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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1944
Page
8
Ardiser in invasion Force Headquarters, European Theater notes Iowans serving in airborne troops. Private Harlan Arduser of Washington Iowa listed among paratroopers and gliders, part of vertical envelopment. Also mentions V-12 program graduates becoming naval reserve officers and midshipmen training leading to ensigns commissions.
Richard Wayne Palmer a 15 year old fireman in the Navy has finished basic training at the submarine school in New London Connecticut. He will be entitled to wear the twin dolphin insignia after further submarine duty and demonstration to his commanding officer. Palmer is a Washington Iowa graduate who lettered in football basketball and track at Washington High and joined the naval service in July after preliminary training at Farragut Idaho.
Edward J Rains 18 son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Rains of Washington Iowa enrolled in the Navy V-112 unit at St Ambrose College Davenport Iowa. The program combines university courses with military drill physical education and naval organization for a student season.
Dorothy J. Conner daughter of Major and Mrs Wal my Gibson Conner of Washington Iowa has completed basic training at the first WAC training center Tort Des Moines Iowa and is assigned to duty at Elgin Field Fla Her father Major Conner is provost marshal at Kearns Field Utah and her brother Second Lt Robert W Conner serves in the Air Forces The article notes her education at Washington city school Washington junior college and the State University of Town and her membership in the Rainbow Girls of Washington.
Pvt. Thomas Edward Walker of Washington Iowa, son of Mr and Mrs J R Walker, starts medical and psychological tests at Keessaan field Biloxi Mississippi with the Army Air Forces Training Command. The process determines qualification as a pre aviation creed, then options include college study for five months or direct cadet pre flight center training based on his academic background.
Marion R. Turnipseed, son of Mrs Mildred F Turnipseed of Washington Iowa, is finishing training on a Liberator bomber at Pueblo Army Air Base Colorado. He joined the service December 11 1942 and serves as the engineer of his crew. He is expected to see overseas duty soon.
Pvt. Leland C. Griggs son of Mr and Mrs James R Grices of West Chester Iowa completed his course as an aviation mechanic in the Army Air Forces Technical Training school. Graduation fits him for airplane maintenance and he will be sent to an air base after graduation.
The trainee completes a schedule of academic and practical aviation mechanic studies, has been drilled in military tactics and defense, and undergone physical training to meet American soldier requirements.
Lt. Russell H. Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Miller of Crawfordsville Iowa, joins 66 others in a 18 week combined bombing and navigation course at Deming New Mexico. His furlough was canceled and he was sent to Fresno California. Miller entered service Feb 22 1948 and has trained at Jefferson Barracks St Cloud Santa Ana Kingman and Deming. His brother Robert Miller is in officer training at Ft. Benning Georgia.
Robert I. Bauer son of Mr and Mrs J P Horianer of West Chester has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant at Gowen Field where he is stationed He enlisted February 8 1943 and previously worked as a farm hand He now serves as an engineer gunner on a B 24 Liberator unit.
Idaho air base aviation student Gilbert A. Wood arrives at the University of Tulsa Oklahoma for five months of college training before his appointment as an aviation cadet. He spent ten months in the infantry and has been stationed at Camp McCain Gulfport Moore Field and more. Wood is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wood of Ainsworth and has two brothers serving overseas and in Concordia.
Pfc Edwin J. Havel, son of an Ainsworth Iowa farmer, serves in the Army Air Forces in the Middle East theater. He has 22 months in service, a good conduct medal and Middle East ribbon. He is a farmer in civilian life and has a brother Lodjer also in the service.
Sergeant Verne J. Kueneman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kueneman of Riverside Iowa, receives the Good Conduct medal from Major General Hubert R. Harmon. He is authorized to wear the Bronze Star on the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon for his Northern Solomons service as a cook with the 15th AAP in the South Pacific. Kueneman, a St. Mary’s High School graduate, enlisted in the AAAF on June 26, 1942 and has served overseas 16 months.
Staff Sergeant Chester G. Beason of Burlington Iowa in the quartermaster section service command unit 1927 has been awarded the Good Conduct Ribbon for exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity announced at the Presidio of San Francisco Beason is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Beason of Washington Iowa his wife lives at 901 South 18th Street Burlington
Private First Class Marion McAvoy of Washington Iowa stars for the 13th AAF Bomber Command baseball squad in the South Pacific. The Bombers lost only one game in three months, with McAvoy catching and sometimes playing outfield. He bats right and switches hitter, posting a .319 season average while being the son of Mrs Sadie.
Ensign Florence Elizabeth Rich of Washington Iowa serves at the U S naval hospital. Daughter of Frank G Rich of 1011 North Marion Avenue Washington Iowa she graduated from Burlington Protestant Hospital Burlington Iowa in September 1942 and was appointed to the Navy in March reporting for duty here recently.
Ensign Virginia Gail Wallace of Washington Iowa joins the U S naval hospital at Great Lakes as a nurse in the nurses corps USNR She is the sister of Mrs Jerry Simmering Also noted she trained at Mercy Hospital Des Moines and was appointed to the Navy last January beginning duty on the 5th of this month
States invested 1.5 billion dollars of surplus funds in government bonds in 1943 and cut gross indebtedness by nearly 1 billion. Since 1940 overall gross debts fell by 17.5 percent.
The price to drill a single oil well ranges from 10 000 to 40 000 dollars or more depending on depth and rock type.
Last Saturday brought a pleasant spring day as J M Kelly sold popcorn on East Main Street before winter's return. A Burlington article highlights wartime efforts, stamps, schooling plans, and a proposed day nursery as men go to war and women fill roles. The annual Ainsworth high school music program featured multiple solos, ensembles, and a United Nations themed concert.
Members of the eighth grade presented their play Twixteen Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. Illness among cast members postponed the show from an earlier date. J. J. Fitzgeralds of Mason City were visitors, en route to Knoxville for a brief stop before returning home. Mrs. Daisy Simpson arrived.
Between 1914 and 1920 the divorce rate rose from 110 to 160 per 100000 as prices surged. When prices fell in 1929 divorces declined from 166 to 128 per 100000. After prices rose from 1932 to 193, divorces climbed again from 128 to 171 per 100000.
A druggist advertises Adlerika as a constipation and gas relief with a gentle yet thorough bowel action. The copy urges readers to ask their druggist for Adlerika, noting strong sales and suitability for all ages.
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