Marine Detachment Plans Wheel Chair Purchase
Members of the Harry Barker detachment of the Marine Corps league voted to buy a wheel chair for use by members families and ex Marines in the community. Funds will come from detachment money. The meeting followed a shrimp fry at the K C hall and approved shirts and caps for the Marine softball team. Attendees hailed from Burlington Kalona Brighton Fairfield Keota Crawfordsville and Washington. Leonard Kokesh of the Sorden
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Harry Barker
The
Marine Corps League
KC Hall
Marine
Burlington
Kalona
Brighton
Fairfield
Keota
Crawfordsville
Washington
Blondie Music Store and Classified Ads Feature Waffle Baker
Blondie Music Store offers accordion solos as part of entertainment along with a classified section. Among electrical appliances is a twin waffle baker capable of producing two full-sized waffles at once, highlighting kitchen gadget trends.
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Music Store
Minister Reinstates Church Members Over Turpin Ruling
District Judge Russell Jordan ordered Rev. Ripley Turpin to reinstate 14 members of his negro congregation whom he ousted last fall for not contributing enough money. The judge required Turpin to preach to the entire congregation and rectify the disciplinary action in the Des Moines case.
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Les Moines
Russell Jordan
Ripley Turpin
Research Grants Accepted for University of Iowa
Three research grants totaling 22000 have been accepted by the Iowa Board of Education finance committee. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics awards 11000 for a physics technical study. The American Cancer Society contributes 6000 for zoology research. The National Advisory Cancer Council of the U S Public Health Service adds 5000 for dentistry research.
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Owa City
University of Iowa
State Board of Education
National Advisory Committee For
Aeronautcs
Physics Department
American Cancer Society
Zoology
National Advisory Cancer Council
U. S. Public Health Service
College of Dentistry
Farmers urged to plant nine million more acres in 1948
The U S department of agriculture asks farmers to add nine million acres to their 1948 planting. This expansion surpasses Michigan's entire cultivated area, reflecting a broad effort to boost crop output and feed needs.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Boxing pioneer Jack Broughton credited with gloves and rounds
The English figure Jack Broughton, hailed as the father of boxing as practiced today, is believed to have invented the modern boxing glove and to have introduced the division of bouts into rounds.
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Jack Broughton
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East Side Square
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