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Those Turkeys Minneapolis fcunday Tribnse Nov. 26, 1944 ber he is a practical Joker ar.l: Gunner on Bomber Marries Mora Girl City Mustang Killed Over Pilot Belgium Capt. Geo. L. Eckert Wounded at Saipan Capt.

George L. Eckert, 26, was wounded in action in the battle for Saipan, the war department notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.

Eckert, 4408 Vincent avenue S. Eckert also participated in the Tinian campaign and has been awarded the presidential unit citation and purple heart. lie is a Lt. Donovan D. Siverts, 27, Mustang fighter pilot previously reported missing since May 9 over Belgium, was killed in action on that date, his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Ing Siverts, 4404 Aldrich avenue have been notified. In service since July, 1940, he went overseas in October, 1943. "During two months of his overseas service he flew with the RAF. was graduated from Morris, high school.

A brother, Ing graduate of West Point military academy in class of 1942, previously attending the University of Minnesota. Eckert is operations officer '4 Are Just Prank Turkeys, as prizes, are NOT forthcoming from th Minneapolis Star Journal and Tribune. A practical joker who Identi fied himself as a representative of the newspapers promised them as a reward for ability to answer three questions. But he will be' known lo the Star Journal and Tribune only when he is captured. In calls to a half dozen or more residents, the man offered a 20-pound turkey for answers to three questions, usually concerning identity of a local orchestra leader, identity of the secretary of the navy, and the last five presidents.

The reward was cut to 10 pounds of turkey in one case where only one answer was forth coming. So, if someone calls you about a turkey as a prize, just remem- Advertisement the Minneapolis Star Journal anl: Tribune would like to catch vp with him. MONUMENT DAMAGE STUDIED PARIS Architects sent out t7 the Institute of Beaux Arts at Paris are es 1 1 throughout France inspecting fov torical monuments and estimate the extent of war damage. Of 17,000 such monuments. hav-been found damage.

Most ran he restored. Train Now for business positions DAY NIGHT CLASSES Secretarial Bookkeeping Cwm Rcfrathar Courses Shorthand Tyo.nq I'bunc, Write or 1 all for rfak AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE toundral 1101 Nicotic Ave. Mitapi; MA. 2447 Adrtlement RATIONING REMINDERS SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 30, 31, 32.

33 and 34 (Book IV) good for 5 pounds Indefinitely. Sugar stamp No. 40 (Book IV) good for 5 pounds for home canning through Feb. 28, 1945. In applying for additional canning sugar, SPARE STAMP No.

37 (Book IV) must be attached to Sugar Ap- plication No. R-323, and both submitted to local board before Nov. 30. A maximum of 20 pounds of sugar per person for HOME CANNING may be received. Applications may be made at local fire stations.

MEAT, BUTTER, CHEESE, OILS Red stamps "A8 through Z8 and A5 through P5" (Book IV) worth 10 points each, valid indefinitely. CANNED GOODS Blue stamps "A8 through Z8 and A5 through W5" (Book IV) worth 10 points each, valid indefinitely. XYZ 5's and. A2 B2 valid Dec. 1, good indefinitely.

SHOES AIRPLANE stamps No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 (Book III) good for one pair of shoes each. Valid indefinitely.

Book III must be" presented when shoes are purchased. FUEL OIL Period Four and Period Five coupons in Fuel 011 Ration Books valid through Aug. 31, 1945. Period One of the 1944-45 heating season valid to Aug. 31, 1945.

All period coupons good for 10 gallons per unit. GASl) LINE New coupons No. 13 good for four gallons through Dec. 21. "B4, B5, C4, C5" coupons valid at rate of 5 gallons each.

Motorists must place license number and state on face of coupons. Class or coupons issued on Forms R-530B or R-531B invalid. TIRE INSPECTION All commercial motor vehicles must have inspection every 5,000 miles or every six months, whichever comes first. PAPER Collection will be made this week in the following public and parochial schools: Adams, Burroughs, Clinton, Cooper, Corcoran, Ericson, Field, Hale, Hiawatha, Holy Rosary, Irving, Kee-waydin, Lowell, McKinley, Madison, Minnehaha, Morris Park, Northrop, Page, Resurrection, St. Helena, Seward, Warrington, Wenonah.

with an amphibious battalion. His brother, Lt. Philip F. Eckert, 28, has been named lieutenan- ant commander and is now second in command of a new submarine, Mr. and Mrs.

Eckert were informed. Lt. Comm. Eckert was one of the survivors of a subma rine lost in action in the South Pacific in February, 1943. He is a graduate of United States Naval academy in class of 1940.

Both are graduates of West high school. Separated for more than a year, Delmas C. Sherman, 35, SF3c in the Seabees, and his brother, Pfc. uoDeri, met recent- ly at a USO club in Hawaii. Sons of Mrs.

Myrtle Sherman. 3025 Clinton avenue they were graduated from South high school. entered serv- ice in December, 1942, and Delmas enlisted D. Sherman TTi the following March. A brother, Sgt.

James, 23, is attached to the army air forces in France. SSgt. Arthur II. Ling, 24, Kerkhoven, 1 has been awarded the R. Sherman wounds suffered in France, Oct.

12, his wife, Mrs. Olive Ling, Willmar, has been notified. Ling is recuperating in a base hospital in Italy. He is the son of Alfred Ling, Kerkhoven. A brother, Pfc.

David E. Ling, is in the army. Lt. Donald Fahey, 21, navigator on a B-17 bomber, reported missing in action over Germany since Sept. 12, is a prisoner of war, his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Leo J. Fahey, 4046 Lyndale avenue were notified Saturday: He was graduated from Edison High school in 1941, and entered the army in November, 1942, receiv rahey ing his wings at Hondo, Texas, in February, 1944. He was attached to the Eighth Air force 'in England and holds the air medal. His brother, Dayton, 26, PhM 2c, who saw action with the ma- i 1 7 ImwunVllinl mfrZi null is.

"WELL, I'LL BE DOG-GONED," bark Brownie, pet of Philip Arbogast, 10. MYou CAN teach an old dog new trick, Brownia is referring to that new home loan Philip' parents Mr. and Mr. Frank B. Arbogast, 1816 CoIoralo Avenue, St.

Louis Park, from Farmers Mechanics. Mr. Arhogat's new rate i only 4. If your interest rates are higher, don't May in the dog houe! Ask about new loan from the Farmers Mechanics Saving. Bank.

Philip Eckert George Eckert rines at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and New Britain, was scheduled to arrive home today. Sgt. Douglas F. McKenna, 24, son of Mrs. Evelyn McKenna, 912 Twenty-seventh avenue army air forces waist gunner and flight engineer, is a German prisoner, according to word received by his mother.

Before entering service 27 months ago, Mc- TCpnna wnc mnlnvArt 1- by Land Lakes Creameries, Inc. He attended St. Thomas McKenna college. Race Unit Honors Hastings, Jones Honorary memberships in the Minneapolis Inter-Racial Service council, organization of foreign- born citizens, were awarded to Tom Hastings and Carl W. Jones at a meeting of the group Satur day night at YMCA.

Hastings was honored for his work with the Red Cross blood bank, the Sister Kenney founda tion and the Aquatennial. Jones was cited for his interest in the foreign-born group and his work with various foreign relief agen cies. The honors have been bestowed annually for 23 years to persons in yie community giv. ing outstanding service in be half of the community of for eign-born. A flag and candle ceremony symbolizing attainment of citizen ship, was held in connection with the meeting.

1 fflftrfffiTMItriu" mm SEE OUR ADS IN THIS PAPER IN GENERAL NEWS AND BUILDING PAGE REGARDING IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF GAS BURNERS GAS BOILERS GAS FURNACES SHEDLOV OIL BURNERS, INC. 717 3RD AVE. SO. PHONE BR. 7831 HEATING EXPERTS FOR 22 YEARS 1 IT.

Siverts. is in the navy. Robert J. Doyle, 20, Sic, has fceen declared missing in action by navy department, bis parents, Mr. and Mrs.

J. -J. Doyle, 4038 Wentworth avenue, have been informed. fJ Doyle enlisted in Jmpmt roivpH his trainine at Farragut, Idaho, and I 1 went overseas in anu- Doyi vemoer, a oruui--wmiam .7. Tlnvle.

is over- Clt V. seas. Eng. Warren Davis 24, is missing in action in an undisclosed tneaier oi operauutia, ui partment has advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Orrin Davis, 4053 Portland avenue. A high school graduate, 'iDavis entered the service in Au gust, 191. a11 went overseas lasi July. Memorial service for Pvt. Arvid Leroy Setran, 20, killed in action July 9 in France, will be held at 4 p.m.

Sunday at St. James Lutheran church, Forty-ninth street and Portland avenue. He was the son of Edward Setran, 4828 Park avenue. A 1942 graduate of Washburn high school, Setran was inducted into the army July 1, 1943, and went overseas April 1. Memorial services for Pfc.

Stanley W. King, 24, son of Mrs. Teresa King, 3020 Dakota avenue, St. Louis Park, paratrooper killed in action in Holland Oct. 24, will be 10:30 ajn.

today at Church of the Holy family, St. Louis Park. King, graduate of St. Louis Park high school, entered service Dec 14, 1942, and went overseas last Jan. 28.

Missing in action three weeks Klnr following" the invasion of France, he was concealed 11 days of that period by the French underground prior to his return to Allied lines. He had received a presidential unit citation. King formerly was an emDlove of Dayton-Rogers Co. Memorial services for SSgt. 'Harold A.

Moss 28, 4237 Oakland avenue. Liberator ball turret gun- ner who was killed nt 91 m-pr the Bonin islands, will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at i Thirty eighth street Congregational church. Graduate of Central high achool, Moss en tered service in March, w. snH went nver- inMi.

lfn TA.Aii70f "the distinguished flying cross and air medal with two oak leaf clus ters. 61 BASIC FOODS I ID 1 DCD PCMT Ul 7 1 Lit ULI1I Led by an increase in the price of eggs, the cost of 61 basic foods for Minneapolis wage earners and lower salaried workers increased one-half per cent between mid-September and mid-October, accord ing to John B. Parrish, regional director of the bureau of labor statistics, United States depart merit nf laVu-ir. Of 19 important foods, only four reflected increases, nine showed decreases and six remained the Eggs were up 12.2 per cent at an average price of 53.9 cents a dozen and apples were up 12.4 per cent Showing slight increases were let tuce and oranges. Onions, down 13.9 per cent, cabbage down 16 per cent m.nd CArroU down 6.4 per cent, re-' fleeted greatest decreases.

Other foods which experienced price decreases all less than per cent were flour, pork chops, potatoea, coffee, lard and green beans. Round steak, bacon, butter, peaches, No. 214 can, tomatoes, No. 2 can, and sugar remained at the previous month's level. The Minneapolis ood index stood at 130.4 on Oct.

17, which is 1.4 per cent lower than for Oct. 19, 1943, but an increase of 31.7 as compared with Jan. 14, 1941. Coupled with the food price increase, a six-tenths of a per cent rise in the cost of clothing brought the cost of. living for Minneapolis 4wn.teritVi tf ner rent fnr i Vi mid-September-mid-October period.

E71 Pi Davis Setran Sirerts LrmyorNavy? Wallick Boys on Both Sides When the three Wallick boys of Hinckley, come home from the war, there will be quite a discussion about the relative fighting ability of the army and navy. Although Mrs. E. A. Wallick's three sons all joined the service Georte Willi ck John Wmlllck Robert Wallick in early 1941 and have since seen plenty of action in the Pacific, the navy will have a two to one numerical, advantage.

Holding up the army's side of the question will be Sgt. John E. Wallick, who has taken part in invasions at Attu, Kiska, Kwa-jelein and is at present busy on Leyte. He has been awarded the presidential citation and the infantry comDat badge. Navy supporters will be Robert J.

and George A. Wallick, both petty officers. Robert Is now an instructor at Great Lakes Naval Training station, after having served aboard a destroyer which took part in several battles. George is at present on a small aircraft somewhere in the Pacific. Immunization Gains in Schools Although 1,091 Minneapolis school children have been immunized aeainst diphtheria in four school clinics to date and 2,609 at the General hospital clinic, the number not immunized ranges from 14 to 32 per cent in various schools, Dr.

Hermina Hartig, chief school physician, said Saturday. Dr. Hartig urged parents to re turn 4.he survey form to schools not later than Monday, and to continue to have their children immunized in doctors' offices wherever possible. Diphtheria cases in the state during 1941 totaled 421 up to Wednesday, it was reported by the state department of health. Of these, 278 were Minneapolis cases.

Total reported for all of 1943 was 375 cases of which 145 were from Minneapolis. NO BATTERY WIRES A (aj el lone MONO-PAC Pits in th palm of th Kand. i th weight of most hearing aids. NO MORE fun and bother being "wired for found." See en Hear With On Today. Free Demonstration NoObligatio CLARENCE D.

JOHNSON, 3515 Humboldt Ave. Mpls. Pleats Mfld mm yur FREE detcripttva beoMet the Nt Bsrlens Msss-psc Hesrisf Aid NAME. ADD ESI. mi CLARENCE D.

JOHNSON PHONE COLFAX 7257 'i. 1 .35 I SGT. AND MRS. THEEWER Married Saturday night After completing 50 missions in Italy as a tail gunner on a Liberator bomber, Sgt. Richard L.

Theimer, 4133 Twenty-second avenue completed a domestic mission Saturday night when he married Marion Dalby, Mora, at the Lake Nokomis Presbyterian church with the Rev. Dan Gold Long officiating. The couple left for a California army redistribution center where Sgt. Theimer will be reassigned. Theimer went overseas last April and participated in the bombings of Munich, Vienna, Bucharest, Toulon submarine base, and southern coast of France on D-day.

Theimer is a graduate of Roosevelt high school. NORTHWEST CASUALTIES MINNESOTA Army Wounded EUBOPE: ARNSDORF, Cpl. Harlan Mrs. LonUe Arnndorf. mother.

SDrimfield. BELKNSKI. Ft. Walter G. Mr.

Ann Bel- enski, mother Foley. DAHL, Srt. Edward W. Mrs. wuneunina Dahl.

mother. Eveleth. DAVIS, Li. Kenneth J. Mrs.

Virginia Da- i ifc. 4(Mt Stevens avenue. Minneapolis. ERICKSON. Ffe.

Robert Mrs. itiyrue v. Ertrkftnn. wife. Anoka.

HAMPER. Pfe. Peter P. Mrs. Dnrotnjr Hamper, wife, $47 Forest street, 8t.

Paul. HAUL. Pvt. Robert A. Mrs.

Madeline K.hl mnlhn. Deiter. Kl MM. Pvt. Glenn 1.

Mrs. marfarei Kumm. mother, Wright. NIBBE. Pfc.

Donald E. Mrs. Lena IMDoe, mother. Lake City. NUTT.

Pfc. Sidney J. Mrs. tine fc. nan.

mother. Wahkon. PAULSON, Cpl. Charley c. Mrs.

tiia v. Anderson, sister, 100 Third avenue Min- rapolis. S1ERAKOWSKI. Pvt. Victor M- Mrs.

Sophie Sierakowski, wife, 901 E. Rose ave- nur, t. Paul. Pvt. r.erald R.

Mrs. Edith Tell, mother. S3 Clear avenue, hi. Paul. T1BBETTS, Pft.

Kenneth Mrs. uir, Tibbetts, wile, 813 E. Minnehaha avenue, St. Paul. VOIGT.

Srt. Arthur Mrs. Suna voifni. mnthr. Mrlntnxh.

VAROLIMEK. Pvt. rred J. Mrs. nose Tarolimek, wile, Dresbach.

NORTH DAKOTA Army Wounded EUROPE! BATHE, Pfc. Reinhold E. Rudolph Batke, father. Sawyer. BJELDE, Sjt.

Walter Christ Bjriae, lamer, ffill.hnrn DAbDE. Set. Waldemar J. Mrs. Amelia mother.

Tosilantl. DESERLV Pre Russell r. Mrs. mariarci Desrrly, mother, Sanish. IV'ERSON.

Cpl. Arthur Mrs. Mainuaa mother. Tiora. JOHNSON.

Pfe. Dans J. May c. jonn- son, wife, rtainaua. KLEIN.

Pfc. Raymond ueorf jviein. fxthr. Mntt. KUNTZ.

Pfc. Georie John D. Hunts, lam er. Solen. MILLER, Pfc.

Chester T. Mrs. Minnie Miller, mother. Minto. i MOOS.

Pfe. Henry Mrs. Mary Abner, moth er, Fredonia. WOLFER, Pie. Emll Carl woller.

Brother, Linton. SOUTH DAKOTA Army Wounded EUROPE: HART, Pfe. Wallace L. Mrs. Stella Hart, mother, Roswell.

MORSTAD, Pvt. Elmer Mrs. Jennie Mor-slad. mother, Hillhead. STRATTON.

Pvt. Berneal A. Mrs. AUce Redetzke, mother, Ortley. WISCONSIN Army Wounded EUROPE: POESCHL.

8, St. Henry O. rrank Poeschl, father, GranUburf. Help keep the fatality lists down. Make a date to rive your blood at Bed Cross blood donor center.

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send for this free trial. II you have suffered for a lifetime and tried everything you could learn of without relief; even if you 'are utterly discouraged, do not abandon hope but send today for1 thi free trial. It will cost you nothing. Address rronner Astnma Frontier 487 Niagara Street. Buffalo, Stw York ENRICHED WHITE BREAD Jumbo I 1 l'j-Lb.

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410 E. Benn. Be MsPHSsHMpsiariMMsiMSSMHMmPMgim VT-" y)j'WWWWl 4 4k 7xv 4 9. -v' 'i tu. U'Ssl srSrl-1 I II Innassimtsi sairamr so I in lai'li in lllUMMa.11111 11 A- Iff, I lux lis QUIET, PLEASE If you feel like doing any cheering Ixxause you heard somebody say that the war is almost over it would be best not to do it under this boy's window.

He is just back from the Pacific, headed for surgical repairs, aboard a hospital train. Yes, he's seen the newspapers, and knows how the war is going in Europe. But he has seen the Japs, too. At close range. He has seen the remnants of his own outfit getting ready for another advance.

And he knows he's going back out there, after he is well. Surely you have something to say to this and the best way to say it is by your purchase of War Bonds during the Sixth War Loan Drive. Your pledge to buy an extra SI 00 bond will tell him that you're with him, all the way, in the war that isnt "almost over" I NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY The Chesferfielc A Woo Classic The beloved classic "that is so right for all occasion wear. Precision tailored as a man's suit, yet softly detailed, rounded lapels and velveteen collar. Black, Brown and bright colors.

GIRLS COATS Ttddy lor and Chifrfild 14.75 SECOND FLOOR NIC AT 5TH SSDR. BANKS 1XD ASSOCIATF. TOMASCK llt. ft. A.

FE1JLOWES OIL. C. II. nillTAEY "I'm going to study chemistry" says Gene Claybaugh of VVayzata. one of 10 cut landing boys to win an award this spring under th Star Journal and Tribune scholarship plan for carrier salesmen.

Gene has had his route three years. Best Year, 'Round Opportunity for a Northwest Schoolboy DR. A. HOURS 1 1 10 A.M. to 8 P.M.

MA In 2131.

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