Seek Private Homes for 9 Eldora Boys
Iowa City AP state officials social workers and psychiatrists met to plan placing nine of the 18 Eldora state training school inmates into private homes. The other nine would go to various state facilities after examinations at the state psychopathic hospital. About 40 boys remain at the Anamosa annex following mass escapes last summer.
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Iowa City
State Training School For
Eldora
E. W Carlsen
State Board of Control
State Psychopathic Hospital
Carlsen
Woodward
General Hospital
State Hospital For the Insane
Mt. Pleasant
Anamosa
Wilbur R. Miller
Howard M. Skeels
Board of Control Psychological Services
Fred N. Cooper
J. S. Gottlieb
University of Iowa
Arthur Friedinger
Henrietta Safely
Lois Studley
Lillian Locher
Iowa City Woman to Join Husband Overseas in War
Washington AP reports a War Department list of 212 wives and children chosen to join husbands in the Mediterranean theater, including Mrs. Arline Ruth Lyons of Iowa City and Mrs. Marjorie Madden of Fairfield. Selection weighed overseas service length and may change with cancellations.
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Washington
War Department
Arline Ruth Lyons
Westlawn
Iowa City
Robert E. Lyons
Marjorie Madden
Fairfield
Cecil J. Madden
Eileen Heilman
Robert
Sioux City
Robert D. Heilman
G.i.s
Congress
Iowa U Student Council Chosen in Postwar Election
More than 2,500 University of Iowa students voted in the first postwar Student Council election. Winners for the four delegate-at-large posts were Herb Olson from Winfield, Dick Ives of Diagonal, Bette Jo Phelan of Mason City, and Kathy Larson of Sioux Falls, S. D. Off campus reps were Don Hall of Tama and Dorothy McKinley of Omaha.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Herb Olson
Airforce
Winfield
Dick Ives
Hawkeye
Diagonal
Bette Jo Phelan
Mason City
Kathy Larson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Don Hall
Tama
Dorothy McKinley
Omaha
Vets Returning From Overseas From Eastern Iowa List
Associated Press notes Eastern Iowa veterans listed for U S ports include Arthur J. Youngblut Jesup Guy Groff Jr Cedar Rapids Paul A. Lillie Center Point Meyer Markovitz Iowa City Oscar Melchert Cedar Rapids Oral L Beck Marion Gen Langfitt San Francisco April 16 Herbert C Ritze Center Point James B Stranks Iowa City Frank B Dolezal Iowa City Herbert L Crack Olin Gerald W Siegel Vinton Editor notes dates arrival may be estimated and passenger lists may contain errors.
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Associated Press
FPHA Okays Three Housing Units for Luther College
DECORAH The Federal Public Housing authority grants Luther College three dormitory units to ease student housing shortages. The college also buys two CCC camp barracks at the Decorah fairgrounds. The grant includes two 100 by 20 foot buildings and one 50 by 20 foot structure. Each four students will share two bedrooms and a study room.
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Decorah
Federal Public Housing Authority
Luther College
CCC
Decorah Fairgrounds
FPHA
Finkbine Estate Valued at 213 504 in Des Moines
Lt. Edward C. Finkbine II of Des Moines killed in action in Europe in March 1945 left an estate valued at 213 504, a district court inventory showed Wednesday. He was 22 at death, son of Mr and Mrs Robert H. Finkbine, and grandson of Edward C. Finkbine, former president of Green Bay Lumber Co.
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DES Moines
INS
Edward C. Finkbine II
Europe
Robert H. Finkbine
Edward C. Finkbine
Green Bay Lumber Company
Traer to Get Seven Barracks for 21 Vets
Traer city officials announce seven barracks will be bought from Hastings Nebraska to convert into three-room and bath apartments for 21 veterans. The Traer American Legion post will prepare the site and extend utilities while providing sidewalks. About $5,000 has been raised locally and the federal government will contribute $30,000. In 1550 Antonio Galvao published a book showing a canal could be cut at Panama.
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Traer (Ins
Hastings
Neb
Traer American Legion Post
Traer
Antonio Galvao
Panama
Town Women at Capitol To Push OPA Extension
About 500 women led by Mrs. Leon Henderson and Mrs. Ernest K. Lindley gathered at the Capitol to press for extending the price control act. Mrs. Smith W. Brookhart of Washington and Doris Irwin of Ames joined the effort, visiting Rep. Tom Martin to urge continuation while Iowa lawmakers favored maintaining price control with possible dairy ceilings eased to aid small businesses.
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Gazette
Washington, D. C
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
Doris Irwin
Ames
Capitol
Iowa
Tom Martin
Martin
OPA
John Deere to Build 250 Houses in Dubuque
The Dubuque city council annexed fifty nine acres west of the city for a 100 house John Deere project and the company plans to build a total of 250 houses for incoming employees near its northern plant.
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John Deere
Dubuque
Asbury Road
John Deere Company
Deere Company
Martin Reveals OWI Efforts to Undermine Germans
In Washington AP history notes three Iowa Republicans Rep Martin Rep Hoeven and Rep Jensen led Office of War Information psychological warfare during World War II. They used shortwave broadcasts and pamphlets to cast American invincibility and boost morale while urging occupied peoples to resist. Martin, an Iowa City veteran and former University of Iowa instructor, described how the program targeted German troops and civilians. He recalled discovering that pamphlets appeared on German prisoners and praised the effort to undermine German resolve.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
Office of War Information
State Department
Martin
Hoeven
Jensen
OWI
Iowa City
University of Iowa
War era broadcasts by resistance volunteers in Europe
Martin planned to fly to Germany in December 1944 as a military government officer, but plans fell through at the last minute. Hoeven, who speaks Dutch, made recordings for broadcast to The Netherlands and has since heard from Dutch citizens who listened during the German occupation. Jensen spoke in Danish encouraging Danish patriotic resistance.
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Martin
Germany
Hoeven
Netherlands
Jensen
University Students Patroling Iowa River
Two University of Iowa students named Bill Boswell and Bernie Walters patrol the Iowa river in a university boat. They work daily from 4 to 6 and 7 to 10 p.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday. The arrangement is temporary until longer plans are set. Pave Armbruster, the university swimming coach, also conducts canoeing courses at the fieldhouse for students and townspeople.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bill Boswell
Bernie Walters
Iowa River
Pave Armbruster
Huston Resigns as Iowa State Game Superintendent
Des Moines AP reports Taylor Huston, longtime conservation official, has filed his resignation as state superintendent of game, effective June 1. Huston, a veteran public servant, steps down after decades directing wildlife and hunting policy in the state.
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DES Moines
Taylor Huston
Safes Baffle Yeggs at Two West Branch Firms
Prowlers broke into two West Branch businesses early Tuesday but failed to steal anything. Safes at Rock Island Lumber and N. P. Olson Implement were damaged by the entry attempts, but none of the locks yielded to the burglars.
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West Branch
Rock Island Lumber Company
N. P. Olson Implement Company
Feed Your Dog with Kellogg’s Cropup Dog Food
Doctors and breeders promote a foundation diet of dry dog food with scrap meat and fat. Kellogg’s Cropup supplies essential vitamins and minerals for growth and vigor in three forms Ribbon Meal Peletti. Sold at grocers and pet shops by Kelloges of Battle Creek.
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Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
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