River Season Poised For Busy Times On Upper Mississippi
A reminiscence recalling the Virginia the first freighter to reach Fort Snelling on May 10 1823 frames a tale of river life. The piece notes postwar river traffic surges 1941 1942 and honors towboats Patrick Hurley John W Weeks Herbert Hoover James Good while detailing river settlements and McGregor Indiana's booming trade via the Mississippi.
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Virginia
Mississippi River
Fort Snelling
Fort
Patrick Hurley
John W. Weeks
Herbert Hoover
James Good
Robert Fulton
Alleghanies
West
Iowa Legislature Likely To Extend Session Past Deadline
Iowa lawmakers expect a prolonged end to their session beyond next Thursday due to heavy bill work. With 86 bills on Gov Hickenlooper desk and only three typewriters available, enrollment will take days. Major items include the aid to dependent children bill and a large school code measure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bourke
Hickenlooper
Senate
Robert D. Blue
House
Henry W Burma
House Sifting Committee
First Towboats of Year at McGregor
First towboats of the season pass the railroad pontoon bridge at Marquette on Wednesday and Thursday. All three are oil tows with one delivering to LaCrosse Wisconsin and the other two bound for Lake Pepin where the ice breaker DelCommune is clearing a channel. The tows aim for St Paul as the season's first commercial craft reaching the terminal.
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Gazette
McGregor
Marquette
LaCrosse
Wis
Lake Pepin
St. Paul
Yearly Rental For Armories Across Iowa Noted
Annual state rental of 145195 dollars funds armory buildings in 36 Iowa communities awaiting return of national guard units. Rentals go to individuals, agents, insurers, and armory boards with averages near 4033 dollars yearly. Some armories serve civilian defense and war agencies, with contracts covering light heat water and janitor service.
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Iowa
National Guard
Svar
C. Fred Porter
Audubon
Des Moines
United Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Grand Junction
Neola
Willison
Iowa State Guard
Porter
Civil Air Patrol
Adjutant General
United States Army
Belle Plaine Educator Receives Naval Reserve Commission
Morgan L. Morris longtime Belle Plaine schools superintendent has been commissioned a lieutenant jg in the U S naval reserve. He will stay in Belle Plaine until called for active duty. Morris is a 1926 Coe College graduate with a Columbia University master's and study at Northwestern and Iowa. He led Belle Plaine schools since 1933 after C B Whelpley’s resignation and is active in civic affairs including the Rotary Club and Congregational church.
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Belle Plaine
Morgan L. Morris
J.g
United States Naval Reserve
Morris
Lieut. Morris
Coe College
Columbia University
Northwestern University
University of Iowa
Melvin, In
C. B. Whelpley
Rotary Club
Congregational Church
CBS to Broadcast The Sullivans Destroyer Launch
CBS will air the launching of the destroyer The Sullivans during Sunday afternoon news. Named by five Waterloo Iowa boys who perished on the Juneau, the ship sponsor is Mrs. Thomas Sullivan. Broadcast set for 1:80 PM Central War time.
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New York
CBS
Waterloo
Juneau
Solomons
Thomas ¥. Sullivan
Shoe Dealers Receive OPA Instructions Des Moines
The Office of Price Administration issued instructions to about 5000 Iowa shoe retailers to inventory all rationed shoes by April 10 and to obtain forms from their banks. Retailers will later open a shoe ration banking account by April 12 or contact the district OPA office if banking access is unavailable. Inventory should list by type, not size, due to size figure errors.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
Iowa
OPA
Nazi education system cripples German youth says correspondent
Harold Denny, foreign correspondent, told a Des Moines audience that German youth educated under Hitler are a destroyed generation with no mentality worth anything. He argued the Nazi system created cannon fodder for the Fuehrer and cannot be reeducated to a different concept.
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Des Moines
Harold Denny
Denny
Fairs Get Green Light for 1943 Shows
Iowa lawmakers approved 140000 dollars yearly state aid for district and county fairs. Lloyd Cunningham, secretary of the state fair board, announced the funding signals fair associations to proceed with their 1943 shows despite wartime conditions.
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DES Moines
Lloyd Cunningham
State Fair Board
Iowa
Cornell College Service Flag Update Honors Local Students
The Cornell College service flag is updated after the last group of men left for military duty. Jane Hall and Nancy Price, daughters of Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls residents, are noted among the flag bearers. Hall claims two of the 488 stars. The flag hangs in King Memorial chapel with a red and gold memorial flag honoring Cornellians killed or missing in action.
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Cornell College
Army
Jane Hall
D. M. Hall
Meadowbrook Drive
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Price
Malcolm Price
Cedar Falls
Miss Hall
Clermont Sailor Named Professor at Canine College on Mare Island
Special to The Gazette Clermont Gerald Olson son of Mr and Mrs Henry T Olson of Clermont is one of three professors at the canine college on Mare Island Calif Navy yards. The professors train dogs for navy service. Olson holds the rank of fireman first class.
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Clermont
Gerald Olson
Henry T Olson
Canine College
Mare Island
Calif
Navy Yards
Navy
Olson
Iowa county fairs likely to run as usual despite war
Appropriations bill passed last week. Cunningham predicts most Iowa county and district fairs will proceed this year though some may run as two day club shows. Last year 83 fairs, seven fewer than prewar 1941. No state fair this year as grounds leased to federal government for war duration.
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Cunningham
Iowa
Dubuque Strike Continues as Workers Await Panel Hearing
About 550 employees of Carr Adams and Collier sash and door firm on war contracts stayed off work for a second day. They belong to Millmen's Local 937 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners AFL. A telegram to the War Labor Board seeking a new panel hearing followed a panel led by Dr S N Stevens of Grinnell College refusing to consider wage and closed shop questions.
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Dubuque
War Labor Board
Washington
Carr, Adams and Collier Company
Millmen's Union Local 937
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
S. N. Stevens
Grinnell College
Iowans Prepare Major Axis War Bond Drive in April
Des Moines reports Iowans are gearing up for a $100 million war bond drive, part of a national $13 billion goal. The second war loan drive kicks off April 12, with advance bond purchases counting toward quotas and extensive fundraising plans including door-to-door solicitations, parades, and ads.
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Des Moines
Pearl Harbor
Herbert L. Horton
Lisbon Soldier Listed Missing
Private Harold Owens of Lisbon, with the 34th division, has been missing in North Africa since March 10. His father, George Owens, was informed by the War Department. Owens enlisted February 1941. his last letter home bears the date March 5.
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Lisbon
Harold Owens
North Africa
George Owens
War Department
Owens
Iowa House approves six non-controversial bills
Des Moines, Saturday session saw the Iowa House of Representatives pass six bills with only 63 members present. The brief session limited actions to non-controversial measures.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
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