Davenport elects Arthur R Kroppach mayor and reelects aldermen
Arthur R Kroppach a Republican defeated Brig Gen Harry Ward a Democrat by 2392 votes to become Davenport mayor with 7590 votes to 5198. Both candidates already served as aldermen at large and the inauguration is set for Wednesday night. Incumbent aldermen were all reelected expanding the council to nine Republicans and five Democrats.
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Davenport
Arthur R. Kroppach
Harry Ward
Kroppach
Ward
Waterloo man dies after collision with train
W. E. Steimel 78 an Eagle Center Jr farmer died in a hospital after a week he suffered injuries when his car struck a train near the city limits. He is survived by his wife and four children.
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Waterloo
W. E. Steimel
Eagle Center
Farmer
Ottumwa Youth Loses Most of Right Hand at Market
Richard Ratka aged 16 son of Andrew Ratka suffered the loss of most of his right hand when it was caught in a meat grinder Saturday at a local meat market. Ottumwa hospital doctors found amputation necessary.
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Ottumwa
Richard Ratka
Andrew Ratka
Ottumwa Hospital
Fire Starts in Spilled Grease at Local Cafe
Firemen estimate $6500 in damage after flames started from spilled kitchen grease at the Martin cafe in Waterloo. The fire spread rapidly Sunday morning and the cafe will remain closed for repairs.
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Waterloo
Martin
Muscatine Soldier Major Willhite Killed Over France
Major Theodore Willhite 26, son of Mrs Ivy Willhite, was killed in action March 11 during a bombing mission over France while serving in the United States Army Air Corps in the Italy theater. He had been on foreign duty since November 1942 and belonged to Major Jimmie Doolittle's command, a unit featured with him in Life magazine and newsreels. The war department message reached his wife in Centralia Washington and was relayed to his mother with no further details available.
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Ivy Willhite
United States Army Air Corps
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France
War Department
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Wilshite
Jimmie Doolittle
Doolittle
Life
United States Air Forces
Nazi Battleship Damaged Again
Allied infantrymen repelled a German attack on the Anzio left flank after hours of brutal fighting in a muddy ravine near Caprilia. Casualties were heavy for the enemy, with the assault faltering under barbed wire and mortar fire and a naval attempt by shock troops breaking on Allied defenses.
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Naples
Anzio
Caprilia
Giraffe Name Traced to Arabic Word Vivafah
The name giraffe derives from the Arabic vivafah meaning graceful. The term reflects the animal's elegant appearance as noted in the brief etymology.
Assaults in Pacific Gain Momentum
A two pronged American air assault aimed at Truk and other Caroline bas es intensified as Liberators from new bases in the Marshall Islands struck Truk for the fifth time in four days and Woleai. Allied raids left large fires on Dublin Island and reduced enemy air strength to a trickle. Rabaul campaign enters its sixth week with two day attacks while U S forces trap about 100000 Japanese in the remaining southwest Pacific strongholds.
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Palau Islands
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Carolinas
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Woleai C
Caroline Intends
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United States
Fterces
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Newlyyon
Marshall Islands
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Atoll
7Th
Anti Seth
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Trak
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Genecni McArthur
Woleal
Carolines
South Pacific
Rabaul
Palau
Caroline Islands
Halmahera Island
Caroline Group
Chaplain Sehweyhart Withdraws From Washington Address
Won't Be Here Chaplain Sehweyhart of the naval pre-flight school at Iowa City will not speak in Washington as part of pre-Easter services. He has been transferred to another station and canceled his Washington address. Dr. Davie C. Shipley will speak in his stead at eight o'clock this evening in the Baptist church.
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Naval
Iowa City
Washington
Davie C. Shipley
School of Religion
The
State University
Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church Dedication Service Highlights Faith
The Calvary Baptist Church dedication service filled the church with Rev A G Annette delivering a sermon on the church foundation mission and message. The program included hymns solos and a review of church history with Rev Lasswell Muscatine and Pastor Juddams announced for the week.
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Elo Veha
Darby Melo Vaecha
Darlene Humston
General Association of Regular Baptists
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Muscatine
Lor
Raine
Hetty Peetz
Our Fathers
Juddams
Washington
U S Planes Raid Hungary Capital
American Flying Fortresses and Liberators struck Budapest for the first time in force. Major Gen. Nathan S Twining led the 15th air force from Italy to deliver the initial blow against the Hungarian capital.
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London
Budapest
Nathan S Twining
15Th
Italy
Red Army
Hungary
Red Cross War Fund Drive Surpasses County Quota
Washington county exceeds its 16700 quota for the Red Cross war fund and nears a final total over 19000 with unreported contributions from four towns and rural districts. Campaign continues until all communities report, with further receipts possible from Washington town and other districts.
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Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
Brighton
Allied Air Raids Hit Budapest and Stayer Targets
Struggling to bolster senses of the Balkans, bombardment of Budapest, a vital Danube transport center, marks Twining's second major assault in two days. Yesterday planes pounded ball bearing and aircraft factories at Stayer in Austria, about 90 miles northwest of Vienna.
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Twining
Stayer
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Vienna
Ehrenberger and Bell Obtain Cedar Rapids Marriage License
Frank William Ehrenberger and Bertha Bell, both of Cedar Rapids, obtained a marriage license here Saturday.
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Bertha Bell
Cedar Rapids
Cantata Opens Union Schedule for Easter Week
Washington churches opened Easter services with a cantata Calvary by Wessel presented by the Methodist choir directed by Mrs. Elouise Sorden at the Methodist church. Rev. Alfred Trenerry announced services across several churches and seven pastors will speak on the last words of Christ Friday.
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Wessel
Methodist
Elouise Sorden
Methodist Church
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The
Baptist Church
Washington Ministerial Association
Christ
Jesus
Herbert Osincup
Mary Helbert
Flma Rice
Vera Fife
Mrs. Sorden
Edna Klein
Washington Methodist Choir
Push Nazis Over Soviet Boundaries Across Romania
Moscow reports Soviet forces crossed into Romania for the first time in the war, driving five miles in Bucovina and Bessarabia under orders to pursue the enemy. Tanks and infantry opened multiple border incursions, with one column reaching near Cernauti and Dumen as German lines retreat from the Prut frontier. Molotov announced the advance amid wider Soviet offensives in Romania.
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Russia
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Rumania
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Lipeani
Dumen
Kut
Seret
Ivan 3
Konev
Prut
Jast
Molotov
Red Army
Viacheslav M. Molotov
British air strike damages German battleship Tirpitz
London reports that British naval planes bombed the Tirpitz in Alten fjord, Norway, with several hits. The attack, possibly by carrier-based aircraft, follows earlier midget submarine actions that left the ship out of action for months.
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Admiralty
Alten Fjord
Norway
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