Italian King Victor Emmanuel Plans Retirement Upon Rome Fall
In Naples on April 12 1945 King Victor Emmanuel announced he would withdraw from public affairs when Rome falls passing the throne to Crown Prince Humbert. The decision came after talks with royal family representatives government leaders and allied advisers regarding democratization of Italy. The king said Italians know he stood with them through hard times and helped end the fascist regime with the Allies.
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Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Rome
Crown Prince
Hiumbert
Pietro Badogno
Allied Advisory Council
United Nations
Better Weather Brings Warmer Temperatures After Cold Spell
Last night proved to be the coldest in several days with a frozen ground this morning. The sun appeared and indicated the wet spell was ending as temperatures begin to rise.
Judge Siegers Visits Washington for March District Court
Judge P. J. Siegers of Newton arrived in Washington for another day of the March term of the Washington district court. The session addressed miscellaneous court matters and proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Siegers of
Newton
Washington
Washington District Court
Farm Loan Group Holds District Meeting Here
A district meeting of the National Farm Loan Association was held yesterday at the Jeffrey Building offices. Twenty seven counties were represented by association secretaries and treasurers. Geo D Umphrey organized arrangements for Washington Van Buren and Jefferson counties. The luncheon took place at Winxas cafe. M D Taylor of Oskaloosa presided at the basic news session. Participants included John P Comstock of Omaha regional manager for southern Iowa and Howard Sones the regional manager succeeding Frank Motz after his death.
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National Farm Loan Association
Jeffrey Building
Treas
Geo. D. Umphrey
Washington
van Buren
Jefferson
Winxa’s
M. D. Taylor
Oskaloosa
Secretary's Association
John P. Comstock
Omaha
Nebr
Southern Iowa
Association
Howard Sones
Frank Motz
Country Club Men to Hold Dinner and Meeting
Men of the country club will hold a dinner and special business meeting tomorrow evening April 13 at 7 oclock at the club house. I W Schenefelt, president, will discuss country club affairs and all members are urged to attend.
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Country Club
I. W. Schenefelt
Car and pickup collide at city intersection
A car driven by Ray Phillips of Washington and a pickup owned by R. L. Quinn of Ainsworth collided at the intersection of N Fourth Avenue and East Seventh Street, north of the waterworks. Both vehicles were considerably damaged, estimated around 125 dollars. No one was injured.
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Ray Phillips
Washington
R. L. Quinn
Ainsworth
N. Fourth Avenue
East Seventh Street
No Increase in Corn Price Contemplated By O P A
The Office of Price Administration says no corn price rise is planned for the 1944 crop year ending October. Bowles notes the present relation between feed and livestock prices, and says higher corn prices would not boost production and would lift prices on beef, pork, eggs, and milk.
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Administrator Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Mr. Bowles
County Red Cross War Fund Tops 21 600 With New Gifts
Additions to the county Red Cross war fund raise total contributions to about 21 600, with the county quota of 16 700 likely exceeded by 5 000. Major donations come from Crawfordsville consolidated district 1 210 80 Ainsworth 700 78 West Chester 804 50 and Kalona 1 273 91. Further gifts and unreported district totals are expected as belated subscriptions arrive. Funds may be left at Atechi son shoe store Red Cross headquarters.
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Red Cross
John Gannon
Pleasant Hill
Washington
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
West Chester
Kalona
Atechison Shoe
Tragic loss of Cloyce W. Babcock in African theater
Flight Officer Cloyce White Babcock of the ferry command died after an unsuccessful parachute jump following an aircraft accident in the African theater. The Washington native, 32, had trained pilots in Estherville and Nashville and was an instructor at the Nashville ferry command field. He was born October 1911 and previously worked in the beverage business.
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Cloyce W. Babcock
Washington
United States Army
P. E. Babcock
East Jefferson Street
Ferry Command
Nashville, Tenn
Mrs. Babcock
Nashville
Cloyce
Cloyce White Babcock
Babcock
United States
Cloyce Babcock
Jack Snodgrass
Pella
Iowa
Estherville
Air Corps
Palmer EF. Babcock
Eunice (White) Babcock
Washington High School
Talks With Husband Stationed In Hawaii
Mrs. Claretta Yoder spoke last evening by long distance with her husband Private Orval Yoder who serves in Hawaii. The call reached Washington around seven o clock and lasted about ten minutes. She placed the call Monday night and connected with the overseas operator twenty minutes later. Yoder was on duty and would return to duty after the call.
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Claretta Yoder
Pte
Orval Yoder
Hawaii
Washington
Blast Aircraft Plants in Austria
American air forces intensified their offensive against German aircraft plants in Austria with Italy-based heavy bombers attacking Wiener Neustadt south of Vienna. Major General Nathan Twitchell ordered fleets of Flying Fortresses and Liberators to strike three Messerschmitt factories near Wiener Neustadt and targets at Zagreb and Split in Yugoslavia. Britain-based bombers joined in across the channel as weak American formations faced German fighters over western and central Germany.
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London
Austria
Wiener Neustadt Aien
Vienna
Nathan Twiolng
Messerschmidt
Wiener Neustadt
Zagreb
Split
Jugoslavia
Berlin
Germany
Wait
Seize Jap Bases Continue Across Pacific Theater
American forces pressed the war effort in the central and southwest Pacific striking five more bases in the Marshall Islands. United States destroyers joined in ongoing air attacks on enemy supply ports along the northern New Guinea coast.
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Central
Southwest Pacific
Marshall Islands
United States
New Guinea
Local figure dies in prime of life shocking town
A young local man, active with the Mahaska beverage company and later training men as war pilots, died suddenly. He had worked in Marshalltown Ottumwa and Washington while building his flying skills, and his death came as a special shock to hundreds who knew him for health vitality and a helpful nature.
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Mahaska Beverage Company
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Washington
Cloyce Babcock
Volcanoes Reside in Earth's Crust Weakness Arenas
In the earth's crust volcanoes occupy zones of weakness and fissures. The term filuers appears as a fragment, offering no clear event or named entities.
Former Washington Editor D H Logan Dies in Colorado
Obituary notes the death of D H Logan longtime editor and publisher of the Washington Gazette. He co owned Logan Neal with S W Neal. Logan died Monday April 3 in Phoenix Arizona at his daughter’s home after wintering there. Born April 10 1862 in Washington County Iowa he worked as rancher teacher and mail carrier before editing the Washington Gazette for seven years.
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D. H. Logan
Washington Gazette
The
Journal and the Press
S. W. Neal
Logan & Neal
Logan
Colorado
Canton
David Hunter Logan
EB. D. Tassey
Phoenix
Arizona
Washington County
Iowa
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Illinois
Navy appropriations bill approves 32 billion expansion
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a record navy appropriations bill totaling 32,647,134,336 dollars. Admiral Ernest King urged relentless Pacific pressure toward destroying Japan, stating Tokyo remains the ultimate objective. The bill lifts total direct appropriations since July 1, 1940 to 102,205,108,441 dollars, with major allocations for shipbuilding, personnel, and aviation.
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Admiral King
House
Tokyo
Washington, D.C
Ernest J. King
United States
Pacific
Japan
Feet
Russians Break Through in Crimea and Romania Fronts
Soviet columns push across Crimea driving toward Simferopol and Levantopol while another advances near Kereh and Perekop. Forces also drive toward Bucharest rail links, seize Pascani junction, and push toward Odessa eliminating German resistance.
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Ishun Hill
Perekop
Crimea
Kereh
Siret
Romania
Pascani
Cernauti-Bucharest
Iasi
Pirastol
Ukraine
Odessa
Sivash
Simferopol
The
Levantopol
Feodosiya
Spring Concert by School Bands
Two high school bands under Ralph W. Young will perform their annual spring concert at eight o clock Friday evening in the high school auditorium. The senior band has about 49 pupils and the junior band about 35. The public is invited and admission is free.
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Wenior
Ralph W. Young
Allied Bombard Italian Lines In Major War Action
Allied war planes bombed and burned communications across central Italy from dawn to dusk. RAF night raids hit northern Monfalcone yards. Heavy artillery duels persisted near Anzio and in the Cassino area as both sides prepared for another major push.
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Naples
Monfalcone
Italy
Rome
Anzio
Cagsino
6Th Army
High Cost Of Ammunition In U S Battleships
Washington report to Congress notes each 16 inch shell firing costs taxpayers 11268 dollars. It also cites a marine clothing life of five days under southwest Pacific combat and projects next year’s Navy combat plane average cost at 173388 dollars, about four thousand less than this year.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Naval
Congress
Southwest Pacific
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Arakan
Ngaydauk Pass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Allied Expeditionary Air Forces
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Ninth Air Force
U. S
England
Humbert
Farm Loan Group
Husband
Blast Aircraft
Britain
United Prey
Ington
J. P. Church
Sicily
Albert Kesselring
Gulf of Genoa
Adriatic
International
Moscow
Dzhankhal
Vance
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