Allied Air Offensive Hits Kyushu and Tokyo Area
More than 200 B 29s raid Kyushu bases while attacks target Tachikawa and nearby airfields. The carrier Comfort suffers damage and 29 killed with 33 injured as U S forces press toward Naha and Okinawa towns. Japanese air resistance includes 200 planes and 104 shot down, with Manila and Mindanao fronts shifting as MacArthur reports Japanese casualties and prisoner totals. British columns reach near Rangoon as Burma actions surge.
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United Press
Kyushu
U. S. Navy
Aoe
Ote Gert Garwigny
Comfort
Okinawa
Kunsun
Tachikawa Army Arsenal
Tokyo
Tadio Tokyo
Memorial Day meeting urged for observances in Washington
T L Brookhart announces a memorial day planning meeting in the Legion rooms city hall Wednesday evening. He requests leaders of every patriotic group to attend with a delegated representative to establish preliminary plans for the day.
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T. L. Brookhart
Washington
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Eivit Melock
Chia
Revival Meetings Extend at Church of the Nagar Ene
Yesterday's revival drew the largest Sunday school attendance of the church year leading to a decision to continue services for another week. Rev. Kelly will remain to deliver messages each evening at 7 45 p m inviting Washington residents to attend.
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Church of the Nagarene
Kelly
Washington
Postwar Housing Boom Aims at 2 Million Homes
Authorities forecast two million new houses in the first year of peace. Engineers envision heating units of 25 pounds to warm large homes and tough elastic glass for durable structures.
Mussolini Dead Bodies Arrive in Milan After Execution
Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci lay in the Milan morgue after being killed by partisans near Dongo. The crowd at Loreto square hung their bodies upside down from a gas station roof and desecrated them as the police moved the corpses to Como.
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Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Clara Petacei
Lake Como
Loreto Square
Mussolini
I Duce
Clara Petacel
Denito Munsolin
Como
Dongo
Hamel Urbaso Lazari
Giulino di Mezzegre
Viazzale Loreto
Church Service for Victory Day Planned
Rev Milo J Phillip president of the Washington city ministerial association announces a special Victory in Europe service at the Methodist church. The hour is eight o clock for the service with adjustments if word of victory arrives late or early. The service will be one of thanksgiving for wartime success and prayer for continued victory in the Pacific.
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Milo J. Phillip
Washington City
Europe
Phillips
Pacific
Twist 20 Degrees Without Cracking a Sterile Lamp Cabinet
Infrared lamps claim to keep you warm on winter nights with wide open windows. The item is described as a germ free sterile lamp cabinet suitable to store a baby’s bottle, attributed to Swanson in Capper's Farm.
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Ith Swanson
Capper
Canning Sugar Issuance Details For May
An official notice outlines the May 1 sugar allotment for home canning. Due to shortages each county allocates sugar by residency with a per person limit, and forms are available at distribution centers or by mail from the War Price and Rationing Board in Washington. Applicants must file fully and mail to the board, with county restrictions and county allocation rules emphasized.
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Washington
Dowa
Oath County
Yaola
Limitations on Air Express Cargo Weight
Restrictions remain on items for air express due to cargo compartments handling up to 3,900 pounds and pilots carrying up to three tons without passengers. The feature notes limited capacities for express shipments.
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Air Express
Garbage Collection Starts Tomorrow in Washington
Mayor Rh J Late announces May First as the kickoff for regular garbage collection in Washington. The city has contracted Willis Teatty for the work and residents are urged to have bags ready for the collector.
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Rh. J. Late
Washington
Elry
Willis Teatty
Attend VFW Meet Held at Muscatine
The Washington poet and Ayn Hiary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars attended the 1st district meeting in Muscatine. Charles Smith of Iowa City was elected district commander and Mrs. George Satter of Burlington was elected president of the Auxiliary. Attendees from the area included Allen Hesselting and many others as commander and president of the local post and Auxiliary.
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Washington
Ayn Hiary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Distriet
Tn Muscatine
Charles Smith
Iowa City
Johnson County
V. W
George Satter
Burlington
Dib Atkinson
B. J. Barham
Alelen Hesselting
Alevin Hlorak
Frank Westey
Mra
Tom Swift
BE. R. Barham
Rose Ann Hesseltine
Anna Wateoner
Tloyd Ollie
Maranda Martin
Katherine Meariarty
Cleo Shockey
Marion McAvoy
Dwight Mayes
Atkinson
Sadoe McAvoy
John Pelter
Jesse Radda
Mere
Dave McGaffey
Auatliary
Keller Funeral Services Held for Charles H Keller
Funeral services for Charles Henry Keller were conducted at Sherman’s funeral home by Reverend Arthur Peters of West Chester. Burial followed at Rim Grove Cemetery. Keller, 65, died after a long illness at his West Chester home. He had lived in the county since 1940 and previously resided near Kalona. He was born April 21 1880 in Milford Missouri. He married Annie M Tutt in Clinton Missouri May 22 1905. Surviving are his wife and ten children, twenty six grandchildren, and a brother-in-law.
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Charles Henry Keller
Sherman
Wwev
Arthur Peters
West Chester
Rim Grove
Keller
Kalona
Milford
Joan William and
Lioretta
Guy) Keller
Clinton
Annie M Tturt
The
Baptist Church
John William Keller
Urich
Wallace Keller
Washington
Ben Franklin Keller
Wellman
Emmett Henry Keller
Detmar LeRoy Keller
Pearl Mullins
Mra
Dovey Mae Redford
Lancaster
California
Charters Mathew Keller
Goldie Mae Keller
Hazel Virginia Keller
Richard Tutt
Missouri
Judge Bechly Holds March Term in Wash ington
Judge Frank Bechly of Montezuma is holding court in Washington today as part of the March term. Miscellaneous and routine work was to be attended to.
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Frank Bechly
Montezuma i
Washington
Widened Elbe Link and Berlin Red Army Gains Reported
Allied forces linked up along the Elbe below Berlin as American and Red Army troops join near Wittenberg and Riesa to form a wide corridor. In the south German resistance collapses, with US Seventh Army advancing toward Innsbruck and Paterschkirchen as Axis lines crumble. Meanwhile Berlin endgame sees Red Army encircle central districts around Tiergarten and Unter den Linden.
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Paris
Red Army
Elbe
Berlin
Germany
Danube Valley
Berchtesgaden
Wittenberg
Torgau
Riesa
Brenner Pase
Alpine
Patenskirchen
Innesbruck
Sirenner Pass
London
Tiergarten
Unter den Linden
Moscow
Landwehr Canal
British cabinet weighs peace prospects as envoy rumored to Stockholm
War bulletin from London reports cabinet examining peace situation amid word an envoy may travel to Stockholm in response to Allied one conditional surrender policy. In Rome the US 1st armored division says it captured Maj. Gen. von Behr and staff of the 90th Panzer Grenadier in northern Italy. Russian tanks surge into central Berlin amid clashes near the Tiergarten and Lustgarten as Soviet forces push toward the old royal palace and cathedral.
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London
Pres
Stockholm
Heinrich Himmiler
Rome
1St Armored Division
Italy
von Behr
90Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Lustgarten
Old Royal Palace
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Moscow
Germany
Red Army
Lieutenant Gilbert R Dickinson Wounded in Germany
Lt Gilbert R Dickinson brother of Eugenia Dickinson of Washington was slightly wounded with the seventh army in Germany on April 4 a letter to his wife says he was not seriously hurt though all other men in his armored car were killed by a German bazooka He joined the mechanized cavalry from Washington in January 1941 and went overseas last December He is son of Mr and Mrs W L Dickinson formerly of south of Washington now of Libertyville Iowa
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Gilbert R. Dickinson
Eugenia Dickinson
Washington
Seventh Army
Germany
Des Moines
Dickinson
Mra
W. L. Dickinson
South of Washington
Libertyville
Iowa
Y W C A Drive Continues Despite Incomplete Campaign
The YWCA drive remains active this week as several solicitors could not finish their work. Return envelopes with member IDs to ward captains. the drive will close later in the week.
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Enone
Oi Dpe
Allied Victory Proclaimed in Italy by Gen Clark
Gen Mark W Clark declared Allied victory in Italy with German resistance nearly ended. Allied forces swept northern Italy as Venice fell to the British and Alessandria and Chinggin were captured. Prisoners topped 100,000 as Italian partisans aided the mop up in Venice.
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Italy
Mark Clark
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Germany
Clark
Ialy
Venice
Sth
Eighth Army
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Kurt Dittmar
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Naha
Tth
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Kroeht
Mindanao
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Midwaye
Douglas MacArthur
Burma
Rangoon
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Joe Cochrin
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Frank Embree
Duce
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Signal Corps
International
Fedor Lipatkin
V.F.W
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Keller Funeral Services
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Hrenner Pass
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