County Red Cross drive totals and local contributions
County officers reported a final Red Cross drive total of 1051.30 to the cause with 17,468.80 from regular gifts and 1,024.88 from special gifts plus theater and other receipts. Estherville led with 5,790.29 in regular gifts, and Armstrong and Ringsted posted notable sums. the county treasury retains 21.6 percent of the total for the county, while 78.4 percent goes to the national Red Cross. The report lists town by town figures and notes school and musical events with honors for Armstrong, Ringsted, and Grover, plus a dinner for Emmet Two Consolidated staff and bus drivers.
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ne _Tetaras
Red” Cross
Erimet
Ney
Red Cross Retainis
Red ‘Crosé
Estherville
Huntington
Dolliver
Armatroiig
Maple Hill
Grover
Lake
Center
Twelve Mile Lake
High
Eake
Jack
Creek
Denmark Township
V.R
Charles W Wilson Dies in Washington D C
Charles W Wilson 36 of Washington D C son of Mr and Mrs C M Wilson of Estherville died Monday morning in a Washington D C hospital after weeks of confinement He attended Estherville schools class of 1925 He was a high school debate state honors scorer worked for Vindicator Republican and a local bank He studied at State University of Iowa Law School and practiced law in Washington D C Survived by widow two sons parents three sisters and one brother Teaching staff contracts signed at Swea City consolidated school for next year reflecting relief to authorities and patrons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Estherville
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Vindicator-Republican
Focal Bank
University of Iowa
Louis Brawford
Mitchell, S
Swea City Consolidated
Brother of Local Man Dies at Spencer Nursing Home
Loren White of Estherville mourns the death of his brother H. E. White of Spirit Lake. He had lived in Spirit Lake over fifty years and in recent years suffered illness. He died at the Delaney Nursing Home in Spencer on Tuesday morning of last week after three months there. Survived by daughter Mrs. C. E. Walston of Los Angeles and niece Mrs. Don Cole of Oelwein, plus two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Donovan Funeral Parlor with Rev. J. E. Feller officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren White
Estherville
H. E. White
Spirit Lake
Delaney
Spencer
White
C. E. Walston
Los Angeles
Calif
Don Cole
Oclwein
Pastor Rev Raymond Borg to begin army chaplain course
Swea City Immanuel Lutheran church pastor Rev Raymond E Borg preached his final sermon Sunday and heads Friday to Cambridge Massachusetts for a five week training at Harvard. His family remains in Swea City until school ends and future location depends on his posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond. E. Borg
Swea City
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Cambridge
Massachussets
Harvard University
Borg
Local War Ration Board Issues May 1 Stamp Validity
A fragment notes a local War Price and Rationing Board issuing a certificate for a tractor or farm implement and airplane stamp Book 8 pair. It mentions that the certificate becomes valid May 1 and references replacement procedures and coupon numbers.
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Cary
Famous Minnesota fish to be honored at Northwest Sports Show
Silver Tip, Minnesota’s famed walleye, will be honored by the Minnesota State Tourism Bureau at the Northwest Sports Show in Minneapolis in April. The fish, caught over 26 years ago for hatching, has produced more than 800,000 eggs annually for over two decades and is the mother of walleyes across Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes. Mrs. P. M. Brubaker will host the Okampadu chapter meeting next Tuesday afternoon May 2 at 3 PM. all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Touriss Bureau
Minneapolis
P. M. Brubaker
Okampadu
D. Aj.Rs
Chicago
Moody Bible
Trust and Savings Bank Liquidation Reaches Final Payout
The Iowa Trust and Savings Bank reports final liquidation of its trust and savings operation. Depositors holding trust certificates receive full principal repayment after a decade of restructuring. Bank assets total $2,181,828.88 in April, with about $2.25 million in U.S. government securities and strong depositor confidence credited to President K. J. McDonald and staff.
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Hhe
K. J. McDonald
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
U.S
Funeral for Hon. Frank P. Woods in Pasadena
Frank P. Woods 75 died in Pasadena California Tuesday funeral rites today with interment in California. Woods born December 11 1868 in Walford Wisconsin. He moved to Iowa in 1887 and co ran Woods Brothers Real Estate and Banking. Survived by two nieces Mrs Walter Blagg Estherville and Mrs M H Silcox Dunnell.
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Howard Espeset
L. R. Woods
Woods
National Congress
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Iowa
Presbyterianiichitdingtrs
Louis
Pasadena
Frank P. Woods
Calif
California
Walford
Wisconsin
Northern Indiana University
Valpariso
Ind
Mrm Woods Brothers Real Estate and Banking
Walter Blagg
Estherville
M. H. Silcox
Dunnell
Signs Placed in Lakes Territory Near Estherville
Conservation officer E M Wogen reports new readable signs marking lake localities and acres in Emmet County's Lakes Territory near Estherville. Signs at Ryan Lake Mud Lake High Lake entries warn approaching motorists. ducks and nesting waterfowl are active as lakes stay high after a mild winter. An annual junior college tea is set for four thirty this afternoon at N E Demoney home hosted by Mrs N E Demoney and 3 Lee Dean of Women with junior college girls faculty and wives of faculty men in attendance.
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E. M. Wogen
Estherville
Ryan Lake
Mud Lake
High Lake
N. E. Demoney
Lee
M Starr
Army and Navy News from Estherville Area in War Time
A stream of military updates from Estherville and Emmet County reports include Lieut. Robert Bieglow and Lieut. Ava Nick on leave and nurse duties in Utah, Sgt. Orva W. Haines in India, and Capt Warren R. Lewes with Lt. George Orr downing two Japanese aircraft. Many locals listed Inductions to Camp Dodge, with names and hometowns, plus furloughs and transfers.
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Ava’ Nick
Bee Cross
Bushswell
Brigham City
Utah
Nick
Roy Crawford
Col. Hardaway
Crawford
Warren R. Lewes
George Orr
Emmet County
Camp Dodge
United States Army
Bartlett
Charles V
Milford
Bendixen
Roy V
Dunkellerger
Don M. Ringsted
Holen
Jay P
Estherville
Yseminger
Harold C
Knutsen
Edgar H
Mitchell
Charles M. Watson
Fort Dodge
Navy
Army
Local Markets Report For Various Livestock And Commodities
Market listings show prices for eggs cream and live cattle. Prices include No 1 and No 2 eggs, cream, lamb or hog categories, corn flax soybeans and wheat prices, with hogs split into Packers and Butchers ranges and weights.
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S. Peee
Omaha Girl and Armstrong Man Wed at St Peters Church
Miss Mary Jane Hoban of Omaha marries Dr. Robert J. Fitzgibbons of Armstrong Iowa at St Peters Catholic Church in Omaha. The ceremony was officiated by Rev Paul Schneider with Grace Hoban as bridesmaid and Francis Fitzgibbons as best man. The bride is a St Marys College graduate employed with United Equitable Insur ance in Omaha. the groom is a Creighton School of Medicine graduate and a lieutenant junior grade in the U S Naval Reserve. The couple will reside in Omaha.
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St. Peter's Catholic Church
Omaha
Nebr
Mary Jane Hoban
J. R. Hoban
Heartwell
Robert J. Fitzgibbons
Armstrong
Iowa
Paul Schneider
Grace Hoban
Lea Fitzgibbons
Estherville
Francis Fitzgibbons
William B. McCunniff
Kansas City
Edward A. Dolan
Fitzgibbons
Creighton School of Medicine
Des Moines Man In Fatal Highway 71 Crash
Charles Vestrem of Des Moines, son of G. L. Ves trem of Estherville, was severely injured in a crash on highway 71 near Milford in heavy rain and fog. Two Spencer youths, Donald Ginger Jr. and Guy Red Pullen Jr., were killed, with others injured including Miss Jean Englert and Miss Opal Mortensen.
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Charles Vestrem
Des Moines
G. L. Vestrem
Estherville
Highway 71
Milford
Vestrem
Spencer
Donald Ginger, Jr
Langdon
Guy “Red” Pullen, Jr
Ginger
Dorothy
Putten
Jean Englert
Opal Mortensen
Royal
Arthur Rhodes
Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities March Figures
The motor vehicle statistics division of the Department of Public Safety released March figures for this year and last year. This March shows 426 persons killed and 338 injured. total accidents 2887 this year versus 2661 last year. Cumulative totals to date list 7066 persons killed and 1088 injured, compared with 968 previously.
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Department of ‘Public Safety
Cooper Returns From Brother's Funeral After Nevada Death
Mrs. E. E. Cooper has returned from Nevada where she was summoned by the death of her brother Harry Belcher, 78, who died there Thursday. Funeral rites were held Saturday. Belcher, her only brother, had recently been hurt in an accident and did not recover.
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E. E. Cooper
Nevada
Harry Belcher
Mr. Belcher
Free Spray Service Offered to Emmet County Orchardists
Emmet County fruit growers are urged to plan a thorough spray program to combat pests and diseases that cut fruit value annually. A free service from the County Extension Office in Estherville will advise on when to spray and which products to use, with timing notices mailed to interested growers. Contact the Estherville extension office for details and to receive spray timing guidance at no charge. The outreach includes Mrs. Francis Albro’s May 4 visit to Estherville for family visits and local travel notes about residents and departures in the area.
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Emmet County
M. A. Balkema
Estherville
Francis Albro
Tacoma
Wash
Jessie Bigelow
Harriett Nivison
Will Irwin
Local students receive eight B A degrees Sunday
Mrs H M Knutson and Mrs Raymond Minkler and daughter Janice attended the commencement at Iowa City. Miss Ellen Maris Knutsen, James J Johnson and Vivian Oulman Schember of Estherville were among graduates receiving bachelor of arts degrees in the ninth wartime ceremony at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Knutson
Raymond. Minkler
Janice
Ellen Maris Knutsen
State University of Ilona
Towa City
Simany
James J. Johnson
Vivian Oulman Schember
Estherville
Towa
A J Penn Obituary Found Dead In Minneapolis Home
Arthur J. Penn 54 secretary of Sumner T Knight Realty Co died at his 2808 Pillsbury Ave home in Minneapolis after arriving at his office not feeling well and collapsing. He served in World War I Rainbow division, belonged to Downtown post American Legion and the Minneapolis Real Estate Board, survived by his widow and brother Ted. His son and mother had died previously.
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Arthur J. Penn
Sumner T. Knight Realty Company
Minneapolis
Pillsbury Ave
Penn
McKnight
Downtown Post
American Legion
Rainbow Division
Estherville
Igh Sch
Meningitis cases rise in Iowa spurring health measures
The Iowa state health department reports a sharp rise in meningitis cases in 1944, with 43 cases through early April versus 11 in the prior year and 88 for all of 1943, plus 21 deaths in 1943 and three in 1942. Early sulfa drug treatment lowers mortality to about seven percent. The article also lists 1944 Chamber of Commerce committees across Agriculture, Industry, Publicity, Roads, Public Affairs, Hospitality, new developments, and membership.
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Iowa
State Health Department
Department
Towa
Armstrong Man Dies in Field From Heart Attack
William Churchill 69 died Tuesday at Hurl Horswell farm while in a field with a tractor. Orval Opsal, in the same field, found the machine idle and Churchill dead. Born January 1 1876 at the Churchill homestead southeast of Armstrong, he spent his life farming in Armstrong. Funeral services were held Friday at Armstrong.
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Armstrong
William Churchill
Hurl Horswell Farm
Churchill
Orval Opsal
Churchill Homestead
Earls ‘Munity
Armstrong Com
Map shows proposed Iowa feeder air lines and routes
A Des Moines Register map outlines proposed feeder air lines across Iowa. Humboldt or Dakota City appears near a cone seat in Humboldt County. Routes aim to connect Des Moines with many towns, ensuring no town over 1000 population is far from an air center, with most within a half hour drive or 80 minutes flying to Des Moines.
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Humboldt
Dakota City
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Humboldt County
Cone Seat
Des Moines
Sioux City
Carroll
Denison
LeMars
Sheldon
Spirit Lake
Spencer
Cherokee
Jefferson
Perry
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Gia Lee
I Ringsted
Emmet School
Emmet
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Raymond Igon
Chris Gronstal
Chas. ‘Wilson
Spencer Nursing
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Oid
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F. P. Woods
Tue
Lakes Territory
Robert Bieglow
Kett’ _Nivison
J Stelewin
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Orva
United States
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Wyo
Tacoma Wash
Camp Perry
Ohio
Atlantic Ordnance Depot
North Africa
China
Burma
India
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Solldier
South 11Th St
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Axel Thomson
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma City
Okla
Martin Thomsen
Ringsted
Herman Rhode
Camp Campbell
Lester Sidles
U. S. Navy
Farragut
Idaho
L. E. Collins
Army Medical Corps
Big Friends
Camp Carson
Colo
Atlanta
Merlyn L. Wee
John Wee
N. 10Th St
Estherile
Naval Air Station
Minfi
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis
Wee
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps ‘Reserve
Clarence ‘R. Lucas
Camp Livingston
Pvt
Eugene Randolph
Lough
Mrs. C., A. Randolph
Edgar Warrington
Co. B
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Camp Roberts
Victor B. Oleson
Camp Adair
Oregon
Cornell Oleson
Victor Oleson
P.R.T.C. Co
A.P.O
Joe D. Buckley
Camp Pickett
Emmett County
Dick Mein
William Henry Gilliland
Lloyd Charles Grinde
Everett Romaine Hurst
Donald Medwin Cronk
Randall Leland Miller
Norman Alric Jensen
John Austin Logan
James Bernice Larson
John M. Waters
Leo Wasters
John
Naval Station
Joe Orvis
Chas. Vestrem
Nee
V-R
Arnold Clausen
Anna Brunsvold
Lloyd Brunsvold
Ft. Custer
Michigan
Earl Kleckner
Mary Jo
Charles City
Mr. Kleckner
Forrest Gibbons
Jay Dunham
A. J. Penn
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W. ©. Durrell
W. C. Currell
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Ino
Wilbur R. Thorndyke
Cliff R. Hedrick
G. A. Tibbetts
Geo. Brunskill
Jerry Wegs
W. S. Clark
F. J. Gustavson
Joe L. Hoye
W. H. Sidles
R.C. Brown
Robert Lee
John Lilley
F. E. Rosendahl
Leo Sanders
Will R. Sidles
F. J. Ehlers
N. J. Lee
C. J. Mathieson
Wm. Bale
Francis Shadle
G. E. Tomhave
John F. Lyman
Wm. Beecher
Jesse Cox
J. A. Rowat
Russell Peterson
J. P. McDermott
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E. Greig
F. J. Kennedy
J. E. Stockdale
J. E. Menzies
A. T.,.bringle
Armand Janean
H. Sidles
Merle C. Hokenstad
C. R. Hedrick
Deemer Lee
A. T. Reed
L. M. Jensen
D. A Bagan
MM. Fredericksen
W. C. Currrell
Arielt Mouritsen
R. J. McKay
W. Jerry Gerbracht
B. G. Pannhuk
Carl Anderson
E. J. Ellerston
Herman Gollano
R. O. Rogers
F. T. Shadle
Salix
Woodbury County
Peterson
Wesley Dunham
W. A. Barnes
L. ‘A. Wanamaker
L. A. Barnes
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