Many Firms Bid for G I Trainees in Iowa
About 50 Iowa firms have applied for approval as war veterans apprentice training schools as the G I bill funds their study supervised by the state. Roughly 50 veterans have enrolled, receiving federal benefits and wages under union or employer pay scales. The program operates on a $7 500 state appropriation approved by the interim legislature committee after approval by Gov Blue and Superintendent Parker.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Fredric W. Bohning
Department
Stors
Bohning
G. I
Blue
Jessie M. Parker
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Life Terriers in Iowa Prisons Reach 174
Fort Madison Iowa AP report notes 174 men are serving life terms in Iowa prisons. Of these, 147 have served at least five years, 27 admitted since 1940. One inmate has been imprisoned 40 years.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Presidio
Fort Tn
Prize Play Opens Wednesday at Iowa U Theater
The army and navy special service division production Come Marching Home premieres Wednesday at the University of Iowa theater in Iowa City. Written by Lt. Robert W. Anderson now on naval duty in the Pacific, the play stars his wife traveling from Rochelle New York for the opening. The five performance run includes Thursday to Saturday nights and a Saturday matinee marking the summer season kickoff.
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Iowa City
Army and Navy Special Service Division
University of Iowa Theater
Robert W. Anderson
Pacific
Rochelle
N. Y
University Theater
Chapel in Italy Named for Son of Des Moines Pilot
At a bomber base in Italy a chapel is named in memory of Lt. William B. Miles, son of Major and Mrs. Frank Miles of Des Moines. Miles was killed when anti aircraft shell fragments hit his plane on May 17, 1944. His father, former public relations officer for Iowa’s selective service, is now a war correspondent for the Legionaire.
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Des Moines
Italy
William B. Miles
Frank Miles
State Selective Service System
The
Legionaire
American Legion Magazine
Iowan Plans 1 000 Mile Canoe Journey
Des Moines AP report says Jack Musgrove director of the state historical museum travels to Canada to undertake a 1,000 mile canoe journey with twelve men. The wildlife expedition will study plant and animal life in the north woods and Musgrove will file findings with the state historical department.
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Des Moines
Jack Musgrove
State Historical Museum
Canada
North Woods
Musgrove
State Historical Department
FBI Probes Death of New York Engineer in Iowa
Patrick Kane Jr., a civilian Army engineer from New York City, died after being found unconscious along a railroad right of way in Jefferson Iowa. The FBI opened an investigation at Iowa Governor Blue’s request. Kane died at Mayo Clinic Rochester after being on leave from the Army transport service from the South Pacific.
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New York
INS
FBI
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Patrick Kane, Jr
New York City
Kane
Chicago and North Western
Jefferson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Army Transport Service
South Pacific
Des Moines Flight Officer Killed in California Crash
Reno army air base officials announced that Flight Officer Hubert W. Anderson of Des Moines Iowa was killed when his C-46 transport plane crashed and burned near Auburn California late Friday Anderson is survived by his mother Mrs Virginia S Anderson of Des Moines.
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Reno, Nev
Hubert W. Anderson
Des Moines
Auburn
Calif
Reno Army Air Base
Anderson
Virginia S. Anderson
Worker suffocated in sewer collapse at Burlington tunnel
Charles Waddell aged 55 a Burlington street department worker died when a lateral tunnel caved in during sewer work about 10 feet below street level. No further details were provided about the incident.
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Burlington
State Denied Rehearing of Murder Case
The Iowa supreme court denied the state's petition for a rehearing in the Carl N. Knox murder case by a 5 to 4 vote. Knox, 31, of Sigourney, was convicted in 1943 of first degree murder by poisoning the father Walter X. Knox and the court reversed the life sentence last May, sending the case back to Keokuk county for possible new action if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Carl N. Knox
Sigourney Livestock
Knox
Walter X. Knox
Keokuk County
Supreme Court
Decorah Merchant Dies Suddenly at Elks Club
Jacob Becvar aged 55 collapsed at the Decorah Elks Club while socializing Monday night. Formerly with Wesselman and Becvar meat firm at Calmar, he had run a general market in Decorah for three years.
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Decorah
Elks Club
Gazette
Jacob Becvar
Wesselman and Becvar
Calmar
Des Moines Judge Miller Named Chief Justice
The Iowa Supreme Court appointed Judge M. Miller of Des Moines as chief justice for six months replacing Justice Oscar Hale of Wapello.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
M. Miller
Des. Moines
Oscar Hale
Wapello
Gazette Company publication data and pricing notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publication details, press affiliations, and subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery across regions. It notes offices in Chicago New York and Detroit and credits AP and UPI news services.
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the Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P.A
Three Iowa Men Land World Record 48-Pound Carp
In Crleans Iowa three Coon Rapids men Joe Johnson Dave Davis and Andy Smith claimed a world fishing record with a 48 pound carp caught on Spirit Lake. The fish measured 40 inches long and 32 inches in diameter and was about 15 years old according to a fish pathologist.
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Crleans
Coon Rapids
Spirit Lake
Joe Johnson
Dave Davis
Andy Smith
Frank Marnette
Hert
Rappahannock River
Virginia
State Tax Commission Seizes More Cigarettes
DES MOINES AP Polk County to auction off seized cigarettes after the State Tax Commission confiscates 291 packages from a carnival show and 30 cartons from another company for lacking state tax stamps.
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Des Moines
Polk County
State Tax Commission
Carnival
Dead Iowa graduate radio announcer dies in California crash
Carl Brueckner later Gary Breckner, a 1915 University of Iowa alum, died in a California car crash after a Sunday night collision. A seven letter athlete in football, baseball, and basketball, he married Iowa graduate Helen Wilson and later worked as a sports announcer and NBC show master of ceremonies on the Frank Morgan program.
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Gary Breckner
California
University of Iowa
Carl Brueckner
University
Helen Wilson
Iowa
Iowa City
Breckner
Frank Morgan
NBC
U S Minesweeper Saute Lost Near Borneo
The 945 ton minesweeper Sa'ute was lost in the Borneo area due to enemy action. About 100 aboard, six killed and three missing, with no wounded reported.
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Washington
Borneo
Navy
New Commander Named At Sioux City Air Base
Lt. Col. William R. Calhoun Jr. of Birmingham Alabama is appointed commander of the Sioux City army air base succeeding Col. George A. Blakey. At 25 he is a young officer with over two years in the European theater.
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Sioux City
William R. Calhoun, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Sioux City Army Air Base
George A. Blakey
G L Move via Marseille Begins
Paris dispatch reports several thousand service troops leaving Marseille for the Far East to build bases for combat forces. Officials say thousands more are assembling for embarkation via the eastern route to the Pacific theater with ships moving to meet them.
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Paris
Marseille
Far East
Europe
Pacific Theater
Atlantic
Mediterranean
China
Domestic Fuel Oil Reduction Unlikely
Linn county ration board Chief Clerk A. T. Pleune said no reduction in domestic heating fuel oil rations is planned this year. He noted Washington cut industrial rations by one third and that applications for next winter will be processed starting July 1. Domestic users urged to apply now.
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A. T. Pleune
Linn County
Volunteers Sought to Process Sugar Applications
Linn county ration board Chief Clerk A. T. Pleune said Tuesday that volunteers are still needed to process canning sugar applications. Fourteen volunteers worked Monday, but about 5 000 applications remain. Volunteers may work any time between 8 30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Linn County Ration Board
A. T. Pleune
Pleune
Restaurants Close At Mattoon Ill
Mattoon Illinois mayor George W. Smith urged visitors and traveling salesmen to eat before coming or bring their own food due to a meat and red points shortage. The shortage forced closing of many large eating establishments and threatened war production labor stability.
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Mattoon, Ill
George W. Smith
Purse Containing 230 Dollars Reported Lost in City
Loss of a purse containing 230 dollars was reported by William F. Hanson of 901 Tenth Avenue SE. He said it disappeared Saturday evening between his home and the Igram Grocery at 820 Sixth Street SW. L. W. Anderson, proprietor, reported that the Superior oil sta
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William F. Hanson
Tenth Avenue SE
Igram
Sixth Street
L. W. Anderson
Superior Oil Sta
Theft Reported at Local Business and Fence Wire Stolen
A break in at a business on Third Street SE Sunday night saw $25 taken from the cash drawer. A Coe college custodian reported a roll of fence wire stolen from the rear of the men's gymnasium last Friday.
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Tion
Third Street
Coe College
Queen's Ball Ranks High on Allied List
At the Allied Industrial league board of control June meeting at the YMCA, President Gayle Zedick reviewed a Cedar Rapids survey. The Queen's ball topped interest, with the spring frolic and industrial golf close behind. other activities followed.
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Allied Industrial League Board of Control
Y.M.C.A
Gayle Zedick
Cedar Rapids
Greer McCrory
Welch-Cook-Beals
Jim Ensign
Iowa Manufacturing
Griffith Re-elected Iowa Council for Better Education President
W. S. Griffith of Ames was re-elected president of the Iowa Council for Better Education at the organization’s annual meeting in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
W. S. Griffith
Ames
Iowa Council For Better Education
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Lawrence E. Christensen
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Cavalry
Iowa U
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
U. S. Territories
Lowans
U. S
G.l’s
Queen's Ball
W. PE
First Street
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Worthwest
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Newman
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