Admiral Stirling predicts five year war at Cornell talk
Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. told a Cornell audience that the current war could last five years, with two more years if Singapore falls, and that by 1943 the United Nations may have Hitler on the run. He warned America to choose between two oceans or a compromise and urged strengthening air and naval production at home.
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Cornell College
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Stirling
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County Defense Heads Set to Convene January 27
Des Moines Iowa AP Rod ney Q Selby secretary of the Iowa industrial and defense council said county defense council chairmen across the state will meet at the statehouse January 27 to discuss civilian defense problems Speakers from the Office of Civilian Defense will attend and Gov George A Wilson will address the group A round table discussion will give chairmen a chance to ask questions and seek answers.
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Des Moines
Rodney Q.selby
Iowa Industrial and Defense Council
Iowa
Statehouse
Office of Civilian Defense
George A Wilson
Quasqueton Union Sunday school elects officers
The Union Sunday school in Quasqueton elected Howard Griffin as superintendent and elected officers including Mrs. M. E. Adams assistant, Miss Jeanne Cochran secretary, Robert Rutherford assistant, Mrs. Dorothy Griffin treasurer, Verda Fulton librarian, Virginia Adams assistant, Jean Hebel pianist, and Phyllis Franck assistant. OSSIAN Farmers Union Produce stockholders set annual meeting for Tuesday January 27 at the opera house.
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Quasqueton
Union Sunday School
Howard Griffin
M. E. Adams
Jeanne Cochran
Robert Rutherford
Dorothy Griffin
Verda Fulton
Virginia Adams
Jean Hebel
Phyllis Franck
Ossian
Farmers Union Produce Company
Opera House
Watchdogs urged for state and local treasuries
The Iowa Taxpayers association asks Gov. Wilson to appoint a nonbinding committee on reducing state and local expenditures during the war emergency. Joe L. Long proposes a chair, four officials, and public, labor, business, and agriculture representatives to study where spending can be cut or held constant, with broad public support likely for its recommendations.
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DES Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
George A. Wilson
Joe L. Long
Association
Long
Iowa
Fred Porter
County Officers Association
League of Iowa Municipalities
School Boards Association
Frozen Farmer Rescued After Snowbound Ordeal
Theodore Youngblood 74 was found frozen in a snowdrift near his isolated McGregor area home after a New Year storm. Snow plows opened the road to his farm and he was taken to Mason City hospital for treatment after six hours outdoors.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Theodore Youngblood
Mason City
Youngblood
Japan Colors Removed From Sioux City Mural
A custodian erased Japan's rising sun colors from a mural in Woodbury County courthouse in Sioux City claiming the auditor's office ordered the blackout for patriotic reasons. The World War I Allies colors remain and Italy's flag was not altered.
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Sioux City
INS
Japan
Woodbury County
United States
Italy
Was It Snuff Or The Real Stuff
In Waterloo district court a jury of 11 men and one woman heard final arguments in the drunk driving case of Hiko E. Folkers 32. Folkers blew into each juror’s face as defense lawyers claimed his alleged liquor breath came from snuff not alcohol. Judge A B Lovejoy allowed the breath tests after the prosecutor raised no objections.
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District Court
Hiko E. Folkers
Folkers
Everett Scott
Charles Pickett
A. B. Lovejoy
S. C. Jacobsen
Cedar Falls
Leffingwell Named To Head Defense Council
H. W. Leffingwell, executive secretary of the Marion chamber of commerce, was elected chair man of the Marion civilian defense council Thursday evening at a meeting in the Legion hall. Following his election Mr. Leffingwell appointed Kenneth V. Murdoch and H. E. Vander Linden as vice-chairmen and A. R. McElwain as permanent secretary.
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Marion Chamber of Commerce
Marion Civilian Defense Council
Legion Hall
Mr. Leffingwell
Kenneth V. Murdoch
H. E. Vander Linden
A. R. McElwain
Defense Council
Local notices and ads echo mid century life
The clipping lists ads for discounts and goods from Murray's and Owen's Drug, plus notices of moves and visits. It records the Peckosh move from Sixteenth Street to Fifth Avenue, Gordon relatives visiting, and several local social items including a Cedar Rapids art club gathering, Red Cross sewing, and a wedding in Center Point with guests from nearby towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Red Cross
L B de Wees
West Union Youth Recalls Hawaii Attack Experience
West Union youth Sergeant Ivan Grimes survived the December 7 surprise attack on Wheeler Field. He wrote his parents from Oahu that his Christmas and New Year were spoiled by duty, noting heavy damage yet pride in the Allied response. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Grimes.
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Wheeler Field
Grimes
Oahu
P. M. Grimes
Deaths from Manchester to Keystone in Iowa a week
Obituaries report deaths across several Iowa towns including Manchester Rowley DeWitt Hawkeye and Keystone. Notables include past Iowa State College graduate and Washington department of agriculture official and multiple survivors across families. Funeral services are set in various towns with burials planned in local cemeteries.
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Grant Clark
Ruth Pride
Phoenix
Ariz
Shelly
Clark
Iowa State College
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Naval trainees recalled from selective service
Dorcie G. Bearbower and Irving Strain with Frank Reinhold are recalled to service from selective service. Francis Reinold will be inducted next Tuesday at the Great Lakes Naval Training school in Chicago Illinois.
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Dorcie G. Bearbower
Great Lakes
Chicago
Irving Strain
Frank Reinhold
Francis Reinnoe
Tuesay
Eliminate Spring Vacation at Cornell
Cornell will drop spring vacation and move commencement to May 18. Final exams will be in class periods. 10 new defense related courses added. Second semester starts January 26 instead of February 2 after a faculty meeting with top officers present.
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Gazette
Mt, Vernon
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Rosemary Schallert
F. M. McGaw
Roy
John B. Magee
Jay MacGregor
Russell Cole
Baltimore
Johnson county names draft head for 20 to 44 year olds
George H Frohwein was chosen by the Johnson county draft board to lead registration of men aged 20 through 44. Iver A Opstad announced two new teachers for Iowa City schools Marie Baertsch replacing the late Martha Moermond and Evelyn Mc Kellips teaching at Longfellow. The Johnson County Cooperative Dairy Marketing association reelected Carl Hastings and Dr J H Wolfe as directors. Russell Lillie filed a $5 000 damage suit naming Maxey Oakes and Earl Reynolds over a 1941 Oxford township crash.
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Iowa City
George H Frohwein
Johnson County
Iver A. Opstad
Marie Baertsch
Whitehall
Wis
Martha Moermond
Iowa City High School
Evelyn McKellips
Iowa State Teachers College
Longfellow School
Johnson County Co-operative Dairy Marketing Association
Carl Hastings
J. H. Wolfe
A. N Hagen
Des Moines
Russell Lillie
Maxey Oakes
Earl Reynolds
Reynolds
Oakes
Oxford Township
Fire Causes 45000 Dollar Loss at Centerville Bank Building
A Centerville fire Thursday night caused about 45000 dollars in damage to the Centerville National Bank building and contents. The blaze, of undetermined origin, threatened the southeast business block from 9 p.m. to 4 30 a.m. It damaged a hardware store in the bank building and nine second floor business offices.
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Centerville
Centerville National Bank
SUI Testing Program Aims At 70000 Pupils In Iowa
Iowa City AP reports the University of Iowa's 1942 testing program is under way in 350 schools, with more than 70,000 pupils taking examinations to gauge grade and high school learning and capabilities.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
College of Education
Soldier misses bank night prize at theater debut
Pvt. Robert E. Tellander of Council Bluffs Iowa attended weekly bank night at a Camp Bowie theater before induction. He failed to win last week and received a letter saying his name was called. he would have won 700 dollars, more than his annual army pay.
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Tex
Robert E. Tellander
Council Bluffs, In
Tellander
Iowa City Youth Named Editor of Carletonian
Iowa City youth Mattill from Iowa City a Carleton junior has been chosen editor of The Carletonian for the coming year. He served last year as managing editor and is a member of the publication board. He was elected to Pi Delta Epsilon honorary journalism fraternity last fall.
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Mattill
Carleton
Iowa City
Carletonian
St Fek. 1
Pi Delta Epsilon
Confiscate 6 Slots In One-Man Raid At Hills
Johnson County Sheriff Preston Koser reported a one-man raid led by State Agent Forrest E. Dougan in Hills confiscating six slot machines. The machines included five-cent units at Cooney's, three five-cent machines at the H and D tavern, and a five-cent plus a ten-cent machine at Skriver's tavern.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Preston Koser
Hills
Forrest E. Dougan
Dougan
Cooney
H and D. Tavern
Skriver
Jalopies May Be Able To Re Tire Not Retire
Des Moines reports that car owners using obsolete tire sizes may still drive. State tire rationing director Robert B. Adams says select late 1920s and early 1930s sizes, though no longer manufactured, can be purchased for pleasure cars and other vehicles during wartime.
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Des Moines
Robert B. Adams
Adams
McGregor Opens New Light Plant With Street Lights
McGregor's new municipal light plant, costing $100000, powered street lights on Thursday night and began serving business and residences starting Friday.
Fire Hits Lennox Furnace Plant in Syracuse
Fire tore through the Lennox Furnace Company plant in Syracuse causing damage estimated at 800000 to 1000000 dollars. The Marshalltown Iowa based firm employs 150 workers, halting a defense contract for army heating units. The FBI opened a probe. Firemen battled six hours in near zero wind. two firefighters were lightly burned.
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N. Y
Lennox Furnace Company
Marshalltown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
SUI Opens Freshman Enrollment February Second
Iowa City officials announce a speeded schedule allowing freshmen to enroll Monday February 2 in liberal arts engineering and pharmacy. Upperclassmen may gain a full semester of credit by joining the new 12 week summer period, with first year work completed before the fall term.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Engineering
What Cheer Youth Reported Missing
Mr and Mrs Ferris Jordan of What Cheer were told by the war department that their son Wesley, a What Cheer youth in the armed forces at Pearl Harbor on December 7, was dead or missing. He had served in the navy over four years and leaves a wife in California and a sister Doris in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Army Now Will Enlist Paratroopers In Iowa
DES MOINES UP Iowans enlisting in the army may volunteer as paratroopers Capt W C Hoffman in charge of the recruiting office said this is the first time the specialized branch has drawn from civilian life Paratroopers must be 20 to 30 years old weigh 115 to 185 pounds have good eyesight and meet strict blood pressure requirements They receive 50 a month above base pay.
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