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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1945
Page
1
The county’s ranking has fallen to seventeenth as War Bond sales lag. Committee members warn that the region must sell about 5000 to 6000 bonds daily to hit the goal, noting some residents save for a rainy day while others rely on income, threatening the drive.
Allied air forces struck across a 5000 mile front from Kuriles to Mindanao in a weekend blitz, dropping up to 1000 tons of bombs on Formosa Canton Hong Kong Balikpapan Kyushu and more. Tokyo admitted Okinawa fell and American casualties topped 110000 as glider and parachute troops began first full dress airborne landings in northern Luzon. General Arnold pledged 2,000,000 tons of bombs on Japan next year and B 29s will operate from Okinawa.
Cpl. Dale DeSart of Elgin a recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart received a medical discharge and returned home from Camp Atterbury Indiana. A scout in field artillery he took part in the Africa invasion and Tunisian campaign. Wounded at Mateur in April 1943 he was captured by Germans and eight days later liberated by the British 8th army aiding in the hospital capture.
Washington reports that the United States will bolster Russian forces in Siberia with lend-lease aid to pin down Japanese troops on the Manchurian border. Leo Crowley told the House Appropriations Committee that 1944-46 funding totals 3.134 billion dollars, with shifts including ending aid to Latin America and parts of Europe by 1946. The administration seeks foreign credits via export-import bank for postwar rehabilitation while Russia’s entry could shorten the war and save thousands of Allied lives.
Clarence Bily 18, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bily, was killed in action in Luzon Philippines while serving with the U S Army. He had been in service about seven months and overseas three months. He moved to Oehvein last year from Spillville and is survived by his parents and two sisters Gladys and Dorothy.
London. The Moscow dispatch reported the Communist Party of Germany has emerged after 72 years of underground activity. It is now officially registered with Soviet military authorities in Berlin and German magistrates, and has begun publishing a newspaper and a program opposing the Soviet system in Germany. It was unclear if other parties had been legalized.
The Treasury report lists 10 individuals earning $300 000 or more in 1943. GM President Charles E Wilson led with $459 041.38, while Fred MacMurray of Paramount drew $419 166.66. The data covers 1943 figures and corporate fiscal years ending in 1944, noting salaries, bonuses, and commissions but not true total income or tax receipts.
A British Foreign Office spokesman said Russia will send two representatives to a London conference on Nazi war criminal trials. Delegates from the United States, Britain, France, and Russia will discuss procedures and dates for trials of Hermann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Rudolf Hess, and 100 or more other high Nazis. Russia initially ignored invitations but reversed course on the eve of the opening.
London report shows William Joyce alias Lord Haw-Haw pleading innocent to treason charges, contending American citizenship. Defense asserts Joyce born in Brooklyn, raised abroad, moved to England in 1921, and his passport claim cites a New York birth certificate. He says early views shifted to extreme imperialism and then to Nazism.
The past week in Gelwein saw temperatures around 50 on Thursday and 65 by Sunday with a warm southerly flow. Two heavy downpours caused flash floods at 11 30 am and 3 15 pm, delivering one to two inches of rain in short, driving showers.
Two late model Buick cars were wrecked near Moose Country home entrance. Vehicle driven by Jacob Stirm of Fredericksburg tried to avoid a slowing truck, skidded into the opposite lane, colliding with Floyd Jensen of Oelwein. Both drivers and Mrs. Stirm were injured and taken to Mere Hospital. Heavy rain and a lightning storm accompanied the crash.
The American 82nd Airborne Division shifts from France to Berlin to join the occupation force, relieving the Second Armored Division near Halle as other U.S. units relocate across Germany Austria and Czechoslovakia. Seventy divisions are listed for occupancy or deployment with no contracts permanent, totaling about 54 of the more than 60 U.S. divisions in the European theater on V-E Day.
The Lutheran Men’s group from Aurora held its regular quarterly meeting at St John’s Lutheran Church with strong attendance. Rev. Mr. Anderson of Seaway Po and former St Sebald pastor Paul Eihiers gave inspirational talks. Oehvein Brotherhood members Sepre R. Lemeke and K Windt attended. date for the next meeting will be announced.
JOPLIN MO UP Twelve people ten soldiers stationed at Camp Crowder were killed today and 28 service men injured when a bus struck a cow and plunged an 18 foot embankment three miles south of Joplin on U S 71 highway All aboard were killed or injured Public relations office at Camp Crowder said none of the injured was in critical condition.
Delegates from 50 nations gather in San Francisco to hear President Truman close the United Nations conference. The plenary session will approve the world charter amid debates on a proposed three-man commission for Levant disputes.
In Springfield, Earl Laurie Jr., 13, confessed to a murder charge in district court over the ice-box killing of his 6-year-old sister Hazel. He was held without bail for a Monday hearing. Laurie, youngest arraigned murder defendant in western Massachusetts, allegedly slammed the ice-box door as Hazel climbed inside after he violated her. His brothers Raymond, 12, and John Ti were held on delinquency charges.
United Nations press forward in a ruthless campaign to stamp out German economic spearheads in neutral Europe and Latin America. William L. Clayton detailed evidence to a Senate subcommittee of Nazi plans for economic penetration and the Allies’ steps to dissolve German cartels and seize German patents to curb rearmament.
John Helm 78 of Iowa City died today. Funeral arrangements by Brant Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Oma Helm of Orlwein, four daughters Fitz a Jensen of Oehvein Mae Jensen of Rawlee, Fether Prins of Vinton and Vena Pact of Raws Nev, and four sons Gares Haltz of Ficnwand Dewey Felm of Frank Jin Minn, Paul Helm of Shellburg and Marion Helm of Athne ton One son Clarence preceded him in death eight years ago.
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