Must Register April 27 for Selective Service in Iowa
State officials urge all men aged 46 to 64 to register on April 27 1942. Registration places include local boards or designated public sites from 7 to 9 PM. Registrants must answer questions describe residence in detail and provide current mailing address. Special registrars will assist the ill or incapacitated and registrants with multiple residences must choose one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Graht
Esi
A Week Of The War Navy trains 40,000 yearly in private schools
The Navy will train 40,000 men annually in three types of private schools covering elementary electricity and radio materiel, visual signaling, and radio operators. Twenty-one schools will start by June 1, 13 already producing trained men. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard will recruit negro volunteers for general service once a training station is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Knox
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
New York
San Francisco
Army
Selective
Viola Clausen Dies Sunday in Estherville Area
Miss Viola Sevina Clausen 25, of Estherville, died Sunday night after five years of ill health from bronchitis. A 1935 Dolliver high school graduate, she leaves father Henry Clausen, two brothers Carl and Arnold, and four sisters Marie Clausen Estherville, Mrs Alfred Kramermide Canova, Mrs Stanley Jackson Mankato, Mrs Vernon Lanning Rhodes, plus many relatives. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 in the Dolliver church with Rev Day officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Sevina Clausen
Estherville
Dolliver High School
Henry Clausen
Carl
Armstrong
Arnold
Dolliver
Emmet
Marie Clausen
Alfred Kramermide
Canova
Iowa
Stanley “Jackson
Mankato
Vernon Lanning
Rhodes
Dolliver Church
Rev. Day
Fifty Guardsmen Released From Camp Dodge Training
Lieutenant Colonel John T. Lonsdale announced that 50 of the 285 Ta state guard recruits at Camp Dodge Des Moines will be relieved from active service tomorrow after a month of 30 day basic training, the period extended to 60 days. Replacements will report next week to maintain about 285 in the battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Lonsdale
Ta, State Guard
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Lonsdale
Selectees Leave Sunday for Des Moines Induction Center
Twenty five boys left Estherville by bus at 1 10 P.M. Sunday for the induction center in Des Moines. The group includes Gilbert Marion Bloom a transfer for Clay county and a quota from Emmet County with names such as Benjamin Win Brown Dol liver Carl Robert Singbusch Arnold Volquard Clausen Glen Marion Krantz William Vincent Swift Randal Charwick Luscombe Raymond Bert Lantz Lester Peter Dean Lawrence C Christiansen Joseph Dave Buckley Charles Jerome Reinhardt Roy Charles Kleen John Linus Laffey Charles Leo Olson Leon Albert Hardeopf Melvin Leo Athey Glen R Dahna John Francis Thorsen Everett Eugene Lastine Dwight Robert Maidment Melvin Joseph Nepps Joseph August Haisman Harold Richard Larsen Clarence Vincent Weis among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Des Moines
Clay County
Gilbert Marion Bloom
Emmet County
Benjamin Win. Brown
Dolliver
Carl Robert Singbusch
Arnold Volquard Clausen
Glen Marion Krantz
William Vincent Swift
Randal Charwick Luscombe
Raymond Bert ‘Lantz
Dwight Robert Maidment
Melvin Joseph Nepps
Joseph August Haisman
Armstrong
Harold Richard Larsen
Ringsted
Clarence Vincent Weis
Seniors To Give Play Too Many Relatives at Emmet School
Emmet Consolidated seniors present a three act play titled Too Many Relatives on Thursday evening April 28 at 8 PM. Cast includes George Weir Morris Larsen Irene Heyer Wilma Weir Wanda Lill Betty Brix Ruth Maniece Francis Maniece Everett Ellis and Elmer Weir. High school chorus will provide intermission music. Director is Miss Nellie DeVries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Consolidated School
George Weir
Morris Larsen
Irene Heyer
Wilma Weir
Wanda Lilland
Betty Brix
Ruth Maniece
Francis Maniece
Everett Ellis
Elmer Weir
Nellie DeVries
Spirit Lake Class of 42 Graduation Plans
Spirit Lake high school announces 43 candidates for the 1942 graduation. Commencement speaker will be Prof. H. V. Gaskill from Iowa State College Ames. Baccalaureate on May 17 with Rev. Roy H. Cox as speaker. Junior-Senior banquet set for May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake High School
H. V. Gaskill
Division of Science
Iowa State College
Ames
Roy H. Cox
Towa Lakeside Laboratory Opens At Okoboji
The Towa Lakeside Laboratory at Miller's Bay on West Okoboji Lake opens June 15 and runs through August 21 as part of the University of Iowa summer program. Prof J H Bodine of zoology will supervise classes and research, with Dr R L King serving as resident director this year, succeeding Dr L O Nott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Miller's Bay
Okoboji Lake
University of Iowa
J. H. Bodine
Zoology
R. L. King
L. O. Nott
Registrants Warned Against Selling Under Army Process
Registrants are warned by National Service Headquarters not to sell their business or property until they have passed the army physical exam. If accepted, they will be inducted immediately and sent to a reception center. Furlough decisions rest with the reception center commander. VR, Mrs. James Walsh, says she is moving from Greenville, North Carolina to Box 982, Knoxville, Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Headquarters
Army
James Walsh
Hattie Osmundsen
Greenville
N. Carolina
Box
Knoxville, Tenn
Butter Contest Awards Harvester Scores Near Top
P. E. Frettem and H. P. Geil of Estherville Co operative Creamery earned excellent ratings in a state butter scoring contest held last Wednesday in Williamsburg. Fifty one buttermakers entered. only two achieved superior ratings, while fourteen others including local entrants received excellent marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Frettem
H. P. Geil
Estherville Co-operative Creamery
Williamsburg
Navy Relief appoints drive committees across county
Navy Relief Society chair Leo Fitzgibbons announces drive to raise 5 million for widows and children of seamen killed in war. Emmet County quota is 700 with township chairs named in Estherville and Armstrong areas. others to organize as reports come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Fitzgibbons
Navy Relief Society
Emmet
Meeting in Estherville Cattlemen Gather for Grading Visit
Cattle feeders from Dickinson Palo Alto and Emmet counties meet at Estherville Packing Plant receiving yards at 10:00 A M to compare cattle on the hoof with similarly fed lots dressed and on the hook The group will dine at Gardston Hotel followed by Rex Beresford discussing the cattle price outlook Tickets available from John Greig or at the Farm Bureau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Palo Alto
Emmet
Estherville
Gardston Hotel
Rex Beresford
John Greig
Farm Bureau
Banquet of Newspaper Editors in New York Honors Nelson
The American Society of Newspaper Editors held its annual banquet in New York on April 17. War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson was the principal speaker. Byron Price, director of censorship, was also slated to address the assemblage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Newspaper Editors
New York
Donald M. Nelson
Byron Price
J P Kirby Dies Suddenly A Northwest Iowa Banker
John P. Kirby 75 longtime Estherville banker died suddenly Saturday morning while working outdoors. He organized First National Bank at Estherville after leaving Emmetsburg in 1887 and helped build a banking network. Survived by wife Catherine Donovan and sons Mervin and Donovan. mass held at St Patrick’s Church. interment in nearby cemetery. funeral directed by Mahlum and Anderson.
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John P. Kirby
Estherville
Kirby
Emmetsburg
First National Bank
Mr. Kirby
Tipton
Town
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minn
Catherine Donovan
Eammetsburg
Mervin
Council Bluffs
Donovan
Aberdeen
S. D
BR. E. Kelly
Des’ Moines
Mr. Nirby
Iowa
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
J. J. Keane
Wilson $Mall
Dewey Gronstal
D. A. Bagan
Frank Campisano
Frank Weaver
Fred Dowden
Spirit Lake
Chas. Anderson
Mahlum and
Anderson Funeral Chapel
V.R
Service members and relocations from Estherville area
The Emmet County draft board lists enlistees and transfers including John E Chapman PFC HQ and HQ Squad ACRT C Sheppard Field Texas and Richard R Chapman Co A 42 G.Minter Field Bakersfield Calif. Other local men depart for service or training in Navy Army and Marine programs with assignments in California Texas Iowa and Missouri. Notables include Hilton Hendrickson Ensign US Navy and Maurice C Davidson Major at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Chapman
J. Chapman
Estherville
Sheppard Fields
Witchita Falls
Texas
Chapman
P.F.C
A.C.R.T.C
Sheppardfield
Richard R. Chapman
Baker Field
Calif
Sequoia Field
Visalia
Richard
Phillips 66
East Central
Co. A
G. Minter Field
A.C
B.S
Bakers Field
Cancer Control Month Proclaimed by Mayor Ehlers
Mayor F J Ehlers proclaims April 1 to April 30, 1942 as Cancer Control Month urging public support for the American Society for the Control of Cancer and public awareness of six early cancer symptoms and the need for early diagnosis and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehlers
Cancer Control
United States
Women’s Field Army of the American Society For the Control of Cancer
F. J. Ehlers
V.R
Every Doctor Under 45 To Be In Uniform
Iowa doctors were told by Dr. Suchomel at Des Moines that before the war ends every physician under 45 will wear a military uniform. A government questionnaire will classify doctors under 55 as available or not for service and be returned within 24 hours. Availability hinges on essential college affiliation, full time industrial service, or indispensability to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Thomas Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Medical Society
Des Moines
Stichermel
State University of Iowa
Suchomel
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Farr BR. Bush
Ames, Towa
Wayne Houkoos Marble Champion at Roosevelt School Grounds
Wayne Houkoos won the grand championship of the FE tournament on Saturday morning at Roosevelt school ground, also taking the Roosevelt school title alongside the combined schools win. About forty boys participated. judges were R. O. Rogers, George Bale, and Dr. J. M. Frederickson, with the recreation center sponsoring the event and N. E. Dempney coordinating across schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fes
Wayne “Aukoos
Roosevelt
Robert Tutle
Jackson School
Kenneth Elwood
McKinley
James Maloney
Lincoln School
R. O. Rogers
George Bale
J. M. Fredrickson
Recreation Center
N. E. Dempney
V.R
Funeral services for George Hauk held
Funeral services were held today for George Hauk aged 84. He worked on various local farms and had no relatives in the area. Rev. Fausnaugh officiated the Sternborg Funeral parlors service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hauk
Hauk
Rev. Fausnaugh
Sternborg
Need Not Worry About Food for Victory Plan
Des Moines and hundreds of Iowa communities join the Food for Victory drive to count reserve emergency farm labor during planting and harvest. Harold N. Hoyt of the US Employment Service says many communities have enough reserve workers to meet increased production needs and will register available help to reassure farmers. The effort, active in 250 towns, aims to map labor supplies statewide so farms can plan confidently for crops, with participation from county agents, farm bureaus, and war boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Food For Victory
Harold N. Hoyt
United States Employment Service
Hoyt
United States Department of Agriculture War Board
United States Employment Office
Council Bluffs
Decorah
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Boone
Newton
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Richard Lesher
Howard's Cut Rate
Alocal Markets
Hennery
Marshall
Hopkins
London
McNair
Senate
Army Air Forces
Army Nurse Corps
Biddle
Air
Ser- Ne
OCD
Civil Air Patrol
WPA
Hunter
Viola Clausen
VLA
Vlr
Estherville Township
Clyde Sanborn
City
B. T. Osher
M. J. Robb
Fred Larson
O. J. McKircy
Armstrong Grove
Iowa Lake
W. J. Moursh
Swan Lake
Walter Garling
Maple Hill
Lincoln O. P. Stow
Center
Michael Graves
Grover
High Lake
Otis Jorstad
J. P. Kirby
Gordon Nicholas
Town ‘Trust and Savings Bank
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Navy Air Corps
Wold-Chamberlin Field
Russell Smith
Ernest Smith
Tulare Field
Cal
Santa Anna
Russel Graves
Graver
Fort Des Moines
Sle
Hilton Hendrickson
Spirit Lake School
US Navy Navy
Naval Academy At
Annapatis Md
Ue Jean
Aeronautics
Maurice C. Davidson
F.C. Davidson
Kimmersburg
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Billings General Hospital
Milo Chalfant
Milford
US Navy
Great Lakes
Nels Sevold
Amos Sevold
St. Louis, Mo
Leo Sevold
Warren Lewis
Alec Lewis
Superior
Manitob
Canada
Clifford Hemmingson
Navy Reserve
San Diego
Clifford Howe Hemmingson
US Naval Training Station
Robert Reed
A. I. Reed
Baton Rouge
Signal Corps
Homer Judd, Jr
Marines
Ethel Jansen
Pvt
Alton
John Jansen
God
Socrates
Wayne Houkoos
H. Hoyt
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