Colleges to Receive 90 Days Notice on Termination
Secretary Knox says colleges with army and navy training units will get 90 days notice before contract termination. A uniform contract sets compensation for losses tied to early end to support civilian students and ongoing commitments. Talle urged foresight due to potential hardship near school year starts and civilian retraining needs after demobilization.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Henry O. Talle
R-Ia
Army and Navy Board
Talle
Knox
Congress
Navy
Army
Army and Navy
Eastern Iowans Receive Wings and Commissions
Twelve eastern Iowans were commissioned as second lieutenants and awarded silver wings at flying schools in Texas and Oklahoma. The group includes pilots from Kalona Anamosa Independence Decorah Iowa City Newhall North English Oelwein Elkader Marengo Elkader and others. Plank Mahanna and Knowling are fighter pilots while the remainder are bomber pilots.
Former Wac 14 on Way Home from Minneapolis
Patricia Babcock a Seattle girl fourteen formerly with the WAC was believed en route home after authorities could not locate her. A girl matching her description boarded a Seattle bound train in Minneapolis Tuesday and police said she probably stayed to have some fun before going home. She had been stationed at Fort Des Moines and had visited Fort Snelling service center last Friday and Saturday nights Travelers Aid and Red Cross had given her a ticket home December 3 but feared she was lost when she failed to reach Seattle.
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Minneapolis
Patricia Babcock
Seattle
WAC
Twin Cities
Patricia
Fort Des Moines
Fort Snelling
Aid
Red Cross
Ossian Catholic School Closed Temporarily by Flu
The Ossian Catholic School shut down temporarily as flu keeps pupils away with 138 absent Tuesday and 40 absent at the public school. In Decorah, flu caused 120 absences at the high school but improved later. grade schools saw about 100 absent. Wy oming chapter elects new officers at its annual meeting. A wedding in Clermont unites Mae Fritz and Richard L. Friederich at Bethel Presbyterian manse December 4.
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Ossian
Gazette
Decorah
Decorah High School
Wyoming
Mabel Streeper
O.E.S
Howard Gee
Mildred Stroeper
Henry Bramer
Albert Mott
Nellie Atherton
Everett Vrooman
L. M.,sherrill
West Union
la Mae Fritz
Walter Fritz
Richard L. Friederich
Jake Friederich
Clermont
Bethel Presbyterian Manse
G. W Ukena
Prof H L Rietz Dies at Iowa City
Prof Henry L. Rietz former head of Iowa University mathematics department died Tuesday after a long illness. He served 25 years on the faculty, retired last fall, and funeral services are set for Friday at the Methodist church.
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Iowa City
Henry Lewis Rietz
Iowa University
Methodist Church
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Gilmore
Ohio University
Cornell University
Cornell
University of Illinois
Butler College
Iowa
Mathematical Association of America
American Statistical Association
Iowa Academy of Science
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
American Institute of Actuaries
Association For the Advancement of Science
Wanted Hard of Hearing Men and Women Ad
A post seeks men and women who are hard of hearing to try a no risk hearing test using the Curlne Home Method. If hearing does not improve after the test, money is refunded. Ear drops named Qourine promoted at May's and drug stores.
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May’s
New Training Plane for Des Moines Civil Air Patrol
Des Moines Civil Air Patrol squadron buys a new training plane for about $2000 funded by profits from a dance held last spring. The purchase supports local aviation training efforts and expands squadron capabilities.
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Des Moines
The
Civil Air Patrol
Tests in Basic Skills Planned for 60 000 Iowa Pupils
Tests in basic skills for about 60 000 Iowa pupils in grades three to seven will be given in January under a University of Iowa program. E F Lindquist says 297 school systems will participate and 17 counties are registered. Examinations run Jan 12 to 26 and aim to measure silent reading, language, work study, and arithmetic to help teachers and administrators assess each pupil’s abilities.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa College of Education and Extension Division
E. F. Lindquist
Man confesses to 11 year old Iowa murder in California
Ray E Underwood, 42, a former Portland shipyard worker, surrendered a signed statement claiming he killed James E Hill, 63, in Manly near a cafe journey in 1932. Investigators tracked footprints 80 yards from the scene before losing them. motive remains unclear and no arrest was made.
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Red Bluff
Calif
James N. Froome
Ray E. Underwood
Portland
Manley
Froome
Mr Hill
Underwood
Hill
Des Moines
State Bureau of Investigation
James E Hill
Mason City
Lou Werle
Rock Island Railroad
Peoria
Cerro Gordo County
Towa
Tavern Owner Dies After Fight in Davenport Bar
Davenport a tavern owner Kaly Safady aged 46 died en route to hospital after a tavern fight. Coroner reported the autopsy found heart trouble as the cause. Police held two men for investigation in connection with the scuffle.
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Davenport
Kaly Safady
C. Keppy
Safady
Reed Phillips
Oldest McGregor Resident Charles Washburn Turns 95
Charles Washburn, described as McGregor’s oldest resident, celebrated his ninety fifth birthday with an open house hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Taylor. The former hotel owner, tied to the Four Mile House historic roadside inn, remains active, reading without glasses and walking daily.
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Gazette
McGregor
W O. Taylor
Charles Washburn
Mississippi River
Iowa
Minnesota
Washburn
Four Mile House
Mississippi
Dean Jones
Washburns
Rush of pre railroad days on the McGregor trail
The era describes crowded taverns and packed barns as wagons and teams travel to and from McGregor for the market. December and January saw farmers hauling dressed hogs from Mason City Osage Albert Lea Minnesota to cross the Mississippi on ice toward the Prairie du Chien Wisconsin railroad.
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McGregor
Washburn
Mason City
Osage
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mrs Scholte Dies Daughter-In-Law of Pella Founder
Mrs Lenora R Scholte age 83 of Pella, daughter-in-law of founder Dominic Scholte, author of A Stranger in a Strange Land published in 1939, died Tuesday at her home.
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PELLA
Lenora R. Scholte
Dominic Henry Peter Scholte
Land
O'Malley Resigns as Des Moines OPA Chief
Des Moines district OPA chief enforcement attorney George E. O'Malley resigns, announced by Rae E. Walters district director. The move comes as the agency reorganizes in the Des Moines area.
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Des Moines
George E. O'Malley
OPA
Rae E. Walters
Phillips 66 Shield Highlights Petrochemical Reach
Phillips Petroleum Company markets butadiene for synthetic rubber and 100 octane aviation gasoline for the Army Navy and United Nations air forces. The text frames Phillips refineries as massive chemical plants producing war materials from petroleum and gases.
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Phillips
United Nations
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