Iowa Draft Quota for April Cut to One Third
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl announced that Iowa's April selective service quota is materially reduced to about one third of last year's level. He noted the lower February total and stressed that fit men deferred by local boards remain valuable in civilian war effort roles, not just military service.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles H. Grahl
State Office
Washington
Grahl
Iowa City
Johnson
Corp T E Ormand Of Iowa City Dies In Pacific Area
Corp Thomas E Ormand 22 of Iowa City died March 18 in the southwest Pacific area according to a war department notice. He served since January in the Army’s quartermaster corps after transferring from the 113th Cavalry. Surviving are his parents two sisters and maternal grandparents of Iowa City Riverside and Chicago.
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Iowa City
Thomas E Ormand
Eva Ormand
Bellevue
113Th Cavalry
Quartermaster Corps of
Army
Charlotte Louise Weber
Riverside
Winona C. Ormand
M. G. Viers
Iowa City Council Votes Pay Boost
The Iowa City council unanimously approved a 10 percent salary increase for city employees effective April 1 at a special meeting in Mayor Willenbrock's office. Affected workers include police, fire, street and sewer crews, cemetery staff, plant and city hall workers, with exceptions for the police judge, plumbing inspector, city physician, mayor, and council members.
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Iowa City
H. F. Willenbrock
Dysart Votes to Hike Teacher Pay
Dysart superintendent Ruby G. McCarthy and the Dysart faculty were reelected for the next school year and approved wage increases averaging 14 percent. Music teacher Yda Schultz resigned for next year and others must sign contracts by April 5.
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Dysart
Ruby G. McCarthy
Dysart School
Yda Schultz
Train 33 000 In Iowa for Wartime Jobs
Des Moines reports that 33 000 persons have received vocational war production training in Iowa over 30 months. In 19 cities 2 509 students are enrolled with 214 teachers. 300 rural courses have 4 231 enrollments. From July 1 1940 to Feb 28 1943 federal funds reached 2 175 483 with 1 638 216 spent. Two services include civilian and rural war production training for farmers and workers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
F. E. Moore
Moore
Rosenthal News Agency Proprietor Receives Service Call
Decorah Rosenthal news agency head Frederick Rosenthal must report to Sheppard Field Texas for air force technical training after enlisting last September. A former Cedar Rapids Gazette carrier manager in Decorah, his father Cr Rosenthal served in World War I in France.
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Gazette
Decorah
Frederick Rosenthal
Rosenthal News Agency
Sheppard Field
Texas
Air Force
Army
Rosenthal
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cr. Rosenthal
France
Marion elects officers for Railroad Employes unit
Mrs E C Fox was elected president of Marion chapter No 488 Railroad Employes National Pension Association with James L Cosgrove of Chicago addressing members on railroad retirement act amendment. William Hummell became vice president and Mrs Warren Johnson secretary while Glenn Larkin took treasurer duties.
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E. C. Fox
Marion
Railroad Employes National Pension Association
James L. Cosgrove
Chicago
Memorial Hall
William Hummell
Warren Johnson
Glenn Larkin
Decorah School War Stamp Drive Tops 3342.60
Decorah public school stamp sales for the 25 weeks from Sept 1 to last Friday total 3342.60 with weekly averages around 144.70. The smallest week was 42.40 and the peak, 308.90, occurred the week after holiday break. Most purchases came from grade school children.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Young America
Obituary notices from several Iowa towns mark multiple deaths
Multiple obituaries report deaths in Wilton Junction Decorah Spillville Edgewood Monona Postville Riverside Viola Toledo and surrounding areas. Notables include Martha Kleppe Weiershauser 82 in Wilton Junction with children Elmer Paul and six grandchildren and Harry F Ayers 73 with a family in Iowa City and Davenport. Surviving relatives, burial plans and cemeteries noted for each case.
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Wilton Junction
Martha Kleppe Weiershauser
M. J. Doyle
Greenwood Cemetery
Elmer
Wilton
Paul
Muscatine
Doyle
Ella Miller
Clifford Amlong
Harry F Ayers
Iowa City
Eva Heabner
Bertha Ayers
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald
van Nice
Faye
Davenport
Louis Miller
Decorah
Bertha Thompson
Winneshiek
Walker High to Hear W T Smith Commencement Speaker
Upper Iowa University president Walker W T Smith will deliver the commencement address at Walker High School on May 12 with the speech titled Quest for Freedom. The school has sold two typewriters to the government.
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Walker
W. T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Walker High School
Coolidge Dam Dedicatory Record Marks Highest Dome Structure
The Coolidge dam in Arizona is noted as the world’s highest multiple-dome dam. It was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge in 1930, highlighting a key milestone in American hydro engineering.
Two Men Remain on Active Duty in Des Moines Guard Battalion
Des Moines reports virtually all of the Town state guard's first military police battalion demobilized March 15. Only Major Charles R. Clift and Second Lieut. Pinkie George stay on active duty, with Clift permanent and George active through summer training. Enlisted personnel were sent home, many taking two weeks army leave. The battalion formed from volunteers around the state and disbanded at Camp Dodge. Summer training begins June 6 with two regiments trained separately.
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Des Moines
Town State Guard
Adj
Charles H. Grahl
Charles R. Clift
Pinkie George
Clift
Guard
George
Grahl
Camp Dodge
State Guard
Police
Stocks of Meat At Rock Bottom
At Des Moines Fulton market manager F. P Young reported meat stocks at the lowest level in 35 years. Prospective customers had four options: buy pork chops liver frozen chicken or leave empty-handed. Demand and sparse displays characterized the nearly empty showcases and refrigerated storerooms.
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Des Moines
INS
F. P Young
Fulton
Decorah Meat Markets to Close Sundays for First Time
Decorah will see local meat markets close next Sunday and on all Sundays thereafter for the first time in history. Market leaders cite the day of rest for workers and broader supply shortages as the economic reason behind the decision.
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Spreial
Gazette
Decorah
State's Oldest Civil War Veteran Dies at 101
Hiram Finley 101 Iowa's oldest Civil War veteran died in an Indianola nursing home. He carried dispatches on horseback and by rail from the Ozarks to Washington. Survived by three daughters. Funeral services set for Red Oak Saturday.
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Indianola
Hiram Finley
Iowa
Ozarks
Washington, D. C
Red Oak
Chinese Custom Forbids Interview
Madame Yuh Tsing Zee Yuh, a prominent Chinese woman educator visiting Drake University for youth education conferences, explains she will not give interviews while Madame Chiang Kai-shek is in the United States. She calls it an old Chinese custom to avoid attention away from the Generalissimo’s wife.
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Des Moines
Madame Yuh Tsing Zee Yuh
Chiang Kai-shek J
United States
Madame Yuh
Drake University
F. S. Treat Dies At 80 A Longtime Iowa Official
Forrest S. Treat, 80, former superintendent of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans Home and ex head of the Iowa Masonic sanitarium in Bettendorf, died after a long illness. Funeral services will be held here Saturday with burial at Grinnell.
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Davenport
Forrest S. Treat
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Iowa Masonic Sanitarium
Bettendorf
Grinnell
Health Department Denies Home Canning Dangers
Iowa State Health Department spokesman Evelyn Hollen says a circulating rumor misleads the public into thinking non acidic garden vegetables cannot be canned at home. She urges continued gardening and safe canning methods with guidance from extension services and federal bulletins.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Health Department
Miss Hollen
Earliest Spring Commencement in Iowa History
The University of Iowa will hold its earliest spring commencement four weeks from Sunday, awarding degrees and certificates on April 25. The ceremony, held in the Field House, coincides with Easter and will mark the fifth degree ceremony since Pearl Harbor.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Field House
Pearl Harbor
University of Iowa Art Conference Broadcast on April 3
Art experts from several states will take part in a University of Iowa conference broadcast on WSU April 3 from 10 am to noon. Speakers include Felix Payant Clifton Gagne and Harry Sternberg with other educators from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Davenport and Minneapolis.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
WSU
Felix Payant
Clifton Gagne
University of Minnesota Department of Art Education
Harry Sternberg
Art Students League
New York City
Edwin Bruns
Cedar Rapids
Bernice Setzer
Des Moines
Arthur Keyes
Red Cross Home Nursing Committee
Elia Preston
Davenport
Lester Longman
Harry K Newburn
Liberal Arts College
Earl E. Harper
School of Fine Arts
Number of Children Key in Eviction Suit
Des Moines AP report says Vernon Jayne his wife and six children were cited in an eviction case. Mrs. Kathryn Fromm testified a misunderstanding over the number of children. Jayne denied saying three. Judge Lou Ladd took the case under advisement after the testimony.
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DES Moines (Ap
Vernon Jayne
Kathryn Fromm
Jayne
Fromm
Lou Ladd
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
Postville Soldier Reported Missing in North Africa
Private DuWayne Bulman, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. W G Bullman, is missing in action in North Africa, the second Postville man reported missing in Africa in the last two weeks. He graduated from Postville High in 1938, entered service in 1941, trained at Camp Claiborne, served in Ireland, and later in Africa. He previously worked for the Milwaukee railroad. He has brothers Howard in the Pacific Northwest and Neil in Florida.
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Postville
W G. Bullman
War Department
DuWayne Bulman
North
Africa
LeRoy Gass
Bulman
Postville High School
Camp Claiborne
Ireland
Iowa Flyer Killed in Florida War Casualty
The War Department informed Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Michl of Bettendorf that their son Second Lieut. Joseph Michl Jr., 25, was killed at Venice Florida while serving in the Army Air Force. No other details were released.
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Bettendorf
War Department
Joseph Michl
Joseph Michl, Jr
Venice
Fla
Army Air Force
Pheasants Still Plentiful Despite Spring Hunt
Iowa officials report a drop in pheasant numbers in areas with the heaviest concentrations after the March 15 22 open season. The first spring hunting season aimed to reduce birds saw many birds and bag limits in dense areas while overall results were modest due to bad weather and high roadrunner? Violations were common, mainly carrying loaded guns in cars and hunting on resident licenses. Hen pheasants are noted as part of hunter bags for the first time as legitimate game.
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DES Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
James Harlan
Commission
Harlan
Garrison Couple Celebrates 58th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Cal Baum were honored March 19 for their fifty eighth wedding anniversary. Twenty family members gathered at the home of their son and wife Mrs and Mrs Dewey Baum for a party. The couple has lived on the same farm near Garrison throughout their 58 years of marriage.
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Monona
Fred Lembke
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lembke
Elizabeth Erb
Sl, Kechler
Ramona
S.D
John Luana
Emil
Arthur Lembke
Burlington
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Rantoul
Lowell Parks
George A. Oxley
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East Lansing
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Kenneth R. Davenport
Texas A. and M. College
Kendall Baker
Owen
Robert Vesely
Floyd Emmons
Princeton, Ill
Marion Theater
O. W. McBride
Doris Carolyn Murfield
Marvelle
Arlene Minor
Western Auto Associate
Wyoma Carey
B. I. Wooldridge
Charleston
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Seigfred Company
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Carl Struchen
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Henry Arp
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Arthur W. Henke
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Churdan
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San Francisco
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Mt. Vernon
James A. Lacock
Loring B. Lacock
Seventh Avenue
Fort Logan
Colo
Army Air Base
Warrensburg
Robert Williams
Mrs. L. A Levasseur
Benjamin
Oscar French
Frank Gibson
Mrs. Gibson
Floyd Roberts
Earl George
Springville
Manchester
Red Cross
St. John’s High School
Edith Parsons
District Health Service No. 8
Catherine Kenworthy
Delaware County
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Men's Reformatory
Foss Davis
Lee van Kirk
C. E. Burdine
Central City
West Virginia
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Spillville
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Matt Bina
Frances
Ed Maloney
Daniel Lukesh
Protivin
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Victor
Kate Gullikson
Mary Bina
Wendel Riha
Fort Atkinson
Kukelka
Clutter
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James and
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Frank
Calmar
Edgewood
Andrew J. Peters
California
Avalon Lodge
A. M
Charles H Peters
Will Peters
Burt
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Schutte
Carl Y ¥. Martens
Lansing
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Leonard
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Camp Hood
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Herb Less
Waterloo
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Keege Harbor
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Houston
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Oelwein
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Oklahoma City
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Truman
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Hubert
Martelle
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O. L. Jensen
Woodlawn
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Lee
Montour
Hal
Creston
Hortense Morgan
F. S. Treat
State Health Department
Florida
Pascal Celery
Honor Garrison
Gledar
Alea Mt
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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