Japanese Cabinet Resigns in Mass Walkout
Gen Koiso and entire cabinet resign en masse in Tokyo signaling a shift to a stronger regime. Key figures Sugiyama Yonai and Shigemitsu also step down as Okinawa combats and Marianas defeats pressure the regime. Admiral Kantaro Suzuki named as successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokyo
Gen
Sugiyama
Adm
Mitsumasa Yonai
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Tojo
Saipan
Marianas
Domei Agency
Koiso
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Privy Council
Okinawa
International
Iowa Senate Approves One Million for School Aid
The Iowa Senate passed a bill to provide one million dollars yearly for needy school districts. Fourty four members voted yes with five absent or not voting. The measure aligns with committee goals to cap annual school aid at about 3.53 million dollars. Funding includes transport aid to Benool and handicapped education, totaling more than prior requests.
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Hes Moines
Iowa Senate
Ite House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Benool
School Code Commission
Two Days With Deceased Brother On Quiet Farm
Amos Hall did not summon an undertaker after his brother John died Tuesday night. John and Amos, both born on the farm eight miles east of Nashua, lived together 85 years in hermit life. Coroner Dr Paul Gardner ruled natural causes. Amos survives as the only relative.
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Nashua
John
Amos Hall
Here
Amos
Paul Gardner
WLB Demands End of Strike at Ottumwa
Ottumwa workers at John Morrell & Co. packing plant strike entered its second day despite a telegram from Washington's War Labor Board urging an immediate end. Union officials disclaimed responsibility, calling the action unauthorized, while the WLB cited interference with meat supplies for the armed forces. The union blamed the company for violating the master agreement on seniority, dated March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
John Morrell & Co
War Labor Board
Washington
WLB
Ask Wage Increase For Road Patrolmen
Des Moines reports a resolution by the state safety council urging higher wages for highway patrolmen and safety education staff. It credits the department for first place in 1944 traffic safety in the Midwest and warns the postwar staffing shortfall could worsen without salary increases to attract capable men.
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Des Moines
State Safety Education Department
State Safety Council
Two Convicts Sentenced in Quick Boston Trial
In a swift county case in Boston Massachusetts two men named George Stubblefield and Edgar W Cook received terms of 12 to 15 years in state prison. They did not testify in their defense and claimed they were denied counsel. Earlier they had been sentenced in federal court for an attempted escape from an improvised jail in Council Bluffs Iowa involving lock picks and theft of $2500 and war bonds.
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Boston
Mass
Tering
George Stubblefield
Edgar W. Cook
Touncil
Bluffs
Iowa
Nimitz Claims Sink of Japan's Mighty Warship Yamato
Guam April 7 Adm Chester W. Nimitz announced Japan lost the Yamato, its most powerful dreadnought, and eight other ships along with 391 planes in a combined air and sea effort to stop the Okinawa invasion. Losses for the United States included three destroyers and several smaller craft sunk or damaged.
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Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Okinawa
Nimitz
Kyushu
East China Sea
Dr. Lampe to Speak in Washington on Sunday
Dr M William Lampe administrative director of the University of Iowa school of religion will address Presbyterians in Washington Sunday at 10 45 a m He is praised as a pioneer in religious education and in fostering harmonious study of Judaism Catholicism and Protestantism at Iowa’s school. A verdict by the jury in a separate case followed by a judge’s sentence was pronounced.
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Presbyterians of Washington
M. Wiilatra Lampe
University of Iowa School of Religion
Presbyterian Citizen
Lampe
Christian Association
University of Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Board
University of Iowa
University School of Religion
Pe ‘Iuimpe
America
Relig
Don Shephard on thrilling combat moments over Germany
First Lieutenant Donald B. Shepherd from Washington Iowa describes a high altitude bombing and strafing run on German railway yards at Utzbach. He flew over 8000 feet at 400 miles per hour with eleven machine guns blazing, returning with his aircraft intact and earning the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Nintit Air Force
France
Germany
Ninth Air Force
Donald B. Shepherd
Washington
Iawa
Yaras
Utzbach
Dianet
Muentine
Shepherd
Liv
Washington High School
J. C Penney Co
Prank Shepherd
Iowa
Interfaith Effort Realized Through Leadership at Institution
The passage credits Dr. Lampe for strong leadership in advancing an ideal of interfaith cooperation at a state supported institution, noting the collaboration would not have been realized without his guidance.
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Ion
Dr. Lampe
Russians Enter Vienna in Street Fighting Reported
London reports said Russians broke into Vienna and pressed toward the city center in heavy street fighting. Volkssturm units joined Wehrmacht and SS defenders as house to house clashes began amid bells and alarms at St Stephen’s Cathedral. Moscow dispatches claimed Red Army battled near Simmering inside Vienna’s southeast.
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London
Vienna
Volkssturmers
St. Stephen
Moscow
Red Army
Simmering
Radar Tests At Washington High School
Navy recruiter John R. Van Qosdel announced aptitude tests for radar will be held at Washington High School Friday April 12 at ten o clock. Eligible are community youths 17 or older. Qualifiers receive ten months of training for postwar radio work and higher ratings in the navy. three 17 year olds lined up yesterday, and enlistments may stop as quota nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. van Qosdel
Navy
Burlington
Washington
Washington High School
Mrs Joan Shepherd Located in Santa Rosa California
Mrs Joan Shepherd of Santa Rosa California is the subject. The report notes her address and residence details.
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Joan Shepherd
Santa Rosa, California
Stores Stay Open Until Ten Saturday
Washington stores will remain open until ten o clock on Saturdays starting the first week of April. Winter hours had them closing at nine, but spring and summer will see the extra hour.
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Washington
Memorial Service Fills St James for Sergeant Dougall
Washington friends gathered at St James Catholic Church for a memorial service honoring Staff Sergeant Joseph T. Dougall killed last month in Germany. Pastor H J Corcoran led the service praising the fallen and urging peace, with participation from the American Legion Leon Beatty post VFW auxiliary and Knights of Columbus. The firing squad included S W Easter J T Freidel Charles Denison Cy Birka Robert Peters Charles Kennedy Harvey Davis and Leo Nardy with Jesse Radda as bugler.
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St. James Catholic Church
Washington
Joseph T. Dougall
Dougall
St. James Church
Gemeny
Ler
H. J. Corcoran
Mother Corcoran
Joe Dougall
Leon Beatty
Legion
Martin Whittaker
S. W. Easter
J. T. Freidel
Charles Denison
Cy Birka
Robert Peters
Charles Kennedy Harvey Davis
Leo Nardy
Taps
Jesse Radda
County Salvages Its Paper Quota
Washington county met its February goal in the waste paper salvage effort with 160000 pounds collected. It ranked 22nd among 99 counties for February and 145 overall through two months with 272000 pounds or 123 percent of the quota.
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Washington County
Ana
Washington
Armored Columns Close On German Seaports in 1945 Advance
American and British forces pushed toward Bremen Hanover and Berlin fronts on April 7 as armor from the 80th Infantry Division and 2nd Armies moved from Weser river bridgeheads. Allies captured Schulenberg and pressed toward Brunswick while Bremen's outskirts neared.
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Paris
Bremen
Hanover
Berlin
Brunswick
2Nd Armored
Weser River
Hamlin
Schulenberg
Leine
Simubgius Cously Pritish
County Reports Mixed Progress In February Totals
Johnson County ranks 17th for February and 20th for two months combined. Muscatine County leads with 88 percent, Keokuk 71, Jefferson 44, Henry 24, Town 14, while Louisa shows no collections. The data reflect southeastern area performance within the state's quota effort.
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Johnson
Muscatine County
Keokuk
Jefferson
Henry
Town
Louisa Ude
Airfields in North Germany Targeted by Allied Bombers
London dispatch says 1300 Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the US air forces, escorted by 850 Mustangs and Thunderbolts, attacked four northern German airfields. Targets included jet fighter bases, depots, an oil depot, and a railyard. preliminary reports claim at least 44 German fighters shot down as German losses rose to a three month high.
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Japan
Guam
7Th Airforce
Tokyo
Nagoya
Fradio Tokyo
Iwo Island
London
U. & St. Airforce
Germany
Luftwaff
VFW Posts Plan Joint Fairfield Meeting
The Washington County Veterans of Foreign Wars post and Digimutt Voorhees VFW Post invite comrades to a joint meeting in Fairfield at the KC hall on Tuesday evening April 19. Transportation will be available to depart promptly at 7 o clock as Commander Jesse Radda will install officers of the Fairfield post.
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Washington County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Digimutt Voorhees V.F.W. Post
Fairfield
K.C. Hall
Ast
Jesse Radda
Fairfield Post
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Memoru Shigemitsu
Nemy Losces Heavily In
Sion
Mark A. Mitscher
Mitscher
Presbyterian Morning Service
J. Arthur Burke
Don Shephard
Ute
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Knights of Columbus
Elbe
BELG
North Sea
NDE
Prague
Poland
Czechoslovakia
George S. Patton
Dresden
Gorlitz
Patton
Hamburg
County
German Seaport
Emy
Merkers
Upp—Ameriean
9Th Army
Point
Weser
Finnover
Baltic
Luebeck
Hamiiin
Riutrtrap
Soest
Ruhr
Ost Onnen
Dortmund
North
Austria
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