Kline Urges Wise Pricing Policies During Reconversion
Walter D. Kline of the Des Moines OPA warns that 1942 prices on new goods can sustain volume production while preventing inflation as industry shifts from war to peacetime. He stresses the danger of price pressure and calls for wise pricing to avoid a postwar crash and high unemployment, citing 1946 production projections and returning servicemen.
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Mason City
Germany
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
OPA
Kline
Iowa State Vegetable Growers’ Association
Department of Commerce
Fayette Soldier Reported Missing in Germany
The War Department advised Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shepard of Fayette that their son Pvt. Robert E. Shepard 20 has been listed as missing in action in Germany since Nov 17. A Fayette high school graduate he entered service in March and trained in Texas. overseas since September and last letter dated Nov 1.
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Fayette
War Department
Sam Shepard
Pvt
Robert E. Shepard
Germany
Pvt. Shepard
Fayette High School
Texas
First Lady Sends Cheer to Ill Iowa Girl
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a speedy recovery message to Marceline Smith a 17 year old leukemia patient at a Des Moines hospital. The First Lady praised her cheerful spirit and bravery noting improvement and reduced need for fairy blood transfusions as over 40 pints of blood were donated by supporters.
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DES Moines
Eleanor Roosevelt
Marceline Smith
Marceline
Ike Smalls Medical Aid Society
Public health nurse assumes duties in Allamakee county
Miss Burnice Meyer R N daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Meyer of New Albia assumed her duties Tuesday as Allamakee county public health nurse.
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Waukon
Burnice Meyer
R. N
Albert Meyer
New Albia
Allamakee County
Democrats Report Deficit in Iowa Expenditures
DES MOINES AP Jake More as Democratic state committee chair reported $116,192 spent in the two year period ending after the general election. Total receipts were $114,890 leaving a deficit of $1,301. GOP reported similar figures with $85,800 spent in the November 7 campaign and $28,882 still available. Governor-elect Blue listed $1,566 receipts and $1,083 expenditures. Governor Hickenlooper said expenditures were about $2,000 with $1,500 of receipts contributed by the state central committee.
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DES Moines
Jake More
Democratic State Committee
Secretary of State
G.O.P. State Committee
B. B. Hickenlooper
Guy Gillette
State Central Committee
Robert D. Blue
Organizations Elect Officers
Marengo S Bergeson is the new worshipful master of the Masonic lodge succeeding L M Colbornson. Officers include senior warden Adolph Heinze junior warden Charles Eichacker secretary J L Swift treasurer H W Swift and trustee Jake Roeniig. Victor Bessie Morgan is noble grand elect of Ruby Rebekah lodge with Lucille Meyer stalled as vice grand Belle Walter recording secretary Henrietta Becker financial secretary and Clela Johnson treasurer. Victor Volunteer firemen reelected Lester Kempf chief Russell Fetzer assistant chief David Rhinehart secretary and Forrest Shaull treasurer. West Union Newly elected officers of the Royal Neighbor lodge are Mrs J B Niles oracle Mrs Harry Rush past oracle Mrs R M Brause vice oracle Mrs C T Dorland chancellor Mrs Lawrence Joerger sentinel Mrs Finton Brown recorder Mrs Hattie Dorland receiver Mrs Alice Chapman marshal Mrs Marie Schroyer manager and Mrs George J Schatz musician. Ossian Eastern Star officers elect include worthy matron Mrs W E Cornell worthy patron Harry Bethel and associate patrons Mrs Blake Albright and W E Cornell secretary Mrs Herman A Schulze treasurer Mrs W M Allen conductress Mrs Neva Dewey associate conductress Mrs Ray Hardy. Webster The Methodist W S C S has elected officers President Bessie Beinke vice presidents Emma Griner Lottie Hofson secretary Lenora Sorden assistant secretary Ruth Heaton treasurer Ruth Snakenberg missionary superintendent Minnie Boland. Wapelio The Masonic lodge has elected Carl Hedges worshipful master Earl Zippe senior warden Robert Murray junior warden M H Barnes treasurer Dr H E Hoover secretary and M J Pooler trustee.
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Marengo
S. Bergeson
Masonic Lodge
L. M. Colbornson
Adolph Heinze
Charles Eichacker
J. L. Swift
H. W. Swift
Jake Roeniig
Victor
Bessie Morgan
Noble
Ruby Rebekah Lodge
Lucille Meyer
Belle Walter
Henrietta Becker
Clela Johnson
Lester Kempf
Russell Fetzer
David Rhinehart
Forrest Shaull
West Union
Royal Neighbor Lodge
J. B. Niles
Oracle
Harry Rush
R. M. Brause
C. T. Dorland
Lawrence Joerger
Sentinel
Finton Brown
Recorder
Hattie Dorland
Alice Chapman
Marie Schroyer
George J. Schatz
Ossian
Eastern Star
Worthy
W. E. Cornell
Harry Bethel
Blake Albright
Herman A. Schulze
W. M. Allen
Neva Dewey
Ray Hardy
Webster
Bessie Beinke
Emma Griner
Lottie Hofson
Lenora Sorden
Ruth Heaton
Ruth Snakenberg
Minnie Bo
Iowa October waste paper collection tops quota
Iowa total waste paper collected in October reached 13,329,697 pounds, 105 percent of the state quota. War Production Board General Salvage Branch chairman Herbert G. Plagman announced the figure on Friday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert G. Plagman
The
War Production Board
Linn County Supervisors Approve Road District and County Resolution
Linn County Iowa Board adopts hearing time for Secondary Road District No 3201 and authorizes establishment. It also approves settling a property tax lien on John Clark Floyd’s land for care of a person at Independence State Hospital and discharges liens while preserving rights to enforce the claim.
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Board of Supervisore
Linn County
Iowa
Mt. Vernon Hawkere Record
Lisbon Herald
T. Amd
Petty
Maen Wns
Seevell
Clark Floyd
Ashe
Ledser
John Clark Floyd
Lytre
Eycott
eTeas
Board of Supervisors
County
State Hospital
Independence
Berson
Ollow
Sec. Petty
Board of Super
Boavisors
Troy
Couthis
Suavedenlana
Board of Supervisors Linn Country
Delaware County
Combes, Marthe
6Th Avenue
Bisck
Statie P Clarence
Independence State Hospital
Cherokee County
Fighter Planes Directed by Radio off Leyte
American fighter planes battling Japanese off Leyte Thursday were directed by radio from shipboard by Major Leo F. Paul of Iowa City Iowa.
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Leyte
Philippines
Shipboard
Leo F. Paul
Iowa City
Donald L Bruner Dies in Florida at 51
Donald L. Bruner, 51, Toledo native and former U S Army aviation officer, died in Coral Gables Florida of a heart attack. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross last June for night flying work. He is survived by his wife, a Scotland native and nurse, and a son Lt Donald H Bruner now at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi.
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Toledo
Donald L. Bruner
Ada Bruner
Coral Gables
Fla
Bruner
Schnectady, N. Y
Donald H. Bruner
West Point
Camp van Dorn
Miss
More Tama County Men Inducted at Ft. Snelling
Tama county registrants leaving Toledo for Fort Snelling Minnesota for induction include Paul G. Cooper Toledo Arthur J Backen Tama Marvin G Kern Traery Robert L Fillgraf Fred Kahn Jr and Mer lin A Raub Dysart Charles L Brierly Gladbrook Charles W Herink Clutier Franklin H Frahm Lawrence M Aldrich and Harold C Bern Garwin Howard M Lockard Traer transferred to Black Hawk county ennen H Watts formerly of ama to Lincoln Nebraska and Wayne A Baumeier Gladbrook to Inglewood California.
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Toledo
Tama County
Fort Snelling
Minn
Armed Forces
Paul G. Cooper
Arthur J. Backen
Tama
Marvin G. Kern
Traery
Robert L.fillgraf
Fred Kahn, Jr
Merlin A. Raub
Dysart
Charles L. Brierly
Gladbrook
Charles W. Herink
Clutier
Franklin H. Frahm
Lawrence M. Aldrich
Harold C. Bern
Garwin
Howard M. Lockard
Traer
Black Hawk County
Ennen H. Watts
Ama
Lincoln
Neb
Wayne A. Baumeier
Inglewood
Calif
Death of Mrs Paul Roberts commemorated in waterways region
Marion friends learned Friday of the death of Mrs Paul Roberts who passed away Thursday evening at a Waterloo hospital after an operation last week. The Roberts family once lived in Marion. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at a Jesup funeral home. Also an advertisement for Syl's Grocery lists prices on pork chops, nuts, celery, lettuce and grapefruit with various specials.
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Marion Friends
Paul Roberts
Waterloo
Roberts
Marion
Jesup
Syl's Grocery
Christmas Seals Sales Restricted to Two Women
Miss Sara Nott warned Friday that no one is authorized to sell Christmas seals except she and Mrs. Ralph Michel. An ad for costume jewelry from Boston Store promotes gifts.
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Sara Nott
Ralph Michel
Local ads and notices from a midweek community page
Mrs George Fitzsimmons plans a Saturday trip to Camp Campbell Kentucky to visit her husband. Ed Sigfred Co store offers clothing furnishings and shoes with Christmas stock. Mrs Burdette Hanna hosts Tommies third birthday with Capt Hanna in France. Pvt Allen McKean transfers to Boca Raton Florida from Chanute Illinois. Pfc Lewis Richardson on brief furlough from San Luis Obispo California to visit his mother. Coast to Coast Store offers hollow ground skates at 25c pair.
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George Fitzsimmons
Camp Campbell, Ky
Christmas Gift Shop Promises Easy Shopping
Mrs Nellie Richardson and families visit as ads promote Vapo Rub cough drops and other remedies. Rev Charles Moore speaks at West Side Rescue Mission in Chicago. Pvt Ray Hoglund and wife head to Camp Claiborne after 21 day visit with Hoglund and Richardson families. Boston Store Gift Shop advertises dolls around five dollars for Christmas.
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Chas. Moore
West Side Rescue Mission
Chicago
Baptist Church
Pvt
Ray Hoglund
Camp Claibourne
W. J. Hoglund
Ralph Richardson
Boston
Calmar Catholic Church to Burn Mortgage Sunday
Calmar Iowa St Aloysius parish will burn its church mortgage Sunday followed by a 6 30 p m potluck supper. 86 year old William Timp Jr will light the mortgage. Speakers include Rt Rev Msgr Thiltgen Ossian and Rev Father A S Peikert with Dr F A Hennessey present. The $62185 church built in 1929 after fire replaces old building and was dedicated to Archbishop James Keane. The Peikert has served as pastor 24 years.
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Calmar
St. Aloysius
William Timp, Jr
Thiltgen
Ossian
A. S. Peikert
F. A. Hennessey
James J. Keane
Dubuque
Father Peikert
No Last Minute Easter Pictures
Fort Madison Iowa prison official Ware den Perry Lainson said no last minute photos would be taken of Stanley M. Kaster, 36, sentenced to be hanged Dec. 29 at dawn. Easter killer Glenn R. Winchell remains on death row at the prison awaiting transfer to special quarters before execution. The hanging will delay breakfast for other inmates.
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Fort Madison
Wareden Perry Lainson
State Penitentiary
Stanley M. Kaster
Easter
Glenn R. Winchell
Waverly Utilities Plant
Lainson
Wastepaper Drive by Brooklyn Scouts Saturday
Brooklyn Boy and Girl Scouts will conduct a wastepaper drive Saturday with trucks provided by townspeople. At 9 am sharp the town and business district will be canvassed. WAUKON St Patrick's bazaar raised 3250 dollars despite rain and icy highways with Rev E J McDonald pastor.
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Brooklyn
Waukon
St. Patrick’s
E. J
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