Drive for Waste Paper Campaign Urges Community Action
A statement from the Citizens' Service Corps and salvage department calls for a nationwide intensive paper salvage drive. Households should gather old paper and tie bundles for pickup, or bring items to local salvage depots. rural schools will collect from farms. Proceeds go to the Red Cross. The campaign also urges reusing gardens to prevent food shortages and support wartime effort.
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Citizens’ Service Corps
Salvage Department
Washington
Red Cross
High School and Junior Bands Spring Concert Program
Washington schools instrumental instructors present the high school and junior bands spring concert at the high school auditorium Friday at eight. Junior Band pieces include Behold Our Faith and Little Gypsy Overture, plus novelty selections by Paul Yoder. High School Band performs marches and overtures including The Klaxon, Stradella, Marche America No. 1, and selections by Tchaikowsky and Rodgers.
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Ralph W. Young
Washington
Behold Our Faith Divine Praetorus
Stradella
Favon Flotow
Marjorie Eowers
Eleanor Bond
Pepperino
Endresen
Helen Falk
Jane Pauls Wagner
Frangkiser
America
Ackemann-Bennett
95th Birthday for Elizabeth McConnaughey West
Mrs Elizabeth McConnaughey West of Fairbury Nebraska marks her 95th birthday today living with her son in law and daughter John and Mary Kelly. She is the daughter of David and Maggie McConnaughey pioneers who died near Washington Iowa five miles west of town. Her family includes a distant cousin and a aunt who lived past 100 in Pennsylvania and a cousin in South Town Avenue. Despite failing eyesight she writes clear letters with good penmanship and continues public interest.
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Elizabeth McConnaughey West
John Kelly
Fairbury
Nebr
David McConnaughey
Washington
Iowa
Pennsylvania
West
Mary Shehi
Mary Shehi, Died When More Than 100 Years Old. Mrs. West
Jennie Sowash Mason
South Town Avenue
Allied Bombing Blitz Strikes Nazi Factories Frontwide
More than 2,000 American war planes from Britain and Italy hit Nazi aircraft and component plants along a 400 mile stretch from Schweinfurt to Hungary. Ground fighting in Italy remained stalemated near Anzio and across the 5th Army front, with Mediterranean air forces focusing on southern Germany and the Balkans and raids knocking out rail links including a bridge at Albegna and another at the Var near Nice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Italy
Schweinfurt
Augsburg
Germany
Hungary
United States
Hdy
Naples
French
Rivienia
Anzio
5Th Army
Rome
Garigliano
Adriatic
8Th Army
Crecchio
United Press
Robert Vermillion
Anzio-Nettuno
Vermillion
Balkans
French Riviera
Albegna
Var River
Nice
Navy Recruiters Schedule Change Beside Burlington Post Office
Navy recruiters from Burlington will visit tomorrow from nine to three at the post office to handle Eddy test radio technician exams and enlistment applications for 17 year olds, 18 to 38 year olds, and 38 to 50 year olds. No Washington recruiting next week. they return Friday April 28. Civil service men in Burling ton will hire for west coast navy yards and Pearl Harbor on April 22, 24, 25, and 26 at the United States employment office. WAVE applications will be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Burlington
Washington
Post Office
Civil Service
West Coast Navy Yards
Pearl Harbor
United States Employment Office
Nova Scotia Records 20.7 Percent Drop in Juvenile Delinquency
Nova Scotia officials reported a 20.7 percent decrease in juvenile delinquency, signaling progress in youth crime prevention. Details on programs and regional impact were not provided in the fragment.
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Nova Scotia
New Draft Rule Of Little Effect In Washington County
Washington county selective service board says the new draft rule limiting induction of men aged 26 or older involved in war activities will have little effect. They canvassed local conditions and consulted Des Moines officials and state authorities, finding only very few related cases where it might apply. They do not expect it to affect men already preinducted or awaiting call.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
Washington County
Unien
Des Moints
Selective Service
Allied Air Power in Pacific Demonstrates Growing Strength
United Press reports a two day allied air offensive over the Pacific with US bombers striking Japanese bases along a 4000 mile front from New Guinea to northern Japan. Liberators from Aleutian bases hit Matsuwawa and Omekotan while strikes also hit Truk Moen Dublin Ponape and Noimi Oroluk Ulul marshals bases.
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United Press
Pacific
United States
New Guinea
Japan
Paramushiro
Shumushu Island
Kamehatka Peninsula
Siberia
Truk
Carolines
Central Pacific
Moen
Dublin Island
Ponape
Noimi Atoll
Oroluk
Ulul
Army
Navy
Marshalls
Dividend authorized on L and T debentures in Washington
Judge J Siegers in Washington county district court authorized trustees for Washington Loan and Trust Company debentures to pay a 15 percent dividend to Series A bondholders. The court also granted a divorce in John Combs vs Dorothy Combs on grounds of desertion during the March 1 term. Judge Siegers expects to return to Washington on April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Siegers
Washington Loan and Trust Company
John Combs
Dorothy Combs
Washington
Siegers
United Presbyterian Church Holds Annual Meeting and Dinner
About 150 attended a dinner after which the United Presbyterian Church held its annual business meeting. Officers elected include Roger Sherman as chairman and Mrs. Marion George as secretary. New vice chairman George Rudiger and trustees Ralph Kleese and David Livingston were named. Mary French was reappointed financial secretary. The congregation reported total contributions of 12,500 for the two funds, plus 1,933 from church organizations, and 3,123 remaining cash and bonds in the contingent fund. A $200 gift to Dr. E E Grice’s missionary family in Egypt was announced. A committee to study structural changes to the church building will be named later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Congregation
Roger
Sherman
Marion George
George Rudiger
Robert McFarlane
Ray Anderson
Mission Fund
Ralph Kleese
David Livingston
Mary French
E. E. Grice
Egypt
Ladies Aid Society
Roger Sherman
Oscar Lane
D. P. Living
Mrs. J. A. Horak Taken by Death
Mrs. Emma Horak wife of John A. Horak died at Mercy hospital in Iowa City where she had been ill since Christmas She was born May 15 1884 in Highland township and married Feb 28 1905 at Riverside Surviving are her husband three sons Paul Leonard Alvin one daughter and six grandchildren Funeral services will be held at St James Catholic church Washington Saturday at 9 30 am with burial in Mt Olivet Riverside A rosary will be at L A Jones funeral home Friday at 8 30 pm. She was a member of St James church and the H J club. One son preceded her in death.
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Emma
Horak
John A. Horak
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
St. James Catholic Church
Washington
H. J. Corcoran
Mt. Olivet
Riverside
L. A. Jones
Anthony
Antonette Knotek Mattis
Highland Township
St. James Church
H. J. Club
War Secretary reports 26000 Japanese dead in Pacific
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced that more than 26 000 Japanese corpses have been counted in recent months across the southwest and central Pacific theaters. The figure reflects ongoing combat losses reported by U S authorities.
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Washington, D. C
Southwest
Central Pacific
Henry L. Stimson
County Stores Enforce the Ceilings
Washington county price and rationing board reports store survey complete. The county price panel says stores are cooperating 196 percent in enforcing OPA regulations.
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Washington County Price and
Local Notices Include Various Names in Fragment
A partial listing of individuals appears in the document fragment including Nellie Hamill Jessie Stewart Stewart Bell Virginia Wylie Verla Boshart Gladys Edwards Maurine Larsen Marion Work and W I Duncan among others.
E G Dunn Keynote to Be Broadcast from WHO Station
In Des Moines the Democratic state headquarters announced that E G Dunn will deliver the keynote at the state convention on Saturday. The speech will be broadcast over WHO from 11 15 to 11 45 Saturday morning. Washington county delegates at the convention include Mrs Em a Frank Mrs Roy G Green Zelda Shebek Ivo Grady Joe Pieper Theed Zillmer John Rath Clarence Boshart Matt Wehr W L Gates William C Embree Yaro Sojka Harry Dye W W Wilson J M Kelley and Mrs Harry Dye.
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Des Moines
E. G. Dunn
Washington County
Enma Frank
Roy G. Green
Zelda Shebek
Ivo Grady
Joe Pieper
Theed Zillmer
John Rath
Clarence Boshart
Matt Wehr
W. L. Gates
William C. Embree
Yaro
Death of Flight Officer Cloyce W. Babcock in North Africa
Mr and Mrs P E Babcock received a War Department telegram confirming the death of their son Flight Officer Cloyce W Babcock of the United States Army Ferry Command. The crash occurred over French Morocco in North Africa on April 6 during an aircraft accident and unsuccessful parachute jump. One other man was killed and others injured. A letter will follow and the couple planned to travel to Nashville to retrieve Cloyce’s car and effects.
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P. E. Babcock
War Department
Cloyce W. Babcock
United States Army Ferry Command
French Morocco
North Africa
Smart
Nashville
Tenn
Bong Proclaimed Ace of Aces After 27 Aerial Kills
Allied dispatch from SW Pacific reports Capt. Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin named America ace of aces by Gen. Douglas MacArthur after downing his 26th and 27th Japanese planes in a Hollandia New Guinea raid. Fellow pilot Capt. Don Gentile of Piqua Ohio also cited as top fighter ace in separate award.
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Allied Hdq
SW Pacific
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wise
America
Douglas McArthur
Hollandia
New Guinea
Don Gentile
Piqua, Ohie
Red Army Seizes Feodosiya as Crimea Front Cracks
Soviet forces captured Feodosiya the largest port on Crimea's southeast coast as Gen. Andrei Yeremenko's coastal army moved west from Kerch. Stalin proclaimed the fall and hailed it as a key enemy strong point with a 20 salvo guns salute.
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London
Crimea
Sevastopol
Feodosiya
Black Sea
Red Army
Andrei Yeremenko
Kerch Peninsula
Simferopol
Crimean
Josef Stalin
Keretz
Stalin
Yeremenko
Akmanai
Kerch
Charles Rickey Dies After Illness in County Hospital
Charles E Rickey 73 died at 12 15 today at the county hospital after a five day stay. He was born August 8 1870 in Pilotburg and lived in the county most of his life. Surviving are his wife two sons Irwin and William A Rickey of Rock Island a daughter Mrs Mary A Troyer of Utica Ohio two sisters Mrs J E Adams of Ainsworth and Mrs Co J Hon of Denver Colo. Funeral services probable Saturday at 2 30 at L A Jones funeral home with Rev Fred E B Miller presiding burial in Pilotburg cemetery. He was a member of the Methodist church and several local lodges. Nine months is the average life of a dollar bill.
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Charles E. Rickey
East Seventh Street
L. A
Washington
Ruey Ellen Work
Methodist Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Kalona
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Iowa City
Irwin
William A. Rickey
Rock Island
Mary A. Troyer
Utica
Ohio
J. E. Adams
Ainsworth
Co. J. Hon
Denver
Colo
Record-Hauling World War II Ace Breaks 26-Plane Mark
The 8th Air Force pilot in Britain credited with destroying 27 planes. Seven of the 30 bombers with whom he fought were destroyed on the ground, while Frong’s other 27 were claimed in combat. The feat surpasses Eddie Rickenbacker’s WWI record of 26 and matches Joe Foss and Gregory Boyington in this war. Boyington, missing since his 26th kill, received the Congressional Medal of Honor in Washington yesterday.
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8Th Air Force
Britain
Bong
Frong
Eddie Rickenbacker
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
Gregory Boyington
Okanogan
Wash
Boyington
Washington
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Crimean Peninsula
U.S
Bataan
Luzon
Nsee
Australia
Guam
Admiralty
Philippines
Marshall
Gibertish
Isaadalcanal
Jellice Islands
Coral Sea
Pearl
Nimitz
China Coast
Philippine Peninsula
Victory Gardens
Fillmore
Pavanne
Morton Gould
Invercargill
Lithgow Tschaikowsky
Paul Yoder
Little Brown Jug
Bergeim
Oklahoma
Richard Rodgers
Washington County Board
Allied Air Power
Grant
United Presbyterians
J. A. Horak
Paul Horak
Cloyce
Charles Rickey
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