News of Our Men in Uniform Across Services
Dick Moore graduates airplane mechanics school and becomes Amarillo field instructor. Several servicemen receive new addresses at bases in New York Pueblo Las Vegas and Westover Mass. Frances Stewart sails to New Guinea with Red Cross overseas unit. Mildred Bramer promoted to first lieutenant in France. Other reports cover Lt. Bramer’s nursing training and posts, V-mail from Saipan, and soldiers’ letters from North Africa Italy and Sicily. Electric worker dies after contact with 6600 volt line near Crescent-Lanternfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Moore
Amarillo Field
Cpl
R. E. Moore
Amarillo
Texas
Frances Stewart
American Red Cross
New Guinea
C. W. Stewart
Equator
Mildred A. Bramer
Anna J. Bramer
Sioux City
Army Nurses Corps
France
Bramer
Washington
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Veterans’ Bureau
Camp San Louis Obispo
Camp Haan
Calif
Road Oiling Nears Finish in County Summer Program
Board of Supervisors report most of the county road oiling for summer is done on 96 miles of highways previously treated and scheduled for re oiling this year. A few miles remain and can be finished in three or four days. Afterward about 23 miles of county roads will be oiled for the first time with rock chips atop existing oiled sections and gravel on new ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Iowa Road Builders
Des Moines
Pacified Land Entry and Farm Wire Rescue Tragedy
In 1598 Juan de Onate with 60 followers crossed the Rio Bravo to pacify the land. In Council Bluffs Whitefield rewired the Floyd Chambaugh farm electric system and Louis Carlson aided, but the fire department rescue squad could not revive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan de Onate
Rio Bravo
New Mexico
Bluffs
Whitefield
Floyd Chambaugh
Louis Carlson
Council Bluffs
Local youths injured in week’s automobile accident
JoAnn Ross, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Darrell Ross, is improving from injuries including a fractured collar bone and broken ribs from an automobile accident earlier in the week. Kenneth Patterson also sustained bruises and cuts. Justice of the Peace W S Eldridge fined five Washington men ten dollars and costs each for gambling: Max Shepherd, Bryan Coakley, Robert Smith, Chester Howard, and Marvin Buckwalter. Co F Anderson, longtime Burlington railroad agent in Washington, will become station agent and yard master at Monmouth, a substantial promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JoAnn Ross
Darrell Ross
Justice of the Peace
W. S. Eldridge
Washington
Max Shepherd
Bryan Coakley
Robert Smith
Chester Howard
Marvin Buckwalter
Co. F. Anderson
Burlington Railroad
Monmouth
Anderson
Des Moines Farmer Burdon Sentenced for Stolen Tractor
Everett Burton, 24, of St. Charles Iowa, received five years in Fort Madison prison after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property. The tractor belonged to Walter Chapulpa and was stolen October 16 near Second Ave and Woodside Rd. It was recovered May 5 on Burton’s farm 13 miles southwest of Indianola, with additional stolen items found there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Everett Burton
St. Charles
Fort Madison
O. S. Franklin
Walter Chapulpa
Second Ave
Woodside Road
Polk County
Burton
Indianola
Window washing tip uses crumpled paper as polish
A cleaning tip suggests polishing windows with crumpled paper for a bright streak free finish. The method emphasizes simple household material use and avoids commercial glass cleaners.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rga von Stroh
Vera Ralston
Richard Arlen
Mary Nash
Lew Lehr
Snowland Sentinels
Bill Brewer
Brewer
J. W
A.S. V-7
John Jay
U.S.N.R
Pvt
E. C. Ward
P.A.A.B
Pueblo, Colo
Merle
A.A.F
Las Vegas
Nev
California
Pfe
Charles A. Sutton
A.A.B
Westover Field
Mass
Lyle Schulty
Commissary
Area J
Galley J
Farragut
Idaho
U.S.N.T.C
Russell Knott
Seabees
South Pacific
Walter Jungbluth
Navy
Jungbluth
Bee Knott
Rachael Negus
Indiana
Robert Marble
C.A.A.F
Carlsbad
Alice Barden
Frank Barden
Ottumwa
Miss Barden
Cedar Rapids
Waacs
WAC
Lyle Kelsey
Saipan
Ralph Kelsey
Richard Shively
Allied Headquarters Machine Record Unit
North Africa
C. P. Berkhoff
Norman H. Wall
Frank Wall
Columbus Junction
Camp Pope
Marion Wall
Camp Carson
Colo
Earl Wall
England
Robert S. Jones, Jr
W. O. Jones
Douglas
Ariz
Lawrence Whisler
Italy
Clifford Goodwin
Edmond, Okla
Clarence Goodwin
Marion Griffin
C. KE. Griffin
Richard C. Young
Field Artillery
Sn Vt
Robert S. Sorrell
Truaxfield
Wise
Madison
N. Sorrell
Roger Hicher
Michigan
Captain Eicher
Fort Custer
Harold Bieg
ARM 38
Memphis, Tenn
Jacksonville, Fla
U. S. Naval Air Gunnery School
Jacksonville
Florida
Crescent
Lance Whitefield
Council Bluffs, Electri
Cal
Here
Jensen Electric Co
Coun
Jugenheimer
West Madison
Charles Anderson
Greenwich, Conn
A. Anderson
PTT
Cole
Samuel Goldwyn
Danny Baye
Dinah Shore
Constance Andrews
Dowling and the Goldwyn Girls
John Shields
Kenneth Patterson
Germany
Romania
Greece
Austria
Africa
Sicily
Crete
Candia
Suda Bay
Maj
Ralph P. Thompson
Columbus, O
AAF
RAF
Japan
Air Corps
AAP
Civil Air Patrol
Air Service Division
High School
Victory Corps
Army Specialized Training Reserve
U. S. Army Recruiting Service
Office of Naval Oficer
Joint Army Navy Personnel Board
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