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1	Resume debate activities	Schedule for debate activities; will return to almost pre-war level.
2	National president visits	President of Sigma Alpha Iowa, Kathleen Davison, visited.
3	Give national teachers exam	National Teachers Examinations will be administered on campus for first time this spring.
4	Commencement events	Dr. Bodein will deliver address; the Reverend Charles Wesley Brashears will speak at the Baccalaureate exercises.

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5	New teacher in campus school	Burl V. Berry will direct physical education, coach, and teach industrial arts.
6	Appoint new English professor	John P. Cowley began this spring.
7	Professor Cummins dies	Professor H. C. Cummins died February 14, 1945; photo.
8	Students folk dance at festival	Annual program of dancing.
9	WSSF aids former student	Money raised to assist educational efforts of Hartley Westbrook, a POW in Germany.
10	February month of music	Alexander Brailowsky, Westminster Choir, and Budapest String Quartet play.

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11	WAVE station closes April 30	Brief history of station; facilities will revert to college use; photo.

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12	Sons killed in action	Sons of Professor Denny and F. E. Fuller killed.
13	Lt. William E. Vogel	Serves as bomber pilot in Italy.
14	Hold vocations conference	Educational leaders talk about the profession of teaching.
15	New program in effect	ISTC will coordinate with junior colleges in Four Quarter Rural teacher preparation program.

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16	Sports resumed for 1945	Football and basketball will resume; track may resume in spring; military status of coaches still in doubt; photo.

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17	Daughter born to Grants	Daughter Lois born in Bogota, Colombia.

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18	To study with opera star	Jane Birkhead will study with Lotte Lehman.
19	Mrs. Sarah Radell dies	Died January 8, 1945, in New York; notes on her daughters Inez and Neva.
20	Teachers College of the Air	Professor Abbott has designed a study guide to accompany his radio science program.

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21	Meets former T. C. roommate	Raymond Grobe does clerical work in the South; met Harold Sides there.
22	Chats with Filipino teacher	Glen Moar recounts experiences in Philippines.
23	Sing loyalty song in Philippines	Max Ferguson sings loyalty song with Robert Todd.

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24	Alumnus hits trail in India	Aulora McIntyre engaged in teaching and mission work in Sudan.
25	Shows southerns real snow scene	Zaida Swan has been in WAVES for two years.
26	A thorough-bred Iowan	Leo Kagan relates experiences in South Pacific.

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27	Author quotes Frank Hill	Writer quotes Professor Hill's survey of choral work; photo.
28	First Lieutenant Aldon H. Jensen	Returns to US after thirty bombing missions.
29	A gypsy's life	Michael Goodman meets friends in Gilbert Islands.
30	Hi! Ho! Silver lady	David Berninghausen appears in movie background scenes.

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31	Lynniel Moore	Technician Fifth Grade, Army, overseas.
32	Wayne C. Nebben	Lt., Army Air Forces, overseas.
33	Paul L. Miller	Lt., Marines, Central Pacific.
34	Paul L. Miller	Lt., Marines, Central Pacific.
35	Milton Moon	Lt., Navy, Georgia.
36	Dale E. Moore	Technician Third Grade, Army, Holland.
37	Milton Metfessel	Lt. Col., Army Air Forces, South Pacific area.
38	William S. Meyer	Instructor in anatomy and first aid, Naval Training School, Farragut, Idaho.
39	William H. Michael	Pvt., Army, N. C.
40	Jed H. Miller	Lt. (jg), Commander of Service Force, Navy, Pacific area.
41	James E. Masterson	Sgt., Army Engineers, overseas.
42	Carol K. Mathers	Sgt., Army, France.
43	Kenneth C. Maule	Lt., Army Air Forces, Laredo, Texas.
44	Richard L. Mershon	Lt., Army Air Forces, England.
45	Daniel McNabb	Cpl., Army Air Forces, Tonapah, Nevada.
46	William McNabb	Ens., Navy Pre-Flight School, Iowa City, Iowa.
47	Dayton S. Mak	First Lieutenant, Infantry, overseas.
48	Arthur Mamminga	Lt. (jg), Navy, Philippines.
49	Donald R. Knight	Lt., Army Air Forces, overseas.
50	Aron Laipple	Lt., Army, Muskogee, Oklahoma.
51	William B. McMurray	Pvt., Army Air Forces, Texas.
52	R. Bernard Hughes	Major, Army Air Forces, Corsica.
53	Melvin B. Ingebritsen	Major, Army, Fort Ord, California.
54	Kermit S. Jenks	Lt., Army Air Forces, San Angelo, Texas.
55	Don Jensen	Lt. (jg), Navy, overseas.
56	Lester L. Hartsock	Sgt., Army, overseas.
57	Roland Hellwig	Sgt., Army, overseas.
58	Kent Hershire	Technician Third Grade, Army, overseas.
59	Bernard H. "Bomber" Horgen	Master Sgt., Army, Mississippi.
60	John C. Costigan	Capt., Army Air Forces, overseas.
61	Frederick Everett	Cpl., Marines, Quantico, Virginia; recently returned from duty in the Pacific.
62	L. O. Gittens	Seaman First Class, Navy, overseas.
63	Ralph C. Cawelti	Tech. Sgt., Air Service Command Depot, England.
64	Lewis W. Conway	Capt., Infantry, overseas
65	Robert N. Corning	Pvt., Infantry, Oregon State College, Corvallis.
66	William Bucher	Cpl., Army Air Forces, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
67	James F. Bush	Sgt., Army, overseas.
68	J. Pat Carey	Sgt., Army Air Forces, Hawaiian Islands.
69	Russel "Brick" Bradford	Ens., Navy.
70	Manville Bro	Lt., Army, Ft. Benning, Ga.
71	James H. Brolliar	Chief Petty Officer, Naval Electrical School Supervisor, Great Lakes, Illinois.
72	Everett D. Alton	First Lieutenant, Army, Bladley Beach, New Jersey; recently returned to the States after being in Australia and New Guinea for a year.
73	Raymond Berrier	Sgt., Army, overseas.
74	Hubert A. Bierbaum	Pvt., Infantry, overseas.
75	Charles F. Bohling	First Lieutenant, bombardier on B-29 with Army Air Forces, South Pacific.
76	Richard Abele	Major, Army Air Forces, India.

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77	Spotlight turns on beauty	Three hundred couples attend dance; Old Gold beauties announced; photo.

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78	Thelma F. Young	Sgt., WAC, San Francisco, California.
79	Pfc. Wallace Morgan	Is a prisoner of war in Germany, according to a letter received by his parents in February. He had previously been listed as missing in action in Germany since November 14, 1944, after serving in France and Germany as a machine-gunner since July 1944.
80	S/Sgt. Richard J. Rechtfertig	Has returned after 23 months in the European theater as a control tower operator; now at the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station in Miami Beach, Florida, awaiting re-assignment. His wife, Loretta, and father, Vincent, live in Waterloo, Iowa.
81	Margaret L. Van Hooser	Seaman Second Class (Radioman), WAVES, Port Blakely, Washington.
82	Clara L. Van Roekel	Seaman Second Class, New York City.
83	Lt. Lucile Vosgerau	Is a senior nurse at the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. She entered the service in 1936, and from January, 1941 until November,1942, she was one of four Navy nurses treating natives on the island of Samoa in the Pacific.
84	Geraldine Mae Schuck	Specialist Second Class (Teacher), Hutchinson, Kansas.
85	Hazel I. Smith	Specialist Third Class (Gunnery), Pensacola, Florida.
86	Audrey Underkofler	Lt., Physical Therapy Department of Army Medical Corps, Illinois.
87	Margaret C. Petersen	Pvt., Marines, N. C.
88	Selma M. Petersen	Student in Cadet Nurse Corps, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
89	Dolores Pinkham	Hospital Apprentice Second Class, SPARS, New York City.
90	Margaret A. Schmidt	WAC. She was an instructor in the public schools at Grosse Point, Michigan, last year.
91	Dorothy M. Milversted	Lt., Army Medical Corps, overseas.
92	R. Gloria Parrott	Is doing Red Cross hospital recreational work in New Guinea.
93	Lucille Patterson	Apprentice Seaman, WAVES, Northampton, Massachusetts.
94	Kathryn E. McComb	Is serving the Armed Forces in India as an American Red Cross staff assistant. Until her Red Cross appointment, she was a postal censor in Los Angeles.
95	Margaret B. Meyer	Pvt., WAC, Manchester, New Hampshire.
96	Retta M. Knapp	Seaman Second Class, WAVES, Milledgeville, Georgia.
97	Frances M. Hamilton	Cadet Nurse, Iowa City, Iowa.
98	Audrey A. Hvolboll	Seaman Second Class, WAVES, New Jersey.
99	Emma Beatrice Jones	Pvt., WAC, Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma.
100	Beth Louise Dailey	Is with the Red Cross in Australia, working as Assistant Staff Director in recreation.
101	Harriett D. Damborg	American Red Cross, England.
102	Kathryn Dougherty	Has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the WAVES at Charleston, South Carolina. Lt. Dougherty was graduated in the first class of officers trained at Northampton, Massachusetts, September 30, 1942.
103	Agnes E. Conger	Lt., is a dietitian in the Medical Department at an Army-Navy General Hospital in Arkansas.
104	Mary Jo Cosgrove	Ens., WAVES, San Diego, California.
105	Charlotte J. Curtis	In Cadet Nurse Training at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
106	Jean K. Broshar	Ens., WAVES, Washington, D. C.
107	Beryl Becker	First Lieutenant, dietary department, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.
108	Faith A. Blunt	Ens., WAVES, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
109	Flora Jane Bromley	Is doing recreational work with the Red Cross in Belgium.

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110	Cpl. Frederick Weltz	Killed in action in an airplane crash, October 7, 1944, in an American area. He had been stationed most recently at Langley Field, Virginia, and was a radio operator in the Army Air Forces. His wife resides with his parents, F. C. Weltz, in Cedar Falls.
111	Sgt. Neil Haney	Died of wounds received on Leyte Island, November 14, 1944. He was among the first troops to land in the Philippines in the 1944 invasion and had previously served in Hawaii, Australia, and Dutch New Guinea with an infantry unit of the Army.
112	Lt. Francis W. Johnson	Killed in a plane crash near Hardeeville, South Carolina, December 15, 1944. He was stationed at Chatham Field, Savannah, Georgia, as an Army pilot trainee on a B-24 bomber and had been in the service since April 1943.
113	Lt. Kenneth J. Herman	Previously reported missing in action over Germany, October 22, 1944, was disclosed as dead by the Red Cross in January 1945. He was serving as a Mustang fighter pilot with the Eighth Air Force based in France. He enlisted in February 1943.
114	Staff Sgt. Joe Ritchey	Killed in action January 23, 1944, in the European theater of war. He enlisted in the Air Corps three years ago and had been stationed in England for the past two years. Surviving are his parents, a brother, and three sisters, all of Cedar Falls.
115	First Lieutenant Wesley Farnum	Killed in action with the infantry on Luzon, January 17, 1945. Entered the Army June 1942; trained at Camp Rucker, Alabama.
116	First Lieutenant John D. Colville	Was killed in action November 30, 1944, while with General Hodges' First Army in Germany; had taught junior high school at Waverly, before entering the service in June 1942. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the infantry in February 1943.
117	Lt. Merle Kratzer	Killed in action in Italy, February 11, while on duty as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot. Surviving him are his mother of Waterloo; two brothers, Chief Petty Officer Darrell, Third Class Gunners' Mate Paul; and a sister, Betty Ann, in Cedar Rapids.
118	Pvt. Calvin Brandenburg	Was killed in action December 14, 1944, while serving with a medical corps unit in Germany. He entered service in March 1943, received Army training in North Carolina, and had been overseas since November 1, 1944.

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119	Missing in Action, First Lieutenant John C. Phillips	Reported missing in action since January 26 in Belgium. He has been serving overseas as an infantry company executive officer since December 1944.
120	Missing in Action, Sergeant T. Wayne Black	Was reported missing in action since January 12, 1945 in the European theater of war. He entered the Army, March 9, 1943, and received training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, and at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He left for overseas duty in October 1944.
121	Missing in Action, Lt. Donald Dilly	Reported missing in action since February 5, 1945 in the Pacific war theater. He has been on duty with the Pacific fleet for several months as pilot of a Grumman Avenger. Prior to that time he had been a Navy flight instructor for eighteen months.
122	Missing in Action, Flight Officer Milo N. Jensen	Reported missing in action since January 4, 1945, while on a mission between British Guiana and Brazil. A member of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, he recently completed flight training at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas. He enlisted in February 1943.
123	Purple Heart, Staff Sgt. Ronald Sterrett	Was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received while fighting with the infantry in France. He married the former Mary Beth Timmermann in June 1944, in Macon, Georgia. She is now teaching at Nashua, Iowa.
124	Lt. Russel M. Christiansen	Was among the American airmen recently decorated with the Air Medal for completing more than five aerial combat missions against the Japanese in the Central Pacific.
125	Capt. Maynard D. Dix	Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters. A B-17 navigator, he flew 25 missions during a year and two months in the European theater. He returned to the States in July and is stationed at Galveston, Texas.
126	Purple Heart, Pvt. Earl J. Kelly	Received the Purple Heart and the Expert Combat Infantryman's award for action in the European theater. Pvt. Kelly was wounded August 12 and was moved to a convalescent hospital in England. His wife, (Bette Gibson), lives at Sutherland, Iowa.
127	Purple Heart, First Lieutenant Glenn W. Behrens	Was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Germany, December 17, 1944. A short time before, Lt. Behrens received the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious service in connection with air activity. His wife is Agnes D. Holm.

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128	Robert A. Warner	Pfc., Army Air Forces, overseas.
129	Glenn W. Tjepkes	First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, China-Burma-India Air Service Command.
130	Kenneth M. Thompson	Ens., Navy.
131	R. F. Todd	Capt., Army Air Forces, overseas.
132	Alvin L. Varner	Lt., Marines, overseas.
133	Donald Marvin Statton	Seaman Second Class, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.
134	Orrin Stephen	Sgt., Army, Camp Maxey, Texas.
135	Bill Stewart, Jr.	Sgt., Army, overseas.
136	Leo Solt	Ens., Navy, overseas.
137	Gordon L. Sorensen	Sgt., Army, overseas.
138	Francis M. Spurlock	First Lieutenant, Army, overseas.
139	Stanley H. Simonsen	Pvt., Army, Camp Barkeley, Texas.
140	Byron S. Smith	Capt., Coast Guard, Panama.
141	Sheldon F. Smith	Sgt., Signal Corps, Army, overseas.
142	Claude J. Rayburn	Pfc., Field Artillery, overseas.
143	James Reynolds	Cpl., Army, Illinois.
144	Paul A. Rietz	Lt., Army Air Forces, Kansas.
145	Walter Rodby	First Lieutenant, Infantry, France.
146	Rutherford D. Rogers	Capt., Army Air Forces, Washington, D. C.
147	Dennis Peterson	Lt., Army Air Forces, Eagle Pass, Texas.
148	Lloyd R. Pierce	Lt. (jg), Navy, Pacific area.
149	Deane C. Nuss	Ens., Navy, Rockford, Illinois.
150	Thomas M. Orr	Sgt., Infantry, overseas.