District court awards church damages in Iowa case
A district court jury at Charles City Iowa awarded St Boni face Catholic Church of Ionia 500 damages for destruction of church fixtures in a suit against Helen M Brewer a former bus queen Two other 10000 suits were dismissed Father Goetzinger asked 10000 for mortification and grief his brother Philip asked a similar amount Brewer pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property and was sentenced to a year in Chickasaw county jail the sentence suspended on condition of restitution to the church
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Charles City
St. Boniface
Ionia
Helen M. Brewer
Iowa
Brewer
C. B. Goetzinger
Philip Goetzinger
Chickasaw
Hungarians Forced Into Battle Against Reds
Moscow reports German counter-attacks below Lwow forced Hungarian troops into action at machine gun point. About 1,200 Germans were killed in the attempt to drive on the Russian flank southeast of Stanisławów as 400 Hungarians were captured and revealed units behind them. Red air forces bombed military trains and airfields while Russian navy planes sank a 1000 ton transport and damaged two transports near Sevastopol.
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Moscow
Lwow
Old Poland
Stanisinow
Red Air Force
Lnow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Bombers Smash At Italian Coast
Allied air forces hit Toulon and Italian ports in a major nighttime strike. Nearly 500 American heavy bombers from the 15th air force attacked Toulon while British Wellington bombers and RAF Liberators struck Piombino Orbetello San Stefano and Genoa. Ground fronts were quiet apart from patrols.
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Naples
15Th Air Force
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Polish Priest and Stalin Hold Informal Kremlin Talk
Premier Stalin met Fev. Stanislaus Orlemanski of Springfield Massachusetts in the Kremlin for an unprecedented conference on the Polish situation. Orlemanski said the results were excellent and proceeded to visit the Polish army in Russia for two days.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Fev
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Vioscow
Stalin
Orlemanski
Russia
Federal order calls Ward plant troop withdrawal
The army detachment guarding the Montgomery Ward & Co plant in Chicago is withdrawn after a federal court order bars Ward officers from hindering operations. Senate Judiciary Chair Pat McCarran announces a probe into the legal authority behind more than 700 executive orders since 1933, with an investigator to report next week.
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Senate Committee
Washington
D. C
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Lia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Montgomery Ward & Co
Roosevelt
McCarran
Chicago
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Cres ton Child Dies From Brooder Stove Explosion
Donna Nelson five, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Nelson, died in a hospital five miles south of Cres ton after suffering burns from a brooder stove explosion earlier Thursday.
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Creston
Donna Nelson
Harry Nelson
Distillers speech stirs Iowa Press convention clash
An unscheduled speech by a distiller representative sparked disruption at the Iowa Press Association meeting as editors protested and questioned liquor shortages. Walter F. Terry of Detroit cited war needs and urged stricter drunken driving laws while counterpoints accused state agencies of issuing large liquor permits.
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Des Moines
Iowa Press
Sherman W Needham
Ames
Don Berry
Indianola
Walter F. Terry
Detroit
Mich
Conference of Alcoholic Beverages Industries
Printing Board
The
Liquor Commission
Prosperity Era Seen as Possible After War
Dean Chester A Phillips of the University of Iowa foresees a postwar prosperity era aided by abundant bank deposits and savings for peacetime spending. He cites deferred demand for cars appliances and housing, wartime knowledge of large scale production, and new products like television soy bean products wood processing methods and plastics.
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Iowa City
Chester A Phillips
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Dean Phillips
Brighton Woman Dies After Illness at Davenport Hospital
Ary Leonard Bridges 23 of Davenport died at Mercy hospital Davenport after illness began ten days earlier. Funeral held at A. Hoskins funeral home then Methodist church Sunday at two. burial in Hillcrest cemetery. Nora Myrtle Crandall, daughter of Mare and Jessie Crandall, born August 19 1920 in Brighton, married to Leonard J. Bridges December 4 1939 in Davenport. They lived in Davenport Seattle Camp Roberts and Briston, husband later at Camp Ord. Surviving: her husband, her mother, two sisters Nita Harper and Helen Baird, one brother Charles Crandall. a son Jonathan Lee died at birth.
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Brighton
Leonard Bridges
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Jefferson County Hospital
Nora Myrtle Crandall
Mare and
Jessie
Vetter) Crandall
Brighton High School
Brighton Christian Church
Leonard J. Bridges
Seattle
Camp Roberts
Calif
Brishton
Bridges
Camp Ord
Nita Harper
Peoria
Ill
Nirev
Helen Baird
Crewe Coure, Jr
Charles Crandall
Jonathan Lee
Week of May 1 Kalona Hygiene Classes
The calendar notes a Monday 2:00 P M home hygiene class in Kalona and a Tuesday session from 1:00 to 3:30 P M.
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Kalona
Child Health Conference and Talks Schedule
A series of health events includes a Child health conference in Crawfordaville on Wednesday from 1 00 to 4 00 P M and a special mothers class in the office on Thursday at 2 00 P M Dr Church to speak at the Womens club in Kalona at 2 34 P M.
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Crawfordaville
Church
Womens Club
Kalona
Iowa farm price index slips. poultry drops drag livestock
The general farm index received by Iowa farmers fell to 192 from the prewar base as April values show poultry prices retreating on seasonal grounds. Livestock and livestock products also slipped while crops gained with corn wheat soybeans and rye rising. Feed ratios shifted as fat and dairy feed declined and egg poultry feed dropped to new April lows.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sugar canning permits open until Feb 28 1945 in county
Washington county rationing board clarifies sugar for canning remains available any time until February 28 1945. Officials stress no deadline has passed and will issue notice if regulation changes.
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Washington County
Wives of Governor Candidate Candidates Meet in Y Community Room
The Council of Republican Women of the First District met in the Y yesterday for a one day session with fifty eight registrants. Mrs Mary Beggs district chairman presided and Mrs Lida Crewe district president gave the welcome. Mrs Marjorie Roberts urged women to be informed and speak up on politics. Mrs Martha McClure national committeewoman was ill and hospitalized.
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Council of
Republlican Women of the First District
The
Mary Beggs
Robert Blue
Henry Burna
Ir. Blue
Luuch
Burna
Mr. Blue
Emily Pritchard
Garner State Organization
Blue
Carolyn Hamilton
C. W. McLaughlin
Eglute
Lida Crewe
West Branch
Begwrs
Press Women of
Iowa
Pritchard
Fred Holstein
Martha McClure
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Avery Opposition Sparks U.S. Attorney General Orders
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle issued orders for the forceable removal of Sewell Avery from his Montgomery Ward offices after Avery refused to turn over the companys assets to Under Secretary Wayne Chatfield Taylor. Avery, president of the mail order firm, did not cooperate in operating the plant taken over by the government following officials refusal to comply with a presidential order to extend an expired contract with a C I O union.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Company
Chicago River
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
Department of Commerce
U. S
Francis Biddle
Sewell Avery
Biddle
Avery
Memorial day plans begin with four weeks left
An early start is being made this year on plans for Memorial day with four weeks remaining to organize the program. McKaster hopes to get every department of the plans started at Monday night's meet.
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McKaster
Massive Allied Bombers Assault Berlin In Heavy Daylight Raid
American warplanes led a major daylight offensive on Berlin with up to 2 000 bombers and fighters joining 13 days of bombing. Nazi broadcasts acknowledged damage and fires while Allied escorts protected Fortresses and Liberators and tactical air forces in support.
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London
Berlin
U. S
America
Sthanuth
Germany
U .S. 8Th Air Force
Uerlin
Europe
Yta Air Force
France
R.A.B. Tactical Air Force
Harry Taylor's Son Earns Flying Cross and Air Medals
Phillip R. Taylor, 22, grandson of W. J. Taylor of Oakland California, earned the distinguished flying cross the air medal and three oak leaf clusters as a waist gunner on a Flying Fortress in Europe. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Taylor of 642 El Dorado Avenue Oakland. A recent Oakland paper features him with several columns on his exploits including a gun sight knocked off by flak. His sister Frances Taylor, known to many here, is with the WACs stationed at Camp Ellis Illinois.
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Phillip R. Taylor
W. J. Taylor
East 7Th Street
Phillip
Harry Taylor
el Dorado Avenue
Oakland
California
Frances
Pfe
Frances Taylor
The
Wacs
Camp Ellis
Illinois
Walnut and Filbert Production Centered on West Coast
National commercial production of English walnuts almonds and filberts concentrates in California Oregon and Washington. The report notes major growing areas across these states with emphasis on nut agriculture and industry distribution.
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California
Oregon
Washington
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