Tulip Time Wishes From Wichita Falls Letter
Dear Editor from Private Daniel Klein at an Aviation Cadet Field Hospital describes Tulip Time misses, weather, furlough hopes, and military service near Wichita Falls. He recalls Ninth Army air operations over Germany with vivid aircraft details and praise for comrades and supporters.
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Wichita Falls
Ts Station Hospital
The
Pella
Pella, Lows
Tam
Chronicle
Aviation Cadet Physical Examining Board
Daniel Klein
Bootsma brothers soar over Nazi land under fire
Don Bootsma, son of Henry Bootsma of Pella and nephew of Dora Bootsma of New Sharon, serves as a Royal Canadian Air Force sergeant pilot. In a letter to Dr Francis M Bacon he describes a raid over Germany, detailing being shot at, with his radio message broadcast after a worldwide shortwave address by young airmen abroad.
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K. van Zante
Navi Coast
Germany
Bootsma
Tootsma
University of Southern California
Armany
Shonane
Arlie
Don Boots
Henry Bootsma
Pella
Dora Bootsma
New Sharon
Dora
Sting
Manford
California
Bess Bootsma
Don
Don AH
Royal Canadian Air Force
Hanford
Francis M. Bacon
University of California
Los Angeles Times
Voice from London shines on Bootsma family message
Short wave broadcast from London relays Pilot Don H Bootsma's cheerful report to his aunt and uncle in the United States. He notes letters from his wife in Boston and thanks supporters as he flies missions from England. Bootsma has been in Europe since July.
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Pin
Boss
London
Counse
Bootsma
Pingel
Tulip Time Festival Praised For Grandeur And Effort
The 1942 Tulip Time finished as a complete success with a grand parade and program. General Chairman L A Sandven supervised late into the night ensuring all properties were cleared. Sandven praised the festival and his team for a flawless event with wide community participation.
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L.A
Tulip Time Festival Praised for Teamwork in Pella
The article lauds Mr Sandren for coordinating Tulip Time with flawless timing over two days. It notes broad cooperation from hundreds of workers and volunteers, whose cheerful help and community spirit powered a successful festival. The piece highlights collective effort and pride in Pella.
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Sandren
Pella
Strane Kote
Noth
Pell
Selective Service Notes Warn of Induction of Dependents’ Men
Iowa boards warn that dependents now deferments may be lifted as manpower demands rise. State Director Charles Graht says boards will choose from registrants with dependents who prove need for earned income and who are not supporting war effort through essential civilian work. Emphasis remains on locating “necessary men” for war production while allowing meaningful exemptions where appropriate.
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Charles AH. Graht
State Selective Service
Charles H. Grahl
Army Duty and Malingerers Probe at Local Board
Corporal Floyd Ver of Lyonville, serving fifteen months since Feb 7 1941, enlisted in an anti tank battalion. Officials defend Selective Service checks to prevent injustice and note cases of malingerers. A German born farmer near the capital enlisted after two brothers joined the Nazi army, highlighting loyalty questions.
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Floyd Veron
Poultry and livestock market figures list
Market notes show entries for Leghorn hens Cox and heavy varieties, plus ducks and hogs. Mentions 2055 hogs and commodities including wheat corn oats hides, with Chicago noted as a market reference. Names Cox and Palla appear among livestock items.
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Leghorns
Palla
Chicago
Draft attitudes mix with loyalty in wartime letters
A recruiter explains German descent loyalty and draft duty while urging caution in criticizing draft registration. State Selective Service Director Grahl praises Iowa newspapers for space on draft news and urges care in reporting unverified claims. A Black youth, once in reform school, is inducted at Fort Des Moines and expresses desire to serve and prove his loyalty. The piece includes a brief Army Times interview and editor’s quip about two peroxide blondes at a game.
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Selective Service
Charles H. Grahl
Lowa
Commendation for Pella Sugar Rationing Board 1942
Regional Administrator John C. Weigel and Director Robert B. Adan praise the Pella area for efficient consumer sugar rationing registration. They commend state rationing administrators, board chairs, and clerks, noting over 6000 people registered in four days and thanking local schools and rural districts for their support.
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John C. Weigel
Robert B. Adan
Office of
Price Administration
Pella
Lake Prairie
Summit Townships
Rationing Board Chair Notes Tiny Error Count
Completing our check we found so few errors that they are hardly worth mentioning. H. P. Van Gorp, Chm. Rationing Board.
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H. P. van Gorp
Chm. Rationing Board
For Sale Classified Notices Gathered From Otley Mail
Multiple short sale and rental notices. Items include a lawnmower in good shape under Leonard Allen, 1941 car corn 7kc four miles north of Leighton near Lake Crookham in Oskaloosa, Illini soy beans with high germination and phone number 662, used furniture including dresser bed and spring walnut dining set, wormhoudt and sale at 12.50 2.50 7.50 50, yellow soy beans for sale with phone 166 in Den Adel, and a furnished apartment for rent near 10 Green available June first.
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Leighton
Lake Crookham
Oskaloosa
Illini
Otley
Wm. Zegers
Wanted man on fort Simon Vander Pol Sully Iowa
Brief classified notices from Sully Iowa list a wanted man near Fort Simon Vander Pol with contact 2211 on the 17th, plus multiple sales offers and wants. An independent oil company seeks a leased service station in a well located fully equipped site. Also ads for machines, a home, farm work for a boy, a baby crib, dressed fries, and a car sale with a dispute included.
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Fort Simon Vander Pol
Sully
Iowa
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Iowa Selective Service Board
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Luitheran
Stanton
Stanton Zephyr
Home News
the Zephyr
Stanton Uniformed
Storm Lake
Ireland
Swea
Herald
U.S. A
Wheaties
Aries
Crescent Macaroni and Spaghetti
Butter Meadow
Stokely’s
Gloss Star
Des Moines
White
Graham
Wriezelaar’s Grocery
Tahut
Ken
Grab
U.S
Servetive Service
Grahl
Fort Des Moines
Hitler
Reformatory
Army Times
Luther
Pella Sugar Rationing Board
United States
Jack Sprat
Oxydel
Monster’s Jack Sprat Store
Renna
Arizona
Cobblers
Peck
Campbell’s Soups
NAVY
Royal GE
del Monte
Ines
Ian
Leonard Allen
Stee
Wormhoudt
den Adel
Focker Way
Wayne
Penn Oil Barrel
Corrante the Ree
Selecteria
D. H. Nutting
D. J. Nutting
Hl. T. Vander Ark
Verle Ver Dught
Fries
Chas. Dykhuis
Paley
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