Washington Stays Near Top of Iowa Waste Paper List
Iowa reports total waste paper collection of 60,276,087 pounds for the first six months, averaging 3.9 pounds per person monthly. Washington county ranks seventh with 220.7 percent of its quota, led by Des Moines and Linn counties, with Dubuque county topping the state.
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Washington
Iowa
Des Mummes and Linn
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Washington County
Des Moines
Aug
SDPA
Herb Plagman
Dubuque County
Linn
Cerro Gordo
Union
Woodbury
Clinton
Keokuk
Keokuk County
Louisa County
Johnson County
Mahaska County
Henry
Jefferson
Three More Red Stamps Now Valid in War Ration Book 4
Three red stamps A-5 B-5 and C-5 in War Ration Book 4 become valid at 12:01 a m July 20 1944. No other red stamps will be valid until August 27 1944. July ration point charts for meat fats and processed foods stay in use until August 13 1944. Creamery butter point value remains 16 points per pound.
Iowa grads to receive degrees at summer ceremony
Four Washington County students will gain degrees at State University of Iowa summer ceremonies. H Dayle I Frame and Sarah Jane Mahin of Ainsworth will earn master of arts and Laurine Betty White of Riverside will receive a bachelor of arts. Women exceed men for the first Iowa convocation, with 60 counties 29 states and three foreign countries represented. President Virgil M. Hanecher will confer, and the university radio will broadcast.
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State University of Iowa
Washington Ounty
H. Dayle I Frame
Sarah Jane Mahin
Ainsworth
Laurine Betty White
Riverside
Iowa
Virgil M. Hanecher
Brighton Couple Inffic Collision Left Arm Fracture
Mrs William Dewels of Brighton suffered a fractured arm in a two car collision southeast of Brighton last night. Both cars were badly damaged with estimated injuries around 100 dollars each. Harry Ackels of Trenton admitted fault for not yielding half the road and paid a 2 dollar fifty cent fine plus costs. Taylor Lyona of Trenton was fined five dollars for intoxication.
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William Dewels
Brighton
Dewels
Harry Ackels
Trenton
Ackels
Justice of the Peace
R. W. Fillmore
Taylor Lyona
Revenue Office to Close Saturday for All Day
John J. Mattes announces that the internal revenue office at the local post office will be closed all day Saturday.
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John J. Mattes
Internal Revenue
No Felony In Tent Found In Des Moines Auto Bus Crash
A coroner's jury in Des Moines found no felonious intent in the July 24 auto bus crash on Highway 69 north of Ankeny. It blamed first Robert Jones of Des Moines for failing to move his stalled car off the highway and then Jefferson lines bus driver Roger Hoogland for not seeing warning lights and the other vehicles. Washington residents William Louis Spenter, Darlene Lukavsky, and Bernard K E Swift died. Ariyus Larsen survived with a skull fracture. The jury labeled Hoogland and Jones jointly responsible for precipitating the accident.
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Des Moines
Highway 69
Ankeny
Washington
Robert Jones
Des Mines
Jefferson Lines
Roger K. Hoogland
Jones
Hoogland
William Louis Spenter
Washington Auto
Darlene Lukavysky
Bernard KE. Swift
Ariyus Larsen
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
A. E. Shaw
Leland R. Replogle
James Turner
Queal Lumber Co
Alfred BF. Riechter
Phillips Petroleum Co
Shaw
Hoagland
Unseasonal Warm Spell Gives Way to Cloudy Noon Rain Hints
The day opened warmer than yesterday with a high around 92 degrees and high humidity. By noon clouds gathered signaling possible rain as the warm spell started to break.
Americans seize Rennes as Brittany drive progresses
Allied fronts report U S First Army spearheads push south of Rennes capturing the Breton capital and key transport hubs. Armored columns sweep through Brittany toward Dinan and Dol De Bretagne with little German resistance as British forces drive toward Paris from Caen.
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Supreme Hdq
AEF
U. S
1St Army
Rennes
Mortain
Germain
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Washington
Brittany
Dinan
Combourg
HDQ
Peniinsula
Pontorson
Brest
United Press
Dol de Bretaene
St. Malo
France
Bay of Biscay
Paris
Rom Caumont
Small Boy Injured In Tractor Accident
In Wayland on August 3 four year old Richard Wyse son of Mahlon and Mrs Wyse was run over by a tractor rear wheel while riding with his father. He was reported to have regained some rest by evening. Mrs Wyse had been recovering from a throat infection and her caregiver Mrs Elwood Glasgow of Washington is assisting.
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Wayland
Richard Wyse
Mahlon Wyse
Richard
Henry County Hospital
Old Tax Books Ordered Destroyed by County Board
The Washington county board of supervisors ordered the destruction of old assessors' books at the courthouse and authorized the county auditor to dispose of them. The books used by assessors in the county from prior years will be discarded as waste paper.
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Washington County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Five Men Leave For Army Tests from Washington County
Five Washington county men were listed by the county selective service board as heading to Jefferson Barracks Missouri for pre induction exams. Lyle D. Luckey Delmar L. Keller Charles E. Bond Cecil E. B. Ruggles Milan D. Nayadley Kuseles planned to seek immediate induction if qualified Eldred Hetlinger volunteered was accepted for the army and Chester Ek Schwitters of Kalona also asked for immediate induction.
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Washington County
County Selective Service Board
Jefferson Barracks
Charles E. Bond
Brighton
Cecil EB. Ruggles
Milan
D. Nayadley
Kalona
Kuseles
Eldred Hetlinger
Washington
Chester Ek. Schwitters
Baltimore Sun backs Dewey for president in 1944
The Baltimore Sun announces its support for Thomas B. Dewey for the presidency, marking the paper’s third Republican endorsement in 107 years. It notes past choices for McKinley, Willkie, and Roosevelt, and argues Roosevelt’s bid for a fourth term necessitates opposing him while praising Dewey as capable.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Thomas B. Dewey
the Sun
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Waste paper and vintage records prepared for Mose Levy
Two to three tons of waste paper are being prepared for Mose Levy a junk dealer to reclaim. Assessors records covering ten years up to 1934 are retained as part of the process ensuring county credit is maintained.
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Mose Levy
Cooking School for Girls Closes Today
Camp Fire girls completed a three day cooking school directed by Esther Sears of Osceola. The group learned food values and prepared a three meal plan including breakfast, luncheon and dinner with each girl taking part. Attendees include Carla Guther Jane Turner Janet Sweet Joan Trojovsky Shirley Blattner Marilyn Kelsey Jean Wright and others under guardian Mrs George Dowell.
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Camp Fire
Esther Sears
Osceola
Carla Guther
Jane Turner
Janet Sweet
Joan Trojovsky
Shirley Blattner
Marilyn Kelsey
Jean Wright
Joan Siegle
Frances Miller
Betty Logan
Jane Whitehead
Mary Blick
Marilyn Miller
Marilyn Falk
JoAnne Wilson
Pat Weldin
Barbara Godwin
Jap Resistance Grows on Guam
On Guam American forces pressed inland against stiff Japanese resistance as they cleared the southern half of the island and captured Tiyan air field after a heavy bombardment. The line stretched from Turom bay to near Sassayan point as Marines and army units advanced through mud and dense growth in a campaign that included seizure of multiple towns.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
Tiyan Air Field
Tiyan
Marianas
Marc A. Mitchel
Orote Peninsula
Tumon Bay
Sassayan Point
Truk
Nauru
Marshalls
Bombers Hit Friedrichshafen Factory Hub in Italy Raid
A force of about 750 Italian based American heavy bombers struck the Nazi aircraft plant at Friedrichshafen near the German Swiss frontier. They ripped up enemy communication lines funneling into the Brenner pass from northern Italy.
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Rome
Friedrichshafen
Brenner Pass
Italy
New Pastor Polk to Lead Washington Church
Rev Thomas C Polk has accepted a call to pastor the Washington Church of Christ replacing resigning Rev Ivan Riess. Polk, 7 years at Pleasantville Iowa, will move with his wife and son in September to start his duties. He trained at Johnson Bible College and Drake University and has preached at Pleasantville.
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Thomas C. Polk
Washington
Church of Christ
Pleasantville
Knoxville
Iowa
Poikh
Rulig Lo
Iev
Ivan Riess
Woonovan
Lil
Churen of Christ
Aged Wayland Woman Dies After Week-Long Illness
Mrs. Will Smith, 83, of Wayland died at 10 last night at her daughter in law’s home after a week of illness. She lived in Wayland 20 years, her husband had died years earlier. Surviving: foster-son Will Black, two grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Saturday at Zehr funeral home followed by 2:30 PM service at Green Mound church Kew. Burris Moore to conduct. burial at Green Mound cemetery.
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Wayland
Will Smith
Will Black
Servieu
Zehr
Green Mound Church
Kew
Burris Moore
Green Mound Cemetery
Commerce Commission declines extension on caboose ban order
DES MOINES. The commerce commission refused to extend the effective date of its order directing the Rock Island railroad to discontinue the use of one platform cabooses in Iowa. Trustees of the railroad had asked for an extension.
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Des Moines
the Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Railroad
Reds Fire Into East Prussia as Soviet Drive Advanc es
Soviet artillery pounded East Prussia and the Red Army pressed a broad advance eight to eleven miles from the German border. Berlin reported heavy tank losses for Germany and Soviet air casualties as the Baltic front widened and Warsaw battles intensified with underground Polish forces aiding the defense.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Pravda
Red
Hitler
Germany
Trans-ocean
Reich
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Red Army
Baltic
Riga
Warsaw
Vistula
East Prussian
Didvytziai
Vilkaviskis
Widgiry
Kaunas-Konigsbere
Truman Resigns Chairmanship
Senator Harry S. Truman, Democrat from Missouri and Democratic vice presidential nominee, resigned as chairman of the Senate war investigating committee today. He declined pleas to stay, saying any statement or report would be viewed as politically motivated.
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Washington
D.C
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Tension on Grounds Over Commission Order Compliance
The article states that parties planned to test the validity of the commission's order, claim they have insufficient cabooses to comply immediately, and describe ongoing movement of substantial quantities of war materials. The report notes these assertions in the context of the broader regulatory and logistical dispute.
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Ore
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Ohio
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Conn
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Wills
Robert Blood
N. H
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M. J. Sharpe
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Mass
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Kansas
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Wash
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Mich
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Minn
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Washing
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