Inflation trends highlighted in University of Iowa survey
Iowa City AP survey from the University of Iowa reports stationary trends in January with weak retail trade. The study notes inflationary pressure from farm product prices rising 5 percent and extended work week pay while carloadings and some farm prices show gains. It urges stronger controls, broader taxation, and continued rationing as necessary.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Areau of Business Research
Jorge R. Davies
College In Commerce
Davies
Continue Forensic Activities at Cornell Continue Forensic Activities at Cornell
MT VERNON Despite four debaters lost Cornell college forensic society forges ahead under Prof C F Littell A panel delegation will attend the Grinnell conference Youth and the Peace to Come March 26 27 28 A second group goes to Simpson College Indianola April 9 10 for Mississippi Valley International Relations clubs conference Coaches notes next year’s activity will center on panel discussions.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College Forensic Society
C. F. Littell
Cornell
Simpson College
Indianola
Father Schares Leaves Ossian for Ames Parish
The Rev. Roman A. Schares, assistant at St. Francis church in Ossian for seven years, left Thursday to become assistant pastor of St. Cecelia church in Ames. He received farewell courtesies from the Ossian parish, the Ossian Commercial club, Msgr. M. J. Thiltgen, the Knights of Columbus, and school children who presented purses and gifts.
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Roman A. Schares
St. Francis Church
St. Cecelia
Ames
Father Schares
Ossian Commercial Club
Msgr
M. J. Thiltgen
Knights of Columbus
Transient Found Dead at Oxford Junction
An unidentified 80 year old transient was found dead in Milwaukee railroad yards at Oxford Junction. He had reportedly been seen there last summer and claimed to be a coal miner. No identification papers were found on the body.
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The
Gazette
Oxford Junction
Milwaukee
Wyoming
Des Moines
Col
Governor Hickenlooper to Attend Lincoln Founders Day
Governor Rourke B. Hickenlooper said he would attend the Republican founders day celebration in Lincoln Nebraska on Saturday. The governor of seven states has been mentioned in relation to the event.
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Des Moines
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Lincoln
Neb
Two Children Killed in Car and Train Crash
At a Granger crossing two children Juanita Wheeler six and Jimmy Wheeler eight died after their car was struck by a Milwaukee road passenger train on the outskirts of Granger. Juanita was thrown from the car and died of a broken neck. Jimmy suffered head and face cuts while their father Ralph Wheeler and family farm nearby. William Warner, Granger High School basketball player, was on the team that advanced in the sectional tournament despite the tragedy as the car was hurled about 150 feet along the right of way.
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Granger
Milwaukee Road
Juanita Wheeler
Ralph Wheeler
Ranger Wrist
Jimmy Wheeler
Juanita
William Warner
Marion News Briefs From The Gazette
Earl and Mrs. Grant of Savannah Illinois visited Marion for Betty Mae Fowler and Joseph Stark's wedding. Irene Schultz joined them traveling from Chicago. K V Cafe to close Sundays. John Troy returns from California with a broken arm. Local grocer ads bananas and pork prices. Le Clerc Beauty Shop will not open Mondays. Mrs. C. J. Newlin visiting Chicago.
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Earl Grant
Savanna, Ill
Fowler
W. R. Fowler
Betty Mae Fowler
Joseph Stark
Cedar Rapids
le Clerc Beauty Shop
Ladies Progressive Club Picnic At Dry Creek
Mrs Harry Hammond hosted the Ladies Progressive club in Dry Creek neighborhood on Thursday. A picnic luncheon was served to 20. Guests included Mrs Burton Cray Mrs Charles Franks and Mrs Glenn Irvin from Cedar Rapids and Mrs Fred Shireman Mrs Jack Oxley and Mrs Charles Crosley from Marion.
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Harry Hammond
Ladies Progressive Club
Dry Creek
Burton Cray
Charles Franks
Glenn Irvin
Cedar Rapids
Fred Shireman
Jack Oxley
Charles Crosley
Marion
Local families note weekend visit and military inductions
Mr and Mrs E E Kline of Clinton and their children Ruth and a son employed in Seattle visit E Kline's parents over the weekend. Robert Kline heads to Camp Dodge Monday for induction. Kenneth Barnoske and others head to military service. Rev James Franz to naval training at Norfolk. local residents attend church events and hospital news updates.
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E. E. Kline
Ruth
Clinton
Seattle
E. Kline
H. P Kline
Robert Kline
Camp Dodge
Kenneth Barnoske
J. W. Barnoske
Eighteenth Street
Camp Fort Sheridan, Ill
George L. Erwin
James Franz
Jay L. Franz
Chicago
Marion
Naval Training Station
Norfolk, Va
Mrs. Delia Stark Attends Ill., Golden Wedding
Mrs. Lloyd Stark with Mrs. Delia Stark and Mrs. Pear Bishop returned from Kewanee Illinois after attending the golden wedding anniversary of Delia Stark’s brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs John Henry. Special bargains on overcoats and topcoats at Ed Sigfred Co.
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Lloyd Stark
Delia Stark
Pear
Central City
Kewanee, Ill
John Henry
Ed Sigfred Co
Deacons School Delegation Heads to First Congregational
Ed Sigfred R J Kendall H W Wiggins and H Crawford dea cons of the Congregational church will attend the deacons school Sunday at the First Congregational church Cedar Rapids accompanied by the Rev Frederick N Nelson and N J Waffle.
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Ed Sigfred
R. J. Kendall
H. W. Wiggins
H. Crawford
Congregational Church
Frederick N. Nelson
N. J. Waffle
First Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Stetson hats advertised as spring arrivals and local club notes
1943 spring Stetson had arrived with Play-Boy and Strat-O-Liner models. Ladies group meetings of the Methodist W.S.C.S. heard devotional talks and voted officers. A picnic lunch was held at Mrs. Walter S. Winter’s home. Local ads promote eye wash, sleeping rooms for rent, and bargains at Storm’s with materials, seeds, and soaps. Airing of guest visits includes Lieut Spencer Bridge and Jennings Falcon.
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Stetson
Ed Sigfred Co
Endeavor
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Walter S. Winter
H. O. Young
George A. Schrimper
Vanderlinden Family Entertains Guests at 896 Fourteenth Street
Mr and Mrs N P Vanderlinden hosted a Thursday gathering with guests including Mr and Mrs S G Stamy Elmer Stamy and the Bigleys. Prizes were awarded in cards with first prizes to Lee Voorhies and Mrs Elmer Stamy and Milo Vanderlinden took consolation honors. Decorations followed a patriotic motif.
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Milo Vanderlinden
Vernis Bigley
Marion
Sixteen Birthday Theater Party for Shirlee Miller
Shirlee Miller entertained the D T F C club Thursday at a theater party for her sixteenth birthday. Guest Nylene Potter attended. After the theater refreshments were served, the gathering included Louise Smith Ruth Frederick Mary Lou Gallagher and Martha Kemp.
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Shirlee Miller
D. T. F. C. Club
Nylene Potter
Louise Smith
Ruth Frederick
Mary Lou Gallagher
Martha Kemp
Cedar Rapids resident returns home after street accident
Dell Norris who suffered a fractured leg last Saturday when struck by an automobile while crossing a Cedar Rapids street was brought back Friday to his home at 2044 Fifth Avenue from a Cedar Rapids hospital. The Tennyson club met Tuesday with Mrs. E A Lagerquist and planned a March 15 party inviting husbands as guests. Mr and Mrs Don Rathbun moved to San Francisco for work with the Southern Pacific railway. Supt W G Bowen of Savanna Ill recently underwent throat surgery in a Chicago hospital.
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Lieut
Spencer Bridge
Harvard University
San Francisco
Jennings Falcon
Cedar Rapids
Dell Norris
Fifth Avenue
Tennyson Club
E. A. Lagerquist
L. E. Storm
Don Rathbun
Mr. Rathbun
The
Southern Pacific Railway
W. G. Bowen
Savanna, Ill
Marion
We Throat
Chicago
22 500 Women in Iowa War Plants
Des Moines AP reports about 22 500 women work in Iowa war production plants, about 25 percent of roughly 90 000 workers. William Barnes, Iowa director of the U S employment system, says employers seek women because they are not liable for military service and can be quickly trained for routine industrial tasks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Barnes
United States Employment System
Barnes
Decorah Man Burns in Carbide Machine Explosion
Harold Spilte, 29, suffered facial and hand burns when fumes from a carbide machine exploded. A lodged valve led him to loosen it with a screwdriver and light a match, causing the blast. He is hospitalized at Decorah hospital.
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Gazette
Decorah
Harold Spilte
Spiitle
Decorah Body Works
Decorah Hospital
Listed Missing Prisoner of Japs in Java
The message from Mayor John Mullin of Marion announced Robert Paul Willerton as reported missing after the sinking of the U S cruiser Houston. The broadcast from Tokio said he is a prisoner held by Japanese forces in Java, Dutch East Indies.
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Java
Robert Paul Willerton
U. S
Houston
John Mullin
Marion
Tokio
Dutch East Indies
Luther College Reservists Called For Army Service
DECORAH Thirty six Luther College reservists out of fifty one have been ordered to report for service and depart for Camp Dodge on March 17. The group includes Arthur Baalson Paul Borge Roland Dain Neal Davis Lloyd Docken Russell Garness Harvey Gilbertson Lester Gorder Paul Gustafson Marlyn Hansing Al Jacobson Ed Klosterboer Lyle Larson Percy Larson Jack Lien Paul Linnevold Marvin Lore Frederick Lesen Bob Meili John Meyer Weston Noble Knute Norstog Gene Olson Jerry Rosholt Rolf Strandford Don Neal and Bob Strom Anias Sukut Bill Thoresen David Vaaler Ray Vikesland Roger Wheatman Robert Young Harold Ziemann and Warren Zimmerman. Many cited as members of the staffs Collie Chips and radio station.
Wrecked Clipper Mail Reaches U S Troops in Britain
London AP reports seventy thousand letters dumped with the Yankee Clipper wreck at Lisbon have arrived in soggy condition and are being salvaged. Most are for American soldiers, with five thousand already sent to army camps and officials estimating about 95 percent will reach destinations.
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London
Great Britain
Tagus River
Lisbon
Flashes of Life from Jersey City to Norfolk and Fort Dix
The Bigelow twins enlistments span services with Michael Robert in the army at Fort Dix and Amberson Richard a marine at Norfolk. In Sayre Oklahoma George Hedrick fights a stubborn cold, taking a bottle from every cabinet remedy until relief arrives.
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Jersey City
N. J
Bigelow Twins
Michael Robert
Fort Dix
Amberson Richard
Norfolk, Va
Sayre
Okla
George Hedrick
Mr. Hedrick
Iowa Nurses Lead Air Evacuation Unit in North Africa
Twenty five army air force nurses in blue uniforms arrive in an air evacuation unit to fly wounded soldiers from the Tunisian front. The group, the first of its kind in any war theater, includes Lieut. Elien E. Church of Cresco Iowa, formerly Louisville children's hospital superintendent, and Rodgers former eye clinic head at the University of Iowa.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Army Air Force
Special Field
Kentucky
Elien E. Church
Cresco
Iowa
The
Children’s Hospital
Louisville
Rodgers
University of Iowa
Liquor Permits Surge Since July 1942 In Iowa
The Iowa State Liquor Control Commission reports 265 000 liquor permits issued since July 1 1942. This rise from 191 235 in the previous fiscal year is linked to liquor rationing at state stores. Curtis notes many permits are bought by wives grandmothers sisters and girlfriends for the first time.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
Curtis
Tipton Will Lose Rock Island Line
Rail service to Tipton on the Rock Island railroad will end March 24 according to a Cedar Rapids Chamber bulletin from the railroad's Chicago office. The Stockton branch discontinuation will leave Sunbury Bennett and Witmer without rail access and Tipton with a North Western connection from near Stanwood. Formerly a mixed train ran two round trips daily between Stockton and Tipton with no Sunday service.
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Tipton
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Chicago and North Western
Williamsburg to Dedicate Service Flag at St Marys
A 46 star service flag will be dedicated at St. Marys Church in Williamsburg on Sunday evening. Rev. John J. Collins of Oskaloosa will deliver the sermon. Parish men Lieut. Charles ONeill and Corp. Joe Lillis receive gallantry awards.
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St. Mary’s Church
John J. Collins
Oskaloosa
St. Mary’s Parish
Charles O'Neill
Corp
Joe Lillis
Hated Nazi General Reported Killed Near Kharkov
The Office of War Information relayed a British radio report that Gen Theodore Eicke, described as one of the most hated Nazi police generals and the inspector of all German concentration camps, has been killed in the Kharkov fighting. The report notes many attempts have been made on his life.
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United Press
Office of War Information
Theodore Eicke
Kharkov
Eicke
Reich
Fayette County Soldier Advanced to Captain Rank
Ralph W. Adams of Waucoma has been advanced to captain while stationed at Camp Bowie Texas. He enlisted December 1 1939 after graduating from Waucoma High School and attending Iowa State College earning a 1939 degree. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W M Adams.
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West Union
Fayette County
Ralph W. Adams
Waucoma
Adams
Camp Bowie
Texas
Waucoma High School
Iowa State College
W. M. Adams
Anamosa Couple Celebrate Two Anniversaries
Mr. and Mrs. Harper Smyth of Anamosa observed their fifty fourth wedding anniversary on Thursday. The couple were wed in the second story of the building now housing Economy shoe store with witnesses J A Belknap and Nettie Chadwick. They have a daughter Mrs Lo Sanner and five grandchildren. The pair also marked the fifty first anniversary of their management of the Terry hotel noting Mr Smyth began running the property March 1, 1892, taking over from S L Easterly.
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Anamosa
Harper Smyth
J. A. Belknap
St. Cloud
Fla
Nettie Chadwick
Form Finn Cabinet Pro Axis Premier
In Helsinki on Friday Finland announced a new cabinet with Prof Edwin Linkomies a pro Axis conservative as premier. Henrik Ramsay named foreign minister and urged closer Sweden ties. Ramsay favored potential separate peace with Russia but would defer to President Ryti and the Soviets.
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Stockholm
Finland
Edwin Linkomies
Helsinki
Henrik Ramsay
Germany
Sweden
Swedish People's Party
Ramsay
Russia
Risto Ryti
George Nelson Dies at 52 in Ames Heart Attack
Funeral services planned for George Nelson 52 who died Thursday of a heart attack at the Iowa State College Memorial Union where he worked. He had served at the college for seven years prior to 1933. Surviving are his widow and daughter Caroline.
Two Dubuque Firemen Hurt In Explosion
Two Dubuque firemen were seriously injured when an explosion followed a factory fire at the Farley and Loetscher plant. Vincent Kluck and Clarence Kearney were blown through a window after being trapped near a saw dust conveyor. Both were listed in fair condition after a rough night as FBI agents opened an investigation into the fire’s cause.
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Dubuque
Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company
Vincent Kluck
Clarence Kearney
Kluck
Kearney
Tal
FBI
Silver Service to Honor New Iowa Battleship
Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper said a bill will authorize presenting Iowa’s silver service from the old battleship to the new Iowa. The set, valued at about $10,000, was bought in the 1890s and may stay in Des Moines’ history building until after the war.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
State Historical Department
John N. McCrea
Ora Williams
McGregor Couple Mark 57th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry Miller celebrated their fifty seventh anniversary at their McGregor home. They remain in good health and active on the farm they have lived on for 55 years. A grandson Lieutenant Raymond Miller sent a greeting from the Hawaiian islands.
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McGregor
Henry Miller
Raymond Miller
Hawaiian Islands
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