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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1945
Page
29
Cost of living comparisons across Cedar Rapids Omaha and Peoria
Bureau of Labor Statistics notes the index as the true comparison. It lists Nov 14 1944 item costs where Cedar Rapids averages are higher than Omaha and Peoria for flour 10 lb and sugar per pound, with oats, hamburger, pork chops, and canned beans showing varied prices among the three cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sas City
Omaha
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Hamburger
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Food Price Index Rises Unlike National Average
Food price data show Cedar Rapids up 45.8 percent from January 1941 to December 1944 while the national average rose 40.5 percent. The Gazette reports contrast in small versus large stores with 91 of 1521 stores compliant and 61 noncompliant. Local officials dispute Bowles and Kline interpretations amid price panel questions.
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Kline
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Bowles
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Chicago
Midwest
Minneapolis
Springfield
Ill
Kan
Iowa Legislature Eyes Higher Tuition and Big Budget Bills
The Iowa legislature moves quickly to raise monthly tuition from 12 to 15 dollars, with broad support for six measures. House and Senate actions include approving 31 and 22 bills respectively, three key appropriations totaling 13.63 million dollars, creation of an Iowa development commission, and several social and tax changes. Major measures aim to boost dependent child grants, extend mining and hunting provisions, and expand pre pay medical plans for corporations.
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House
Senate
Board of Control
Board of Education
Robert Blue
C. F. Porter
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Decorah Hatchery Fire Causes Heavy Loss
Special to The Gazette reports a Saturday afternoon blaze at the L. C. Bolson hatchery in Decorah. An overheated stove started the fire, destroying a two story chicken house and killing 400 chickens in crates while 60 pigs and 400 chickens on the first floor were saved. Estimated loss is 3500 dollars.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
L. C. Bolson Hatchery
Pvt Marvin Boddicker Wounded in France
Mr and Mrs Marvin Boddicker of two miles south of Newhall were notified by the war department that their son Pvt Marvin Boddicker was wounded February 6 in action in France. He went overseas on November 7.
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Newhall
Marvin Boddicker
War Department
Pvt
France
Legislative Sidelights From The Associated Press
Iowa lawmakers hear State Treasurer John Grimes and Comptroller Fred Porter but expect no action on their fund channeling dispute. Departments switch to Grimes office for collections, while Gov Blue faces possible pressure to nix Nelson from the tax commission. House debate touches time saving readings and a wolf bounty bill lifts to ten dollars, with funny exchanges.
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John Grimes
Fred Porter
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Grimes
Porter
Robert D. Blue
Edgewood hot lunch program built by Mothers club
For 25 years Edgewood school has run a hot lunch program funded by the Mothers club and Westwood group with PTA help. Volunteers prepare and distribute meals, then wash up, while government aid covers eight cents per meal. Donations continue to cover deficits as families contribute fruit bread and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Mothers Club
Edgewood
Westwood Club
Westwood
U. S. Food Distribution Administration
Edgewood School
Pattee
Swanson
Poole
Route 4
Clarence Gerber
S. Handley
E. T. Harris
Woman in Custody as WAC Deserter
In Philadelphia military police detained 23 year old Harriet Washburn as an alleged WAC deserter. She claimed Hartford Connecticut as home but had lived in Philadelphia since leaving Fort Des Moines last summer. Deserter date given as August 28 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harriett Washburn
Woman’s Army Corps
Miss Washburn
Hartford
Iowa Leaders Push Mental Health Reform in State Hospitals
Iowa political note details W C Krabiel of Winterset urging Gov Blue and lawmakers to pursue expert guidance from the National Committee for Mental Hygiene to improve hospital care for the mentally ill. A 1938 survey is cited. questions of cost, staffing, and potential cures are raised. The piece also covers a highway tax dispute with the federal government and a bill to expand the state commission, linking its passage to wartime conditions.
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House Liquor Control Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
State Executive Committee
International Harvester Company
Statehouse
Frank Nye
the Gazette
Iowa
W. C. Krabiel
Winterset
Robert D. Blue
Nelson G. Kraschel
Idaho
Mason-Dixon Line
W. O. Price
Iowa Highway Commission
Washington
You May Never Suffer Another Acid Stomach Pain Ad
Advertises a 25 cent test claiming to relieve stomach and ulcer pain indigestion gas heartburn and sour stomach. Promises quick relief with Udga tablets and a money back guarantee if not convinced in five minutes. Not clear on product origin or active ingredients.
Iowa lawmakers discuss bulls and bills with a farm bent
The item notes a $5 bounty on wolves and a proposed prohibition on throwing the bull at rodeos in Iowa. It mentions Sen J R Barkley and Rep Glenn E Robinson, with details on the legislature composition: 158 members, 58 farmers, 35 attorneys, two hybrids. It highlights profiles of Strawman and Poston as attorney farmers.
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E. E. Poston
Corydon
Poston
Iowa
OWA
Sen
Barkley
Alben
J. R. Barkley
Moulton
Glenn E. Robinson
Colesburg
Clifford M. Strawman
Anamosa
Capt Schaeferle Wins Bronze Star in Norway Operation
Capt. L. G. Schaeferle, Mt. Vernon native and Cornell medical grad, earned the Bronze Star for heroic actions in Norway on D day. He saved many of his men while with the First Army in Belgium. His wife and two children reside in Gladbrook. Purple Heart awarded to Pfe. Don Krumm for injuries in Germany. discharged in England and now with unit in Berlin.
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MT. Vernon
L. G. Schaeferle
Fred E. Blaine
Norway
Schaeferle
Cornell College
University of Iowa
First Army
Belgium
Gladbrook
George Krumm
Pfe
Don Krumm
Germany
England
Berlin
Lowe resigns from state conservation commission
ALGONA AP J D Lowe who was not reappointed to the state conservation commission said Saturday he had resigned effective immediately. Lowe a Republican would have served until July 1 if he had finished his term. Gov Robert D Blue has appointed Ewald G Trost Fort Dodge Republican to the post for the six year term beginning July 1. Lowe said he sent a letter to Blue but the governor said he hadn’t accepted it and he didn’t know if a resignation is automatic or must be accepted formally.
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Robert D. Blue
Fred W. Nelson
State Tax Commission
Nelson
Commission
National Tax Administrators Association
House
Senate
Nevada
George Wilson
Rabiel
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
New York City
Algona
J. D. Lowe
State Conservation Commission
Lowe
Ewald G Trost
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Blue
Indiana man details Iowa murder and planned execution
Jarrett, a Webster County farmhand born in Indiana, confessed after his arrest to killing Mr. Warden and assaulting Mrs. Warden at the dairy farm near Gowrie. He said he killed to avoid being talked about and claimed he loved Mrs. Warden, admitting plans to kill both and then himself. He described the crime in Gowrie and was captured hours later, moving toward Iowa’s capital punishment list as the state's thirty fourth legal execution.
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Supreme Court
Webster County
Joe McMahon
Jarrett
Warden
Gowrie
Indiana
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Betsy
Edgewood No. 11
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Crandic
WMT
Cedar Rapids and
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Capt. Schaeferle
Bronze
Siegels
the Big Shoe Store
Second Avenue
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