Stamps to Expire and Gas and Fire Updates
Daily Record reports new stamp validity dates as red and blue stamps share the first day of each month. Meat red stamps K2 to P2 valid through July 31, Q2 to U2 through Aug 31, V2 to Z2 through Sept 30, A1 to El through Oct 31. blue stamps T2 to X2 through July 31, Y2 Z2 and A l to Ci through Aug 31, D1 to Hi through Sept 30, Ji to Ni through Oct 31. Sugar stamp 36 book 4 five pounds through Aug 31. Gasoline coupons A16 through Sept 21 six gallons each. B6 C6 B7 C7 B8 C8 five gallons each. Mileage record required with each gasoline application. passenger car inspection certificates no longer needed. Fuel oil coupons 1–5 good until Aug 31 1945. Airplane shoe stamps 1 2 3 in book 8 valid for one pair each indefinitely. next stamp Aug 1. Shoes coupon detach not required before purchase. Tuesday at 3 p.m a truck burned at Burch Construction 249 Thirty-third Street SE from welding torch. still alarm. Wednesday 3:37 a.m barn at William Wenke 1417 Oakland NE burned. unknown cause. barn and auto destroyed. general alarm. Birth notices at St Luke's Mercy and 333 Third Avenue SW list several newborns July 3 4.
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Burch Construction Company
Thirty-third Street Drive
William Wenke
Oakland Road
Girl Killed at 6 Avenue NW Crossing
A girl died when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by a train at the 6 avenue NW crossing. She leaves her parents, two brothers George R. and Allan J. Nimmer at home, five uncles, four aunts, two grandmothers, and a great grandfather. She attended Polk school and belonged to St George Syrian Orthodox church. Brief prayer services will be held in Moen chapel Thursday evening led by Rev Solomon Razook with Rev Thomas Abodeely assisting. Friends may call at Moen chapel Thursday.
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6 Avenue NW
George R
Allan J. Nimmer
Polk School
St. George Syrian, Orthodox Church
Moen Chapel
Solomon Razook
Thomas Abodeely
Romance Ends For 60 Year Old In Chicago Scam
CHICAGO INS The court hears that Henry Heslick, 60, believed a 23 year old pen pal, sent $1000 after romance letters from Mrs. C. M. Hill, 64, Washington, D. C. She is charged with using the mails to defraud and fled to Chicago with her step-brother as the suit proceeds in federal court. Mrs Hill waived examination for removal to Washington for trial.
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Chicago
INS
Henry Heslick
C. M. Hill
Washington, D. C
U. S
Edwin Walker
Heslick
Congress Probe Sought Into Rye Corner Scandal
Rep. Frank B. Keefe charged that rye market manipulators, aided by a War Food Administration inside group, earned millions through a Chicago Board of Trade corner. He urged a congressional and Justice Department probe and export bans while citing a 1944 War Production Board order driving demand for rye among industrial distillers.
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Washington
INS
Frank B. Keefe
R-Wis
Congress
Department of Justice
Keefe
War Production Board
United States
Agriculture Department urges CBoT to curb grain speculation
The Agriculture Department said it urged the Chicago Board of Trade to curb unjustifiable grain speculation amid congressional charges of a national trading scandal. Administrator J H Mehl stated he asked the Chicago market on June 27 to take specific action against excessive speculation.
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Washington
Agri¢Tlture Department
Chicago Board of Trade
J. H. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Act
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Mickey Rooney Becomes Father of Seven-Pound Boy
Mickey Rooney, serving with the army in Europe, is a father after his wife Betty Jane Rooney gave birth in a Birmingham hospital to a boy weighing seven pounds six ounces. Both mother and baby are reported doing nicely. Rooney and Betty Jane Rose from Birmingham wed last September after a brief courtship.
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Birmingham
Ala
INS
Mickey Rooney
Europe
Weygand Property Seized by French High Court
Paris AP report says France’s high court of justice ordered seizure of all property and assets of General Maxime Weygand while he remains under arrest on charges of attacking state security during collaborationist activities.
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Paris
France
High Court of Justice
Maxime Weygand
Meat Output Drops Five Million Pounds
The War Meat board said in Chicago that total meat production in federally inspected plants fell by 5 million pounds last week versus the prior week and 44 million pounds compared with the same week last year.
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Chicago
The
War Meat Board
Men and Women In Service Highlight Local Servicemen
Lt. Philip J. Angott leaves for Jacksonville to train in night flying after visiting parents at 1825 Eighth Ave SE. His brother, Lt. Donald Angott, returns from India and serves as a B-29 test pilot at Roswell NM.
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Philip J. Angott
Jacksonville
Fla
A. Angott
Eighth Avenue SE
Angott
Pensacola, Flanavy Air Field
Donald Angott
India
Roswell
N. M
Richard C. Lewis
J. A. Lewis
G Avenue NW
Sgt. Lewis
Eighth Air Force
England
Dale D. Morgan
D. D. Morgan
First Avenue NE
Dean M. Ring
H. C. Ring
Bever Avenue
Naval Training School
DePauw _ university
Greencastle
Ind
Otto Thorson, Jr
Baker
Otto Thorson
Ninth Street NW
Southwest Pacific
Cpl
Martin Thorson
Lakefield
Ariz
Amarillo
Texas
Robert Thorson
Navy
North Pacific
Roger B. Faherty
Maribeth
Twenty-seventh Street
Faherty
Jack Wi
Corpus Christi
Charles Wisehart
New Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
Girl Charged With Attempt on Mother's Life
A 16 year old girl Bernice Reynolds returned to county jail in Geneva Illinois after probation was revoked for an attempted gas poisoning of her mother Lottie Reynolds in Aurora. The motive cited was her mother’s opposition to marriage to Clarence Swope of Ottumwa Illinois. She will face sentencing Thursday.
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Geneva
INS
Bernice Reynolds
Aurora
Ill
Lottie
Clarence Swope
Ottumwa
Rockford, Ill
Bernice
Trials postponed in mistreatment cases at Lincoln
Headquarters at Lincoln Army Air Field Neb announced an indefinite postponement of court martial cases against two Army Air Force captains charged with failing to prevent mistreatment of prisoners. Capt Anthony Parisi of Staten Island NY and Capt Stanley Jones of Utica NY were due to begin trials Wednesday. The postponement was for further preparation.
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Lincoln Army Air Field
Neb
Army Air Force
Anthony Parisi
Staten Island
N.Y
Stanley Jones
Utica
N. Y
Cedar Rapids Man Wounded in Germany Crash
Pfc. Leo W. Melsha of Cedar Rapids sustained a broken back two broken ribs a dislocated shoulder and eye injury after an army truck rolled over in southwestern Germany He is hospitalized in Nancy France and expects transfer to a U S hospital soon He served with field artillery through the Ardennes and crossed the Rhine with the Ninth Army before losing hearing and joining the Second Army Air Force headquarters squadron His wife and four children reside at 1209 Third Street SE.
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Leo W. Melsha
Air Force
Germany
Nancy
France
States
Melsha
Third Street
Field Artillery
Ardennes
Rhine
Ninth Army
Second Army Air Force
Former Spokesman Claims POW Ration Cuts Hurt Output
L. C. Archer of Fort Hays experimental station told Rep. Carlson that German POWs in U S camps received reduced rations cutting their weight by 10 to 12 pounds and limiting work. He asserted the army is punishing prisoners for European atrocities and urged withdrawing POWs from farm labor if punishment is intended.
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Europe
Flaws Cited In UN Charter By Senator Bushfield
Senator Bushfield criticizes the UN charter listing six faults while signaling support for ratification. He warns against delegating congressional war powers and asserts the need to preserve U S sovereignty and the Monroe Doctrine. Hearings begin next week with aims to vote by mid August.
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Sen
Bushfield
Washington
R-S. D
Senate
United Nations
Congress
Bussfield
Hawkes
R-N. J
Foreign Relations Committee
Security Council
Harold Denny War Correspondent Dies in Des Moines Visit
Harold Denny 55 longtime war correspondent for the New York Times died of a heart attack while visiting his sister Mrs. Gladys Denny Schultz in Des Moines. He reported from Europe on the First Army front and headed the Times Moscow bureau. Denny, who began in Des Moines papers 1912 to 1915, was once captured by Germans at Tobruk and later exchanged after seven months. Funeral services are set for Friday morning.
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Des Moines
Harld Denny
New York Times
Europe
Gladys Denny Schultz
Denny
Minneapolis
Chicago
Times Moscow
Tobruk
Germany
Creed of Liberty Honor Theme in Truman Fourth Message
President Truman urged Americans to honor the Creed of Liberty on July 4 1945 praising the nation’s wartime might and confidence in victory while saluting service members and civilians serving abroad and reaffirming equality and inalienable rights.
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Truman
Washington
Europe
Pacific
County Builds 24 by 22 Foot Bridge in College Township
Linn county board of supervisors approved a $1450 project to construct a timber trestle bridge near the Wauconia sorghum mill in College township. Also authorized condemnation notices against Frank J. Benes for a 1.91 acre tract.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
William H. Behrens
College Township
Wauconia Sorghum
Linn County
Behrens
Frank J. Benes
Thomas B. Yuill
William Brose
College Park
Brose
Twelfth Street
Harry E. Hawthorn
B Avenue
Oakland Grove
Jean Horak
Lucy Burkhart
Twenty-fifth Street
Marion
Carl Hendrickson
Sara L. Dudley
Troy Mills
James Smith
Dempsy Jones
W. E. Bell
Brown Township
Roy Lange
Y” Tnn
John W. Hynek
Konigsmark
Lee W. Boyse
Ee Tavern
Centrality
Claims Mistress Held Out on Adolf
Eva Braun, Hitler’s mistress, allegedly pursued a secret romance with an SS general staff member. The couple met at Eva’s villa near Berchtesgaden while Hitler was preoccupied with other matters, according to informants in the American occupied zone.
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London
Eva
Braun
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Bercht‘esgaden
Hitler
Red Cross to Renew First Aid Certificates
The American Red Cross requires first aid certificates to be renewed every three years. A meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in room 207 of the Granby building offers an advanced course for those holding a standard certificate, instructed by Dawson E. Grim. Members of the motor corps will also assemble for guidance at the same time.
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American Red Cross
Granby Building
Red Cross Motor Corps
Dawson E. Grim
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