New Payroll Savings Plan Aimed at War Bond Purchases
Des Moines AP reports a state wide payroll allotment plan to start June 15. W L Clark says 10 percent is only a starting point and firms will set higher firm quotas. Workers should deduct living costs and invest the remainder in war bonds to build individual reserves against possible postwar breadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. L. Clark
Iowa War Savings Staff
Fridday
Clark
Treasury Department
Lane estate valued at 13585 in Des Moines inventory
Dr Stoddard Lane pastor of Plymouth Congregational church died May 17 leaving an estate valued at 13 585 according to district court inventory filed Thursday.
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Des Moines
Stoddard Lane
Plymouth Congregational Church
Walters New OPA Chief Bids Politics Stay Outside
R. E. Walters, 52, takes over Iowa district OPA duties from Shelby County board chair, vows no political games, and aims to inform public about rationing shifts. He wants staff united on rationing, stresses public education, and notes emphasis on price controls shifting as war needs change.
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Shelby County Rationing Board
Walters
Harlan
Jake More
Democratic State Central Committee
OPA
Lena Pratt dies at 75 in Marion Linn County widow of J L Pratt
Mrs Lena E Pratt 75 longtime Linn county resident and Marion widow of J L Pratt died after a long illness at her home 862 Ninth avenue Marion Born in Central City May 8 1868 she was married there Jan 21 1889 Mr Pratt died Dec 25 1921 She leaves two sons Verne Pratt Coggan and Glenn Pratt Willows three grandchildren and a great donation to services at Yocom chapel. Burial at Mt Clark Central City. She was a Presbyterian member.
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Lena E. Pratt
J. L. Pratt
Ninth Avenue
Marion
Central City
Pratt
Calif
Verne E. Pratt
Coggan
Virginia Harmon
Willows
Dorothy Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Robert G. Pratt
Santa Monica
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R. de Jong
Mt. Clark
Fort Worth Boy on Summer Trip to Colorado Camp
Stanley Edward Blinks of Fort Worth Texas visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs A E Blinks en route to Camp Chief Ouray Granby Colorado for the summer The Rev Jonas Priestly of Riceville will supply the pulpit of Marion Congregational church for two weeks Gordon Grocery offers ground beef 25c lb Briardale butter 45c lb plus McKesson magnesia tablets pocket 36 at 19c economy 100 at 39c at Owens Cut Rate Drug
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Stanley Edward Blinks
Fort Worth
Texas
A. E. Blinks
Camp Chief Ouray
Granby, Colo
Gordon Grocery
Jonas Priestly
Riceville
Marion Congregational Church
McKesson’s
Owen
Pioneer, Is Dead In South English
SOUTH ENGLISH W G Teakle 84 died Wednesday after a short illness. Born in Pennsylvania he moved to Iowa as a boy and lived near South English most of his life. Married Jennie Coffman in 1884 they marked their fifty ninth wedding anniversary on Feb 14. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs Otha Huber five grandchildren and five great grandchildren all living near South English. W G Teaktle
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Cazette
W. G. Teakle
Pennsylvania
Iowa
O’brien
South English
Jennie Coffman
Otha Huber
Cedar County Men To Army June 21
Inductees from Cedar county depart for Camp Dodge on June 21 after a two week furlough. Listed are Otis A. Gable Jr and others from Tipton, Mechanicsville, Downey, West Branch, Lisbon, Durant, Stanwood, London, Davenport, Moline, Council Bluffs, and transfers from Bedford and South Dakota.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Camp Dodge
Otis A. Gable, Jr
Milo E. Phelps, Jr
Gerald E. Schilling
Lewis A. Baer
John O. Wilson
Mearly B. Christian
Charles G. Agne
Frank G. Will
Richard N. Tidey
Don J. Davidson
Mechanicsville
Edward J. Bowman
Uncles Refuse to Prosecute Tichy
John Tichy, 21, released by Sheriff Koser after his three uncles asked not to press charges over an alleged $800 theft. Tichy was arrested in Cedar Rapids with $196.17 in his possession.
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Iowa City
John Tichy
Preston Koser
Tichy
Cedar Rapids
Koser
Former Walker Man Killed in Boiler Explosion
Harry A. Fairchild, 43, of Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fairchild, was killed Thursday in a rendering plant boiler explosion near Union in Hardin county. Survived by wife Dora Butterfield, four children Willard Vernon Donald Richard Evelyn, two brothers John Oakdale and Algie Rowley, four sisters Ruth Rowe Troy Mills Floyd Templeman Walker Glen Ralston Independence Rebecca Fairchild Boulder Co.
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Walker
Harry A. Fairchild
J. H. Fairchild
Union
Hardin County
Dora. Butterfield
C. W. Butterfield
Willard
Camp Crowder
Vernon
San Bernadino
Calif
Donald
Richard
Evelyn
John
Oakdale
Algie
Rowley
Ruth Rowe
Troy Mills
Survey Shows Gas Not Being Wasted In Cedar County
Tipton reports show a local distributor sold over 22 000 gallons in May. Of this total 39.7 percent went to rationed essential trucks, 22.4 percent to non highway farm uses, 20.5 percent on A ration coupons, and 17.4 percent on B and C coupons. The business declined 20 to 25 percent, indicating gasoline is not being wasted in Cedar County.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Iowa Doctor to Head Baylor Medicine Department
Dr. James A. Green an associate professor in the University of Iowa College of Medicine since 1932 will leave July 1 to become head of the department of medicine and dean of the clinical faculty at Baylor University in Houston Texas.
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Iowa City
James A. Green
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Department of
Baylor University
Houston
Tex
Development of Nation Depends On Newspapers
Douglas McMurtrie of Chicago told the National Federation of Press Women convention that the United States and its very being depend on the printer and the newspaper. He, a typography director and historian, said ink is essential to many endeavors.
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Des Moines
Douglas McMurtrie
Chicago
National Federation of Press Women, Inc
United States
McMurtrie
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Paul R. Bumbarger
Iowa Daily Press Association
R. E. Walters
Oe of Price Administration
Liberty
Marion News
Lena Pratt
Linn County
Lara Fowler
Mrs. Earl Grant
Savanna, IL
Syl’s Grocery
Bob Hoff
Springfield, Mo
San Antonio
Earl Bohlken
Signal Corps School
Iona Mae Bohlken
Pfc
Edward M. Conrad
Denver
Dad
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Culbert’s Food Market
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Lipton's Noodle
Cateye
Clicquot Club
Kellogg's All-Bran
Koolaid
Johnson
Pks
Jack Sprat
Salada Morton
Wilson
Clorox
Prings Ib
W. G. Teaktle
Syndicate
First Avenue
Floyd Templeman
Glen Ralston
Independence
Rebecca Fairchild
Boulder
Colo
DR. Green
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