Grafters Prey On Soldiers' Families
Decorah Iowa Mrs Gertrude Hegg 102 oldest resident of eastern Iowa died Saturday at 401 Jefferson street She celebrated her 102nd birthday last December Born December 22 1840 in Vang Valdres Norway came to America in 1850 with her parents They lived in Port Washington Wisconsin before moving to Decorah Her husband Gustav Hegg was a Civil War veteran She is survived by a daughter Clara Services will be held Tuesday at Decorah Lutheran church
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Decorah
Gertrude Hegg
Iowa
Jefferson Street
Vang
Valdres
Norway
Hegg
America
Even Ehren
Anderson
Port Washington
Wis
Gustav Hegg
12Th
Iowa Infantry
Clara
Decorah Lutheran Church
Iowa Governor Declares Memorial Day Proclamation
Iowa Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper issued a proclamation designating Sunday May 30 as Memorial Day. He urged Americans to honor those who sacrificed for the republic and to refresh loyalty and devotion amid the war’s hardships.
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Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
NLRB Issues An Ultimatum To C R Utility
The National Labor Relations Board announced that W P Webb, trial examiner, recommended Cedar Rapids Iowa Electric cease and desist from dominating or supporting Society Bargaining Agent and from interfering with employees exercise of self organization and concerted activities. The board labeled Society Bargaining Agent as unaffiliated.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
W. P. Webb
Iowa Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Society
Labor Board
New Ames Food Study Sparks Farm Leaders Clash
Des Moines AP Francis Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau objects to a college study titled Food Management and Inflation by Mary Jean Bowman and Albert Gailord Hart. He says the pamphlet omits labor and industry roles and argues for full disclosure of all factors behind inflation and farm price effects.
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DES Moines
Iowa Farm
Iowa State College
Francis Johnson
State Farm Bureau
Mary Jean Bowman
Albert Gailord Hart
College Department of Economics
Farm Bureau
Johnson
Telephone swindlers prey on families of missing soldiers
In Eastern Iowa, a wave of dupes posing as sympathetic creditors and friends have been calling parents of wounded or missing soldiers to offer elusive help with life insurance or furloughs, only to demand fees. Linn County Red Cross warns of two calls to a Cedar Rapids mother whose son was missing in North Africa, one by a man questioning official reports and another by a nameless woman claiming the son was blown to bits.
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Dora Jane Harbl
Iowa
Johnny
War Department
Linn County Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
North Africa
James Sigmund Home
Eastern Iowa cadets join naval Preflight class
Thirty one Iowans entered the navy Preflight school with names including Charles J. Pribyl Belle Plaine Donald G Lynn Monticello Robert K H Wohler Elgin Homer H Monk Norway and Duane A Dunn Iowa City in the roster reporting from Iowa City.
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Iowa City
INS
Iowa Navy
Charles J. Pribyl
Belle Plaine
Donald G. Lynn
Monticello
Robert KH. Wohler
Elgin
Homer H. Monk
Norway
Duane A. Dunn
Iowa building and loan assets rise in wartime year
Iowa G4 building and loan associations show a slight asset increase in 1942 with total loans $7.48 million, dividends $1.32 million, and reserves at 4.8 percent. Foreclosures hit a new low as investors numbered 36,582, with construction, home purchase, refinancing and other loans totaling the year’s activity. State Auditor Chet B. Akers notes liquidity remains high in anticipation of possible bad days ahead.
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Des Moines
LLP
Iowa
Chet B. Akers
Akers
Iowa Building and Loan Associations
Brownout may be ordered in Iowa City area
Comdr Rollin Perkins of the Johnson county citizens defense committee says a brownout may be ordered at any time. Neon signs and display lights would be extinguished and lights in unused rooms and buildings turned off. The measure could last for an indefinite period or the duration of the war.
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Iowa City
INS
Comdr
Rollin Perkins
Johnson County
Citizens’ Defense Committee
Perkins
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Herring
Clyde 1. Herring
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OPA
NLRB
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Sigmund
Eastern Iowa Air Cadets
Elsie Oesterle
Mrs. Oesterle
Building and Loan Agencies
Harry Haman
Oxford
Harry
Haman
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