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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1945
Page
1
The piece advocates placing public school leadership in the hands of trained public school leaders through state and county supervision to address school problems from the education view. It notes long standing Department support and solicits cooperation for the benefit of public schools and children.
The paper states it will not cease delivery at expiration unless notified and that subscribers who keep accepting the paper beyond that date must pay for continued service.
Miss Jessie M. Parker urges major revisions to Iowa school laws to secure better trained teachers and equal educational opportunity. She calls for district reorganization, state aid, teacher security, and strong leadership in state and county administration, aiming to relieve tax burden and modernize the code.
The report cites 15,500 home deaths by falls, 5,400 by burning, 1,400 by poisoning, and 1,200 by firearms, totaling 32,500 accidental home deaths with a 7 percent rise from 1942. Readers are urged to check for cluttered stairs, scattered toys, unmarked poisons, loaded guns, and faulty appliances and to remove hazards now.
The Flying Sioux features William Lee the 88 year old janitor at the parts and equipment warehouse. He commutes 45 miles daily from Moville for his job and, during a medical exam, doctors doubted his age without proof. Lee says he is ready if the draft returns for men his age.
The 1920 act gains an amendment establishing relative rank for Army nurses. This marks the first formal recognition of commissioned status for women in Army medical corps, aligning nursing roles with male officers and affecting duties and leadership pathways.
First grade reports Santa visits and neat room plans with Color Town streets. Second grade Christmas party featured songs games gifts and treats. three students were absent after holidays. A spelling list noted perfect scores by multiple students including LaDonna Bobby Carolyn John Georgia Elinor Larry Hansen William Sharon Gwendolyn and Stanley.
A school report details student activities from multiple grades. Trappers Gaylene Matzdorff and Marlyce Rae Vogel led teams. John Erickson and DeOn chosen as trappers with DeOn’s side winning 56 to 385. Several students earned perfect or star ratings in spelling and arithmetic and birthdays and holidays were noted.
This guide suggests listing each item like coats hats gloves and bags and their colors to harmonize outfits. It advises choosing colors that tie into the main color scheme and balancing accessory color with clothing for versatile wear.
The text describes an early committee appointed by Congress to study foreign powers during the colonial war. It lists members such as John Dickinson, Benjamin Franklin, Harrison, John Jay, and Thomas Johnson with Thomas Pane as secretary earning 70 dollars monthly. The body later became the committee of foreign affairs guiding diplomacy until 1781 when a department of foreign affairs was created.
An eminent oral hygienist advises using two toothbrushes alternately. One should soak in antiseptic solution while the other is in use to prevent bacteria transfer to teeth and gums.
The piece explains U S Navy destroyers carry quadruple torpedo tubes to fire four torpedoes at once, increasing kill odds. It frames modern warfare as costly for both sides and urges buying an extra $100 War Bond in the third loan to support the effort.
Miss Eleanor Kruetz of Sioux City and Eugene Kruetz of Milwaukee spent the holidays with the Rev. O Bahr family. Christmas day dinner and supper guests included numerous Radke and Holtz households with a gift exchange observed during the afternoon.
William C Lichtenberg born May 7 1865 at Waterloo Springcreek IA died December 25 1944 aged 79 years 7 months 18 days. He married Louise M Huseman February 4 1892 at Alta officiated by Pastor Henry Webking. Survived by four children eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Earl Lichtenberg home then St John s Evangelical Lutheran Maple Valley burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers were George Henry Lorenz Arthur Walter and Ernest Huseman.
Dr. Oscar Olson of Luther College read his World War I era speech Making the World Safe For Democracy before the Decorah Chamber of Commerce. Attendees said the timely message echoed his original theories from a quarter century ago.
Fares and cattle quotes show slaughter steers yearlings and heifers weak to 15 cents lower. Cows steady, stockers and feeders little changed. Hog prices ease 20 cents, sows down 10 cents, lambs and yearlings steady, ewes up 25 cents. Sioux City activity features ranges from 11 to 16 dollars for steers and yearlings, with heifers 10 to 16.60, cows 6 to 13.50, hogs 13.60 to 14.25, fat lambs 10.50 to 14.90, and local shippers reporting mixed lots across multiple farms.
A sow on the Lawrence Amos farm near Griswold was buried under straw last summer. Seven days later, Amos found the sow moving, aided her, and she recovered. She soon gave birth to nine piglets, all reported alive.
A bull from South Amana escaped its handlers and charged into the basement of Henry Baumgartner's residence. Eight men worked to capture and remove the animal from the unusual setting.
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