Daily Record 1944 wartime ration notices and court brief
Wartime ration details list meat fuel and food coupons with valid dates and quantities. Police Court records show fines for drunkenness speeding and parking violations, plus notices of births at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals with dates Aug 17 and Aug 18.
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St. Luke’s
Erwin Mann
Alburnett
Wilbur Heitman
Belle Plaine
Clair Richardson
Martelle
Mercy
Gordon Leach
Twentieth Street
Kenneth Fish
Ninth Street
Allied Landing in Albania Report Rumor
Ankara radio said Allied forces landed at Durazzo Albania but no confirmation after more than ten hours. Tirana was bombed by Allied planes Tuesday as guerrillas fight Germans with Tito’s Yugoslav Partisans nearby.
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London
Ankara
Durazzo
Albania
Adriatic
Bulgaria
Tirana
Tion
Tito
How Far to Berlin from Various Fronts
AP tally lists distances to Berlin from multiple fronts. Russian front stands 322 miles from Warsaw outskirts, Northern France 575 miles from Aunay river east of Char tres, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, Southern France 680 miles from near unspecified location.
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Warsaw
France
Aunay River
Chartres
Florence
Policy on Farm Disposal Rapped
Washington is urged by Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littell to condemn surplus war property handling as flawed. Littell accuses William L. Clayton of steering farm land disposal to the RFC and its brokers, arguing the policy serves moneyed interests over veterans and small farmers.
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Washington
INS
Norman M. Littell
Wag
William L. Clayton Thaf
Clayton
Reconapgeen Finance Corporation
RFC
Wang Brokers
Jap Supply Lines Being Hamstrung
MacArthur reports Japan’s supply lines south of the Philippines and west of New Guinea are constrained. He cites air raids from the Bonins to Halmahera, including 87 tons of bombs on Halmahera and damage to 23 aircraft, on a day when bases are described as increasingly unable to move heavy cargo.
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Japan
Philippines
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Indies
Bonins
Halmahera
Mili Airydrome
Davao
MacArthur
Celebes - Ceram
Ceram
Banda
Arafura
China
Chichi Jima
Tokyo
Seventh Air Force
Yankee Sergeant Beats Up 2 Nazi Captors Escapes
Texas first sergeant Stewart Granville of a recon squadron, after killing five Nazis, was captured and placed in a car. He escaped by knocking both captors unconscious as the car rolled through a dust cloud, then walked three miles back to his lines.
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France
Texas
Stewart Granville
Hargill
Deaths Miner Services for William J Miner
William J Miner aged 38 died at his sister E W Bohren’s home 2653 Fruitland boulevard SW late Wednesday. Funeral services will be at Beatty chapel at 1 30 p m Sunday with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty’s.
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William J. Miner
E. W. Bohren
Fruitland Boulevard
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Beatty's
Private services for Mrs. Rossie Luedeman
Private services for Mrs. Rossie Ida Luedeman of 719 Second Street NW will be held at Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. P. L. Bornhoeft presiding. Burial follows in Linwood cemetery after the University hospital in Iowa City.
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Rossie Ida Luedeman
Second Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Turner Chapel
P. L. Bornhoeft
Linwood Cemetery
Services for Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Daywitt
Funeral services are set for Mrs Birdie L Daywitt widow of Mark T Daywitt who lived at 1126 Ellis Boulevard NW Cedar Rapids for over five decades. She died in Uni
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Birdie L. Daywitt
Mark T. Daywitt
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Uni
Memorial service set at Turner chapel in Iowa City
A service will be held at Turner chapel in 42 Turner chapel Iowa City on Thursday with Floyd L Hinshaw pastor of St James Methodist church officiating Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel for viewing prior to services
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Versity Hospital
Iowa City
Turner Chapel
Floyd L. Hinshaw
St. James Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Services for Jesse Atkins at Blodgett Cemetery
Funeral services for retired farmer Jesse Atkins will be held at his home at 119 Thirteenth Street SE Wednesday chapel room Seay. Burial follows at Blodgett Cemetery near Central City with brief services at the grave at 3 p.m. Saturday. Friends may call.
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Jesse Atkins
Thirteenth Street SE
Turner Chapel
Seay
Blodgett Cemetery
Central City
Rep. W P Knowlton Dies Amid 1945 Iowa House Prospects
State Rep W P Knowlton 58 died of a heart attack in Decorah at 11 15 p m Thursday He served three terms as a Republican and was unopposed for a fourth He was active on taxation school and athletic legislation and was once considered for the speakership Funeral services set for Monday at 2 30 p m at Decorah Methodist Church Public records note his birth in Bluffton Iowa in 1885 his family included wife Violet Irene Palmer and three sons and a daughter The Gazette specializes in obituary and political career highlights for local legislators.
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Gazette
Decorah
W. P. Knowlton
Iowa
Rep. Knowlton
House of Representatives
House
Rep
Knowlton
George A. Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Senate
Brown
Association
Bluffton
University of Iowa
Violet Irene Palmer
Wellman
Robert E
Will P., Jr
Thomas E
Marjorie Williams
Robert
Will, Jr
South Pacific
Army
Tarawa
Wellman Schools
Jefferson Schools
Dennison
Methodist Church
Auxiliary Not a Pressure Group, Mrs Smith Says
Mrs Smith argues the American Legion auxiliary aims to influence policy within its declared fourfold program Americanism national defense rehabilitation and child welfare She cites trips as national president including Armistice Day at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a Lincoln birthday ceremony in Springfield Ill Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper greets 450 members before urging postwar responsibility and unity The convention includes a program of music and a planned election of Mrs Leo W Laird as state president and ends with a speech by Ralph Heinzen former United Press correspondent
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Iowa American Legion
Sister Kenny
Roy L. Pell
Marshalltown
Frank P. Abraham
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph Lee
Rose Marie Jun
Marilyn Parks
Charles Brammer
Don Johanos
Leo W. Laird
Rockwell City
Memorial Building
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Germany
Ramspeck Named to Democratic Speakers Bureau
New York AP reports Rep. Ramspeck of Georgia was named director of the speakers bureau for the Democratic national committee's presidential campaign. The announcement came Thursday.
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New York
Rep. Ramspeck
D-Ga
Democratic National Committee
Waves in Service Grow in Polk County Leadership
Polk County leads the state and nation in Waves in service with one representative for every 32 eligible women without dependent children. The auxiliary recruited 814 women for duty last year, including 390 in the Waves. Merits were awarded to Mrs. Roy L. Pell Marshalltown department president Mrs. M Myrton Shelley oma executive secretary Mrs H E Stringer Nevada national defense chairman in charge of Wave recruitment Mrs Thomas Tracey Manchester and Mrs Bess Best Ames for lower 6 Wave enlistments.
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Polk County
Amoss
Roy L. Pell
Marshalltown
M. Myrton Shelley
Oma
H. E. Stringer
Nevada
National Defense
Thomas Tracey
Manchester
Bess Best
Ames
Ciros Installs Regulation Ring for Guests at Hollywood Club
Hollywood reports that Ciro's will use a regulation ring with trunks gloves and a referee for guests in a belligerent mood. The move marks a new constructive step in years of nightclub fisticuffs.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Friday
Ciro
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