Next Big Three Meeting Set Says Truman
President Truman announced a definite time and place for the Big Three meeting to be held overseas in July. Hopkins and Davis reported encouraging progress in Moscow and London, with Russia inviting 12 Polish leaders to Moscow on June 15 to discuss broadening the Warsaw government in line with Yalta.
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Washington
Truman
Harry S. Hopkins
Joseph E. Davis
Moscow
London
Hopkins
Russia
Warsaw
Yalta
Tniman
United Nations
San Francisco
James F. Byrnes
E. R. Stettmins, Jr
President Roosevelt
U. S. Offered Part In Tangiers Rule
Madrid notes Spain ready to renew international administration of Tangiers and open negotiations with Britain to return Tangiers to its prewar status. Spain may study Soviet participation but opposes interference in internal Spanish affairs. Russia’s role may be discussed in the context of broader international cooperation.
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Madrid
United States
Tangiers
Spain
Great
Elgin Poultryman Builds Storage Structure
Elgin farmer F. D. Welch who runs the Elgin OF station and handles eyes and poultry is constructing a 28 by 52 foot storage building on Pleasant street. It will feature a concrete floor and brick sides, with Kinies men completing carpentry after rain delayed progress the past two weeks.
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Elgin
F._ D. Welch
Elgin OF Station
Pleasant Street
Kinies
Elgin Rites for Mrs. Becker
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Ford Becker were held at the Elgin Methodist church with Rev. J. C. Warren delivering the sermon. Burial followed in Clermont cemetery. Mrs. Becker lived in West Union Clermont and Elgin and died at her son Loms farm home southwest of town. She was married to Caral Becker of West Union, who preceded her in death. Of their five sons two died Glen in childhood and Dr. Roy Becker of Atlantic. Survivors include Harry Clermont Clarence Columbus Junction and Lows Elgin.
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Elgin
Alice Ford Becker
J. C. Warren
Clermont
Harry
Clarence
Columbus Junction
Lows
Former Maynard Superintendent Dies After Retirement
L. E. Chaplin, who led the Maynard school before consolidation around 1911–12, died at his Waterloo home last week. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon June 9 at O'Keefe and Towne Funeral Home.
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Maynard
L. E. Chaplin
O'Keefe
Towne Funeral Home
Waterloo
City Host to Realtors Meet in Celwen Monday
The Northeast Iowa Real Estate Institute sponsored by the Iowa Real Estate License Department will be held in Celwen with the Celwen Board of Realtors as co sponsor and host. Noted figures including Wayne M. Ropes and Senator Arthur H. Jacobson will address the delegation. A noon registration at the Legion Hall precedes a full afternoon program with talks on real estate sales farm costs GI Bill real estate loans and state legislation. A 6 30 banquet follows with speeches on state legislation and the new license law.
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Northeast Iowa Real Estate Institute
Iowa Real Esta License Department of Iowa
Celwem
Celwem Board of Realtors
Wayne M. Ropes
Arthur H. Jacobson
Waukon
Schdule
The
Legion Hall
Carl Gregory
Oelwein
Oelwein Board of Realtors
M. F. Gunderson
Wayne S. Raymond
Waterloo
Iowa Real Estate Association
John Wagner
Tait & Wagner Realtors
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Howell
Extension Economics
Iowa State College
Ames
G.I. Bill
Robert W. Tuuner
City National Bank
Council Biutis
Geo. L. Towne
Des Moines
Arch Madden
Earl Hart
Hawkeye Church Classes Started
Hawkeye special report notes Trinity Lutheran church classes taught by Rev. E. W. Kraemer. First class includes Selma Sitapel Lois Pleggenkuhle Marbel Jahm Tean Boess Ruth Amos Ruth Lenz George Van Sickie Wilbur Frahm Willam Kraemer William Goltz Robert Ungerer and Kenneth Lauer. They expect confirmation in April 1946. Second class lists Robert Kohlmeyer Rollane Krueger Robert Ohman Harvey Ungerer Lavern Schlatter Eugene Hyman Paul Begalske Donna Raatz Anne Mae Steege and Joan Hetomemat. Classes began in June.
Derailment Blocks Main CGW Line East
Nine cars of an east bound Chicago Great Western freight derailed at the east switch in St Charles Illinois around 1115 PM. Cause not determined and no injuries reported. Main line traffic expected to resume about 1 PM today.
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Chicago Great Western
St Charles
Ill
Iowa May Be Desert in Less Than a Century
Rotary speaker Father E. J. O’Hagan warned Des Moines could become a desert within two or three generations due to soil erosion and poor conservation. He cited Iowa as losing its topsoil, noted national water and drought trends, and urged Missouri Valley Authority style action and stronger soil protection measures.
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Iowa
Rotary
Des Moines
E. J. O'Hagan
Rotary Club
Wickard
Father O'Hagan
Garden of Eden
Tigres
Euphrates Rive
North Africa
Carthage
China
New World
Atlantic
Mississippi
Louis Bromfield
Pleasant Valley
Youngstown
Ohio
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Towa
Sacred Heart
Missouri Valley Authority
Lions Hear Story of AFS and Captain Patrick
Over one hundred Lions and their guests heard Captain John Patrick of the American Field Service recount his wartime experiences. Speaking at the Legion hall, Patrick described AFS work, pay, and its forward-area mission, sharing vivid Burma and Bengal anecdotes, and urging aid to relief efforts amid famine and war.
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John Patrick
American Field Service
Ant the Legion Hall
National War Fund
Jowa Wer Chest
Burma
New Zealand
America
England
Patrick
LVB
Cyclist Seriously Hurt In South Frederick Collision
Ronald Zimmer of Independence is treated at Mercy Hospital for a broken leg after a motorcycle collided with a Florida Fruit Grocer truck driven by Sam Stasi near the South Frederick intersection. The motorcycle, owned by William Ghere, was traveling on Second Street when the truck pulled onto the street from a parking place. No other injuries or charges were filed.
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Ronald Zimmer
Independence
Mercy Hospital
Florida Fruit Grocer
Sam Stasi
William Ghere
South Frederick
Second Street
Stasi
Oelwein
Baptist Youth Meet At Elgin Elgin 50th annual convention
About 70 attended the 50th annual convention of the Baptist youth at Elgin. Rev P F Zosche of Elgin and Sumner churches hosted a gathering in the church dining room. State conference pastors included C F Leaz Aplington Herman Renker Buffalo Center Martin DeBoer Burlington J J Renz George Herman Lehr Parker City Lyman Church Sheffield Howard Johnson Steamboost Rock and Jean Broeder Victor.
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Elgin
The
P. F. Zosche
Elgin and Sumner
C. F. Leaz
Aplington
Herman Renker
Baileyville
Martin DeBoer
Buffalo Center
Ved Bernadt
Burlington
J. J. Renz
George
Herman Lehr
Parkersburg
Lyman Church
Sheffield
Howard Johnson
Steambost Rock
Jean Broeder
Victor
Trail Convicts To Dyersville
Dubuque county authorities investigated reports that three men who escaped Sunday from Anamosa prison farm may be driving a stolen 1932 black Ford two door sedan seen traveling westward through Dyersville early today. The car reportedly belonged to Joe Brown of near Peosta and was stolen Tuesday near Filmore, with another car stolen Monday from William Martin at Anamosa found abandoned. Sheriff Leo Martin said the escapees likely abandoned Martin's car when it ran out of gas.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Anamosa
Dyersville
Joe Brown
mear_ Peosta
Filmore
William Martin
Leo Martin
Martin
Europe Bound Troop Loss 3604
The War Department reports that of 4,453,061 U S troops sent to Europe 3,604 were lost at sea. Losses occurred on 41 ships sunk or damaged from Pearl Harbor to Vedar across African, Mediterranean, European and Atlantic areas. No losses reported in the Pacific.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Pearl Harbor
Vedar
Atlantic
Pacific
Philippines
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Bagrees
Japan
Kozu
Tokyo
Honsan
Kantaro Suzuki
Diet
Nipper Times
Radio Tokyo
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckners
Strawberry Point Catholic Summer School Ends
Strawberry Point reports the two week St Marys Catholic church summer program ending with a 3:30 Mass. Enrollment reached 52 with Sisters M Anita Farley and J Leonore Elxader teaching. First Holy Communion participants included Kenneth tle Betty Pugh Pat Whittle Anne Mae Whittle Mary Ellen Pugh Patsy Carnicle Jimmy Hluesner Laura Kruesner Virginia Anton Veronica Dalen Lynn Fredrick Kay Fredrick Julius Scheckel Patsy Fitzpatrick. Also in the procession were Eimmy Mever Sharon Fred rick and Mardus Moser lower Pat Mever Robby Fi Ronalé Correll Pat Joseph Fink LeRoy Scheckel Edgar Lang Richard Wiler Karl Schurgi Carroll McTaggart.
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Strawberry Point
St. Mary's Catholic Church
M. Anita
Farley
J. Leonore
Elxader
Kenneth ¥ Tle
Betty Pugh
Pat Whittle
Anne Mae Whittle
Mary Ellen Pugh
Patsy Carnicle
Jimmy Hluesner
Laura Kruesner
Virginia Anton
Veronica Dalen
Lynn Fredrick
Kay Fredrick
Julius Scheckel
Patsy Fitzpatrick
Eimmy Mever
Sharon Fredrick
Mardus Moser
Lower
Pat Mever
Robby Fi Ronalé Correll
Pat Joseph Fink
LeRoy Scheckel
Edgar Lang
Richard Wiler
Karl Schurgi
Carroll McTaggart
Acolries
Local ration board opens five pound sugar allotment
The local ration board began issuing five pounds of canning sugar per person today. A second allotment of quota permits is announced and volunteers are urged to report for immediate sugar allotments to be processed quickly.
Battle on Okinawa Seizes Yaeju Dake Plateau
Allied forces push toward the Yaeju-Dake plateau on Okinawa, with the 1st Marine Division, 96th and 7th divisions storming from three sides. Rope ladders and heavy fire support secure high ground as Japanese defenses are breached. Simultaneously Australians push toward Brunei in north Borneo and Luzon operations resume in the Philippines amid heavy combat and strategic raids on Kozu.
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Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
10Th
Yaeju-Dake
Brunei
Borneo
1St Marine
Yaeju-Dake Escarpment
Junishi Riage
Vth
Ision
96Th
Yuza
Swenson Takes Over Point Service Station at Strawberry Point
A. I. Swenson assumed possession Sunday of the Super Service at Strawberry Point, taking over the stock and business from Richard Westen, former owner of Western Auto Supply Co. He will move his wife and daughter to the area as soon as they secure housing, after previously working with the Chinss Pandy Company in Charles City.
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Strawberry Point
A. I. Swenson
Richard Westen
Towner
Western Auto Snex Co
Chniss Pandy Cormany
Charles City
Swenson
Deer sighting reported near Maynard farm
Hartz and a neighbor tracked deer tracks east of buildings and observed a doe on the Albert Zummack farm area. Hartz described the deer as expert at fence jumping and noted it was seen near cattle pasturing there.
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Hartz
Albert Zummack F Farm
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Mickey
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Chine
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