Church Fund Aims to Restore College Enrollments
The Reformed Church in America reports major enrollment drops at Hope College Central College and Northwestern Junior College due to war. A special $53,000 drive will partly offset tuition losses as Hope gains 250 Army Engineers cadets and Central about 75 naval cadets while 22 married theology students enroll at Western Theological Seminary.
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Reformed Church In America
Hope College
Holland
Mich
Central
Pella
Iowa
Northwestern
Orange Cit Town
Hope
Benedicts
Western Theological Semin
Reforme Church
America
Seminary Fulley
Missionary Personnel Leader Named by Methodist Church
Miss nsoni, a former foreign missionary in Lima and longtime educator in Westfield New York, has been appointed to a top administrative post overseeing missionary personnel. She has directed mission selection for five years and chaired the Missionary Personnel Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Introduced October 19 in New York, she will assume duties at the Reformed arch headquarters in mid December.
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Woman's Board of Formy Missions of the Reformed Church In
America
J. J van Strien
Bayonne
Navy
Ruth Ransom
New York City
John van Ess
van Ess
Basrah
Arabia
Miss Ransom
Methodist Church
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Miss Nsoni
Ima
Peru
Methodist Board
Christn Education
Westfield
New York
Reformed Arch
Gasoline Panel Schedule Changes for Winter Months
War Drive and Rationing officials announce a shift in meeting times. Effective Saturday, November 2, the Gasoline Panel will meet Saturday afternoons instead of lay nights, with Tuesday evenings retained for all other sessions. Chairman Van Garp outlines the winter plan.
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van Garp
Figures On Relief Costs In Marion County
Marion County Social Welfare director Mrs. Dwight McGraw told the Knoxville Rotary Club that relief caseloads are at their lowest in years, with 158 cases on the rolls and about 15.77 per person per month. In March 1943 the average cost per case was 20.90 and total cost 4,893.08. March 1942 saw 879 cases and higher total costs. She cautioned no major upward trend is expected for the next year or two, noting work preference and that welfare duties are centralized under a smaller staff of two to improve efficiency.
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Marion County Social Welfare Department
Dwight McGraw
Knoxville Rotary Club
Mc Sint
Marion County
New State Law Centralizes Child Support Aid
The Knoxville Journal reports a new state law on dependent children, effective January 1, replacing the wife's pension law. Officials say centralized management improves efficiency and reduces stigma as public assistance becomes more scientifically administered.
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Mew
Knoxville Journal
New Cadet Group Begins Flight Training at Jewell College
A new cadet group of about thirty is arriving from William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri to start flight training. Nine new planes have been purchased for training and trainees will attend the Intermedi ate School, with cadets from twenty states including Washington Florida Pennsylvania New Jersey Missouri Kansas Louisiana Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Indiana.
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William Jewell College
Liberty
Iitween
Varaser Candom
Lina of
Herepower
Chase
Tral College
CPT
WTS
Havin
Farmers May Secure Loans On Soybeans
The Commodity Corporation introduces a loan program for soybeans with loans issued through county AAA offices acting as COC agents. Grades determine loan rates from 1.75 to 1.86 per bushel, plus moisture premiums. Musty or defective beans are ineligible. loans run to April 1944 with 3 percent interest and 7 cents storage advance.
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Commodity Corporation
Rev C. Bentley
Iowa State Coll County Aaa
COC
Bentley
Triple
Time Now to House Pullets In Proper Comfort
Poultry housing is a high priority farm task to ensure pullets hatch before June reach production promptly. W R Whitfield of Iowa State urges proper housing with balanced ration and ample water. Avoid crowded houses or mixing with old hens to prevent disease and delayed laying. Clean, disinfect, and provide at least eight square feet per bird to minimize risk.
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W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College
Herring Catch Increases 130 Percent in Alaska
Preliminary figures show a 130 percent rise in this year’s Alaska herring catch compared with 1942. The increase ranks among the year’s most notable gains by a major American fishery. Most Alaska herring catch is converted into fish meal and oil for poultry and animal feeds.
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Alaska
Boy Scout Cheerful Resolve Highlighted
A Boy Scout shows cheerful demeanor and readiness to help. He follows orders promptly and faces hardships without shirking, demonstrating steadfast obedience and resilience in duty.
Request to Hunt With Landowner Permission Policy
A historic notice urges hunters to seek landowner consent before hunting pheasants on private property. It stresses responsible sportsmanship, warns against trespassing, and notes elevated pheasant numbers may tempt hunting across farms while urging orderly, time agreed access and mutual respect.
Library notes aces wild and more notable books
A catalog of wartime and adventure titles including Library Notes Aces Wild by Robert A. Winston detailing Europe experiences in 1940s spring and summer, Goetuals and the Panama Canal by Howes, They Call It Pacific by Clark Lee, There Was an Old Woman by Ellery Queen, Eleven Came Through by Edward V. Rickenbacker, Journey for Margaret by William Lindsay White, and Back by Salop Myst.
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Robert A. Wineston
Europe
Aly Lehnd
MA Canal
Hows
Panama
Canal
Pacific
Clark Lee
Far East
Orient
Rais
Manila
Solomon Island
Ellery Queen
Rlverade Drive
Robert Potte
Ellery Queen Meen
Quee
Serveant Velie
Cam Matiel Seeley
Grace Campbell
Glensurry
Mond
McAntin Edward V. Rickenbackerx
Captain Kenbacker
Margaret
Willian Lindsay White
England
Carr
The Doug Girls arrives at Shrine auditorium in Washington spoof
Max Gordon presents The Doug Girls directed by George Kaufman at the Shrine auditorium in Des Moines Saturday night. A fast moving wartime comedy following three young women amid generals, executives, and FBI agents in a hotel, featuring a large Broadway cast and sharp war time satire.
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Max Gordons
Doug Girls
George 8
Kaufman
Shrine Auditorium
Don Moines
Bwank
Washington
Norgerieg
Red
Taylor Holmes
Betty Lawford
Leonore Ulric
Archibald the Great and The Old Doctor excerpts
The passage cites Archibald Cloyd a pompous figure who simulates Napoleon in a modern setting and meets a Waterloo moment while in Hollywood and Arizona. It also previews The Old Doctor about Blake, a woman physician challenging deep seated town hostility to women doctors while defending her grandfather’s medical legacy.
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Margaret
America
Archibald the Great
Clarence Budington
Kelland
Archibald Cloyd
Napoleon
Hollywood
Arzona
Waterloo
Percy Gaddis
Blake
Cargia
Youme
Charming
Christian Faith Under Attack By the Nazis
A wartime report from the London Inter Allied Information Committee details Nazi campaigns against Christian religion in occupied Europe. It cites suppression of churches, desecration of Holy sites, arrests, and killings, with accounts from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, France, and Poland, plus persecution of YMCA and YWCA members.
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Asis
Hitler
London
der Deutsche Ruerounscestellte
Adolf Hitler
Tnter-Al Hed
Third Reich
Cording
Inter Allied
Belgium
Churchill
Frees Masonry
Czechoslovakia
YMCA
YWCA
Yugoslatvia
Protopresbyter
Branko Dohosavljevic
Veljuin
France
Poland
Rat Control Proposals From Iowa State College Entomologist
Reports from numerous counties in Iowa indicate the rat population is rising to levels that threaten feed supplies and public health. Harold Gunderson urges thorough cleanups of harbors, piles, and debris to deny rats shelter. advice includes removing scrap, keeping foundations off the ground, filling burrows, mowing weeds, sealing crib holes, and applying repellants.
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Towa
Harold Gunderson
Gunderson
Pre-baiting Rats With Poison for Bait Preference
The passage notes offering a variety of baits to rats to observe which they will take, followed by a strong dose of poison shortly after pre-baiting to test choices.
Tongue rationing and a chicken and turkey update
The OPA states tongue requires ration points and no tongue may be sold without points. Some shoppers assume tongue is point free after long-cut beef tongue was removed from the table. Long-cut tongue is untrimmed and not sold at retail. This year Taiwan is raising nearly 70 million chickens and 2 million turkeys.
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OPA
Towa
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