Water Use Committee Formed in Iowa to Study Resources
Governor Wilson appointed a nine member panel of technicians from the University of Iowa and state agencies to study water use and supply across agriculture public water systems pollution flood control soil conservation hydroelectric power and recreation. The panel will develop a long term water use program collect data assess project relationships and advise state departments on water use questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Engineering
University of Iowa
F. T. Schwab
Iowa Conservation Commission
Jay N. Darling
Des Moines
Dale L. Moffitt
Des Moines Waterworks
A. H. Wieters
Iowa Health Department
J. A. Wilkinson
Iowa State College
Jehovah's Witness Ignores Draft Call Faces Court Action
Harold Burmeister, 30, a Denison area farmer and Jehovah's Witness, faced court action after refusing to report for induction. Crawford county selective service board sent the case to the justice department. he cites conscientious objection to war and his status as an ordained minister as grounds for exemption.
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Denison
INS
Harold Burmeister
Crawford County Selective Service Board
Department of Justice
Burmeister
$10,440 Found on Oskaloosa Widow
The body of 71 year old Oskaloosa widow Mrs Lillian V Crispin was found Friday at her home from an apparent heart attack. Sheriff Fritz Vangenderen and estate administrator Loftus Comstock counted $10 440 in envelopes tied around her waist as part of the estate. Her attorney Mayor Lake Crookham said one envelope held a thick stack of twenty and hundred dollar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Lillian V. Crispin
Fritz Vangenderen
Loftus Comstock
Lake Crookham
Union Member Proposes Staggered War Plant Work Weeks
Des Moines unionist Fred C. Bernhard urges Congress to abandon the 40 hour week during the war, proposing staggered schedules to staff key plants without overtime. He argues a national emergency allows temporary contract abrogation and boards to curb industries, urging Americans to unite for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Congress
Fred C. Bernhard
Des Moines
Paul Cunningham
R-Ia
Congressional Record
France
Bernhard
Kiwanis Club Presses for Full War Production
Mt Pleasant Kiwanis members write to President Roosevelt and Iowa lawmakers urging full capacity in war production. They state workers and materials should be utilized 100 percent, 24 hours daily, seven days a week, and call for leadership to achieve immediate full production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Uncle Sam to Call More Iowa Doctors
The Iowa Medical Association said over 160 Iowa doctors are in the armed forces and the government will issue a detailed questionnaire next week to identify men best suited for medical corps duty in the army navy coast guard and marine corps. Most in service are under 35 and many may be called up to age 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Medical Association
Iowa
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Martin Cooney Named 13th District Judge in Iowa
Gov. George A. Wilson selected 40 year old Martin M. Cooney of West Union to fill the Thir teenth district seat after the death of H E Taylor Waukon. Cooney, an Arlington native and University of Iowa graduate, is a WWI era veteran and a Republican active in local and state bars and civic groups.
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Des Moines
Martin M. Cooney
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Thirteenth
West Union
Cooney
H. E. Taylor
Waukon
James Cooney
Wilson and Company
Arlington
University of Iowa
Young Republicans
Harrison E.spangler
Cedar Rapids
Themerican Legion
West Unionitizens Club
The
West Union Puntry Club
Rotary
Ballroom Operators to Gather in Des Moines April First
A special meeting of ballroom operators from 11 Midwestern states will convene in Des Moines on April 1 to discuss war conditions. The meeting is announced by Carl Fox of Mason City, president of the Midwest Ballroom Operators Association.
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Des Moines
INS
Carl Fox
Mason City
Associaton
Iowans Train for Uncle Sam Aerial Team at West Point of the Air
Fourteen Iowans train at Randolph Field Texas for Army Air Corps primary flying. Cadets learn navigation weather radio and night and day flights before advanced school training. Notable names include Ward of Cedar Rapids Sparrowgrove of Belle Plaine Hunt of Fayette and Wilke of Farmersburg among others aiming for silver wings and a lieutenant’s gold bar.
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Andolph Field
Texas
West Point
Randolph
Uncle Sam
Army Air Corps
ABC
Iowa
Robert E. Ward
Martin C. Ward
Sixth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Newman Club
Commerce Club
Corsicana
U. S. Armored Force
Fort Knox
Bernard O. Sparrowgrove
Belle Plaine
the Clouds
Iowa City
R.O.T.C
E. O. Sparrowgrove
Sixteenth Street
Erwin H. Wilke
University of Detroit
Fred C. Wilke
Farmersburg
Wilke
Corsicana Field
Donald KR. Hunt
Walter R. Hunt
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Mt. Pleasant
John Leech
Fairfield
Lyle Jones
Winterset
Randolph Field
Iowan Off to War After He Invests $14 500 in Bonds
SIBLEY Iowa Carl Piscator 35 Osceola county farmer inducted into army service bought 14 500 worth of defense bonds on the eve of his departure for Fort Des Moines Piscator did not ask for deferment though he has been farming 223 acres His brother Ture Piscator will handle his farm work Asked why he decided to put his money into defense bonds Piscator said he could not think of a better investment and it is one I can fight to protect.
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Sibley
INS
Carl R. Piscator
Osceola County
Fort Des Moines
Piscator
Ture Piscator
S Moines
Iowa
WPA
John M. Naughton
Naughton
Sioux City
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Windsor Terrace
Iowa tax official hears milk delivery plan in permit talk
An Iowa sales tax official records a permit applicant who says his future business may deliver milk by auto or possibly on foot, illustrating a cautious realist approach to rationing era commerce.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Governor Wilson Tries Own Driving Medicine
Des Moines AP: Governor Wilson, preaching safety, spoke at a farmer and son gathering in Laverne Iowa and then drove home at under the 40 mph speed limit he had urged for the state. The 122 mile trip took three hours and 35 minutes.
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Des Moines
Wilson
Farmer and Son
Laverne
Gardner Seeks Reelection Papers in Iowa
Three Iowa state representatives asked for nomination papers for reelection. They are Dr. John R. Gardner of Lisbon Republican Harold J. Teachout of Farragut Democrat and C. A. Bryson of Iowa Falls Republican.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of State
John R. Gardner
Lisbon
Harold J. Teachout
Farragut
C. A. Bryson
Iowa Falls
Army Morale High as Soldiers’ Readiness Praised
Washington AP reports Representative Martin notes morale among U S soldiers is improving and that troops are serious and enthusiastic about the war effort. He cites adequate armaments and supplies as the main challenge and says there is a 100 percent willingness to serve.
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Washington
United States
Rep. Martin
R-Ia
House Military Affairs Committee
Martin
Barlow to Serve Amana Society in Advisory Capacity
Amana Society directors accepted the resignation of Arthur Barlow of Cedar Rapids as business manager with regret. He will remain with the corporation in an advisory capacity and be in Amana on Tuesdays and other convenient times. Barlow is president of the Shores Company and the Builders Material Company in Cedar Rapids. His resignation was submitted January 5.
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Amana
Amana Society
Arthur Barlow
Cedar Rapids
Jit
Peter Stuck
Corporation
Barlow
Shores Company
Builders Material Company
Sioux City Man Fined on Two Counts for Tax Evasion
Robert L. Terry of Sioux City pled guilty to two counts of income tax evasion and was fined 750 dollars on each count. He underpaid federal taxes for 1936 and 1937, with back taxes and penalties totaling 3,658.42 dollars plus a 1,500 dollar fine.
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Des Moines
Robert L. Terry
Sioux City
United Wholesale
Charles A. Dewey
Terry
Iowa study probes TB death rate and soil links
Public health officials begin a survey in Farragut and six Iowa counties to explain why Iowa’s TB death rate is far below the national average. The project tests more than 1,200 pupils, traces family histories, and surveys soil types for possible links to lung calcifications and undetected infections.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Farragut
C.K. McCarthy
State Health Department
Fremont
Davis
Decatur
Hardin
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Cedar
McCarthy
Byron J Olson
U.S. Public Health Service
Winter Wetter and Warmer Than Usual in Iowa
Des Moines reports indicate Iowa’s winter ended warmer and wetter than average. Meteorologist Charles D Reed notes a 2.57 score 57 degrees average and three months December January February above the norm. Farmers fear slow spring field work due to persistent wet conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D Reed
Reed
Co Op Oil Price Suit Dismissed in Iowa Case
STOUT CITY AP A $97 597 damage suit by the Farmers Cooperative Oil Co of Sheldon Iowa against 12 major oil firms filed last Feb 23 has been dismissed by Federal Judge George C Scott. The judge said any damage, if any, was passed on and absorbed by members of the organization.
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Stoux City
Farmers Cooperative Oil Company
Sheldon
George C. Scott
Scott
Higher Pay Inducement is Advised
CEDAR FALLS AP The rural teaching quality has improved over a decade yet rural teachers earn less than 10 years ago, warns Howard A Dawson NEA rural service director He cautions that teacher shortages threaten rural schools and urges higher salaries to keep teachers in one room schools He notes progress in teaching methods courses and library services but no gains in per pupil spending turnover or salaries
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Cedar Falls
Howard A Dawson
Rural Service
National Education Association
Dawson
Midwest Conference On Rural Life and Education
Iowa State Teachers College
NEA
Future democracy urged as new order nears
Dr T V Smith of the University of Chicago argued at the Midwest conference on rural life and education that postwar democracy will differ from the past. He said the old individualized democracy promoted by education and business cannot endure and that the future must be a disciplined democracy.
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Cedar Falls
T. V. Smith
University of Chicago
Smith
Illinois
United States
Iowa State Teachers College
No State Plan for Central Waste Roundup Says Salvage Office
Iowa salvage director H C Plagman said the state salvage office will not run a centralized collection or handle waste transactions. He stated the office aims to publicize salvage for war production and educate the public on the need, urging individuals to save materials for use or donate to organizations, while selling to junk dealers is also allowed.
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Des Moines
H. C. Plagman
Iowa
Plagman
Myron N. Blank
Polk County
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Iowa WPA Chief Aims to End Program Soon
Iowa WPA Administrator John M Naughton says he plans to wind down the program as quickly as possible by finding work for participants. He notes current Iowa WPA staffing and training will continue only for war production needs.
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Naughton
WPA
Arlington Sailor Missing After Pacific Action
Arlington sailor Robert Paul Willerton 25 yeoman second class is reported missing after action in the Pacific. Information came to his parents Mr and Mrs R H Willerton of Arlington from the Navy Department.
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Oelwein
Robert Paul Willerton
Yeoman
Pacific
Navy Department
R. H. Willerton
Arlington
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West Point of the Air
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