Iowa column reports pilot shot during midair demonstration
Kenneth Clark pilot and instructor for Eno Airways was shot in the leg Sunday afternoon while demonstrating a plane at 1000 feet over Dodger Stadium near Fort Dodge. The bullet from the ground pierced the aircraft and wounded Clark as he returned to the field for treatment at a Fort Dodge hospital. Police investigated reports of boys firing a rifle near the stadium.
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Fort Dodge
Kenneth Clark
Eno Airways
Clark
Dodger Stadium
Iowa licenses go on sale at county offices and stores
The Des Moines Iowa hunting and fishing licenses of 1045 go on sale today at county recorder offices and authorized stores. The state conservation commission reports 400000 licenses distributed with about 25000 in Polk County. Fishing licenses sell for 1 dollar, hunting licenses for 1 dollar, and hunting fishing licenses for 1 dollar fifty.
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Des Moines - Iowa
County Recorder
State Conservation Commission
Polk County
U. S. Forces Advance on Okinawa Amid Heavy Fighting
American troops broke through on Okinawa driving toward Naha after landing an eight and three quarter mile beachhead. Reports say Okinawa split in two, with Kume arrival and renewed air strikes near Tokyo. Japanese forces defended pillboxes as vast U S assault aims to secure bases for invasion of Japan.
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Guam
Okinawa
American Army Marine Front
Naha
Tokyo
Kume
Formosa
Pacific
Chester W. Nimits
Japan
China
Richard W. Kelley
Yangtze River
Ryukyu Plain
Moline Navy Ensign Killed In Training Plane Crash
Ensign Robert Ferguson 21 of Hiteman Iowa died when the navy plane he piloted crashed in a corn field beside the Moline airport during a training flight on Sunday. He had visited relatives earlier that day, went to his sister’s home in West Moline, then returned to the field. Officials believe engine trouble forced him to attempt a return to the field.
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Moline
Ill
Ensign Robert Ferguson
Hiteiman
Iowa
Navy
Hiteman
East Moline
Ferguson
West Moline
Ensign Ferguson
Child's Easter Dress Travels Wide For Birthday Gift
Cherl Ann Hemphill's Easter dress mailed from St. Louis reached Ida Grove Idaho Boise and Paris fronts after her father Sgt Marcel Hemphill moved through camps in the United States England and France. The dress traveled thousands of miles over 11 months and arrived in time for Cherl Ann's first birthday and Easter.
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Ida Grove
Cherl Ann Hemphill
St. Louis
Boise
Idaho
Cherl Ann
Sgt
Marcel Hemphill
Sergeant Hemphill
United States
England
France
Paris
Atlantic
Cheri Ann
Beaver Garage Owner Killed in Highway Crash
Roy Sparks 40 a Beaver garage owner was killed when his car plunged from Highway 30 and overturned on a curve near the Des Moines river bridge between Oxden and Boone. His body was found under the car as he was en route from Beaver to Boone. He leaves a daughter parents a brother and a sister.
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Des Moines
Roy Sparks
Beaver
Highway 30
Dees Moines River
Oxden
Boone
Sparks
Byrnes Resigns as War Mobilization Chief in 1945
Justice James Byrnes resigns today as director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation with heartfelt regret and names Fred M. Vinson to succeed Byrnes. Vinson was previously director of economic stabilization and had headed the Federal Loan Agency.
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Washington, D. C
James Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Roosevelt
Immediateh
Fred M. Vinson
Federal Loan Agency
Syrnes
Vinson
Hoe
Jesse H. Jones
Christian Church Men to Have Dinner
The Men's Brotherhood of the Christian church will hold a dinner Wednesday evening in the church dining room. Dinner will be served at 6 45 by church men followed by a program and a business meeting.
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Men's Brotherhood of the Christian Church
Byrnes Ousted Over War Front Coordination Duties
Byrnes, ousted as mobilization director after about 1 year and 10 months, faced charges of coordinating all home front war effort phases and settling disputes among government agencies. He issued a controversial order closing race tracks and imposing a midnight curfew on entertainment venues, promising revocation on VE day.
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Byrnes
County Red Cross Fund Nears Twenty five Thousand
Reports from Kilona Brighton and Riverside push the Wall ington county Red Cross fund toward twenty six thousand with early totals around twenty four thousand eight hundred. Mrs C P Weldin says the county drive may top twenty five thousand though final figures depend on late gifts from several townships and factories in Washington, Kalonia, Brighton and Riverside.
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Kilona
Brighton
Riverside
Wallington County
Red Cross Way Fund
C. P Weldin
Fine Weather Lifts Easter Attendance Across Washington Churches
Perfect weather drew large crowds to Easter services in Washington, with at least 1,000 at the Methodist church. Union Evening Service at United Presbyterian drew a near full house closing the 1945 union service cycle with Easter week events and a sermon by Rev. George Werr themed Peace be Unto You.
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Union
Washington
Esaster
Eltreh
Fred Miller
Loring
Waslington
United Presbyterian Church
Chures
Lin
George Werr
Donald Dboenbrossei
Pulyas
Frances Whister
Richard McCleery
Robert Livingston
Jesus
Emmaus
Evacuation of Americans from Kweilin China Report
Lt John W Lee recounts evacuation of Americans from Kweilin as Japanese air raids threatened. He describes a seven truck convoy ferrying personnel and refugees through south central China toward safety, amid past daylight encounters with air raids and warnings.
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John Lee
Kweilin
China
Jap Bembers
Lee
Wwangsi
Kweiyang
Germans in Disorderly Flight from Dutch Coast
Allied forces grind forward on a broad front as British 2nd Arm y and Canadian 1st Arm y push toward Bremen and the Dutch coast. German resistance collapses, Ruhr encircled, and Hamburg area air bases reported abandoned as V bomb threats ease.
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Dutch
Ruhr Basin
Muenster
Bremen
Dutch North Sea
Holland
Germany
Dutch Sea
Montgomery
North Sea
Rhine
Nimmerich
Munester
Swartiing
Hel
London
Berlin
Dr. Arthur Atack Dies in Aberdeen South Dakota
The Rev Dr Arthur Atack longtime Methodist pastor in Washington Iowa and local area died Thursday in Aberdeen South Dakota while serving a Free Methodist congregation. Burial is set for Iowa City and a memorial service was held in Washington with tributes from the Easter congregation. He leaves a wife a daughter and a son who serves in the military. he previously led churches in Indianola Perry and Washington before his South Dakota pastorate.
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Arthur Atack
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Attack Yesterady
Iowa City
Atack
Jed I. Miller
Washington
Dorie
Arthur
Journal Office
England
Ile
Indianola
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Perry
Portugal to Declare War on Japan, Enter Pacific Campaign
London April 2 Portuguese reports say Portugal plans to declare war on Japan and join the Pacific campaign. The reports claim Portugal is assembling troops in Mozambique to retake Timor, occupied by Japan early in the war.
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London
Portual
Japan
Portugal
Mozambique
Portugese
Timor
Kaster to Head April Clothing Drive for Destitute
Washington County war salvage chairman Earle F. Libe announced S. W. Kaster will direct the April clothing drive for destitute people in liberated Europe and the Philippines. Dan A. Weet confirmed the appointment. Washington County will act as the collection center with local coordinators in towns except Wellman where Rotary will lead.
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Earle F. Libe
Washington County
S. W. Kaster
Thx
Unite Nations
Dan A. Weet
Europe
Philippines
Libe
Wellman
Rotary Era
Washington
Easter
Lite Aid
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Navy Photo
International
Ft. Dodge
U. S
United Press
Beaver Garage
Christian Church
Vienna
Tiergarten
Austria
Sjanoshata
Slovakia
Hungary
Stekesfeherva
Prineet
Moscow
Danube
Komarno
Szombathely
Sopron
Lake Neusiedler
Bratislava
County Red Cross
Kal Ohi
Riversias
Yuda Washington County
Red Cross
Khaiona
Brighton Siu
Kalonia
Iowa Township
Riversiie
Ity
Mra. Weldin
Washington City
Ciain
Wasa Fnaton
Solilidtors
Mia
Chison Shoe Store
L Kh
Baker
Washierton
Loeal Industries Wong
American Pearl Button Company
Curran Company
McCleery Calendar
Tloweymeal Southern
Sitter’s
vVarris Manufacturing Company
U.P
Mr. Kerr
Christ
Ad Muece
Kwangsi
Veterans of African Cam
the Rhine
Feorge Patton
8Rd Ara
Reich
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
2Nd Army
Africa
O Ble Alamein
North Africa
Osnabrueek
Osnabrueck
Euschede
Henxelo
Eeschede
Rheine
Luftwaffer
Hengelothe
Arnheim
Kuyder Zee
Emmerich
Arnhem
Dr. Atack
Kaster
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