Centenarian Civil War Vet Michael Frank Celebrates Iowa Birthday
Michael Frank, last surviving Civil War veteran of Jefferson and Wapello counties, marks his one hundredth birthday at his daughter’s home in Ottumwa. He arrived from Fronhoppen Russia at age 10, served in an Iowa volunteer regiment before turning 21, and later work included buffalo hunting, pony express driving, and stage coach duties with ties to the Carnegins Buffalo Bill Cody and Native Americans.
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Ottumwa
Michael Frank
Jefferson
Wapello Counties
Gerhard Nabbefeld
United States
Fronhoppen
Frussia
Iowa
Buffalo Bill Cody
Two men sentenced or freed in Iowa ration-fraud cases
The assist ant OPA enforcement attorney in Des Moines reported that Osce D Myers of LaPorte City received a suspended six year sentence and three years probation after pleading, while Wayne Meffert of Independence was released on $1000 bond after pleading not guilty at Waterloo Ta. on altering ration certificates.
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Des Moines
John W. King
Official Price Administration
OPA
H. N. Graven
Waterloo Ta
Osce D. Myers
LaPorte City
Peter Pan Bread Co
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Meffert
Navy sailor returns home to fatal house fire
Lee M. Sanders a 2 percent sailor on limited duty at Ottumwa naval air station returned Thursday to his home near Oskaloosa to find it burned to the ground and his wife and three children dead. The victims were Mrs Laura Eggleston Sanders 23 Guy Sanders 4 Lora Lee Sanders 2 Bethene Sanders 14 months. The family dog survived. Sanders who served two years in the navy had been discharged from a California hospital a month earlier and was assigned to Ottumwa. His home is in San Gabriel California. He rented a house five miles east of town on land owned by Ed Gilchrist. He commuted 22 miles to the naval base.
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Lee M. Sanders
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Here
Laura Eggleston Sanders
Guy Sanders
Lora Lee Sanders
Bethene Sanders
Gary
Sanders
Navy
California
San Gabriel
Cal
Ed Gilchrist
Naval Base
Lineman Recovers After 13 200 Volt Shock At Substation
Leland G Wroughton 36 lineman for Iowa Southern Utilities suffered severe burns after a 13 200 volt shock at a Creston Orient substation. He was rescued by coworkers from atop the transformer and treated in a local hospital. He asked simply what he had done.
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Creston
Leland G Wroughton
Iowa Southern Utilities
Orient
Delaware County to Plan Postwar Board at September 22 Meeting
Manchester Rotary Club invites Delaware County governing bodies and civic organizations to a 7:30 PM September 22 meeting in the court room to discuss establishing a postwar planning board for the county through its community service committee.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Manchester Rotary Club
Fifty one Creameries Pay Butter Overcharge
Des Moines OPA enfor cement officers have concluded treble damages cases against 51 creameries for butter price overcharges. Total payments amount to 13 781.66 dollars, already paid to the U S treasury.
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Des Moines
Reds Launch Final Assault on Warsaw for German Invasion
Soviet forces bombarded Warsaw from air and ground as White Russian and Polish troops prepare to cross the Vistula and drive west toward East Prussia. Praga falls as a second army advances near Lomza, Nowogrod, and Nowa. Romanian and Ukrainian units push toward Cluj and Turda, seizing rail corridors in Transylvania.
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Warsaw
Germany
Praga
Moscow
Red Army
Vistula
France
Baltic
East Prussia
Lomza
Nowogrod
Narew River
Transylvania
Cluj
Turda
Memorial Cross to Honor Local Servicemen
A neon memorial cross was installed above the Methodist church to honor men and women from the church serving in the armed forces. The dedication event Sunday at 7:00 PM on the west lawn includes a ritual, reading of the service members, and a speaker lineup led by K J Heselschwerdt. The cross will be lit nightly thereafter and seen from Washington, with participation by local clergy and residents.
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L. A. Jones
Willis Jones
Washington
K. J. Heselschwerdt
Kalona
Washington County American Legion
Fred E. Miller
J. W. Chandler
Shirley Brown
Beverly Brown
Edna Klein
Thomas C. Polk
The
Christian Church
Weather plans for church service keep timing strict
The ceremony will finish by 7 45 to allow visitors to attend other churches evening services. If bad weather, the service will move to the church sanctuary.
Buyers Retain 95 Percent of Bonds in Iowa
Des Moines reports show Iowa war bond buyers hold more than 95 percent of bonds purchased by May 1 1941, with minimal redemptions across institutions. The Iowa War Finance Committee notes nationwide redemption figures are not yet available and cautions against unfair state comparisons.
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Des Moines
United States
Lowa
Iowa
Return from Funeral of Mrs Fred Crone
Mr and Mrs Frank Crone returned from Lawson Missouri where they attended funeral services for the late Mrs Frede Crone who died last week at Ventura California The body was taken to Lawson for interment Autopsy showed death from a heart attack before she fell from the Ventura pier Frank Crone manages a local bank and Fred Crone runs a bank in Santa Paula California
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Frank Crone
Lawson
Frede Crone
Ventura
California
Frank
Fred Crone
National Bank
Fred
Santa Paula
British Advance on Adriatic Coast Captures Corning Ridge
Romd Sept 15 British southern army troops pushing through the Gothic line seized Corning and a 7000 yard ridge, advancing toward Rimini air field on the Adriatic coast and closing to within a mile of the air base.
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Romd
Corning End
Rimini
Adriatic
Allies open dual invasions on Palau and Halmahera
A large American invasion armada lands on Palau as MacArthur’s forces drive inland on Morotai and Nimitz’s Marines assault Palau beaches. Japanese garrisons concentrate in Halmahera’s south, facing being bypassed and cut off from supply. initial reports say Japanese resistance is fierce but casualties are light on Morotai.
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Pearl Harbor
Palau
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera
Bataan
Corregidor
MacArthur
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
Morotai Island
Halmaheras
Nimitz
Palan
Morotai
Halmahera Islands
Millard DeLashmutt and Betty Stewart Enroll at Cornell
Millard DeLashmutt and Betty Stewart enrolled at Cornell college in Mt. Vernon. Registration occurred at the start of the week.
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Millard DeLashmutt
Betty Stewart
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Washington Baptist Association 75th Meeting Speakers Named
Speak Sunday at Baptist Convention Dr Hinton and Rev Mr Anderson among speakers for the 75th Washington Baptist association meeting at the New Haven Baptist church Sunday and Monday Sept 17 and 18. Sessions Sunday afternoon and evening and Monday morning and afternoon. Dr Hinton is central district representative for the ministers and missionaries benefit board based in Indianapolis with a Midwest territory. He previously served as director of promo tion in Connecticut and taught English and religious education at Grand Island college Nebraska and spent years in Mandalay Burma. Mr Anderson named to foreign mission service in the current record.
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Hinton
Mr. Anderson
Washington Baptist Association
New Haven
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Connecticut
Grand Island College
Nebraska
Mandalay
Burma
Anderson
Foreign Mission
County Business Men Hear Farm Bureau Mutual Postwar Address
E. Howard Hill of Dallas County urged business men and farmers to unite as progressive citizens to meet postwar challenges. The Washington County farmers and business leaders gathered at the Y for a dinner, mirroring a prior AAA event, to discuss organizing for common goals and federal farm programs run by farmers.
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Farm Bureau
E. Howard Hill
Dallas County
Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau County
J. W. Chandler
Richard Stephens
AAA
Washington
Nancy Falls to Patton as Allies Push Deeper Into Germany
American forces captured Nancy in northeastern France and pressed toward Stolberg while advancing beyond Aachen. German losses included Maastricht, with Berlin reporting heavy tank losses near Aachen. French forces announced Nancy’s liberation as Allied units breached lines toward the Siegfried defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
Nancy
France
Aachen
Germany
Stolberg
Legion to Ainsworth Memorial Service
Commander Jay Brewer of Leon Beatty post asks members to meet at the Legion rooms in city hall Sunday at 2 16 and then go by auto to Ainsworth for the memorial service at the Methodist church at 3 o'clock for Lieut James T Olinger who died August 16 of wounds received August 13 in France.
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Jay Brewer
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Legion
Ainsworth
James T. Olinger
Olinger
France
Mutual Cooperation Highlighted at Local Dinner
At the Presbyterian church dinner Milo Sorden led singing with Marjorie Phillips on piano. Beverly Brown played piano, Helen Falk and Jane Pauls on clarinets providing an interlude. Chandler chaired. Claude Tucker of the Washington Chamber of Commerce and Richard Stephens of the county Farm Bureau spoke on town and country mutual interests and assured cooperation.
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Future Farm Programs
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George
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