague
First Avenue
Mary Deane
Noah
Clearyt
Custer
Mick
King Pestures Ryndlenta
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Paul Weishapl
A&m Shoe Store
Young Coal CO
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