Linn County Second in Paper Salvage
Iowans salvaged 150,360,213 pounds of waste paper in 1944 vs 21,001,929 in 1943, led by Dubuque and Linn counties. Linn second in total pounds and 250 percent of its 5,348,520 pound quota. Despite gains in paper, fats, and rags, tin and scrap iron lagged. war salvage push urged by Herbert C. Plagman, with praise for Linn county chairmen and workers.
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United States
Plagman
Linn County
Dubuque
Linn
Dubuque County
Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk
Des Moines
Polk
Elmer Wickham
Linn County Waste Paper Salvage
Iowa
Fayette
Johnson
Winneshiek
Jones
Tama
Allamakee
Benton
Delaware
Clay- Ci
Cedar
Buchanan
Navy Casualties List Iowa Sailors in War Losses and Wounds
The Navy announced three Iowa names among casualties. Electrician's Mate L A Hahn, wife lives at Delta, is missing. Pharmacist's Mate Earl E Murray of Des Moines is wounded. Seaman 2/c Charles B Che of Monticello is wounded.
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Navy
L. A. Hahn
Delta
Earl
E. Murray
Des Moines
Charles B. Che
Monticello
Jailbreakers Nabbed Then Escape Again in Missouri Valley
Police chief H W Conaway said Edgar Cook and John Giles, who escaped Council Bluffs jail weeks earlier, were captured in Missouri Valley and then escaped during a pursuit after a gunfight. A hidden revolver aided the escape, and a pistol discharged in the car. The pair had earlier used a toothbrush key to enter Council Bluffs jail and were held on larceny charges after a prior Nebraska penitentiary escape.
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H. W. Conaway
Edgar Cook
John Giles
Council Bluffs
Conaway
Charles Huff
Rialto Theater
Giles
Cook
Huff
Ohio
Nebraska
FBI Nabs Davenport Boys For Railroad Sabotage
Des Moines AP report: five Davenport youths aged 12 to 15 pled guilty to three sabotage acts on Rock Island railroad rights of way near Davenport from April 13 1944. No trains wrecked though potential danger existed. Cases handled under federal juvenile delinquency act with cooperation from Davenport police and FBI agents.
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E. E. Kuhnel
FBI
Iowa
Davenport
Rock Island
Kuhnel
Lester Jurgens
Harold Thordsen
Denver
Dies at 92 Center Point Woman Catherine Dye
Catherine Elizabeth Dye aged 92 of Center Point died at her daughter's home after a long illness. Born in Hanover Pennsylvania in 1852 she lived in Shellsburg before moving to Center Point where her son served in the Spanish American War and another was killed in France in 1918. Survivors include two daughters a son five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was a Christian church member and Gold Star mother with services to be held at Center Point Christian church.
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Gettysburg
Maryland
James van Fossen
Center Point
Hanover
Penn
American Legion Auxiliary
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Christian Church
Meyer named Glenwood state school superintendent
The Iowa board of control announced on Thursday the appointment of Dr. W. J. Meyer as superintendent of the Glenwood state school. He succeeds Dr. T. B. Lacey who died last December.
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W. J. Meyer
Glenwood State School
Iowa Board of Control
T. B. Lacey
Charge Filth in Cheese Factory At Manchester
Federal court heard a government bid to halt interstate cheese shipments from Hy grade Food Products Manchester plant. Allegations include unsanitary milk handling and contamination with filth and animal hairs. Plant manager Donald Holdridge named as co-defendant. firm operates five Iowa factories. Cedar Rapids official testified about filtration changes and farmer education on clean milk.
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INS
Manchester
Hygrade Food Products Corporation of
New York
New York Corporation
Iowa
Jones
Cedar
Tama
Bremer
Delaware
Donald Holdridge
Edward Berens
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Campus Magazine Criticizes Red Tape At University
Iowa City report notes Frivol staff condemn university admin for red tape and refusal to approve a coed coke date with Band Leader Frankie Masters. The project aimed to raise funds for a world student service organization aiding prisoners of war, selling chances for a date during intermission at a university dance.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Frivol
Frankie Masters
World Student Service Organization
Early Morning Fire at Central Market
The basement and rear stairway of Jerry Kopecky's Central Market at 1060 Seventh Avenue were damaged by fire Friday at 2:50 a.m. Miss Helen Conger reported smoke. Night Patrolman Lee Layton notified the fire department. Cause undetermined. Kopecky insured. The building, remodeled, previously housed Fiedler grocery and sits near Ed Sigfred Clothing, burned Jan. 27. Various local notices follow including arrivals, visits, and Scout activities.
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Central Market
Seventh Avenue
Helen Conger
Marion Telephone Exchange
Lee Layton
Kopecky
Fiedler Grocery
Ed Sigfred Clothing Company
Iowa Legislature Urged to Act on Postwar Plan
Des Moines AP. Don Berry, head of the state postwar rehabilitation commission, says the Iowa legislature should craft a positive postwar program rather than lament returning servicemen. He urges an overall agency to release public works funds, a state consulting body to time local projects, planning taxes, and a state authority to coordinate surplus federal goods with the federal government.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Don Berry
State
Berry
Sounell
Timberlake, 22, Killed in Belgium Civil War Action
Lt. Charles J. Timberlake formerly of Cedar Rapids was killed January 23 during action in Belgium with Gen Hodges first army. He had been overseas less than a month and is survived by his wife, a Macalester College teacher, his mother Eva Timberlake, and his sister Mrs. Harry Goettsch Jr. of Gladbrook.
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Charles J. Timberlake
Cedar Rapids
Belgium
Harry Goettsch, Jr
War Department
Hodges
First Army
Timberlake
Meadowbrook Drive
Macalester College
St. Paul
Minn
Camp Davis
N. C
Camp Hulen
Texas
Infantry
Eva Timberlake
Linden
Cedar Rapids Theaters Net 4126 for March of Dimes Drive
Cedar Rapids theaters collected a total of 4126.79 during last week s March of Dimes to aid prevention and cure of infantile paralysis. Harry Moore manager of the Paramount announced Friday. Six local theaters the Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Times participated with Camp Fire Girls aiding collections. Total for 1944 March of Dimes was 3345.
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Harry Moore
Paramount
Iowa
State
Palace
Rialto
Times
Camp Fire Girls
Friday Theater Schedule Shows Wide Mix of Films
Friday programs list Paramount Since You Went Away with matinees at 12 3 and 6 and late shows at 9. Iowa features Cant Help Singing and The Missing Juror with showings through 10 10. State presents The Fighting Lady and Summer Storm with multiple daily times. Palace screens Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Step Lively with several gaps. Rialto runs Arizona Whirlwind and What a Man with three daily slots. Times The Sullivans and The Imposter appear with a few showings. Marion offers Lost in a Harem and The Unwritten Code with late night and early listings.
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Iowa
Double Bill at State Highlights Fighting Lady and Summer Storm
A State theater week program features The Fighting Lady, a 1949 navy aircraft carrier documentary with George Sanders, narrated by Lt. Robert Taylor, and Summer Storm starring Linda Darnell with George Sanders. The Fighting Lady shows carrier operations from 1948 including Marcus Island, battles in the Pacific, and deck crew life. Summer Storm centers on a romance with Sanders and Darnell, noted for its provocative angle and danger themes.
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Robert Taylor
Navy
George Banders
Linda Darnell
Anna Lee Sndeword
Everett Horton
The
State
George Sanders
Marcus Island
Marishalls
Marianas
Truk
Guam
Philippine Sea
George
Russian Count Faces Fatal End Amid Pre Revolution Tangles
In a Russia before the 1917 upheaval, a spendthrift count pursues freedom from a languorous Linda and a faithful Anna Lee, with Edward Everett Horton earning praise for a humorous yet sympathetic portrayal of the amoral noble. Louise Lux notes Horton's laurels and the era's mood.
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Linda
Anna Lee
Russia
Edward Everett Horton
Louise Lux
Deanna Durbin Leads Colorful Musical Cant Help Singing
Deanna Durbin stars in Universal’s cant cant help singing set in California gold rush days. With Robert Paice Akim Tamiroff and Jeonid Kinskey the film blends lavish Technicolor costumes grand musical numbers and a simple romance as Durbin’s grown up performance boosts her Hollywood standing. Jerome Kern provides a memorable score likely to produce hit parade material.
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Robert Paice
Akim Tamiroff
Jeonid’ Kinskey
David Bruce
Ray Colling
Frank Ryan
Jerome Kern
E. Y. Harburg
Deanna
Hollywood
Durbin
Universal
America
California
Deanna Durbin stars in new Universal musical in Cedar Rapids
Nadine Subotnik notes a must see Universal musical featuring Robert Paige as leading man. Deanna performs with a chorus in scenic numbers including Any Moment Now More and More and Californiay while the finale revisits hit songs.
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Robert Paige
Deanna
Cedar Rapids
Universal
Nadine Subotnik
Woman asks about serious wound after son’s return from Pacific
In Kearns Utah an AP report quotes Major Eugene Hill describing a telephone call from a woman who says her son wrote he was returning from the Pacific with a hash mark. She asks if the wound is very serious.
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Utah
Eugene Hill
Pacific
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