Hopkinton Boy Killed In Highway Bicycle Crash
Kenneth Smith 12 of Hopkinton died when his bicycle was struck from behind by a car on Highway 38 four miles south of Hopkinton. Barbara Powers 18 of Anamosa was injured. driver Louis Lange Jr and passengers uninjured. An inquest likely. witnesses cited high speed and no brakes. Smith's friend William Harrington 13 rode ahead. Kenneth survived by parents and six brothers and five sisters.
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Hopkinton
Barbara Powers
Anamosa
Louis Lange, Jr
Monticello Hospital
Jones County
F. L. Harrington
Wyoming
Alfred Snyder
Ray Adams
Smith
William Harrington
Monticello
Harrington
Smith Boy
Lange
Jon
Clarence Smith
Long Beach
Paul Smith
Robert Smith
Silver Springs
Betty
Bellevue
Frances
Pittsburgh
Marilyn
Delores Smith
Kenneth
Methodist Church
Reform Platform Promises Truthful Product Labels
Voter Harry Corot promotes a reform platform attacking misleading terms used by Corot's Furniture Warehouse. He exposes misnamed goods including Solid Rock Maple, Philippine Mahogany, Jacquard Tapestry, Mohair Frieze, LES lamp tags, Felt mattresses, and Broadloom Rugs, arguing they mislead consumers.
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Harry
Corot
Indian Girl 18 Killed By Train Near Tama
Florence Mitchell 18, an Indian girl from the Sac and Fox reservation at Tama, was found dead Sunday two and a half miles west of Tama on Milwaukee railroad tracks after being struck by a train. Coroner Harvey Jones announced an investigation.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Florence Mitchell
Tama
Harvey Jones
Jim Mitchell
Sigourney Army Officer Among 83 Freed From Japanese
At MacArthur’s headquarters the names of 83 American officers and men freed after two and half years as Japanese POWs were released. The list includes First Lt. John P. Gillespie of Sigourney Iowa. Details of the rescue were not disclosed. rescue involved guerrillas and a sinking prison ship, with some escapees killed or executed by Japanese guards.
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Philippines
Miles Visits Lt. Col. Shaw Of Sigourney
Frank Miles chats with Lt. Col. Robert J. Shaw near a Brazilian base in north Italy. Shaw, longtime Iowa Legion leader and war adviser, recalls Cassino days and his award of the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star. His family includes a son set for West Point in 1945 and other relatives serving in the war.
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Miles
Col. Shaw
Sigourney
Fifth Army
Italy
Iowa
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney , Wi
National Defense Committee
National American Legion
Seventh Corps Reserve Officers Association
Iowa Association
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Africa
Fort Benning
Camp Wolters
Pishon
Pont du Fahs
Cassino
Espahis
West Point
Seven Men Killed In Bomber Crash at Sioux City Base
A B-17 bomber attempting an emergency landing at the Sioux City army air base crashed into a fire station Sunday afternoon, killing seven people: five airmen and two civilian firefighters. The station burned completely while most crew members survived with non fatal injuries. Survivors said the Fortress stalled after the attempt to climb following the emergency.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Army Air Base
Army
Toledo Soldier Listed Missing In Action In Germany
Pfc. George C. Eberhardt of Toledo is listed as missing in action in Germany. He entered service in November 1942 and has been overseas since last July. He is the husband of Mrs. Albert Friedrichs and father of a one month old son, David. The war department notified his wife Saturday.
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Toledo
George C. Eberhardt
Germany
War Department
Albert Eberhardt
Albert Friedrichs
David
Reformatory Trustee Escapes After Two Months Left
Anamosa Iowa. William Wessely, 20, of Waterloo, a state reformatory trusty at Oakdale sanatorium, escaped Sunday night. Warden Davis announced Monday that Wessely had two months remaining on a Black Hawk county sentence for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
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Anamosa
William Wessely
Waterloo
Oakdale
Omg Davis
Monay
Wessely
Black Hawk County
Clarence Soldier Wins Silver Star And Purple Heart
Sgt. Lawrence Ruther of Clarence earns the Silver Star and Purple Heart for actions July 19 near a destroyed light tank. He rushed a burning vehicle under heavy fire to aid a trapped comrade and was wounded when ammunition exploded. His brother Capt. John Ruther also serves overseas.
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Clarence
Lawrence Ruther
George Ruther
Ruther
John Ruther
Bell Reed Seek Commerce Post In Iowa Race
Objective sketches profile Bell of Burlington and Reed of Cresco as Republican and Democratic contenders for state office. Bell, a former Burlington mayor and Iowa senator, broad business background, married with two daughters. Reed, Cresco native, Commerce Commissioner candidate, former district judge, state senator, and Iowa National Guard captain, married with three children.
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Frank Nye
Iowa
Ames M. Bell
Burlington
Iowa Senate
Des Moines
Bell
New Boston
Ill
Kansas
Oklahoma
New York
Borden's
Condensed Milk Company
Citizens Water Company
Company H
Iowa National Guard
Cresco
University of Minnesota Law School
Henry T. Reed
Howard County
State Senate
Alice Matilda Swenson
Henry
Richard
June
Beards’ Son Lt James Beard Reported Prisoner of War
Decorah reports Lt James Beard, son of William E Beards, is a prisoner of war, believed held in Austria after 46 bombing missions with the Fifteenth Air Corps. He was listed as missing in action in August and sent overseas early this year while striking oil fields.
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James Beard
Decorah
William E. Beards
Austria
Beard
Fifteenth Air Corps
Wadena Boy Killed By Gun
Jerre A Murphy a 15 year old of Wadena was killed by an accidental rifle discharge on the Tom Flannigan farm north of Wadena. He was a Wadena High School junior survived by parents three sisters Audrey Norilyn Donna Lou and a brother Jimmy services set for Wednesday at 2 pm at the Wadena Presbyterian Church.
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Fayette
Jerre A. Murphy
Donald Murphy
Wadena
Tom Flannigan
Murphy
Johnny Philip
Philip
Wadena High School
Audrey
Norilyn
Donna Lou
Jimmy
Wadena Presbyterian Church
Girl Dies of Injuries in Bloomfield Crash
Virginia Dixon age sixteen died from injuries after a car she rode in crashed into a telephone pole and overturned. The accident occurred Sunday in Bloomfield.
Wilcken Heads Moose as Iowa Lodge Elects Leader
Carl Wilcken of Waterloo was named president of the Iowa Association of the Loyal Order of Moose at the close of the thirty first annual convention. Des Moines was selected as the convention city with a $345 budget.
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Council Bluffs
Carl Wilcken
Waterloo
Iowa Association of the Loyal Order of Moose
Order
Des Moines
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Kate Wroblewski
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Karl P. Meister
Methodist Board of Hospitals and Homes
Chicago
Harry Corot
Reform
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Frank Miles
Iowa Daily Press
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Robert D. Shaw
Belgium
William Shaw, Jr
Bob” Shaw
United States
Clarence Soldier
Silver Star
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James M. Bell
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