Raid on gaming house leads to fines and seizures
In Columbus Junction on July 30 a raid by sheriff’s deputies and state agents found a gambling operation with 40 cases of beer, 10 of moonshine, two cases of whiskey, a poker table and a large dice table. Thirty men were present. charges were not filed against them but their names were listed. Raymond Fr. Shy of Conesville and W. L. Pine of Knoxville faced fines for liquor nuisance and gaming hours respectively. The raid yielded $414 in cash and several hundred kerchips.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Raymond Fr. Shy
Conesville
Dge C
William Swailes
San
Connellys Bay Residents Buy Clyde Messner Farm
Brighton notes report Mr and Mrs A R Connelly have bought the Clyde Messner acreage at Pleasant Plain and will move soon. Several locals left or visited relatives including William E Nelson who returned to Park Ridge Illinois Dan Pringle plans winter in Fort Worth Texas and Pearl Colton resumes teaching in Cedar Rapids after summer with her father Larry Colton at his farm north of town. Patricia Coffman and Ruth Beverdorf joined Labor Day weekend visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Wanerus.
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Marie
William Lamp
New York City
Edith Balcoff
Merle L. Hill
Luke Field
Phoenix
Ariz
P. KE
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Vinnie Turkington
Wilma Foster
Ada Letts
Florence Klotz
Casper
Wyo
Helen
Lucille Duncan
Cedar Rapids
Edna
Crile
Brighton
A. R. Connelly
Horton Farm
Clyde Messner
Pleasant Plain
William E. Nelson
Park Ridge
Earl Nelson
Dan Pringle
Gale Pringle
Fort Worth
Texas
Patricia Coffman
Ruth Beverdorf
Fred Wanerus
Spring Creek
H. Duncan
Erma Jean Williams
Columbus High School
University of Town
Pearl Colton
Larry Colton
Here
Community Officers Elected At Dinner Gathering
Attendance reached 96 as a program of music singing and talks followed dinner. Officers chosen for the coming year were Otto Laman sky president Frieda Rininger vice president Mrs James Starr secretary and Mrs Arthur Van Winkle treasurer. Several local residents and visitors were noted in attendance and travel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Lamansky
Frieda Rininger
James Starr
Arthur van Winkle
John Ingle
Mary Courtney
C. E. Bennett
Rockford
Phillip Wanerus
Washington
Dick Wanerus
Fred Wanerus
Francis Whisler
Des Moines
Charles Whisler
Wasteful Fat Loss Prewar Estimate Sparks Debate
The article notes that prior to the war about two billion pounds of used kitchen fats were discarded annually, an amount equivalent to the country’s usual fat imports. It frames the loss as wasteful and economically significant, hinting at potential recycling or policy responses.
Card of Thanks to Friends and Neighbors
Mrs. Matt Gent expresses gratitude for cheerful calls flowers and cards received during convalescence from illness, thanking her many friends and neighbors for support.
Prince Bernard Named Dutch Interior Forces Commander
General Eisenhower appoints H.R.H. Prince Bernard of the Netherlands to command all Dutch interior forces in the fight to liberate the country from Nazi control. The prince is pictured during an inspection with a Dutch soldier in the British-Canadian sector in France.
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H.R.H
Prince Bernard
Netherlands
Eisenhower
France
Iowa Soldier Abroad Reflects On War and Home
Pvt. Elwood Guthman of Mason City, a 34th Division infantryman, serves in the Mediterranean theater after 381 months overseas. Wounded twice, he hopes to return home within a week after Nazi defeat, and plans to resume farming. He recalls Italy and Africa campaigns, the 1941 marriage, his late Mason City wife, and a public relations officer praising his service. Guthman recalls Iowa connections and mentions colleagues from Denison, Des Moines, Mason City, and Waterloo.
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IDPA
Pvt
Elwood Guthman
Mason City
Guthman
Belfast
Ireland
Africa
Palace Guards
Italy
Cole
Sears-Roebuck
Carroll Peeke
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
Washington, D. C
Honor Hull Family At Shaffer Reunion
BRIGHTON Sept. 5 The Shaffer relatives held a cooperative dinner Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robison in honor of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Hull and their two children of Peoria Illinois. Mrs. Anna Shaffer of Fairfield attended and all her children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren were present. Others from a distance included Mrs. Carol Blum and Joyce Earls, Mrs. Roy Glider and daughter Glady of Davenport, Mrs. Keith Keeler and daughter of Lone Tree, Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Farmer and two children of Wayland, Mrs. Lyle Brinton and three children of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Oswalt and daughter Sherry Lee of Richland, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Popejoy of Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Shaffer
Donald Robison
R. P. Hull
Peoria
Ill
Anna Shaffer
Fairfield
Carol Blum
Joyce Earls
Roy Glider
Glady
Davenport
Keith Keeler
Lone Tree
la Verne Farmer
Wayland
Lyle Brinton
Washington
Kermit Oswalt
Sherry Lee
Richland
Wm. Popejoy
Pleasant Plain
Soldier pledges service against axis foes after home leave
Leonard Woolsey, a Cedar Rapids artilleryman, says if he can go home for 306 days after defeating the Nazis, he will then face the Japanese with determination.
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Mom
Pop
Pfe
Leonard Woolsey
Cedar Rapids
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