A Column About Iowa Des Moines Gas Rationing Possibility
Dr. John W Frey of Washington DC, director of marketing for the petroleum coordinator, says rationing may be needed in the middle west. He cites shrinking rubber tire supplies and the need to ship gasoline and heating oils to the east coast as factors. The extent of south to north exchanges could determine midwest rationing chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des ‘Moines
Middle West
John W. Frey
Washington, D.C
Office of
the Petroleum Co-Ordinator
Recluse Shorty Greer Faces New Coffin After Inn Fire
Warren Shor ty Greer, 75, a reclusive resident of a historic inn in Scott County, plans a woodland picnic funeral. The inn burned destroying his walnut coffin under construction last year. Neighbors intervened with force to rescue the occupant during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rock
Warren
Shorty) Greer
Scott Co
Judge dissolves injunction over college name dispute
District Judge J G Patterson frees President C W Butler and college officials from restraining use of the school name in catalogs and prints. The Kletzings claim a $40 000 donation with a promise to rename the school to Kletzing McLaughlin Memorial and to remove encumbrances, which they say was not fulfilled. Dr Butler says the Kletzing McLaughlin foundation is listed as a supporting unit but no name change was intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
J. G. Patterson
C. W. Butler
John Fletcher College
J. L
Jesse Kletzings
Kletzing-McLaughilin Memorial College
Kletzings
Butler
Kletzing-Mc-Laughlin Foundation
Ames Concern Stores Tires in Bank Vaults
Harry Carter told a Kansas City field meeting of the Consumer's co operative association that Ames concern stored its tire stock in bank vaults at Alleman and Stratford. He said the vault temperatures protect tires from theft and preserve rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Harry Carter
Ames
Consumer's Co-Operative Association
Kansas City
Kans
Alleman and
Stratford
Testify on Proposal To Raise Milk Prices
Farmers and dairymen testified in the department of agriculture hearing in Sioux City on a proposal to raise milk prices in the marketing area. Ex aminer Linto West of Washington DC will report to Washington where a decision will be announced. Testimony indicated consumers would pay about one half cent more per quart if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Department of Agriculture
Linto
Washington, D. C
Washington
Unusual quarry trapped in Ogden store basement
SIOUX RAPIDS. R R Burr unlocked Olsen and Burr clothing store door and found a skunk trapped in the basement. Burr shot the animal with a rifle and began deodorizing the stock. The creature likely entered through a ventilator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Rapids
R. R. Burr
Olsen & Burr
Burr
Red Oak Lieut. E Dean Anderson Lost On Tuxton
Red Oak couple learns their son Lieut. E Dean Anderson 30 lost his life aboard the destroyer Tuxton off the Newfoundland coast during a storm. A gunnery officer, he was an honor graduate of Red Oak high school attended junior college locally and entered Annapolis in 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Truxton
Blner Anderson
Lieut
E. Dean Anderson
United States
Tuxton
Newfoundland
Anderson
Annapolis
Americans All Immigrants All Pageant At Stewart School
Stewart school pupils presented a patriotic program titled Americans All Immigrants All in the community room. The pageant featured a large cast, music by a school band, Tom Tom players, and a dance corps, with Miss Harrison and several staff directing and Phyllis Orcutt announcing the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart School
America
Helen Harrison
Mildred Riepe
Betty Sue Thompson
Helen Wylie
Synita Schleuter
Ruth Lemley
Anita Tellin
Dorothy Kammueller
Josephine Lambert
Phyllis Orcutt
Dean Schantz
Gene Vinton
Harold Schmidt
John Ahrens
Homer Cannon
Dick Moothart
Allan Barclay
Miss Harrison
Elda Gray
Bobby Stewart
Catherine Little
Betty Morgn
Charlotte Little
Ruth Wagenkneecht
Phyllis McKeown
Teddy Stewart
Clair Buck
Gene Gray
Betty Jean Nelson
Barbara Codwin
Tona Beckler
Margaret Brown
Jean Leyden
Jane Neill
Donna Patterson
Donald Earl
Wendell Hoffert
Patricia Kallaus
Marle Lee
Joan Morgan
Nancy Patterson
Jean Ellen Rudiger
Joanna Brock
Patricia Brower
Joan Welch
Coline Williams
Colleen Godwin
Dorothy Watron
Evelyn Johnson
Betty Lou Schubert
Marie Jacobs
Catherine Hothe
Bob Hovel
Leroy Hovel
James Davidson
Bernice Lukaysky
Esta Custer
Leo Mangold
Jimmie Dawson
Wayne Brock
Paul Nelson
Donna Crane
Marguerite Utterback
Ruth Miller
Harold Wylie
Tommy Murphy
Duane Earll
Mijisss& Kammueller
Robert Surface
David Orcutt
Arlene York
Ronald York
Janet Morgan
Betty Schmidt
Margarette McCleery
Tom Tom Players
Corrine Vinton
de- Elda Lee
Donald Hayes
Duane Wolfe
Robby Arnold
Tom Tom
Give Up Iowa WPA Projects By Next Week
WPA officials report non-essential projects in ten Iowa counties have been closed and more will end by March 1 across twenty one other counties to free workers for farm labor. Linius C. Glotzbach notes continued programs include school lunch citizenship education and under way building and highway projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
WPA
Iowa
Linius C. Glotzbach
Mid-West
Lyon
Osceola
O’brien
Clay
Emmet
Ida
Kossuth
Worth
Henry
Dixon
Buena Vista
Hancock
Winebago
Mitchell
Fayette
Clayton
Overtime Pay Would Continue
An unimpeachable source says the administration opposes ending overtime pay and that President Roosevelt would not suspend time and a half provisions. The source notes a Smith amendment to the second war powers bill could affect workers in non defense industries as well as defense workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Howard Smith
Virginia
House
Tertile Mills
Hal Williams Enlists in United States Marines
Hal Williams, once prominent in local high school and junior college athletics, has enlisted in the United States Marines. He previously worked for American Railways Express and plans to enter service early next March, likely at a west coast station. Also enlisting were Bill Frey Ward Ehrenfelt and Byron Levy of Kalona, who will report for duty in March.
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Hal Williams
American Railways Express Company
Washington
United States Marines
Bill Frey
Ward Ehrenfelt
Byron Levy
Kalona
County Men to Induction Center For Examination
Washington county selective service reg soldiers were sent to a pre induction physical today. If they pass, they return home until called into army service. New plan directs some men to go directly to induction center after testing, skipping the delay. Names listed include Clifford W Davis John R Guthrie Lloyd B Donalson Harold L Whetstine Sylvanus L Hahn John H Walker Yara D Lasek Paul J Libenguth Warren K Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Selective Service
Army
Selective Service Board
Clifford Woodrow Davis
Wellman
John Robert Guthrie
Washington
Lloyd Burdell Donalson
Harold Lamonte Whetstine
Richmond
Sylvanus Lycia Hahn
Crawfordsville
John Harold Walker
Yara Donald Lasek
Ainsworth
Paul Joseph Libenguth
Riverside
Warren Kenneth Bennett
Legion Post Meets On Tuesday Evening
Leon Beatty post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening March 3 at eight o clock in the legion rooms city hall. Commander S W Easter says reports from the Des Moines meeting will be presented along with committee reports and appointments and there will be entertainment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Des Moines
S. W. Easter
Roosevelt Helps Get Deferment For Ted Williams
An order from President Roosevelt cleared Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox to return to baseball this year by deferring him from 1-A status due to his mother’s dependency. The ruling was received by the Hennapin county draft board where Williams is registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
U.P
Roosevelt
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Hennapin County
Williams
Stevens Family Moves to Church Apartment
Mr and Mrs W J Stevens and family relocate to a second floor apartment at the Christian Tabernacle. The Stevens home at 511 South Marion Avenue is sold to Mr and Mrs Harold Jarvis. The church plans to tear down the old building and erect a parsonage once materials are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Stevens
Christian Tabernacle
Stevens
South Marion Avenue
Harold Jarvis
Former High School Faculty Member Writes From Texas Army Base
Walter Lussky, a former high school faculty member, sent a letter to Supt. E A Ralston from a large replacement center and air field near Wichita Falls Texas. He says he hopes to contact Dale Perkins, another former Falls student or staff member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lussky
E. A. Ralston
Army
Wichita Falls
Texas
Lussky
Dale Perkins
Kins
Falls
MacArthur Advances Lines In World War II Nigeria
Allied war updates report MacArthur’s American Filipino forces advancing from one to eight kilometers along the Bataan front over the last 48 hours. Fighting continues with light units as the push persists, but no major offensive on Japanese-held centers is indicated. In Asia Tokyo aims to reinforce and widen lines around Java and Soerabaja while Russians seal off German forces near Staraya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United Nations
Java
Sumatra
Bali
Soerabaja
Moscow
Staraya
Star
Morozov Griazov
Berarin
MacArthur
Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Department
Chungking
Rangoon
Burma
Pegu
Singapore
Vichy Gestures Neutrality on French Fleet
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles announced that the Vichy government has formally assured its intention to stay neutral and to prevent the French fleet from coming under German control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sumner Welles
Vichy
Three Run for School Board in Washington Election
Nomination papers filed for three candidates B F Bostwick Jr Fred S Downing and Robert E Arthur to fill two three year terms on the Washington board of education at the March 9 annual school election. Frank L Kos seeks re election as school treasurer for a two year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Board of Education
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Fred S. Downing
Robert E. Arthur
Frank L. Kos
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Ames Concern
Ere MacArthur
Little Rock
Ark
Richard Chorpenning
Larry Glider
Ruth Ann Goodwin
Mary Ann Leyden
Tommy McIlreone
Maude Mae Chance
John Krause
Shirley Raymond
Max Tucker
Betty Ann Chewning
Richard Kallaus
Joyce Tripplett
Marjorie Lowash
Joan McHone
Nancy Burham
Darlene Miller
Joan Michels
Lavelda Knepp
Frederick Kimmel
James Shalla
Dean Goff
Eugene Williams
Curtis York
Allen Woods
Beverly Palmer
Fred W Kimmel
Mary Contrary
Little Boy
John Peel
England
Donald Ayers
Patricia Ann Brock
Fred Dawson
Dean Gotf
Phillip Leyden
Mary ‘Tripplett
Patricia Berry
Bessie Schmidt
Roger Wiggoner
Wilbur Westen
Chariena Brown
Carol Doran
Fred Kimmel
Donald Kuntz
Joan Me
Pige
Marines
Legion Post
Stewart
Scotland
Barbara Godwin
Betty Schubert
Statue of Liberty
Liberty
Donna Crone
Equality
Ruth Wagenknecht
Fraternity
Prayer Tower
Crusader Room
M’ Arthur
Arthur
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