Town State College journalism students run four town papers
Journalism students from Town State College will publish four weekly newspapers this week. Belmond Independent Harlan Tribune Nevada Evening Journal and Eagle Grove Eagle resume prewar practice with student editors photographers reporters and advertising sales.
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Town State College
Belmond Independent
Harlan Tribune
Nevada Evening Journal
Eagle Grove Eagle
William Olcott
Pella
Lloyd E. Ver Steegh
New Sharon
Central College
Vets Employment Picture Brighter in February
The Iowa Employment Security Commission reports February improvements in veteran employment. New job applications filed by veterans totaled 8,994, down from January’s 4,864. Local office job seekers declined from 15,611 to 15,282. The Employment Service placed 2,685 Iowa veterans in jobs, representing 64 percent of total male placements for the month.
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Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Iowa State Employment Service
Tulip Time Chairman Appointed by Historical Society
Musings from a town columnist celebrate Dockendorff named General Chairman for Tulip Time May 8 to 10. The piece urges town enthusiasm, Dutch dress, street stunts, dances, skits, and local merchants closing for the festival. Also notes Gene Van Zee's birthday and lighthearted local anecdotes.
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Dockendorff
Tulip Time
Historical Society
Sunnyside
Dec
Keith Lautenbach A Star on Eastern Basketball Team
Keith Lautenbach, son of Mrs. Gertrude Lautenbach, serves at Westover Air Field Massa chu setts and gains local fame for defensive prowess on the Westover basketball team. At 6 feet 1 inch and 176 pounds he anchors defense, grabs rebounds, and contributes 8.5 points per game over 24 outings. A Georgetown Colorado and Pella High alumnus, he joined the service in 1945 after graduation.
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Keith Lautenbach
Gertrude Lautenbach
Westover Air Field
Massachusets
Georgetown
Colorado
Lautenbachs
Pella
Tower Field
Chronicle
Sery Sgoes
Westover
Lautenbach
Ed Mikoloski
Scvur
Keith
Flyers
Lock
Pfe
Georgetown H. S
Pella High
News From the Home for the Aged Visitors List
A long visitor roll shows Mr and Mrs John De Jong of Peoria calling on Mrs Peter De Jong and many neighbors from Otley Des Moines Oskaloosa Eddyville Run Me Langstraat and Ames visit Mrs Van Hartog Langstraat Den Hartog Vanden Berg Heemstra Gorp and others at the Home for the Aged Delos Vanden Berg and Miss Marjorie Vanden Berg are noted among callers bringing a sense of community and family ties to residents.
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Alvin Smit
Alta
Iowa
Joe Stientjes
Iowa Press Association
Des Moines
Alvin Vander Wilt
Wm. Sheppard
Naples
Italy
John
Marinus Aalbers
Otley
John de Jong
Peoria
Peter de Jong
Peter Vos
Maggie van Zee
Henry Vander Wilt
Ep den Tartog
Arie Klein
Henry den Hartog
Sam den Hartog
Dykhuizen
John Bogaard
Harlan den Hartog
G. den Hartog
Robert van Weelby
Henaut
Oskaloosa
Connie Langstraat
Eddyvillé
Mes
Jake Langstraat
Run
Peter Langstraat
Tainter
L. Groenendyk
L. Langstraat
Daughter Calls from Japan to Odebolt Family
In Odebolt the R. D. Nobles received a midnight telephone call from their daughter, Mrs. Robert Perkins, arriving in Japan to join her husband, an AAF major. The call timestamped 2:00 p.m. Friday in Japan, linking the long distance family moment across continents.
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Odebolt
R. D
Japan
Robert Perkins
Eight burglaries hit Algona in a single night
A string of eight break ins struck Algona during the small hours with little cash stolen, totaling under $15. The spree marks a sharp uptick in crime for the town, underscoring a troublesome lapse in security and prompting police inquiries.
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Algona
Savings Bond Sales Stepped Up in January
Iowa investors bought more United States savings bonds in January 1947 in the E, F and G series than any month since June 1945. State director Roger F. Warin noted January totals of 28,042,564 dollars, with Polk, Scott and Woodbury counties each surpassing the million-dollar mark in E F and G bonds. He cited payroll savings plans and a statewide saving sentiment as factors, adding Marion County sales reached 292,000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Savings
Roger F. Warin
Savings Hands Division
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Towa
Warin
Polk
Scott
Woodbury
Polk Co
Marion County
Mahaska and Jasper Bond Sales Totals Revealed
In Mahaska the sales totaled 197266.50 dollars and in Jasper the receipts reached 549187.50 dollars. The figures reflect chases in F bonds and one third in G bonds as part of the period’s municipal offerings.
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Mahaska
Jasper
Fast Transported Rabbits Prompt Wry Remark
A Northwood Anchor reader quips that two rabbits shipped by air from west to east remained two upon arrival, joking that this is what may be called fast transportation. The pun highlights travel speed and the unchanged count of rabbits.
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F.K.P
Northwood Anchor
Williamsburg hunter confronts wolf on hill
Robert Slager of Williamsburg met a wolf while rabbit hunting on a hill. He fired eight rounds from a .22, killing the animal, and brought the carcass home.
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Robert Slager
Williamsburg
Slager
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