Pella Featured in Iowa Film to Be Shown Abroad
A U S Army Signal Corps unit filmed in Pella to produce a 20 minute home front movie for American servicemen worldwide. Scenes include a milk wagon, paper delivery, night watchman, and farm work near Ames. The director hinted foreign language versions may accompany the release after the war.
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Pella
Iowa
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Towa
Amecan
Tubbers
Herbert Mentink
Bert Vande Kieft
Franklin
Vande Voort
Ames
Ellis
Marion County Totals for Various Races Tabulated
The report lists Republican tally figures for Marion County across multiple state and federal offices. Notable tallies include U S Senator B B Hickenlooper 1451, Governor Robert Blue 968, Lt Governor Hugh Lundy 1229, and Representatives Paul Cunningham 1268 and Paul W Harp 1202. Also shown are votes for Chet B Akers and J M Grimes among others with lines indicating continuation on the next page.
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U.S
Bourke
Hickenlooper
Milton W Strickler
Robert
Burma
Henry
Hugh W
Ay van G W. Hunt
Wayne M. Rapes
Rt Akers U
John Hamilton
Turkshank
Grimes
Treas
Secretary of Agriculture
Ut Uw
Harry D
John Mc Rankin
Commerce
Carl We Ke Ai
Congress
Joe Tapleton Toe
Paul
Pe Harpa
Oal
Carl R. Vorhies
F. Rousquet
Eal
Ise Earl L
al Young
Paul Apnles
Aay
Tyle Ghrist
Oal Ass
Bert McCo
R. V. Mater
al Sal
Dykstra
W. L
A. Sents
Je Vernon
B. B. Hickenlooper
Robert Blue
Henry Burma
Milton Strickler
Hugh Lundy
G. W. Hunt
K. A. Evans
Wayne M. Ropes
Chet B. Akers
Ben H. Wall
J. M. Grimes
J. HM. Kruikshank
Agricultur
Harry D. Linn
John MM
Rankin Commerce
Garl W. Reed
Paul Cunningham
Dist
John Groendyke Aids Farm Labor Recruitment in Iowa
John E. Groendyke, Pella high school faculty member, begins June 6 as Emergency War Food Production Agent in Marion County. He replaces Harry Cole, who resigned July 1 to become Superintendent of Schools at New Market. Groendyke will recruit and place farm help and assist in food production extension work. Farmers in need should contact the Farm Bureau Office in Knoxville or Lautenbach VerDughtj in Pella.
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John E. Groendyke
Pella
Marion County
Groendyk
Harry Cole
Williamson
Cole
New Market
Greendyke
Farm Bureau
Knoxville
Lautenbach & Ver Dught J
Rainfall Last Week Reported Low at .21 Inches
H. K. Pals notes rainfall for the past week totaled only .21 inches, reporting dry conditions through Sunday evening. The brief item records a single meteorological figure and an author.
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H. K. Pals
Pella Salvage Calendar for War Victory Drive
Local Chairman Russell Van Zante appeals for volunteers to gather tin cans paper and scrap for depot collection. Women’s division led by Mrs D O Thomas coordinates prompts to bring items to depot and to save containers and waste fats for sale or donation to Red Cross and other groups.
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Russell van Zante
D. 0
Thomas Paper
Ted King
Square
Tron
Proclamation calls for Fifth War Loan funds drive
The mayor F M Frush urges Marion County to meet its $504000 quota as part of the national $16 billion Fifth War Loan. Solicitors will meet June 19 and drive begins June 20 to support arms and munitions for American troops in France.
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France
Light vote cast in Iowa primary with Gov nominee race
Light voting marked the Iowa primary as Eagle Grove’s Blue won the Republican nomination for governor with 102 822 votes to Henry Burma’s 3 088. Strickler trailed in third as war news dominated inside pages.
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It Blue
Eagle Grove
Henry Burma
Alls Blue
Burma
Strickler
Hugh Lundy
Honor Medal Presented to H Van Brogen
A Minneapolis Merchant Marine Recruiting Headquarters officer presented Henry Van Brogen the Mariner's Medal of the United States Merchant Marine in Pella on June 1. The medal honors the late Abl Seaman Raymond Van Brogen who perished when his ship the S. Cittide was torpedoed on November 2, 1914.
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Merchant Marine
Minneapolis
Minnesota
D. J. Brecht
Pella
Henry van Brogen
Mariner
United States Merchant Marine
Me van Brogen
van Brogen
Raymond van Broge
Quota for Pella Otley Lake Prairie And Summit Twos Set at 504000
Marion County men were called into service as of June with several inducted into Navy and Army. Names listed include Albert Van Wai John Sehippe Wane Ted LaMar Williams Ralph Hamlin Porter and many others from Pella Knoxville Des Moines and surrounding towns. Inductions began June 1 and continued with transfers from Minneapolis and others noted.
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Marion County
Elen
Navy
Pella
Army
Nicot
Albert van Wai
John Sehippe Wane
Larbberden
Petrl William Canper
Ted LaMar Williams
Ralph Hamlin Porter
Knoxville
Cliford
Harold Micks
John Ellsworth Kime
Lark
Dhuize
Tony I Tracy
George Knoxville
Transfe Forui Board
Willard Smith
Bussey
Delmar Walter Schultz
Klaus In'tVeld
Pellas Noni KE
Shinn
Carroll Ross
Horace Alton Zimmerman
Charles Alter Sweem
Lawrence Earl Bi Wayne Beebe
Morris Kurtz Palmer
Taekin Miller
Dex Moines
Ndre
Everett al
Cali
F. Schippers
Oskaloosa
Dick John Ver Pell
Harley
Emmet
Semanski
Florence
Ivan A. Rodda
Pleasant William Euel Mesehher
Swan
John Arnis
LeRoy M, Kendall
Hamilton
Rott
Knoxville Co
Man
Northboromer
Somers
Parks Stanton
Huh
John Alfred Walton
Des Moines
Elmer J. Chester Iinger
Wm. Alex. Simpson
Osk
Hoyd van Rees
Joseph Leslie Moore
Arthur Lowell Green
Pellatras
Wm. H. Russell
LeRoy Robt
EK. Mitchell
Knoxvill
William Geo. Gosselink
Robert Manatt Martin
Petre
Donald Gracy
Glenn Long
John Edw
Bilis
Wilbur
Gladwin
Benj
M. Callahan
Des Moi Cary Dennis Feaysing
Attica
Rex van Dowsiler
Reuben Chas
Steenhock
Calvin Lee de Goey
James R. Brooks
Walter W. Johnson
Jack Nichols
Otley
Frank B. Sherman
Tracy Harold J. Sheesley
Pleasanty
Gerald R. Gulling
Federated Club Women Compile War Relief Kits for Russia
The Department of Public Aid and American Home sponsor a club project to assemble fifty cartons with fifteen items each from sugar to sewing supplies for Russian families looted by Germans. The Pella Federation of Women’s Clubs appointed thirty-four group leaders to gather small cash gifts, with donations coordinated by committee members Elizabeth McBride Leona Vander Linden Amelia Rhynsburger T Liggett Geo Lankelma.
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Department of Public
Department of American Home
Lowa
Hom
Pella Federation of Women's Clubs
Pella
Elizabeth McBride
Leona Vander Linden
Amelia Rhynsburger
T. Liggett
Geo, Lankelma
Band Concert Saturday Evening Downtown
A band concert is set for Saturday evening in Garden Square with a full crowd expected. Director H B Kuyper notes D Day disruptions affected practice earlier in the week and a seat is reserved for you.
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H. BE. Kuyper
Garden Square
Fifth War Loan Campaign planned for Pella area towns
The Pella Defense Council set the Fifth War Loan drive for June 19 week covering Pella Otley Lake Prairie and Summit Township. A kickoff meeting at Legion Hall Monday June 19 will inaugurate the drive with 176 workers to canvass homes and boost bond subscriptions. The district has a strong record of over subscribing past loans, with a county quota of 1 043 000 and local target around 504 000, based on income and bank deposits.
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Pella Naval Bank
Mra. M
Pella
Otley
Lake Prairie
Summit Township
Iowa
Marion County
Summit
Federal Reserve Bank
Holland
South Lake Prairie
Parl
Europe
Honors Paid Two Young Men Lost in War
Memorial services in Pella honored Lt Dan Meulpolder and Lt (jg) Gerrit Wormhoudt who died in the Pacific and near Chincoteague Virginia. The Second Reformed and First Reformed churches hosted ceremonies with wreaths, addresses, and music. Ensign Jacob De Haan and local cadets carried duties as services reflected community sorrow and mourning. The town also remembered Rudy Schilder, a Navy seaman lost in a plane crash near Winona Arizona.
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Second Reformed Church
Dan Ray Meulpolder
Pacific
R. J. Vanden Berg
Gerrit HL. Wormhoudt
U.S. Navy
Tsmed
Ted. Vanden Bergenehine Wormhoudt
Chincoteaue
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Everend
Tunis
Prins
Lala
Swat
Navy
New Winona, Arizona
Invasion Report Opens Allied Beachheads in France
News from radio reports on Tuesday June 6 describes Allied landings on a 50 to 60 mile French coast between Le Havre and Cherbourg. Beachheads reached about twelve miles inland as sea and air assaults continue. German resistance appears stronger on land. reinforcements arrive. Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Montgomery express assurance while prayers fill churches. In India, hospital patients receiving Red Cross gifts chew candy and colored checkerboards.
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France
le Havre
Cherbourg
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Churchill
Roosevelt
Pella
India
Red Cross
Baptist Bible School Closes With Friday Program
After two weeks and over 80 pupils enrolled, the Baptist Church closes its vacation Bible school this Friday. Miss Joann Kile of Minneapolis led the program with an imaginative boat trip theme and will direct the 8 pm program on Friday June 9. A picnic for the children is planned at Friday noon, weather permitting, and parents are urged to attend to ensure their child’s presence at the sobering event.
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The
Baptist Church
Joann Kile
Minneapolis
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