Veterans urged to seek sound loans amid inflation
Walter T. Robinson of the Veterans Administration Iowa warned lenders and investors to require sound business principles in GI loans during inflation. Since July 1945 Iowa guaranteed 17,243 loans totaling 74.5 million dollars with only 11 lender claims filed for guaranteed amounts. Home loans to veterans total 60.4 million with 12,949 loans. 550 veterans have paid loans in full totaling about 1.5 million.
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DES Moines
Walter T. Robinson
Veterans Administration
Iowa
Robinson
Newton
Veterans Adistration
Manchester's Queen Entry for Eastern Iowa Band Festival
Patricia Boots of Manchester, a 17-year-old senior, competes as Manchester's queen candidate for the Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids on June 7. She is active in NHS, Presbyterian Young People, student council, and senior class, and excels in music and theater. Daughter of Jerry and Leone Boots, she is a bass clarinetist and soloist with multiple arts honors. The winning candidate will be crowned at Hawk Eye Downs with scholarships and gifts.
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Patricia Boots
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Patricia
Manchester High School
Manchester High
Presbyterian Young People
Girls’ Glee Club
National Thespian Society
West Union Street
Jerry Boots
Leone Boots
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Coe College
Queens
Young Men's ‘and
Thhe Chamber of Commerce
Three Die in Plane Crash in Monument Colorado
In Monument Colorado three people died when a converted army training plane crashed into a hill during a pleasure flight. Victims include Mildred Bertha Sander 29 and Marilyn Lee Yashack 22 both from Iowa living in Denver, and pilot Joe Eddy Rappulin a Denver University student. Ed J Mahaffie of Monument said engine trouble preceded the crash.
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Wyo
Denver University
Ed J. Mahaffie
Monument
West Field
Denver
Rappulin
Public Bookkeeping Service Association of Iowa Elects Officers
L. P. Christensen of Cedar Rapids was elected president, Fred C. Eslick of Mason City named vice-president, and Karl S. Moehrl of Marshalltown chosen secretary and treasurer at a Marshalltown meeting. Over 60 firms from across the state attended, with the next gathering set for Des Moines on November 15.
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Marshalltown
L. P. ‘Christensen
Third Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Public Bookkeeping Service Association of Iowa
Fred C. Eslick
Mason City
Karl S. Moehrl
Des Moines
Farmer Ends His Life with Rifle
Harold Cousins, about 48, a bachelor farmer, was found dead in his Earlville area home. Authorities say he shot himself in the mouth with a .22 rifle, which lay beside the body. Cousins had not been seen since Friday and neighbors reported livestock left unfed. The coroner noted he likely had been dead since Friday.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Harold Cousins
Earlville
Carl Anderson
John M. Brayton
Cousins
Despondent man found dead. body sent to Earlville funeral home
The deceased, said to be despondent due to ill health, was reported in a sorrowful state. Police notified, and the body was transported to Clifton funeral home in Earlville for further arrangements.
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Clifton Funeral Home
Earlville
New Pastor Appointed at McGregor Congregational Church
The Rev. C. W. Punter has accepted a call to pastor the Congregational church in McGregor. He comes from Miles Iowa to succeed Rev. Paxton Smith, who has accepted a call to the Glenwood Iowa Congregational church.
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McGregor
C. W. Punter
Congregational Church
Miles
Paxton Smith
Glenwood
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