VA Purchases Valley Bank Building For Des Moines Offices
Des Moines faces a looming office rush as the Veterans Administration buys the Valley Bank Building, forcing tenants to quit by Feb 16 if without leases and prompting move plans to accommodate a larger VA facility. The Social Security Board and IRS offices are also affected, with condemnation powers cited to free space as state banking offices seek new quarters. The Farm Bureau Federation remains the largest tenant in the building.
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Des Moines
House Hunter
Veterans Administration of
Valley Bank
W. B. Nugent
Iowa
Social Security Board
Collector of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Agents
U. S. Treasury
Iowa-Nebraska
Earl H. Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
January Enlistment Rate Up Almost 200 Percent
Des Moines AP reports Iowa enlistments of 1,295 in January, up from the October-December period, with the Army leading at 650, the Navy at 569, and the Marines 76. Six new army substations opened in two weeks, expanding to 16 offices statewide in cities including Dubuque, Council Bluffs, Clinton, Iowa City, Muscatine, and Algona.
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Iowa City
Richard E. Sweitzer
Y.M.C.A
University of Iowa
Myrna Gainsforth
Y.W.C.A
Sweitzer
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Army
Navy
Marines
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Muscatine
Algona
Iowa
Serutan a Popular Aid for Regularity for 35 Plus
An ad touts Serutan as a hydrogel concentrate not a pill or oil, claiming it aids natural elimination with pleasant tasting granules. It urges adults over 35 to use Serutan with meals and offers a money back guarantee from drug and health food stores. If constipation persists see a doctor.
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Nature
Patients Must Be Out Of Schick by March 1
Clinton Iowa reports the army orders full patient discharge from Schick hospital by March 1 ahead of a planned closure on April 1. The facility once housed 3800 patients as the interim legislative committee plans an inspection for state use and a VA representative evalu ates possible VA use. About 700 civilian staff face 30 days’ notice of termination.
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Schick
Clinton
INS
Schick Hospital
Army
Iowa
Veterans Administration
Manchester Firm Wins Certificate of Merit
The Meader Bros. Box company of North Manchester received a certificate for meritorious service from the army service forces Chicago quartermaster depot signed by Gen. J. E. Barzynski for supplying equipment to the armed forces during World War II. The plant, organized in 1942 and employing about 80 workers, produced wooden boxes and used 5,000,000 board feet of lumber annually. Postwar reconversion will shift to civilian boxes with production set to begin again by April.
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Manchester
Meader Bros. Box Company
North Manchester
Army Service Forces
Chicago
J. E. Barzynski
Highway paving bids opened across Keokuk Pocahontas Warren Winneshiek counties
The Iowa state highway commission opened bids on paving projects in Keokuk Pocahontas Warren and Winneshiek counties and for bridges culverts grading and graveling across the state. Low bidder F A Moser Farmersburg quoted 0.128 miles of U S highway 52 relocation at Ossian Winneshiek county for 20 425 dollars.
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AMES
State Highway Commission
Keokuk
Pocahontas
Warren
Winneshiek
F. A. Moser
Farmersburg
Ossian
Winneshiek County
Runaway Girl Dead After Escape From Home
A 12-year-old Des Moines girl, Claudette Turner, died from exposure after escaping from the House of the Good Shepherd with three companion inmates. Two girls, ages 14 and 16, were hospitalized in serious condition. One companion was found dead in a farm field. two others were rescued from a chicken coop.
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F. S. Leonard
Ruth Turner
Des Moines
Anton Gottschalk
Here
Henry Gottschalk
Brother Die, Brother Injured in Highway 169 Crash
William E. Bornholt of Eagle Grove was killed and his brother Glen was seriously injured when their car collided with a truck on Highway 169 seven miles north of Fort Dodge Tuesday night.
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Fort Dodge
William E. Bornholt
Eagle Grove
Glen
Here
Wauk on Bride Donna Renne to Wed James Pratt Next Tuesday
Donna Renne daughter of Mrs Mary Renne and James Pratt son of R J Pratt will marry at St Patrick's Church next Tuesday.
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Waukon
Donna Renne
Mary Renne
James Pratt
R. J. Pratt
St. Patrick’s Church
Four Eastern Iowans Head Home from Guam
Four eastern Iowans attached to the 315th bomb wing left Guam en route to the United States for discharge. Named are Sgt. James F. Berry of Cedar Rapids, Pfc. Harry F. Campbell of Independence, Cpl. Lavern R. Crew of Independence, and S/Sgt. Raymond P. Westfall of Toledo.
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Guam
315Th
United States
James F. Berry
Cedar Rapids
Harry F. Campbell
Independence
Lavern R. Crew
Raymond P. Westfall
Toledo
Street car jumps tracks in Des Moines crash
A parked car was smashed but no injuries occurred when a street car jumped the tracks in downtown Des Moines. The street car careened 75 feet and struck the empty auto.
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Des Moines
British War Brides Arrive in Chicago en Route Home
More than 70 British war brides arrive in Chicago on a train from New York. Husbands greet them, babies and tags indicating names and destinations for the Argentina voyage to America. Mrs Betty Downs says she will visit her husband in Independence Iowa after reuniting with family.
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Chicago
New York
Argentina
America
Betty Downs
Leslie Downs
Independence
England
Navy Husband Expected Home From Guam
Mrs Eleanor Lewis of Scoteland hopes to see her sailor husband Frank Lewis soon. He is believed en route from Guam to this country, but Mrs Lewis has no definite word. She plans to stay with friends at Perry Iowa.
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Eleanor Lewis
Scoteland
Frank
Lewis
Guam
Perry
Ten Carloads of Liquor Tied Up
DES MOINES AP Liquor by the carload was tied up in railroad freight yards for up to a week causing a bottleneck. Trucks used for Des Moines stores were pressed into service to unload the cars with two unloaded Tuesday and three more planned for Wednesday. Officials say a freight jam delayed 27 000 to 30 000 cases across 16 cars with six more cars due soon.
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DES Moines
State Liquor Commission
Eldora Youths Donate Blood At Health Mobile Unit
Fifty five boys at the state training school donated blood when the state department of health mobile unit visited Eldora on Tuesday.
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Eldora
State Training School
State Department of Health
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