Two Coe Men Elected Officers in Iowa Science Academy
Two Coe College faculty members were elected to officer positions at the Iowa Academy of Science fifty seventh annual session. Dr. L. L. Dean was named president while Dr. Leonard R. Wilson was re elected editor of the academy publication. New section chairmen were announced across botany chemistry geology mathematics physics psychology and zoology. A business meeting approved forming a committee to urge higher science teaching requirements in secondary schools.
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Coe College
Iowa Academy of Science
Montrose Hotel
H. L. Dean
Iowa University
Dunn
Cornell College
C. P. Berg
H. G. Hershey
Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa City
Burchard
Grinnell College
Paul Helmick
Drake University
O. C. Irwin
C. W. Lantz
Iowa State Teachers College
William Goldsmith
Central College
Sedition Trial of 30 Opens Monday
The war's largest sedition trial begins in federal court in Washington on Monday. Thirty defendants, 28 men and 2 women, stand charged with conspiring to promote a Nazi government in the United States. Notable listed confederates include Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, and 39 other high Nazis.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
United States
Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Rudolf Hess
O. John Rogge
Francis Bidde
Elizabeth Dilling
Chicago
Red Network
Lois de Lafayette Washburn
Tacoma
Wash
National Liberty Party
Joseph E. McWilliams
New York
William Dudley Pelley
Noblesville
Ind
George E. Deatherage
St. Albans
W. Va
George Soylivester
Viereck
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Bund
Iowa Flyer Killed In Illinois Crash
2nd Lt. Raleigh W. Logan Jr., 23, an army flyer stationed at Winfield Kansas, was killed when his plane crashed on former Gov. Lowden’s farm near Oregon Illinois during a cross country simulated combat training flight. He was the son of Mrs. Alberta Logan of Centerville Iowa.
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Oregon
Raleigh W. Logan, Jr
Frank O. Lowden
Army
Logan
Army Air Base
Winfield
Kan
Alberta Logan
Centerville
Shortening and Oils Become Point Free At Midnight
Washington DC. CPA Administrator Chester Bowles announced that shortening and rationed salad and cooking oils will be point free at 12 01 a m Sunday. Lard had already been made point free on March 3 due to hog marketing and improved supply. Butter and margarine remain unaffected.
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Washington
Ins
CPA
Chester Bowles
Bowes
Scrap ships from overseas to U.S. total seventy thousand tons
Washington report discloses that in the last year seventy thousand tons of iron and steel scrap from wrecked combat tanks jeeps cartridge cases guns and planes were shipped to the United States from overseas as part of wartime salvage efforts.
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Washington
INS
United States
Fragmented historical newspaper masthead and wire notices
The readable fragments show a Cedar Rapids Gazette branding with dates and wire service references. The text includes publisher address in Cedar Rapids Iowa and mentions Associated Press and United Press International wire reports with subscription pricing snippets and bureau references.
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Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Roosevelt High names officers to I J A S chapter
The Iowa Junior Academy of Science meeting at Wilson School elected Charles Campbell of Roosevelt High School Chemistry club as president. Richard Farley and Ray Petrzelka of Roosevelt were named vice president and treasurer, while John Evers of Dyersville was named secretary. About 40 attended.
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Iowa Junior Academy of Science
Wilson School
Charles Campbell
Roosevelt High School Chemistry Club
Richard Farley
Ray Petrzelka
Roosevelt
John Evers
Dyersville
OPA Chief's Manager Settles Inadvertent Corn Overcharges
Rae E Walters, regional OPA administrator and grain dealer, settles $761.61 for inadvertent overcharges by W M Bell and Co of Cedar Rapids on about 24 000 bushels of corn. Walters says charges were inadvertent and credits Lundberg and Higgins for prompt action after discovering records at Des Moines.
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Chicago
Iowa
W. M. Bell and Company
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Rae E. Walters
Walters
OPA
Des Moines
Cedar
Lundberg
Mason City Man Receives Reduced Tax Evasion Fine
In Des Moines federal court Judge Charles A. Dewey cut Sam Richer 39 of Mason Citys income tax evasion fine from 10000 to 3000 and ordered payment within 10 days Richers uncle Nate Lapiner also of Mason City was fined 20000 and given 30 days to pay Lapiner withdrew his modification request The two pled guilty to two counts of a four count indictment and two counts were dropped A remaining 7900 of the original 10000 fine against Richer stands in abeyance with conditions for execution.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Sam Richer
Mason City
Richer
Nate Lapiner
Lapiner
Dewey
Hardship Fuel Oil Rations Expanded to Nonresidential Users
The Office of Price Administration broadened hardship fuel oil rations to non residential users including churches schools war plants and office buildings. Extra rations are granted when conservation efforts and supply exhaustion justify need amid the ongoing oil shortage eased by lower seasonal demand and increased east coast deliveries.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Camp Good Health Fund Plea for Cedar Rapids Kids
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Camp Good Health faces a $3,268.82 operating deficit funded by exhausted surplus. Higher food costs and staff concessions press camp needs for physically handicapped children under 12. Donations urged to support nutrition and care.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Nazi Gun Of 30 Mile Range Report On Anzio
Allied observers report Germany used an 280 millimeter Big Bertha gun with a range over 30 miles against the Anzio beachhead. British broadcasts quote Allied reporters noting the gun may be on a railroad car. Air attacks and coastal patrol activity continue with several German planes shot down or damaged.
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Naples
Ins
Anzio
Rome
CBS
Algiers
Fifth Army
Tremencoli
Minturno
Carroceto
London Bus Drivers Protest Strike Cripples Early Saturday Service
London AP reports bus drivers walked out on Saturday over summer time schedules. About 2,300 workers caused widespread disruption across east central and east London. They pledged to return to work Monday morning.
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London
East Central
East London
Deaths Hites Rites Monday for Max Avery Hite Jr
Services for Max Avery Hite Jr aged at 400 Ninth Avenue SW will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Beatty chapel with the Rev George Stauf facher officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Cemetery and friends may call at Beatty's.
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Hites
Max Avery Hite, Jr
Ninth Avenue SW
Beatty Chapel
George Stauffacher
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Beatty's
Services for Ara Belle Rodman Today
Services for Ara Belle Rodman will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. today. The Rev. Cline Halsey and the Rev. F H Ward will officiate and burial will follow in the family lot at Center Point.
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Belle Rodman
Beatty Chapel
Cline Halsey
F. H. Ward
Center Point
Moore Services for A B T Moore Former Gideon Secretary
Obituary notice for A B T Moore who died at his son's Minneapolis home. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm in Turner chapel with ministers Robert Little and William M. Evans. Burial is slated for Oak Hill cemetery. The body arrived in Cedar Rapids late Saturday and was taken to Turner chapel for calling hours.
Wallace to Take Allied Aid Mission to China
Vice President Wallace will fly to China to assure Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese people that delays in retaking Burma will not derail Allied plans. The trip aims to finish before the Chicago Democratic convention and may involve Eleanor Roosevelt discussions. Wallace seeks renomination amid party opposition and Nevada moves to nominate another candidate.
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Washington
Wallace
Eralissimo Kai-shek
Burma
China
United States
Chicago
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hull
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
California
Iowa
Nevada
Allied plan outlines zones for postwar Germany occupation
Allied advisory commission proposes U S to govern Bavaria Württemberg and Saxony in southwest Reich while Russia would occupy from Silesia to the Oder and the North Sea at Stettin. Britain would run northwest Germany. Berlin would be jointly occupied by all three powers with the Rhineland under U S and Britain.
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London
Allied Advisory Commission
Germany
United States
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Saxony
Reich
Russia
Oder
Silesia
North Sea
Stettin
Britain
Berlin
Rhineland
Six Italian Parties to Join Badoglio Government
In Naples representatives of six Italian parties agreed Saturday to participate in forming a new government under Premier Pietro Badoglio. The move aims for a broad democratic basis for the administration.
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Naples
Pietro Badoglio
City Briefs and Local Meetings Heads Up This Week
City briefs note a Monday Tuesday and Wednesday bungalow cooking school ad. Cubs of Pack 12 to meet at Beatty funeral home by 1 30 p m Monday for Max Hite services at 2 p m. Townsend Victory club No 8 meets Tuesday at I O O F hall 838 First avenue NE with dinner at 6 30 and a short business meeting. A son born April 15 at St Luke s hospital to Capt and Mrs Frank W Scheible 161 Twenty fourth street drive SE Capt Scheible stationed in Florida. Edward P Slip Madigan University of Iowa football coach will speak at Rotary luncheon Roosevelt hotel Monday noon.
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Cubs
Pack 12
Beatty Funeral Home
Max Hite
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank W. Scheible
Twenty Fourth Street Drive
Capt. Scheible
Florida
Edward P
Slip” Madigan
University of Iowa
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Postmasters to Meet in Cedar Rapids Basement
Linn County Postmasters association will hold a Monday evening meeting in the Cedar Rapids post office basement. Cedar Rapids postmaster Frank B. Baldwin announced the gathering noting discussion will focus on proposed postal rate increases and public reaction to them.
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Linn County Postmasters Association
Cedar Rapids
Frank B. Baldwin
Cub pack 17 awards at Buchanan school meeting
Cub master C W Bohlander presented Bobcat pins to Robert Shubert Verle Hasbrucks Michael Kennedy Larry Stober Billy Radloff and others. Den chief cord went to Bob Slater denner stripe to Ken Robbins Miles Jordan Robert Shubert and more. Webelos Wol be badges to Charles Dilger Bear to John Palmer Wolf to Ronnie Davis Lion and graduation certificates noted. Den warrants awarded to David Suchomel James Sommerhauser Robert Slater Ted Demery and Richard Doran with service buttons for Sommerhauser and Suchomel.
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Cub
Buchanan School
C. W. Bohlander
Robert Shubert
Verle Hasbrucks
Michael Kennedy
Larry Stober
Billy Radloff
Den
Bob Slater
Denner
Ken Robbins
Miles Jordan
Webelos
Charles Dilger
Wolfe
John Palmer
Bear
Ronnie Davis
Gordon Stoddard
Leslie Thelan
Gene Melsh
Gold Arrow
John Elmer
Dick Alderman
Billy Bohladder
Dick White
Dick Caton
Rowlina Mayer
Silver Arrow
Donald Woen
Billy Bohlander
John Cooper
Gene Mersh
Gene Stelcik
Gordon Craft
Hugh Clatterbuck
David Suchomel
James Sommerhauser
Robert Slater
Ted Demery
Richard Doran
Repulse of Japanese Raid on Eniwetok Reported
Adm. Nimitz announced U S forces repelled a Japanese dawn raid on Eniwetok atoll in the Marshalls. Fourth Marine aircraft wing night fighters downed two bombers and likely a third. all bombs landed in the sea. Curiles hammering continued with P-3 patrols and Libera tor missions against Paramushiro and Onekotan.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
U. S
Japan
Kurile Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Nimitz
Eniwetok
Truk
Kuriles
Ventura
Fleet Air Wing Four
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Eleventh Army Air Force
Onekotan
Ace Bong Grounded From Combat Flying in New Guinea
Maj. Richard I. Bong, famed American air ace in the Southwest Pacific, was ordered grounded after a recent flight and placed at a desk post at an advanced Allied air base in New Guinea. He hopes indefinitely does not end his combat days.
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Allied Air Base
New Guinea
Richard I. Bong
Southwest Pacific
Bong
Bong tops World War II ace Rickenbacker in planes
Major Richard Bong, with 27 aerial victories, surpasses the World War I record of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. General Arnold sends two cartons of soft drinks to Bong, who prefers sodas to scotch. The gifts travel aboard an air transport from California toward Australia, aiming to reach Bong within 48 hours.
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Washington
Richard Bong
Southwest Pacific
H. A. Arnold
Air Transport Command
California
Australia
Japs Block Kohima Road and Threaten Northeast Rail Link
Allied and Japanese forces clash as the Kohima Dimapur road is blocked and the Bishenpur Silchair route becomes a vital jeepable link to the Bengal Assam railhead. Tokyo says heavy fighting continues with reinforcements. Allies report progress in clearing land corridors.
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New Delhi
Dimapur
Kohima
Bishenpur- Silchar
Imphal
Assam-Bengal
India
Southeast Asia
Bishenpur-Silchair
Silchair
Bengal-Assam
Tokio Radio
Bishenpur- Silchair
Kohima-Imphal
Marengo Dominates District Music Contest at Sigourney
In a district music contest held Saturday at Sigourney Marengo won seven firsts and three seconds. The state contest will be held in Des Moines on April 28 and 29.
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Marengo
Sigourney
Des Moines
Yanks Downed In Denmark Get Away to Sweden
Stockholm reports a U S airman killed when a foreign plane crashed near Laholm as Swedish anti-aircraft guns fired on formations. Fourteen American flyers, forced down in Denmark or Danish isles, reached Sweden by small boats and hid in forests or were picked up by locals.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Laholm
Denmark
Danish Isles
England
Malmo
Kalmar
Bornholm
Cap and Pin 40 At Mercy Today
Forty Red Cross nurse's aides who finished training will be capped and pinned at 2 p.m. today in Mercy hospital auditorium. Master of ceremonies is Mrs C S Krause. Linn county Red Cross chairman Dawson Grim will speak. Sister Mary Mercy and Dr Karl P Meister will comment on volunteer work.
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Red Cross
Mercy Hospital
C. S. Krause
Dawson E. Grim
Linn County
Sister Mary Mercy
Karl P. Meister
St. Luke’s Hospital
Joan Kiger Sent To Mental Hospital After Acquittal
In Covington Kentucky Joan Kiger a 16 year old girl once acquitted in the December murder of her younger brother was found to be of unsound mind and will be committed to the Central State hospital at Lakeland Kentucky on Sunday.
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Covington
Joan Kiger
Lakeland
12 Airmen Die in U S Army Plane Crash
Bodies of 12 airmen were found in the wreckage of an American army plane that crashed near Las Palamas in Chihuahua Mexico, with poor visibility blamed for the accident.
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Mexico City
INS
Las Palamas
Chihuahua
BRT Aids Strikers at Montgomery Ward in Chicago
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen came to the aid of CIO strikers at the Montgomery Ward plant in Chicago and ordered a complete stoppage of inbound and outbound freight. The U S mails were not affected.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
CIO
Montgomery Ward and Company
United States
Marines and Navy personnel receive promotions and leaves
George F. Lanka earns corporal and takes 30 day furlough after service in the South Pacific. Ensign Frank Esser returns to Philadelphia after an eight day leave with his hospitalized mother. Cpl Kirk Zimmer spends 15 days with his mother at 1645 Second Ave SE. Pvt Robert J. Sommers transfers to Palm Springs hospital. Pfc Ernest A. Baily promoted to corporal while stationed in the South Pacific. Frank Jakoubek promoted to sergeant technician in Panama. Louis J. Daubenmier promoted to technical sergeant in England. Robert M. Ford attends preflight school at Athens. Sgt Dale E. Hall stationed in England. Pvt Joe C. Ainsworth at Fort Custer for intelligence training. Darrell Wilkey, shipfitter, stationed in England. John V. Nash on leave and in naval hospital at Iowa City after boat training. Roy W. Anderson on leave from Camp Pickett. Vernon Wright ships out for Farragut Idaho. Sgt Darrell L. Hanson on furlough. brother Raymond in Brazil. Cpl Leo J. Carney Jr and family on leave with parents at two addresses. Harold W. Cline completes boat training and tours leave. Ensign F Robert Esser on leave. convalescing mother at home. Esser officer of ship repair unit at Philadelphia yard.
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Robert J. Sommers
Camp Callan
Calif
Torney General Hospital
Palm Springs
Frank Tepley
Elizabeth Avenue
Ernest A. Baily
Marine Air Corps
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Baily
Central City
South Pacific
Darrell Wilkey
England
C. M. Wilkey
First Avenue
John V. Nash
John Nash
Naval Hospital
Iowa City
Farragut
Idaho
Pfc
Roy W. Anderson
Camp Pickett
Second Street
Blanche Arnold
Nick Anderson
Ira Wright
Vernon Wright
Sixth Street
Darrell L. Hanson
Leo J. Carney
Second Avenue SE
P. O. Ferguson
F Avenue NW
Harold W. Cline
Seaman
Susan Cline
Sgt
R Cline Igate
Camp Lejeune
N. C
F. Robert Esser
Marie Esser
B Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Ensign Esser
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Leaping Lignite Mystery Solved in Part at Wild Plum School
Federal and state investigators said they nearly solved the leaping lignite mystery at the Wild Plum school near Richardton North Dakota but could not explain why window shades smoldered and dictionaries burned last March 28. They suspect a prank with iodine and ammonia. Mrs Pauline Rebel, 22, schoolteacher, has received 15 threatening notes since January and fears for her safety. Investigators will press on with inquiries into a possible spurned suitor.
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Richardton, N. D
W. James Austin
Pauline Rebel
Rebel
Actress Heather Angel Marries Capt. Robert Sinclair in Beverly Hills
Heather Angel film actress wed Capt. Robert Sinclair former director now in the army air force at Beverly Hills Community Presbyterian Church. The simple ceremony was attended by their mothers and two close friends, Mrs. Charles Boyer and Molly Lamont.
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Beverly Hills, Calif
Ins
Heather Angel
Robert Sinclair
Army Air Force
Beverly Hills Community Presbyterian Church
Charles Boyer
Molly Lamont
March of Death Survivor Promoted
Samuel C Grashio the sole survivor of the Bataan Death March has been promoted from captain to major by the Fourth Air Force Headquarters. Grashio, 26, hails from Spokane Washington and earned the promotion in recognition of his service during the war.
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Survivor
San Francisco
Fourth Air Force
Samuel C. Grashio
Air Force
Grashio
Spokane
Wash
Illinois Bell workers vote against strike in Chicago
Construction maintenance and installation workers for Illinois Bell voted to reject a strike 2178 to 1190 in a Saturday ballot count. The result averts a potential walkout affecting service across the area.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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Michigan Fork
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Detroit
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G. A. Malan
Royal Air Force
Rodman Services
Bungalow Cooking School
Fifth Avenue SE
Edward R Kuba
St. SE
Mercy
U.S. Army
B.R.T
Montgomery Ward
George F. Lanka
Marines
Frank Lanka
Twenty-first Avenue
Ensign Frank
Bob” Esser
Philadelphia
Cpl
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Florence G. Zimmer
Second Avenue
Geiger Field
Ash
Frank P. Jakoubek
Panama
Jakoubek
Louis Jakoubek
Otis Road
Louis J. Daubenmier
Fred Daubenmier
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Naval Aviation
Robert M.ford
L. M. Ford
Linden Drive
Pak
Athens, A
Dale E. Hall
Air Service Command
Thirty-fourth Street
Joe C. Ainsworth
Fort Custer, Mich
Chester
Eighteenth Street
Capt. Sinclair
Thoughtful Turner Service
Second Ave
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Funertal Directo
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