13 Fatalities In Iowa Over New Year Weekend
The Iowa toll from the New Year weekend reached 13 with eight deaths in traffic accidents and others from various causes as icy roads raised hazards. A rider died near the state line in Sibley, and victims include a Rinard truck train collision, a Sioux City car crash, a Fairfield freezing death, a Keokuk apartment fire, and several more in Clinton Grand Junction Storm Lake Mason City Dubuque Osceola and Dinsdale incidents.
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Associated Press
Towa
Sibley
Iowa-Minnesota
John Lutterman
Pacific
Ernest Anderson
Lohrville
Rinard
George E. Morrison
Sioux City
Victor H. Blair
Fairfield
Keokuk
Earl L. Pearson
William Kuchel
Clinton
Ed Kirby
Floyd S. Brown
Grand Junction
Verdeen Gertzmier
Storm Lake
Ted Sobish
Milwaukee
Mason City
Jay Dougherty
Farley
Dennis Abram
Peosia
Dubuque
Richard L. White
Des Moines
Osceola
Ethel Murphy
Dinsdale
Urbana Woman to Celebrate 100th Birthday Friday
Mrs Lorinda Ferguson Bailey of Urbana reaches her centennial this Friday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Rye Harrison with whom she has lived the last eight years. A pioneer Iowa resident she has 12 children seven survive Jack Clint Vinton Merida Aurora Mrs Minerva McDonniel Davenport John Mrs Eliza Shaffer and Mrs Harrison She has 43 grandchildren 135 great grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren She still makes her own bed and helps with household tasks.
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Gazette
Urbana
Lorinda Ferguson Bailey
Rye Harrison
Iowa
Bailey
Jack
Clint
Vinton
Merida
Aurora
Minerva McDonniel
Davenport
John
Eliza Shaffer
Harrison
Clarence A. Draper Dies. Former Teacher and Principal
Services for Clarence A. Draper 85 an insurance man and former teacher will be held Friday afternoon in Waterloo. Draper who died Tuesday taught at Jesup Shady Grove and was principal at Ossian New Hampton and Parkersburg. He spent 21 years in the insurance business. Surviving are three daughters and two sons.
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Waterloo
Clarence A. Draper
Draper
Jesup
Shady, Grove
Ossian
New Hampton
Parkersburg
Whisler Returns to Ames Civil Engineering Staff
Maj Benjamin A Whisler rejoined the Iowa State College civil engineering department staff in Ames after three years with the army sanitation corps.
How Dr Edwards Helps Folks Who Are Constipated
For over 40 years Dr F M Edwards, a noted Ohio doctor, has relieved constipation and related headaches, tiredness, dull eyes, and sallow skin with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. Purely vegetable, they gently stimulate bile flow and bowel action without gripping or weakening effects. Buy Olive Tablets today in 15 30 or 60 cent sizes.
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Ohio
Dr. Edwards
State Auditor Akers Seeks Fifth Term in June Primary
State Auditor Chet Akers, 57, announced he will seek a fifth term in the June 3 primary. A World War I veteran from Ottumwa, Akers said his experience qualifies him to run the department efficiently. He is the first major Republican officeholder to announce, with David Long already in the race.
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Des Moines
Chet Akers
David Long
State Commerce Commission
American Legion
Ottumwa
Iowa War Dead by County 1945 Census Comparison
AP report shows 7,213 Iowa WWII deaths with Emmet County highest at 55 deaths and 4.1 per 1000 population. Adams close behind at 4 per 1000. Eastern counties list: Linn 278 deaths 3.1 per 1000, Tama 74 and 3.3, Cedar 34 and 2.0, Allamakee 38 and 2.2, Jones 40 and 2.0, Fayette 80 and 2.7, Clinton not listed.
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Des Moines
Decatur
Louisa
Montgomery
Story
Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Linn
Poweshick
Tama
Winneshick
Iowa Woman Stabbed On Her Way to Store
SIOUX CITY AP Officers investigated the New Year’s Eve stabbing of Gertrude Sherman 34. She was stabbed in the back while walking to a grocery store and was listed in fair condition at a Sioux City hospital. Detectives questioned her husband and considered the possibility of a random stabbing by a maniac. A knife or sharp instrument was used.
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Sioux City
Gertrude Sherman
Sherman
Oldest Traveling Man Claim Goes to 88-Year-Old Dennison
In Muscatine AP report E M Dennison 88 of Burlington claims the nation’s oldest traveling man title while covering up to 3500 miles weekly as a shell buyer for Automatic Pearl Button Co Muscatine and American Pearl Button Co Washington Ia. He has been in the button trade since 1896 and travels by train bus and boat.
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Muscatine
E. M. Dennison
Dennison
Burlington
Automatic Pearl Button Company
American Pearl Button Company
Washington
Vets Returning From Overseas From Cedar Rapids and Mt. Pleasant
Eastern Iowans arrive at east and west coast ports including Newport News and San Francisco. Names listed include Cpl. William Green of Cedar Rapids and Sgt. Warren E. Lane of Mt. Pleasant. Dec. 31 dates attach to several service members.
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Newport News
Thomas Cresap
William Green
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Wharton
Clarence Lawrence
Lawrence A. Clark
Edward R. Fitzpatrick
Irving J. Fitzpatrick
Warren E. Lane
Mt. Pleasant
Tank Truck Driver Injured in Collision at Crossing
Special to The Gazette. Walter Nodurift of Lost Nation suffered serious injuries when a Milwaukee railroad engine collided with his Black Hawk Oil tank truck at the Western Avenue crossing Tuesday at 3 p.m. Nodurft was taken to a Davenport hospital after being thrown through the windshield. The truck was tossed 50 feet from the tracks and the tank rolled an additional 50 feet. Six deaths have occurred at the crossing in the past two years, and Lost Nation has urged Milwaukee railroad to take corrective measures, though no action has been taken. Witnesses say the bell system was operating.
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Christmas Seal Sales Ahead of Last Year
Des Moines reports show 1945 Christmas seal proceeds for tuberculosis up to Dec 20 in 56 communities totaling $104,918, slightly above the 1944 pace of $104,389. First 27 days of December include Cedar Rapids $9,490. Belle Plaine $316. Decorah $818. Elkader $326. Manchester $551. Oelwein $668. Vinton $424.
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Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Decorah
Elkader
Manchester
Oelwein
Vinton
Reserve Officers Convention Planned for Council Bluffs in 1946
Lt. Col. Clarence Churchman announces the Iowa Department Reserve Officers association will hold its state convention in Council Bluffs early in 1946. The meeting aims to organize activities and discuss veterans affairs and reserve officer duties. Local officials expect participation from units across the state.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa Department of the Reserve Officers Association
Clarence Churchman
Navy Discharge Point System Under Scrutiny
Senator George Wilson of Iowa condemned the navys 36 point discharge eligibility as misleading claiming the order 442-46 shows only certain ratings qualify at 36 points while others need 44. He warned the navy is manipulating the point system to fit its personnel needs and abandoning the original criteria.
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Washington
INS
George Wilson
Iowa
Navy
Wilson
Klatt Begins 30 Day Jail Term for Assault
Eldora AP reports Carl Klatt, 33, former disciplinary officer at the state training school for boys, started serving a 30 day jail sentence for assault and battery after reporting 20 minutes early to Sheriff J E Davidson in Fort Dodge. He was tried for second degree murder in the Ronald Miller death but found guilty only of the assault charge. The sentence was set by District Judge Paul H. McCord and stayed until after the holidays.
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Eldora
Carl Klatt
State Training School For Boys
J. E. Davidson
Klatt
Fort Dodge
Ronald Miller
Paul H. McCord
Woman Found Frozen To Death In Field
Mrs. Arthur Huckins, 40, was found frozen to death in a snow covered field near her Mason City home. Two roaming boys discovered the body after New Year’s Eve. She had last been seen by her husband on December 30.
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Mason City
Arthur Huckins
Prized Chemical to Be Produced in Quantity
Philadelphia AP reports that carbon 13, a rare chemical used in biological research and cancer studies, will be produced in significant quantities by Sun Oil and Houdry Process. Production has been under half an ounce yearly. expanded plants aim to cut cost from 400 to about 40 dollars per gram.
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Philadelphia
Sun Oil Company
Houdry Process Corporation
Plunge into Icy Lake Michigan Proves Fatal
Chicago AP reports Richard Zirkle and Nicholas Dubois, winter swimming enthusiasts, went onto Lake Michigan for their first 1946 swim. Dubois briefly entered the water then exited. Zirkle vanished beneath the icy surface as navy and coast guard crews conducted a search for his body.
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Chicago
Richard Zirkle
Nicholas Dubois
Dubois
Zirkle
Navy
Coast Guard
Forrestal Strikes At Discrimination
Washington United States Navy Secretary Forrestal ordered all ships and stations to enforce anti discrimination rules for overseas troops after a report that Negro sailors were left at Le Havre due to inadequate accommodations. The directive aims to prevent future misunderstandings and assigns responsibility to the Navy.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Te Navy
le Havre
France
Croatan
Army
Atlantic Storms To Spike In January And February
Navy experts warned that Atlantic weather, already the worst in over two decades, will worsen through January and February, hampering troop movements as storms extend south of the Azores. Pacific conditions are not yet hampering moves but are expected to grow stronger in the next two months.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Azores
Pacific
The Poet Edgar Guest Recalls a Joyful Christmas
Beloved describes finishing holiday tasks and trimming the tree with Janet Betty and Bud. The speaker shares a flood of affection and recalls past good years as the new year begins with hope. Lord, help me to live it alone.
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Janet
Betty
Bud
FIGHTING DIVISIONS 14th Armored Liberated and Rout Through Nazi Europe
The 14th Armored Division earned the nickname liberator for sweeping 500 miles through enemy lines and freeing over 20,000 Allied prisoners. It captured or destroyed 50,000+ prisoners, 500 tanks, 100 self-propelled guns, 500 artillery pieces, 400 ack-ack guns, 100,000+ small arms, 50,000 tons of munitions, 400+ planes, 2,000 railroad cars and 100 locomotives, 200 factories, and over 1,000 cities. Its defense halted Von Rundstedt’s Alsace offensive and protected Strasbourg.
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Liberator
von Rundstedt
Alsace
Strasbourg
Hitler Says He Will Rise From Grave Prophecy Emerges
MERNBERG AP Adolf Hitler is pictured as dying with a defiant prophecy that his spirit will arise from the grave and that the world will see he was right. Joachim von Ribbentrop writes in a long secret letter to Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden describing Hitler’s last wishes and hopes for a German-British reconciliation. He says Hitler viewed the war as a clash of two world concepts nationalist and communist and that Britain and Germany must collaborate for Europe’s long-run stability. Ribbentrop’s account diverges from the public document blaming “international Jewry.” Ribbentrop faces war crimes trial.
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Hitler
Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Great Britain
United States
Ribbenttrop
Britain
Germany
America
Europe
Russia names Gromyko as Far East representative
London reports Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet ambassador to Washington, named by the council of people's commissars as Russia s Far Eastern commission representative to shape Japanese occupation policy for General Mac Arthur. Deputy Nikolai V. Novikov named. Kuzma Derevyanko to join Allied council for Japan in Tokyo.
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London
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Far Eastern Commission
Gromyko
Kuzma N. Derevyanko
Allied Council For
Japan
Tokyo
MacArthur
Red Army
Jacob. A. Malik
William Joyce to be hanged Thursday in Britain
London report states William Joyce Lord Haw Haw faces execution with no clemency from Home Secretary James Ede after the court decision. The German radio propagandist awaits the end of the legal process as his last chance to avoid death is removed.
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London
William Joyce
Haw Haw
James Ede
Home Secretary
Moscow conference ties shadow Derevyanko adviser post
An ambassador in Tokyo who attended the Moscow conference will become Derevyanko's political adviser. A Moscow dispatch notes Soviet papers allotted two paragraphs to Byrnes' Far Eastern address and omitted any reference to MacArthur.
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Tokyo
Moscow
Derevyanko
Byrnes
MacArthur
Holiday Death Toll Tops 500
A nationwide New Year holiday tally shows violent deaths surpassing 500 with 528 deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday. Traffic fatalities reach 247, while 281 other violent deaths include crashes, shootings, drownings, fires, and falls. Six states report no violent deaths. Illinois accounts for 39 with 31 in Chicago area.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Delaware
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Vermont
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Texas
New York
Housing Woes Echo in San Diego Missing Shack Mystery
San Diego report notes Ray Jackson finding his 16 by 16 government bought shack vanished when he returned to move it. He had paid $40 for the structure and alerted police as he sought answers in the housing shortage discussion.
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San Diego
Calif
Ray Jackson
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