Simpson College Receives $100000 for Science Building
Simpson College in Indianola received a $100000 gift from the Gardner Cowles Foundation of Des Moines to fund a new science building in memory of George Washington Carver. Construction will begin when wartime restrictions lift, with a alumni fundraising drive planned to raise $30000 for equipment.
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Indianola
Simpson College
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines
George Washington Carver
Simpson
Iowa State College
Tuskegee Institute
South
E. E. Voigt
Rent Administrator Not Needed in Iowa City
James W. Rogers of the Chicago OPA said after reviewing complaints about rising rents that the current situation in Iowa City is not acute. He stated a rent administrator would not be needed now and future complaints can be filed on special forms at the Iowa City office and reviewed in Des Moines by district administrators.
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Iowa City
James W. Rogers
Chicago
OPA
Rogers
Des Moines
Iowa City V F W Sues for Beer Permit
The Iowa City post of Veterans of Foreign Wars filed a petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus asking Mayor Teeters and the city council to issue a class B club beer permit. The post says the permit should have been issued by May 10. Hearing set for next Wednesday before District Judge Harold D Evans.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Teeters
Harold D Evans
Father Receives Son's Purple Heart Citation
Frank Ohmer of McGregor receives a Purple Heart citation for his son Thomas Ohmer a fireman second class killed in action aboard the destroyer Meredith. Thomas enlisted in 1941 trained at Great Lakes and Dearborn and shipped from San Francisco in 1942. He was missing October 15 1942 and later reported dead.
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McGregor
Frank Ohmer
Thomas Ohmer
Ohmer
Meredith
Navy
Great Lakes
Dearborn
Ill
San Francisco
Fayette Man Graduates As Air Force Navigator
Everett E. Shafer of Fayette has completed navigator training at Hondo Field Texas and been commissioned as a second lieutenant. He graduated Fayette High School in 1943 and enlisted in June 1948 after earning letters in football baseball and basketball.
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Fayette
Everett E. Shafer
Army Air Force Training Command
Hondo Field
Texas
Shafer
McGregor Girl Becomes Army Medical Corps Dietitian
McGregor resident Ann Meggers daughter of Dr and Mrs E C Meggers has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army medical corps She will serve as a dietitian A 1943 University of North Dakota graduate she has worked the last year as a dietitian in Cook County Hospital Chicago
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Mcgregor
Ann Meggers
E. C. Meggers
Army Medical Corps
University of North Dakota
Miss Meggers
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Iowa to Seek 12 Million for Local Schools
Iowa's school code commission headed by Senator G W Hunt plans to ask for a $12 million state appropriation to support local high and grade schools. The request, representing about a quarter of the $50 million annual local school outlay, will be included in the commission's report to Governor Bourke B. Hicklenlooper and forwarded to the January legislature. Most funding comes from property taxes with some relief from homestead credits totaling about $14.5 million annually.
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Des Moines
Iowa School Code Commission
G. W. Hunt
Guttenberg
Bourke B Hickenlooper
Iowa
Services at Marengo Saturday for Mrs Rabe
Mrs Peter G. Rabe 46 assistant secretary and treasurer of the National Farm Loan association in Marengo will be laid to rest at St. Patrick’s Catholic church Saturday. She died Wednesday. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Geraldine Ratten Chicago and two sisters Marguerite Faulkner Marengo and Mrs Nora Keegan Williamsburg.
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Marengo
Peter G. Rabe
National Farm Loan Association
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Rabe
Cedar Rapids
Pella Chronicle Cited By Editorial Association
Milwaukee AP report notes three Iowa weeklies honored at NEA convention. The Pella Chronicle earned engraving award for best use of illustrations and a special editions prize in weekly class. New Sharon Star and Parkersburg Eclipse also cited for general excellence by Editor and Publisher.
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Milwaukee
Iowa
National Editorial Association
Pella Chronicle
NEA
New Sharon Star
Parkersburg Eclipse
Eastern Star elects leaders at thirty-fifth grand session
Sixty delegates from 24 Iowa chapters return home after the annual grand session. Mrs Elizabeth Jones of Clarinda is named worthy grand matron and Percy Parker of Mason City is worthy grand patron. Other officers include Mary Range Fort Madison and Rose Johnston Cedar Rapids among the new line. 1945 meeting planned by Cedar Rapids chapters Rebecca and Silver Leaf.
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Mason City
INS
Iowa
Order of Eastern Star
Elizabeth Jones
Clarinda
Percy Parker
Mary Range
Fort Madison
Lorenda Lewis
Ottumwa
Effie Porter
Clinton
Warden
Mary Lackey
Waterloo
Grand Sentinel
Orea Buice
Des Moines
Sarah Jett
Cleota Buckner
Davenport
Mary Green
Evelyn Glutz Moore
Burlington
S. J. Caulder
Rebecca and
Silver Leaf Chapters
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Soldiers Named Among War Prisoners
Washington reports 25 Iowa soldiers held as prisoners by Germany and two by Romania. Named are Lt. Lemoine H Clausen and S/Sgt. Charles W Doerring and S/Sgt. William D Jones with listed mothers. Interned in Romania are Lt. Eugene F Holbenson and S/Sgt. Keith J Westphal.
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Washington
Iowa
Germany
Romania
War Department
Lemoine H Clausen
Bertha C Clausen
Blairstown
Charles W. Doerring
Ed A Doerring
Luana
William D Jones
Blanche E. Jones
Manchester
Eugene F. Holbenson
Clinton
Keith J Westphal
Greenfield
Retired Iowa Doctor Outlives Insurance Rewarded at 96
Evanston Illinois AP reports Dr John H Burlingame a Cherokee Iowa physician and Civil War veteran and former Cherokee mayor received a 51 273 check from an insurer as one man in a hundred thousand for outliving the policy expectancy having reached age 96.
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Evanston
John H. Burlingame
Burlingame
Cherokee
Iowa City
Eight Iowa highways remain closed after floods
The Iowa state highway commission says eight routes stay shut due to flood damage. Closures include No 2 east of the Missouri River with a washed out section and no detour, No 5 in West Fort Dodge, No 10 east of Oelwein with washed bridge approaches, and No 30 near the Missouri River on a temporary detour. Some roads are open with limited traffic or detours, including No 6 near Coralville, No 14 south of Newton, No 34 at Pacific Junction, and No 218 near Iowa City.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa
Missouri River
Fort Dodge
Oelwein
No 63
Eddyville
Sigourney
Oskaloosa
Clutter
Coralville
Newton
Pacific Junction
Plattsmouth Bridge
Iowa City
Church Societies Install Officers in Cedar Rapids Church
Mrs. Vernon H. Carter led installation of officers for the Christian church missions groups with assistants. The Women’s Missionary Society, Grace H Starr Missionary Circle, and Companions Guild named presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, and treasurers. Tapers lit the altar. refreshments served in the east room.
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Vernon H. Carter
Raymond Daum
Harold Halstead
Christian Church Missionary Societies
Women’s Missionary Society
C A. Dykes
J. L. Roberts
Roy Mack
Fred J. Lang
Grace H Starr
Amber Travis
Companions Guild
Henry Kriegermeier
Floyd Emmons
Thomas Thompson
Harry Rowley
Rosalie
Diane Hess
Clarence Meggers
Mrs Clara Dahms Dies After Heart Attack in California
Marion friends learn of the death of 62 year old Mrs Clara L Dahms who collapsed from a heart attack at the home of her son in law and daughter, J L Campbell in Piedmont California. She once lived in Marion and worked in Martins Cedar Rapids alteration department. Burial planned in California.
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Marion
Clara L. Dahms
J. L. Campbell
Piedmont
Calif
Dahms
Martin's
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Sunderland
Chicago
California
Wic Fuhrman
Earl T Cone
McEnany
Plan Postwar Projects Now Plan Postwar Projects Now
Iowa supervisors hear finance advice from State Comptroller Porter to fund postwar work now while war limits apply. Moran of Story county elected Iowa County Officers Association president as Des Moines chosen for 1945 convention. officers named in multiple roles across clerks supervisors and auditors.
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Des Moines
INS
Claude L. Moran
Nevada
Story County Board of Supervisors
Friday
Iowa County Officers’ Association
Fred _ Porter
Iowa
King Palmer
State Department of Social Welfare
Palmer
Iowa County Officers Association
Arthur Axmear
Cedar Rapids
Val L. Kies
Dubuque
L. G. Grant
Jefferson
Edward Refshauge
Cedar Falls
George W. Callenius
Granville
Frank Squires
Glidden
H J. Schmitz
Eldora
Anna My
Frank O Laing
N D Reimenschneider
Marshalltown
Andrew Jensen
Primghar
N D. Reimenschneider
Mason City
Man Wrestles 60-Pound Silver Ballot Into War Bonds
Des Moines AP report notes Harry T. Sharp owner of a beer and beverage business saved silver dollars for four months until reaching 1012 dollars. He carried the 60 pound load downtown and invested the total in war bonds.
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Des Moines
Harry T. Sharp
Sharp
Farewell Courtesy for Retiring Marquette Priest
The people of St Marys parish in McGregor and Marquette honor Rev J J Horsfeld who served 28 years. Guests included Rev Vernon Peters, Rev Rikels, Mark Young, Harvey Haltmeyer, Wendell Schroeder and long time parishioners Belle Wingen John Elbling and Mrs Mary Moody. Father Horsfeld will remain in service and plans a home next to the parish house. Father Peters arrives from Clermont to take over.
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Mcgregor
St. Mary’s
Marquette
J J. Horsfeld
Father Horsfeld
Vernon Peters
Father Rikels
Garnaville
Mark Young
Harvey Haltmeyer
Wendell Schroeder
Belle Wing
Sgt Jimmy James of Wyoming Back in States with Medals
S/Sgt Jimmy James 23 from Wyoming Ia returned from service outside the continental U S and is processed for his next assignment at the Army Air Forces redistribution station in Miami Beach Fla He was an engineer-gunner on heavy and medium bombers and credited with destroying two enemy planes and scoring three possibles across 34 missions in 13 months in the China Burma India theater He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf cluster.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Jimmy James
Wyoming
Continental
United States
Army Air Forces
James
China- Burma-India
Howe to Lead Iowa Taxpayers Research Department
Leo A Howe named head of the statistics and research department of the Iowa Taxpayers Association, effective July 1. He formerly served with the Office of Defense Transportation and led Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce traffic for seven years, with prior traffic work in Des Moines and a threshing firm.
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Leo Howe
Iowa
Des Moines
Leo A Howe
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Howe
Office of Defense Transportation
Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce
Ottumwa
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Howes
Hail Damage Hits Winneshiek County Farms and Homes
A Thursday evening storm battered the northern Winneshiek county area with heavy hail. Crops suffered, many home windows broke, and Decorah reported hailstones nearly doorknob size though no serious damage was noted.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Improve Comfort With FASTEETH For Loose Teeth
An improved alkaline powder sprinkled on teeth or opiates keeps dentures firmer and more comfortable. It soothes irritated mouths and reduces embarrassment from loose plates. Get FASTEETH at drug stores for relief.
Dr Hixon Named Chemistry Head At State College
Dr Ralph M Hixon is named head of the chemistry department at Iowa State College, succeeding Dr W F Coover. He has long served at Iowa State, led plant chemistry, directed corn research, and studied worldwide. He holds ISCs BSc, PhD from Wisconsin, and did postgrad work in Stockholm and Karlsruhe.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Corn Research Institute
University Experiment Station
Washington, DC
Hixon
Iowa State College
University of Wisconsin
Nobel
Stockholm
Sweden
University of Karlsruhe
Germany
Rinehart Dies at Iowa Methodist Hospital
Dallas Center resident and former Republican state central committee member Charles Rinehart died Thursday at Iowa Methodist hospital in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles Rinehart
Dallas Center
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa Methodist Hospital
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