No Target Practice at Reformatory Guards
Anamosa Iowa men’s reformatory guards report no gun instruction or firing ranges on site and no regular target practice. Warden Foss Davis confirms the policy differs from Fort Madison where guards train and are held to monthly shooting standards.
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Anamosa
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Gazette
Foss Davis
Iowa
Fort Madison
Glenn Haynes
Percy Laingon
Haynes
Lainson
J. E. Bennett
Bennett
Power House
Penitentiary
Davis
the Gazette
Reformatory
K. E. Millsap
Donald O Swanson
W. J. McNamara
McNamara
Swanson
Millsap
New President for Iowa State Commerce Board Named
B M Richardson of Cedar Rapids elected president to succeed Carl W. Reed of Cresco. George L. McCaughan of Des Moines reappointed executive secretary. Richardson serves his fourth term as a commissioner.
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Des Moines
B M Richardson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Carl W. Reed
Cresco
George L. McCaughan
Richardson
Commission
Iowa City Woman Loses $30,000 Claim Against Estate
The Iowa Supreme Court dismissed Vera Hayer Redenbaugh’s $30,000 suit against the Ellen B. Hayer estate. She alleged an oral agreement that would have prevented a will and left her the entire estate, with a $1,000 bequest to her, though the $10,000 legacy was paid by 1937 and Hayer died in 1940.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Vera Hayer Redenbaugh
Iowa City
Ellen B. Hayer
Lamont
Redenbaugh
Decatur County
Hayer
Haye
University of Iowa to stage Junior Miss
The University of Iowa will present Junior Miss in the campus theater February 14 to 19. Prof E C Mabie announces student actors will fill many high school age roles while University students play the older parts. The comedy, based on Sally Benson sketches, was written by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields.
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Iowa City
New York
University of Iowa Theater
E. C Mabie
University High School
Sally Benson
Jerome Chodorov
Joseph Fields
Penicillin Saves Life of Soldier's Wife at Iowa City
Mrs. Charles Gibbs wife of a soldier owes her life to penicillin used by Iowa City doctors. Facing serious illness and blood poisoning a call to Schick hospital Clinton supplied the scarce drug until a Boston plane delivered more. Mercy hospital administered a half million units and Mrs. Gibbs began recovering.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Charles Gibbs
OPA Praises Iowa Teachers Pupils and Institutions for 1943 Ration Work
Des Moines district Office of Price Administration commends Iowa school teachers pupils and Wacs at Fort Des Moines for cooperation in ration book distribution during 1943. Penal institutions Eldora Fort Madison and Anamosa aided book three and the WAEs filed over 800000 registration cards. The district distributed tires and tubes and logged about 10000 items monthly across 89 boards while rationing became a background part of life.
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Des Moines
Price Administration
Iowa
Wacs
Fort Des Moines
R. E. Walters
Eldora
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Waes
Walters
Pfingeten to be installed as Rainbow for Girls adviser
At a public ceremony in the Masonic hall Thursday night Hellen Trene Pfingeten daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Pfingeten will be installed as worthy adviser of the Order of Rainbow for Girls Other officers to be installed include Electa Grozkruger worthy associate adviser Paula Anderson Charity Lillian Beck ope Mary Hige Faith Genevieve Heller recorder and Patsy Janss treasurer
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Belle Plaine
Masonic Hall
Hellen Trene Pfingeten
H. F. Pfingeten
Order of Rainbow
Electa Grozkruger
Paula Anderson
Charity
Lillian Beck
Ope
Mary Hige
Faith
Genevieve Heller
Patsy Janss
Traer Navy Flyer Lynus Briggs Killed in Action
Special to The Gazette reports Lynus Briggs of Traer was killed in action on Christmas Day in the South Pacific. Briggs, a 1942 Traer High School graduate, enlisted in the navy air corps over a year ago. He is survived by his mother Mrs Harry Briggs his wife Arline Johnson and several siblings.
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TRAER
Lynus Briggs
South Pacific
Harry Briggs
Arline Johnson
Traer High School
Briggs
Navy Air Corps
Mrs. Ladd Is Dead Rites Wednesday
Mrs. William A. Ladd 86 died Monday at her home 973 Eleventh Street She was born Ellen Lenora Cunningham March 15 1857 near Anamosa and married Sept 30 1877 at Wyoming The couple moved to Marion in 1922 Surviving are seven children two deceased a sister eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services Wednesday at 1 30 in Yocom chapel with Rev Arthur W Henke officiating burial in Riverside cemetery Anamosa
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William A. Ladd
Eleventh Street
Ellen Lenora Cunningham
Anamosa
Wyoming
Marion
Donnan Junction
Canton
Clayton W. Ladd
Rockford
Clement F Ladd
Ladysmith
Wis
Sue Schroeder
Des Moines
Orcie W. Ladd
Alhambra
Calif
Samuel A. Ladd
Chicago
Penn M. Ladd
Amana
Mildred Uhr
Harriet Cunningham
Winslow, Ariz
Yocom Chapel
Arthur W. Henke
Riverside Cemetery
China Essay Contest Winners Announced in Marion Schools
Winners in the China essay contest held in the Marion schools in December were announced Tuesday by A W Salis bury high school principal. Top entrants included Richard Awbrey twelfth Barbara Seger eleventh Muriel Reichert ninth Norma Parks eighth Shirley Balcom Iola Knapp seventh John Snell Jean Carlson Dixie Ann Rathman Sidney Sue Cary Mary Lou Nielsen. Prizes included books Chinese manufactured articles and passes to the Marion theater.
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Marion
John C. Mullin
A W. Salisbury
Richard Awbrey
Barbara Seger
Muriel Reichert
Norma Parks
Shirley Balcom
Iola Knapp
John Snell
Jean Carlson
Dixie Ann Rathman
Lincoln
Sidney Sue Cary
Emerson
Mary Lou Nielsen
Irving
Marion Theater
Vinton and Marion High Schools Play Friday Teens Night
The Vinton and Marion high school basketball teams meet here Friday with the second teams at 7 and varsity at 8. An advertisement lists a for rent sleeping room and garage at 208 Ninth street. Fireman Robert McConaughey, son of the McCaughys, transferred from Farragut Idaho to Iowa State College. Mary Lowe Dickinson circle of Kings Daughters meets Monday at Mrs Amber Travis home and donates $5 to blood plasma fund.
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Vinton High School
Marion High School
Ninth Street
Robert McConaughy
James McConaughys
Farragut
Idaho
Iowa State College
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daughters
Amber Travis
Harlan Knight
Grove City Rebekahs Install New Officers
Grove City Rebekah lodge installs Betty Johnson as noble grand with Ethel Bell as installing officer and Derflinger staff aiding. Other officers named include Harlan, Woods, Berlin, Booze, Carnahan, Wishniewsky, Keenan, O’Kelly, and more. Ceremony features flowers, gifts, and presentations to Woods and Johnson as guests attend from Cedar Rapids and Dumont.
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Betty Johnson
Noble Grand
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
Ethel Bell
Gladys Derflinger
Mable Harlan
Maxine Woods
Grace Berlin
Ruth Booze
Bernice Carnahan
Janet Wishniewsky
Ruth Keenan
Emma O’kelly
Derflinger
Bell
Elia Harding
Alma Zimmer
Ota Spence
Anna Mary Mollenhauer
Gladys Ballard
Amelia Murphey
Bertha Barnes
Florence L. Clark
Woods
Pluma Terrill
Barnes
Emma O'Kelly
Johnson
Linda
Clara Dunt
Ruth Gibney
Elsie Knapp
Miss Terrill
Rose Garrison
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Dumont
Five Iowa Officials Seek Reelection in 1944
DES MOINES AP Five state officials Tuesday announced reelection bids subject to June Republican primaries. They are Secretary of State Wayne M Ropes Auditor C B Akers State Treasurer John M Grimes Secretary of Agriculture Harry D Linn and Attorney General John M Rankin. Akers is the only survivor from 1939 on the executive council. Grimes 70, Rankin 70, Lin n 38, Ropes 45, Akers 55.
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Des Moines
Wayne M. Ropes
C. B. Akers
John M Grimes
Harry D. Linn
John M. Rankin
Akers
Iowa Statehouse
Rankin
Ropes and Linn
Grimes
B. B. Hickenlooper
W. G. C. Bagley
Mason City
Marine Corps
WAC
Ottumwa
Osceola
Missouri State Senate
Montezuma
Carroll
Perry
Linn
Shelby County
Iowa State College
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Newman to Present Program at Roll Call
Cardinal will be given at roll call and Mrs. T Arthur Newman, a guest, will present the program.
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Cardinal
Surprise farewell for Audrey Maxson by local Baptist church
Audrey Maxson, moving to Burlington to live with her aunt Mrs. Lloyd Staab, was honored at a surprise farewell party Monday hosted by the Baptist church at the manse with 17 attendees. Also noted: Milton Prouty’s flu illness improvement and visits by relatives. church activities and upcoming meetings. staff transfers and new births announced. community notices including missing sweater reward.
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Audrey Maxson
Burlington
Lloyd Staab
the Baptist Church
Benjamin H. Shaw
Local Art Club Delays Meeting This Month
J H Leaf of 220 Sixth Avenue sustained severe knee injuries after slipping on ice at his residence and was taken to St Luke's hospital for examination. The New Art club also announces it will not meet this month, listing members Mmes C A Dykes Vernon Carter Cecil Albright Rosa Reiter Mae Widger and Charles Harlan.
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Vernon H Carter
Des Moines
Christian Churches
Christian Church
Mmes
C. A. Dykes
Vernon Carter
Cecil Albright
Rosa Reiter
Mae Widger
Charles Harlan
J. H. Leaf
Sixth Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Decorah Man Killed In Collision at Sea
Roger Frank Dinger of Decorah is killed in a sea collision near New Jersey when the navy patrol ship St Augustine collided with a merchant vessel 60 miles southeast of Cane May New Jersey He is the twelfth locally reported gold star death in the area reported to his parents Mr and Mrs Irvin Dinger.
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Decorah
Irvin Dinger
Roger Frank Dinger
St. Augustine
New Jersey
Cane May
N. J. Dinger
Des Moines College Site Bought For 80 000
Revenue stamps on a deed filed in Polk county show Alfred Lawson’s Humanity Benefactor Foundation of Detroit paid 80000 last August for the vacant former Des Moines University buildings. The buyer pledged to reopen the college under the Des Moines University name, and the sale was from bond holders of the institution.
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DES Moines
INS
Polk County Recorder’s
Alfred Lawson
Humanity
Foundation of
Detroit
Des Moines University
Missing teen Doran Machovec sought after farm death
A statewide search intensified for 15 year old Doran Machovec who vanished after his stepfather Paul Voss was found dead with a gunshot wound at a farm south of sere.
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Renwick
Doran Machovec
Paul Voss
South Be Sere
Purple Heart for Moore’s Parents
Mr and Mrs Charles Moore of 225 Twenty seventh avenue SW received the Purple Heart won by their son Fireman Second Class Robert James Moore who was killed in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8 1942. He enlisted in July 1941 at age 17 after attending St Ludmila and St Patrick schools. The Moores also got a condolence letter from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. They have five other children Hillard a Seaman first class in the North Atlantic Clifford John and Michael at home.
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Charles Moore
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Robert James Moore
Coral Sea
Moore
St. Ludmila’s
St. Patrick’s
Navy
Moores
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Leo Vanda
Seaman
Hillard
North Atlantic
Clifford
John
Michael
Body of Missing Iowan Recovered
Las Vegas army base officers announce the recovery of Pvt. Steve S. Kudron of Dodge, Iowa, one of 13 men who parachuted from their disabled B-17 over the southern Nevada desert last Tuesday. Eleven men returned safely last Wednesday.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Army Air Base
Steve S. Kudron
FM. Dodge
Nevada
Mid-Year Commencement At Cornell College
MT VERNON Dr Lewis L Dunnington pastor of the First Methodist church in Iowa City will speak at Cornell college mid year commencement on Jan 30 His topic The Powerhouse of the Mind Graduating with BA are Walter William Badger Chicago Truth Mathilde Carlson Keokuk Mary Elizabeth Emmett Reinbeck Edward Samuel Gill Keokuk Barbara Mildred Kelley Reinbeck Malcolm Kenneth Nielsen Chicago Marilou Stiles Aurora Ill Glenn Courtright Van Auken Elmhurst Ill The bachelor of music graduates are Lyman John Colton Kirkland IL Margare Coe Heitz Muscatine and Verna Mae Vetter Decorah All but one of the men graduates are already in the armed services.
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MT. Vernon
Lewis L. Dunnington
First Methodist
Iowa City
Cornell ‘College
Walter William Badger
Chicago
Truth Mathilde Carlson
Keokuk
Mary Elizabeth Emmett
Reinbeck
Edward Samuel Gill
Barbara Mildred Kelley
Malcolm Kenneth Nielsen
Marilou Stiles
Aurora
Glenn Courtright van Auken
Elmhurst
Lyman John Colton
Kirkland
Margare Coe Heitz
Muscatine
Verna Mae Vetter
Decorah
Armed Services
Government approves profit based employee bonuses
Federal policy allows firms to continue profit based bonuses to workers whether on calendar or fiscal year as long as the rate remains unchanged from the prior year. Rep Henry Talle hailed the Vinson ruling as a significant early win for white collar workers amid salary stabilization rules.
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George Stlypson
Washington
Fred Vinson
Henry 0. Talle
Iowa
Rep. Talle
War Labor Board
Internal Revenue’ Bureau
Treasury Department
Talle
Vinson
Brothers Reunited as Simons Brothers Return Home
Waterloo AP reports four Simons brothers returned home on furloughs after a year apart, visiting their mother Mrs. Josephine Simons. The item notes the family gathering in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Simons Brothers
Josephine Simons
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