Housing Shortage Creates New Fire Hazards in Homes
Des Moines AP reports that dividing houses into apartments to ease housing shortage has sparked new fire risks. Iowa Fire Marshal John Strohm and state fire chiefs list seven hazards including insufficient exits, overloaded circuits, faulty heating, dangerous gas heating stoves, inadequate asphyxiation protection, unsafe compressed gas systems, and sub standard construction. They urge owners and renters to heed safety and offer inspections and advice.
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DES Moines
John Strohm
Iowa
Strohm
Coralville Reservoir Receives Senate Funding
The Senate approved 360 million dollars for rivers and harbor projects including eastern Iowa plans. Coralville reservoir would receive sixty two thousand dollars for advance planning and Turkey river at Elkport two thousand dollars as part of the program. The bill advances to the House for a 74 million dollar increase.
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Senate
Coralville
Washington
Iowa
War Department
Turkey River
Elkport
House
Battleship Iowa Key Ship in New Fifth Fleet
Tokyo AP reports the U S Fifth Fleet will be reorganized in American waters around the battleship Iowa. Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman said Iowa, destroyer squadron five, and other craft will move to the West Coast. Most of the fleet shifts to the Seventh Fleet to oversee Western Pacific operations. The reorganized Fifth Fleet will conduct regular training with possible new carrier reinforcements.
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Tokyo
U. S
Fifth Fleet
Japan
Iowa
Frederick C. Sherman
United States
Seventh Fleet
Western
Pacific
Sherman
America
Girl Student at U S Faces Forgery Charge
Special to The Gazette reports Iowa City county attorney plans forgery charges in district court against Marilou Maddox a 19 year old University of Iowa junior. She is accused of passing bad checks totaling 65 dollars at several local restaurants and drug stores between March 11 and March 18.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Jack C. White
Six Eldora boys transferred to feeble minded schools
DES MOINES AP Six former inmates of the state training school for boys at Eldora are being transferred to feeble minded institutions this week. Two go to Woodward and four to Glenwood. The boys, segregated at Anamosa in an annex of the men's reform school for handling difficulties, follow recommendations by Dr. Harold Skeels. Two already moved to Clarinda hospital for insane as a result of Skeels study.
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Des Moines
Eldora
State Board of Control
Woodward
Glenwood
Anamosa
E. W. Carlsen
Harold Skeels
Clarinda Hospital
Skeels
Surplus Sales Depot Opens in Des Moines Area
Des Moines will host a surplus commodities sales depot about April 10 in a Des Moines ordnance plant building. The War Assets administration Chicago office will offer machinery equipment and supplies from the ordnance plant and surplus items stored in the Chicago district for sale to the public.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
Chicago
War Assets Corporation
Ordnance Plant
Ivanhoe Bridge Taking Form Over Cedar River
Two spans set for the Ivanhoe bridge between Mt Vernon and Solon with six 150 foot and two 40 foot approach spans. The 1000 foot long concrete floored bridge will carry a 24 foot roadway and use 1 900 000 tons of steel. Work started Feb 17 by Ben Cole and Son of Ames with completion targeted for July 1 per Cedar Rapids engineer. Pioneer crossings on the Cedar river at Ivanhoe trace the old Military road route.
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Cedar River
Mt. Vernon
Solon
Ben Cole and Son
Ames
C. M. Fisher
Cedar‘ Rapids
State Highway Commission
Dubuque
Iowa City
Luther To Hold Second Service for War Dead
A second memorial service for Luther college men who died in World War II will be held in the C. K. Preus Gymnasium on March 31 at 4 p.m. Rev. A. M. Kraabel, Luther class of 1917 and new superintendent of chaplains for the Veterans Administration in Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas, will speak. Anton Bernatz Legion post and Helef Holm VFW post will participate.
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Luther College
C. K. Preus Gymnasium
A. M. Kraabel
Luther
Veterans Administration
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Anton Bernatz
S.U.L. Girl Seeks 15105 After Horse Tumble
Viola Jaquiss, University of Iowa student, sues I C Nichols and J L Witt of a nearby riding academy for 15105 in district court alleging she was thrown from a horse during lessons, suffering a broken back, shock and other injuries.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Viola Jaquiss
University of Iowa
I. C. Nichols
J. L. Witt
Here
Miss Jaquiss
North Western Train Derailment Delays Traffic Resumed
A freight train derailment near the DeWitt depot halted traffic on highway 61 Tuesday night. Twelve cars derailed due to a defective journal, with Clinton and Booney crews clearing wreckage by Wednesday. No injuries were reported as trains were detoured via the Milwaukee line.
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Chicago North Western Railroad
Clinton and
Booney
DeWitt
North Western
Milwaukee Railroad
Vet Runs Amuck in Des Moinesurdered? No, shot holes
A Polk county World War II veteran was jailed after a Tuesday night incident in which he terrorized his family and neighbors with a .22 rifle. Police said he carried furniture from his tenant house on a farm, burned it in the yard, and shot the house full of holes.
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DES Moines
Elkader Flying Service Incorporation Filed in Iowa
DES MOINES AP The Elkader Flying Service Inc of Elkader Iowa filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state Capitalized at 25000 the air transport service listed officers all of Elkader Harold H Hall president Harold S Griffith vice president and Arthur J Meyer secretary and treasurer
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DES Moines
Elkader Flying Service, Inc
Elkader, In
Air Transport Service
Elkader
Harold H. Hall
Harold S. Griffith
Arthur J. Meyer
Round trip in four days.
The operation has run perfectly and safely overall with pilots often unaware of their passengers or cargo.
Iowa City Pilots Command Green Hornet Transport
Two Iowa pilots, First Lt. Robert Glen of Iowa City and First Lt. Robert Ames of Fort Madison, are named among a select group of Army Air Forces commanders for the Green Hornet lines. They fly personnel and materiel from Roswell to Bikini Atoll, supporting the atomic bomb test operations on a precise schedule across the vast route.
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Roswell, N. M
INS
Iowa
Army
Robert Glen i
Iowa City
Robert Ames
Fort Madison
Roswell
Bikini Atoll
Surveyors Conference at Ames Set for Iowa State College
Fifty surveyors and interested persons registered for the eleventh surveyors conference at Iowa State College on Tuesday focusing on land surveys and related subjects.
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AMES
INS
Surveyors
Iowa State College
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