Meat Worries Across Town as OPA Ends Soon
Residents across Iowa share mixed views on meat availability as the OPA price controls near expiration. Some report ongoing shortages and high prices, while others say lockers and local shops still offer steady supplies. A few expect shortages to ease or worsen after July 1 depending on packer behavior and market prices.
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Gus Meister
Arnold Vargason
Laverne Madole
7Th Ave
Herbert Cavall
Readlyn
Readism
J. W. Crowley
Waterloo
Nora Springs
Mary Rubino
Mary Rubino, Oelwein
Ann Grasso
Oelwein
Independence
Theresa Thode
Mabel Sievers
OPA
Harry Grapes
Edgewood
Farmer
Cleveland Landford's Bonus Brightens Tenants' New Homes
New York column notes a Cleveland landlord who gives tenants a $25 bond for each baby born in his building. The piece questions the program's sustainability if celebrities move in, and jokes about housing easing as race tracks and clubs finish.
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Cleveland
Landford
Day’s
New York
Eddie Cantor
Bing Crosby
Consolidated News Features
Non-Coms Crack Triggers Colonel’s Outburst
Boston Brig. Gen. Clarence H. Kells recalls a Mid Western fort incident where a disparaging remark by a wary noncom prompted the colonel to order the entire company restricted to quarters for a week. The tale ends with a promotional line about a printing job department offering letter heads and calendars.
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Boston
Clarence H. Kells
Boston Port Authority
Attic Rummaging and Political Silliness in Iowa News
Iowa Daily Press notes attic rummaging revived in centennial year with state archivist Ora Williams praising the quest for heirlooms. It also reports fleeting political tidbits about Wayne Ropes, M. P. Hogan, Frank Miles, and playful mentions of dictio naries for state patrolmen.
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Paul R. Bumbarger
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Ora Williams
State Department of History and Archives
Historical Department
State Executive Council
Atomic Cloud May Hide Test Results At Bikini
Scientists fear the atomic blast near Bikini may produce a Wilson cloud chamber effect that hides the test results. Dr. Royal M. Frye warns humidity and ionization could form a visible cloud, potentially obscuring observers and cameras during Operation Crossroads. Other observers, including Los Alamos scientists, caution that the test could underperform, making analysis crucial.
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MT. Mckinley
Bakini
America
Royal M. Frye
Boston University Graduate School
Kwajalein
Frye
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini
Kwaja-lein Island
Los Alamos
Roger Warner
Famous Bands at Coliseum July engagements kickoff summer
Two top dance bands perform at the Coliseum this July four weeks apart. Alvino Rey brings his orchestra on July 9 following his Navy discharge, with hits Cement Mixer and We'll Gather Lilacs. Sonny Dunham tours July 16, praised as a premier trumpeter and trombonist, known for embouchure skill and rapid instrument switching.
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Coliseum
Alvino Rey
Sonny Dunham
Rey
Navy
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Metronome
New Contests To Highlight State Fair
More than a dozen statewide contests open to Iowans at the Iowa Centennial State Fair in August add to over one hundred thousand dollars in premiums. New events include a farmers horseshoe tournament with 150 dollars in prizes, a statewide art show with 675 dollars, a cooking and canning contest with 779 dollars, a team pulling contest up to 900 dollars, a 108 dollar single-class photo show, an old fiddlers contest for 50 and over with 100 dollars, a garden clubs show worth 1778 dollars, and a championship grain growing contest at 5661 dollars. Premium lists are available from the State fair secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weire
State Air
Glass Age hits Shanghai shops with nylon and plastic
Shanghai wakes after Pearl Harbor to a flood of “glass” products. Nylon hosiery sells for 30 dollars amid U S price marks of 130. Plastic handbags belts cigarette cases lighters and cigarette holders flood markets as refugees import locally and informal sources supply goods.
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Shanghai
United States
Pearl Harbor
Ex-GI Says Army Forced Him to Wed in London
Leslie Moore, 26, a furniture plant worker, sues for annulment claiming the army compelled him to marry Joan Marshall, 18, in London on March 2, 1945, to legitimize a child born nine months after he left for Europe. He asserts embarkation records show he was not in England then and says the marriage was a shotgun wedding arranged by his commanders near the Rhine.
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Rockford
Ill
Thenemy
Leslie Moore
Joan Marshall
London
Europe
England
Moore
Rhine
Clermont Band to open season with downtown concert
The Clermont band will present its first seasonal concert Saturday evening downtown. Band practice was held Thursday in the Larabee School building and will continue each Thursday night throughout the summer under director Mrs. M. H. Moore.
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Clermont
Larabee
M. H. Moore
Advertising in the Oelwein Daily Register Ad Guide
Advertising in the Oelwein Daily Register promises value for sellers and cautions buyers to seek good deals. The piece emphasizes careful wording to attract buyers and secure a sale.
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Oelwein Daily Register
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