Iowa column reports first degree murder charge in sheriff slaying
Leonard Huseman 27 faces a first degree murder count for the fatal shooting of Page County Sheriff Cecil M. Crawford. Huseman, captured by a posse three hours after the crime, is jailed in Cass County Atlantic Iowa and to be arraigned later this week. Deputy Ed Hipsley said the officer died en route to a hearing and noted the suspect was a former patient at the state hospital for the insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinwa
Leonard Huseman
Page County
Cecil M
Crawford County
James Howard
Howard
Huseman
Cass County
Atlantic
Yorktown
Ed Hipsley
Countyard of Supervisors
Huse
Crawford
Pan
Man Pays Fine for False Fire Alarms in Creston
Harry Burch, 22, released from Creston city jail after paying a $100 fine for pleading guilty to turning in two false fire alarms seven minutes apart early Sunday. The second alarm triggered a general alarm, waking half the town and drawing more than 20 auxiliary firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Burch
Rock Island Arsenal Payroll Sets Record for 1943 First Quarter
Davenport reports the March payroll at the Rock Island Arsenal was the largest four week period on record. Officials cannot disclose the exact amount but say the first quarter of 1943 payroll exceeded 1942 by more than forty percent.
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Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Civil War Veteran Coffin dies at 97 in Iowa home
Joseph Raymond Coffin 97, one of three Civil War veterans at the Iowa Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, died Saturday night. Services set for 3:30 p.m. at Wilcox Garland chapel in Oskaloosa. burial in Forest Cemetery. Coffin served in the 38th Indiana Infantry and lived in Mahaska county 30 years before entering the home in 1923. Surviving veterans David Sisk and James H. Firman remain at the home, both near age 100.
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Joseph Raymond Coffin
Iowa
Wilcox Garland
Oskaloosa
Forest Cemetery
Mr Coffin
38Th
Indiana Infantry
Mahaska County
David Sisk
James H. Firman
Supervisor H P Wilson Celebrates 71st Birthday at County Offices
Yesterday Supervisor H P Wilson marked his 71st birthday by treating courthouse officials and employees to ice cream and cookies after county offices closed for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Wilson
Court House
Farmers, Scrap Drive Urges Fast Pickup and Sale
Farmers are urged to bring scrap for donation or sale on April 27 with a dealer visit. Call 180 for sales, and officer hours run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The notice emphasizes moving scrap for the fighting front and not becoming a bottleneck. A Huisman of Salvage Transportation Chim signs the appeal.
New U Boat Tactics Spark Battle for Atlantic Convoys
The article reports Hitler launching a spring drive on Allied Atlantic convoys carrying food and war materiel to Russia England and Africa. U boats hunt in packs with new tactics while Allied destroyers with secret weapons and faster cargo ships rush to protect shipments. The outcome could influence the duration of the war.
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Hitler
Atlantic
Russia
England
Africa
Europe
Early Reports Favor War Bond Drive In Washington County
Lee Holland and G. E Mace report encouraging first results from the Washington county war loan drive that officially opened April 12. The three week campaign aims at a county quota of 820 400 with bankers promoting large investments in war bonds countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Holland
Washington County
G. E Mace
Case Settled Ahead of Trial in Washington County Court
Jurors excused as the sole remaining jury case for the March term was settled today. Petit jurors are notified they may be recalled if needed while the term continues.
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Washington County
Dedicate K C Honor Roll With 17 Names
Rev James Welsh led a Washington Council Knights of Columbus meeting dedicating a 17 name armed forces honor roll from Mt. Pleasant area. The program included invocations, songs, a St James school playlet, and remarks from local officials and veterans.
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K.C
James Welsh
Mt. Pleasant
Washington Council
Knights of Columbus
Pather Backman
Richmond
Godless
America
Ek. Mace
County War Bord Committee
Council
Ed Sullivan
H. J. Corcoran
St. James Church
Martin Whittaker
Leon Beatley Post
The
American Legion
Mark Koening
Maurice Beliese
William Stumpf
Dale Freund
Alvin Horak
Tom Dea
Leonard MecKeone
Ed Muck
Francis Reed
Joe Dougall, Jr
Firmen Te Bockhorst
James Casey, Jr
Kenneth Blecha
James Thorn- Lili
Albert Schultz
Joe Caputa
John Flynn
St. James School
Jack and
Jill
J. M. Kelly
Lieceting
Substitutes for scarce materials aid civilian production
Development and use of substitutes for scarce materials for production of civilian goods has kept some factories in production, according to the department of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Inspectors Praise Iowa State Guard at Davenport Armory
Lieutenant C S Hoge of the Seventh Corps Service Area led the federal annual inspection of the Iowa State Guard headquarters company at Davenport Armory. Forty six of fifty eight members were present. Captain Howard Miller presided despite recent injuries. First Lieutenant Rodney Kephart led the unit with Second Lieutenant Rodney Arnold and First Sergeant Joe Simmering. Major Oliver Riley was unable to attend. After the inspection, officers and men enjoyed coffee and doughnuts at the State cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Hoge
Seventh Corps
United States Army
Davenport
Iowa State Guard
Howard Miller
Rodney Kephart
Rodney Arnold
Joe Simmering
Hoge
Miller
Oliver Riley
Burlington
Kyser Rejected for Military Service in Induction
Hollywood leader Kay Kyser of a top dance orchestra was rejected for Army service after medical exams at induction headquarters found him physically unfit for service.
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Hollywood
Calif
UPR
Kay Kyser
America
Army
Kyser
Omaha airport flood threat as Missouri breaks dike
Hamburg Iowa April 13. The Mose Givins dike failure sent Missouri floodwaters toward the town and prompted evacuation of residents along Payne to Hamburg. Omaha’s $41 million airport was inundated with four feet of water on runways as Civil Air Patrol crews and engineers worked with soldiers to shore the levee and rescue marooned workers and a radio announcer Foster May.
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Hamburg
Iowa
Mose Givins
Missouri River
Red Cross
McPaul
Omaha
Civil Air Patrol
The
Foster May
Fort Cook
Fort Omaha
U. S. Army
Money Still Coming In for Red Cross
The Red Cross war fund in Washington county neared its $15,000 goal with $14,959 raised by morning. A $41 shortfall was covered by a $40 gift from No 9 school district in Highland township and a $1 donation, with later gifts continuing to exceed the county quota. Pleasant View school district led day contributions with $66, aiding a total of $82 since yesterday.
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Red Cross War Fund
No. 9
Highland Township
Red Cross War
Washington County
Pleasant View
Washington county to push payroll bond allotment drive
C R Wilson chair of the payroll allotment division announces a county wide push to reach 190 percent participation in the war bond payroll plan. A public meeting is set for April 21 at the Y with W W Risser addressing. Employers and workers will coordinate to keep 10 percent of pay for bonds with credit to employees.
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C. R. Wilson
Washington County
W. W. Risser
Wilson
Washington
United States Treasury
G. E. Mace
County War Bond Committee
Axis Plan Defenses For Italy
Allied forces push along the Tunisian east coast reach the Ba tidaville area near Sousse and press the Axis line. Allied dispatches report gains in key sectors as American British and French troops pin German and Italian forces, signaling a final battle approach. Swiss reports say Hitler and Mussolini agreed Germany would assume defense of 40,000 square miles of Italian territory and control over Sicily Sardinia and southern Italy with German aid.
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United Press
Tunisia
Batida Ville
Sousse
Afrika Korps
Adolph Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Switzerland
Hitler
Mussolini
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Holding Watson on Desertion Charge
Deputy Sheriff Walt Kiesey travels to Eureka Illinois to secure Gordon Watson on a desertion accusation. Watson, indicted by a Washington county grand jury over three years ago, was not located until this week after military service and release for age. He has since been employed on a farm near Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Kiesey
Eureka
Ill
Gordon Watson
Washington County
H. M. Putnam
Watson
Lureka
House Group Cuts Appropriations for Farm Funds
The House Appropriations Committee slashed 240,093,647 dollars from the Agriculture Department for fiscal 1944 and abolished the farm security administration transferring its functions to the Farm Credit Administration. It rejected full parity payments for 1943 and 1944, ended the federal crop insurance program, and barred government loans when private credit is available. It kept parity payments for 1942 but noted no 1943 1944 funding. The committee criticized the farm security administration for excessive lending and inefficiency.
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House
Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
Agricultural Department
Farm Security Administration
Farm Credit Administration
AAA
Russia
Fund drive at headquarters boosted by county towns
Welcomed at the headquarters in the A. E. Atchison shoe store this fund today is expected to be increased considerably this week by belated additions from county towns and school districts in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Atchison
Creech Residence Damaged by Fire
Firefighters responded to a blaze at the Jack Creech home 525 West Third Street. The roof and attic were damaged after the fire spread from a chimney spark, with water from city mains used to control the fire and prevent spread to other parts of the house.
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Jack Creech
West Third Street
Funeral for Wanda Casper Held at St James Church
Funeral services were held at St James Catholic Church at 9 30 am for Wanda Casper killed in an auto mobile train collision in Moline early Sunday. Rev H J Corcoran presided the church was filled with friends and six cousins served as pallbearers. Nurses from Davenport's St Luke's attended in uniform as honorary pallbearers. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Catholic Church
Wanda Casper
Moline
H. J. Corcoran
St. James Church
Harold McFarland
Virgil
Clayton
Harry Lintz
Herman
Clem Eagle
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
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Huite
State Guard
Albert Propt
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Burlington Railroad
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