Liquor Runs Subside as U S Targets Black Market
Des Moines AP reports liquor entering Iowa has fallen due to federal investigations into black market sources in surrounding states. Investigator B F Wilson notes seizures under internal revenue and OPA rules, with shortages hitting clubs and taverns while authorized wholesalers struggle to supply.
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Des Moines
Iowa
B. F. Wilson
Federal
Internal Revenue
OPA
Wilson
Fewer Chauffeurs' Licenses Issued
DES MOINES AP Clarence A. Shirer reported a drop of 18 146 in chauffeurs licenses mailed this year versus last year. About 40 500 licenses have been issued this year with 58 646 a year earlier. Causes include many drivers in the armed forces and vehicles out of use due to repairs and tires. 14 331 applications await processing and mailing. The 1943 total was 170 827. 1944 expected to be far lower.
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DES Moines
Clarence A. Shirer
Shirer
State Department of Public Safety
Rhoads Given Time To Enter His Plea
OTTUMWA AP Dus ty Rhoads former public safety commissioner indicted on a conspiracy charge by a Wapello grand jury was arraigned before District Judge E K Daugherty and given until March 25 to plead. Rhoads and Herbert Pete Bagg a former hotel clerk faced charges of conspiring to collect protection money from Ottumwa gamblers and bootleggers. County Attorney John D Moon said Bagg will be arraigned early this week.
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Ottumwa (Ap
G. E
Dusty” Rhoads
Public Safety
Wapello
E. K. Daugherty
Rhoads
Herbert
Pete” Bagg
Ottumwa
John D. Moon
Bagg
Telephone Men to Get Pay Increase
Ray L. Rogers of Des Moines announced that negotiations with Northwestern Bell for a new wage contract have been completed. The agreement calls for a total annual wage increase of more than 1.4 million dollars, affecting employees in Iowa Nebraska Minnesota North and South Dakota.
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OMAHA
Ray L. Rogers
Des Moines
Northwestern Union of Telephone Workers
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Egg Plant Fire At Midwest Egg Drying Plant
A Saturday fire at the Midwest Egg Drying company plant caused heavy damage. The loss cannot be estimated until the 235000 dollars worth of shells and dried eggs on hand is examined.
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Atlantic
INS
Midwest
Class of 135 Is Graduated At Iowa State College
Ames dispatch reports 135 students were awarded degrees and certificates at Iowa State winter exercises. Dr. Charles E. Finley delivered the commencement address. Of the total, 124 BS, 4 MS, 6 PhD and 2 certificates were handed out. Notable BS degrees went to 52 in engineering and 51 in home economics. County listings name several Iowa graduates by county and field, including aeronautical engineering, history, and institution management.
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AMES
INS
Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Walford
Marjorie G. Klein
Marilyn Miller
Vinton
Cedar
Frederick H. Rixe
Bennett
Iowa
Mary J. Franey
Marengo
Johnson
Robert R. Ziemer
Iowa City
Linn
Mary J. Cooper
Springville
Marianne T. Klinsky
Cedar Rapids
Louisa—Ruth McCullough
Wapello
Hisory
Tama
Wayne C. Keith
Dysart
Many Appeals for Aid to Dependent Children Denied
DES MOINES AP reports fifteen percent of aid to dependent children applications rejected to date by the state board of social welfare. First payments began in January with most processed in fall. Since October 514 cases were rejected and 2,826 accepted. Rejections largely due to mothers' earnings deemed adequate. Other refusals include resources such as property, non-residence of child with relatives, and other unspecified reasons.
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DES Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Social Center Opens at Toledo
A youth social center was formally opened in Toledo on Friday night with a program led by a Lions club committee including Gilbert Burns Catherine Yerkes Marcia McCreary and Shirley Brown. The center is sponsored by the Lions club with town officials and civic groups. The organizing committee was chaired by Dr C W Maplet horpe with Frank W Jakeman Burns M Byram. Governing board members include Asa Thomas Don Wells Byram George E Boehnke Mrs Joe Logan Mrs Faye Blake Mrs P H Overturf Mrs T H Hill Miss Yerkes and the McCreary and Brown girls. Chaperons will be supplied by civic groups.
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Toledo
Gilbert Burns
Catherine Yerkes
Marcia McCreary
Shirley Brown
Lions Club
Lions Committee
C. W. Maplethorpe
Frank W. Jakeman
Burns M. Byram
Asa Thomas
Don Wells
Chamber of Commerce
Byram
American Legion
George E. Boehnke
Joe Logan
Legion Auxiliary
Faye Blake
Mothers Club
P. H. Overturf
Women’s Club
T. H. Hill
Nineteenth Century Club
Army Will Leave 900 On Campus At Iowa University
University officials say 294 basic Army trainees at Iowa will depart for active service, leaving more than 900 students in training. Credit for weeks of drill will apply toward degrees, with most colleges’ losses offset by faculty freed for research and long range planning. President Virgil Hancher asserts no major problems will arise and professors can focus on postwar programs.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
A.S T.P
E. O Culver
W. D. Coder
G. R. Dixon
Law Commons
Eastlawn
Army
Hancher
A.S.T.P
Iowa
Paul Engle
Henri Barzun
Coe seniors to receive diplomas in absentia at commencement
Several Coe College seniors will be awarded diplomas in absentia during commencement. The group includes graduates stationed at Fort Benning Georgia and others listed by name and hometown, with additional March graduates receiving their diplomas remotely.
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COE
Fort Benning
Donald F. Ford
Cedar Rapids
Victor E. Lowman
Belmond
Walter Dale Morningstar
Kirby J. Smith
Burt
Donald Niggemeyer
Fort Madison
Robert Myers
Dean E. Hutter
Maywood
Ill
Thomas M. Hinkin
Saginaw
Mich
John M. Harrington
Robert William Miller
Crawfordsville
Jack D. Haisley
St. Louis
Donald W. Barnes
Tama
Perry D. Woodward
David Robert Turner
Kenneth Everett McCulloh
Morrison, Ill
Richard A. Fuller
Charles P. McManaman
Haward
N. H
Charles Joseph Imig
Maryville
Milton H. Kuhleman, Jr
Mt. Carroll
Fort Belvoir
Robert Louis Straka
Memphis
Tenn
Grahl Seeks 18-Year-Old Vote in Iowa Constitution
Brig Gen Charles H. Grahl, Iowa selective service director, urges amending the state constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. He cites World War II service by youths and education as reasons why 18-year-olds should have a voice, arguing maturity will grow with better civics education. Two paths to amendment exist, with a convention unlikely before 1950.
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Paul Bumbarger
Towa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Iowa
Grahl
The
United States
Missing Man Found Dead in Maquoketa Farm Field
The body of Matsey Edwards, 83, who disappeared from his Maquoketa home Monday, was found Saturday afternoon on the J. E. Loodenow farm at the town's south edge by farmhand Pette Potter. Coroner J. J. Tilton said Edwards likely died Monday night and no inquest will be held. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Ben Smalley and Mrs. Henry Weets of Maquoketa and a son, Archie Edwards of Baldwin.
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Maquoketa
Matsey Edwards
J. E. Loodenow
Pette Potter
J. J. Tilton
Edwards
Ben Smalley
Henry Weets
Archie Edwards
Baldwin
Army medical conference on soldier reconditioning at Schick
The War Department announced a two day conference at Schick General Hospital in Clinton, Ta., on March 21 and 22 to observe and discuss the Army Medical Department program for reconditioning sick and wounded soldiers.
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Washington
Army Medical Department
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
War Department
Becker accuses REA investigation of whitewash
John A Becker, Wisconsin rural electrification coordinator, charged before a senate committee that an agriculture department inquiry into alleged pressure by REA officials to favor copper over aluminum in REA projects was a whitewash. He named Guy W. Thaxton as pushing to steer engineering directors toward copper and said directors implied Thaxton could profit from the copper deal. Becker reported no proof to support that claim. He also defended a memorandum linking REA officials to a plan for a nationwide farm cooperative political business network, sticking to a report from Robert Craig who denied the discussion.
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Washington
John A Becker
Wisconsin
Senate
Agriculture Department
Rural Electrification Administration
Becker
Thaxton
REA
Robert Craig
Craig
Iowa Schools Seek 100 New Buses Amid War Material Shortage
Paul B. Norris of the Iowa Department of Public Instruction says state districts need about 100 replacements, with priority to the worst cases. He notes half of the required buses should be light models, but War Production Board releases have mostly been heavy buses from Ford, and not all needs can be met now.
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DES Moines
Paul B. Norris
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Norris
Office of ‘Defense’ Transportation
War Production Board
Ford
New Edict Cuts Empty Truck Returns in Des Moines District
DES MOINES AP Approximately 5,000,000 truck miles a year will be saved in 33 central Iowa counties after a rule bans deadhead trips by commercial and private carriers effective March 27. District ODT manager Gillespie said trucks will not return home empty if freight is available to haul back. Carriers must register with the DDT office if they have no return loads or only partial loads. Private carriers must register an empty truck unless they have a partial return load. If no return load, carriers must contact shippers or other carriers. No trip will exceed 25 percent of the mileage otherwise traveled home. Registration may be centralized later, with possible directions to accept full loads or lease empty vehicles to others to maximize capacity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John H. Gillespie
ODT
Gillespie
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Forhire
Clayton County Men to Service in the Armed Forces
Twenty four Clayton county men left Friday for army and navy service. Names and towns include Elkader James D. Welsch Edward E. Daniels navy Charles R. Dohrer army Edgewood Veryl F. Sherman navy Willard B. Wessel William J. Pesch Jr and Lloyd D. Easton army McGregor Walter W. Stewart navy Clifford T. Pilkington Maury J. Engelhardt Harold E. Thornton army Colesburg Richard W. Jones army Guttenberg Willis Carrier navy Arthur J. Herman Asa T. Fisher army Farmersburg Vernon W. Glawe navy Virgil A. Sawvell Garnaville Andrew Puelz navy Arthur W. Moellering Jr Monona Irving H. Schierholz navy Elkport William M. Rutledge navy Strawberry Point Melvin IL Alderson navy Osterdock Lloyd W. Kottke Marquette Raymond A. Knapp army Ivan A. Enderes Littleport Fred W. Dill Farmersburg and Kenneth M. Esch Strawberry Point were transferred to other boards for induction.
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Elkader
Clayton County
Army
Navy
James D. Welsch
Edward E. Daniels
Charles R. Dohrer
Edgewood
Veryl F. Sherman
Willard B. Wessel
William J. Pesch, Jr
Lloyd D. Easton
McGregor
Walter W. Stewart
Clifford T. Pilkington
Maury J. Engelhardt
Harold E
Pvt. John Harden Missing in Italy
Pvt John C Harden has been reported missing in action in Italy since January 30 according to a war department message received by his father Henry C Harden of west of Tipton He entered the army February 12 1943 and went overseas last September after a brief furlough He served in the North African and Sicilian campaigns and volunteered to join the Rangers Two brothers are in the army Staff Sgt Kenneth C Harden is somewhere in the European theater and Pvt Francis L Harden is in New Guinea and the mother is dead.
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Tipton
John C. Harden
Italy
War Department
Henry C. Harden
West of Tipton
Harden
Rangers
Pvt
Francis L. Harden
New Guinea
Kenneth
Co. Harden
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