Iowa Liquor Commission records show long profit streak
Des Moines AP reports that the Iowa state liquor commission earned a net profit of 29 321 896 in its first decade. About 23 729 159 was transferred to the general fund, with roughly 3 500 000 more likely this year. Stores peaked at 177, declined to 176 in 1945, and no new outlets are planned until after the war.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Commission
Commission
Dick R. Lane
Lane
Burlingen
Liquor Commission
Pearl Harbor
Altthough
State Tax Commission
Gedney Hotel
Dee Brown
Gedney Smoke Shop
Art Berger
Waterloo
Town State Liquor Store
Stanley Clark
Western Union Telegraph Office
Marian Woodhouse
Ilinois Central Station
Grand Theater
Des Moines Theater Supply Company
Rich
9 Business Places In Ruins Two Casualties
Staff reporter reports nine businesses ruined and two people killed in a disaster. Names of places and victims are not specified in readable text. The event affects local commerce, with emergency response and investigation underway.
Fire Sweeps Nine Businesses in Independence Hotel Destroyed
Firemen battled a morning blaze that started in the Grand theater and destroyed Gedney hotel and nine adjacent businesses on a city block. Loss estimates range from 300000 to 500000 with no deaths and two injuries. Insurance covers the damages and officials investigate the cause as an explosion or wiring fault.
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Independence
Gedney
Grand Theater
Harry Huffington
Owens Stickell
Paul Spencer
Crookham
Grand
Iowa
Leroy Swanson
Paul Ballou
Evan Hall
Contests to Mark School Election At Manchester
Manchester voters face a lively school election on March 12 with four candidates seeking two school board seats. Incumbent R. W. Teske seeks re election alongside Arnold Rabe Harold Reed and Ed Gustaffson. Dr H B Willard retires from the board. Percy R Lillibridge holds the treasurer post unopposed.
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Manchester
R. W. Teske
Arnold Rabe
Harold Reed
Ed Gustaffson
H. B. Willard
Percy R. Lillibridge
Veteran Detective Maurice Farley Dies at Sioux City
Maurice Farley, 60, longtime Sioux City detective famed for seven gun battles including a 1919 clash that claimed Gangster Red Burrette and Detective Jim Britton, died Saturday. Born in Vail I a, he joined the force in 1913 and retired in October 1944 as the oldest serving officer, credited with sending more criminals to the penitentiary than any other department member.
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Sioux City
Maurice Farley
Farley
Red” Burrette
Jim Britton
Vail
Police Department
Solon Soldier Earns Bronze Star For Meritorious Service
Sgt. Henry T. Ham, 28, of Solon Iowa, crew chief of a P-38 Lightning, has been awarded the Bronze Star at a Ninth Air Force base in Belgium. Ham enlisted in March 1942, has spent a year overseas, and previously served with Ninth Air Force units in France and England. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ham.
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Ninth Air Force
Belgium
Henry T. Ham
Solon
Ham
Armed Forces
France
England
James Ham
Amana Colonies Have Lowest Per Pupil Bus Cost
DES MOINES AP says Iowa school bus costs for 1943 44 ranged from 10275 to 769 per pupil yearly. Amana Colonies posted the lowest cost with 156 pupils transported 62 miles daily due to full bus utilization and a shuttle system across three colonies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Amana
Paul B. Norris
Department
Iowa Women Answer Purple Heart Call For WAC Roles
Des Moines reports Iowa women join the WAC recruiting drive named Purple Heart to aid wounded veterans. Capt. Marie Eichelberger says groups depart for Fort Oglethorpe and the rest will follow, with training at Schick General Hospital and eventual medical, surgical, and administrative duties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
WAC
Marie Hichelberger
Iowa Wac
Fort Oglethorpe
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Eicchelberger
Schick Hospital
Purple Heart
Eichelberger
Iowans selling game birds for food violate law says official
DES MOINES AP Those raising game birds under special permits and selling them for food to aid neighbors may not do so and are violating state law. Bruce F Stiles director of the state conservation commission noted no prosecutions recently but confirmed the practice is illegal. About 385 Iowans hold game breeder permits this year up from 371 last year costing $2 annually. A federal permit is also needed for migratory water fowl. Mallard ducks are popular with permit holders who raise mink raccoon pheasant and other ducks and geese sometimes for fur. Selling birds or animals for food is illegal though selling for fur is legal. one mink producer reportedly did a $20000 business last year.
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Des Moines
Bruce F. Stiles
State Conservation Commission Department of Fish and Game
Stiles
Iowa
Pops Harrison: Hawk Mentor Behind Iowa’s Rise in Big Ten
Lawrence “Pops” Harrison, longtime Iowa basketball figure, wins praise for his fiery yet calm coaching presence. Former players like Sack Spencer and Tiny Wilkinson testify he would sacrifice for his Hawkeyes, guiding Iowa toward its first undisputed Big Ten crown after decades of effort.
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Popsy
Iowa
Sack Spencer
Pops
Iowa City
FBI Specialist to Instruct Officers In Fingerprinting
Approximately 30 law enforcement officers enrolled for fingerprinting courses to be taught by the FBI over the next two weeks at Fort Des Moines. Sebastian F Latona, specialist in fingerprint identification, will instruct in the single fingerprint section of the identification division. The courses update staff on fingerprint technique classification and filing, marking the FBI’s first time offering such instruction in Iowa.
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FBI
Iowa
Iowan Over Japan Guam Bomber Pilot Reports Tochigawa Target
Lt Henry S Laurinat of Mapleton Iowa states that American bombers destroyed at least half of the Tochigawa aircraft plant near Tokyo in five minutes on February 18 during a raid.
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Guam
Henry
Laurinat
Mapleton
Tochigawa
Tokyo
Thief Abandons Truck but Keeps Stolen Cigarettes
Burlington AP report says a tobacco salesman’s truck with 4000 cigarettes was abandoned near St Patrick’s Church after the theft. The thief left the vehicle while Danshill returned from novena services three hours post report. Police Chief Baird notes the thief chose cigarettes over the truck.
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Burlington
R. P. Danshill
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Danshill
Joe Baird
Swisher Soldier Reported Missing in Action Then Prisoner of Nazis
Frank E. Coufal age 24 of Swisher was listed missing in action in Luxembourg since December 20 and later reported a prisoner of war in Germany. His uncle in Swisher received a POW postal card from him dated January 15 claiming he is well. His parents have not yet received letters.
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Pfe
Frank E. Coufal
Frank Coufal
Swisher
Luxembourg
Germany
W. A. Coufal
Pfc. Coufal
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Gedney Taproom
W. E. Erdice
American Railway Express Agency
Cliff Rogers
Barnett Drug Store
W. E. Shepard
Heege
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Independence Bulletin - Journal
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the Grand
Huffington
Sgt. Ham of
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Frank Nye
Lawrence
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Grant Wood
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Purdue
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Pops Harrison
Danner
Gazette Photos
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