Iowa U School of Religion Sees Record Enrollment
IOWA CITY AP The University of Iowa School of Religion reports its largest enrollment in 18 years approaching 1000 students, with elective courses for freshmen and a funding model relying on outside groups for faculty salaries. The school, founded 18 years ago, emphasizes church-state separation and maintains a governance board with at least half church membership.
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Iowa U. School of Religion
Iowa-City
University of Iowa
School of Religion
Iowa
Iowa Democrats Plan Full Slate At '46 Election
Des Moines Iowa Democrats will run full county tickets in counties where Republicans have been unopposed in past campaigns. The party discussed a governor candidate but did not endorse any single name. A. J. Loveland surfaced as a prominent figure. A Jackson day dinner is planned for Feb. 23 at $25 per plate with Byrnes and Farley invited. All but the Second congressional district were represented.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Jake More
Party
More
James F. Byrnes
James Farley
National Committee
Driver and Passenger Die When Car Overturns
John Jones aged 32 and Harry Miller aged 31, both of Riceville, were killed when their car skidded on a gravel road and overturned Friday. Jones, the driver, suffered a broken neck. The men were returning to Riceville from a business trip to Des Moines.
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John Jones
Harry Miller
Riceville
Jones
Des Moines
Des Moines Pub Manager Nicked For $1,000 Fine
William J. Hanny, manager of the Ran-Da-Voo tavern in the Randolph hotel, received a $1,000 fine and 10 months in Polk county jail after pleading guilty to violating the Iowa liquor control act. Police testified at the grand jury they found three bottles of bitters and 50 cases of liquor during the Aug. 24 raid. Injunction proceedings against Hanny and the Randolph Hotel Co. were filed Friday by County Attorney Vernon Seeburger.
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Des Moines
William J. Hanny
Randolph Hotel
Polk County
Tom K. Murrow
Grand
Hanny
Randolph Hotel Company
Polk County District Court
Vernon Seeburger
State Buys 422 Acre Recreation Area in Muscatine County
DES MOINES AP The state conservation commission announced the purchase of 422 acres in Muscatine County for 17000 to be developed as a hunting fishing and recreation ground. It was bought from Mr and Mrs W J Hohnke and will be modified with roads parking and fishing facilities for public use.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Muscatine County
W. J. Hohnke
Fred T. Schwab
Schwab
Iowan Sues Australian War Bride for Divorce
Des Moines AP report says Julian Perry Guerrero, a Pacific veteran, filed for divorce from his Australian wife who prefers to remain in Australia. They married in Brisbane in June 1944 and lived together six weeks before he departed.
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DES Moines
United States
Australia
Iowa
Julian Perry Guerrero
Brisbane
Draft call boosted in Iowa for February
DES MOINES AP Brig Gen Charles H Grahl state selective service director said Saturday Iowa's draft call for February has risen about one third over recent quotas. Calls had run about 1000 a month since last August Col Robert Fulton quotas officer said part of February call to be filled by men slightly below regular army standards.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Iowa
Robert Fulton
Parolees Earn Full Pardons
DES MOINES AP reports 228 men on parole or from the state penitentary and reformatory entered the armed forces. 10 pardoned and 127 discharged from parole. Gov Blue may pardon more. eligibility depends on honorable discharges. Anamosa and Fort Madison cohorts show dozens discharged while in service. Parolee pardons restore civil rights, and panels handled inductions but are now idle.
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DES Moines
State Penitentiary and Reformatory
State Board of Parole
Robert D. Blue
Parole Board
Anamosa
Burlington Railroad Abandons Iowa Branch Line
Interstate Commerce Commission approves abandonment of 53.15 miles of Burling ton branch line from Burch to Osceola spanning Polk Warren Madison and Clarke counties in Iowa. The move affects service across four counties and ends the corridor segment in Osceola.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Railroad
Polk
Warren
Madison
Clarke Counties
Iowa
Burch
Osceola
Radio Hams on the Air Again Their Baby Has Come of Age
Radio hams return after wartime ban with gear shifting from homebrew to manufactured rigs. Veteran operator Charles W. Boegel Jr. predicts compact 100 to 250 watt transmitters with built in oscillators and dial control. Microwave tech and new antennas will expand high frequency work as hams push into bands once deemed useless.
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Charles W. Boegel, Jr
First Avenue SE
Boegel
Rockingham
Boegeel
Harold Moss
E Avenue NE
Moss
Navy Leads Army Isn t Far Behind in Iowa Enlistments
In IA during the last three months the Navy led with about 760 recruits, the Army 719, and the Marine Corps 67. January enrollment is expected to surge, with officers noting most enlistments come from 17 and 18 year olds and veterans from the last war returning to service.
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Des Moines
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Iowa
John Quigley
Veterans
Army Recruiting Office
William V. Hannay
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Shenandoah
Spencer
OPA Settles 34 More Iowa Cases
DES MOINES AP Walter D. Kline district director announced that the Iowa OPA settled 34 cases last week with payments totaling $2,162.46. He said enforcement activities had been stepped up with new techniques to speed processing of price ceiling violations and reduce red tape.
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Blake Boulevard
Hahn
Willard Lampe
Tr. C. Waples
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Camelera
Lampe
A. J. Loveland
State
Dwight McCormack
Fort Madison
State Selective Service
Carl Kane
Ottumwa
William F. Banks
Hannay
Col. Hannay
Dubuque
Waterloo
Burlington
Ottumwa Council Bluffs
L. A. Edwards
Marine Corps Office
Jack R. Munday
Munday
OPA
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