Pilots Life Lost In Charleston Air Crash
Capt. Lloyd Harris 26, bomber instructor at Charleston South Carolina, died in a July 26 plane crash after takeoff. A Pocahontas High School 1985 graduate, he attended Iowa State College for engineering before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1941. He served at Adak Alaska, El Paso and Clovis before arriving at Alamogordo New Mexico as an instructor and later Charleston. He leaves a wife and parents with several siblings and has earned the Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross.
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Lloyd Harris
Charleston
South Carolina
Harris
Pocahontas High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Army Air Corps
Adak
Alaska
United States
Salt Lake City
el Paso
Texas
Clovis
New Mexico
Alamorado
5. C
W. W. Harris
Pacific Beach
Calif
Pos Engineering
Camp Callon
West Coast
Helen
M. D. Hall
Washington
Marian
Bob Edson
Corliss
West
Randall
Sicily
Havelock News Social Notes and Visits Across Town
Local social column lists Mrs Robert Bittrich and daughter Mary Jane visiting Mrs Ralph Cole. Mrs Mayme Daugherty returning from Fort Dodge and Pocahontas. funeral in Osceola for Lloyd Emary’s former son in law. Pvt Stan Colee posted to Camp Meade after training at Fort Bl rendering. multiple visits and dinners around Rolfe Laurens Emmetsburg Pocahontas and Garner. Mrs Winifred Mason suffers heart attack. grain news notes high yields and a galloping tea held. Mrs Josephine Kirk to visit from Cherokee. Kessler and Kreig visit Bohn home. elevator reports 36 pounds per bushel and fields yielding 50 bushels per acre. various visits to Mason City Rolfe Plover and Mason. concluding with Mrs Hauswirth illness improving.
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Robert Bittrich
Mary Jane
Chicago
Ralph Cole
Mayme Daugherty
Fort Dodge
W. B. McTaggart
Pocahontas and
Palmer
Martha Herscher
Lloyd Emary
Osceola
Emary
Stan Colee
Hughes
Rolfe
Stan
Fort Blanding
Fla
Camp Meade
Maryland
Harold Gibson
Thawville
Howard Gibson
Gibson
Charles Rouzey
Clinton, Ill
Jay Stowell
Walter Knight
Ned Goodchild
Emmetsburg
Garner
Iowa
Don Gibson
Howard
Don
Little Rock
Ark
Eldon Buck
Frank Kiischel
Calvin Hersom
Laurens
George Miller
Frank Ralle
Louie Ferek
Plover
Winifred Mason
Marvella Ralle
Mason City
Francis Jacobson
Pocahontas
Forrest Mason
Josephine Kirk
Cherokee
Henry Buck
Kirk
State Hospital
Herman Kessler
Baltimore
Charles Kreig
Mallard
Clint Bohn
Bohn
Arnold Barth
J. C. Barth
George
C. L. Cornwell
Ncre
Pearl Mick
Lavina Eby
Polly Hoffert
Fred Hauswirth
Wounded in France Cpl Hohensee loses left foot
Wounded in France Cpl Donald D Hohensee of the quartermaster corps informed his parents that his left foot was amputated after a shell explosion while in a truck cab. He was thrown about 50 feet. The word arrived July 26. He is recovering satisfactorily and no war department word has yet arrived. Inducted December 1942, he has been overseas for several months. Second Lt Madsen and Mrs Madsen returned to Salina after a furlough. Mrs Redman and daughter Donna Jean moved to stay with her mother Mrs Speer while her husband serves in the Navy at Great Lakes. Pvt Kenneth Butler visited from San Diego. Archie Johnson on leave from Farragut Idaho visits home. Miss Agnes Herman and Mrs Lawrence Stegge visit Omaha to see Mr Godfrey Hazuka.
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Shelgren
Ollinger
A. Sediacek
Vincent Stoner
Marian Hoffert
Robert Reiter
Talbor Peterson
Lawrence Seifred
Francis Schott
Myles Ollinger
al Sedlacek
Bob Reiter
A. J. Huewe
Richard Madison
Madrid
Joseph Schoofs
Huewe
Schoofs
Ed Seifred
Janet
Pat
Mike
Waterloo
J. A. Seifred
Monaghan
Seifred
Bert Donahue
Hampton
Francis Kelly
C. B. Carlat
Mary Kay
Kansas City
Joe Lanus, Jr
Rose Ries
Barney Ries
Carlot
Cedar Rapids
Ray Roth
George Shors
Gerd Logsdon
Golf Auxiliary
Jack Bouma
Jimmy Hronek
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Ernie Stover
W. W. Wainwright
Oscar Johnston
Clara Codner
James Hronek
Pocahontas Municipal
H. C. Goodyear
Des Moines
Goodyear
Charles Sennett
Navy
Plattsburg
New York
Grant
Brokaw
M. H. Hammes
Ladonna
Henry Holder
Whittemore
George Mileschik
C. A. Schott
Leo Wolken
Josephine Stelpflug
Nick Stelpflug
Fonda
John Collins
James Hudson
Majors Field
Greenville
Texas
Fred M. Hudson
Hudson
San Antonio
Toxico
Bad Schall
de Loss
Jerry
Lohrvile
Charles Serhott
George Schott
Pocahontas
Donald DB. Hohensee
Quartermaster Corps
France
Cpl
Hohensee
Walter Hohensee
Cpl. Hohensee
War Department
Robert Madsen
Salina
Kansas
Madsen
S. Madsen
Alta
H. J. Redman
Donna Jean
Amavilla
Redman
Lucy Speer
Leonard Johnson
Agnes Herman
Lawrence Stegge
Rose Ann
Mary
Omaha
Nebr
Godfrey Hazuka
Herman
Stegge
Hazuka
Services for Mrs. Vicek Held at Sts Peter and Paul
Funeral services were held Monday morning at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic church for Mrs. Wesley Vicek 53 who died at Mercy hospital in Fort Dodge after two strokes within ten days. A Pocahontas resident, she is survived by her husband a seven year old son two sisters Mae Viktor and Joh Payer of Pocahontas and three brothers Wesley Will Steulit of Pocahontas and Joe Steulit of Rolfe.
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Sts. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
Wesley Vicek
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Vicek
Pocahontas
Vieck
Mae Viktor
Joh Payer
Wesley
Will
Local Druggist's Husband Joins Civil Air Patrol
Males Selo Wlieht Mrs A I Shivasa. taking tying instructions from A C Seatoaf Port Dodee. becomes first Po calontas POUNLY Wonkin to make a solo flight this Saturday July. Civil Air Patrol member since 1939.
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A. I. Shivasa
A. C. Seatoaf
Honorees Leo Shelgren and Myles Olinger Enter Armed Service
Leo Shelgren and Myles Olinger left Thursday to enter the armed forces and were honored at a local potluck event.
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Leo Shelgren
Myles Olinger
Oats Crep Good Threshing Machines Begin to Hum
Threshing season is underway as oats are brought to local mills and machines operate at pace. Farmers report steady yields and workers note the hum of early harvest activity across the region.
Card party notes and awards at Mrs Schott home
A church card party at Mrs. Charles Schott home featured a rosary for boys in service and war stamps. Mrs. Vern Smrkovski won high score on eight tables, with Mrs. M. fl. Hammes receiving the consolatory award. Traveling prize went to Mrs. Arthur McCartan. crests of the Foresters were Myre. Henry Holder and Mrs. Bud Sehall attended from nearby towns. Anch was served by the committee after a pleasant evening.
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Ning
Charles Schott
Vern Smrkovski
M. Fl. Hammes
Saward
Arthur McCartan
Foresters
Myre
Henry Holder
Whittemore
Bud Sehall
Odgen
Schett
Agnes Wolken
Henry Debeck
Josephine Stelpflug
J. J. Ryan
George Schott
Local helpers finish detasseling corn work this week
Local residents aiding in detasseling corn expect to finish their work this week. Mrs. Jay Williams Mrs. Frank Eno Mrs. Dale Spiker Miss Dorothy Hacker Elinora Froh Bonnie Lou Eno Loryl Leigh Norma Knight Verla Brazier Lavera Grover Ben Eby Arthur Knight and James Brazier all acquired sunburn while doing their bit.
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Jay Williams
Frank Eno
Dale Spiker
Dorothy Hacker
Elnora Froh
Bonnie Lou Eno
Loryl Leigh
Norma Knight
Verla Brazier
Lavera Grover
Ben Eby
Arthur Knight
James Brazier
Furloughs Visits and Notices Dominate Local News
Local residents visitors and military families populate the week with furloughs and travel. Cpl Knittel and family visit at the Reimer home while awaiting Camp Hood duties. Agnes Kretzimier to Ensign Alberti in New York. Joe Edge seeks health care in Rochester. travel to Des Moines and Seattle noted. church services paused due to a pastor’s Bible conference. other regional updates include cadet Claude Barth enlisting and family visits at the Benthey and Gist homes.
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George Ihnen
Ware
Mason City
Farragut
Idaho
Ernest Markley
Gilmore City
Markley
Des Moines
Joe Edge
Norma Jean
Rochester
Minn
Joe
Havelock
Agnes
John Kretzimier
Frank Alberti
U.S.N.R
New York
Chapel of Riverside Church
Charles Leslie Glenn
Ware High School
Capital City Commercial College
Seattle
Wash
Flint
Mich
Will Nowack
Arthur
Fonda
Carl Barth
Fort Dodge
Claude
Navy
Lake Okoboji
Kukor
DeYoung
Art Carlson
Marcia
Laurens
Pearl Mick
Bentbey
Dale Cupp
Clarion
John Dahl
Ottosen
George Gist
G. A. Grover
Rex Coyle
Mondamin
Coyle
Walter Knight
Hunter Charley Howard Fights Cubs in New Wolf Method
Charley Howard of near Dows reports a new wolf hunting method using bare fists. He trapped and killed a cub near his work site then cornered another cub in a hole and sent it away after a nonlethal hit. The first cub died after being struck.
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Charley Howard
Near
Dows
Mr. Howard
Charley
Early pallets moved to laying house for safe start
The instructions advise placing young pallets in the laying house immediately to start laying, warning that outside exposure may trigger a melt. Clean the house thoroughly and only keep pallets with well developed combs and red faces, selecting all healthy, heavy pallets at once.
Detasseling hybrid seed corn boosts wartime crop yields
Towa notes that hybrid seed corn promises about 15 percent more yield than open pollinated varieties. With 99 percent of Iowa's 11 million acres planted hybrid, detasseling is essential for war work. Citizens are urged to contact county extension directors to contribute.
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Towa
Iowa
Lord Gus Strank Hay Truck Fire and Farm Tips
A hay load lost in a fire aided by Lowden fire company and helpers. The piece gives pest control tips for potatoes using Bordeaux mix and notes poultry rearing guidance on culling and feed efficiency based on chicken weight targets.
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Gus Strank
Lowden Fire Company
Watk
Germans chased as war bonds praised by Wel City
A cryptic wartime blurb urges readers to invest in U S War Bonds while noting Germans are beleaguered. The piece exudes a wartime propaganda tone from the Freeman Journal in Wel City.
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City Freeman-Journal
U. S. War
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Charleston, S. C
Havelock News
Mrs
U. S. War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
WACS
Women’s Army Corps
England
Ann F. Dietrich
New Kensington
Lucille Collins
Selby Avenue
St. Paul, Minn
Goldin Johnson
Second Street
Louisville
Mele Weinstein
Wweat Nuclid Avenue
Detroit
Raymond H. Knittel
Jimmy
Belton
John Reimer
Kittel
Camp Hood
Knittel
Dorthea Reimer
Town State College
William Sturm
Chicago Sun
U. S. Treasury
Christian Science Monitor
The
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society One
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
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