Iowa High School Pupils Protest Teacher Dismissals
In Oskaloosa, students at Oskaloosa High gathered Friday to protest the dismissal of four faculty members. Ruth Whitmore with 25 years of service and I. G. Hawke with 16 years led the group, joined by William Swim 7 years and former elementary principal John Emerick 3 years. A student committee prepared resolutions for the school board after inviting Superintendent R. J. Carroll and board president Harold J. Fleck, who did not attend.
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Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa High School
Ruth Whitmore
I. G. Hawke
William Swim
John Emerick
Emerick
R. J. Carroll
Harold J. Fleck
State Liquor Sales Higher for March in Des Moines
Iowa retail liquor stores sold 1,664,588 dollars in March. The liquor control commission reported a gain of 11,784 dollars from March of 1943 due to higher prices. Gallonage fell by 20,832 gallons from the previous year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bain
Liquor Control Commission
Missouri river levee breaks reach 24 in Iowa area
Three levees on the Iowa side of the Missouri river near Omaha failed Friday afternoon raising the total to 24. The latest breaches were Boyer Bend opposite Ft. Calhoun Levee C and the Dodge and Peterson levees across from Omaha. A crest of 21 feet was forecast for Omaha with cooler, partly cloudy weather not expected to worsen the flood threat.
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Missouri
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Missouri River
Omaha
Neb
Boyer Bend
Ft. Calhoun
Dodge and Peterson
Truck Crash Kills Two Men in Tama Crossing
A pickup truck driven by Abraham I. Schwartz and struck by a North Western passenger train at a Tama crossing killed Schwartz 51 of Marshalltown and Frank Carter 52 of Tama. Coroner Harvey Jones reported the bodies lay about a block from the scene. both men dealt in furs hides and scrap iron.
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Tama
Abraham I. Schwartz
Marshalltown
Frank Carter
North Western
Tama County
Harvey Jones
Schwartz
Carter
Newton Pilot Killed in Alabama Plane Crash
Lieut. Warren W White, son of Mr and Mrs D A White of Newton, was killed in a plane crash near Montgomery Alabama on Friday. White, an instructor at Harlingen Texas until recently, was stationed at Maxwell Field Alabama and on a special bomber training flight when the accident occurred.
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Newton
Alabama
Warren W White
D A. White
Montgomery
Ala
White
Harlingen
Tex
Maxwell Field
Woman's bed hid life savings of twenty thousand dollars
Cedar Rapids report of Mrs. Mary Drummond a 90 year old woman who died Thursday revealing she sewed her life savings of 20321 into two pieces of canvas kept in her bed Relatives say only nieces and nephews survive and learned of the money about ten days before her death
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Drummond
Woman convicted of robbery paroled in Clarinda
Mrs Hazel Wilder was sentenced to five years in the women's reformatory and paroled after pleading guilty to grand larceny in the Petticoat robbery of Jennie Maxwell in Shenandoah. John Davis, also charged, filed a motion for a new trial after being convicted on March 24.
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Clarinda
Hazel Wilder
Women’s Reformatory
Jennie Maxwell
Shenandoah
John Davis
Allied Bombardment Targets Italian West Coast Ports
Allied Wellington and Liberator air forces attacked Leghorn, San Stefano, and Biombino for seven hours to disrupt German sea supply routes after rail lines were cut. Ground action remained quiet with patrols and artillery while German pressure hit the Anzio beachhead and Cassino front.
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Hadg
Naples
R. A. F. Wellington
Liberators
Leghorn
San Stefano
Biombino
Rome
Thiee
Italy
Mitchell
Viterbo
Anzio
Aprilia
Cassino
5Th Army
Rules for Tin Can Salvage and Contributor Guidance
The notice lists steps for salvaging tin cans including removing paper labels, removing ends, washing and drying, flattening, and storing until disposal. It instructs donors to place cans in the east bin opposite the post office and urges complete effort to speed processing for the committee.
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Wae Salvage
East bin
Rhoads Found Guilty by Jury in Iowa Case
Chariton Iowa April 15 former Ottumwa public safety commissioner Rhoads is found guilty of taking protection money from bootleggers and gamblers. Jurors deliberated nine hours and 25 minutes. the verdict was appealed to the state supreme court after his counsel announced intent to appeal. The case was moved from Wapello to Lu eis county on change of venue.
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Chariton
Iowa
G. BE. Rhoads
Public Pifety
Ottumwa
Rhoads
State Supreme Court
Lueis County
Wapelto
Selective Service
Washington, D. C
Washington County Selective Service Board
Des Moines
Army
Navy
Industrial hygiene service reach in 1942
In 1942 industrial hygiene services were provided to more than 2,600,000 workers across 6,888 establishments. The program evaluated worker conditions and promoted safety practices amid wartime industrial activity.
Army Rushing Invasion Supplies: Vast WWII War Effort
Army ordnance depots push massive overseas shipments to ports of embarkation ahead of Allied invasion. Night work and no discrimination mark the effort as Maj. A. H. Gardner Jr. notes warehouses race to deliver tonnage. Letterkenny and Raritan depots report record monthly shipments and multicarload requirements for tank spare sets.
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Kansas City
U.P
Army Ordnance
A. H. Gardner, Jr
Lake City
Here
Gardner
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
Maj
Raritan
Metuchen
N. J
Church Club Plans Father Son Banquet
The Methodist church Men's club plans a father and son dinner next Thursday evening April 20. Dinner at 6 30. Members without sons may borrow one for the occasion. Rev Sean Chapman of Wesley Methodist Church Des Moines will speak. Tickets from Dr A W Clow Yea Brown Fred Bey or Cloud Willits. Dinner served by a church unit group.
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The
Methodist Church
Sean Chapman
Wesley Methodist Church
Des Moines
Chapman
A. W. Clow
Yea Brown
Fred Bey
Cloud Willits
New Address for Captain Farsons at POW Camp
Captain Thomas M. Farsons now located at M8 a Co POW Camp in Indianola Nebraska with updated mailing details for correspondence and official notices.
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Thomas M. Farsons
Indianola
Nebr
Trial Ruling Set After Maxwell Robbery Claim
The court will rule next Thursday on her bid for a new trial. Miss Maxwell testified a pouch of $23 000 in currency hidden in her petticoat was taken by robbers who entered her home posing as seekers for an apartment and then stripped her underskirt.
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Miss Maxwell
Pioesti Also Attacked by Americans
London report says a force of 500 American heavy bombers based in Italy attacked Bucharest and Ploesti to aid Russian armies in Romania. German fighters engaged, while a Romanian communique via the German press cited 2942 killed and 2126 wounded in the Bucharest raid, a record casualty toll for a single air raid.
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London
Italy
Romania
Bucharest
Ploesti
Germany
Reich
Britain
United Press
High Command
Meat Talk By Moninger At County Women’s Meeting
John H. Moninger, director of the lard division at the American Meat Institute, will speak on Livestock Products and the Post War Period to the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs in the Y.ALC.A Community room. The event is open to the public with invitations extended to rural residents.
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John H. Moninger
American Meat Institute
Y.alc.a
Moninger
Chicago
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington
Towa
Marshall County
Coe College
Institute For the Pacific Northwest
Institute of Chicago
Riverside Woman Is Made A Democratic District Alternate
Iowa delegates to the Democratic National Convention are chosen in four districts. From the first district delegates include Leroy Mercer Iowa City E J Carroll Davenport Ralph Lowe Letts James D France Tipton and alternates Mary Griffin Green Riverside Lee Riggs Muscatine Mrs Alyce Husa Iowa City and Dr W A Sternberg Mt Pleasant.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Democratc
Leroy Mercer
Iowa City
E. J. Carroll
Davenport
Ralph Lowe
Letts
James D. France
Tipton
Mary Griffin Green
Riverside
Lee Riggs
Muscatine
Alyce Husa
W. A. Sternberg
Mt. Pleasant
Meint Koehler and Mary Les sie Block Obtain License
Meint Koehler and Mary Les sie Block both of Washington secured a marriage license at the courthouse.
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Meint Koehler
Mary Lessie Block
Washington
Court House
Rainfall Adds Over an Inch in April for Week
Rain showers yesterday and last night totaled more than an inch. The period’s total rainfall rose to about two inches over the past week. Last night brought .80 inches with .22 inches yesterday making 1.62 inches in the last 24 hours. Temperatures cooled with light rain and persistent cloud cover.
Red Forces Close On Sevastopol In Crimea Fighting
Soviet tanks pushed toward Sevastopol as Axis garrison of about 100000 troops faced encirclement in the Crimea. Red armies seized towns, sunk transports, and blocked shores to thwart evacuation while destroying multiple Axis ships and barges.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Crimea
4Th Ukrainian Army
Independent Maritime Army
Alughta
Air Mail Rates Clarified by Postmaster DeLong
Postmaster M C DeLong clarifies air mail rates for civilians and armed forces. Domestic air mail within the United States costs eight cents per ounce. Overseas military mail requires six cents per half ounce via APO or FPO addresses. He urges using lightweight paper to fit a half-ounce letter to service members overseas.
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M. C. DeLong
United States
Army
Navy
Strawberries Sold by the Yard in Bogota Market
Report from Bogota shows strawberries sold by the yard in open-air stalls. Vendors offer long bundles to attract buyers, reflecting local market practices and pricing strategies.
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Bogota
Columbia
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Mr. Young
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