Scrap Drive Planned in Washington for War Material
In Washington a county wide scrap metal drive will collect metal for defense use. On Tuesday a house to house survey will map holdings, Thursday trucks will gather metal, and all items sold to junk dealers fund defense work.
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Washington
L. C. Willits
Washington City
Hubert Walker
Tom Carson
Donald Orr
Lawrence Libe
Ralph Martin
Wilits
Inventory of Hutchinson estate lists assets over 600000
In Des Moines a district court inventory for the late Charles S. Hutchinson shows property valued above 600000. Hutchinson, president of Hutchinson Meadow Gold and vice president of Beatrice Creamery, died in Colorado on April 12 from a heart attack. Insurance policies total 306664 with eight companies, widow Elizabeth Annis Hutchinson as sole beneficiary.
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Des Moines
Charles S. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Hutchinson- Meadow Gold Co
Beatrice Creamery Co
Colorado
Temperatures Dip Slightly Below Normal Across Iowa
Des Moines area highs reach 79 as eastern Iowa tops hit 83 in Iowa City and 81 in Davenport. Elsewhere readings range from 73 to 79 across Des Moines Dubuque Council Bluffs and Sioux City with statewide values typical for mid August.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa City
Davenport
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Grinnell Professor Named Iowa Price Officer
Dr Earl D Strong economics professor at Grinnell College Grinnell Iowa was named price officer for Iowa by the regional office of price administration in Chicago Illinois He will head the price division in Des Moines and oversee price regulations adjustments to price abnormalities and general rationing program administration Robert B Adams serves as Iowa OPA administrator
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Grinnell
Earl D. Strong
Grinnell College
Iowa
Price Administration
Chicago
Strong
Des Moines
Robert B. Adams
Iowa Opa
Youth dies in wreck on Highway 71 near Audubon
Andrew Lauritsen Jr., 17, of Hamlin, was found dead beneath his overturned car north of Audubon on Highway 71 after missing a bridge. Coroner’s inquest said the car crushed him. Found by two girls Collen Ubel and Jeanie Sorenson. Survivors include his mother Maren Lauritsen and three brothers and a sister. His father had died in a highway crash years earlier.
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Audubon
Andrew Lauritsen, Jr
Hamlin
Here
Collen ~Ubel
Jeanie Sorenson
Maren Lauritsen
WAAC trainees to graduate at Fort Des Moines
Des Moines reports 191 WAAC auxiliaries will complete training this Saturday at Fort Des Moines and move to posts where they will replace male soldiers for combat duty. Col. Don C. Faith notes 400 positions exist for women as mess managers stenographers truck drivers and personnel specialists.
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Des Moines
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort Des Moines
Don C. Faith
WAAC
Faith
Post-war Planning Board Sought in Iowa
DES MOINES The Iowa state industrial and defense council passed a resolution asking Gov George A Wilson to appoint a post war economic planing board for Iowa. The board would include leaders from many Iowa interests and focus on the state’s economic readjustment after the war, including public works to absorb unemployment from plant closures.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Industrial and Defense Council
George A. Wilson
Iowa
I S U Receiver Suit Dismissed in Newton
Iowa Southern Utilities President Edward L Shutts said the Newton district court order appointing receivers for the Iowa Southern Utilities was reversed and the receivers discharged. He noted no notice or hearing preceded the appointment and classed the company as solvent with operations continuing as usual.
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Frank B. Miller
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington
Newton
J. G. Patterson
Des Moines
J. B Weede
Centerville
Edward L. Shutts
Iowa Southern Utilities
Ahin
Shutts
Spending Tax Plan Proposed by Yale Economist
Professor Irving Fisher urged the Senate Finance Committee to enact a special tax on spending while repealing taxes on savings within income tax. He backed exemptions of 500 dollars for singles and 1000 dollars for married couples. The plan coincides with hearings on the 1942 tax bill projected to raise about 6.27 billion dollars annually.
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Washington, D.C
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Fisher
House
Navy takes over General Cable plant in Bayonne strike ends
The General Cable plant in Bayonne New Jersey was seized by the navy today. Workers voted to return to their jobs at four this afternoon after being informed at a meeting that government control had begun and the strike was called off.
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Bayonne
N. J
General Cable Corporation
Navy
Victory Day Plans Delayed by Rain on Washington Streets
Rain halted this afternoon the planned Victory Day program featuring a band and sale of war stamps and bonds on Washington streets. Organizers said arrangements will be made later for a similar event and the Chamber of Commerce intends to hold a Victory Day each month to promote bond sales.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Vera Wolfe Returns to Secretarial Work After Vacation
Vera Wolfe has resumed secretarial duties in the office of the Iowa Southern Utility Company after a vacation that took her to Piqua Ohio and Evanston visiting relatives and friends.
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Vera Wolfe
Iowa Southern Utility Company
Piqua
Ohio
Evanston, At
Husband Held On Bonds After Honeymoon Arrest
Lacy Jeffrey, 42, was jailed in Cedar Rapids less than a day into his honeymoon on a warrant from a former wife here. He faces three counts of abandoning three minor children and was held on more than $600 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Lacy Jeffrey
A. la
Jeffrey
Disorder in India Sparks Rail Station Fires
Dispatches from Bombay report widespread unrest in southern India with four railroad stations burned Trenault Guggar Chirala and Mid aolu. A fifth station at Masulititan was attacked but dispersed. In Dunkar two people were killed and six injured as police fired on a stone throwing mob.
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India
South India
Trenault
Guggar
Chirala
Midaolu
Masulititan
Dunkar
Scrap metal drive gathers huge piles in Iowa townships
The county scrap drive continues with churches and schools urged to donate. The Methodist church provides an old vacuum cleaner unit while old galvanized iron and wire are accepted. In Lime Creek township four trucks and twelve workers have collected about 140000 tons into a pile at Wellman and will move to Kalona, with English River township to begin Monday under foreman Frank Czok.
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Methodist Church
Lime Creek
Frank Czok
Lime Creek Township
Wellman
Kalona
English River Township
Czok
Vital statistics staff cut in Iowa war employment move
Dr. Eric P. Pfeiffer reported the Iowa division of vital statistics cut staff from 100 to 52 after the federal decision not to require birth certificates in war industries. The change reduces workload and speeds procedures amid wartime needs.
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Des Moines
Division of Vital Statistics
State Health Department
Eric P. Pfeiffer
Farm Bloc Sets Stage for Livestock Price Ceilings
Washington Aug 14 The farm bloc signals acceptance of price ceilings on livestock though requiring Solomon like wisdom to implement. Leon Henderson asks Agriculture Secretary Wickard about ceilings while noting act requires department consent. Wickard projects peak farm production this year but warns labor and machinery shortages may hinder repeat yields.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Leon Henderson
Solomon
Henderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Department
U.P
United States
Wickard
McBee to Speak At Park Service
Rev Basil McBee new pastor of the Associate Presbyterian church will preach at the union church service in Central Park next Sunday evening. His sermon theme is The Realities of Life. Dr F W Eastwood to preside and Dr R C Keagy to read Scripture and offer prayer. Music directed by Boyd White with a young people's chorus.
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F. W. Eastwood
R. C. Keagy
Boyd White
Flight instructor and cadet killed in Stillwater crash
In Stillwater Minnesota a light training plane crashed near the town killing a flight instructor and an army air corps glider student. The accident occurred last night and authorities are investigating the cause.
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Stillwater
Minn
Army Air Corps
Here
Protestant Leaders Call for Defeat of Axis Powers
Nine prominent Protestant church leaders issue a statement urging victory over the Axis as a world order ruled by brute force. They warn that Axis triumph would wreck justice, freedom, and the Christian view of humanity, while supporting the fight against totalitarian regimes and the regimentation of conscience.
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New York
United Nations
Details of Fight Still A Secret
A Solomon Islands battle’s first stage ends in American victory as secrecy hides specifics. Reports from Sydney to the London Evening Star note initial U S gains while Japan claims sinking 25 Allied ships and 58 planes.
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Sidney
London Evening Star
Japan
Solomons
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