Iowa column reports truckers strike and wage talks
Des Moines column notes seven trucking firms affected by an overtime strike by over the road drivers with potential walkouts by other union workers. Midwest operators meet with the Office of Defense Transportation in Washington to seek higher rates to cover a seven cent hourly wage rise ordered by the War Labor Board. Some firms fail to pay the increase, fueling the strike as Omaha operators receive a report of a significant Washington contact amid likely government action to resume operations.
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Des Moines
Midwest
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Washington, D. C
War Labor Board
WLB
Omaha
Neb
Washington
Death service for Ertie Cherry of famed Cherry sisters
A dozen elderly women gathered at the Beatty chapel for a service honoring Ertie Cherry last of the Cherry sisters once famed on stage. Miss Cherry died Saturday as Rev Frank Ward of the Sunshine Mission led the service. Burial followed at Linwood Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Ertie Cherry
Cherry
Miss Cheerry
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Linwood Cemetery
Iowa Journalist Frank Miles Named War Correspondent
Des Moines reports Frank Miles a veteran Iowa newspaperman and Legion official has accepted a year long assignment as The Journal war correspondent. He will dispatch from Africa Europe and the Pacific theaters to 30 state dailies and provide material for radio WHO. Miles began writing for the Iowa Legionnaire and is accredited by the American Legion magazines. He has 41 foreign trips and 5 000 public addresses.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Frank Miles
Iowa
Journal
State Selective Service Headquarters
Iowa Legionnaire
Miles
Jowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
WHO
Italy
WAC
England
Legion
American Legion Magazine
National Legionnaire
Indianapolis
New York
Navy
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Iowa National Guard
Army
National Legion
American Legion
Union
National Guard
Mathew A. Tinley
Fort Madison
Drake University
Tragic Death Identified as Donald Spurlock Found in Oelwein Park
Police reported the death of Donald Spurlock of Ottumwa Iowa after a group of boys found his body in an Oelwein park on Saturday afternoon. Coroner J R Wood ordered no inquest and sent Spurlock's stomach contents to Iowa City for analysis.
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Oelwein
Donald Spurlock
Ottumwa
J. R. Wood
Waena
Spurlock
Iowa City
Sailor Killed by Train Near Tama
Daniel Buchanan a 24 year old sailor was killed by an eastbound Milwaukee passenger train No 108 about three miles west of Tama Coroner W F Jones said the only ID showed Buchanan was assigned to a camp in California and his presence on the tracks was unexplained
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Tama
Daniel Buchanan
Milwaukee Road
Buchanan
W. F. Jones
Tama County
Buchana
California
Knights of Pythias Plan Jubilee Year in Iowa
Des Moines reports the 74th annual convention at Hotel Fort Des Moines as Knights of Pythias plan a diamond jubilee at Cedar Rapids next year. Iowa Pythian sisters discuss the Pythian home in Clinton and memorial services honor 15 life members and 30 deceased members.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Knights of Pythias
R. R. Hibbs
Marengo
Cedar Rapids
Legality of Scissored Will Contested in Des Moines
A Des Moines hearing before District Judge John J Hal Joran will test the legality of probating a will cut by scissors into two paragraphs. Kate M Coleman 69 left an estate about 100000. Ohio relatives claim two paragraphs naming them as beneficiaries were removed and no witness to the change was present.
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Des Moines
John J. Hal Joran
Kate M. Coleman
Ohio
Invasion Preparations Amid East Prussian Front Battles
Soviet forces press along a 215 mile arc into East Prussia as German scorched earth withdrawals evacuate civilians east of Konigsberg. The 1st Baltic and 2nd White Russian armies push toward Memel and Tilsit while the 2nd army seizes Knyszyn and advances northwest of Bialystok as oil fields at Samborislav are reported.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Bialystok
Knyszyn
Memel
Tilsit
Budget Measure Adopted by Washington City Council
At last night’s regular meeting the Washington city council adopted the proposed budget for next year with no opposition. The session mainly handled routine matters including the approval of bills.
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Washington
Alsip Joins Washington High coaching staff
M. W. Alsip, former Morning Sun principal and Columbus Junction alum, signs with the Washington board of education to coach at Washington high school and teach manual arts in junior high. He replaces Art Bielefeldt who becomes Orange Township superintendent. Alsip joins John Harp and Gene McCormick on the coaching staff. A separate art and Spanish position may be filled soon. Spanish will be a new subject in the schools.
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M. W. Alsip
Columbus Junction
Morning Sun High School
Washington Board of Education
Art Bielefeldt
Orange Township
Waterloo
Alsip
Columbus Junction High School
Dental College
Pella
Iowa
Columbus
Morning Sun
Washington
John Harp
Gene McCormick
Washington High School
War Correspondent Applications Question Personal Details
Frank Miles notes from the Port of Embarkation dated Aug. 8 outline required personal data for war correspondent applicants. Officials ask for wife mother and father names plus full identification and marital status as part of the acceptance process for Uncle Sam.
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Frank Miles
IDPA
Sam
Muochly
Happi
Grecian Buys the Westphal Store
Owen Grecian has purchased the Westphal jewelry store in Washington Iowa from John Westphal who founded the business in 1920 and will continue repairs and service as the store changes hands effective immediately. Westphal retires after 39 years in the trade.
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Washington
Owen Grecian
Westphal
John Westphal
H.F. Steck
Smith Jewelry
Grecian
Joe Goodlander
Force
Keep Rent At Prewar Levels Urged By Local Officials
Local landlords urged to maintain rents at March 1 1942 levels on a voluntary basis. OPA Des Moines Rent Division notes no current rent control enforcement in Washington Iowa but warns enforcement may follow if voluntary compliance fails.
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OPA
John V. Beller
Rent Division
Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Must Apply for New Gas Ration Renewal
Renewal applications for gas ration book holders will be ready at the local OPA office at the courthouse between August 15 and September 1. All ration book holders must apply for renewal as privileges do not automatically renew. save and attach the backs of old books to the new forms. Officials warn of possible kerosene and fuel oil shortages and potential rationing cuts this year.
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OPA
Court House
Furious Battle On at Florence
Eighth Army troops pressed toward the Arno five miles southeast of Florence meeting strong German positions in a fierce fight as British forces prepared a final assault on the ancient city. Refugees crowded Florence while German shelling and hill defenses slowed advances toward the southern bank and point 557.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Arno
Florence
Point 557
Judge Siegers Acts On Divorce Decrees
Judge Siegers of Newton presided in Washington court on two divorce matters. Lloyd E. K. Chabal vs Clara Chabal ends in a decree grant. Mary Gingerich vs Vernon Gingerich modified to grant custody of Terry Gingerich from Aug 10 to Aug 19 with restrictions on travel within Johnson and Washington counties. Judge Beehly to preside Sept 11 term. court plans Aug 28 and Sept 5 sessions.
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Siegers of Newton
Washington
Lloyd EK. Chabal
Clara Chabal
Mary Gingerich
Vernon G. Gingerich
Gingerich
Terry Gingerich
Johnson
Siegers
Frank Beehly
Montezuma
Yanks Advance On Guam Today
Air supported American forces moved three miles in one day on Guam expanding a bulge along the center of the line. Troops cut off from supplies were trapped in a small northern area. Nimitz reported Marines and Army units captured the village of Vido and overran a third of the remaining area.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Vido Sunday
Guam Heavily Forested Plateau Sees Enemy Action
Soldiers advance through dense woods in northern Guam within the plateau area as fighting continues in enemy-held territory. Units push to secure terrain and disrupt opposing positions amid rugged terrain and limited visibility.
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Guam
Bombers Land in Italy
Foreign air unit reports arrival in Italy with plans for further operations described by officials in Rome. The dispatch notes Allied forces assembling near the theater of operations as military action continues in the Mediterranean theater.
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Italy
Rome
Fortresses of the 8th Land in Italy After Shuttle Mission
The Fortresses of the 8th U.S. Air Force reached Italy today following the completion of an England to Russia to Italy bombing shuttle mission. The long-range operation concluded with the aircraft arriving on Italian soil.
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Italy
England
Russia
Allies Break Through German Lines Near Caen and Paris
Allied forces led by Canadian and British units drive deep into the German line below Caen with a rolling barrage, as American columns from Brittany head toward Le Mans. Left flank crumbling under fast moving armor and infantry, Caen sector reports show early objectives seized and rapid advances continuing along the Caen Falaisé axis.
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Supreme
HDQ
AEF
Caen
Paris
Brittany
le Mans
Caen-Falaisé
Attac
Death verdict in Myrtle Lintz case ruled self administered poisoning
Richmond coroner W. 5s. Kyle reports the jury found Myrtle Lintz died August 6 1944 by strychnine poisoning self administered in personal crisis. Jury members were Stanley Vodicka Joseph Kos and William Chapek. Witnesses included Dr A Boice Mrs Stanley Vodicka Louis Lintz and son Kenneth Sheriff H M Putnam. Funeral held at East Union church Kalona with burial beside her mother. Peterseim funeral home Kalona arranged services.
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W. 5S. Kyle
Richmond
Myrtle Lintz
Stanley Vodicka
Joseph Kos
William Chapek
A. Boice
Louis Lintz
Kenneth
H. M. Putnam
George F. Morrison
German Generals Die for Treason
Eight high German officers implicated in the July 20 plot against Adolf Hitler were executed shortly after a two day Berlin trial. The men, including a field marshal and three generals, were hanged publicly two hours after death sentences were handed down for honorless ambition treason and treachery.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
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St. Mark
U. S. Signal Corps
Cherry Sisters
Normandy
Avranches
France
Brittany Peninsula
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Newpapers of IoWa Daily Press
Frank Miles, Jr
Army Air Corps
William
Elba
Bari
Konigsberg
Red Army
Germany
Koyszyn
Latvia
Esthenia
Boryslav
Bielefeldt
Chabal
Lintz
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