Inflation trends seen in Iowa January business survey
University of Iowa bureau of business research reports continued inflationary trends in January Iowa business. Retail trade volume weakened. bank debits rose 3 percent vs a year ago while wholesale and retail prices climbed 6 to 7 percent and farm products up 25 percent.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
George R. Davies
College of Commerce
Davies
Continue Forensic Activities at Cornell
The Cornell college forensic society carries on under Prof C F Littell after losing four debaters. A panel delegation will go to Grinnell for Youth and the Peace to Come March 26 27 28, and another to Simpson College Indianola April 9 10 for the Mississippi Valley International Relations clubs conference. Littell says next year’s forensic work will focus on panel discussions.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College Forensic Society
C. F Littell
Cornell
Simpson College
Indianola
Littell
Father Schares Leaves Ossian for Ames Parish
Rev. Roman A. Schares, assistant pastor at St. Francis Ossian for seven years, left Thursday to become assistant pastor of St. Cecelia church in Ames. He was honored by Ossian parish, the Commercial club, Msgr. Thiltgen, Knights of Columbus and school children with purses and gifts.
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Ossian
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 the Milwaukee railroad yards at Oxford Junction by worker George Yardem. Coroner Harrington of Wyoming was informed the man claimed to be a coal miner and was seen in Oxford Junction last summer. No ID papers were found and the body was sent to Des Moines Medical College.
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Oxford Junction
Milwaukee
George Yardem
Harrington
Wyoming
Des Moines Medical Colege
Governor to Attend Republican Founders Day
Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper said he would attend the Republican founders day celebration in Lincoln Nebraska on Saturday. He noted seven states have been invited.
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Nebraska
Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Lincoln
Neb
Two Children Die As Car Hit By Train Near Granger
At a grade crossing near Granger two children died and two others were injured when the car carrying students from Granger high school struck by a Milwaukee Road train. Juanita Wheeler six and William Warner sixteen died. The crash occurred two blocks from the school as the basketball team won its sectional game.
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Granger
Milwaukee Road
Juanita Wheeler
Ralph Wheeler
William Warner
Earl Warner
William
Robert
Jimmy Wheeler
Juanita
Marion News Briefs Cover Social and Civic Pages
Local notes from Marion Illinois detail visits, weddings, and retirements as families travel from Cedar Rapids to Chicago and Norfolk. Inductions loom for Robert Kline. Rev. James Franz graduates naval training. L. S. Cippera hosts True Blue division. ads promote Epilogue groceries and Ed Sigfred Co. sales.
Local social notes and moves around Marion Iowa
Compliments to Milo Vanderlinden and Mrs Vanderlinden who left for Camp Farragut Idaho. Mr and Mrs N P Vanderlinden hosted at 896 Fourteenth Street with prizes won by Mr and Mrs Lee Voorhies and consolation prizes to Mrs Elmer Stamy and Milo Vanderlinden. DTFC club theater party honored Shirlee Miller on her sixteenth birthday with Nylene Potter as a guest. Dell Norris, injured last Saturday, returned home from Cedar Rapids hospital. Supt W G Bowen of Savanna Illinois, recently operated on his throat in Chicago.
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Earl Grant
Savanna, Ill
Milo Vanderlinden
Navy
Vanderlinden
Camp Farracut
Idaho
N P Vanderlinden
A.reet
Lee Voorhies
Elmer Stamy
S O Stamy
Robins
Vernis Bigley
Marion
Shirlee Miller
Dtfc Club
Nylene Potter
Louise Smith
Ruth Frederick
Mary Lou Gallagher
Martha Kemp
Dell Norris
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue
W G. Bowen
Savanna, Il
Chicago
Iowa War Plants Employ 22 500 Women
Des Moines AP says about 22 500 women work in Iowa war production plants, about 25 percent of the 90 000 workers in the industry. William Barnes, Iowa U S employment director, says employers seek women because they avoid military service and can be trained for routine industrial tasks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Barnes
United States Employment System
Barnes
Decorah Man Suffer Burns in Carbide Machine Explosion
Harold Spilte, 29, suffered facial and hand burns after fumes from a carbide machine exploded when a valve jammed. He used a screwdriver and a match to light, causing the blast. Spilte, employed at Decorah body works, is hospitalized in Decorah.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Harold Spilte
Spilte
Decorah Body Works
Decorah Hospital
Listed Missing He’s a Prisoner of Japs in Java
The voice of Robert Paul Willerton of Arlington reported missing in action after the sinking of the US cruiser Houston was heard by Mayor John Mullin of Marion in a short wave broadcast from Tokyo Wednesday night. He is a prisoner of the Japanese in Java, Dutch East Indies.
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Robert Paul Willerton
Arlington
Houston
John Mullin
Marion
Tokio
Java
Dutch East Indies
Luther College Reservists Called For Army Service
Thirty six Luther College reservists have been ordered to report for service and will report to Camp Dodge on March 17. Listed are 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 Losen Bob Meili John Meyer Weston Noble Knute Norstog Gene Olson Jerry Rosholt Rolf Strandford Don Neal Anias Sukut Mull Thoresen David Vaaler Ris Vikesland Roger Wheatman Robert Young Harold Ziemann and Warren Zimmerman. Many are staff at College Chips and KWLC radio.
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Decorah
Luther College
Camp Dodge
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
Wrecked Clipper's Mail Reaches American Soldiers
London AP reports seventy thousand letters dumped into the Tagus river after the Yankee Clipper crashed near Lisbon have arrived in Britain in a sodden mass. Most are addressed to American soldiers and five thousand have been forwarded to army camps with officials estimating about 95 percent will reach their destination.
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London
Great Britain
Tagus River
Lisbon
Bigelow twins in uniform surprise family figures
In Jersey City the Bigelow twins reveal stark contrasts in service: Michael Robert, 100 pounds at 4 ft 11 in, serves in the army at Fort Dix while Amberson Richard, 165 pounds at six feet, is a marine stationed in Norfolk Virginia. In Sayre Oklahoma George Hedrick cures a cold with a cabinet full of medicines, leaving him unimpressed by the remedies.
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Jersey City
Bigelow Twins
Michael Robert
Fort Dix
Amberson
Richard
Norfolk, Va
Sayre
Okla
George Hedrick
Mr. Hedrick
Iowa Nurses Join North Africa Air Evacuation Unit
Twenty five army air force nurses in navy blue uniforms arrived at Allied North Africa headquarters to fly back wounded and sick soldiers from the Tunisian front. Trained in six weeks at Bowman Field Kentucky the unit frees medical staff for front line duty. Lieut. Ellen E. Church Cresco Iowa, a former airline stewardess and former Louisville children’s hospital superintendent, leads with 1 000 flight hours. Retha O. Rodgers of Iowa rounds out the notable nurses.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Army Air Force
Bowman Field
Kentucky
Air Line
Ellen E. Church
Cresco
Iowa
Children’s Hospital
Louisville
Church
Retha O
Mass of liquor permits issued since July in Des Moines
DES MOINES AP Approximately 265 000 state liquor permits have been issued since July 1 1942 more than one for every 10 residents Curtis chairman of the state liquor control commission said in the last fiscal year 191 235 permits were issued The rise is blamed on rationing at state stores with wives grandmothers sisters and other family members obtaining permits for the first time
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Des Moines
R. Curtis
State Liquor Control Commission
Curtis
Tipton to Lose Rock Island Line Rail Service
Tipton will lose Rock Island rail service on the Stockton to Tipton branch with discontinuation set for March 24. Sunburys Bennett and Witmer will lack rail access and Tipton will rely on a Chicago and North Western branch near Stanwood for freight. No Sunday runs remain and no rail connection exists between the two lines in Tipton yet plans for a connection are undecided.
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Tipton
Rock Island
Traffic Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Stockton
Sunburs, Bennett, and Witmer
Chicago and North Western
Cay Abam
Stanwood
Will Dedicate Service Flag at Williamsburg
A service flag with 46 stars will be dedicated at St Marys church in Williamsburg on Sunday evening. The Rev John J Collins of Oskaloosa will deliver the sermon. Parish members Lieut Charles ONeill and Corp duc Lillis of St Marys have received gallantry awards.
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Williamsburg
St Marys Church
John J Collins
Oskaloosa
St Marys Parish
Charles Oneill
Corp Duc Lillis
Hated Nazi General Theodore Eicke Reported Killed
United Press states British radio relayed by the Office of War Information says Gen Theodore Eicke, longtime Nazi camp inspector and despised figure, was killed amid combat near Kharkov. The report notes Eicke faced numerous assassination attempts.
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United Press
Office of War Information
Theodore Feicke
Kharkov
Eicke
Continent
Reich
Fayette County Soldier Advanced to Captain Rank
Ralph W Adams of Waucoma has advanced to captain while stationed at Camp Bowie Texas. He enlisted December 1 1939 after graduating from Waucoma high school and earning a degree from Iowa State College in 1939. 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
Army
Waucoma High School
Towa State College
W M Adams
Anamosa Couple Celebrate Two Anniversaries
Anamosa residents Mr and Mrs Smyth marked their fifty fourth wedding anniversary and the five first anniversary of the family move. They were married on the second floor of a building now housing a local shoe store with witnesses J A Belknap and Nethe Chadwick. The couple has a daughter Miss Lee Sanner and five grandchildren.
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Anamosa- We
Harper Smyth
Anamosa
Foomamy Shoe Store
J A’ Belknap Rey Jivanto
St Cloud
Fla
Nethe Chadwick
Smath
Mislee Sanner
Smythfuther
Form Finn Cabinet Pro Axis Premier Heads Finnish Government
STOCKHOLM UP Comple tin oof Finlands new cabinet with Prof Edwin Trinkomies pro Usis Conservative as premier announced in Helsinki Friday Henk Ramsay named foreign minister He expected to bring Finland closer to Sweden as Ramsay is a member of the Swedish peoples party Ramsas was believed to favor a separate peace with Russia depending on President Ryta and the Soviets
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Stockholm
George Nelson Dies at 52 Former Town State Athlete Trammer
Funeral services planned for George Nelson 52 longtime athlete trammer at Town State College for seven years before 1933. He died Thursday of a heart attack at the college memorial ton while at work. Survived by his widow and daughter Caroline.
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AMFS
INS
George Nelson
Town State College
Nelson
College Memorial Ton
Caroline
Two Dubuque Firemen Hurt In Explosion
Two Dubuque firefighters were seriously injured when an explosion followed a factory fire at the Farley and Loetscher plant. Vincent Kluck suffered a broken back while Clarence Kearney had third degree facial and neck burns. Both were listed in fair condition. FBI agents planned to investigate the blaze to determine the cause.
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Dubuque
Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company
Vincent Kluck
Clarence Kearney
Kluck
Kearney
FBI
Silver Service For Battleship Jawa Given To Iowa Warship
Gov. Hickenlooper announces a joint resolution to present a silver service from the former battleship Jawa to the current vessel’s captain, John McCrea, for the officers’ mess. The museum says the 22 piece set includes a carved stand and sword rack and dates to the Spanish American War era.
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Williane
McGregor Couple Marks 57th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry Miller celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary at their home south of McGregor. They remain active in farming and have lived on the same farm for 55 years. A grandson presented a floral cane during the observance.
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Lloyd Stark
Delia Stark
Pearl Bishop
Central City
Kewanee, Ill
John Henry
Mcgregor
Henry Miller
Goud Heath
Laeut Roven
AL Teler
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Charles Crosley
TE. E. Kline
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William Elder
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J. W. Barnoske
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Houston, Texas
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Roy Kellams
St. Luke's Hospital
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Alburnett
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Minneapolis
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Lieut
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L. E. Storm
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Southern Pacific Railway
Verne H_ Balster
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale
Durkees
Esgntant
Paul Willerton
Rock Island Line
Eeds Fruit Market
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Old Federal Building
16Th Ave
Sixteenth Avenue
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Capt. Adams
Pro-Axis
Goa
Hickenlooper
Jawa
Johe No McCrea
Iose Cuticura
First Avenue
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