Ordeal of Estherville groups funds refreshment drive
A wartime relief effort in Estherville collects donations from clubs, lodges, churches, and others to fund a refreshments program at the Orleans Cafe near the depot. About 500 tickets at 20 cents each have been distributed, with proceeds aiding the Reading Service and local veterans groups. Many tickets may go unredeemed as souvenirs rather than food, while donations continue to grow.
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Eleehimoe
United Service
Estherville
Orleans
Earl Klechner
Pas Kiwanis
B.P. C. Church
Pythisin’ Sisters
John Roy Brawford
Presbiterian Church
Boy Scouts collect five and a half tons of scrap paper
Sunday Troop No. 21 gathered Seventeen scouts and two trucks to haul five and a half tons of scrap paper. The proceeds will fund a planned fall camping trip. Also noted is Archie Schaffer property sale near Ayrshire to a Storm Lake buyer for 210 dollars per acre. Local markets listing various livestock and grain prices follows.
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BOY Scouts
Boy Scout Troop No. 21
Archie Schaffer
Lagre
Ayrshire
Draft delinquency rates by state in 1940s report
Nevada recorded the lowest draft delinquency with 2.89 per 1000 registrants while Arizona showed the highest rate at 4.51 per 1000. The report lists Iowa, Nevada, and Arizona among states with varying delinquency levels.
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Seldetiv
Iowa
Nevada
Arizona
Emmet County Hangs Fire on Fifth E Bond Quota
Emmet county fights to meet its Fifth War Loan E bond quota of 477400 as Clay and Kossuth counties report full subscriptions. Chairman Stockdale warns it would be bad if Emmet misses the target but says gains from other bond classes help. County finance committee urges increased E bond purchases in days ahead to push Emmet over the top.
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Emmet
Sile
Inig
Clay
Kossuth
Stockdale
New Projection Equipment Installed At Grand Theater
Complete new projection equipment installed at the Grand theater boosts brightness with super X high intensity arc lights twice the candle power. A parabolic reflector focuses light directly on film, heat management via rear shutter reduces fire hazard. The $2100 system debuted Sunday.
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Grand Theater
V.R
July Weather Moderates Heat Amid Storms and Claims
A steady July with cooler days than usual sees wind storms hail and heavy rain. Readings for the week report temperatures in the eighties as Mrs Joe Orris notes a milk dehydration plant contract award for erection near Sibley and Paterson Seemiee funds.
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Joe
A. Barflett
Cooperative Creamery
Sibley
Paterson Seemiee
Minni
State history program seeks complete WW II service records
Iowa’s state historical department coordinates county historians to maintain full service histories for every man and woman in the armed forces. Miss Geraldine Buckley, Emmet County historian, asks relatives to submit birthplaces, parents, marriage, children, induction date and place, branch, training camps, promotions, hospital stints and service details for each service member.
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State Historical Department of
Geraldine Buckley
Emmet
Buckley
State Historical Department
Algona Receives New Prisoners From Normandy
More than 1000 Nazi prisoners arrived at the Algona prisoner of war camp last Wednesday. Guards said the men came directly from Normandy, among early invasion captives. The diverse group ranged in age and uniforms, from field gear to aviator styles, and they were then processed for classification, assignment, and medical inspection.
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Algona
Normandy
Estherville News Highlights War Includes Local Servicemen
Local Estherville reports cover wartime events including pilots from the U.S.S. Saratoga, inductees and preinduction examinations in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, multiple servicemen home on furlough, and family visits. News notes introduce Agnes M OBrien in the Women’s Army Corps, plus 17 year olds entering ARMY college training programs.
Celebration at Emmetsburg costs C of C only $364
The Emmetsburg Chamber of Commerce reported the Fourth of July celebration cost 364 dollars. Secretarial reports note plans for next year including adult boat rides and a merry-go-round for youngsters, with advances in attractions. The event was praised as the best ever and urged support for War Bond drives.
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Emmetsburg
Harold Schildknecht Out of Hospital in England
Mr and Mrs Waller Schildknecht report a letter from son Lt Harold Bud Schildknecht with the Army Air Corps in England saying he is out of the hospital at the base from which he flew missions over Europe. He was wounded when a shell struck the cockpit. fifty stitches closed wounds in back and shoulders. The letter dated July 12 notes the surgeon said grounding for two more months.
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Waler Schildknecht
Harold
Bud” Schildknecht
Army Air Corps
England
Europe
Schildknecht
Ich
Armstrong Man Killed in France during World War II
Pfc. Curtis E. Tweedt, 23, of Armstrong, was killed in France on June 15 per a war department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs S K Tweedt. He served 16 months in the Army with seven and a half overseas, trained at Camp Roberts and Fort Bragg, then England and France. Survived by his two year old daughter Karen Jean, parents, three sisters and one brother. Wife Ardys Opsel Tweedt died in 1942. Memorial service planned by Armstrong friends.
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W. H. Walker
King City
California
Mr. Wood
Calif
New York
Washington, D. C
Capt. Walker
Willie Walker
Dunnell
Estherville Trust and Savings Bank
Estherville
Med
Fairmont
Norman Woods
M. H. Sneox
Zumbrota
Minn
Walter Bragg
Lestherville
N. W. Woods
Herbert Woods
Howard Silcox
Georgia Mae
H. Silcox
M. Lee Wilson
Walter Blagg
John Blagg Sr
Curtis E. Tweedt
Armstrong
France
War Department
S. K. Tweedt
Tweedt
Army
Camp Roberts
Armstrong Friends
September draft call noted as lightest since 1940
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl announces the town's September draft call is the lightest since selective service began in 1940. He says the figure is about half of August's, without giving an exact count.
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Selective Service
Charles H. Grahl
Grahl
Gust
More Fatalities From Autos This June Than in ’43
An all-state report from Iowa shows 6077 total auto fatalities and injuries this year with 147 killed and 2045 injured. June records rise to 737 accidents, 23 deaths, and 307 injuries, led by collisions of one vehicle into another. Victims skew 46 to 64 years old, many farmers and truckers.
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Towa
Vv.r
New Bishop Brashares To Lead Des Moines Methodists
The newly elected Bishop Charles W. Brashares will move from Ann Arbor to Des Moines to lead the Iowa and northwest annual conferences serving 741 ministers and 1,192 churches. Born 1881 in Williamsport Ohio, he studied at Ohio Wesleyan and Boston University, has held key roles in Methodist education and interfaith service, and is a longtime Detroit area church leader.
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Des Moines
Towa
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. Ralph Magee
Chicago
Minneapolis
Brashares
Towa-Des-Moines
Northwest Town
Upper Town
Aeostile
Williamsport
Ohio
Bishop Brashares
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Roston University School of
Fevach ‘University
Ohio Wesleyan
Methodist Episcopal Church
East Bastar Mass
Gorham
Newton
Mass
Grace Meadiehurch
Dayton
Broclure
First Methodist Ehurch
Wesley Foundation
University of Michigan
General Conferences of Methodism
General Commission On World Service and Finance
Detroit Conference Board of Education
Bronson Hospital
Walamazoo
Julia Estelle Merrill
Boston
Garrett Biblical Institute
Fyanston
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Sigma Rho
The
Methodist Church
Old Colony Building
Des Alones
V.R
Five-year airline award noted at Des Moines ceremony
In error last week, a Miss Marion Pagre was said to be an airline stewardess. Miss Sagre completed five years with American Airlines and Miss Fagre received the Galt Wings honor on May 20 at a ceremony attended by top officials. Also this week Wm. S. Johnston and F. E. Rosendahl attended the Republican state judicial convention in Des Moines, a single-session event at the Shrine Auditorium starting Wednesday morning.
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Marion Pagre
United Air Lines
Sagre
American Air Lines
Fagre
Galt
Wmn. S. Johnston
FE. EE. Rosendahl
Cin
Des Moines
Shrine Auditoriim
Dooley Rites Held for Mrs. William Dooley in Estherville
Funeral services for Mrs. William Dooley were held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s church with rosary at night. Born Anna Wilson Clements on August 31, 1882 in Sioux City, she taught, sang, and played music, and for 25 years served as organist at St. Patrick’s. She died Friday at 6 p.m. at age 61 from myasthenia gravis, with several surviving relatives listed including her husband, son Frances in the Navy, and daughter Florence Dooley.
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William Dooley
St. Patricks Church
Rosary
Dooley
Worthington
Minn
Estherville
Clement
Charles
Windom
St. Patricks Catholic
General Woman's Club
Catholic Daughters of Americ
Charles Corliss
Loyalton
S. D
Rochester
St. Mary’s Hospital
Try Out Time Saving Device On Sea Board Line
G A Brice reports on a demonstration of a Bendix radio based line control device enabling instant dialogue among engine crews on long freight runs. The high frequency unit integrates transmitter receiver and power in one case with radio telephone operation heard via loudspeakers in locomotive and caboose.
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Lake Wales Fla
Naws
Seaboard
Mr. Price
Bendix Aviation Corporation
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Bob) Smith
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