Noted Guests At Iowa City Homecoming
More than 100 national and state officials will attend the University of Iowa homecoming. Go B. B. Hickenlooper will head a delegation from the state house with Lt Gov Robert Blue, Attorney General John Rankin, and Secretary of State Wayne Ropes. Various federal and state officials, judges, and candidates for office are listed among the guests and contingents from state agencies and the legislature.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bruce E. Mahan
B. B. Hickenlooper
State House
Robert Blue
John Rankin
Wayne Ropes
U. S
John W Gwynne
Waterloo
Karl M. U LeCompte
Corydon
Thomas E. Martin
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
Iowa Supreme Court
Oscar Hale
Des Moines
Theodore Garfield
Ames
H. J Mantz
Audubon
Ralph A. Oliver
Sioux City
State Commerce Commission
Carl Reed
Richardson
David Long
State Highway Commission
Fred Gilbert
State Center
A A Hurst
House
Richard F Mitchell
Ft. Dodge
Burlington Slayer Begins Life Term
Stanley Stratton, 32, started a life sentence at Fort Madison state penitentiary after being convicted of the June 12 Burlington tavern murder of Walter Owen. Judge McCord overruled a new trial motion following a Sept. 30 jury verdict that recommended life imprisonment.
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Burlington (LLP
Stanley Stratton
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Walter Owen
Burlington
Paul McCord
Stratton
Budget Hearings Scheduled to Start Week of November 13
Des Moines Gov B B Hickenlooper said budget hearings will begin the week of November 13. The governor will invite the governor elect to attend. All departments receiving appropriations will have a chance to be heard before the governor and State Comptroller C Fred Porter prepare recommendations for the next Iowa legislature.
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Des Moines
B.B Hickenlooper
Fred Porter
Towa
September Liquor Sales Fall in Des Moines Report
DES MOINES INS reports September liquor sales totalled 1 792 176 a drop of 196 656 from August War bond and stamp sales for September were 205 423 down from 258 557 Cedar Rapids two stores sold 59 826 and 39 434 Liquor sales show month to month decline across the state with breakdowns by city and store pairs.
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Des Moines
INS
State Liquor Control Commission
Cedar Rapids
Enlistment in Air Corps Reserve Closes Oct 31
Des Moines AP says authority to enlist men aged 17 to 18 in the air corps enlisted reserve for air combat crew training ends at midnight October 31. Applications will still be accepted if processed by then. The order does not affect college training applications for unassigned reserve members.
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DES Moines
Air Corps
Army
Wounded Veteran on First furlough from war
Cpl Dale De Sart of Elgin visits his parents during his first furlough since enlisting in March 1941. He earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart for courage and wounds from action in Africa. He was captured by Germans in April 1943, treated in a German hospital, then liberated and returned to the United States in November 1943. He spent 11 months at Ashford General Hospital in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
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Elgin
Cpl
Dale de Sart
Ray de Sart
Cpl de Sart
Africa
United States
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
W Va
Marion News Dinner For Bride With Local Hostesses
Mrs. Jerry J Mann will be guest of honor at a Sept 23 wedding dinner hosted by Marion teachers at the H F Knight home for 21 guests served by the Mary Lowe Dickinson circle of the King’s Daughters.
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Jerry J Mann
H F. Knight
Marion
Mary Lowe Dickinson
King’s Daughters
Clubs Balk at Luncheon Costs in Council Bluffs
Four service clubs Rotary Kiwanis and Lions protested price increases for luncheons at the Chieftain hotel prompting an OPA price panel hearing slated for Monday night. Clubs and hotels were asked to file figures by Friday as the panel reviews the charges. Rotary officials said their meetings since the hotel’s opening will relocate to the American Legion hall temporarily.
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Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Service
OPA
Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions Clubs
Council Bluffs Board of Realtors
Chieftain
Rotary Club
American Legion Hall
Saturday Automobile Accident and Military Travel Notes
Saturday reports an automobile accident near Marion involving the Brogan family. Pvt. Justin Kinkead is on a 16 day furlough from Truax Field Wis. Mrs Byron C Stewart and Lewayne Howe visit Pvt. Stewart at Fort Meade Md. Pfe Bob Newcomb furloughs from San Luis Obispo Calif. Hazel Van Gorkom visits Des Moines. Merle Bills and his wife visit his parents in Sikeston Mo. C A Garrison attends Olive Branch chapter Masonic lodge anniversary in Manchester. Mrs Harold Ford of Laurens and her son Michael visit her father Daniel G Hickey.
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Pfe
Bob Newcomb
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Mrs Frank Newcomb
Harold Ford
Laurens
Michael
Daniel G. Hickey
Rail Line Hearing Set for Anamosa November 3
The Iowa commerce commission fixed November 3 for a hearing on Onslow Lumber and other petitioners urging the Chicago and North Western to restore service on the washed out Maquoketa to Anamosa branch line. Floods shut the line on June 28 and damaged bridges, with service halted since. The hearing will be at the Anamosa courthouse.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Onslow Lumber Company
Commission
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Anaimosa
Tax Officials Puzzled Over Vets Exemptions
Des Moines reports debate grows over exemptions for Iowa veterans from real and personal property taxes. Statistics show 59,160 veterans and widows receive exemptions, totaling $982,380.62 on $28,312,109 assessed value, with WWI veterans most benefiting and WW II eligibility awaiting policy decisions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ben H. Hall
Iowa Tax Commission
France
Hall
Ida B. Wise Smith Re elected Iowa WCTU Leader
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith returns to a post she held for 20 years before her 11 year national presidency She was elected president of the Iowa WCTU at the Mason City state convention Also named were vice president Maude Morain Des Moines and other officers Bertha Barber Denison Margaret Gantry Fort Dodge Anna Hennings Davenport Evangeline George Des Moines Luella Ely Guthrie Center
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Mason City
INS
Ida B. Wise Smith
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Iowa
Margaret E. Gantry
Fort Dodge
Anna S. F. Hennings
Davenport
Evangeline K. George
Des Moines
Luella Ely
Guthrie Center
Six Sioux City Men Sentenced In War Contract Theft
Six Sioux City men pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Henry Graven to theft and sale of electric drills made for army and navy war contracts. Names include Fred Betz George E Williams Francis B Taor Ray Klaas Guy E Stulty and Arnold J Goresth. Other sentences include Terry Walker six months for illegal gasoline coupons and Walter Edward Grand four years for dodging selective service.
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Sioux City
Henry Graven
Army
Navy
Fred Betz
George E. Williams
Francis B. Taor
Ray Klaas
Guy E. Stulty
Arnold J. Goresth
Betz
Williams
Graven
Terry Walker
Walter Edward Grand
Primghar
Durant dance hall owner fined for liquor and Sunday sale
Mrs. Melvina Struve, owner of a Durant tavern and dance hall, was fined 300 dollars for illegal liquor possession and 450 dollars for selling beer on Sunday after pleading guilty before District Judge G K Thompson. If not paid by Saturday, she faces 225 days in jail. The raid was conducted last Sunday morning by County Attorney Reid L Hunt and Deputy Sheriff Elwood N Hemingway.
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Tipton
Melvina Struve
Durant
G. K. Thompson
Reid L. Hunt
Elwood N Hemingway
Seventy Three Fly ers Killed in Iowa Plane Crashes
DES MOINES UP reports the Iowa health department lists 77 servicemen killed in accidents in the first half of the year. Of these, 73 died in plane crashes with 29 in March and 25 in January. Auto deaths totaled three, with one death each in February March and April, and one fall from a building.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Elberon Soldier Kucera Killed in France
Charles S Kucera 26 formerly reported missing is listed killed Sept 22 in France. He enlisted March 26 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood trained as cook and earned gunnery badge. After training at Fort Shenango and nearby New York Island area he went to Africa then Italy last December. His parents Mr and Mrs John M Kucera notified by the War Department.
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Elberon
Pfe
Charles S Kucera
France
John M. Kucera
War Department
Pfe Kucera
Fort Leonard Wood
Cook
Fort Shenango
Greenville
New York City
Africa
Rangers
Italy
Speakers Named For Convention In Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers association schedules its ninetieth annual convention in Des Moines with the theme Education in the Wake of the War. Noted speakers include Pearl Wanamaker and Ikxazmayer, plus university educators and state officials discussing Iowa school code and planning for tomorrow. Jessie Parker will address the final day.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers Association
Pearl A. Wanamaker
Washington State
Ikxazmayer
G. W Kirn
Abraham Lincoln High School
Council Bluffs
F. K. Schmidt
Eldora
Iowa
Iowa_ school code commission
L. Maxwell
University of Denver
Educational Policies Commission
John Guy Fowlkes
Department of Education
University of Wisconsin
E. T Peterson
College of Education
University of Iowa
Jessie M. Parker
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Storm's
Dale R. Bebee
Army Primary Training School
Sikeston
Storm
Ralph Oxley
Lyle McConaughy
Arthur Dodd
Robert Fiedler
Melvin Meggers
Women's Republican Club
James Kula
Gazette
Kulas
H. Robinson
Alburnett Road
Fred Henak
Dorothy Cassidy
la Crosse
Wis
Bernard Houlihan
Harpers Ferry
Owen
Carl L. Wiley
Tampa
Fila
Clifford Brogan
Peterson Field
Colo
Herbert Brogan
Canada
Mamarsheee
A.D
Nye
UIT
WSS
ST Anon A
Mos
Second Street
John Brogans
Brogan
St. Lukes Hospital
Justin Kinkead
Truaxfield, Wis
P. I. Kinkeads
Byron C. Stewart
Lewayne Howe
Fort George Meade
Pvt. Stewart
Overseas
Hazel van Gorkom
Elsie Stewart
John van Gorkom
Merle Bills
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sikeston, Mo
C .A
Olive Branch Chapter
Royal Arch
Veterans
Colorado
China
The
American Legion
Linn County
Allamakee
Benton
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