Three Iowans Die in Vehicle Accidents
A Des Moines column reports three Iowans killed in crashes between Monday and Tuesday. Jake Langhein, 71, died after a collision on Highway 6 near Victor. L. E. Crane, 46, perished when his empty cattle truck was struck by a Rock Island train near Prairie City. Bud Tepley, a Clearfield farmer, died when his livestock truck overturned near Lenox after colliding with an oil truck. Surviving relatives are named for each victim.
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Des Moines
Jake Langhein
Victor Farmer
L. E. Crane
Monroe
Bud Tepley
Clearfield
Langhein
G. E. George
Victor Town
Crane
Rock Island
Prairie City
Tepley
Lenox
R. BB. Suppier Co
Waterloo man sues Montgomery Ward for $20000 damages
J B E Johnson of Waterloo files in district court against Montgomery Ward and Co and Edward Donaway department head claiming false arrest on June 26 1942 for alleged theft and that he was jailed overnight without any criminal charge. Donaway now works for Montgomery Ward in Des Moines.
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Waterloo
J. BE. Johnson
Montgomery Ward and Co
Edward Donaway
Johnson
Donaway
Montgomery Ward
Des Moines
Man shoots wife then wounds self in Humboldt County
Stanley Prochaska 48 and wife Helen 41 of Gilmore City faced a violent incident late Tuesday at Mercy hospital. Prochaska shot Helen in the abdomen and neck before slashing his wrist, then received a blood transfusion and remained under guard. Helen Prochaska was reported critical. authorities noted recent marital arguing but could not explain the motive.
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Fort Dodge
Mercy Hospital
Stanley Prochaska
Gilmore City
Helen
Prochaska
Humboldt County
Beulah Gliderfiles for divorce and child custody
Beulah Glider filed suit in district court against Keith H. Glider asking for a decree of divorce and custody of two minor children with support. The petition says they married at Sigourn on May 27, 1939 and lived together until September 1, 1942. Attorney L. J. Kehoe represents the plaintiff.
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Beulah Glider
Keith H. Glider
Clerk of District Court
Sigourn
L. J. Kehoe
Germans Report Battles in Air
Berlin broadcast claims Liberators bombed the French coast as American fighters conducted their first non escort sweep and drew the Luftwaffe into battle. Reports mention air combat over central western and southern Germany with no bombers cited, hinting at new tactics to pin Nazi air forces and noting Pas de Calais as bomber objective.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Germany
Pas de Calais
France
Neutralize Japanese Supply Port in New Guinea Campaign
Allied bombers spread destruction along a 1000 mile front and temporarily neutralized Nandia, Japan's main supply port on the northern New Guinea coast. White Liberators also hit Truk in the Carolines and Hollandia with heavy raids. Rambutyo fell to U S forces with no opposition, giving control of ten Admiralty Islands.
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United Press
Central
Southwest Pacific
Nandia
Japan
New Guinea
Truk
Carolines
United States
Admiralty Islands
Bismark
Sea
Rambutyo
Maus Sunday
Bismarks
Rabaul
New Britain
Central Pacific
Ponape
Marshalls
Fifth War Loan Dates Set for June 12 to July 8
Washington county war finance chairman G J Mace reports state chairman W L Clark confirming the fifth war loan will run June 12 to July 8. The national goal is 16 billion dollars with 6 billion to come from individual bond purchases. Secretary Morgenthau notes past individual sales and warns expenditures will remain high as the war continues. An additional Berlin front report cites coordinated Allied bombing and attacks on Nazi territory as the war progresses.
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G. J. Mace
Washington County War Finance Committee
W. L. Clark
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Iowa
Morgenthau
Amercan
Lalion
Wisconsin GOP delegates split in 1944 primary test
Wisconsin returns show Dewey with 15 delegates from 75 percent of precincts and two uninstructed delegates, while Stassen gains five and McArthur two with Willkie none. A second report notes a slate loyal to Dewey defeating Willkie and others, with 24 convention seats at stake and McArthur pledged delegate likely in the statewide race.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Dewey
Tiis
MacArthur
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
G.O.P
Chicago
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas McArthur
March a Cold Unseasonable Month in Iowa and Washington
Des Moines reports mark March 1944 as the coldest in Iowa since 1932 with a 31.6 degree mean. Washington's March shows a minimum near freezing and a 64 degree high, while precipitation exceeded normal with 3.41 inches of rainfall statewide and more moisture than any March since 1924.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Grees
Surfac ing Iowa Secondary Roads Postwar Urged
Des Moines april 1 the motor club of town urged expansion of a program to all weather surface Iowa secondary roads with a potential 24 million dollars from federal sources after the war Rhoades club manager said voters could approve a 15 year county road bond plan and counties would receive funds from taxes to pave up to 20 000 miles of roads while the federal bill could add 72 million to Iowa’s three year highway program totaling 96 million annually for three years with 24 million for secondary roads yearly
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Des Moines
Motor Club
R. BE. Rhoades
Iowa
Congress
Judge Siegers Rules On Court Motions
Judge P. J. Siegers ruled on motions in the Morrison versus Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America case. He overruled the plaintiff’s motion to set aside a 1943 order, finding the order specific and compliant with Rule 118. In the Durst v Lunow matter, the defendants’ motions to dismiss strike and for more specific statements filed January 15 were overruled.
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P. J. Siegers
District Court
Edmund D. Morrison
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Elmer Durst Ve. Ernest
Bessie Lunow
Three Men Headed to Navy Service From Washington County
Three Washington county men departed by bus for Des Moines to report for naval service at the recruiting station. Harley W. Brock of Washington, recently at Moline, joins David Franklin Huber and Junior Wayne Goodwin of Wellman in enlisting. The article notes the vocal mechanism involving 44 muscles.
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Washington County
Des Mones
Naval Recruiting Station
Harley W. Brock
Washington
Moline
David Franklin Huber
Junior Wayne Goodwin
Wellman
Letter from German Prison Reveals Christmas Greeting
Norman Schoonever of Washington was wounded at Iwo Jima on April 27 last year and later discharged after several months in hospitals. A Christmas card from Corporal Nicholas J. Magure, now in a German camp, was sent from Stalag II B and addressed to Sebondaves in Washington Iowa. Magure describes a group of boys and mentions comrade Tweedie and others, raising questions about how Schoonever learned of an accident before capture.
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Norman Schoonever
Washington
Nicholas J. Magure
Whe Wie
Memiber
Schoenover Wasa
Magure Waa
Paid Pasa
Tweedie
Eikley
de Lina
MacFadden
Sebondaves
Washington, Iowa
Stalag II
Schoonover
Mystiseuse
Magure
Washington Nin
Behoenovers Sylted
Howels
Blakesburg
Iowa
Most Stores Meet Price Regulations in Des Moines Area
In Des Moines area districts 62 percent of 3,858 stores were in full compliance with price regulations per OPA. Violations mostly involved improper posting of price lists, with canned goods and staples like flour, corn meal, and cocoa cited. The survey, conducted the week of March 13, used 854 volunteers and 141 paid staff.
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Des Moines
OPA
Russians Capture Razdelnaya Key Ukrainian Rail Junction
London dispatch reports that Soviet infantry cavalry and mechanized forces seized Razdelnaya 55 miles northwest of Odessa. The victory, ordered by Premier Stalin, traps up to 100000 German troops en route to Romania, with Malinovsky’s army closing in from multiple axes.
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London
Razdelnaya
Odessa
Black Sea
Josef Stalin
Dniester
Romania
Stalin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ukrane
Malinovsky
Stalingrad
Rumania
Moscow
Air Patrol Cadets Learn Code and Drill
Civil Air Patrol Cadets met at city hall for Morse code instruction from Paul Wolfe and then drilled at the armory. They will study further CAP subjects and serve as helpers observers and bombardiers at CAP field days. Next meeting is Tuesday at 7 45 PM at city hall inviting boys aged 15 to 18.
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Civil Air Patrol
Paul Wolfe
City Hall
Army Air Forces
CAP
Japs Strengthen Position in India
New Delhi April 5 Japanese invasion forces are reported astride the Manipur valley road north and south of Imphal as British frontier troops fall back under heavy pressure. Two invasion columns moving westward toward Imphal have been halted for the moment but enemy thrusts from north and south are gaining momentum. A road block has formed about 36 miles north of Imphal and a similar distance south of Kohima.
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New Delhi
Manipur
Imphel
Lord Lovie Mountbattens
Southeast Asia
Indo-Burma
Imphal
Hk Whe
Kohima
New Zealand Ends Year With No Annual Vacation For Many
Report shows about 76,000 workers in New Zealand receive no annual vacation. The figure reflects gaps in leave entitlements affecting a large segment of the labor force under current policies.
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New Zealand
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Balkans
Zechos
Poland
Aria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Balkan
Red Army
Prut
Vyacheslav Molotov
Bucharest
Antonescu
Russia
Pacific
Hollandia
South
Britain
Italy
Stassen
Jesne
Rhoades
Lator
U. S
Anzio Beach
Anzio
Red Cross
U. S. Signal Corps
Siegers
Navy
Air Patrol
India
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