Des Moines plant calls more workers for war ammo needs
In a Des Moines Des Moines ordnance plant column the author notes workers at the Ankeny site earn good wages making ammunition to save American lives. Officials urge more hires from nonessential war industries to meet the growing production push. Dean Price, assistant employment manager, stresses the need for those not currently in essential war roles to join the workforce.
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Des Moines
Ankeny
Dean Price
Cedar Rapids trio charged with larceny from a building
Cedar Rapids residents William S. Preston 31 Jess Eyerly 66 and Coggan resident Fred Eyerly 30 are charged by information with larceny from a building for stealing more than 50 pigs in the night. The Kyerlys are brothers. They allegedly made three separate after midnight sales to John Bading, former west of Coggan, with affidavits filed.
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Cedar Rapids
William S. Preston
Jess Eyerly
Fred Eyerly
Coggan
Kyerlys
John Bading
West of Coggan
Farmers Opposed To Subsidy Plan
A Des Moines survey reported by Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead shows 43 percent of farmers disagree with food price subsidies. Nineteen percent approve the measure while 38 percent are unsure.
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Des Moines
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Farm Magazine
Weasel Roots Mice In State Building
DES MOINES Neither a rat nor mouse has been seen in the state historical department for three months. Charley the weasel, small and brown with a white underside, lives in a basement cage and has deterred rodents with a faint odor. Museum Director Jack W. Musgrove credits Charley for the absence of pests.
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Des Moines
State Historical Department
Charley
Jack W. Musgrove
Conspiracy Hearing Opens for Smith and Partners
In Council Bluffs a conspiracy case against former Pottawattamie County Attorney Roy W. Smith druggist Martin Gluckman and banker A C Blanchard opened before District Judge Bruce M Snell. The state seeks to correct a stenographer error in the indictment alleging a conspiracy to obtain 7500 from Dr L G Howard. The indictment dated March 17 1943 cites March 20 1943 as the date of the alleged crime. the state contends the correct year is 1940.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Roy W. Smith
Bruce M. Snell
Smith
Martin Gluckman
A. C. Blanchard
L. G. Howard
Civilian Turkey Sales Ban Briefly Delayed by Government Embargo
Government embargo on turkeys affects only civilian channels after August 2 with a mid August restriction lift for storage stocks. Officials say overseas needs for armed forces may require a ban from mid August to early October, with civilian access restored by October and November.
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Des Moines
George B. Sheehe
The
Food Distribution Administration
United States
Turkey
Ask Better Unity to Aid Agriculture
Agriculture commissioners from sixteen states met at Detroit Lakes Minnesota August 7 to seek better national unity for farmers. Delegates included M Clifford Townsend federal war food commissioner and representatives from Georgia Florida and three New England states. Discussions covered cattle feed shortages OPA regulations and postwar food production.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
America
Northwest Agricultural Commissioners Conference
Federal
M. Clifford Townsend
Georgia
Florida
New England
Office of Price Administration
Week of July 9 Office Examinations and Health Conferences
Schedule lists in office exams for Four-Helub all day on Monday and selective service exams at 1 30 p m. A child health conference occurs Tuesday 1 30 to 3 30 p m. Wednesday includes a child health conference 1 00 to 4 00 p m at West Chester. Thursday features a special mothers class at 2 00 p m.
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West Chester
Ask Bids for the Knoxville Addition
The Veterans Administration announced plans to add two neuro psychiatric buildings with 328 beds to the Knoxville Iowa veterans hospital. Bids for construction will be opened in Washington on September 14. Estimated cost ranges from 350000 to 400000 dollars for expansion to over 1600 beds.
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Washington
D. C
Veterans Administration
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Iowa
Directive Fails to Satisfy Demo Senator Draft
Washington Aug 7 A selective service directive placing pre Pearl Harbor fathers low on the draft list but not exempting induction after Oct 1 failed to satisfy Senator Burton Wheeler Democrat of Montana who threatened to seek reconvening of Congress to address draft plans by legislation. Wheeler had accused War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V McNutt of invading Congress business in listing the Fathers ban. The directive sought to delay fathers via an equalization plan exhausting the full supply of other eligible men.
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Washington, D. C
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Congress
Selective Service
Aiken Seeks Broader Food Purchase to Back Price Ceilings
Senator George Aiken of Vermont argues for government buys of entire crops to resell at a loss as a preferable approach to current subsidized price rollback. He says farm bloc favors retail ceilings aligned with support prices and notes opposition from OPA critics over potato price levels. He indicates the administration contemplates widening purchase programs to spur incentives.
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Washington, D. C
George Aiken
Vermont
Congress
Aiken
OPA
Corn market heats up with rising bookings
In Chicago on August 7, 1945, grain dealers estimated last week's corn bookings at about 1.5 million bushels. Board of Trade orders today were 415,000 bushels, with yesterday's receipts placed around 450,000.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Von Arb Sues For Divorce From Blythe VonArb
John Joseph Von Arb sues Blythe Agnes Von Arb in district court seeking a divorce. The petition notes marriage on November 24 1939 and separation since April 1942. Attorney L J Kehoe filed the petition.
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John Joseph VonArb
Blythe Agnes (Little) VonArb
L. J. Kehoe
Changing Stop Signs Dangerous Pastime
Street Commissioner A E Palmer warned that Washington youths remove and reface stop signs after rain, misleading strangers and risking serious accidents. He added that brush and cardboard refuse are dumped at the old tile factory premises, violating city rules, as crews also repair sewers damaged by last week's seven inch rain.
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Palmer
Oil Jobbers Decry Monopoly Threat in Gas Ration Debate
G A Primm, executive secretary of the Hindi Petroleum Market association, told Illinois legislators that independent oil jobbers risk going out of business without relief from the Office of Price Administration. He warned that margins between cost and ceiling are too tight, squeezing independents and leaving big oil firms to dominate the market.
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Chicago
G. A. Primum
Hindi Petroleum Market Ts Association
Office of Price Administra
Primm
Illinois Joint Legislative Committee
Middle West
Grimm
Washington Men At Camp Hood Receive Medals
A list from Camp Hood Texas shows Washington Iowa area servicemen of the 113th Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized) awarded the United States Army Good Conduct Medal for a year of wartime service. Recipients include William Beggs Vernon Beenblossom Don Mitchell and others, with medals to be presented after the war.
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Camp Hood
Texas
Washington
Iowa
Low
113Th Cavalry Regiment
William 3. Biddle
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A.W.O.L
Pearl Harbor
War Chief Outlines Allied Grand Strategy Against Axis
Admiral Ernest King asserts European and Pacific plans hinge on boosting Russia against Germany and keeping China in the war. He calls for intensified pressure on Japan and seizure of positions to gain momentum, with a two point plan to trap and exhaust enemy forces. Also listed are service members and addresses at end.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Ernest J. King
U. S
Europe
Pacific
Russia
Germany
China
The
Solomons
Italy extends martial law across the kingdom
Radio Rome reports the official Gazette publishes a royal decree extending martial law to all of Italy. Allied high command broadcasts urge resistance to provocation in Jugoslavia Greece and Albania with 300000 potential mountain fighters warned to stay patient until general action. Rome to be declared an open city.
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London
Radio
Rome
Official Gazette
Kingdom of Italy
Jugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Europe
Allied forces seize Troina in Sicily offensive push
United Press reports American troops capture Troina, a key Axis defense point in northern Sicily after a week long battle. Allies drive east toward Mt. Etna road as German rear guards falter. 125,000 prisoners taken as a trap tightens in northeastern Sicily.
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Troina
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Bnég
Strait of Messina
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N. Ave
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