Iowa pre induction exams to run heavy next month
Des Moines reports that Iowa craft registrants will face a heavy schedule of pre induction physicals in March as the new program becomes fully operable. Col. Ralph A. Lancaster notes not all ordered for exams will be inducted that month while boards work to reduce carryovers and deferments. 3-A married men with children born before September 8, 1942 will exit deferments by March 1, leaving 1-A 2-A or 2-C classifications.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Selective Service
Ralph A. Lancaster
Selective Service
Lancaster
Lowu
Des Moines Sees Slow Progress Toward E Bond Quota
Iowa trails the 66 million Series I bond goal for the fourth war loan with weeklong gains totaling about 1 million dollars through Monday. State sales to individuals reach 98.7 million, 95.8 percent of the 105 million quota, while total sales hit 202.5 million, 114 percent of the target.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University to Lose 725 Cadets in Army Shift
The War Department plans by April 1 to cut and remove about 725 cadets from the State University of Iowa campus with roughly 600 remaining. Most departures affect the basic phase of the area and language divisions, while advanced engineering, post graduate medical and dental students, and the 17-year-old reserve unit will stay.
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Iowa City
War Department
State University of Iowa
Washington, D.C
Fox Caught Wearing 1942 Iowa Dog License
Pelle Plaine Howard Tuttle of Norway captured a fox near Belle Plaine with a collar bearing a 1942 Benton county dog license issued to Earl H Irwin. The railway brake man said he found the fox as a whelp and it later escaped.
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Pelle Plaine
Howard Tuttle
Norway
Here
Benton County
Earl H. Iirwin
Belle Plaine
Erwin
North Western Railway
Hearing at Rapids On Cost of Meats
OPA investigators opened hearings in Cedar Rapids as part of a cleanup of alleged ceiling price violations in 72 meat markets. The probes target overcharges of 25427 dollars and pounds 4, following a 10 day Cedar Rapids spot check. Des Moines district enforcement officer Donald D Hold eegel spoke at the opening, noting consumer complaints spurred the action by Linn county rationing board and the Des Moines OPA district.
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Cedar Rapids
OPA
Cedar Rouids
Donald D. Holdeegel
Des Moines
Tecar Rapies
Linn County
Washington County War Bond Sales Near Quota For E Bonds
Washington county reports total war bond purchases of 1 085862 in the fourth war loan, beating the overall county quota of 1 080000 but still short about 69000 of E bonds. County banks contributed around 10000 in the first two days this week, with more expected before the next Tuesday deadline.
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Washington County
G. E. Mace
County War Finance Committee
Mace
Treasury Department
Americans Down Over 100 German Planes in Coordinated Clash
London reports two large American air fleets shot down more than 100 German fighters and left key aircraft plants in four German cities in smoking ruins. British Mosquito bombers hit objectives in southwestern and western Germany with no loss. London faced heavy anti aircraft fire with at least 10 allies shot down.
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Munich
Leipzig
U. S
London
U.R
Britain
Italy
Germany
Air Ministry
Rhineland
England
Home Security Ministry
Continental
Europe
Mrs Hattie Young Burial Scheduled in Washington
Mrs Hattie Counselman Young died February 21 in Omaha Nebraska. She was born in West Virginia and lived in Eureka and Washington before moving to Cresco Iowa then back to Omaha. She married Henry W Youns in 1897 and will be buried Thursday at 2 p m from the Methodist chapel in Washington. She is survived by her sister and a grandson serving with American forces in Magland.
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Hattie Counselman Young
Omaha
Nebr
Young
David
Mary Ann (Brown) Counselman
West Virginia
Washington
Eureka
Miss Counselman
Henry W. Youns
Cresco
Iowa
OPA Holds Meetings To Explain Ceiling Prices
The OPA sought to straighten the matter out by holding several meetings here to explain ceiling prices, he said. The article notes efforts to clarify pricing rules and gather public input during the sessions.
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OPA
Army authorization to run California power plant
Washington February 22 The Roosevelt administration authorized Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to take over Los Angeles water and power facilities amid a city strike by over 2,500 municipal workers that halted about 150 war plants. The action aims to support the war effort.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Los Angeles
Children's Society Emblem Sale Plans in Washington
The Children's Home Society will hold its annual emblem sale in Washington on Saturday February 26. The state wide charity aids orphaned and neglected children with nonsectarian support from gifts, churches, and emblem proceeds. Frances Eicher directs the sale at city hall with Mayor Lloyd Lytle and local officials backing the effort. An official report shows 8 564 children placed in homes statewide in 42 years, including 1 738 from Washington county. 278 children are presently under care. Des Moines administers affairs with Esther M. Jaquith as executive director.
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Children’s Home Society
Washington
Frances Eicher
Lloyd Lytle
F. W. Eastwood
Orville Elcher
W. A. Erbe
Carl J. Roberts
Fred Miller
F. Bb. Reid
H. J. Corcoran
Eicher
Laura M. Kehoe
Washington County
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Esther M. Jaquith
President authorizes take possession of LA water power assets
Being unduly impeded by interruptions in water and power supplies due to labor disturbances, the president authorized Stimson to take possession of the water works and distribution facilities, power generating stations, and transmission systems of the Department of Water and Power of Los Angeles.
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Stimson
Department of Water and Power
City of
Los Angeles
Lyle Oldfield Killed in North Iowa Crossing Crash
Lyle Oldfield a 55 year old farmer from the Pilotburg area northwest of Washington was killed last night at 9:85 when his car was struck by a Milwaukee locomotive on the North Iowa avenue crossing. He died within minutes. his body crushed under the engine. Surviving are his wife two children a son Leo in the armed forces and a daughter Josephine. a brother Carl. Funeral plans awaiting his wife’s arrival. Coroner said no inquest planned yet.
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Lyle KE. Oldfield
Pilotburg
Washington
Iowa Avenue
Oldfield
Iowa
Rock Island
Pitotburg
Milwaukee Track
Milwaukee
Sherman
Lenten Services At Trinity Church
Special Lenten services will be held at Trinity Lutheran church 302 East Second street every Thursday during Lent at 8 p m Rev BE L Stuempfig announced today The services will explore symbols linked to the suffering and death of Christ including Peters sword Judas purse Pilate's pillar scourges sponge reed and the cross The public is invited to attend Thursdays evenings
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Trinity Lutheran Church
East Second Street
BE. L. Stuempfig
Christ
Peter
Judas
Pilate
School Lunch Fee Draws Protest in Sioux City
Organized labor in Sioux City protests the public school system's policy requiring parents to pay one dollar weekly for school lunches calling the fee discriminatory and unfair to families with limited means.
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Sioux City
Barkley resigns Senate leadership in split with Roosevelt
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, leader since 1937, publicly breaks with President Roosevelt over the veto of the 2.0 billion tax bill. He denounces the veto as unjustifiable and accuses the president of using clever but dishonest calculations. Barkley cites ongoing clashes with the White House and says he can no longer carry on as administration leader.
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Senate
Washington, D.C
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Barkely
Mr. Roosevelt
China’s war effort hailed at Rotary lecture
C Chia I Cheng outlined China’s World War II role at a high school talk. He cited 1,750,000 Chinese killed or wounded against Japan and 2,000,000 Japanese kept on the Chinese front, plus delays that aided Allied strength. He warned Pearl Harbor might have occurred earlier if invasion hadn’t begun, noting China’s broader sacrifices and civilian toll.
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Japan
China
Pacific
Germany
Dutch East Indies
Indo-China
Cheng
Pearl Harbor
Dentists Count Only 100 in U S in 1820
A historical note states that the United States had about 100 practicing dentists in the year 1820, highlighting the small early professional community and limited organized dental care in the era.
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U. S
School lunch-restriction fee supports noon supervision plan
The board of education argues a noon hour supervision plan requires limits to the lunch program. Directors say the levy applies only to families where both parents work and can afford it, ensuring enough staff for supervision.
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Board of Education
Allies Hold Fast as German Offensives Pile Up
Allied and British forces on the Anzio front repelled new German counterattacks amid heavy weather and artillery fire. Air and ground reports say German armor massed for a third major thrust while casualties mounted. American units report 500 German dead southeast of Aprilia as the 114th division faces intensified Allied fire.
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Allied Hdq
Naples
Anzio
Cisterna
Aprilia
Talian
114Th Rifle
Jugoslavia
Secretary Stettinius aims for Finnish exit from war
Up acting Secretary of State James R. Stettinius Jr. stated that despite Finnish radio reports that peace talks with Russia have collapsed, the United States still hopes Finland will withdraw from the war.
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Washington, D.C
Loward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
Finland
Stalin Forecasts Catastrophe Near for Nazis
Moscow reports Stalin's assurance that Germany faces looming disaster as Red Army marks its 26th birthday with synchronized offensives driving toward the Baltic region and Black Sea fronts. German command admits a broad retreat as Russian forces press in White Russia and Ukraine.
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Josef Stalin
Germany
Red Army
Ukraine
Russia
Baltic States
Pskov
Krivei Rog
Black Sea
Bessarabia
White Russia
Rogachev
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