Iowa Plants Brace for Steel Strike Across State
Reports from Des Moines to Muscatine indicate many plants face steel shortages within weeks. Several firms have 30 day supplies, while others expect layoffs in two weeks. USES official Leif Schreiner warns effects could deepen after two weeks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Newton
Dubuque
Morrison Brothers Company
Klauer Manufacturing Company
Wood Brothers Thresher Company
Council Bluffs
Omaha Standard Body Company
Davenport
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Clinton
Waterloo
U. S. Employment Service
Leif Schreiner
Charitable Drive in Dubuque Nets $27,759
A three hour charity drive in Dubuque raised at least 27,759 dollars. Archdiocese head Most Rev Henry Rohlman announced the figure on Monday.
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Dubuque
INS
Henry Rohlman
Veteran Druggist Retires at Lowden
P H Jurgensen long serving Lowden druggist retires after 56 years selling shop to F L Schoff and C W Paulsen who anticipates discharge. Jurgensen age 80 came from Clinton to open the store January 2 1890. He served as postmaster mayor councilman recorder and school director. He also headed Modern Woodmen of America for 23 years. The Jurgen sens plan to move to Clinton with two grandchildren. They had a son and daughter both deceased.
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Lowden
P. H. Jurgensen
F. L. Schoff
Seaman
C. W. Paulsen
Schoff
Paulsen
Jurgensen
Clinton
Modern Woodmen of America
Jurfensen
St. James Catholic Church
Toronto
Jurgensens
Band Concert for Eldora Inmates by 35-Piece Group
Carl King leads a 35 member band with soloists to entertain inmates at Eldora state training school for boys on February 3. The concert is arranged by a Fort Dodge retailer promotional committee at no cost to the state. Cooper urged communities to support entertainment for the boys, calling it their responsibility.
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Eldora
Carl King
State Training School For Boys
Fred N. Cooper
Fort Dodge
Cooper
Congressional Medal winner Briles weds then resumes farming life
Hershel F. Briles, 32, Medal of Honor recipient, married Wilma Telfer at Prairie City and, delaying a honeymoon, returned to manage a 200 acre farm near Elkhart. He earned the Medal for rescuing four wounded comrades and capturing 55 Germans in Germany. The couple had known each other as neighbors in Prairie City before the war.
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Prairie City
Herschel F. Briles
Truman
Germany
Briles
Ted Schlosser
Elkhart
Wilma Telfer
Rail head Clyde Crooks dies at 71 in Boone
Clyde H. Crooks, 71, president and general manager of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern railroad, died at his home in Boone on Sunday from a heart ailment. He led the regional line and was a prominent figure in railroad operations.
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Boone
INS
Clyde H. Crooks
The
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
Dual Tragedy in Iowa Town Nevada Triggered by Slaying and Fire
Kenneth Deeds, 25, who confessed to the shotgun slaying of Charles Hammond, 50, Nevada, Iowa, died in an Ames hospital after his throat was slashed. He had set fire to the Hammond home and died shortly after calling the sheriff saying he was dying. no charges were filed.
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Nevada
Kenneth Deeds
G. A. Hall
Charles Hammond
Ames
Deeds
Hammond
Vets Returning From Overseas Eastern Iowans Listed
A list from the Associated Press shows Eastern Iowans and other names returning to U S ports. Names include Cedar Rapids residents Sgt Carols J Driante and Pfc Gordon Schultz with several ships such as the Wooster Victory the Alexander Lillington and the Eastland. Arrival dates range Jan 25 to Jan 29 with notes that dates may be estimates.
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Associated Press
United States
New York
Joel Harris
Sgt
Carols J. Driante
Cedar Rapids
Keith H. Christiansen
The
Wooster Victory
Dean W. Stokes
Dysart
NYU _ Victory
Calvin E. Kennedy
Alhambra Victory
Luther C
Stanley
Brooklyn
Leslie E. Clute
Manchester
Gordon Schultz
Monona
Alexander Lillington
John W. Pappas
Independence
Seattle
Eastland
Ralph M. Campbell
Washington
James W Skeffington
DeWitt
Elmer R. DuMont
Sigourney
Raymond C. Gilbert
Eldora
Donald P. Hayes
Maquoketa
William D. McCall
Albert L. Puckhaber
Lynn A. Ralston
Edward J. Merrick
Baldwin
Train Hits Truck Near Neligh Kills One Injures One
A Northwestern freight train struck a small truck at a crossing west of Neligh Nebraska. One man was killed and another seriously injured in the Sunday collision. Authorities investigated the accident and identified the victims.
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Norfolk, Neb
Ins
North Western
Neligh
Neb
Eighty Plane Pilots At Clarinda Meeting
W A Dunn of Clarinda was elected president of the local unit of the Iowa Pilots Association at a Sunday night gathering. About 80 pilots from across Iowa attended to protest state aeronautics commission regulations, claiming duplication with existing rules. It was the first meeting of a hoped for state-wide organization.
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Clarinda
W. A. Dunn
Iowa Pilots Association
State Aeronautics Commission
Aeronautics Commission
H and W Truckers Still Idle Amid Strike
About 100 drivers employed by H and W Motor Express in Dubuque remain on strike as negotiations continue. The protesters walked out on November 15 and the company runs routes from Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis and Des Moines, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Clinton and Waterloo serving 150 northeastern Iowa towns dependent on trucking service.
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Dubuque
INS
H. and W. Motor Express Company
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Waterloo
Iowa
Protests Over Rent Controls From Iowa City Reach State OPA
Des Moines reports Walter D Kline OPA director received letters telegrams and calls protesting Iowa City Chamber of Commerce demand to lift rent controls. University groups urged keeping ceilings amid feared higher rents while Kansas City tragedy highlighted poor living conditions. Iowa Falls seeks local rent controls as well.
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Des Moines
Walter D Kline
OPA
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Crowed
University Center
The
University Veterans Association
State University Veterans’ Association
Iowa City
Reuters
Kline
Kansas City
Deputy's Stolen Car Found Wrecked Nine Miles South
An automobile stolen from a Scott county deputy sheriff by Sheridan Cushman a 32 year old trusty in the Scott county jail at Davenport was found wrecked Monday in a ditch nine miles south of Clinton Cushman escaped Saturday.
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Clinton
Scott County
Sheridan Cushman
Davenport
Here
Cushman
Troop Arrivals By United Press
Twenty seven ships were scheduled to arrive at east and west coast ports Monday with 26195 homecoming servicemen. New York arrivals include Wooster Victory from Le Havre 1532 troops and Pursuer from Southampton 469 troops. Norfolk Los Angeles Seattle arrivals list multiple ships with hundreds of troops from Europe and Asia.
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United Press
New York
Wooster Victory
le Havre
Inf
Southampton
M.P
Thomas Barry
Howard Victory
Marseille
Reverdy Johnson
Antwerp
Justin S. Morrill
Pittston Victory
Naples
Pierre Soule
Nicholas Gilman
Edward Burton
Stephen Austin
Liverpool
Exanthis
Calcutta
Schonarie
Bremen
Norfolk
James B. Moore
Los Angeles
M. Patrick
India
Independence
Saipan
O. H. Ernst
Korea
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Soar
Edwin Guber
Calvary Baptist
Homer Grimes
Lowan
Walon Wall Ensemble
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People's Furniture CO
First Avenue
Broadston Furnace Co
Dial
4Th Ave
Miss Crawford
H. and
W. Truckers
Penetro
State
Cape Perpetua
Yokohama
Refuge
Karachi
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Genney
Cynthia
Oxfords
Penney's
Zelan
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