Iowa Schools Behind Times as Tracy Addresses Women Club
Tracy, principal of Wilson High, urged Iowa school code revisions for postwar planning. He highlighted equal educational opportunities, individualized instruction, higher teacher standards, reduced property tax burden, and closer to the people control. He noted average teacher pay at 1205 dollars, a 10 percent rise, and that one third of Iowa teachers left during 1943-44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pierre Tracy
Wilson High School
Business and Professional Women's Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Tracy
Walter A. Shupp
Linn County
General Assembly
Shupp
Defiant Holdout By Three Dozen Nazis at Belfort
Belfort fell officially to French control Tuesday as a German major and about thirty three men held out from a castle overlooking the city. French forces, in a mop up of Belfort, faced continued fire from the fortress with civilians casualties from mortar shells. An ultimatum to surrender was rejected, and authorities warned the castle would be stormed before night.
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Clinton B. Conger
Belfort
Frederick August Bartholdi
Bartholdi
Ted
Gaba
Lefty
Belfort siege scene and statue symbol in wartime drives
A narrator threads winding back streets under shellfire to reach Belfort’s castle area. Lion of Belfort stands in sun while Sherman tanks advance to force German positions. Later stuck in traffic near Belfort, bright flares signal the objective reached and the two Statue of Liberty cousins at rest again.
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Belfort
Statue of Liberty
OPA Tightens Price Control to Curb Costs
Washington AP The OPA rushed a tightening of price controls to halt a rise in living costs especially in textiles and clothing. The move aims to curb overfinishing and loopholes that push up garment prices and to tighten approval for extraordinary price increases.
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Washington
OPA
Germany
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
War Production Board
War Food Administration
Buzz bomb encounter flies near two airmen at Belgian base
At an American base in Belgium on November 9, Lt. Philip Guba recounts a buzz bomb flyby during a routine patrol. Pilot Lt. Eleftherion, radar observer Lefty Speirs, and Guba dodged and fired, destroying the bomb at 400 feet. the bomber exploded, leaving the plane scorched but intact with damaged control surfaces.
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Belgium
Philip “Ekinny
Guba
New York
Tadas
Ted” J. Speirs
Hartford
Conn
Eleutherios
Jefty
Ted
Lefty
Yanks Repel Fee in Italy Castiglione siege amid forli front action
In Italy British Eighth Army advances west of Forli capturing Castiglione and moving toward the Cosinam river. Fifth Army repels strong Nazi raids on American lines as Mediterranean air forces hit troop concentrations and transport in Yugoslavia Po valley and along the battle line in the Gulf of Genoa.
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Rome
INS
Eighth Army
Forli
Castiglione
Cosinam
Fifth Army
Mediterranean Air Force
Yugoslavia
Po Valley
Gulf of Genoa
Naval patrols report two convoys found in November 1922
Allied forces continued wartime patrols discovering two convoys during November 1922. Reports indicate two enemy coastal vessels were hit during torpedo actions.
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Childs
AUNT
Ben
By Williams
Eai
Cape Cod
Royal Barry Wills
Boston
Timbren Quality
Timken-Detroit Axle CO
Detroit
Michiges
Timren
Clark Avenue
Michigan
Belle Plaine
Home Heating Appliances
Cedar Rapids
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
Waterloo
Young Heating Co
Checker Electric
Hal Boyle
Chute
Yanks
Fee
Italy
Norwich
Calada
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