Allied Bombers Raid Caroline Islands and Tarakan in New Offensive
United States forces conducted multiple air raids across the Caroline Islands including Satawan Moleal Ponape Pakin Ujelang and Lakunal Bay while Liberator bombers sank a 1000 ton cargo ship west of Hollandia and targeted Namber Kamiri airfields on Noenfoor. In India, Japanese forces claimed capture of Moirang near Imphal after breaking through defenses.
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United Press
Caroline Islands
Tarakan
Borneo
Netherlands
Fast Indies
Pomel
Davao
Philippines
Australia
South
Central Pacific
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Satawan
Truk
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Ujelang
Hollandia
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Kamiri
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India
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Imphal
Russia May Join Big Western Invasion Plans
Moscow and Berlin broadcasts hint at coordination with a full scale Russian spring offensive aligned with Teheran plans. United Press reports a Moscow sense of anticipation as Allied forces position in the west and Soviet leader hints of a major spring push.
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Teheran
United Press
Harrison Salisbury
Moscow
Poland
Stanisanow
Italy
Madrid
Arriba
Id Pm
A.m
National Broadcasting Company
Stockholm
Salisbury
IOWA GASOLINE TAX REFUND FRAUD GUILTY PLEAS RISE
Fred V. Shoquist reported that 14 more Iowans pleaded guilty and paid $100 fines for filing false gasoline tax refund claims. The total Guilty pleas reach 122 since the state began crackdown last October, targeting refunds on gasoline used not for highway purposes, with claims due within three calendar months of purchase.
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Des Moines
Fred V. Shoquist
Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced for Sabotage of Plant
Louis Roe mig Jr received two concurrent four year sentences from Judge Henry N. Graven after being found guilty of sabotage in the June 7 destruction by fire of the Middle Amana refrigeration plant.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Roemig, Jr
Henry N. Graven
Roemig
Amana
War year campaigns press the elbow for support in Des Moines
Des Moines Republicans and Democrats alike push hard for primary votes. Lieutenant General Robert D. Blue and Speaker Henry W. Burma hammer out face to face rounds while Milton W. Strickler tours by train and bus hitchhiking alongside the candidates. Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper and Senatorial hopeful Richard F. Mitchell face no primaries. Democratic hopeful Senator Guys M. Gillette also not campaigning.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Henry W. Burma
Milton W. Strickler
Blue
Burma
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
United States
Richard F. Mitchell
Guys M. Gillette
Embalmers Charged Without Licenses in Waterloo Case
District Judge Jude Channon Chariton heard the state board of health action against Ro J. Boswell and Clelia Fox former workers at Kearns Garden Chapel Funeral Home. They are accused of embalming without state licenses.
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Waterloo
Jude Channon B. Chariton
State Board of Health
Ro J. Boswell
Clelia Fox
Kearns Garden Chapel Funeral Home
Boswell
Fox
Hit Man With Hammer Sentenced to Anamosa
Kenneth Myers, 19, was sent to Anamosa reformatory to serve a year for assault with intent to commit bodily injuries. He pleaded guilty before Judge Norman R. Hayes to striking Robert King over the head with a hammer during an April 15 altercation on the Ray Garner E. C. Harlan farm southeast of town.
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Indianola
Kenneth Myers
Anamosa Reformatory
Norman R. Hayes
Myers
Robert King
King
Ray Garner
E. C. Harlan
Here
Grand jury clears Vesely of embezzlement charges
Linn county grand jurors found no legal grounds to indict former Auditor Robert M. Vesely for embezzlement after a restitution of 3638.40 was made and the county suffered no loss. The report to District Judge Guy P. Linville noted that further facts could prompt reconsideration if brought to light.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
Guy P. Linville
U.S. Bombers Across Channel In Sixth Straight Day
Hundreds of American bombers crossed the channel for the pre invasion strike as Berlin radio described heavy fighting in western Germany with strong U S air forces engaging.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Allied Air Offensive Into Sixth Day Preps Invasion
London reports American four engine bombers sweeping across the channel to resume a record pre invasion air assault on western Europe. The raid targets include Cologne and German railway yards as Allied forces push to soften defenses for an upcoming invasion. American heavy bombers from Italy aid the Russian front by striking railway yards in Bucharest and Ulyseveria.
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ATP
Western
Europe
R.A.P
Cologne
Straits of Dover
Sth
United States Air Force
Germany
Channel
Italy
Bucharest
Ujaseveria
Romania
Endangered by Rifle Shots West of Town
Reports to the Journal say boys have been careless with rifles near the Rock Island reservoir at the town’s west edge. Several narrow escapes have occurred as stray bullets fly through the locality. Police urge careful gun use to prevent tragedy.
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Rock Island Reservoir
Journal
Vesely Reported to Have Led County Auditor’s Office Issues
The jury reconvened after two and a half days of testimony on Vesely and his handling of the county auditor’s office before his temporary suspension on Apr 6 and resignation on Apr 15 over an alleged shortage.
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Vesely
Annual Spring Warning About Dogs in Washington
Mayor R J Lytle and city officials issue their annual notice on dog control. The ordinance requires owners to keep dogs on private premises and under control with restraint or tether and warns police may kill any dog found roaming streets to protect people and property.
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R. J. Lytle
Washington Poies
City of Washington
Awards Prison Term to Rhoads in Chariton Case
In Chariton Iowa UP G KE Rhoads a former public safety official was sentenced to three years at Ft Madison for conspiracy and related charges. The judge also heard that Herbert Bags an Ottumwa hotel clerk pleaded guilty to conspiracy and testified against Rhoads amid payoff allegations involving Ottumwa witnesses.
Reds Absorbing German Attacks Southeast of Lwow
Moscow reports that southeast of Stanislawow 70 miles below Lwow Soviet artillery and anti tank guns are absorbing the strongest German counter thrust since last fall. More than 1 500 Germans were killed and eight tanks wrecked in yesterday s abortive attack raising the four day total to at least 6 700 Nazi troops killed and 198 panzers destroyed. The siege of Sevastopol enters its fifth day as Soviet forces regroup for a new assault on the naval base after their lightning liberation of air.
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Stanislawow
Lwow
Red Army
Sevastopol
Crimea
Murray Funeral Services Set for Homer Murray at Fairfield
Homer Murray 60 dies after weeks in Jefferson County Hospital. Funeral 3 p.m. Sunday at Murray funeral home Fairfield with burial in Fairfield cemetery. He lived most of his life in Fairfield and once managed a coffee and rubber plantation in Mexico. He worked for L A Jones in Washington and the internal revenue service. He was a longtime member of the Presbyterian church Masons Elks and the Fairfield Rotary. Two liquor dealers and ambler are to be sentenced April 29 at Ottumwa.
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Homer Murray
Murray
Fairrfield
Fairfield
Washington
L. A. Jones
Collector of Internal Revenue
Ofumwa
Bhirh
Mexico
Jefferson County Hospital
Presbyterian Church
The
Masons and the Elks
Rotary Club
Trawlers in the North Atlantic Fish Cod to Fishermen
North Atlantic trawlers report an average seasonal cod catch of 200 000 pounds per vessel. The data highlights a strong harvest level and potential impacts on market supply and pricing.
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North Atlantic
Rainfall Tops Four Inches This Month Deluge Pauses Not Seen
April rainfall already exceeds four inches with more than a week left. Yesterday added 1.10 inches, much between eight and nine PM, saturating soil and flooding Crooked Creek. Farmers fear planting delays and possible replanting of oats. gardens delayed. Mrs. J. M. Bieher and Mrs. Roger Bicher will attend convocation in Iowa City for Jane Eicher’s bachelor degree in commerce.
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Crooked Creek
J. M. Bieher
Roger Bicher
Iowa City
Jane Eicher
College of Commerce
State University of Iowa
Four Washington County Schools Stage Music Festival
About 2930 students from four county high schools performed in a day and evening music festival led by a 140 member band and mixed choruses from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville and Washington. Paul Ray praised the well trained singers and teachers while Alvin Edgar directed the massed chorus and Band amid a stormy backdrop.
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Washington County
Finsworth
Brighton
Washington
Crawfordsville
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
Paul &. Ray
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Ainsworth
Ray
Edgar
Kathleen Linderson
W. PD. Bakehouse
Delene Benson
Manda Davis
Brighton Girls’ Glee Club
Coe
Ames
Alvin Edgar
Iowa State College
British in Raids on Italian Ports
Allied sources report pre dawn Wellington raids extended to Genoa the largest port in northern Italy and attacks on San Stefano and Livorno. Fire outbreaks were noted at San Stefano and Livorno while German artillery and air countermeasures targeted Anzio and nearby Nethina.
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Naples
F. Wellingtons
Genoa
Italy
Germany
San Stefano
Lavorno
Livorno
Pauly and Humston Jr Engage in Brighton Wash Event
Bernard Pauly of Brighton and Grant Humston Jr of Wash participated in a local event described in this brief notice. The fragment notes their involvement and location but lacks further details on purpose or outcome.
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Bernard Pauly
Brighton
Grant Humston, Jr
Wash
Beef Cattle Meeting Set Tuesday With Rex Beresford
Rex Beresford Extension Animal Husbandman will speak at a cattle feeders meeting in the Courthouse Tuesday evening April 25 at 8 15. Feeders from Henry Jefferson Keokuk Johnson and Louisa counties attend alongside Washington county. Beresford will review Beef Cattle Outlook and share results of the April 1 Chicago Producers Livestock Commission Association survey on marketing intentions from about 10 000 feeders. All interested county cattle feeders are welcome.
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Rex Beresford
Henry
Jefferson
Keokuk
Johnson
Louisa
Washington County
Beresford
Chicago Producers Livestock Commission Association
Keokuk Youths Cleared in Breaking, Faced New Petty Larceny Charge
The Keokuk youths were cleared by the Keokuk grand jury at Sigourney of breaking and entering. A new petty larceny charge was filed against them in justice court at Sigourney, with fines of $50 each for taking property from a house in the Talleyrand community.
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Ington
Keokuk
Sigourney
Justice Court
Talleyrand
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