Des Moines Column Reports Typhoid Immunization Island Flood
In Campbell's Island near the Mississippi north of Davenport a health department drive immunized residents against typhoid due to flood waters. A doctor and nurse visited the island to vaccinate while residents were urged to boil water for drinking and washing. Some island homes remained accessible only by rowboat after the flood crest had passed.
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Des Moines
Campbell's Island
Mississippi River
Davenport
Health Department
Fort Dodge Marine Medalist Apt Honored at San Diego Base
Walter O Apt of Fort Dodge has earned a medal for efficiency in training as high man in his Marine unit at the San Diego Marine Corps base. His father, Capt. E E Apt, a decorated World War I veteran, serves as an officer in the quartermaster corps.
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Fort Dodge
Walter O Apt
Marine Corps
San Diego
Cal
E. E. Apt
Quartermaster Corps
Boys Play Cowboy Ends in Tragic Farm Accident
Gerald W. Stimel an 11 year old Eagle Center resident died at a local hospital after a .22 rifle fired by his brother William 15 while they played cowboy on the family farm. The bullet pierced the heart and both lungs and Gerald survived sixteen hours.
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Waterloo
Gerald W. Stimel
Iowa Payrolls Show 20 Percent Increase in May 1941
Iowa industrial payrolls rose about 20.2 percent in May 1941, the state labor department reported. The average weekly wage was $31.96, up 1.9 percent from April, with the average work week steady at 44 hours.
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Des Moines
Iowa
British Convoy Reaches Tobruk and Malta
A large British convoy reached Malta and Tobruk with supplies after escaping very heavy attacks from Axis naval and air forces in the Mediterranean battle. The communique denied enemy claims of sinking cruisers and damaging a battleship and aircraft carrier, noting American navy and air corps units participated.
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London
England
Malta
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Russia
Libya
China
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Berlin
Moscow
el Kazala
New Montgomery Ward appointee Daily arrives in Washington
Newcomer W. T. Daily of Rock Island arrives to take assistant manager duties at the Washington Montgomery Ward store, replacing Virgil Schewe who moves to Des Moines. Mrs Daily and two children plan to join him soon in the Everett Simpson residence at 800 West Monroe, while Daily enjoys fishing as a favorite hobby.
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W. T. Daily
Rock Island
Washington
Montgomery Ward
Mr. Daily
Virgil Schewe
Wards
Mr. Schewe
Des Moines
House panel backs $8.5 million naval bill for carriers
The House Naval Affairs Committee unanimously approves an $8.5 million appropriation to start construction of 500,000 ton aircraft carriers, expanding the Navy program. The measure adds 1,909,000 tons of combat ships and 1,000 small craft to counter submarines, with plans shifted from five 6,000-ton battleships.
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Washington, D. C
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
Democrat
Georgia
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Navy
Congress
Fathers of Eureka Community Honored at Church Services
Fathers of the Eureka community will be special guests at Sunday services at the Eureka church. Rev. W. L. Clapp will deliver a Father’s Day message during the morning worship and a basket dinner will follow for all church families and community members.
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Eureka
Eureka Church
W. L. Clapp
Mrs Wolf 84 Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Sophia Wolf 84 died suddenly at 9 45 pm at 704 West Second street from a heart attack after preparing supper. Funeral at St James Catholic Church likely Thursday at 9 30 am. burial Elm Grove cemetery. Rosary at home Wednesday 8 pm. Survived by three daughters and three sons, two daughters deceased, and many grandchildren.
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Sophia Wolf
West Second Street
Wolf
John
Elizabeth (Kuhn) Schilling
Cumberland
Maryland
Washington
Joseph Wolf
St. James Church
Alter and
Rosary Societies
Sunday church service and cooperative dinner invitation
Readers are invited to attend the Sunday morning church service followed by a cooperative dinner. The notice stresses community participation and fellowship.
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Ity
Baby with Twelve Grandparents Sparks Town Interest
Patricia Ann Daering, six months old daughter of Duane and Julia Daering, lives west of town between Brighton and West Chester. She enjoys attention from twelve grandparents, with paternal, maternal, great, and great great grandparents listed, including Carl Daering of Brighton Tom Harvey of Ainsworth John Stump of Banner Mississippi.
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Patricia Ann Daering
Duane Daering
Daering
Brighton
West Chester
Patricia
Julia Harvey
Carl Daering
Tommy Harvey
Ainsworth
John Daering
Oz Gowey
O. C. Patterson
Washington
T. J. Harvey
Crawfordsville
John Stump
Banner
Patterson
Filling Stations Lead Drive to Reclaim Old Rubber
Washington county residents urged to help prevent gasoline rationing by turning in scrap rubber now. Oil companies collect scrap rubber for free. government buys at 25 dollars per ton and donates the difference to USO, navy and army relief and the Red Cross. Citizens are asked to search garages basements and attics for discarded rubber items including tires and hot water bottles.
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Washington County
USO
Navy Relief
Army Relief
Red Cross
Midwest
Three Men Arrested in Grimes Auto Theft Case
Des Moines police arrested Robert E. Beall Burdette G. Baumgardner and Marion Noble in connection with a June 4 auto theft at Grimes owned by George Foshe. They are held for investigation and gave addresses 1621 Linden St 710 Second Ave and 1706 High St respectively.
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Des Moines
Grimes
George Foshe
Robert E. Beall
Linden St
Burdette G. Baumgardner
Second Ave
Marion Noble
High St
Questionnaires Mailed to Third Registration Nominees in Washington County
Questionnaires go to 100 men of the third registration in Washington county with order numbers 10501 through 10524, noting one death and one later questionnaire. Answers will largely determine military service classifications and list names and addresses such as Walter Longer, Joseph Ros, John Davisson, Karl Monson, Harold Gertsen, Edward Brown, Harvey Miller, Carl Kelley, and others across Washington, Wellman, Crawfordsville, Brighton, Riverside, Wayland, Keota, Ainsworth, and KWalona.
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Washington County
Oldfield Urges Farmers Turn In Scrap Rubber
Carl R. Oldfield chair of the county USDA war board asks Washington county farmers to collect every ounce of scrap rubber and deliver it to local filling stations for the nationwide drive. He notes the effort ends next week and urges immediate action from rural families to aid war production.
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Washington County
Carl R. Oldfield
Usda War Board
County War Board
Oldfield
Secretary of Agriculture Wick+ard
Roosevelt
War Boards
Sheriff Putnam Reports Primary Campaign Spending
Sheriff H. M. Putnam, unopposed for renomination on the Republican ticket, reported spending $3.51 on his primary campaign.
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H. M. Putnam
Aleutian Fight Indecisive Amid Broad World Updates
United States forces pressed operations against Japan near the Aleutians despite fog and uncertain results. Reports cite American ships sunk or damaged and emphasize broader world actions, including Soviet resistance near Kharkov and Sevastopol and Libyan battles around Tobruk.
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United States
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
USO Drive Named Solicitors and HQ in Washington
John C. Owen announces a local USO headquarters will open Wednesday in a vacant store on the square donated by A. Claire Dewey. Mrs. Frank Barden leads the four day drive with solicitors listed including C. R. Wilson J. H. Baird John Lemmon and others. A USO film short Mr Gardenia Jones will be shown at the State theater Wednesday to Saturday courtesy of Ralph Pratt.
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John C. Owen
USO
A. Claire Dewey
Dewey
Mr. Owen
Washington
C. R. Wilson
J. H. Baird
John Lemmon
John Winga
OV. E. Schmitt
Ed Muck
Phil Antonoff
Claude Tucker
Marion George
Fred Downing
Joe Picken
Joe Wright
Joe Falk
C. ¥. Crull
Glen Mace
Harriet Coulter
USC
Gardenia Jones
State Theater
Ralph Pratt
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O. K. Navy
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Baltic
SFA
Ruhr
Hitler
Britain
U. S
Fishing
Mrs. Wolf
Ber
Walter Ralph Longer
R. 1
Joseph Vance Ros
Mond
John Clarence Davisson
Wellman
Karl Conger Monson
Harold Helge Gertsen
Edward Price Brown
North Lawa
Harvey Miller
Lona
Carl Earl Kelley
5Th Ave
John Henry Willhauer, Jr
Clyde Kennard
Riverside
Leslie Mortimer Beenblossom
Laurence Stransky
Maurice McKinley Gowey
Richard Lewis Speidel
Wayland
Dan J. Shetler
Box
Kwalona
Irvin Carl Sommer
Harlan Craig Johnston
Emmett Mathias Waldschmidt
Jacobus Soethout
Keota
Edward B. Wifle
Joseph Eugene Wood
Thomas Herbert Miller
Robert Barnhart Benson
Central Park
Tom Gray
Eugene Dunlap
Direector
Milo T. Lorden
God Bless
America
Americana
Youth of America
Law
Old McDonalds Farm
Klaxton
Pearl Harbor
University of Chicago
Sousa ,Buchtel
Harrison
King
Llewellyn
Yoder Fillmore
King Goldman
United Press
Aleutian Islands
Midway
Coral Sea
USO Drive
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