University of Iowa Reports 26381 Enlisted From Pearl Harbor War Effort
University president Virgil M. Hancer states Iowa has contributed 26 381 personnel to armed forces since Pearl Harbor with data through June 1. Navy Pre Flight School on campus accounts for 15 399 graduates and current enrollees. army specialized training cadets 2411. war training service 607. Navy medics 103. Navy dental 61.
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University of Iowa
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Virgil M. Hancer
Navy
Army
Iowa
War Training Service
Navy Medics
Navy Dental
News-Telegraph Chronology of Local Events
A compact roundup from The News Telegraph covers multiple local happenings this week. It highlights civic meetings, school activities, and community notices, detailing initiatives and public responses across the city and surrounding area.
Poeppe Wounded In Sicily Learns Cabinet Making
Ambrose Poeppe, 26, Massena, who lost a leg in Sicily last August, trains in cabinet making at Council Bluffs under the veterans administration vocational program. A former rough carpenter, he aims to become a skilled cabinet maker in two years, plans to marry Margery Ann Kenney, and urges disabled veterans to enroll promptly to secure future employment. Trainees receive apprentice wages and maintenance through pensions.
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Ambrose Poeppe
Massenan
Sicily
Council Bluffs
Veterans’ Administration
Poeppe
Massena
Margery Ann Kenney
Sixth Service Command
Detroit
Veterans Administration
Youth Confesses Murder of Three in Missouri Case
Raymond Patrick a 19 year old from Macon Missouri confessed to state patrolmen that he killed three people including Ladwin Foltz 20 of Hunnewell Missouri whose body was found in a car trunk near the Farmington Indiana cemetery. The other victims were Foltzs father Albert Ross Foltz 63 and his wife Myrtle 57. The confession was announced at Keosauqua by Van Buren county attorney Joe Stong.
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Keosauqua
INS
Raymond Patrick
Macon
Missouri
Ladwin Foltz
Hunnewell
Farmington
Foltz
Albert Ross Foltz
Myrtle
Senator Hust Sets June 22 Meeting for School Code Panel
Des Moines State Senator G. W. Hust of Guttenberg says the school code revision commission will meet June 22 for its likely last session before delivering a report to Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper by July 1.
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Des Moines
G. W. Hust
Guttenberg
School Code Revision Commission
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Brownies Meet at Legion Memorial Missing Saturday Plan
Local brief highlights include the Brownies meeting Friday at 2 PM in the Legion Memorial building replacing Saturday. Roger Ranger, a seaman, joining Farragut naval training station painters crew after boot training at Idaho. and J E McCrory returning for summer at 309 West Eighth.
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Legion Memorial Building
Roger Ranger
Farragut
Idaho
Farragut Naval Training Station
J. E. McCrory
Lesterville
W. H. Barnard
West Eighth Street
Weather forecast cloudy and partly cloudy
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with partial cloudiness over the state tomorrow. No rain is expected and temperatures remain mild across regions with light winds.
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Akries
Weather changes bring showers across southern Iowa
The forecast calls for cooler air and scattered showers in the southern portion of Iowa. Last night rain totals included Decorah 0.48 inches Estherville 0.86 Cedar Rapids 0.34 Cherokee 0.10 and Dubuque 0.10. Yesterday’s high reached 88 at Keokuk with a low of 56 at Deesrah, while this noon the temperature was 82 with a night low of 63.
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Iowa
Decorah
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Cherokee
Dubuque
Keokuk
Deesrah
Truckers Strike Decision Looms After Balloting
Chicago June 14 The AFL Central States Drivers Council faces a possible strike after weekend balloting by about 40 000 members. Dexter L Lewis executive director says drivers favored striking to force 1 800 employers to meet a Feb 7 wage order raising pay 7 cents per hour. The executive board will decide Saturday.
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Chicago
INS
Afl-Central States Drivers’ Council
Dexter L. Lewis
Council
Lewis
Vatican Refuge for Escaped U.S. Prisoners
Rome reports Pope Pius XI granted sanctuary in Vatican City to 19 escaped prisoners of war including two Americans. The group also contains Britons Canadians Poles a New Zealander and ten others. The two Americans were airmen who were shot down near Viterbo and reached the Vatican at night. Papal representatives will visit prisoners and internees across regions from Italy to the Far East bearing gifts.
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Pius XI
Vatican City
Paul Freyburg
Bernard Freyburg
Crete
New Zealand
Italy
Viterbo
Vatican
Pope Pius
Greece
Turkey
Syria
Hong Kong
Far East
Quiet Titles of Heirs in Estate of Massena Man
District court judge R Kent Martin quieted title of heirs in the estate of John L Curry a late Massena resident Edith Nelson of Council Bluffs named as referee to manage and sell a Council Bluffs property Appraisers Tom McGerry William Knox and Jim Maulqueen were appointed The court fixed ownership shares for Joseph N Curry Vincent LeRoy Curry John Lewis Curry and Edith Nelson Agnes Stemler Lucille Brewer were named as owners of various parcels in Victoria township Iowa Two parcels in section 32 plus portions in sections 20 and 17 were allotted to named heirs Drive safely near children and be prepared to stop instantly
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Heira
John L. Curry
Mamena
R. Kent Martin
Edith Nelson
Council Bluffs
Tom McGerry
William Knox
Jim Maulqueen
Joseph N. Curry
Vincent LeRoy Curry
John Lewis Curry
Agnes Stemler
Lucille Brewer
Victorial Township
Vie Iteria
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