Christmas overseas mail deadline urges early sending
A wartime notice stresses mailing gifts to Army and Navy personnel overseas by September 15 to reach them by Christmas. Gifts may be sent between September 15 and October 15, with written soldier requests required after October 15. Details cover parcel limits, packing, and prohibited items, emphasizing quick sending to maintain morale and ensure delivery before December 25. Nations and stations cited include Alaska, Greenland, England, Australia, and others, with emphasis on space and shipping constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Mas
Alaska
Greenland
Iceland
England
Sicily
Africa
Australia
South Pacific
India
China
South America
Soldier Home From Africa Returns On 15 Day Furlough
Henry Helmers, son of Mrs. George Helmers and brother of Mrs. Fred H. Baoyken, arrived back in New York after six weeks at the North Africa front. He was shot in the heel by a machine gun bullet and is home on a 15 day furlough, still limping slightly, originally shipped from North Africa to New York with a shipload of prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Helmers
George Helmers
Fred H. Baoyken
North Africa
New York
Farmer Arthur Kelch Injured in Runaway Team
Arthur Kelch of Corwith is hospitalized in Algona after a bundle wagon team ran away at Al Bosworth’s farm. He was thrown, the wagon backed over him, with X rays showing a broken shoulder blade a severe head bruise and other injuries.
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Arthur Kelch
Corwith
Algona
Kelch
Bosworth Farm
Titonka Topic Subscription Price Increase Planned
The Titonka Topic raise takes effect October 1 to offset rising costs. In Titonka and neighboring trade territory subscriptions go to 2.00 per year, outside the territory 2.50, and 2.00 for armed service members. All subscriptions payable in advance, with option to prepay for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
United States
The
Armed Service
William Tjaden Passes Aged 74 In Titonka Parish
William Tjaden longtime Titonka resident dies at 74 years after pneumonia. Funeral at Good Hope Lutheran with Rev A Mardorf in charge and burial in Good Hope cemetery. He was born January 12, 1868 in Ackley Iowa, married Katie DeBoer in 1884, farmed near Titonka, and served as deacon at Good Hope. Eight children survived by marriage. several siblings and relatives attend. Also explains confusion around canning sugar allotments under OPA rules including per person limits and certificate issuance for fruit, jams, jellies and butters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Traden
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Titonica
Rev
A. Mardorf
Good Hope Cemetery
Nick Heesch
Chris Brandt
William Alice
George Wiegand
Fred Stecker
Falkert Stecker
Mr. Tjaden
Ted VanHove
Frances
Simon Smith
Bonno Schutter
Ed Broesder
Lone Rock
Frank Ackerman
Heil, N. D
Rudolph Sathoif
Whittemore
Jelle Tjaden
Woden
OPA
Board Office
Postal parcel guidance for military addresses and safety
The notice outlines protective packaging for sharp items to prevent injuries and explains detailed mailing addresses for Army and Navy personnel. It includes example formats showing rank, serial numbers, units, ship names, fleet post offices, and routing post offices for correct delivery to service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
John R. Doe
167Th Infantry
A.P.O
New York
N. Y
John M. Jones
Beaman
U. S. Navy
Naval Air Station
Fleet
San Francisco
Calif
Forest City Girl Heads to California Trip
Forest City Marie Gavin travels to California after being awarded a Vox Pop trip. she leaves Ames with plans for her mother and sister to join en route to visit fiance and brother William stationed at Santa Ana. The journey aims to connect family across locations in the west.
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Forest City
Marie Gavin
California
Ames
Boyce Springs
Margaret
West
William
Santa Ana
Lorraine Peterson Is Honor Guest At Waterloo Party
Lorraine Peterson of Titonka Iowa was honored at a 630 dinner at Verna Barnett home in Waterloo to celebrate her graduation from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Gifts were given. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs George Peterson and Miss Minnie Kennedy all of Titonka. A reception followed at the home of Mr and Mrs Thorvald Johnson Cedar Falls. She taught at a rural school near Cedar Falls and was junior high principal at Dunkerton last year. She will join Sloane Wallace junior high Waterloo next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Courier
Lorraine Peterson
Titonka
Iowa
Verna Barnett
Miss Peterson
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
George Peterson
Minnie Kennedy
Thorvald Johnson
Olive Street
Dunkerton
Drowning Death Confirmed for Pvt Lawrence J Neuroth
The family of Pvt Lawrence J Neuroth of Wesley received a War Department letter confirming his death by drowning on August 7 in the North America area. The casualty report notes the cause as drowning but says further information will follow. A requiem mass for the 31-year-old soldier was held at St Joseph's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Albert Neuroths
War Department
Pvt
Lawrence J. Neuroth
Neuroths
North America
St. Joseph's Church
More Student Nurses Sought as Enrollment Rises in Iowa
Iowa nursing schools enroll 2,488 students in 1943, 829 more than 1940 and 250 above 1942, with demand for nurses remaining high. Adeline Hendricks of the Iowa Nursing Council urges continued recruitment to meet a 75,000 national quota for 1944, noting rural Iowa girls increasingly enter nursing while farms need workers.
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Iowa
Adeline Hendricks
R. N
Iowa Nursing Council For War Service
Hendricks
Nursing Council
Otown
Wesley Man Receives Army Good Conduct Medal
F. C. Irwin Hildman, son of Mr and Mrs George Hildman, of Camp Hood Texas, has been awarded the U S Army Good Conduct Medal by Col William S Biddle for exemplary behavior and fidelity during a year of active service in wartime. Officials warn about diminishing meat and fat storage space as of July 1 with 7% occupied versus 48% a year ago.
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Wesley Man
Wesley
F. C
Irwin F. Hildman
George Hildman
Lath Cavalry Regiment
Camp Hood
Texas
U. S. Army
Wm. S. Biddle
United States
Italian Prison Camp Solves Labor Problem
A Las Cruces CCC camp houses 125 Italian prisoners of war stationed near Las Cruces New Mexico. Paul Harvey employs 15 on his farm near Rill paying 2734 cents per hour for a 10 hour day. The POWs salute when approached and say they wish to stay in the United States.
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William Larson
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Paul Harvey
Rill
N. M
Ccc
Harvey
Hill
Italy
Lee Stahmann
Hig Farm
Not Infantile Paralysis Inquiry for Two Carr Boys
Two sons of Mr and Mrs Allan Carr Larry four and Max ten were taken to Town City on Sunday amid fear of infantile paralysis. A University hospital report Sunday night said the affliction was not infantile paralysis. The older boy had back head pain and the younger had partial loss of use of a leg and foot. The family remains in Iowa City for further medical advice.
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Allan Carr
Larry
Max
Town City
University Hospital
Ramsey Resident 50 Years Passes
Lakota memorial notes Marena Fredricka Winter Lewis who lived in Ramsey Germania Lakota area for decades. Born October 2 1875 in Mills County Iowa she helped settle Ramsey and Germania. She married Charles R Lewis in 1900 and left seven children and ten grandchildren. She died August 19 at age 67 after a heart attack. Services were at the Presbyterian church with burial in Maple Hill cemetery.
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Marena Fredricka Winter
Mills County
White Cloud
Iowa
Michael
Catherine Winter
Ramsey
Germania
Lakota
Fort Dodge
Charles R. Lewis
Charlotte
A. L. Sorenson
Glendale
Calif
Edith
Fred Schroeder
Olive
Harvey Reid
Algona
Arlene
Merrill Sparks
Blue Harth
Minn
Thomas
Charles R. Lewin Jr
Los Angeles
Roger Sorenson
Winston
Judith
Charlene
Dijana Schroeder
Allen James Reid
Tamara
Carol Sparks
Robert
Donna Lewis
Lewis Lgaves
J. C. Randall
Glenburn
N. D
C. A. Winter
John Liesveld
August Wortman
Wm. Wortman
Phillip Winter
Lewis
Presbyterian Church
G. Sauer
Maple Hill
Scholaru
Doyle Reaser Suffers Further Leg Injuries
Doyle Reaser, a 12 year old, has repeated leg injuries over more than a year. He previously broke his hip, then damaged the same leg again after a fall. Last week he fractured the upper leg bone and cracked a lower leg bone, leaving him bedridden for weeks and out of school.
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Doyle Reaser
Doyle
Titonka public school set to open Monday September 6
Titonka schools will open Monday morning at nine o'clock with two hours for registration and assignments. Regular hours resume thereafter with high school at 8:30 and grades below seventh at nine. Denton drug store will not stock used textbooks but will sell new texts. questions on textbooks refer to the display list at the store.
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Titonka
Denton Drug Store
Denton Drug
Titonka Street Re surfaced in Fine Shape Again
Titonka main street from Sathoff filling station to the north end has been resurfaced and patched with oil and gravel. State Highways crew from Algona repaired holes and ditches left by street light work. Des Moines road crew finished the job with a final roll and oil coat, similar work done in LuVerne and Britt the same day. Titonka now has a fine main street ready for traffic.
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Titonka
Sathoff
State Highway Commission
Algona
Town Road Building Gang
Des Moines
Highway Commission
LuVerne
Britt
Rake
August Baack Weds Miss Beck at Little Brown Church
Miss Walioa Beck daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Beck became the bride of August Baack son of Mrs Augusta Baack of Woden Sunday August 14 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Reverend F L Hanscom officiated with Mrs Hanscom at the organ. Ruth Beck served as bridesmaid and Eldon Rademacher of Floyd as best man. A buffet for fifty followed. The bride, a Charles City high school graduate, works for McCoy Truck Lines. Baack will soon enter service and works at Oliver Farm Equipment Company.
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Walioa Beck
Ben Beck
August Baack
Augusta Baack
Woden
Little Brown
Nashua
F. L. Hanscom
Hanscom
Miss Beck
Ruth Beck
Eldon Rademacher
Floyd
Death of Mrs. Augusta Helmers of Lakota
Mrs Augusta Helmers of Lakota died Sunday at her daughter’s home northeast of town after a stroke last week. Her husband died years ago. She leaves three daughters and one son. Surviving children include Anthony Helmers in Kamrer, Mrs. Charles Jager in Magog City, Mrs. John Roelfsema in Lakota, and Mire Rishara Price of Lakota.
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Helmers
Lakota
Augusta Helmers
John Roelfsema
Anthony
Kamrer
Charles Jager Kvey
Magog City
John Rorteema
Rishara Price
Lakots
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William Tjaden
Roger W. Doe V.B. Nagy
Aa, Sees Aguce, Oa
Waterloo
L. J. Neuroth
Titonka Public School
Little Brown Church
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