Ames College Winter Enrollment Drops as Senior Class Graduates
Iowa State college reports 2,282 civilian students registered for the winter quarter, bringing total civilian and military enrollment to 6,423. Military enrollment totals 2,867 Navy trainees and 765 Army students, down from fall due to a large senior class graduating in December. fall figures also included 91 Curtiss-Wright cadets in engineering training.
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Ames
Iowa State College
J. R. Sage
Sage
Curtiss-Wright
Boone to Vote on Airport With Bonded Funds
Boone approves Feb 9 special election on municipal airport project. If approved, the city will issue 60,009 dollars in bonds repayable in 26 years and levy an annual three quarters of a mill tax to retire them. Funds would cover site selection and improvements.
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Boone
Seek Cause of Sunday School Shrinkage
The Des Moines area Methodist church office will survey Iowa communities to find why Sunday school attendance has fallen. Miss Delos James of Denver Colorado will spend three to four months in Iowa conducting the study, announced at a district superintendents conference at Hotel Fort Des Moines.
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Des Moines
The
Methodist Church
Iowa
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Delos James
Denver
Colo
Liquor Probe Goes Before Grand Jury
County Attorney Edward L. Moran will present investigation results on liquor seized in police raids to the Woodbury county grand jury. The jury will report for the district court term Monday, he stated Thursday.
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Grand Jury
Sioux City
Edward L. Moran
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Postmaster Dies of Collision Injuries
L. W. Hughes, 58, postmaster and grocery store owner in Coburg, died Thursday from a skull fracture after his car skidded on an icy highway near Glenwood Iowa and was struck by a truck driven by Paul Mueller of Clarinda Iowa on Wednesday.
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Coburg
L. W. Hughes
Glenwood
Hughes
Paul Mueller
Clarinda
Iowa Metro Areas Lose Population Except One
Census official J C Capt reports six Iowa metropolitan counties mostly shed population from April 1 1940 to March 1 1943. Scott county rose 2.4 percent to 86837 while Linn Polk Pottawattamie Woodbury and Black Hawk all declined by single to double digits.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
J. C. Capt
Bureau of the Census
Scott County
Census Bureau
Linn County
Polk
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Linn
Cedar Rapida
Des Moines
Pottawattamle
Council Bluffs
GOST
Siouxity
Waterloo
First Journal baby serves in navy today
The Journal announces its annual New Year baby award for the first baby born in 1926 with prizes from Washington businesses for the parents and child. A photo shows David W. Day born Jan 1 1926, son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Day of Brighton, in a navy uniform.
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Journal
Washington
David W. Day
Navy
David Day
Naval Engineers
Town State College
Wilbur Day
Brighton
Income Tax Blank Mailout Ignites Iowa Taxpayers
U S internal revenue collector for Iowa announces about 750000 income tax blanks will be mailed to 1945 filers. Each taxpayer receives a statement of total tax for 1942 and payments on file, to be used for 1943 returns due March 15. If missing, request correction promptly. If address changed, provide residence from 1942 and new address.
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Des Moines
Birmingham
United States Internal Revenue
District of Iowa
Iowa
Internal Revenue
Court House
Air travel seen as risk for spread of diseases says Dr Barnes
Dr Milford E Barnes of the University of Iowa warns that postwar air travel could rapidly move infected people worldwide within 60 hours of flight. He cites diseases such as influenza polio pneumonias plague cholera typhoid dysentery scarlet fever and meningitis as threats, urging stronger public health administration to meet the danger.
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Iowa City
Milford E. Barnes
University of Iowa
Department of Hygiene
University Health Department
United States
Barver
26 Cadets Die As Freight Train Hits Bus At Kingman
A Santa Fe freight struck an Army bus carrying air cadets outside Kingman air base. Twenty six cadets were killed and several injured as the bus halted at a crossing and moved into the path of the westbound freight.
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Kingman
Ariz
Kingman Air Base
Willits in Marines At Tarawa Attack
Mr and Mrs L C Willits report word from their son LE C Junior with the marines in the south Pacific. He took part in Tarawa and sent an editorial from The Range Finder praising marine resolve amid heavy enemy fire and brutal lessons of the siege.
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L. C. Willits
LE. C. Junior
South Pacific
San Diego
California
Tarawa
Marines Push Toward Borgen Bay in New Britain
U S Marines in northwestern New Britain report heavy fighting as they advance toward Borgen Bay. Gen Douglas MacArthur's communique says 660 Japanese were killed on Tuesday, lifting the total toll past 2,000 since the Cape Gloucester landing on December 26.
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New Guinea
U. S
Borgen Bay
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Douglas McArthur
Near Zero Weather Returns With Frigid 1944 Low
The official low last night reached two degrees above zero while the morning climbed to four degrees. Citizens faced record cold for the winter as facilities struggled to stay warm, marking the season’s lowest temperature so far in 1944.
Marines at Tarawa Toll Stated in Letter Home
The report notes 1026 marines killed and 2557 wounded at Tarawa. It mentions a family letter from Mr. and Mrs. Willits conveying their son’s absence and relief at receiving the first word in weeks.
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Tarawa
Willits
Hitler and Army Staff Face Possible Clash in Russia
London reports military observers believe Hitler may have ordered no retreat without a fierce fight, risking a clash with the German staff over a possible withdrawal from the Dnieper bend. Analysts say the Red Army threat toward Zhamerinka on the Odessa Warsaw route could force a large Nazi evacuation, pitting intuition against hard military realism.
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London
U.P
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Dnieper
Red Army
Zhamerinka
Odessa-Warsaw
Hitler
Clarence Goodwin Jr Returns From Miami Visit
Clarence Goodwin Jr A M M 2 C arrived home this morning from Miami Florida for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs C R Goodwin and his grandfather J H Kelley
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Clarence Goodwin, Jr
A.M.M
Miami, Fla
C. R. Goodwin
J. H. Kelley
Cadet Bernard E Swift Enlists In Air Force Training
Swift, son of Mr and Mrs Bryan Swift, reported to Camp Dodge yesterday to begin training as an army air force cadet. He had farming deferment but chose air service over farming duties.
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Bernard E. Swift
Bryan Swift
Camp Dodge
Army Air Force
Air Force
Million Trucks Authorized For 1944 Production
Davenport Jan 7 William Ogden of the Davenport WPB office announced the War Production Board authorized production of more than one million trucks and truck trailers in 1944. The WPB will control production and shipments with monthly schedules. Manufacturing directives will detail components from axles to wheels to fit timing. Also noted are funeral services for J A Porter with several family members present.
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United States
Davenport
William Ogden, Anager
WPB
War Production Board
Ogden
Smear Campaign on Labor Alleges General Marshall Service Chief Accused
At ceremonies where Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt praised labor, David Dubinsky and David Pulinsky Charged a well organized smear campaign against labor is under way. They accused General Marshall of attacking unions, saying labor's record on the home front countered propaganda from Hitler and Hirohito.
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New York
Geo. C. Marshall
Army
David Pulinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Eleanor Roosvelt
Women's Service Brigade
Dubinsky
Hitler
Hirohito
General Marshall
Halsey Forecasts Celebration at Tokyo After Allied Victory
Admiral Wm F Halsey said the south Pacific forces will move to Tokyo once Europe is won forecasting a huge celebration where Tokyo used to be. He noted a need for more men and materiel but said strategic focus remains on Europe while awaiting their turn.
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Los Angeles
Wm. F. Halsey
United Nations
South Pacific
Tokyo
Europe
Halsey
Slosser Couple Plans Return Home Tonight
Mr and Mrs Slosser will depart for home tonight as they complete their visit.
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Mr. and
Mrs. Slosser
Comparative Market Prices for Farm Products in 1943 and 1918
John Brandt argues that farmers received prices do not drive retail costs, citing wartime price comparisons for 1918 and 1943 across meat, lamb, veal, and wheat. The data show lower farm prices in 1943 while retail prices remained high, suggesting inflation stems from other sources.
Nazi Army Retreats as Reds Press Toward Sarny and Kiev
Russian spearheads push into Polish territory and threaten the rail hub at Sarny while the Red Army drives along the Kiev salient. In Italy, Allied forces breach German defenses in the Liri valley and seize Mt Majo as San Vittore remains fiercely contested. British and Indian units advance along the Adriatic coast and Jugoslav coastal landings are reported as Allied air forces pound targets along the French invasion coast.
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United Press
Poland
Kaimania
Italy
Liri
Rome
Pripet
Rakitno
Sarny
Srest-Litovek
5Th Army
San Vittore
Mt. Majo
Rocca Yv'evandro
Adriatic
8Th Army
San Pomasso
London
Turgets
Germany
U.S
8Th Airftorce
France
Jugoslavia
Budapest
Stockholm
Jugoslav Coast
Jugoslav
Berlin
FT. Worth
Texas
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
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Neji Salha
Mines and Public Works
James S. Moose, Jr
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Clinton, Wisc
J. A. Porter
John Brandt
National Cooperative Milk Production Federation
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