Iowa Commencement Nods Over 1100 Degrees Plan
Iowa City students pursue 1100 plus degrees at the eighty first University of Iowa commencement. Baccalaureate services set for 8 pm in the field house with exercises at 9 am Monday. Degrees awarded include 427 BA 169 BS commerce 98 MA 51 MS and 25 PhD. Notable lists include 56 lawyers 80 doctors 16 dentists 15 pharmacists and 68 engineers among professional colleges.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Most WPA Workers Favor Private Jobs In Iowa
DES MOINES AP A large portion of Iowa WPA workers prefer private employment when available, officials said. From January to April 1941, 7 038 left the WPA rolls, 4 792 for private work, 108 for military service, and 2 138 for other reasons. Reassignments to WPA happen quickly if private work ends, Keller noted. WPA certifications declined statewide 33 percent in the last year, with Des Moines county down 82 percent. Data show age shifts, with 20–30 year olds decreasing, 45–65 stable. Accomplishments include 28 000 miles of road work, 444 new buildings, and 18 swimming pools.
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DES Moines
Iowa Workers Projects Administration
WPA
Iowa
South Central District
Keller
Postmasters Named in Iowa Towns
President Roosevelt nominates postmasters for Iowa towns including Blakesburg George H Abernathy Keystone Ralph M Griesy New Sharon Norvil B Richards Rake Wayne O Thomas Toledo John N Lichty West Bend George W Montag
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Iowa
Gretchen L. Saam
Lansing
Kathryn Eileen McGuire
Postville
Howard Joseph Humphrey
James Robert Kelleher
Genevieve A. Griebel
Waukon
Arno Willard Buntrock
Donald Joy Goode
John Ernst Wadsworth
Marjorie L. Eggleston
Vinton
Elaine Belle Markham
Gerald William Siegel
Bertil Roseberg
Ruth Edwinna Nafus
Nashua
Robert James Stuart
Elmer C. Heinmiller
New Hampton
Edward Alvin Larson
Alva T. Gray
Lorna Lou Densmore
Edgewood
Lucy Ann Neylan
Elkader
Thomas John Walch
Marjorie C. Witt
Robert Carl Kent
John Francis McKee
Clarence F. Reimer
Leon John Degnan
Guttenberg
Dorothy Jane Hunter
Littleport
Earl John Sass
Marquette
Gilbert W. Kirkpatrick
Spencer Harvey Dale Stewart
Grand Mound
Very
Henry Nading
Mary Adams Holmes
Greeley
Lynn Wallace Morrow
Hopkinton
Jane Anne Arnold
Manchester
Jean Marilyn Lawman
Clyde Neil Johnson
Kenneth Roy Kimport
Marengo
Helen Hatter
North Engish
Elsie Eva Foerstner
South Amana
Marvin N. Vonaswege
Victor
Richard Newell Pugh
Williamsburg
Conrad F. Schadt
Philip Gerald Keil
Melvin Henry Witte
J. Russell Jones
Eleanor Hope Bowman
Maquoketa
Rex Rudolph Harrington
Ralph Martin Kauffman
Washington
Roosevelt
Blakesburg
George H. Abernathy
Keystone
Ralph M. Griesy
New Sharon
Norvil B. Richards
Rake
Wayne O. Thomas
Toledo
John N. Lichty
West Bend
George W. Montag
Shuttleworth Hancher Highlight Iowa Alumni Day
Iowa City alumni day welcomed Shuttleworth president elect of the UI Alumni Association and a 1891 class reunion with 48 alumni receiving gold medals. President Hancher praised the university and noted the 1891 law class won the traveling trophy for highest returning percentage as 14 of 17 living graduates attended.
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Iowa City
Craven Shuttleworth
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Shuttleworth
Virgil M. Hancher
University
Glenn Devine
Alumni Association
Hancher
Harris Rail
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Marion
Steel Shortage May Delay Construction of Office Building
Des Moines AP reports a looming steel shortage tied to defense demand questions the fate of Iowa’s capi tol office building project. Gov Wilson and a 11 member committee weigh options as OPM orders prioritize essential needs.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Capitol
OPM
State General Fund
Executive Council
George A. Wilson
Seven People Hurt in Southeast Independence Auto Crash
Mr and Mrs Alex Schmidt of Chicago and their four children were treated at Mercy Hospital in Oelwein for injuries from a head on collision three and a half miles southeast of Independence. Mrs Schmidt suffered a broken kneecap and her husband both feet broken and a fractured wrist. Betty Schmidt had a fractured skull and Delores a broken wrist. Gerald Hand of Independence, the other driver, was treated for a scalp laceration and discharged.
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Oelwein
Alex Schmidt
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Independence
Peoples Hospital
DeWitt Dairyman Killed by Lightning at Home
Herman Andersen a 47 year old DeWitt dairyman was killed instantly when struck by lightning at his home Saturday around 4 pm as he reached the barn to milk. Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs Harvey Paulsen Green Island and Mrs Homer Hester Miles a son John at home and his mother Mrs Peter Heneke Maquoketa funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at DeWitt Congregational church with burial Elmwood cemetery.
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Dewitt
Herman Andersen
Andersen
Harvey Paulsen
Green Island
Homer Hester
Miles
John
Peter Heneke
Maquoketa
DeWitt Congregational Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Sixty seventh Encampment of Iowa G. A. R. Opens Next Week
Des Moines hosts the 67th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment and related group conventions for four days. Only about six of Iowa’s ~50 Civil War veterans are expected to attend, with national officers from the Woman’s Relief Corps and Daughters of Union Veterans present. Governor George A Wilson is set to speak on Tuesday evening at the G. A. R. camp fire.
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Ladies of the
G. A R
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans
S. U. V. Auxiliary
T. J. Noll
Des Moines
Grace Houlette Hahn
Miami
Fla
Woman's Relief Corps
Nellie Stammel
Indianapolis
Ind
Mattie Reason Tucker
Cranston
R. L
George A Wilson
No Rail Service In Decorah After Flood
Decorah faces rail disruption as Rock Island and Milwaukee lines are washed out. Truck service from nearby towns handles transportation while restoration may take weeks. One house washed away near the dam. Julius Peterson and family escaped minutes before. Water pumps basements of about 400 flooded homes. upper floors of nearby houses reported. Highway No 9 shoulder melted and edge fenced.
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Decorah
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Julius Peterson
Interstate Power Company
Peterson
Nels Howe
Iowa
Trout Run Creek
Civilian Fleets for Emergency Aerial Service Proposed
A civilian plan envisions a nationwide reserve of flea planes trained by volunteers in cities like Dubuque. Small owners would form a pilot reserve, with non pilots invited to gain flying experience for future government and civilian training programs. A Chicago meeting will organize the drive backed by small plane manufacturers.
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Dubuque
Siner
Chicago
Last Des Moines County Civil War Veteran Dies at 97
Edmund B. Davis, the last Civil War veteran in Des Moines county, died Saturday at age 97. He served 34 months with Company E, Twenty-fifth Town volunteer infantry, fought under Sherman in the march to the sea and at Vicksburg Atlanta Cherokee Station and Columbia S C. Born January 15 1844 in Des Moines county he attended the 75th anniversary of Gettysburg in his ninety fifth year.
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Burlington
Edmund B. Davis
Des Moines County
Davis
Sherman
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Cherokee Station
Columbia S. C
Twenty-fifth Town Volunteer Infantry
Davis J. Palmer
Washington
Gettysburg
Iowa Crime Declining Says State Radio Report
Des Moines AP notes crime items broadcast by five Iowa state stations dropped from 9 000s in the late 1930s to 4 571 in the prior year. Cars stolen rose slightly from 1 544 to 1 574, while recoveries exceeded thefts by 116 in the prior year and by 86 in 1939. Officials cite cycles and enforcement as possible factors.
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DES Moines
Iowa
H. H. Joy
KGHO
Fairfield
Atlantic
Storm Lake
Cedar Falls
Wheat Growers Vote 70 Percent in Favor of Quotas
Iowa voters pass marketing quotas for the 1941 wheat crop by a wide margin as part of a nationwide test of federal farm controls. The statewide tally shows a 6 to 1 split in favor with 86 percent of those voting supporting quotas.
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Iowa
Towa Aaa
Jackson
Towa
AAA
Buchanan
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo
Clarke
Clayton
Delaware
Emmet
Fayette
Grundy
Hancock
Hardin
Howard
Mitchell
O’brien
Poweshick
Monona
Harrison
Wheat
Allamakee
Black Hawk
Chickasaw
Jones
Linn
Winnebago
Johnson
Agriculture Department
Department
South
Landon to Speak at Simpson College Graduation
Alf M. Landon will address Simpson College graduates in Indianola Iowa Monday on the topic On Our Way Where The address will be broadcast on the Mutual network at 10 30 a m Landon a 1936 Republican presidential nominee plans a critique of Roosevelt foreign policy and the war or peace debate.
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Alf Landon
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Simpson College
Indianola
Mutual
Roosevelt
White House
United States
Landon
Brain Derby Entries Hit 900 From 221 Iowa Schools
Nine hundred pupils from 221 Iowa high schools enter the University of Iowa's thirteenth annual brain derby. Prof. E F Lindauerst directs the event with 1100 tests offered free to participants.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
E. F. Lindaurst
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Loretta D. Costello
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East Main
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Iowa River
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William Nesseth
Washington Street
George A. Keller
Peter Usgaard, Jr
T. P. Usgaard
East Main Street
Office of Production Management
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DeWitt Dairyman
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