Old Main Fire At Decorah Colleges Plans Rebuild
Luther believes lightning started Old Main fire that gutted the 1860s building Sunday afternoon. Firefighters struggled as flames spread from attic to basement. water supply extended from the Upper Iowa river. Losses exceed 100000 with 85000 insured. insurance and rebuilding plans include fire resistant design and substantial campus housing for students. Summer session proceeds. other buildings serve campus needs.
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Old Main
Decorah
Waukon
Cresco
Postville
Calmar
Iowa River
Cal
Karl Hanson
O. W. Qualley
C. K. Preus
Koren
Laur Larsen
Loyalty
Eight Iowa Navy Recruiters Complete Training
Eight Iowa men have finished a 60 day training at San Diego naval base and will begin 30 days of basic recruiting service in Des Moines before permanent posts in Iowa. The group includes John R. Van Osdel Burlington Franklin B. Everett Davenport Charles J. Robinson Des Moines John B. Turner Cedar Rapids Marvin K. Johnson Des Moines Robert A. Knudson Fort Dodge kneeling: Thomas C. Hutchinson Des Moines Wallace W. Huff Sioux City Hutchinson to be stationed at Mason City. others to stations in their home communities.
Elkader Pupils Invest 1257 in War Stamps Drive
Elkader public schools sold 1257 dollars in war stamps during a four month campaign. May sales totaled 283.20 dollars from a student body of about 325. Dean Raymond Schlicher of the junior college directed the effort.
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Elkader
Elkader Public
Raymond Schlicher
Junior College
Carnival Worker Stabbed by Negro Dies in Des Moines
Harold F. McCasland 26 of Sulphur Springs Texas died from stab wounds after a carnival fight in Des Moines. Detectives sought Vandevere 28 and Maupin 23 both Des Moines residents, who were on $5,000 bonds after pleading innocent to assault with intent to murder.
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DES Moines
Harold F. McCasland
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Paul Castelline
McCasiland
Robert B. Vandevere
Ed Leon Maupin
Castelline
Vandevere
McCasland
People Who Misuse Old Tires Cannot Get Replacements
Des Moines Iowa rationing board orders block new or recapped tires for those who misuse tires. Inspectors may deny replacements if tires are deemed worn from abuse or neglect. Example: a coal truck driver wearing tires to failure under heavy loads should have used lighter-vehicle tires.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tornado Damages $60,000 Near Lake Park Iowa
A Lake Park area tornado Saturday night caused about 60,000 in damage across 12 farms seven miles long and a quarter mile wide. Five farms lost all buildings. no lives were reported. Families fled in cars or sheltered in basements or ditches as heavy rains followed.
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Lake Park
INS
Fea
Lien Bride Dorothy Lien Weds James Strike at Canoe Ridge
Dorothy Jeanette Lien daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Lien Glenwood township became the bride of James Strike of Lime Springs. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Alfred Bredesen at Canoe Ridge Lutheran church. They will reside on a farm near Lime Springs.
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Decorah
Canoe Ridge Lutheran Church
Dorothy Jeanette Lien
A. J. Lien
Glenwood Township
James Strike
Lime Springs
Alfred Bredesen
Viola Youth On Pigeon Linked Casualty List Report
The U S Navy casualty list No 4 released Monday names several Eastern Iowa men with Glen E Michels of Viola Linn county listed as missing after the mine sweeper Pigeon was sunk in Manila Bay A dramatic story about the Pigeon ran in this paper last week Michels family has not heard from him since November Le Roy V Murphy a North English youth and Marine prisoner of war report adds to the wartime notices.
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United States Navy Department
Iowa
Glen E. Michels
Gus Michels
Viola
Linn County
Michels
Manila Bay
Henry McLemore
Lavona Ray
Lowell
Dale
Glen
Red Cross
LeRoy V. Murphy
Marines
Virginia
Adolph Hals
Mr. Hals
Upper Iowa Awards Honorary Degrees At Commencement
Special to Gazette Fayette Two Upper Iowa graduates received honorary degrees at the eighty sixth annual commencement exercises on Monday. The Rev William E Butler pastor of the Methodist church at Vinton and a 1917 graduate was awarded the Doctor of Divinity. Milo Roy Maltbie class of 1892 and chairman of New York public service commission received the Doctor of Laws. Butler has pastored Methodist churches in DeWitt Greene Waukon Nora Springs and Iowa Falls. Cameron Self Washington senior won first in the John W Dickman contest. Claude Welch Fayette senior won Clarke-Craig ministerial prize and the Fawcett oratorical contest. Craig Whitney West Union freshman took second in the Fawcett contest. Henry Lewis won the Herz prize and LaVerne Gremmels Oelwein senior earned the Pi Rho Zeta business administration medal.
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Fayette
Upper Iowa University
William E. Butler
Methodist Church
Vinton
Milo Roy Maltbie
Public Service Commission of
New York
Butler
DeWitt
Greene
Waukon
Nora Springs
Iowa Falls
Cameron Self
Washington
John W. Dickman
Claude Welch
Clarke-Craig
Fawcett
Craig Whitney
West Union
Henry Lewis
LaVerne Gremmels
Oelwein
Pi Rho Zeta
Three Die in Memorial Day Weekend Auto Crashes
Three Memorial Day weekend fatalities boosted Iowa highway deaths to six for the week and 181 for the year. A Hendon crash near Hubbard claimed the lives of Godfrey Goret ske, 60, and his wife Mina, 55, of New Providence, Sunday in Clinton county.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Hendon
Hubbard
Godfrey Goretske
Mina
New Providence
Clinton County
Henry Luce Urges U S to Carry Liberty Worldwide
Henry Luce publisher of Life Time and Fortune tells Grinnell College exercises that moral rights, not material ones, will shape the future world. He says Americans bear the responsibility to carry the project of human liberty to all.
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Grinnell
Henry Luce
Life
Time
Fortune
Grinnell College
Luce
Riverside Alumni Banquet Highlights Annual Free Dinner
Riverside High School alumni gathered for the annual banquet and Meet reunion event. Attendees celebrated years of graduation, shared memories, and planned next year’s activities with school officials and local alumni leaders.
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Riverside
Riverside High School Alumni Association
Weather Card Reports Rainfall Across Iowa
The weather forecast says not quite so warm with a retreat from recent highs. General precipitation occurred with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the south and east, led by Lamoni 1.58 inches and Dubuque 1.25 inches. Other totals include City 0.79, Decorah 0.38, Sioux City 0.32, Fort Dodge 0.31. Sunday highs reached 89 in Iowa City and a 58 degree low occurred at Inwood.
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Weather Bureau
Lamoni
Iowa
Dubuque
City
Decorah
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Inwood
Iowa Deaths Briefly Record Delaware and Clinton Losses
Multiple Iowa obituaries list deaths in Manchester Strawberry Point Columbus Junction and South English. Fannie Noble 78 lifelong Delaware county resident died at home after illness. Harry Turner 60 former Manchester resident died near Madison. J J Byrnes Clinton died at home in Clinton. Mrs J S Blair 81 lifelong Columbus Junction resident died after weeks of illness. Charles McKnight 67 died after a sudden illness. Frank Coffman 77 pioneer of South English died at his son John’s home. Burial and funeral details follow for each case with local cemeteries named.
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Manchester
Charles 0. Noble
Delaware County
Shelly Chapel
R. J. Watson
Manchester Community Church
Greeley
Fannie Noble
Charles Noble
Harry Turner
Madison
Gill
Oakland Cemetery
Elsie Darey
William Sternhagen
Hopkinton
Cora Huycke
Fred Ellis
Santa Monica
Calif
George
Charles
Ben Turner
Strawberry Point
J. J. Byrnes
Clinton
St. Mary’s Church
Patrick J. Boyle
Cox Creek Township
Elizabeth Behrns
Mary Emerita
Lamars
Deloras
Ler
Bettie
Ters
Lulu Knight
Mildred
Ainton
Wie
Robert
Sa. Anteis
Texas
Columbus
Mire
J. S. Blair
Burizi
Columbus City
Blair
Ada Stapp
Here
Joseph S. Blair
Stapp
Nettie Lewis
Columbus Junction
Robert Lytle
Ohio
Blair Lytle
Charlies McKnight
Richie Chapel
Muscatine
England
Frank Coffman
John
Fawcett Chapel
F. Buriel
Fleming Cemetery
Winneshiek County to Send 37 to Army on June 9
Decorah reports Winneshiek County selective service will induct 37 men at Fort Des Moines on June 9. It is the county’s largest draft since service began. The tentative list includes volunteers and drafted from Decorah, Ossian, Spillville, Cedar Rapids, Postville, Wentworth, Fort Atineuu, Castalia, Dorchester, Austin, and nearby areas with several volunteers noted.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Selective Service Board
Fort Des Moines
Wayne R. Headington
Harold J. Richard
Harold J. Solem
Orin V. Rima
Donald O. Rod
Kenneth C. Gienn
Abrahamson
Robert L. McAndrews
Henry A. Bergman
Arthur G. Teske
Selmer E. Moen
Marvin C. Donian
Frank J. Karnik
Toller E. Martinson
Merton
Larson
Ossian
Arthur F. Zweibohmer
Selmer G. Grovdahl
Joseph A. Collins
Edward W. Kipp
Virgil V. Ira
Spillville
Norman W. A
Cedar Rapids
Former Marion farm laborer killed in Lincoln crash
Harold E. Richard 28 of Marion Illinois died when his car crashed into a culvert just outside Lincoln Nebraska. In the wreck Louella Smith and Mildred Phillips both 18 of Sioux City were seriously injured. LeRoy Jones 18 of Sioux City was less seriously hurt. Richard had last worked for F. E. Breneman on Old Marion road and previously on A. E. Miller farm northeast of Marion.
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Lincoln, Neb
INS
Harold E. Richard
Marion
Louella Smith
Mildred Phillips
Sioux City
LeRoy Jones
Richard Wert
Lincoln City
Richard
Lester R. Richard
Oklahoma City
Laurel, Neb
Selective Service
Marion, Sr
F. E. Breneman
Old Marion Road
Breneman
A. E. Miller
This Is No Time To Quit Fellows
McGREGOR The Garnaville Horse Thief Detective Association dissolves after a Civil War era origin along Turkey river country in Clayton county. The volunteer mounted patrol inspired fear in horse thieves, but no member survives today. Grandsons of the first riders still vote to discontinue the organization.
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McGregor
Garnaville Horse Thief Detective Association
Ee Eee
Turkey River
Clayton County
First Riders
Navy Opens General Enlistment to Negroes in V-6 Class
DES MOINES AP The Navy on Monday began accepting enlistments of Negroes for general service in V-6 or naval reserve. Lieut Truman Jones in Iowa said Negroes previously served only as mess attendants. Negroes may apply for especial construction work. Central division quota is 35 a week. Des Moines office can accept one a week. No limit on Mess attendant or construction enlistments.
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Des Moines
Navy
Naval Reserve
Truman Jones
Iowa
Jones
Graduation Week Begins at Iowa State for 700
Graduation exercises mark the seventy first annual commencement at Iowa State College with more than 700 graduates. Dr Charles E Finley president will deliver the address and confer degrees. Prelude events include religious services Sunday, a spring concert by the symphony orchestra and glee clubs, and senior promenade Thursday night at the president’s home.
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Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State Symphony Orchestra
Finley
Creun. Ns
Memorial Union Corporation
Memorial Union
Millersburg Alumni Elects Officers at Reunion
One hundred two registered Friday night at the Millersburg alumni reunion in the school gym. Clement O’Meara 42 was master of ceremonies. Officers elected were Erma Danshill president, Walter Humphrey vice president, Trevis Smith secretary, Mrs Esther Fuller treasurer.
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Millersburg
Clement O'Meara
Erma Danshill
Walter Humphrey
Trevis Smith
Esther Fuller
Misleading Wood and Rug Terms Exposed in Catalog Notes
A critical rundown flags common misnomers in lumber and textile names. It notes SOLID ROCK Maple often lacks strength, Philippine Mahogany is light, Jacquard Tapestry misused for cheap fabrics, Mohair Frieze linked to LES lamps, FELT mattress uses ter-cotton, and Broadloom Rug claims may mislead about width and weave types.
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Axminster
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