Railway Work Between Eldon and Perlee Progresses
The War Production Board authorized a realignment of the Eldon to Perlee rail line in Iowa. Contracts are let and grading begun to reduce grades and curves over a 24 mile stretch, with a new Cedar Creek bridge near Libertyville and other structures. Completion expected later this year to expedite wartime and postwar freight and passenger traffic.
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Fray x News
War Production Board
Perlee
Eldon
Iowa
Fruitland
Centerville
Davenport
Cedar Creek
Libertyville
Town
Fairfield
Farm Price Index Shows Advance
DES MOINES August 2 The general farm index of prices received by Iowa farmers rose to 192 this month driven by a sharp increase in egg prices lifting the poultry index from 169 to 181. Prices for crops and dairy remained around 149 and 192 while meat animals fell to 194. Feeding ratios edged higher with corn and butterfat dairy and poultry feed ratios moving up. The prices received to prices paid ratio rose to 108.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eye
Helium Production Cuts Costs as War Demands Rise
The report notes helium now costs under two cents per cubic foot, vastly cheaper than $2,500 incurred twenty five years ago, while output grows tenfold to meet wartime needs.
Wounded in France Pvt Ralph Arden Romine Report
Mr and Mrs Ralph Romine learn their son Pvt Ralph Arden Romine is seriously wounded in action July 3 in France. He had gone overseas mid April and was in the Cherbourg battle. last letter June 23. Also note Pvt John Romoser, ammunitions truck driver, hospitalized in England after a land mine incident in France.
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Kkeota
Ralph Romine
Pvt
Ralph Arden Romine
France
Cherbourg
John Romoser
Theodore Romoser
Pfe
England
Romoser
British In Small Gain at Florence Front
British and Dominion troops pressed modest advances along a 21 mile front below Florence amid heavy hand to hand fighting. New Zealand and South African units spearheading the assault faced fierce resistance near San Michele La Romola and San Andrea as they moved toward the city and the western flank pushed toward Castigliano.
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Rome
Florence
New Zealand
Pisa
8Th Army
Pesa
Castiliano
San Michele la Romola
San Andrea
July Weather Cool: Rain About Normal
The July in southeastern Iowa was cooler than usual with near normal rainfall. Maximum reached 94 on one day, 4 degrees above normal, while lowest fell to 48 on the 21st. rainfall totaled 8.388 inches, compared with 5.75 inches last July.
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Iowa
Mercury
Break With Hitler Made By Turkey
Turkey breaks diplomatic and commercial relations with Nazi Germany effective immediately in support of Britain. Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu announced the decision in Ankara as the assembly ratified the cabinet move, signaling shifts in Balkan alliances and potential peace moves by Bulgaria Romania and Hungary.
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London
U.R
Turkey
Hitler
Balkan
Iewar
Greece
Aegvin Islands
Sukru Saracoglu
National Assembly
Ankara
Great Britain
Germany
BBC
New York
Saracoglu
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Franz von Papen
Sukruş Saracoglu
Russia
Legion Carnival Nets 483 For Washington Activities
Nearly 500 dollars was raised by the Legion at a carnival held at the armory grounds last week. The post netted 483.91 for miscellaneous activities in Washington, with 80 dollars from a root beer stand run by post members. The meeting, led by new commander Jay Brewer, adjourned early as many members traveled to Crawfordsville for the county Legion meeting.
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Leon Beaty
Armory
The
Legion
Washington
Post
Jay Brewer
Crawfordsville
County Legion
Street fighting erupts as transit strike grips Philadelphia
Sporadic street brawls and looting of closed tap rooms in Philadelphia prompt police to mobilize all reserves for crowd control after a city wide transit workers strike.
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Philadelphia
Senate panel eases demobilization by extending unemployment aid
The senate finance committee approved unanimously a proposal to extend unemployment compensation benefits to workers in federal shipyards arsenals and similar installations equal to private industry levels, breaking the logjam on demobilization legislation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Steel recovery program salvages over a million tons
Since November 1942 the steel recovery drive has salvaged more than 1 006 000 net tons of steel from idle stocks, reflecting ongoing wartime material conservation efforts.
Washington county reaches fifth war loan total of 1.316 million
The latest report shows Washington county selling 1 316 419 in war bonds for the fifth loan. This exceeds the county quota of 1 243 000 and reflects strong July activity. E bonds totaling 655 836 30 represent about 90 percent of the county's series quota. Officials forecast final additions of 20 000 to 40 000. Banks and the post office contributed 572 248 50 to the total.
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Washington County
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
War Finance
G. E. Mace
Washington
Post Office
Kalona Lt. Fry Wounded in Saipan Battle
First Lieutenant William Fry of Kalona was wounded in Saipan while serving with the Marine Corps. He received a bullet wound to one lung but is now out of bed and making satisfactory progress in hospital.
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Kalona
William Fry
J. L. Fry
Saipan
Marine Corps
Thales and Amber Sparked Ancient Physics
The science of physics traces to Thales of Miletus, one of Greece's seven sages, who noted that amber rubbed with cloth could attract lightweight objects, marking an early discovery in electricity phenomena.
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Thales
Greece
Light Criminal Docket In Washington County War Years
A report to the state board of parole by R. R. Noonan, clerk of the Washington county district court, shows criminal court business fell to less than half. Eleven defendants faced district court actions in the year ending July 1, with seven for operating vehicles without consent, two for false affidavits, one for larceny, one for malicious injury. Nine received six month county jail sentences, eight suspended on good behavior. fines of 10 and 25 dollars were imposed. Justice of the peace fees totaled 27 dollars. county task expenses reached 767.36, attorney fees 10, and the county attorney earned 1,870.06 for the year.
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Justice of the Peace Courts
Board of Prisoners
Kehoe Chosen County Legion Commander in Washington County
L J Kehoe of Wellman was elected commander of the Washington county Legion at the annual meeting in Crawfordsville. Edward Bushek of Riverside retires as commander and led youth delinquency talks. 650 members attended with posts from all counties represented.
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L. J. Kehoe of
Wellman
Washington County Legion Organization
Crawfordsville
Jesse Lewis
Emil Hesserschwerdt
Kalona
W. Kaster
Washington
William H. Henss
Edward Bushek
Riverside
Legion
Kehoe
Ainsworth
Brighton
Iowa Democratic Judicial Convention Delegates Named
Washington county will send delegates to the Iowa Democratic Judicial Convention at the Fort Des Moines hotel in Des Moines on August 5 to select three candidates for the Iowa supreme court. County Chairman Harry Dye asks all 16 delegates to attend if possible. Delegates include Melvin Booth C Niffenegger Myron Burroughs Mrs Matt Wehr George Stumpf Delbert Brumfield D S Hardy Ext Boye Ed Sullivan Catherine Null Charles Steiner Mrs Mabel Theisen E E Chambers W C Embree Ruth Bull H A Dusenbery.
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Washington County
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Iowa
Ed Sullivan
Catherine Null
Charles Steiner
Mabel Theisen
E. E. Chambers
W. C. Embree
Ruth Bull
H. A. Dusenbery
Berlin admits Rommel wounded in Normandy attack
London reports Berlin acknowledged Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was seriously injured when an Allied plane strafed his staff car on July 17. The Nazis said Rommel has a brain concussion and unspecified injuries but is out of danger and recovering satisfactorily.
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London
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
DNB
Rommel
Red Forces Advance on Warsaw Front Across Vistula
Soviet troops push toward Warsaw in a major drive along a 200 mile Vistula front while Baltic regions see a wide push toward Riga and Kaunas. In Warsaw heavy street fighting erupts as Polish underground reports 10 000 to 25 000 troops in four main streets.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Baltic
Berlin
Vilkovishki
Kaunas
Kalvarian
Vilkouvishki
Baltics
Carpathians
Stalingrad
Latvia
Esthenia
Krakow
London
Inquest Deliberations Continue Into Washington County Fatal Crash
Des Moines reporters note the courier jury in the Washington Iowa youths crash near Ankeny continues deliberations at 2 20 p m. The driver Roger Hoagland testifies the Jefferson line bus swerved east to avoid a stalled car owned by Robert Jones in Des Moines. Jones says the stalled car was being pushed south after fuel pump trouble. Charles McMichel describes the push of over 50 yards with no shoulder retreat.
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Des Moines
Courier’s
Washington, Iowa
Ankeny
Roger K. Hoagland
Jefferson Line
Washington
Robert Jones
Doa
Ottumwa Navy restricts several local venues
Three Ottumwa locations are declared out of bounds for U S Navy personnel at the naval air station with a fourth place reapproved. The Town club Dave Williams' place and the Truckers cafe remain restricted while The Submarine is no longer out of bounds. Officials gave no reason for the restrictions.
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Ottumwa
U. S. Naval Air Station
Dave Williams
Truckers Cafe
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