Return of Bad Boys Disrupts Eldora School Program
Eldora Iowa Training School for Boys sees disruption as recent returnees from the Anamosa annex upset routines. Supt Fred N Cooper and Dean M L Puckette urge slower reintegration as runaways rise to twenty in two weeks while fire escapes are modernized and dormitories show strain. Cedar Rapids YMB delegates questioned a Des Moines youth about alleged thefts and homesickness as Skeels backs selective returns and possible further study. Population listed as 314 with 69 at Anamosa.
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Frank Nye
Eldora
Fred N. Cooper
Iowa Training School For
Anamosa
Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Training School
Anamosa Annex
Supt
Dean Puckette
Des Moines
Skeels
University of Iowa
E. W. Carlsen
Board of Control
Annex
YMB
Ed H. Mund
Frank Gantt
Joe Kucera
Walt Badger
Omaha man claims escape after quarrel with girlfriend
Darwin Francis Vance, 19, of Omaha, Neb., told Chicago police he escaped from an Anamosa prison honor farm last Aug. 24. He had been serving one to ten years for forgery and said an argument with his girlfriend drove him to flee, adding that life would be simpler without women.
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Chicago
Darwin Francis Vance
Omaha
Neb
Vance
Anamosa
C R Man Heads Credit Group
DES MOINES AP H H Morse of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Sixth district unit for the National Retail Credit association. Mrs Inez Fisher of Cedar Rapids was chosen as director. Morse is credit manager for Armstrong Clothing. Fisher for Luberger. Walter L Daykin of the University of Iowa spoke on labor economics urging collective bargaining within economic reality and contract adherence. Earle Harrison of Marshall Field and Co and Morey Sostrin of Younkers Iowa were among other speakers urging OPA price control extension.
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Des Moines
H H. Morse
Cedar Rapids
National Retail Credit
Inez Fisher
Morse
Armstrong Clothing Company
Fisher
Luberger Company
Walter L. Daykin
University of Iowa
America
Daykin
Earle Harrison
Marshall Field and Company
Chicago
Morey Sostrin
Younkers
Iowa
Sostrin
OPA
War Department Award For West Union Woman
Miss Veda Rulifson of West Union has received a War Department Meritorious Service award in Washington. The citation praises her outstanding performance as chief clerk of the war plans and training division for maintaining an orderly and systematic administration of important records and communications.
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West Union
Veda Rulifson
C. H. Rulifson
War Department
Washington
Rulifson
War Plans and Training Division
Request Filed for New Decorah Radio Station
The Telegraph Herald of Dubuque Iowa asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to operate a new standard radio station at Decorah Iowa on 1240 kilocycles with 250 watts and specified hours.
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Washington
Telegraph Herald of
Dubuque
Federal Communications Commission
Decorah
Schick Hospital Not Suited for New State Mental Unit
Des Moines AP report says a legislative committee found Schick General Hospital at Clinton and Fort Des Moines buildings unlikely sites for a fifth state mental hospital. Arnold noted major structural changes needed at Schick, and fireproofing issues at both sites. The board of control warned of a $100,000 shortfall beyond the $5 million annual operation budget, with emergency funds already allocated.
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Irving D. Long
Schick
Fort Des Moines
Arnold
P F. Hopkins
Board of Control
Woman Found Dead In Eight Inches Of Water
Burlington report: Miss Julia Freitag, 59, found dead in eight inches of water in her basement Monday night. Coroner R O Giles investigates. no violence evident and a possible heart attack suspected. Freitag worked as an egg candler for a local produce company.
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Burlington
Julia Freitag
R. O Giles
Father and Son Heiney to be Hanged at Sunrise March 29
FORT MADISON AP reports Phillip H Heincy 72 and son William Henry Heincy 45 will be executed at sunrise March 29 in the Iowa state penitentiary stockade for the Raebel murder near Spirit Lake in 1944. They robbed, beat, and killed Robert W Raebel and assaulted his wife, then fled with $28. Their crime spree since 1924 spanned several states and included kidnapping and car thefts. both have spent time on Iowa’s death row, with Governor Blue yet to decide on clemency.
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Fort Madison
Missouri
Phillip H. Heincy
William Henry Heincy
Iowa State Penitentiary
Robert W Raebel
Spirit Lake
Heineys
Raebel
Lake
Quincy
Iowa
Raebels
Henry
Phillip
Putnam County
Labelle
South Dakota
Kansas City
Gav
Blue
Joe L. McQuirk
Dickinson County
Mason City
That City
Watt
Hardin County
P H. Smith
W. H Baker
Heiney
K. B Welty
Robert D. Blue
Welty
Oelwein Man Ordained In Presbyterian Rites
Oelwein Robert Young son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Young was ordained into the Presbytery of Dubuque Sunday in a ceremony at First Presbyterian Church. He will be assistant pastor.
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Oelwein
Robert Young
Lloyd Young
Presbytery
Dubuque
First Presbyterian Church
Young
Can't Cover Subject in 4 Years Says Hancher
Kansas City AP report notes University of Iowa president Dr Virgil M Hancher arguing that cumulative learning in any specialized field is far too vast to be completed in four years He cautioned against crowding curricula during a meeting of the American Association of Dental Schools Dean Alvin W Bryan warned it will take years before schools can return to normal education courses
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Kansas City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
American Association of Dental Schools
Mhancher
Alvin W. Bryan
University
School of Dentistry
Association
Vinton to Get Twenty Veterans Housing Units
Chicago regional FHA approved 777 additional emergency housing units for veterans across municipalities and institutions. Allocations include Town-State Teachers College Cedar Falls 30 units Algona 20 units Clarinda 20 units and Vinton 20 units.
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Chicago
INS
Federal Housing Authority
Town — State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Algona
Clarinda
Vinton
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Harold M. Skeels
C.R. Man Heads Credit Group
H. H. Morse
New Decorah
Paul Hansell
Steiney
Grace Cooper
Albia
The
Don Watt
Margaret Thompson
Popejoy
Iowa Falls
Glenwood
Here
Chambers Inskecp Optical Company
Third St. SE
Killian's Suit Department
Mfg
Red Cross
Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
St. Louis
Killian
Patricia Petite
Hancher
Cudahy
Wes Pm
Alsian
Sis
Idaho
Tang
Cudahy Packing
Ow Ernie Plening
3Rd Ave
1St Ave
11Th Street
Marion
Ist St
Rrr
Olp
Delrich
Cupanye Peinicy Ressraeie
Olto
ManGaRing Wissen
Killian Company
New York
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