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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
6
The crew of LSM (R) 189, nicknamed Small Boy, fought in Okinawa’s night patrols as rockets and guns repelled Japanese attacks. John Own Distman, first class, is credited with aiding in downing planes and sinking suicide boats, surviving intense shell and mortar fire while maintaining operations.
Margaret Vande Geest of Leighton Iowa joined the WAVES on June 21 completing enlistment at the Officer Procurement Office in Des Moines The Navy seeks 20000 more WAVES including in the Hospital Corps As a daughter of a Mahaska County farmer she will train at Hunter College New York City before assignment within the United States
Cpl. Leonard J. Roose prepares for combat duty with a B-29 Superfortress unit. The Pella Iowa native, husband of Mrs. Minnie Roose, will depart Pratt Army Air Field after final training to join the war’s push toward conclusion. Roose previously worked as an airplane assembler at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo, New York.
PFC Melvin C Van Duren son of Albert A Van Duren of Oskaloosa Iowa is at Bend Kansas Army Field for final training with a B 29 bombardment group of the Second Air Force. Upon completion he will go overseas to join the combat unit and help defeat the enemy. He studied at Central College Pella and graduated from Pella High School in 1943.
Martin V. Nelson, 26, of 733 Prankli St., Pella Iowa, serves aboard a battleship in the Pacific. He joined the Navy in August 1944 and has participated in operations in the southern Palau Islands and Leyte in the Philippines. His wife and family are listed in Iowa, with several brothers and relatives also serving overseas.
Lt Donald W Vriezelaar of Me and Mrs Win A V lagu Otley arrived with wife McRee and son Donnel June 14 at his parents’ Otley home en route to Sheppard Field Texas for overseas assignment. He has four years service including time at air bases in South Carolina. Commissioned 1941 as a bombardier but grounded in 1943 for physical reasons. He has served as mess officer supply officer and squadron adjutant and acted as commanding officer of a squadron of about 4100 men. He expects to serve as supply officer overseas. Vriezelaar attended Central College three years before entering service in 1941.
Mrs Betty Jean Kruseman of Oskaloosa received a government wire confirming her husband Pvt Ralph Kruseman was wounded in action on Cebu Island Philippines on May 8 He entered service in October 1944 and arrived in the Philippines in April He is the son of Mr and Mrs E C Kruseman of Leighton
Aviation Radioman 1st Class Mark Speed of Pleasantville has been overseas for fifteen months and is stationed at the Naval Air Station in Honolulu. He was a student at Central College when he enlisted in the Navy.
A string of jumbled notes from a town resident discusses public figures and neighbors. Names like Elliott Rooser, Bob Menning, Cornice Rietveld, Chuck, Mark, Dick, Klaas Intveld appear amid questions about crime by political figures and a lighter take on daily life. The writer mentions family plans, wartime letters, travel, and weather suggesting a wartime hometown column full of personal updates and rumor.
Addresses and identifiers for several service members and locations include Pte Ronald J and others with unit codes from different postings. The list mentions Miami Florida Port Hueneme California and Bushnell Hospital Ward 3 Utah, with various service numbers and roles such as stevedore pool.
A string of visitors from Otley Tull and West Nederlandsch Indie called on residents of the Home for the Aged including Roy Tukker Henry Vander Will Lanser and Houweling. The piece recalls June birthdays for Nellie Quarter 82 and Anne De Hoed 88.
An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH as an improved powder for upper and lower dentures, claiming it makes wearing false teeth more comfortable and firmer. The copy urges readers to try the product at any drugstore.
Des Moines plant of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company faces a critical labor shortage for wartime tire production. R H Mather reports 200 additional workers needed immediately with 50 to 75 more weekly until staffing reaches 285 production, aiming to reach 1000, to meet emergency war demands for high flotation tires. The plant has been granted Number Two priority by the Manpower Commission to accelerate recruitment.
Military leaders call tires the most critical war product as the Des Moines plant shows giant tires weighing 206 pounds and 48 inches tall. The 250000 square foot facility runs 21 hours daily with paid learning, open employment, low-cost meals, and time rates including time and a half on the sixth day and double time on the seventh. Applicants may contact the United States Employment Service offices for details.
In warming weather fishing season opens with varied stories. J Maisman hooks a big catfish at Town Eldora. a musk rat slashes the fish, the muskrat is hooked as a commotion ensues and the fish escapes. Rose, Spirit Lake Hatchery supervisor, notes Mrs Charles Jones of Independence and Eldon Densen of Holstein both caught the same 2 inch silver fish at Buffalo Run on Spirit Lake while fly fishing. Both flies struck in tandem and were retrieved apart. the fish was landed by both anglers, Rose withholding the trophy owner.
Marion County's boys 4-H Clubs show a strong rise with 110 members this year, up 155 from 1944. The gain follows a banquet pledge to double membership, and a survey notes many projects including beef cattle, dairy, swine, sheep, crops, and garden work, with optimism for new clubs this summer and fall.
The first steamship on the Great Lakes, named Walk-in-the-Water, was constructed in Buffalo in 1818, marking a milestone in early American maritime history.
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