Hope for 250 Trailers for Vets at SUI
The University of Iowa aims to obtain 250 trailers for veterans and families this week. University business manager Fred W Ambrose says he is in Chicago with federal Public Housing administration officials. Iowa City housing officials weigh prefabricated houses for married students and barracks for single men, while local households are asked to list available rooms for the university bureau.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Fred W. Ambrose
University
Ambrose
Chicago
Public Housing Administration
University Housing Service Bureau
Give Room to Veterans at Drake College
Dr George S Beery dean of students at Drake university urged Des Moines residents to house returning veterans attending the school saying housing is critical. He said 150 former servicemen and women are needed and that those housed are high caliber, aged 19 to 24 with overseas service of at least three years.
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DES Moines
George S. Beery
Drake University
Beery
New Consolidated School Planned For Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine to host Monday night meeting at Belle Plaine high school to consider establishing a consolidated grade school and high school for 89 square miles in southern Benton and parts of Tama, Boone, and Iowa counties. Estimated cost between 125000 and 200000 dollars. Longfellow school proposed for razing. plan deferred due to shortages.
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Belle Plaine
Citizens
Dwight Erickson
Benton County
Tama
Bpoweshiek
Iowa
Erickson
Longfellow
Richardson Seeks Commerce Post Again
B M Richardson of Cedar Rapids and member of the state commerce commission announced his candidacy for renomination in the Republican primary on June 3. He has served since 1924 with re elections in 1928 1938 and 1942. The other member and chairman David B Long of Des Moines announced his candidacy two weeks earlier.
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B. M. Richardson
Cedar Rapids
State Commerce Commission
Richardson
David B. Long
Des Moines
Des Moines Ordnance Plant Transferred to RFC
The $53 million Des Moines ordnance plant near Ankeny is transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as surplus property. E. J. Joss, plant manager for United States Rubber Co., said title shifted from the War Department at midnight Saturday.
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DES Moines
Ankeny
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
E. J. Joss
United States Rubber Company
War Department
Dutch Schmidt Former SUI Athlete Discharged
Navy Lt. C. G. Dutch Schmidt former University of Iowa athlete has been discharged after three years and nine months service. He commanded a patrol communications craft in the Pacific and helped escort occupation forces into Tokyo bay. He entered service September 15, 1942 and will return to work with American Hospital Supply in Chicago after leave with his family in Dysart.
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Dysart
Navy
C. G. “Dutch” Schmidt
University of Iowa
American Hospital Supply Corporation of Chicago
Schmidt
Elmer Schmidt
Pacific Theater
Tokyo Bay
American Hospital Supply Corporation
Tulsa, Okla
Franklin Hohen in Watts Hospital after car strike
II Franklin Hohensee, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Hohensee, is in Watts hospital with a compound arm fracture severe cuts and bruises and head injuries after being struck Friday evening by a car driven by Mrs Lauren Faas who said she did not see the boy in time to avoid him.
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Marengo
Franklin Hohensee II
Fred Hohensee
Watts Hospital
Lauren Faas
Strike-bound Plant At Fairfield Closes
Fairfield reports Dexter Washing Machine plant shut after production workers strike to press wage demands. Of 130 workers, 96 voted, 82 supported the strike, 12 opposed, two spoiled. Office staff remained on duty. company did not comment.
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Fairfield
Dexter Washing Machine Company
International Association of Machinists
AF of L
Farmers Union To Hold Leader Training School
A statewide leadership training school will be held in Des Moines from January 18 to 21. Paul Erickson announces with Gladys Talbott Edwards and Fred W. Stover in charge. sessions cover agricultural legislation cooperatives publicity recreation leadership problems and human relations. A. W. Rickers dean of Farmers Union editors to speak at final session.
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Des Moines
Paul Erickson
Iowa Farmers Union
Gladys Talbott Edwards
Denver
National Farmers Union
Fred W. Stover
New Hampton
A. W. Rickers
Farmers Union
Oakville Plans Levee Repairs After Severe Floods
Oakville officials announce repair plans for levees on the Iowa and Mississippi rivers as floodwaters recede. More than 400 farms remain underwater with damage estimated at 5 to 7 million dollars. Red Cross coordinator Lucille Fristoe urges affected families to register for aid.
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Oakville
Iowa
Mississippi
Ed Yotter
Levees Commission
Yotter
Lucille Fristoe
St. Louis
Red Cross
May Hire Expert For Penal Survey
DES MOINES AP The state penal institution survey committee will meet Jan 19. District Judge F H Cooney Carroll, committee chairman, may hire an outside expert or agency to survey Iowa institutions. The six citizens named by Gov Blue will study Fort Madison penitentiary Anamosa reform school Rockwell City Women s reformatory Eldora Boys Training school Mitchellville Girls Training school to give the public the complete picture.
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Des Moines
State Penal Institution Survey Committee
F. H. Cooney
Carroll
Iowa
Cooney
Robert D. Blue
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa
Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory
Eldora Boys
Mitchellville Girls
Threlkeld Leads AM Life Production in 1945
Des Moines report notes 32 general agents from 13 states gather for American Mutual Life Insurance three day conference. R M Threlkeld Jr of Cedar Rapids will receive the Production club presidency for highest company production last year.
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Des Moines
INS
American Mutual Life Insurance Company
R. M. Threlkeld, Jr
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Vets Returning From Overseas Reach Eastern Iowans
Eastern Iowans listed for return to East and West Coast ports include Dwayne Hanson Cedar Rapids Edward Lis Anamosa Elton Fuller Cedar Rapids Donald Goodman Anamosa Delmore Evans Columbus Junction Robert Samek Cedar Rapids Richard Uchytil Belle Plaine LeVerne Platz Dyersville Clayton Shady Maquoketa Herman Knutsen Arlington La Fayette Hamil Washington Lester Hamil Washington Robert Burner Cedar Rapids Charles Waterhouse Cedar Rapids Keith Glasgow Iowa City John Ferris Marquette Lynn Sanford Columbus Junction Lester DeGrand Iowa City Emil Terbl Cedar Rapids Lewis Wilkinson Marion Robert Gunderson Lamont Merlin Bechen Lamont Robert Brehm Urbana Dean Washburn Cedar Rapids Francis Lee Sigourney Robert Armstrong Iowa City plus Robert Alden Wyoming to take over coal business March 1.
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Associated Press
New York
George Campbell
Dwayne S. Hanson
Independence
Emma Willard
Edward J. Lis
Cedar Rapids
Elton L. Fuller
Donald B. Goodman
Anamosa
William Cody
Donald H. Wessels
Dyersville
Newport News
Belle Plaine
LeVerne C. Platz
Clayton L. Shady
Maquoketa
the Slatejerdike
Herman H. Knutsen
Arlington
LaFayette M. Hamil
Washington
Lester F. Hamil
Robert L. Burner
William R. DeMo
Marion
Robert S. Gunderson
Lamont
Merlin F Bechen
Robert W. Brehm
Urbana
Seattle
Savo Island
Raymond IL. Thomas
Monticello
Dean C. Washburn
Francis E. Lee
Sigourney
Robert E. Armstrong
Iowa City
Reckless Driver Faces Four Charges in Hit and Run
Harold LeRoy Osborn, 22, of Center Point, pleaded guilty to reckless driving after a hit and run at a Sixteenth Avenue SW filling station. He paid 75 dollars and five dollars on three related charges reporting the accident, concealing identity, leaving the scene, and turning off lights. Police traced his car after the 1:30 a.m. collision with Les Hartmann’s bus. Another driver, John Masek, faces charges for a separate hit and run on First Avenue and Thirteenth Street SE and will appear in court Tuesday.
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Harold LeRoy Osborn
Center Point
Osborn
M. G. Swords
Charles Fels
Sixteenth Avenue
Les Hartmann
Hartmann
Harry S. Johnson
John Masek
Sixth Street
Masek
Gordon Hughes
First Avenue
Thirteenth Street SE
Policeman Helps Manage Nylon Hose Line In Springfield
In Springfield, AP reports a long line formed outside a store selling nylon hose. Policeman John Nolan directed traffic and joined the line, purchasing a pair for his wife.
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Springfield, Ill
John Nolan
Men and Women In Service Card Summary
Seaman R L Hotz serves on U S S Landing Ship Tank 836 as part of a undefeated basketball team that has beaten Missouri and other ships, with near 50 wins. Ensign W W Groff serves on U S S Canberra, crippled in 1944 and back at sea in 1945. Sgt Charles Moeller arrives in San Francisco from Manila. he enlisted in 1942 and his wife is Mrs Susan Moeller. Brothers Earl and Howard serve, Earl transferred to military police in Vienna, Howard en route home from Guadalcanal. First Lt Bill Moeller, navigator on a B 29, completed 15 missions at Saipan and aided emergency food drops.
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R. L. Hotz
Seaman
U.S.S
Missouri
Seaman Hotz
Olin
Charles Moeller
San Francisco
Calif
Manila
Susan Moeller
Third Street
A. Avenue
Pfc
Earl
Bavaria
Austria
Vienna
Cpl
Howard
Guadalcanal
Bill Moeller
Saipan
Woman Struck and Purse Snatched by Two Men
Lavina McGillicuddy reported two men grabbed her purse while she walked on Third avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets SE. One man struck her cheek as they escaped with the purse. A sailor who witnessed the incident alerted police.
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Lavina McGillicuddy
Eighth Street
Miss McGillicuddy
Third Avenue
Sixth and
Seventh Streets
Suspects Escape Down Alley Between Avenues
Police report that the chase ended with the men escaping up an alley between Second and Third avenues, avoiding capture.
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Second
Third Avenues
Truce Violations Reported by Chinese Sides
Both the nationalist government and the Communists accused each other of breaking the cease fire as their undeclared civil war continued beyond the midnight Sunday deadline. A spokesman for the central government said the Communists intensified military operations after the cease fire.
Burglary Suspect Foiled by Fence and Window Break-In
Albuquerque police report a burglar sealed a 15 foot fence bent window bars cut heavy wire netting and broke a window to enter Simon Goldman's store His loot included one traveling bag and one pair of suspenders.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Simon Goldman
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Gentle Constipation Relief
For over 40 years Dr F M Edwards of Ohio has offered Olive Tablets to ease constipation and its headaches dull eyes and sallow skin. The vegetable tablets gently stimulate bile flow and bowels for natural movements with no weakening effects. Available in 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ sizes.
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F M Edwards
Ohio
Dr. Edwards
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