Honor Pfe C Gerot At Birthday Dinner
Pfe Cleo Gerot marking a furlough from Fort Benning Georgia celebrated with a noon dinner and social afternoon at his brother Robert Gerot’s home southeast of Riverside The event included his mother Mrs Ida Gerot of Detroit and numerous relatives and friends. Private Gerot also dined at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Frank.
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Riverside
Pfe
Cleo Gerot
Fort Benning
Georgia
Robert
Gerot
Ida Gerot
Detroit
Mich
Victor Burich
Wesley Prehoda
Janice
Thomas Butz
August Wehmeyer
Orville Gerot
Fred Frank
Merritt Wehmeyer
Raymond Kron
Gaylen
Elaine Stransky
Richard Kiefer
Harlan Gingerich
Junior Craig
Jackie Mottet
Supper Gatherings at Wesley Prehoda and Victor Burieh Homes
Readable text notes suppers held at the Wesley Prehoda and Victor Burieh residences. Details on attendees or dates are not provided in the fragment.
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Wesley Prehoda
Victor Burieh
Girl Dies in Plunge From 75 Foot Rail Bridge
Davenport coroner said no inquest is planned for Avis Albee 11 who died after leaping from a 75 foot railroad bridge. The Iowa Soldiers Orphans home inmate admitted September 1942 ran away in August but was found in Muscatine. Authorities noted prior suicide threats.
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Davenport
Frank C. Keppy
Avis Albee
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans
Muscatine
Keppy
Red Oak Boys Held For Starting Fires
Six boys aged 11 to 15 were arrested in Red Oak for setting fires over the past two weeks. One blaze caused about $3,000 damage to a sales pavilion, while others were minor. The youths admitted throwing rocks through windows and shooting matches with air rifles. Deputy Fire Marshal Lubberden and state Fire Marshal John Strohm led the case before turning the youths over to juvenile authorities in Red Oak.
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Des Moines
Red Oak
John Strohim
Strohm
A. Lubberden
Olsen and Johnson star in Crazy House at State Theatre
Olsen and Johnson headline the comedy Crazy House opening Sunday at the State Theatre. The Universal production screens a madcap plot with Hollywood as a backdrop and features a parade of headliners including Count Basie Marion Hutton Glenn Miller Singers Chandra Kaly and more with appearances by Percy Kilbride Richard Lane and others.
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Olsen and Johnson
Universal
Hollywood
Paris After Dark Opens at Fox Theatre This Sunday
A 20th Century Fox drama set in occupied Paris opens Sunday at the Fox Theatre. The film stars George Sanders Philip Dorn and Brenda Marshall and centers on the French resistance amid Nazi rule.
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George Sanders
Philip Dorn
Brenda Marshall
Paris
George Sander
Fox Theatre
20Th Century-Fox
Clapper Killed in Pacific Plane Collision
Raymond Clapper, the Washington columnist and war correspondent, died in a mid air collision over the Marshall Islands. The Navy announced there were no survivors of the crash.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
Marshall Islands
Navy
International
Extra War Bonds in the ith War Loan
The editor urges readers to buy Extra War Bonds, arguing the purchase benefits personal finances, earns good interest, and provides security after the war with savings that can help during job transitions or business starts. The piece highlights the personal value of investing in war bonds now.
Paris After Dark Shows Nazi Oppression and Resistance
Andre Dayen directs this 20th Century Fox drama where Brenda Marsh al plays Yvonne Blanchard torn between anti Nazi efforts led by Dr. Andre Marbel, played by George Sanders, and loyalty to her husband Jean a repatriated French prisoner who dies in the climax negating the Nazi yoke. The cast also features Madeleine LeBeau Marcel Dalio Robert Lewis Henry Rowland Raymont Joe and Gene Gary.
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Andre Dayen
Leonide Moguy
Brenda Marshal
Yvonne Blanchard
Andre Marbel
George Sanders
Jean
Philip Dorn
20Th Century-Fox
Madeleine LeBeau
Marcel Dalio
Robert Lewis
Henry Rowland
Raymont Joe
Gene Gary
Governor Urges Pork Ration Cut to Ease Markets
DES MOINES Governor B Hickenlooper urged lowering ration point values on pork products to ease congestion at livestock markets. He also proposed extending market price protection to heavier weight hogs.
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Des Moines
B. RB. Hickenlooper
Traffic Death Toll Rises in January in Iowa
Des Moines reports January traffic deaths at zero this year, a 36 percent rise from January 1943. The announcement comes from the state public safety department and notes the unusual zero total for the month.
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Des Moines
State Public Safety Department
Iowa
OPA Reports $6534 in Violations Against Iowa Meat Firms
Des Moines attorney Donald D Holdoegel announced collection of 6534 in judgments from a Pella bologna dealer Ulrich's Market and Condon Bros Des Moines for price violation cases. Schilder paid 253 in federal court for overcharges involving 23232 pounds bologna 11296 pounds ground beef and 3960 pounds beef carcasses. Condon Bros paid 4000 for sale of 71648 pounds meat between 1942 and 1944.
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Des Moines
Donald D. Holdoegel
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pella
Schilder
Condon Bros
Seventh Street
Heating Plants Condition Report by Smoke Prevention Association
Heating plants excluding large industrial and power plants show 10 to 15 percent in good condition, 25 percent fair, and 60 percent or more poor according to the Smoke Prevention Association.
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Smoke Prevention Association
Timber saw fitting tools list and components
The article lists tools for fitting a timber saw including a crosscut saw tool with anvil set and set gauge a flat file a file handle and a saw set.
Ration Dates and Certificates for Truck Tires and Coupons
The notice lists tire and fuel ration details through early 1944. It covers Class A through C tire inspections, commercial vehicle tire recapping, gasoline coupon values and validity, fuel oil periods, sugar and green stamps validity, meat and cheese stamps, shoe coupons, airplane stamps, and late applicants for War Ration Book 4 with filing instructions.
Cocoa supply shift foresees new world dominance
Supplied Cocoa Before 1891, the American tirana produced the entire world suprls cocoa. In that year, two bage raw beans were taken to Engle nurtured there, and transplantec British and Dutch colonies in tm East. By 1900, the new sources, su ported by cheap labor and gover nent subsidy, were producing 20 per cent of the world's cocoa supe)
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Tirana
Engle
Tm East
New Shoes Made With Mixed Materials Reported
The article notes shoes are produced from a mix of plastics, felt, wood, cotton and wool, cord, belting materials and other fabrics alongside synthetic substances.
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