Enrollment Dent In Iowa Colleges Surges From War Demands
An Associated Press survey shows 20 Iowa colleges reporting 21,848 fall term students, down from 23,672 last year and short of the 1940 peak. Factors include selective service, defense jobs drawing potential students, higher wages, and continued university notes on graduate and law enrollments.
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George
Mills
DES Moines
Iowa
Selective Service Act
National Defense Production
Associated Press
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Graduate College
College of Law
Hancher
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State Teachers College
Luther
Drake
St. Ambrose and
Marycrest
Grinnell
John Fletcher
William Penn
Central
Western Union
Cornell
Dubuque
Parsons
Upper Iowa
Simpson
St. Ambrose
Buena Vista
Loras
Coe
Uni
Iowa State
Iowa St. Teach
Camp Claiborne Hero officer saves drowning private
First Lieut. James Gillespie of Des Moines and three fellow officers saved an enlisted man from drowning at a swimming hole near Camp Claiborne after hearing cries for help. Gillespie, fully dressed, dived in and brought the man to shore after going under once.
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Camp Claiborne
Ins
James Gillespie
Des Moines
168Th Infantry
Gillespie
Iowa Couples Boom Nebraska Marriages
Iowa residents flock to Nebraska to wed after Iowa passed a health bill requiring pre marriage blood tests. Lincoln reports show Douglas county issued 1090 licenses May through August, boosting eight month totals to 1630, while Sarpy county reached 635 May–August and 1025 eight months. Defense activities around Sarpy also linked to higher marriage totals.
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Lincoln
Iowa
Nebraskan
Douglas County
Emmett Hannon
Sarpy County
428 Iowans To Be Inducted Into Army In November
Des Moines AP reports 428 Iowa men will be inducted into federal service between November 5 and 15. About 14 000 Iowans have been inducted under the selective service act to date. Four hundred will report to Fort Des Moines and 28 to Fort Crook in Omaha Nebraska.
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Army
Des Moines
Nowa Selective Service
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Fort Crook
Omaha
Neb
Waterloo coroner rules death by own action in Mrs Olson case
County Coroner Dr. Sidney Smith ruled death by own action in the case of Mrs. Gust Olson about 45 whose body was found hanging in the attic of her Waterloo home Friday night. She was the wife of the general superintendent of the John Deere Tractor company.
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Waterloo
Ins
Sidney Smith
Gust Olson
John Deere Tractor Company
Ordnance Worker Fatally Hurt In Sidewall Collapse
Burlington Iowa Up report says David F Hootman 48 Fairfield a laborer at the Iowa ordnance plant was fatally injured in a sidewall collapse while seven feet underground in a manhole The accident happened at 230 am he died at 7 am in a hospital Major John C Lowry construction quartermaster states Hootmans body was sent to Birmingham Ta His widow and two children survive
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Burlington
David F. Hootman
Fairfield
Iowa Ordnance Plant
John C. Lowry
Hootman
Birmingham
Winneshiek Court Convenes Monday Featured Probate and New Causes
Winneshiek county district court opens the October term Monday with 15 probate matters including nine final reports and two state cases. One case challenges L. J. Meyer for resisting an officer and another targets Milton Knutson for intoxicated driving. The term lists 22 new causes split evenly between law and equity, plus three divorces. Judge T. H. Goheen of Calmar will preside.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
L. J. Meyer
Milton Knutson
Mary A. Leibold
Arthur Leibold
Frances M. Knox
Thomas
October In N E Iowa Reveals Scenic Fall Splendor
Feature by Gene Farmer extols eastern Iowa’s fall scenery and drives from Marion to McGregor to Lansing. Describes Pike's Peak state park, McGregor Heights, Winneshiek Lookout, Yellow River country, and towns like Harper’s Ferry Decorah and Spilsville with natural beauty and bohemian notes.
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McGregor
McGregor Heights
Heights
Pike's Peak
Lowe
Iowa
Mississippi River
Pike’s Peak
Winneshiek Lookout
Lansing
Marion
Ol’ Man
Pike’s Peak State Park
Waukon
Yellow River
Marquette
Harper's Ferry
Ab Jenkins
Calmar
Spilsville
Antonin Dvorak
Nature
Farm Accident Injures Girl at Bluffton Court
DECORAH reports 13 year old Madonna Gallagher daughter of Elsie Gallagher of Bluffton was injured while freeing a pig from wagon spokes. An old hog seized her arm breaking both bones and crushing the limb. Imilda Gallagher took Madonna to a doctor as their mother was away. Over a hundred hogs were in the lot.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Madonna Gallagher
Elsie Gallagher
Bluffton
Madonna
Tmilda
Imilda
Buck brothers injured in corn picker accident near Walker
Carl Buck lost a finger and his brother John Buck suffered a crushed finger in a mechanical corn picker accident. They are sons of Earl Buck, a farmer north of Walker.
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the Gazette
Walker
Carl Buck
John
Earl Buck
Farm youth loses fingers in chemical thistle job
Arthur Baker an 18 year old farm youth from between Edgewood and Elkport was injured Thursday afternoon while spraying Canada thistles. A chemical outfit explosion mangled three fingers on his left hand and amputations were done at Manchester hospital that night. His other hand was injured.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Arthur Baker
Edgewood
Elkport
Baker
Farmer Dan Anderson Crushed by Cow in Grand Mound Incident
Dan Anderson, a farmer north of Grand Mound, suffered a double leg fracture after being kicked by a cow. He was transported to a Davenport hospital for treatment.
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The
Gazette
Grand Mound
Dan Anderson
Davenport
Two Tama Residents Suffer Fractures from Accidents
Mrs Alfred Lucina of Tama sustained a compound fracture to her right ring finger after her hand got into a corn shelter during a mishap. Her granddaughter Mary Lucinda Timm, age eighteen months, also fractured her left forearm in a greenstick injury while playing with her father.
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the Gazette
Tama
Alfred Lucina
Mary Lucinda Timm
Alfred Timm
Farmer Ben Chase Injured After Hay Chute Fall
Volga City reports farmer Ben Chase of the west area sustained a fractured left shoulder and severe bruising to the left arm after a fall down a hay chute on Thursday.
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the Gazette
Volga City
Ben Chase
Here
Farm Hand Loses Finger in Hammer Mill Fan
Bob Conrad, a farm hand at the Glen Siver farm five miles southeast of here, lost the end of a large finger in a hammer mill fan on Thursday. He was taken to a hospital in Anamosa and remained overnight for treatment.
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the Gazette
Martelle
Bob Conrad
Glen Siver
Here
Anamosa
Court Continues Hearings On SUI Fraternity Taxes
The Iowa City hearings on property assessments for 21 University of Iowa fraternities and sororities were extended to after the regular jury cases or a mid-session break. Judge James P. Gaffney noted the cases would be heard in sequence with separate judgments possible. Testimony estimated property values from 8 000 to 15 000 dollars and costs to convert houses into apartments at 20 000 to 30 000 dollars per case. Two days more were anticipated to complete the remaining hearings.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
James P. Gaffney
A A. West
Hubert Miller
Gaffney
Iowa Census Shows Rural-Urban Split In 1940 Population
United States census bureau reports for Iowa reveal 36 per 100 residents on farms and 64 in cities and towns. Iowa totals include 916,768 rural farm residents of 2,538,268, with 1,280,494 males and 1,257,774 females. whites 2,403,446 native, 117,245 foreign born, 16,694 Negroes, others 883.
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Washington
United States Census Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Farmers See Income Tax Payments Doubling
Higher farm prices and good crops pushed Iowa tax returns and payments above last year. Rural returns rose to 18 198 on 1940 incomes with 470 203 dollars, up from 8 896 returns and 232 770 dollars in 1940. City town returns grew to 111 332 with 4 027 684 dollars. Combined totals show Polk, Scott, Linn, Woodbury and Black Hawk leading in contributions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Polk County
Scott
Linn
Woodbury
Riverside Plans Its Second Fall Festival
Riverside announces the second annual fall festival with events scheduled over four days. F W Schnoebelen leads the committee with M J Wilkinson, Hubert F Doud, C J Karel, R H Heitzman, R L Marner and H S King as chairmen. Booths will line downtown streets and premiums will be awarded for vegetables grain fruit and seed exhibits. Night programs feature amateur contests.
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Riverside
F. W. Schnoebelen
M. J. Wilkinson
Hubert F. Doud
C. J. Karel
R. H. Heitzman
R. L Marner
H. S. King
Iowa City Church To Note Centennial
Iowa City observes the 100th anniversary of St. Marys church with a three day centennial October 12 to 14. A pontifical mass at 10 45 a m opens the celebration with Bishop Henry A Pohlmann of Davenport officiating. A 1 p m banquet for the parish and guests will be held in Iowa Union.
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Iowa City
St. Mary’s Church
Henry A. Pohlmann
Davenport
Iowa Union
Thornburg High elects student officers by class
Thornburg High School announced its class officers. Senior class president is Bob Robinson with Norma Moore as secretary treasurer. Junior class president is Arlene Dennis with Vernon Kitzman as secretary treasurer. Sophomore class president is Tony Ingraham with Donna Adams as secretary treasurer. Freshman president is Jimmie Adams with Lucille Little as secretary treasurer.
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Thornburg
Thornburg High School
Bob Robinson
Norma Moore
Arlene Dennis
Vernon Kitzman
Tony Ingraham
Donna Adams
Jimmie Adams
Lucille Little
Iowa School Law Commission Faces Tax and District Weights
Des Moines report on the new five member Iowa state school law commission led by Jessie M. Parker outlines targets to raise school funding beyond property taxes and to equalize educational opportunities. It notes 4,689 districts, 407 consolidations, 2,643 bus routes serving 59,000 pupils, tuition flows amounting to nearly 8,000 elementary and 38,473 high school students, and past attempts to fund agriculture lands tax relief. The commission will also consider consolidations, transportation issues, and revenue methods amid constitutional challenges to prior land tax schemes.
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Des Moines
State
School Law Commission
Iowa
Jessie M. Parker
Ames Teacher To Build Army Camp
Ames professor B A Whisler of Iowa State College will take a year’s leave to join the U S Army engineers at West Yellowstone Mont. He serves as chief engineer of design and construction for a new training camp.
Woman Dies After Crash in Atlantic Area
Mrs Delilah Garlock 75 of Cambridge Iowa died Saturday from injuries after an automobile crash near Anita Iowa Friday Her sister Mrs Emma Hill 80 of San Diego California remained in critical condition in a local hospital
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Atlantic
Delilah Garlock
Cambridge
Anita
Emma Hill
San Diego
Calif
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