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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1942
Page
5
State Selective Service Director Charles H H Grahl outlines protections under wartime laws for servicemen and families. The guidance covers housing rent protections, loan and insurance issues, tax relief, job reinstatement, and creditor dealings, emphasizing early advice and cooperation with courts, lawyers, and agencies.
Chairman James Fry of the Federal Communications Commission warned on Monday that long distance calls have risen more than 50 percent in 18 months and the nation risks shortages unless voluntary cuts are made. He suggested possible measures include banning some business classes, shifting work to off-peak hours, or adopting priority use plans.
Knights Templar conclave at Spirit Lake named new elective and appointive officers for 1942 and 1943. Listed are Right Eminent Grand Commander Earl Daggett Ottumwa and other officers including Very Eminent Deputy Grand Commander Earl Winders Fort Dodge Eminent Grand Recorder Clinton Kastner Boone Eminent Grand Treasurer Frank Wilford Muscatine.
The notice lists tire and tube allocations starting July 1, detailing recipients and quantities. Names include Lee Hall Estherville E J Smith K D Nelson Harvey Sorenson Carl Beck Morris Dalen Carl Torreson J E Herbrandson Henry Valen Russell Natterstad L A Aananson with retread passenger tires tractor tires truck tires and corresponding tubes.
The Office of Price Administration has set the Iowa bicycle quota at 2464 for the period from July 9 through the end of August. The action restricts bicycle allocations and is designed to control prices during the period.
Provisions allow court postponement up to six months after service. Service members cannot be charged more than six percent for property tax or assessment delays. They may apply for government coverage of fire insurance premiums up to four thousand dollars during service. Within a year after service ends, missed premiums plus interest must be paid or the policy lapses. Protection excludes policies taken out within eighty days of service, loans exceeding sixty percent of cash value, or provisions increasing death benefits or premiums due to military service.
June 27 departures for California include Billy Otto visiting brothers Corporal Keith Otto at Fort Rosecrans and Virgil Otto in San Francisco, while Billy Monroe stays with parents Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Monroe. Hattie Osmundson receives a surprise call from son Dean, a machinist mate second class in Seattle. Pvt. Abner Mate spends furlough with Estherville parents. he joined last November and clerks at Albuquerque air base. Lieutenant Roger Kettleson returns home for ten days from Lubbock air school after earning wings and second lieutenant rank. he plans to go to a Florida air base. Consuls visit Carl Shaw's home as Pvt. Vernon Shaw visits Estherville relatives. Pvt. Mauss at Scott Field finishes radio division technical training in ten days. Pvt. Raymond Sunde and companions head to Scott Field for duty. Lunde serves as a medic at Scott Field. Ernest and Kenneth Smith’s son Cadet Russell Smith wedding to Alyce Woods in Santa Ana, Calif. remains pending. Smith family joins Joe Paul visiting West. The group plans a three-week trip.
Frank Gibbons 86, of Armstrong died Saturday in a Dubuque sanitarium after weeks ill with lingering illness. Survived by daughter Mrs. Fred Knowles of Morris Minnesota and sons Forrest of Charles City Ed of Sherburn Minnesota. Funeral 9 A.M. at St Marys Armstrong with wife preceded in death. Bill Young to speak at Gardston Hotel Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday noon. He will share experiences from Ireland and travels in England Wales Scotland. All members and interested nonmembers urged to attend. farmers especially invited.
Judge G. W. Stillman of Algona will hold a home day session in Estherville on Thursday. The one day court will consider a number of probate and civil cases.
Maurice S. Shepherd 80 a Rock Island brakeman who worked on the Cedar Rapids to Estherville passenger train died Wednesday after a lengthy illness He retired from the railroad ten years ago Funeral services were held at Wamego Kansas Mr and Mrs William Otto of Freeport left Sunday after visiting their nephew Mr and Mrs Frank Otto of Estherville
Rep. Vincent Harrington says he will remain in the armed forces for the duration and not campaign, following reports a wartime order might force congressmen in service to declare their intent. Renominated in the Town Democratic primary on June 1, he is a captain in the air corps assigned to Stout Field Indiana after Dayton duty.
Baby Mine the children's elephant sold to Cole Bros Circus for 760 dollars. Also bought a pony for 2 dollars. Elephant was purchased in 1929 for 8000 dollars funded by children on opening day of the state fair. Sale proceeds to charity, per state fair secretary I B Cunningham. Demoney attends Iowa City lab conference for four weeks with school administrators.
The 14th judicial district Republican convention in Emmetsburg nominated Judge F. L. M. Hudson of Pocahontas and Judge G. W. Stillman of Algona for district bench. Attendees included Wmohnston F. Rosendahl, Wim. Ball, Harley Degen, and N. J. Lee from the host city. Mr and Mrs Fred Olson spent the weekend at Rad Wing Minnesota.
The President announced May output of 4,000 airplanes, 1,500 tanks, 2,000 artillery guns, and 60,000 machine guns and submarine guns. Navy authorizes 1.9 million tons of combat ships costing about 8.6 billion dollars, plus pay raises for submarine officers and a 5 dollar hourly bonus for divers. Eisenhower named head of a new European operations theater based in London. American engineers and Allied Works Council projects in Australia report 100 airfields and thousands of miles of roads. Allied losses include sinking a Japanese cruiser and 17 more merchant ships. and a federal truck Conservation Corps is created to mobilize 6 million trucks. Railroads set freight records. travel demand up 30 percent. scrap rubber drive extended to July 10. Agriculture projections stress small-farm contributions. 1942 pig crop at 101 million head. farm employment around 12 million June 1, with wages at 188 percent of the 1910–14 average.
Ten men selected after physical and mental tests will start CPT at the local school on Wednesday. Quota cut by half limits class to ten. five left for Des Moines Monday and five today. Instructors Kirlin Starr Thorndyke will teach ground school including math and physics. From 81 CPT entrants, 61 passed. first class names include Larson, Dean, Schley, Style, Laritz, Brady, Westger, Moore, Place, Pribyl and others from Minnesota towns.
New safety report shows 178 motor fatalities for January to May 1942, just 12 fewer than 1941 in the same period. Traffic accidents total 6,800, down 10 percent from 7,943 in 1941, with pedestrian incidents down 12 percent but deaths up five percent. Drivers failing to yield right of way top May violations, followed by loss of vehicle control. The piece urges greater wartime caution from motorists and pedestrians.
Dr. George Bemis of Garner, a prominent Iowa physician and state political figure, died after a 10 day illness in a Mason City hospital. A WWI medical corps captain, he served in the eighth district as commander and state vice commander of the American Legion and sat on the eighth district Republican central committee. Born in Spencer, he practiced in Hawarden before moving to Garner in 1912 and leaves a wife and daughter.
Colonel Lancaster, assistant director of Iowa selective service, estimates about 70,000 Iowans are serving in the armed forces, far below the 114,000 World War I total. He projects 60,000 to register Tuesday, pushing five-register totals to about 787,000 or 31 percent of Iowa’s population.
Miss Marie Sorum county superintendent of schools returned from Dover Colorado where she attended a national conference of the National Education Association. The event emphasized a serious shift in attitudes toward religion and national conditions. Lectures featured E. Stanley Jones Vera Micheles Dean and Walter Judd with radio news from London Panama and Honolulu. A social gathering at the Brown Palace Hotel closed the event.
In a week of mild weather a storm brought a tornado tail to Spirit Lake area, Estherville and Belmond suffering building and tree damage. Wind gusts touched Raleigh and High Lake as Mrs C A Knutson and Ronald left Friday to visit relatives in Mora Minnesota for two weeks.
Algona residents anticipate the 84th consecutive Kossuth county fair to run August 22 to 26 despite recent fair rulings. The Kossuth Agricultural Association board will meet this week to finalize plans as transportation concerns ease and attendance remains within a 15 to 20 mile radius.
M A Balkema county agent announces county 4-H Fair will be held September 9 and 10 with judging starting the afternoon of September 10 and a baby beef sale that evening at the 4-H barn east of town. He notes an Oat Disease and Yield Plot Field Day on July 9 at 1 30 PM at Hillbrook farm one mile east of Estherville on Highway No 7. Observation plots at Jesse De Voss farm Center Two and C P Jackson farm 12 Mile Lake Two illustrate oat results on different soil types for farmer selections.
Beverly and Everly Peg six year old twins and Tommy Anson three year old from Grand Junction had tonsilectomies on Monday morning at Coleman hospital. Charles Fuller of Estherville received care after a facial injury. Mrs Lars Lauritsen had a major operation on Sunday. Mrs Mary Winterton and son Kenneth of Sioux Falls visited Torger Lordat’s home. Donald Walz, son of Carl Walz, arrived home from La Porte Indiana on Saturday July 4.
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