Iowa schools face 2000 teacher shortage for 1943 44
Des Moines AP reports state superintendent Jessie Parker warns Iowa may be 2000 teachers short for the 1943 44 year opening next fall. Gains from new graduates and returning instructors clash with demand for educators in government and military related roles, risking a weakened school program.
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Des Moines
Jessie M. Parker
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
Wacks
Parker
Quotas Set For Des Moines District Tire Supplies
Des Moines AP reports a April tire allotment for 66 counties under the Des Moines OPA. Passenger car tires total 22 651. truck tires 5 223. truck recapping 6 196. farm tractor and implement tires 3 029. Counties list Linn at 976 passenger tires, 212 truck tires, 63 farm tires. Motoring urged to conserve tires as 1943 supply may allow about one half a tire per car.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Linn
Price Advances Temper State's Business Gains
Iowa City AP reports a 12 percent rise in own business volume from February 1942 to February 1943 cited by University of Iowa commerce Prof George R Davies. Bank debits show the gain while prices advanced, with little change in physical volume and a possible negative trend in retail sales.
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Iowa City
George R. Davies
University of Iowa College
Iowa
Bureau of Research
Davie
Dubuque Man Receives DFC for Midway Heroism
Arthur Parker 26 of Dubuque Iowa, aviation radioman first class, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Monday for heroism and extraordinary achievement in aerial flight during the Battle of Midway last June.
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Norfolk
Arthur Parker
Dubuque
Midway
Farm Home Destroyed Near Marengo
Fire Monday destroyed the farm home of J. A. Schafbach nine miles southwest of Marengo causing an estimated loss of 6000 dollars.
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Marengo
Monay
J. A. Schafbach
Red soldiers push toward Novorossisk in heavy fighting
Soviet infantry advanced through the western Caucasus toward the Nazi held Black Sea base of Novorossisk under heavy artillery. The high command reported 60 German firing points destroyed as trenches and lines were captured in the Kuban valley. Russian forces repelled attacks along the Donets and near Kharkov with heavy losses for the Germans. Air battles persisted with 42 German bombers shot down near Leningrad while seven Russian planes were lost.
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Moscow
INS
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Kuban
Donets
Izyum
Kharkov
Stormovik
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Eight Events On Commencement Program At Iowa
Wartime 1943 at the University of Iowa streamlines to eight events from prewar twenty with activities scheduled from April 22 to 25 for the eighty third commencement. Alumni day on April 24 features a radio drama, alumni luncheon, Wisconsin Iowa baseball game and war information films. About 600 degrees will be awarded with Yale's Dean Emeritus Charles R. Brown as speaker.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
F. G. Higbee
Wisconsin- Iowa
Charles R. Brown
Yale University
Onken Fined $100 In Anamosa Court
ANAMOSA Henry Onken 17 of Monticello pled guilty in Justice R D McIntyres court to failing to keep his car under control. He paid a $100 fine plus costs and surrendered his license for a year. The crash on highway 64 near Rainbow Inn injured three of eight riders including Virginia Dirks who remains hospitalized with a broken pelvis. Other passengers were Norma Jean Craig DeWayne Kalouse Dwaine Yossi Merle Leyton Paul Rink and Junior First, all of Monticello.
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Henry Onken
Monticello
R. D. McIintyre
McIntyre
State Highway Patrol
Oaken
Rainbow Inn
Virginia Dirks
Mercy Hospital
Norma Jean Craig
DeWayne Kalouse
Dwaine Yossi
Merle Leyton
Paul Rink
Junior First
MacArthur Flyers Scout New Japanese Concentrations in Southwest Pacific
United Press reports American airmen scanned for fresh Japanese shipping concentrations to halt reinforcements along the island arc north of Australia. Kavieng, New Ireland, hosts a beached cruiser and raids damaged or sunk 12 ships from Friday to Sunday.
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United Press
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Guinea
MacArthur
Buka Island
Solomons
House Backs Wartime Pay Extension for Federal Employees
The House approved 234 to 107 a bill extending wartime overtime pay to June 30, 1945 for about 1.5 million federal workers. It also raises the first 2900 dollars of nonhourly pay by 5 percentage points. The measure moves to the Senate.
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House
Washington
Senate
District Meetings For County Draft Boards Announced
Des Moines Iowa City Charles City Storm Lake and Atlantic host district meetings for county draft boards appeal boards and clerks to clarify manpower needs. Lieut Col R A Lancaster says misunderstandings will be cleared and duties made easier by state headquarters officers.
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DES Moines
INS
R. A. Lancaster
Selective Service
Iowa
Iowa City
Charles City
Storm Lake
Atlantic
Boy Hangs in Swing Accident in Des Moines Yard
Four year old Garry Ward Sanders died in Des Moines in an accidental hanging. His father serves in the army and his mother works in an arms plant. The coroner said a chain worn by the boy became tangled in a swing during a "skin the cat" maneuver, with a toy gun attached to the chain.
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Des Moines
Garry Ward Sanders
A. E. Shaw
Five Missing Bomber Crew Found Safe Near Challis Idaho
Five of the nine crew members of an army bomber wrecked in wooded hills near Challis Idaho were found alive in a ranger station fifty miles from the crash site. The four others reportedly parachuted away with the crew but were separated on landing and are believed safe. No Iowa men were among those rescued.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Challis
Idaho
Winthrop Flyer Prisoner of Japs
Mr and Mrs Eugene A Dunlap of Winthrop are notified by the Red Cross that their son Eugene, reported missing in the Philippines, is a prisoner of the Japanese. Dunlap joined the flying cadets in Des Moines about three years ago and trained in California before being sent to the Philippines. his last letter arrived in November 1941.
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Winthrop
Eugene A. Dunlap
Red Cross
Eugene
Philippines
Dunlap
Flying Cadets
Des Moines
California
Iowa City Council Names Appointments and Committees
The newly elected Iowa City council at its first meeting Monday appointed Harlan F. Sprinkle as chief of police Fred Gartzke as city engineer Kenneth Dunlop as city attorney and George J. Dohrer as city clerk. The council was named the garbage committee of the whole by Mayor Wilber J. Teeters along with other committees.
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Iowa City
Harlan F. Sprinkle
Fred Gartzke
Kenneth Dunlop
George J. Dohrer
Wilber J. Teeters
Iowa Wins Safety Award for Traffic Program
DES MOINES AP The National Safety Council cited Iowa as second among Midwest states in traffic control in 1942. Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper received the certificate at a banquet. The award honors Iowa’s balanced program in education engineering and enforcement plus a 34 percent drop in traffic accidents. Ned H Dearborn praised the link to manpower amid shortages. J R Hattery presided over the award event.
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Marvin Oxley
Marion
Oxley
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
State Safety Council
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Iowa
Midwest
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
J. R. Hattery
Dr. Luther Sherman Ross Dies at 78 in California
Dr. Luther Sherman Ross former head of Drake University zoology department and longtime faculty member died Monday in Pomona California where he had lived since retiring in 1935.
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Des Moines
Luther Sherman Ross
Drake University
Pomona
Calif
Bees Put Honey on Ceiling at Iowa Store
Beekeepers at A. M. Burlingame country store in Froelich near McGregor report a wandering swarm above the second floor. The bees drifted into the Burlingames’ living room, forced them to move out, then later produced honey stored between floor and ceiling. The owner plans to pipe honey into ready labeled bottles. Local customers crave “ceiling” honey as shelves run short.
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Gazette
Mcgregor
A. M. Burlingame
Froelich
Burlingame
Burlingames
Henry
Farmer Meyer Hangs Self in Barn Hayloft
C. C. Meyer a 54 year old farmer northeast of Postville hanged himself in the hayloft of his barn early Tuesday. His sons Clinton and Robert found the body about 7 30 am. He was despondent Monday night. Surviving are his wife a daughter Helen five brothers and three sisters.
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Postville
C. C. Meyer
Clinton
Robert
Meyer
Helen
Iowa University to host teachers fitness program in May
A physical fitness program for teachers focusing on wartime conditioning will be held at the University of Iowa from May 3 to 28.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Eight Iowans Among Missing List
Washington war department released names of 185 U S Army men missing in action across European Middle East North American Pacific South Pacific Southwest Pacific and some at sea in the North Atlantic The Iowa entries appear in the European Area including Staff Sgt Kenneth R Morse Eagle Grove Major Russell B Huckstep Des Moines and others with towns such as Pulse City Muscatine Pfe City Pfe burg Webster Reinhard Alter Parkerse Glen S Anson Quasque George G Bell Goldfield and more listed among the missing in various theaters
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INS
United States Army
War Department
Middle East
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
North Atlantic
Pfe City
Burg
Picton
Pfe
Chester W. Algue
Webster Reinhard Alter
Parkerse
Glen S Anson
Quasque
George G Bell
Goldfield
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