War Bond Cashing Slows As Iowa Reports Strong Ownership
Des Moines officials reported 95 percent of Series E F and G bonds bought in Iowa since 1941 remain with original owners. Vernon Clark from the Iowa War Finance committee noted the rush to cash bonds eased after October 2 when the new over the counter system began. He contrasted state and national ownership rates and urged preparation for the sixth war loan drive starting November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nye
Des Moines
Vernon Clark
Towa War Finance Committee
Clark
Pearl Harbor
Iowa
Corn Monument Returns for Iowa U Homecoming
Iowa City students from the engineering college led by Charles Thomson of Waterloo will erect a 20 foot corn monument at a street intersection. The centerpiece is a 15 foot tube with four 9 foot triangles and square blocks atop each, featuring ears of corn on the base and a model Iowa hawk at the apex. The winning design will be announced Oct 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Engineering College
Charles Thomson
Waterloo
Bond Growth Through Semiannual Payments Explained
The note shows a $100 bond purchased for $75. After 2 years it grows to 76.50, after 4 years to 80, after 6 years to 84, after 8 years to 92, and reaches par value of 100 at 10 years.
Iowa sportsmen promise bountiful hunting season
Des Moines AP reports Iowa sportsmen expect a larger game crop this season, with more migratory birds pheasants quail and squirrels. Izaak Walton League President C R Hallowell urged wildlife stocking near homes and urged counties to curb foxes by offering bounties to protect ground wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Ic. R. Hallowell
Dubuque
Izaak Walton
Hallowell
League
Pharmacy Award To Iowa City Girl
Susan Showers of Iowa City, a pharmacy student, received the Ford Hopkins resident tuition scholarship at the University of Iowa. Voted most deserving in the pharmacy college with a high GPA after one year, the annual award worth 138 dollars marks her third pharmacy award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Susan Showers
Ford Hopkins
University of Iowa
Miss Showers
Lt Hanford Files Killed in Holland During Service
Lt. Hanford Files son of Mr and Mrs J Ray Files of Los Angeles and former Fort Dodge residents was killed Sept 17 in Holland while serving with the paratroopers. His father was prominent in Iowa American Legion circles and the lieutenant was named after Brig Gen Hanford MacNider of Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Hanford Files
J. Ray Files
Los Angeles
Holland
Lt. Files
American Legion
Iowa
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Cedar Rapids Firms to Have Pay Hearings
Public hearings set for Oct 24 to 26 in Cedar Rapids Iowa over alleged illegal wage payments totaling 117595 dollars by seven Iowa firms. WLB says violations of wage stabilization act involved unapproved wage increases. firms named include Tait and Wagner Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Hide and Fur Co South Side Sash and Door Co Waterloo Box Crating Co Metz Mfg Co Sears and Co and Grafton Foundry Co. Paul G Toohey will chair with Robert M Murray and Edward Holmes on the enforcement panel. Some violations trace back to 1942 start of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
INS
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Regional War Labor Board
Bernard Cushman
WLB
Cedar Rapids Hide and Fur Company
South Side Sash and Door Company
Waterloo Box Crating Company
Waterloo
Metz Manufacturing Company
Dubuque
Sears and Company
Davenport
Grafton Foundry Company
Marshalltown
Paul G. Toohey
Cushman
Robert M. Murray
Dunnington Sees Stalin Dominating Postwar Peace Talks
Iowa City pastor Dr. Lewis L. Dunnington told Marion Chamber members that Stalin will be the strongest voice at the peace table after World War II. He contrasted Roosevelt and Churchill with Stalin, predicting Soviet dominance in shaping the postwar order. Other items note new chamber directors, sales of war stamps, and local ads.
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Russia
United States
Lewis L. Dunnington
Iowa City
Stalin
Chamber
Vernon Brockman
Marvin Edison
I. L. Ford
Emery J. Miller
Reuben Smith
Carl Stuber
Lee Voorhies
Willis Sheets
H. R. Livingston
Vance Coleman
George Hanry
K. V. Murdoch
Coleman
la Verna Crew
Legion Hall
The
Legion Auxiliary
Mary Ives Anderson Dead in California at 54
Mary Ives Anderson 54, sister of Mrs. Irvin L. Ford of Marion, died Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital after a months long illness. Born October 17, 1889 in Marion, she was educated there, attended Coe College and Cedar Rapids Business College, and later worked for a Los Angeles law firm. She moved to California about 25 years ago and is survived by a brother Norman M. Ives of Wichita, Kan., a nephew Norman Ives Jr. of Long Beach, and three nieces Frances Ford Mary Ellen Ford and Mrs. Maurice Jacobs of Marion. Services were held in Los Angeles.
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Mary Ives Anderson
Irvin L. Ford
Tenth Street
Marion
Los Angeles
John J. and
Ida Marble Ives
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Business College
Marion Presbyterian Church
California
Ford
Norman M. Ives
Witchita
Kan
Norman Ives, Jr
Long Beach
Mary Ellen Ford
Frances Ford
Maurice Jacobs
Los
Local Family News and Classifieds Highlight Wartime Letter
Mr and Mrs Harry Adee of 324 Tenth Street share a letter from their son Marine Pvt Norman Adee dated Sept 26 written in a foxhole during combat in the Palau Islands. Grocery ad lists varied meats and produce at fixed prices from Syls Grocery. Mr and Mrs P A Osborne visit son Chaplain Arthur R Osborne and his Camp Swift station in Austin Texas. TIPTON McCormick marks fortieth wedding anniversary. Cedar county coroner and local businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Adee
Tenth Street
Marine Pvt
Norman Adee
Palau Islands
P .A. Osborne
Austin
Texas
Arthur R. Osborne
Osborne
Camp Swift
Tipton
A. M McCormick
McCormick
Cedar County
Military Rites Planned for Man Killed by Train Near Mechanicsville
Dennis P. Keane 42, an ex sailor and recent San Francisco worker, was struck by a North Western passenger train two miles east of Mechanicsville. Services set for Saturday at St. Mary's Tipton with Rev. F. Lawler officiating. Full military honors by the American Legion, burial in St. Mary's cemetery, and no immediate relatives located in telegraphs or Veterans Bureau records.
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Gazette
Tipton
Dennis P. Keane
North Western
Mechanicsville
St. Mary’s Church
F. Lawler
American Legion
St. Mary’s Cemetery
U S. Navy
San Francisco
Veterans Bureau
Father Lawler
3,400 Iowans in the 168th Regt Army Chronicle
Frank Miles notes Iowa’s 168th Infantry, 34th Division, fought from North Africa to Italy. From Nov 1942 to July 1944 they endured 4387 original Iowans reduced to 437, with 291 frontline days. The unit crossed Volturno and Arno, waged heavy combat, and veterans kept Hawkeye spirit alive.
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Frank Miles
Towa Daily Press
Fifth Army
Italy
Stars and Stripes
168Th
Allied Force
Algiers
Sened
Faid Pass
Fonduk
Mateur
Hill 609
Bizerte
168Th Rainbow Regiment
United States
Volturno
Calazzo
Cassino
Rapido
Cairo
Mount Trocchio
Cervaro
Anzio
Lanuvio
Tiber
Rome
Arno
Tunisia
North Italy
Iowa
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War Finance Office
Iowa U
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale Butter
Chase & Sanborn
Yetta
Dickey’s Quality Foods
Coor Butter
Pillsburys
Jonathan
Dustry
Edward Holmes
Angeles
Storm's
Acme
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York
Automobile Club of America
M. E. Dunn
Marion News
Gazette Business Office
Dunnington
Marion Junior High Service Committee
Lincoln
Jerry Jeffrey
John Snell
Larry Yauslin
Jean Carlson
Donna Bailey
Shirley Stimson
Robert Boettcher
Marlys Welper
Jack Ratliff
Lillian Norris
Boston
Irving Drake
Twin Pines
Leech Lake
Walker
Minn
John Vaughn
Denver
W. W. Vaughns
B. F. Gills
Arthur Smith
Harold Caldwell
Seaman
C) Caldwell
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Ed Sigfred Co
John Hartzler
Bloomfield
Danny
Henry Kriegermeiers
Owen
Robert Scott
Iow& State College
Irvin Scotts
Third Avenue
Pvt
Weston Carver
Eugene Dunn
Carl Carvers
Leslie Dunns
England
Foxhole
Syl’s Grocery
Okey-Oakite
For All
Oorye
Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
Sojka
16Th Ave
OLD Federal Building
Sixteenth Avenue
First Street
Tokay Grapes
BOC
Folger’s Coffee
Frank Mil&s
Uncle Sam
Ivory
Sunkist
Doz
el Monte
Gatlo's
Springville Creamery Co
Peck
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