Knights of Pythias Gather for Iowa Grand Lodge Events
Des Moines hosts a Knights of Pythias gathering with meetings at 11 a m and 2 p m ahead of the fifty fourth Iowa grand lodge. About 600 members from 120 lodges and nine sisters temples are expected to register. The reception honors Neil Ver Ploeg of Oskaloosa grand chancellor and Mrs Lois Porter of Eldridge grand Chief.
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Des Moines
Knights of Pythias
Fort Des Moines
Iowa Grand Lodge
Neil Ver Ploeg
Oskaloosa
Lois Porter
Eldridge
Pro bate Estate of Henry Weselmann in Winneshiek County
The Weselmann estate in CalmMar and Winneshiek County, one of the area’s largest probate offerings, shows a prelim inventory filed Aug 4 by executor Ralph O. Weselmann. It totals 204,493 dollars with 29,240 dollars in real estate, 315 acres of land, business and residential holdings, and 9,787 dollars in checking accounts. It lists 2,439 shares of stock valued at 145,507 dollars including 1,250 Swift & Co shares and holdings in packing food firms copper steel utilities and rubber firms.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Henry Weselmann
CalMar
Ralph O. Weselmann
CalmMar
Swift & Co
State College Donates 25 Tons Waste Paper
Ames Iowa State College collected about 26 tons of waste paper Saturday exceeding its quota. Old publications from the extension service plus donated books and journals added to the total.
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State College
Ames
Iowa State College
Agricultural Extension Service
Ends One Jail Term Then Put in Again
Arthur Lee, 25, released from Wabash county jail after seven months for a Dyer Act violation is jailed again on a truck theft charge. Iowa highway patrolmen arrested him following the incident.
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Ottumwa
Arthur Lee
Wabello County
Iowa
Iowa Picnic in California Draws Hawkeyes Abroad
Des Moines reports the annual Iowa summer picnic will be held at Bixby Park Long Beach Calif next Saturday. An estimated crowd ranges from 10000 to 40000 with 99 county headquarters. Ward Johnson will give welcome. guest speaker is Lieut Gov Frederick F Houser. Music directed by Evangelist and Mrs Mills.
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Des Moines
Bixby Park
Pacific Ocean
Long Beach
Calif
Ward Johnson
Brighton
Congressional Committee On Naval Affairs
Frederick F. Houser
Olin
Jones County
Iowa
E C. Mills
Two Boys Killed by Fast Train Near Wheatland
In Clinton an 18 year old from Big Rock and his 13 year old friend from Chicago were killed instantly Sunday night when struck by eastbound North Western train No. 16 between Wheatland and the Omaha to Chicago run. The victims were Leonard Eserhaut of Big Rock and Robert Schnell of Chicago. Robert had been visiting at the E. J. Condon home.
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Clinton
Big Rock
Chicago
Wheatland
North Western
Omaha
Leonard Eserhaut
Robert Schnell
Robert
E. J. Condon
Weekly Service In Central Park Highlights Jesus Passing By
Rev Basil McBee led the union service in Central Park with the theme Jesus Passes By. He urged finding places to meet Jesus to receive physical and spiritual healing as Rev Fred E Miller presided and Rev Alfred Trenerry read scripture. Three services remain in the summer series with Mr Trenerry to preach next Sunday evening.
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Jesus
Basil McBee
Associate Presbyterian Church
Union
Central Park
McBee
Fred E. Miller
Alfred Trenerry
Trenerry
L. T. Burham Dies At California Home
L. T. Burham 80 of Long Beach California died suddenly at his home yesterday morning. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 1 p m in Long Beach. He was married to Sadie Park and they recently celebrated their golden anniversary. Surviving: wife daughter Vida Mrs Ernest Lovack of Garden Grove California brother Elmer of Minnesota and sisters Mrs Ira Bowman of Pasadena and Mrs Ed Foss of Long Beach.
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Ke T
Hoy’ Burhan
Long Beach
Calif
Sadie Park
Burham
Washington
Ed Fox
Vida
Ernest Lovack
Garden Grove
Elmer
Minnesota
Ra Bowman
Pasadena
Ed Foss
Tragic Train Collision Near Wheatland Claims Local Youths
In Scott county near Wheatland, youths fishing on the Wapsipinicon River with John Eserhaut did not see an approaching train while returning to their car along the tracks. The incident occurred a few miles south of Wheatland with Wheatland about 85 miles west of Clinton.
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Big Rock
Scott County
Wheatland
Clinton
Wapsipinicon River
John Eserhaut
Leonard
Allied Forces Hit Japan Front Within Reach of Tokyo
U S armed forces announced a three day offensive stretching toward Japan proper as 38 ships were destroyed or damaged and a town wiped out on the Bonin and Volcanos fronts Guam saw two villages captured to bring the line within five miles of Haputo point Wake Island was attacked by Mitchell bombers and a Libotor.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S
Guam
Tokyo
Bonins
Omura
Chester Nimitz
Haputo Point
Nimitz
Wake Island
Philippines
United Press
Domei
Dabao
Mindanao
Corporal Stirling Writes from English Hospital
Corporal Robert J. Stirling reports to his parents from a hospital in England. He describes a hip wound but says he is very lucky and receiving excellent care. He reassures them not to worry as he improves. He provides his address at A.P.O. 209 New York NY 207438962.
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Cpl
Robert J. Stirling
Tom Stirling
England
Cpl. Stirling
A.P.O
New York
Washington couple awarded marriage license Saturday
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Robert Barnhart Benson and Ethel Lorinda Stout, both residents of Washington.
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Robert Barnhart Benson
Ethel Lorinda Stout
Washington
Company E of the 142nd Infantry in World War I
Company E of the 142nd Infantry, raised during World War I, was composed almost entirely of Oklahoma Indians, highlighting the unit's uniquely Indigenous composition and regional pride.
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142Nd Infantry
Red Gains Cut by Stiff Resistance in Carpathian Push
Soviet forces captured Sambor 43 miles southwest of Lwow as German troops rushed reinforcements to halt the summer offensive. Front reports describe heavy battles near East Prussia Warsaw and Krakow with intense artillery exchanges and air combat.
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Moscow
U.P
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Sambor
Lwow
Josef Stalin
East Prussia
Warsaw
Krakow
Reich
Berlin
Praga
Vistula
Germany
Luftwaffe
Red Air Force
Poland
San
Guardsmen Return From Camp Dodge
Captain George Baker and the 1st Battalion Headquarters Company of the First Regiment Iowa State Guard returned home Saturday after a two week training at Camp Dodge. Eighty five Washington guardsmen attended the camp. They reported no serious illness or injuries despite hard workouts and a wind storm that affected the camp shortly after arrival. Regular drill will be held at the armory tonight.
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George Baker
Iowa State Guard
Camp Dodge
Washington Guardsmen
App
Eastern Front Advance Broadens In Carpathians As Drohobycz Falls
The 4th Ukrainian and 10th Soviet Armies join the Russian summer offensive and push through the Carpathian foothills toward Czechoslovakia. Drohobycz is captured, near the last major oil source for Germany.
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Thorugh Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Drohobycz
Heavy Bombers Bomb Europe in Major Allied Assault
American bombers estimated near 1000 strong struck fuel depots bridges and rail junctions across France while about 509 bombers from Italy attacked two synthetic oil plants in Silesia. The daylight raid followed raids on Rahmel near the Baltic and utilized Liberators Fortresses with 500 fighters in multiple task forces.
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London
France
Italy
Bleechhamer
German Silesia
Breslau
Germany
Sur Air Force
England
Rahmel
Baltic
Gudnia
Russia
Paris
Bordeaux
Amiens
Ancient Peruvian palace yields a 1000 year old telephone
Archaeologists uncovered a thousand year old device in a Peruvian palace ruin. It comprises two gourd necks linked by a cord covered with hide, designed to carry human voice when pulled taut. The find hints at early acoustic signaling and ritual use.
Sewing Room Closed in Washington County Through August 15
The Red Cross sewing room will be closed until August 15, says Evelyn Hexworth, Washington county Red Cross production chairman. The last fuel of kit bags is being completed in the sewing room as volunteers wait for articles to fill the kits.
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Red Cross
Evelyn Hexworth
Washington County
Car Wheel Drops Through Pavement at Court House Corner
Street Commissioner Ralph Minick and city workers repair a section of brick pavement after a car wheel sank into a hole several feet deep at the court house corner. The hole appeared Saturday evening when the car, stalled on the pavement, broke through as sewer leakage caused earth erosion.
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Ralph Minick
Court Louse Corner
Inquest Tonight in Mrs Lintz Death
In Kalona an inquest into the death of Mrs Louis Lintz of Richmond will be held about 7 PM with Dr. W Kyle as coroner. She died after taking strychnine before noon yesterday. Funeral plans are indefinite. Survived by husband son Kenneth and her Gingerich parents and four brothers.
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Kalona
Louis
John) Lintz
Richmond
Kyle
Lintz
Peterseim
Kenneth
Harvey Gingerich
Adwin
Ora
Archie
Raymond
Six Firms Affected By Truckers' Strike
DES MOINES Iowa drivers from six over the road trucking firms walked off Sunday and spokesmen expected several more would suspend operations today. The Omaha Nebraska drivers joined the action, with the strike also continuing in Kansas City Missouri and in Minneapolis and St Paul Minnesota.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Allied Drive on Paris Surges as German Counterattack Fails
Allied forces open a coordinated advance toward Paris with American and British armies pushing through the Mayenne and Sarthe lines. Allied tanks move toward Le Mans while British units cross the Orne near Caen, inflicting heavy losses on German armor and troops in the Brittany and Normandy sectors.
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HDQ
ABF
Paris
Orieand Mayenne
United States
Breton
London Radio
Nancy
Orne River
Caen
Omar N. Bradley
Mayene River
le Mans
Orne
Thury Harcourt
Sarthe River
Alencone
Angers
History of video television and wartime funding
The article notes video transmission defined for television and contrasts it with audio. It cites U S government spending on war efforts from July 1, 1940, to April 80, 1944 totaling 184 billion dollars.
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United States
Labor unrest closes Des Moines firms under WLB pressure
The American Federation of Labor moves to enforce a war labor board approved contract with wage increases. In Des Moines Watson Bros. shuts down completely while Merchants Motor Freight halts shipments. An employee says, We can't do business under threat of strife.
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American Federation of Labor Union
Ihs
War Labor Board
WLB
Des Moines
Watson Bros
Merchants Motor Freight
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James Mead
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Oe District
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