Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • 4

Ed itors, Publishers Will Convene April 28, 29 OWCL TELLS STORY OF HERE and THERE Demonstrate Methods of Rat Extermination LESTER G. BENZ i TARAWA BATTLE Klemme The Edmond Josten Le Roy, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. A.

Burt A. H. Heinzcr was in Des TO HEAD FORUM farm home was the scene of the D. Brown arrived home from a Moines attending an optometrists' meeting last weekend. latest method of exterminating few weeks' visit at Del Mar, with their son, Maj.

and Mrs. Leon Barnes to Direct Calmar Cpl. Adram Bucneit or rats. Mr. Josten estimated there was a rat population of about on his farm.

George Brown and family. Sailor Sees Marines Advance to Jap Guns Kanawha Albert R. Johnson, slupmter 1c, who recently spent a furlough with his wife, the former Ruth Larson of Kanawha, at Cedar Heights, gives an interesting account of the battle of Uiscussion on rostwar Burt Clayton Schrader left Randolph Field, Texas, is spending a 2 weeks' furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alphous recently for Alaska where he will work this summer.

Des Moines, (IP) Iowa editors umner Produce Man Kanawha Hector Rikansrud Thompson Mrs. Oscar Lund of and publishers will meet here April 28 and 29 for the 29th annual convention of the Iowa Press N. came to be writes relatives here that he has been promoted to carpenter's Taken Suddenly 111 with her brother, Albert Dahl, association, I. C. Kartack, secre mate, 1c.

He is with the seabees stationed in the south Pacific. who is seriously ill at the hospital at Buffalo Center. Johnson was on board a supply ship just off shore at Tarawa and tary, announced Tuesuay, On the morning of Jriday, EmmcUbure II. O. Helgen was wunessea me neroic marine elected president of the Emmets- Ackley Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Bausman have received information that their son, Lee Irl, who is in the army is now in England. pushing up behind flame throwers into the very mouths of Jaranese April 28, there will be group meetings. Lester G. Benz of Sheffield will preside over the forum for smaller newspapers; X2.

New Hampton Paul Wilharm, Sumner proauce dealer, and husband of the vice chairman of the republican state central committee, is seriously ill in St. Joseph's hospital with an intestinal infection. Mr. Wilharm was stricken in Des Moines and brought here by ambulance. His wife has been caring for her mother, Mrs.

John Lewis, who suffered a paralytic stroke. burg Rotary club at a meeting or the board of directors. Mr. Helgen is also president of the Emmets-burg Chamber of Commerce. guns.

He stated that Tarawa was captured by flame throwers, highly destructive implements of war, Paul C. Smith of Rock Rapids HOLD SERVICES FOR C. GANNON Dies at Nursing Home in Thornton Wednesday Ventura Funeral services for Creighton Wheatley Cannon, 85, were held Sunday at the U. B. church with the Rev.

George Wolfe of Iowa Falls in charge. Burial was made in Clear Lake cemetery. Creighton Cannon was born near Locust Grove, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1858. He went with his parents to Morrison, 111., In 1868 where he grew to manhood.

In 1881 he went to Ellendale, N. where for 3 years he home-steaded. In 1887 he was married to Alicia Brookmire of Ellendale. In 1902 he moved to Iowa and settled on a farm 3 miles south of Ventura where he resided until May, 1936. Mrs.

Cannon died Dec. 17, 1934, after which Mr. Cannon made his home with his sons until December last year when he was taken to a nursing home at Thornton where he died April 12. He is survived by 5 sons, Emmons, Cecil and Wilfred of Ventura, Charles of Custer, S. and Loran in defense work in the Aleutian Islands and a daughter, Mrs.

Bert Larson of Rudd. Thirteen grandchildren also survive. All of the children except Loran were present for the funeral. will be chairman of the larger Garner Mrs. William Millard and daughter, Mary Agnes, who is employed in Des Moines, and Miss Betty Reibe visited with Pvt.

Johnny Millard, who is attending Goodell Cpl. Leroy Berhow, and that the marines went straight into the lmDreenable nill son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Ber newspaper conference; and Paul R. Bumbarger of Des Moines will how, has landed with the armed forces on foreign soil.

In March boxes with the deadly weapons and burned everything before preside at the daily newspaper a clerical school at Ft. Knox, Ky. clinic. them. 43 he went to Fort Sheridan, 111., The Des Moines chamber of Nora Springs Wayne L.

Ueker of the army air forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ueker of Nora The igloo-shaped pill boxes commerce will sponsor a lunch for his training and was later transferred to various camps in eon for the visitors at noon, and Springs, was recently promoted the east. were built underground, with their huge guns installed so that the barrels faced the sea. They the Des Moines convention bu St.

Ansgar Mrs. Nute Carson, reau will be host to the newspa to corporal, according to an announcement from the public relations office at Maxwell Field, who has been at Mercy hospital, were built by Japanese over a pe permen's wives. Mason City, for the past 3 weeks, K. C. Crabb of Grinnell, asso where he 13 located.

Former Clerk of Court Dies; Rites Saturday New Hampton Funeral services for Paul J. Brorby, 82, were held Saturday afternoon at the Larkin-Knutson chapel. Mr. Brorby died Thursday in Minneapolis where he hns lived in recent years. Mr.

Brorby served 3 terms as clerk of the district court here. A son, Vern, lives here. ciation president, will speak In following a stroke of paralysis, has been transferred to the Cedar nod of 4 years and nothing less than a 1,000 pound shell could pierce their tops, and then only by direct hits. Underground, in Hanlontown A large group of relatives and friends gathered at dav afternoon. Others on the ait Valley hospital.

Charles City. ernoon program are C. R. the Concordia church parlors Fri Garner Word has been received oacK of each pill box. were sleep' Smith, chief of the rural press that Kenneth Juhl is now sta day afternoon to honor Mrs.

Everett Trustem at a post-nuptial STOCKING PUBLIC FISHING WATERS Twenty-one species of fish were stocked in 71 of the 99 counties at 248 stocking stations in Iowa last year. The bulk of the fish were walleyes, perch, bullheads, bluegills and large mouth bass in the order named. Most of the fish were yearling, fingerling or fry, but some weighed as much as 10 pounds. The larger fish were rescued from the overflow waters of the Mississippi and other rivers. section of the office of war infor mg quarter and ammunition dumps, each connected to an un mation (OWI); George C.

Payne, tioned at Camp Roberts, Cal. He was formerly employed in the of shower. derground railroad. regional manager for the U. Ridgeway Pfc.

Erwin Keeker fice of the Hancock county engi department of commerce, Chi arrived from Scott Field, 111., to neer and as a county patrolman. cago; and Brig. Gen. Charles II. The problem of the marines was to get into the pill boxes from the ground level, even through the gun barrel openings.

And in face Manly Several from this vicin spend a couple weeks furlough with his mother, Mrs. Amelia Grahl, state selective service di ity were to attend the hog cholera rector. Keeker. vaccination school at the court Leon Barnes of Northwood will GIRLS COLLECT PAPER Ventura The Girl Scouts collected 1,990 pounds of waste paper in their first drive Saturday. The girls plan to mke a paper drive each month.

Ntxt week they will collect grease. Eagle Grove Miss Virginia En house at Northwood Tuesday. conduct a "postwar information of terrific and continuous shelling from the 3 to 8-inch guns the men swarmed into those 500 pill boxes, burning metal, cloth and gleman, who is a student in Drake COMMENCEMENTS Hutchins T. Sgt. Eugene Ever please" period at the same after university, Des Moines, visited for ett Anderson, arrived home Thurs noon session, xne Danquei flesh as they went.

a few days with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Engleman. speaker in the evening will be While the battle on land raged, D. Mann. Don Milbrandt, Angela Paul G.

Hoffman, South Bend, Waucoma Commencement ex day for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson, and other relatives and friends. He has been on active duty in New Guinea FRED SKOVV DIES Ackley Cpl. Arlo E.

Blakley, Riha, James Vrzak. chairman of the national ercises of Waucoma high school BURIED AT RIDGEWAY Rid it way Funeral services for Mrs. Mike Wiedeman, who died at her home in Lincoln township Wednesday were held at the Winneshiek County Burial association funeral home at Decorah at 1:30 o'clock and at the Ridgeway Methodist church at 2:30 p. m. Sunday.

The Rev. Frank Cass officiated and interment was made in the Ridgeway cemetery. Thornton Commencement ex- committee for economic develop- the men on board the supply ships did their job of getting the vital materials to the shore, and time and again drove through the stationed at St. Petersburg, enjoyed a 10 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Klemme John Day received word that his brother-in-law, Fred Skow, died at his home in for 2 years this month. errtses for Thornton high school ment." Plymouth Mrs. R. Claus Is In will be held Thursday evening, Speakers at the closing session Blakley. Watertown, S.

Dak. May 11, with the Rev. Albert on Saturday morning, April Rochester, to be with her father who submitted to a major shoals off the islands under heavy fire to carry supplies to the beach for the men. Huge quantities of Rogness of Masnn City delivering will include J. mmmona, ue There are about 1,100 known the address.

corah: Sherman w. Ieedham, Sheffield Mrs. Alfred Koester has gone to Fort Leonard Wood, for a visit with her husband, Pvt. Alfred Koester. tributaries of the Amazon river.

operation. Chester Little Barbara Stoakes, who spent the past year with her Members of the graduating state superintendent printing will be held May 11 at 8 p. with A. G. Woolfries of Cedar Rapids giving the class address.

There will be no sermon to the graduates. Dr. P. H. Belding is president of the board of education.

Members of the class are: Alice Boeding, Mary Bouska, Lea Bruess, Dorothy Kapler, Mildred Kelly, Jean Krall, Mary Lou Krall, Vorginia Lawrence, Bonnie class are: Corinne Buck. Eleanor Lesson De Regger, Des Moines material were transferred from the ships to shore with very little loss from enemy fire. -As soon as the supplies were unloaded each i Brady, Mary Lou Anderson, Mar- advertising executive; ana Jtiai della Floy, Lenora Meintz, Jean Parsons of the Des Moines office Ytzen. Ouentin Bertelsen. Wavne of the war production board America's Finer Tea time, the.

ship returned to its po sition a mile off shore and kept up a continual circling to avoid Christensen, Rex Engebretson, (WPB). Hans Jorgenson, Marvin Ne! becoming a fixed target. The battle of Tarawa lasted son and Dwain Nicolet. Hold Funeral Sunday days, but the ship on which John for Aged Blacksmith son was stationed, remained for 28 days, returning then to San Francisco. Clarion Funeral services were Hanlontown Mr.

and Mrs. Harlan Peterson are the parents of a daughter. They are former residents of this community. Mr. Peterson left last week for duty in the navy.

Algona The Kossuth county chapter of the Red Cross will sponsor a home service school which will be conducted by Miss Eleanor Flynn of St. Louis. Ackley Mrs. C. W.

Krell, who has served 15 consecutive years as president, was accorded the honor of being elected to honorary life membership in the National Board of Mission. Carpenter Mrs. Grace Roberts, Nora Springs, is a houseguest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frank.

Mrs, Robert was a former resident here. Johnson was a mechanical en gineer in civil life. He has served in the navy for 15 months and has been in the Guadalcanal and New Hebrides Islands battle areas. At the conclusion of his leave, he will return to th west coast for future assignment. held Sunday afternoon at the grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. Derr, went to Rockford, 111., to live with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Stoakes. Klemme Miss Stella Thieman of Des Moines visited her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. George Thieman. Luverne Pic. Dale Zentncr is spending a 15 day furlough here with relatives. Dale is sta tioned, at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Nora Springs Mrs. Glen Rein-hart, the former Muriel Smith, left for Cambridge, Ohio, to be with Pvt. Glen Reinhart, who was recently returned to the Fletcher general hospital from overseas. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph Moore of St. Paul are visiting the former's father, N. L. Moore, and sister, Mrs. Chris Schaper, and family; also with Mrs.

Moore's Eyler funeral home for Bert Sim' LgSS yttKl fiMUys flkttdMH (8 AT FHJST SIGH OF A mons. 69. who died Friday. The Rev. Ralph J.

Beebe. pastor of the i First Congregational church of tjp jl fibiaaai flhblslMla( Ellil aalattM si aj ficiated. Albertus Simmons, son of Hiram and Charlotte Simmons, was born SENIORS GIVE PLAY Mitchell The senior class of the Mitchell Consolidated school will present the play, "Old Crusty Takes The Air," Friday evenig. May 21 in the school auditorium. in Amsterdam.

N. Jan. 23 use In Packages and Tea Bags at Your Grocer's 1875. 66 TABLETS. SALVE.

K0S DROPS When he was one year old his parents came to Clarion and oper ated the "Clarion House, pioneer people of Osage. Manly Wesley Logeman, hotel. Later the father purchased a blacksmith shop and when Mr. Simmons had completed his schooling, the father and son who has been a patient at a hospital in Mason City, where he underwent an appendectomy, returned to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred H. Logeman, Sunday. worked at the trade lor many years. MARJORIE CHRISTIANSEN After the fathers death, Bert carried on the business but 10 years ago he was offered a posi Hutchins Cpl. Ivan Johnson, GETS TRYOUT ON FM 1SEEFFE tion as foreman of the blacksmith- son of Mr.

and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, arrived home Friday. He has ing unit at the Hampton C. C. C.

been stationed for more than 2 and luater was promoted to a similar position at Milford. years on the isle of Trinidad. MIL MIKDCDDA0 WITH FIVE FICHT MINDED SOKS 'HOUR OF CHARM' Plymouth L. L. Sutton, line Only one member of his father man for the Plymouth Telephone company, returned from a tele phone convention in Des Moines.

family survives him, his sister, Mattie, with whom he lived in south Clarion for several years. She is now Mrs. W. H. Bunker of Deep River.

Ringsted Girl Chosen for Audition Program Chester Lee Teacn went to Minneapolis Saturday to be in Des Moines Marjorie Chris- ducted into the navy. Hutchins Edgar Clapsaddle, president, was in charge of the tiansen of Ringsted, 20 year old Qppflina Don university music student, LlUliC JCCUlIlg L7U11C Drake Orthel township Farm Bureau will appear on the General Elec Due to Cold Weather tric Hour of Charm radio pro a mi. meeting at the Hutchins school house. Klemme Pfc. and Mrs.

Herbert Webner and son of Madison, spent a 3 day furlough at the Dan Webner home. gidm dt m. ounaay. ims Gamer Unseasonable cold and program is heard over station damp weather has retarded field WHO, and others in the nation. work.

in POntv. aecord- If Jfc ft The petite, blond soprano was ins to a statement bv Countv Ex- one of 12 young women selected tension Director Paul Henderson, irom auditionlsts through- and a very small percentage of out the nation. Recordings were seeding has been done. Quite a maae or 130 of the voices and iarge quantity of phosphate was Phil Spitalny and the all-girl or- spread during the past week and chestra and choir spent 8 days some discing has been done but choosing the final 12. field work in eeneral is 10 days Photographs of the auditionists late and much frost still remains were projected on a screen and in the ground.

as bpuainy ana his artists listened to the recordings, thev ratpd 3 SONS VISIT microphone technique, appearance Pope joy -Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Luverne Neal Barton Is now stationed somewhere in Italy and has been promoted to the rank of corporal, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Kate Barton. Chapln Mrs.

O. Fansler left for Hanford, where she will visit her husband for a few weeks. Lyle, Minn, Phillip and Melvin Martin have purchased the Martin estate farm. The Martin brothers have operated the farm for years. Rockwell Mrs.

Laome Dexter arrived home Thursday after several months' stay with relatives in Wisconsin. Riceville Lt. Willis Stephens, who has been in Panama the past year is spending a 30 day furlough here with his wife, and with his mother, Mrs. Mildred Stephens at Mclntire. Lyle, Minn Mrs Ingar Blake-stad has returned home in Lyle after spending the winter with a ana probable personality.

Simpson enjoyea a visu j.ium men Miss Christiansen will have an 3 sons tne past weex. agi. tawam all-exoense trio to New Vnrir Simpson, who spent 26 months City for herself and her Drake overseas, came from Italy for a professor. Doctor Clenpvipv 3 weeks' furlough: CPL Marion Wheat-Baal, head of the voice Simpson, who has been stationed department of the universitv col- in Texas, is visiting with home lege of fine arts. Marjorie will be folks; Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence 5100 for her appearance on Simpson and 2 children or Bui the program. falo. N. are spending his va Later, one of the 12 youthful cation with his people.

Clarence singers will be offered a 13-weeks is employed in a defense plant contract at a week to appear on the Hour of Charm. i A IDWAY between Chicago and the Twin Gries lies Adams; fVl Wisconsin; Here the sleek Twin Gties iOO's" one northbound and the other southbound meet, tarry a moment; and pass on; And here Trai Dispatcher Pat Keeffe, following the movements of every train, looks after his "charges" as closely as a mother hen her brood. For this 40-year service man realizes that eternal vigilance is the price ef safety. Pat Keeffe is a high-ranking member of "North Western's" Sons-in-service fraternity, with five sons, all fighting for Uncle Sam! First; there's Major Harold. A flier for 8 years, he's now at Wright Field in Ohio.

Then there's Corporal Kenneth. Ken's a paratrooper who has seen plenty of action in Italy. Next comes Lieutenant Donald; another army aviator, now in India; Ensign John is fourth in line a navy flier, he's been overseas since last fall somewhere south of Trinidad. Finally, there's Bill, recently turned 20 years an aviation cadet at San Antonio. A rail-winded dad with jive jight-minded "North Western" salutes them! Each plays an essential part in America's fight for freedom each has a vital job to do in the march toward victory.

And we never cease to be grateful that among Western's" 32,000 employes there are thousands more like them! Marjorie left her 160-acre farm -v, nn nrate home in Emmet county back in radio programs, including a num-the fall of 1940 to beein her voir hr nf hrnsdnasts niece, Mrs. Laura Buringrud at Northwood. Chester Mrs. William Hall of Fayette came Friday for a visit at the Robert M. Hall home.

Btuaies at prase. By her junior produced by the university! de partment of radio, During the past year, she Remarkable Treament gained additional recognition as a staff artist with radio station FOR WHO. Des Moines, soloist with the LuliJMlJaiaUiJaaL STOMACH DISTRESS University Church of Christ choir and soloist for the annual all-city nrpspntnttnn nf Wanrtpl's "The rrom loo Much Acid Stomach Messiah." Ar you tortured Since her graduation from mi JSlDrake in January, she has been Full-lustre, tile lik finish that won't turn yellow in kitchens or Covers in on coat Stays wathable Dries overnight. tnt atomacii add? a supply teacher at Smouse Op- Jout I Portunity school In Des Moines. briniftng comforting Buc "8 coiiunuea iier rUej To hundred voice lessons at the university.

She is the daughter of Mr. and SERVING AMERICA IN WAR AND PEACE pi. ten ii Mrs. Nels G. Christiansen.

Her FOR AtMOST A CENTURY Night-rime is about th best timt a serviet man hat ts call hem. That's a good point to remember when you feel the urge to they caii the won- father is Emmet county AAA Quart mul aim to counteract aurplus irritating atomacn acid and to bring reJtef from uch condltloas. it vou auMer from indi -1 ILL AT FORT DODGE Corwith Word has been received Of the spriou rif make a Long Distance call between 7 and 10 P.M. If it isn't important, we hope you won't make it. Let the men in service have first call en the gestion, gas.

heartburn, belching, bloat OQ inc. sour siomacn ana otner ymptonri! due to excels stomaeb acid you. too. Mr, Von Flhprt at iha should try Von' for prompt reliel r1 Jwoerx at Uie ijUtncran rijrnt at bom without rigid liquid Hospital in Fort Dodge. Mrs.

km Ifso'iwT YobHMucrwT Thompson left Friday night wwTvouB druggist Newell to take care of the NORTHWESTERN BELL, TELEPHONE COM PA NY, them tat you from his Jobber. 1 Elbert home..