Army Enlistees to Enter Grinnell College in ASTP
Two hundred army enlisted men will join Grinnell College on September 13 as part of the army specialized training program units to be established there. Dr. Samuel N Stevens says the men will enroll in basic freshman courses or the advanced foreign area and language unit with regular faculty teaching both. The ASTP group supplements the 750-man reclassification unit operating on campus since July 1, which tests classifies and assigns army personnel to ASTP units nationwide.
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Grinnell College
Samuel N Stevens
Washington Suffers Heaviest Rainfall Since 1930 Floods Roads and Basements Hit
Last night and this morning Washington recorded 7.35 inches of rain, the heaviest since 1930. Basements flooded, sewers overwhelmed, and eight county bridges damaged as rivers and creeks surged. Underpasses flooded, buses delayed, and trains disrupted along Rock Island and Burlington lines. County agents expect crop damage though wind storms last week caused more loss.
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Curran Company
Washington
North Second Avenue
Highway 92
Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association Endorses County Home Care
The Iowa Taxpayers association urged overcoming long standing prejudice against county homes in Iowa. The group urged the indigent elderly and isolated to use these facilities for care and comfort, as stated in its publication the Iowa Taxpayer.
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The
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayer
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Iowa man killed by lightning threshing on farm
Decorah residents mourn Fred Erick of Meecoran who was struck and killed by lightning Monday while a threshing crew rested under a hog house eave at Wesley Wicks farm north of town. Robert Carolan suffered the worst shock but is expected to recover. Erick leaves a wife and one child.
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Meecoran
Wesley Wicks
Here
Robert Carolan
Mr. Eiick
Iowa Asked to Make Corn Pledges
A. J. Love, head of Iowa AAA, told county committeemen at the first regional meeting that Iowa must pledge 14,400,000 bushels of corn for processing by August 10 with a delivery deadline of October 31. He urged deliveries be made as soon as possible to avoid a “too little, too late” flow to processors.
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A. J. Loveland
State Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Iowa
Loveland
City Council Minutes Pass Tax Budget Approval
The city council met in regular session last night and spent most of the time on routine matters. Final action was taken on the tax budget for next year.
Penneys Sell over $20,000 of War Bond Stamps
Manager C. R. Wilson announced a July sale at the Washington J. C. Penney store netted over $20,690 in war bond stamps, exceeding the quota and reaching an estimated $25,000 maturity value. He noted strong customer participation and a successful drive.
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C. R. Wilson
Washgton
J. C. Penney
Wilson
New High School Principal Arrives at Washington High
Paul Dixon assumed as principal of Washington High with Mrs. Dixon arriving to arrange housing for the upcoming school year opening August 30. Dixon has prior Missouri teaching and administrative experience including roles as high school principal and superintendent at Brunswick.
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Paul Dixon
Washington High School
Frank Stransky Dies at Pilotburg Farm
Obituary of Frank W. Stransky, aged 64, prominent Pilotburg farmer near Washington Iowa, who died August 2 1943 after a brief illness. Services at Pilotburg Methodist Church with burial in Pilotburg cemetery. Survived by wife Helen two children Marion Lester Muriel Lillian Anderson seven grandchildren and a brother Albert. He lived on the same farm since age seventeen and was a lifelong Methodist.
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Kalona Methodist Church
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Sherman
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Richmond
Iowa
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Amelia Geret
Riverside
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Mary Sexton
Helen Wollrab
Marion Lester
Lves
Muriel Lillian Anderson
Wenona
Keith
Carlen
Marsha Anderson
Allan
Joann
Phyllis Stransky
Joseph Stransky
Methodist Church
McNutt orders reclassification to draft fathers in 3A
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt authorized local draft boards to reclassify 3A registrants mostly fathers of children born before September 15, 1942. The move aims to provide about 300,000 men by year end for October to December inductions, with priority after October 1 and no pre October calls for bona fide pre Pearl Harbor fathers.
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U.R
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Freeman to Report to Navy August 7
Kenneth Freeman, who resigned as supervisor of elementary schools in Washington to accept a commission as ensign, received orders to report for active duty. He will report at the naval air navigation school in Hollywood Florida on Saturday, August 7. Freeman was sworn in as ensign June 9 and awaits his call. His family will remain in Washington for the next three or four months at least.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Air Navigation School
Hollywood
Florida
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Campaign in Sicily Nears Completion
Allied forces push across northeastern Sicily in a general advance threatening to end resistance within days. American Canadian and British units break Mt Etna line as Italian ports face intensified bombing and German defenses crumble. Hamburg bombed again as Red Army nears Orel. Churchill cites near victory. Italians desert war plants amid bombing warnings.
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Mt. Etna
Straits of Messina
Hamburg
Royal Air Force
Germany
Europe
Orel
Red Army
Moscow
Winston Churchill
London
Madrid
Probe Bomber Crash Near Mason City Claims Five
Sioux City army air base investigators probe a four engine army transport crash seven miles northwest of Mason City. The Baer Field, Indiana based plane plunged from the clouds flying at wind mill height before a belly landing attempt. All five crew members were killed. three bodies were found inside wreckage, the fourth nearby, and the fifth under the wing.
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Sioux City Army Air Base
Baer Field
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Howard Hazen Takes Vacation From Journal Office
Journal Office worker Howard Hazen is on vacation this week, with operations continuing in his absence.
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Howard Hazen
Journal
Texans in Africa Propaganda Wins Hearts for Texas
Texans serving in North Africa broadcast a bold message to local Arabs claiming Texas is the United States and that Deep in the Heart of Texas is the national anthem. They portray Austin as the capital of the United States as part of war department propaganda.
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North Africa
United States
Flying Cowboys
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The
Meetings Move Indoors At Christian Tabernacle Tent
Rain last night forced the special meetings from the tent to the church at Christian Tabernacle. Tonight’s program includes motion pictures on the war in North Africa and in Russia.
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Christian Tabernacle
North Africa
Russia
Burglars Break Into Brighton Filling Station
BRIGHTON August 3 The D X filling station owned by H C Stouse was robbed last night four window panes broken and each register raided little cash found but a one dollar bill left. Clayton Turner store at Pleasant Plain also burglarized entry through front door window glass broken safe opened and contents scattered Jefferson County sheriff notified.
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D-X
H. C. Stouse
Clayton-Turner
Pleasant Plain
Jefferson County
Mary Jane Trenerry Joins Brookhart Law Office
Mary Jane Trenerry recently began work at Brookhart's law office. She joins the staff as a new associate, contributing to ongoing client matters and legal research projects.
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Brookhart
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