Farm labor wages rise as year round demand grows
Iowa AMFS reports wage gains with November daily wages at seven dollars, up one from October. Demand for laborers rose to 547 requests in November as farmers seek year round help. John Fitzsimmons notes continued higher need if trends persist, while year around workers become harder to find. The emergency labor program ends. state employment service resumes placement duties.
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AMFS
Iowa
Iowa Emergency Farm Labor Office
Withornt Board
John Fitzsimmons
Extension Service
Iowa State Employment Service
German Girls Missed Deadline for GI Bride Program
Three German women bound to marry American soldiers missed the GI Bill deadline after engine trouble delayed their Pan-American flight to New York. Embassy warned fines up to 1000 dollars per girl if entry occurred after 1948 expiry. The trio waited overnight in London hoping for permission to continue.
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London
United States
New York
Pan-American
Helene Buchanwal
Iowa livestock dealer granted unconditional pardon in Minnesota prison
F J Adams a 43 year old Lakota Iowa livestock dealer serving two and a half years at Stillwater state prison for second degree grand larceny was granted an unconditional pardon. He was sentenced November 13 from Martin County Minnesota after issuing two checks totaling 4624 dollars without funds. He blamed poor bookkeeping and a Martin County sheriff who assisted in the pardon request appeared before the board.
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ST. Pauhh
Minn
F. J. Adams
Iowa
Stillwater State Prison
Adams
Martin County
British War Bride Dies at Waterloo Iowa
Mrs Louis Koshatka 24 year old British war bride died of a heart ailment in Waterloo Iowa. Her death postponed a planned English war brides meeting. Born Rosemary Ann Dugdale she married in Worcester England in 1945 and moved to Iowa in 1946. She leaves husband a 41 month old son and a sister and brother.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Louis Koshatka
Rosemary Ann Dugdale
Koshatka
Worchester
England
Army seeks 5000 transport planes for emergency needs
Air leaders warn they would require 5000 large transport planes on a minute’s notice in a future emergency. If only a single firm produced them, the first 300 aircraft could take over five years to deliver.
Man and wife in fatal shooting after quarrel
Mrs Manning testified that her husband the 62 year old man began quarreling with Jensen, a retired bridge tender. The two fought and Manning then retrieved a .38 pistol and fired three times, killing Jensen. Manning surrendered to police saying we had an argument and killed him.
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Jensen
Manning
Manning admits he killed his roomer in jealousy
Milwaukee police report 72 year old painter John Manning confessed to shooting 74 year old roomer Carl Jensen after a quarrel over Jensen giving candy bars to Manning’s wife. Manning said Jensen’s attentions sparked the lethal response.
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Milwaukee
John Manning
Carl Jensen
Jensen
Manning
Malaria Death Toll Worldwide Surpasses Three Million
Global malaria causes over three million deaths annually and leaves about 300 million people infected according to health reports. The figures underscore the disease’s continuing burden in affected regions and the need for effective prevention and treatment strategies.
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Washington
Harold Metarland
Moline
Ill
St. James Parsonage
Minnesota
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Weshington
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kansas City
Air Army
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Bon Ane
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State Theatre
Homer Hensley
Charles Crull
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Muscatine
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Cello
East Side Square
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