Iowa University enrollment figures reported for campus
President Virgil Mancher announced that 2 809 civilians attend Classes at the State University of Iowa with 763 men. About 6 450 students are on campus including army cadets navy pre flight cadets war training and medical students. Liberal arts 1 828 graduate 369 and nursing 274.
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Virgil Mancher
Ing Corps
Navy
War Training School
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Packer settlement in OPA price violation case
Marshall Packing Co of Marshalltown Iowa agreed in US district court to a 2000 settlement in a civil action for triple damages over price violations of OPA rules. The suit claimed beef carcasses and wholesale cuts sold above maximum prices with excess totaling 1552.31 and triple damages sought totaling 4656.93. The company admitted the allegations without acknowledging wilful violation.
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Des Moines
Marshall Packing Co
Marshalltown
United States District Court
OPA
Thempany
Electrician Henry Chisman Falls to Death in 25 Foot Fall
Cedar Rapids Monticello electrician Henry W Chisman of LaPlant Choate Co. died after brushing a 240 volt line and falling 25 feet from a ladder. Coroner R E Munden said no inquest. He called for help then slipped while breaking contact with the live wire, dying of a basal skull fracture.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry W Chisman
Monticello
LaPlant Choate Co
R. E. Munden
Chisman
Man Fined After Sending 7 Year Old for Chili at 2 A M
Cedar Rapids George Warner paid a $50 fine after admitting he sent his 7-year-old son to fetch chili at 2 am while his wife was hospitalized in University hospital Iowa City for the birth of a fourth child. The judge denounced the act as harmful to the children and warned of their need for proper care.
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Cedar Rapids
George Warner
Harry S. Johnson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Third Paralysis Death At Muscatine Is Girl
Marion Edmonds, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Edmonds, died at University hospital in Town City after infantile paralysis. Stricken last week her throat was affected. This marked the third death from the disease in Muscatine county. Marion was a Muscatine High School cheerleader and had planned to enter the University of Wisconsin this fall.
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Muscatine
Marion Edmonds
C. A. Edmonds
University Hospital
Town City
Muscatine County
Marion
University of Wisconsin
Fullerton Son Reported Prisoner of War Over Germany
The Fullerton family learned their son Technical Sergeant Harry L. Fullerton, a B-17 crew member, is a prisoner of war in Germany after a prior August 24 notice said he was missing in action over Gelsenkirchen on August 12. The Red Cross notified the family that he is wounded, degree unknown, with further information pending from the Provost Marshal General.
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L. T. Fullerton
Harry L. Fullerton
War Department
Fullerton
Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Fullertons
International Red Cross
Red Cross Workers To Hear Schoonover
Sergeant Norman Schoonover, home on furlough after service in North Africa, will address Red Cross workers at 2 pm Thursday in City Hall, inviting county women from Ainsworth Crawfordsville Brighton Wellman Riverside and Kalona communities. C H Guther will photograph at 1 30 pm. attire requires white dresses and regulation head coverings.
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Red Cross
Schoonover
Norman Schoonover
Sergeant Schoonover
North Africa
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
R. A. Frink
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Wellman
Riverside
Kalona
Washington
Mrs. Dawson 91 Dies on Birthday in Washington
Mrs Martha Nancy Dawson widow of A J Dawson longtime Washington resident, died last evening at 8 30 on her 91st birthday at 214 East Jefferson. Funeral set for 2 30 Wednesday at Sherman s funeral home with Rev Basil McBee officiating. burial in Elm Grove cemetery. She was born September 13 1852 in Portland Mills Indiana and moved via wagon train to Kansas then Iowa before settling in Washington. Survived by three daughters Anna Elizabeth Etha, one sister Mrs Sarah Taylor of Sterling Kansas. husband died March 10 1935.
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Jefferson Street
Sherman
Basil McBee
Associate Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Dawson
Portland Mills
Indiana
Robert and
Margaret Ann (Spencer) Harbison
Richmond
Kansas
Alexander J. Dawson
Washington County
Iowa
Washington
Anna
Elizabeth
Etha Dawson
Sarah Taylor
Sterling
Dawson
War bond auction to fund third drive in county
Washington hosts a war bond auction on September 22 part of the third war loan drive. The event, sponsored by county and city war finances committees and the State theater, expects many donated items from farms and homes. Ralph Martin leads donations with volunteers assigned to county blocks to collect goods.
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State Theater
Ralph Martin
L. C. Willits
Iowa
Marion Avenue
Joe Picken
Marion
South
Glenn Haygreen
Washington
East Main
Julius Kunick
Y.M.C.A
Backlog of 17 Billion in Aviation Seen for Liquidation
At a meeting in Los Angeles executives from Eastern aircraft factories and Pacific coast leaders confirmed an aviation backlog nearing 17 billion dollars. The group outlined plans to accelerate liquidation of the debt.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Navy Trainees Invest Heavily in War Bonds in Iowa
Navy trainees at the University of Dubuque and Iowa State College are saving substantial portions of their pay in war bonds. At Dubuque 97.6 percent contribute 24.6 percent of their pay, while at Iowa State 97.3 percent set aside 36.3 percent for bond purchases.
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Iowa
University of Dubuque
Iowa State College
Hose collections end September 30 in Washington county
Mrs. Fred Reid reports the War Production Board has ordered the hosiery salvage program to stop on September 30. Since its launch last November Washington county women have gathered worn silk and nylon hose, with Iowa ranking tenth nationwide as the drive nears its close.
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Fred Reid
Washington County Small Salvage
Washington County
Iowa
WPB
Iowa Farm Prosperity Seen in 44 Percent Deposit Rise
Iowa farm prosperity is reflected in rural bank deposits up 44 percent from a year earlier as loans fall. W G Murray, Iowa State College economist, notes banks in 184 rural Iowa towns show deposit growth and loan declines, with war bonds offsetting the rise in deposits. Northwest Iowa reports the steepest loan drop at 23 percent. September 14 Ames.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa
W. G. Murray
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
Southeast
Northwest
Murray
Jury Case Set for September 27 in Washington County Court
In Washington County district court Judge P J Siegers set one case for jury trial at the September term. Preston Wolf versus Aura Groff arises from a Washington street automobile collision with both sides seeking damages. A hearing in Leora Nelson versus Western Mutual Fire Insurance is scheduled for Monday September 20 under new civil practice rules.
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Washington County District Court
P. J. Siegers
Siegers
Preston Wolf
Aura Groff
Washington
Fire damages garage near East Madison Street
Firefighters responded early this afternoon to a blaze across from the high school on East Madison Street. The fire started beside a private garage and charred the boards but caused only slight damage to the structure.
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Madison Street
Nazis Claim Big Victory At Salerno
Allied reinforcements surge into Salerno area south of Naples as two pronged envelopment tightens the beachhead while sea support strengthens Anglo American infantry and artillery. In the same battles, Soviet forces reach Bryansk near Smolensk and Kiev line as German claims of destroyies are met with skepticism.
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Naples
Italy
Michael Chinigo
United States Press
United Press
5Th Army
Mark Clark
Gallipoli
London
Berlin
Fifth Army
Salerno Bay
Dwight D. Hisenhower
American Base Bombed by Japs
Japanese bombers caused slight material damage at Funafuti American base near Gilbert islands. The navy announced the loss of submarine Grenadier and two submarine chasers S C 694 and S C 696. The Grenadier carried about 65 crew. the chasers had about 27 each.
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D. C
Funafuti
Gilbert Islands
Navy
United States
Grenadier
Pacific
Mediterranean
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