Salute to Military Ball Honors Cadets at Iowa Union
In a University of Iowa Memorial Union event, more than 1,500 ROTC cadets and guests danced through eras from 1917 to 1942 as Miss Barbara Kent of Iowa City was named honorary cadet colonel and Lionel R. Fuller of Dubuque cadet colonel and regimental commander. The night featured Les Brown's orchestra and a blackout era ambiance with no combat threats, focusing on a spirited social celebration.
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America
Pacific
University of Iowa Memorial Union
Barbara Kent
Iowa City
Lionel R. Fuller
Dubuque
Les Brown
Kent
Hanford MacNider Called To Active Duty In Army
Hanford MacNider, 52, former national American Legion commander and ex assistant secretary of war and minister to Canada, is placed on active duty on a special assignment. A colonel in the infantry reserve, he leads the Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. and has spoken for America First rallies. He will leave Mason City Saturday.
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Mason City
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Canada
Army
Infantry
MacNider
America First Committee
Northwestern States
State Employees Granted 30 Days Pay for Volunteering
Des Moines attorney general Rule grants 30 days pay to state workers who volunteer for armed service, matching the rights of those drafted. Rankin said volunteers should not be discriminated against and urged liberal interpretation of the statute.
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DES Moines
INS
John M. Rankin
Mary Huncke
Board of Social Welfare
Rankin
Rationing Director Explains Release Of Obsolete Tires
Des Moines Iowa rationing director Robert Adams said obsolete tires may be issued while supplies last to any applicant with a valid need. Applicants must show an unusable old tire to a local rationing board and receive a certificate after inspecting the tire. Old tires are not deducted from local quotas.
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Des Moines
Robert Adams
Iowa
Adams
Iowa Convicts Offer Blood for Defense
Iowa’s Fort Madison prisoners, barred from front line service, have bought defense bonds totaling 51 800 with their small earnings and now express a desire to donate blood to the state blood bank as a further aid to the war effort.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Madison
Glenn Haynes
Board of Control
D. W. McCreery
George A Brown Seriously Ill In Des Moines Hospital
George A Brown former secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association is seriously ill in a Des Moines hospital. Reported internal hemorrhages and serious overall condition.
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Des Moines
INS
George A. Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Fan
Wine Gains Boosted December Sales of Liquor to New High
DES MOINES AP reports Iowa state stores sold a record $2,205,578 of liquor in December 1941, up 29 percent from 1940. Wine sales surged 48 percent to 36,849 gallons while total gallonage rose 11 percent. distilled spirits up 7.61 percent. Calendar 1941 sales reached $16,249,527, up over 20 percent from 1940 as officials cite reduced illegal sales.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Commission
Amish Mennonite Given A Complete Draft Deferment
Glenn Beachy 23 of Kalona Iowa was classified 4-E by a draft appeal board as a conscientious objector. The board ruled deferment justified and noted Beachy and family shun modern conveniences for religious reasons.
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Burlington
Glenn Everett Beachy
Route 1
Kalona
District Draft Appeal Board
Harold Wilson Burlington
Beachy
Old Order Amish Mennonite Church
William F. Riley
Des Moines
District of
Iowa
Riley
Johnson County Leads in UI Student Representation
Johnson county has the most University of Iowa students with 768. Linn county follows with 289, mostly from Cedar Rapids, and Polk county has 287. Overall one fifth of the student body comes from these three counties.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Johnson County
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Polk County
Iowa Households Recall Wartime Food Scrimping
The Des Moines AP report discusses 1942 Iowa production goals and possible food conservation efforts echoing 1917 18 patterns. It notes a 10 percent corn acreage rise and calls for more pork eggs and soybeans while detailing the 1917 18 campaign, per capita sugar use, and community groups adopting the pledge to conserve food.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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William L. Adamson
R. O. T. C. Scottish Highlanders
the Food Administration
Ivan Pollock
The
United States
France
Pollock
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