Cut Whisky Rations to Pint Per Week
DES MOINES AP Whisky allotments in Iowa fall to one pint per permit holder for February and one fifth of a gallon for March as stock dwindles. Stores close Feb 28 29 for inventories by federal and state officials to determine excise tax due on floor stocks. No whisky sales from March 1 4. pints unavailable in March with limited wine access for non whisky purchasers.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Control Commission
Stocks Commission
Ermit
Federal
Cohol Tax Unit
Commission
Mayor cites dwindling whisky allocations and permit needs
The mayor explains that whisky allocations from distillers for 1943 to 1944 averaged under 32 000 cases monthly, four suppliers sold or withdrew inventories, and January to March 1944 allocations fell under 30 000 cases monthly. January sales reached 37 000 cases. week ending February 5 showed 19 469 cases. Permits outstanding on February 1 totaled 338 000 versus 172 000 in 1943.
Iowa Bomber Pilot Recalls Furious Nazi Attacks
Lt. Arthur Mittman of Muscatine described German Focke-Wulf fighters six abreast attacking the Brunswick raid. He said the P-47s arrived and relief followed after our plane suffered minor flak damage and a 20 millimeter hole in one wing. Bombardier Lt. Morris Traub of Mason City reported seeing a thousand fires during the Brunswick mission.
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London
Brunswick
Arthur Mittman
Muscatine
Mittman
Morris Traub
Mason City
War Production Board limits alcohol for 1944
The War Production board states no distilling for beverage purposes will be permitted in 1944. Until permission is granted, there can be no increase in allocations.
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War Production Board
Pies Stolen During PTA Meeting at Hawley School
Eleven of seventeen freshly baked pies for Hawley school PTA refreshments vanished Thursday night while Police Judge Elmo McCormick spoke on Juvenile Delinquency. Mothers of sixth graders had baked the pies. cookies from a downtown bakery filled the shortage at the school kitchen.
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Fort Dodge
Hawley School
Elmo McCormick
Wells Returns to Civilian Life After Army Service
Lt. Col. Emery Wells, attached to the ASTP unit at the University of Iowa, prepares to resume civilian life. He was called to active duty in January 1941 as an engineer instructor for the third military area in St. Louis, then commanded the ROTC engineer battalion at Iowa City from February 1, 1942, and became a battalion commander in the ASTP unit last May.
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Iowa City
INL
Emery Wells
University of Iowa
Wells
Third
St. Louis
ROTC
ASTP
Judo death case details emerge in Columbus
Pvt. Charles Reynolds 19 of Columbus admits judo strangulation of Pvt. Lee M. Riley of Webster City Iowa during a hotel confrontation in Charlotte North Carolina. Reynolds arrested in Columbus on AWOL charges after using Riley s car and returning from Iowa where the two had argued before the fatal incident.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Reynolds
Lee M. Riley
Webster City
Charlotte
N. C
Iowa
Riley
Reynolds
Leo L. Phillips
Greensboro
Fourth Service Command
Phillips
Catholics Face Giant Task for Welfare Bureaus
In Des Moines a Catholic social workers’ gathering heard Rev. William A O Connor of Chicago warn that American welfare agencies must aid 30 million lives facing postwar readjustment. He cited 10 million servicemen families and wartime workers likely to lose jobs as urgent targets.
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Des Moines
Wiliam A O'Connor
Chicago
O’connor
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Chicago
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of
Iowa
Raymond Duggan
Dubuque
Father O’connor
Boston
Brooklyn
America
Willkie Forces Establish Iowa State Headquarters
Des Moines reports the Willkie for President effort opens its Iowa state headquarters in the Empire building. National chairman Ralph Cake names A. C. Gustafson as assistant manager as Willkie plans a Des Moines stop on February 19 and 20. A women’s organization will aid the effort and delegates are urged to remain open-minded at the Chicago convention.
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Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Empire Building
Ralph Cake
Oregon
Willkie
A. C. Gustafson
Iowa
Cake
Chicago
Thim
Marion area property transfers and local notices
The Ed Sigfred residence at 1040 Fourteenth street and the Joe W. Griffith residence at 671 Thirteenth street were sold to new owners, with Mrs. Rauch and her children moving from their farm on highway 94. Additional sales include the William Voldingh residence at 390 Eighth avenue. Local Legion officials assist veterans with maturing pay, and bank offices announce Saturday closures. Numerous social notes mention visits, entertaining gatherings, and local ads.
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Ed Sigfred
Fourteenth Street
Andrew Otting
Joe W. Griffith
Thirteenth Street
Mary Rauch
Student nurse census processing across states announced
The civil service commissions in various states will handle hospital application processing. The command cites Iowa postmaster recommendations to the senate, naming Montour, Donald F. Sturtz, Spillville, and Anton Balik.
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Civil Service Commission
Lowing
Iowa
Senate
Montour
Donald F. Sturtz
Spillville
Anton Balik
Bootleg Gas Ration Books Said Readily Available in Chicago
Des Moines police report John Lewis McClain of Burlington Iowa says many Chicago locations sell unsigned gasoline ration books for three cents a gallon. He was arrested with 14 cases of Illinois whiskey intended for a tavern in Des Moines where liquor by the drink is illegal.
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Des Moines
John Lewis McClain
Burlington
Chicago
Roosevelt Sends Policy Note to Congress
President Roosevelt has transmitted a policy message to Congress outlining priorities and recommendations for the nation. The plan addresses economic recovery, social welfare, and foreign affairs amidst ongoing global tensions and domestic challenges.
Governor Appoints New District Judge in Iowa
Governor Bourke Hickenlooper named Vernon Johnson aged 64 of Sidney to fill the late Judge Andrew Thornell in Iowa's Fifteenth district. The district covers Audubon Cass Fremont Harrison Mills Montgomery Page Pottawattamie and Shelby counties.
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Des Moines
INS
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Vernon Johnson
Sidney
Andrew V. Thornell
Audubon
Cass
Fremont
Harrison
Mills
Montgomery
Page
Pottawattamie
Shelby
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Student Nurses Sitdown Ends After Family Protests
In Columbus Georgia 98 student nurses at Columbus City hospital ended a sitdown strike after family protests and threats to report them to federal authorities as deserters. Superintendent Harris Smith said no further action would be taken.
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Columbus, Ga
Columbus City Hospital
Harris Smith
Schick Hospital to Train Cadet Nurses in Army Program
Three army general hospitals in the Seventh service command will train cadet nurses to complete their senior course after civilian basic training. Hospitals at Fitzsimons Denver O Reilly Springfield and Schick Clinton will admit cadet nurses for four to six months to relieve a critical nurse shortage.
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Omaha
Army General
Seventh Service Command
Fitzsimons
Denver
O’reilly
Springfield
Schick
Clinton
Army
Escapee Since 1939 Returns to Iowa Reformatory
Anamosa Iowa authorities say Clinearth Lindley once known as Arthur G Olson is back at the state reformatory he escaped from in 1939. He serves a 40 year term for second degree murder and was arrested in Minneapolis on an illegal automobile sales charge. He has a wife and two children.
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Anamosa
Clinearth Lindley
Minneapolis
Arthur G. Olson
Friday
Iowa State Reformatory
Woman Redeems Extra Shoe Stamp for War Bond Drive
Mrs Evelyn Oney received an additional shoe ration stamp after she wore out a pair while selling $12000 worth of war bonds in a house to house campaign in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Evelyn Oney
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