Rotary Governor-Elect for Iowa District 132
Chicago Dan J. P. Ryan of Parkersburg Iowa will assume as Rotary International district governor for 1945 46 overseeing 87 clubs in eastern and central Iowa starting July first elected yesterday for the year. Des Moines Iowa Attorney General John M Rankin 72 improved at Veterans hospital after a week of fatigue awaiting rest and a physical checkup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Chicago
Dan J. P. Ryan
Parkersburg
Rotary International
Iowa
III Des Moinee
John M. Rankin
Veterans’ Hospital
Gunderman Appointed Special Administrator of Burnea Estate
Mary Roeder and Mary Bernier drive the application for H R Gunderman to serve as special administrator of the Burnea estate in Atlantic. Judge R Kent Martin appointed him this morning to oversee the Park hotel bus business and grocery store of the late Atlantic mayor, with the will probated today naming Margaret Burnea executrix who predeceased him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Roeder
Mary Bernier
Laura Bernier
R. Kent Martin
H. R. Gunderman
Atlantic State Bank
Joseph Burnea
Atlantic
Margaret Burnea
Park
Mary
Iowa
Frank Bernier
Louisa Bernier
Decily Bernier
Adaline Manville
Mary Ann Picard
Mr. Barnes
Margaret Sleavin
Anna Huch
Drought Ends as Heavy Rains Hit Southern Australia
Melbourne reports heavy rains across southern and western Australia breaking a long drought. In Florida, Mrs. C. W. Needles and daughter Lois of 306 Maple Street depart for St. Petersburg to stay several months with Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert J. Needles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Southern
Western Australia
Florida
C. W. Needles
Lois
Maple Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
Robert J. Needles
Weather Outlook for Town Considerable Cloudiness
The forecast shows considerable cloudiness tonight and Thursday with showers confined to the extreme south portion. Warmer temperatures are expected on Thursday across the area.
Truman Takes Little Holiday On West Coast
President Truman rested on a Pacific Northwest holiday with focus on the San Francisco security conference and a quick path to the final form of the international peace charter. He planned to address the conference if work completed, and may head to Independence Missouri or Kansas City for upcoming homecoming events. He also planned to present the Congressional Medal of Honor to Sgt. John D. Hewk of Bremerton, Washington, and spent the night at the Georgian, with Gov. Wallgren, after a landmark coast-to-coast flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wack
Truman
Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
Serlin
Michigan
Independence
Kansas City
G. I
John D. Hewk
Bremerton
Wash
Mon C. Wallgren
Senate
Second American commander killed on Okinawa
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Easley assistant commander of the 96th Infantry division was killed in action on Okinawa Tuesday. The 53 year old World War I veteran was the second high ranking officer to fall on the island this week after Lt. Gen. Simon Buckner Jr. was killed by a Japanese shellburst Monday. The 96th division has operated in southern Okinawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claudius M. Easley
96Th Infantry
Okinawa
War Department
Simon Kvar Buckner, Jr
10Th Army
96Th
Flying Grandma Injured in Crash Near Hickory Pa
Mrs. W. Carl Rufus 65 known as the Flying Grandma and her companion Mrs. Louella Osterlin Gillen 56 were injured when their small plane struck a tree branch on takeoff near Hickory Pa. Both women from Ann Arbor Mich. Mrs Rufus wife of a University of Michigan astronomy professor authored a book Flying Grandma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
W. Carl Rufus
Hickory
Rufus
Louella Osterlin Gillen
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Sugar ration limited to five pounds in June
Des Moines reports residents in the 64 county area under the Des Moines district Office of Price Administration are limited to five pounds of canning sugar during June. Food rationing representative Clarence Turner said the June allotment is part of the season total and will depend on applicant numbers and requested amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Big Stick Wavers at Thousands of Idle Workers
President Truman and the War Labor Board issued directives to more than 20,000 workers in vital war jobs to return to duty amid labor disputes. Meanwhile 18,000 glass workers in four states threatened to halt work, and transport hubs faced strikes. Army trucks patrolled Chicago as steps were taken to restore operations for 1,700 seized lines. Diamond Alkali plants in Painesville were ordered seized to resume production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Truman
War Labor Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Midwest
WLB
Chicago
ODT
Jackson
Miss
Army
Diamond Alkali Company
Painesville
Phyllis and Ann Casey Win Today
In Indianapolis on June 20 AP reports defending champ Babe Didrickson Zaharias defeated Jean Hopking 1 up after two extra holes in the Women’s Western Open second round. Ann Casey overcame a two hole deficit at the turn to beat Sally Sessions 2 and 1, while Phyllis Otto down Peggy Kirk 1 up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Los Angeles
Cal
Jean Hopking
Cleveland
Ohio
Ann Casey
Mason City
Sally Sessions
Muskegon
Mich
Iowa
Phyllis Otto
Atlantic
Peggy Kirk
Findlay
Ike Sights Soldier on Crutches in Grand Central
New York June 20. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanying Mrs. Eisenhower at Grand Central station halted to greet Pvt. James Randtke of Rochester New York who was on crutches after a Luzon wound. The general spoke briefly about his injury and wished him well. Randtke called the moment the greatest thrill of his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Grand Central Station
Kansas City
Pvt
James Randtke
Rochester
N. Y
Pvt. Randtke
Luzon
Committee to report on hospital project in Atlantic
A veteran tuberculosis hospital project committee formed by Rev. P. N. McDermott George Haw and Sheriff Harry Jordan will present its report at a public meeting in the city hall council chamber at 7 30 Thursday evening Attorney John Budd secretary of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce announced today The committee met with veterans administration officials in Des Moines regarding Atlantic efforts for the hospital An essay contest with a $10 prize invites entries to the Chamber of Commerce by noon next Saturday detailing why the hospital should be located at Atlantic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall Council
John Budd
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
P. N. McDermott
George Haw
Harry Jordan
Veterans Administration
Des Moines
Atlantic
Chamber of Commerce
Fall from window fatal to farmer in Waterloo
Elmer Tiedt, 30, a Readlyn farm worker, died after a 40 foot fall from a third story window at Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo. Coroner says autopsy indicates the plunge occurred during a heart attack. no inquest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Elmer Tiedt
Readlyn
Tiedt
Allen Memorial Hospital
C. D. Winder
New labor relations plan aims at industrial peace in Congress
Washington June 26 AP three sponsors Hatch Belt Burton propose a Railway Labor Act styled bill to create a federal labor relations board and an unfair practices tribunal. The plan would compel arbitration of grievances and limit strikes though the right to strike would remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
Dhill
Gens
Hatch
D-N. M
Belt
Rminn
Burton
Rohio
Federal Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Conciliation Service
Labor Department
Senate
Donald R. Riebberg
Dreft
National Recovery Administration
Amphibious Force Commander Dies in Pacific
Rear Admiral Forrest B. Royal aged 52 and native of New York City died in the Pacific of natural causes. He commanded amphibious operations in Brunei Bay area on Borneo's northwest coast on June 10 and 13 and joined General MacArthur there on June 11. Royal previously led an amphibious task group against Leyte and Luzon from July 1944 to January 1945, earning the Distinguished Service Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forrest B. Royal
Pacific
Forrestal
Admiral Royal
New York City
Branei Bay
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Luzon
Philippines
Parri Named Italian Premier Amid Three-Party Shakeup
Rome reports Ferruccio Parri, head of the actionist party, assumed the premiership today after displacing Ivanoe Bonomi. He described himself as an ordinary man and announced his minister slate, with socialists, communists, liberals, and labor democrats each securing three posts. Parri objected to the formality of being called “your excellency.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Actionist
Ferruccia Parri
Labor Democrats
Actionists
Christian Democrats
Ivanoe Bonomi
Park
Soviet prosecutor will not seek death penalty for Poles on trial
NBC reports Moscow says the Soviet prosecutor Maj. General Nikolai Afanasiev will not seek the death penalty for 16 Poles charged with subversive activities behind Red Army lines. He calls the accused no longer dangerous and declares these are days of joyful victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
Moscow
Nikolai Afanasiev
Ussr
Reveals Bomb Plot In Panama Canal Sabotage Claim
Thia shows Thomas Cushing of Tipperary Ireland who revealed a German plan to blow Gatun Dam using Irish POWs as saboteurs. Cushing alleged repatriation to Ireland and claimed Nazi leanings while a German prisoner to aid an escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Thomas Cushing
Tipperary
Ireland
Panama Caral
Gatun
Cushing
Senzor
Panama Canal
PFC Morris Luke Cited for Action in Manila Battle
Pfc Morris E Luke son of Mr and Mrs Roy Luke of Atlantic served with the 37th infantry division and earned the Bronze Star for heroic action in the Manila battle. He fought in Bougainville New Caledonia and Guadalcanal, wears the Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge, and led an 800 yard recon then killed three Japanese before aiding withdrawal. Staff Sgt Harold L Lang and Sgt Russell R Raasch also cited for Bronze Stars in Luzon and Dutch New Guinea operations with the Sixth Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Morris E. Luke
Roy Luke
Atlantic
Philippipee- Hee
Manila
Luke
Bougainville
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Luzon
Harold L. Lang
Claude M. Lang
Linnstreet
Sixth Infantry Division
Russell R. Raasch
Fontanelle
Family Car Kills Farm Woman and Baby
In Marshalltown Iowa Mrs Paul Jones 32 a Gilman farm woman died in a hospital after being run over by an unattended family car rolling down a hill. She was pregnant and a caesarean delivery produced a baby girl that did not survive. The mother died shortly after the operation. The incident happened as she walked to the barn to find her five year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Paul Jones
Gilman Farm
Jones
Allied air raid blasts three Japanese industrial hubs
AP reports 450 B-29 Superfortresses dropped 3,000 tons of bombs on Shizuoka, Toyohashi, and Fukuoka, starting large fires visible 75 miles away. Tokyo radio says fires raged five hours. other aircraft mined waters off Honshu and Kanmon. Invasion hints loom as Allied forces probe Ryukyus and Balikpapan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Japan
Centro
Tokyo Radio
Toyohashi
Honshu
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Tonahashi
Shisuoka
Okinawa Nears End as Japanese Resistance Collapses
Okinawa island reports mass Japanese suicides and surrenders as U S forces break to the south shore. Two marine regiments seize 700 yards of coast while Adm Nimitz notes the enemy defenses collapsing. Lt Gen Geiger presses for quick decisions as Buckner is killed and three pockets hold out near Mabuni Hill 81 and Mabuni Udo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Okinawa
U. S
Saipan
Mebuni
Roy 8. Geiger
U. S. Tenth Army
Komesu
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Mabuni
Seventh Division
Six business men held to grand jury in Iowa raids
Sibley Iowa June 20 six Ashton businessmen were released on $500 bond each pending action by the September grand jury. The men named James Van Drunen Pete Buldes Eric Roth William J Henning William Frederick and Lou Winchel were arrested after raids by Sheriff J H Nicoll of Osceola county and officials Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Ashton
Liberty
James van Drunen
Pete Buldes
Eric Roth
William J. Henning
William Frederick
Lou Winchel
J. H. Nicoll
Osceola County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa Briefs
Sioux City
Frank Lotta
Joseph Cullotta
Culletta
Arthur Puls
Tracr
Cedar River
Garwin
Winder
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Afi
86Th
Blackhawk
Gunderman
Burnea
West Coast
J. C. Privett
Blytheville
Ark
Privett
Luxembourg
Jodie Nabers
International Soundphoto
Big Stick
Phyllis
Ike
PARRI
Morris Luke
Radio Tokyo
Kanmon Strait
Omura
India
Marianas
Gage C. Talamo
Hamburg
Ryukyu Islands
Miyako Island
Sakishima Group
Balikpapan
South Pacific
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!