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Whether it wanted it or needed it or not Des Moines last week had Lawsonomy "the base of absolute knowledge." For an unnamed sum the Humanity Benefactor Foundation bought defunct Des Moines University's 14 acres and six buildings (including dormitories for about 390 students), closed since 1929. On...
Equaeverpoise. Des Moines citizens who were curious about Lawsonomy could find some books and newspapers on the subject in the city library. Lawsonomy is to produce "the master human intellects of all time." It introduced "zigzag and swirl movement" and the law of penetrability. Samples of what the new university...
Jere Knight, widow of Major Eric Knight (This Above All), was made a 2nd lieutenant in the WACs at Fort Des Moines.
> A substantial fraction of the present rise in farm values is due to city-slicker dollars in search of a hedge against inflation. "Chicago money" has poured into Illinois farm land in recent months; an Iowa farm broker last week reported that one eastern moneybags had just banked $400,000...
The big, bass-mouthed man in the neat blue suit was bewildered and nervous. Few men had ever taken a new Washington job under more awkward circumstances. He had become chief of OWI's domestic branch, succeeding Gardner ("Mike") Cowles Jr., Des Moines publisher, just after the House of...