Fraud charge lands Grundy Center man in jail
Kendall Hovey 23 of Ridgeway held in Tama county jail on a fraud charge after arriving from Reinbeck Indiana detasseling work. While awaiting Jamas officers, a mattress fire erupted in the Grundy county jail caused by lighted cigarettes placed under every mattress. Three mattresses burned and several blankets damaged as smoke filled the cell block.
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Grundy Center
Kendall Hovey
Ridgeway
Tama County
Toledo
Grundy County
John A. Meyer
Hovey
Reinbeck
Meyer
Jama
Meyee
Tama
Harry Sharp
Grundy
Five U S Bombers Raid Kurile Islands Reported
Japanese headquarters said five American bombing planes raided the northern Kurile island chain on Thursday. The Japanese air corps intercepted and shot down three of the planes while one did not return. Tokyo radio relayed the communiqué via United Press.
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Ters
Japan
United States
Germany
Bonn
Rhineland
Cologne
Beethoven
Kassel
Legion Asks Return of Japs to Centers
Des Moines Iowa. The Iowa American Legion convention adopted a resolution urging immediate return of all Japanese released from relocation centers. The measure, from the Americanization committee, asks Congress to enact laws to send Japanese to the centers. It would affect about 100 Japanese Americans in Iowa working on farms and in offices and colleges. About 450 Japanese have been placed in jobs by the War Relocation Authority in the western region.
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Legion
Des Moines
Iowa
Aimartteb Legion
Fort Des Moines
Legion Americanization Committee
Congress
Owa
The
War Relocation Authority
WRA
Windwest
Iowa Draft Plans Favor Non Fathers for Now
Local draft officials announce delays in drafting fathers from Iowa as long as possible. Lieut. Col. Ralph A. Lancaster says some fathers may be taken this year, but all available non fathers will be used first and induction calls will be filled from local boards with non fathers available.
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DBS
Iowa
Pearl Harbor
Ralph A. Lancaster
State Selective Service
Lancaster
Pianos From Iowa To Texas By Air
Staff Sergeant Jack Ream former Sioux City band leader now at Bergstrom Field Houston telegraphed a Sioux City piano dealer to buy two upright pianos. On Wednesday they were loaded into an army transport plane for delivery to Texas later that day.
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Iowa
Texas
Sioux City
Jack Ream
Bergstrom Field
Houston
Tex
Linn Legislator Loses Money Pants in Bedroom Theft
Cedar Rapids reports a prowler entered State Representative John R. Gardner’s Lisbon home Tuesday while he slept. The thief took his trousers and $107, discarding the pants in a neighbor’s yard. A hitchhiker seen nearby is being checked by investigators.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff's Office
John RR. Gardner
Lisbon
Chrysler Workers Strike At Detroit Dodge Truck Plant
About 2,200 Chrysler workers walked out at the Detroit Dodge truck plant in what the company called an organized stoppage of war production. A management note said the entire first shift stopped at 9:45 a.m. and a shop committee of the United Mine Workers CIO presented four demands at 9:50 a.m.
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Oration Dodge
United Mine Workers, Cio
Churchill Gives His Cigar Case to Baggage Handler
At Niagara Falls a baggage handler Eddy Brady, 39, who grabbed Prime Minister Winston Churchill's cigar case after Churchill handed it to him, said he hoped to one day turn President Roosevelt out of his cigarette holder. Churchill stopped smoking, retrieved his cigar, and tossed the case to Brady as the train pulled away.
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Churchill
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Eddy Lrady
Suspension Bridge
Mr. Churchill
Brady
Decision Soon On Gasoline Ban
Washington officials indicate a final decision on lifting the east coast pleasure driving ban will be announced before week’s end. New figures show more gasoline for the Atlantic seaboard but less for the Midwest and Southwest, prompting the policy review by Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown.
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Washington, D.C
Prentiss M. Brown
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Southwest
Scrap drive needs every citizen to act in Iowa
The executive secretary Salvage Campaign in Iowa reports Iowa fell 13 percent short of its six month quota. Weather, manpower shortages, and public complacency harmed efforts. Local volunteers blame limited awareness and gossip that hampers effective collection. Most remaining scrap is light tin and wire needing baling for mills. equipment to bale is scarce with only five machines in the state.
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Herbert
Plagylan
Iowa
Pete
Tag
Baal
Falinss
Playman
Air Force Recruiter to Visit Washington area Friday
Captain Emil A Koehn army air force recruiting officer will visit Washington at the post office for official examinations for aviation cadet training. Examinations include a final type mental and a preliminary physical, with ages 17 to 26 for pilots bombardiers or navigators.
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Washington, Columbus
Morning Sun
Emil A. Koehn
Army Air Force
Washington
Post Office
Army Air Forces
Washington Civil Air Patrol
Voy Vew
Clusie
Air Corps Reserve
Grocery Stores Set New Hours in Washington
Stores including Lets Market Darelays National Tea Benner Tea Crone s Market Orcutt s Pigely Wigely A P store Farmers Store and The Peoples Grocery announce new hours effective Monday August 16. Weekdays 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturdays 1:90 pm to 10:30 pm with others closing as usual on non Saturday days.
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Washington
Soi A
Leet’s
Darelay’s
National Tea
Benner Tea
Crone’s Market
Orcutt’s Pigely Wigely
Barn Destroyed by Lightning on W W Wilson Farm
A large barn on the W. W. Wilson estate south of town, operated by Tom Cantoni, was struck by lightning during a severe storm and burned with all contents, possibly up to 1000? dollars. The loss includes hay, grain, tankage, feed, and nearly new machinery. Firefighters arrived but could not save the structure.
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W. W. Wilson
Tom Cantoni
Washington
Farmers Mutual
Wilson Farm
Wayland Road
Mal
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
I O O F Degree Work Postponed at Columbus Junction
The I O O F degree work planned at Columbus Junction has been postponed until a later date, it was announced today.
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Columbus Junction
California records highest per capita lumber use
California leads the country in per capita lumber consumption, the highest rate nationwide according to the report.
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California
Congressman Martin Discusses Farm Problems With County Group
Congressman Thomas E. Martin of Iowa district one met about fifty farmers at the Congress hotel in Washington last evening. He spoke on agriculture policy, led a three hour Q and A, and urged unity among farm groups while criticizing rising federal payroll and uncertain admin directives. The subsidy plan was noted as under consideration in the fall. Martin then planned to travel to Davenport for another meeting.
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Washington County
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa
Washington
Congress Hotel
Amos. Stout
Martin
Govery
Washington, D.C
Davenport
Milk Inspector Employed by City in Washington
W. C. Smith, a Fairfield milk sanitarian, now works with the city and health unit to inspect dairies and collect milk samples for bacterial testing in Washington. Formerly done by Keith Krause, who is now in the army. Smith warns residents with family cows selling milk locally to obtain permits and cautions against buying from unapproved sources amid rising undulant fever cases.
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W. C. Smith
Fairfield
Washington
Keith Krause
Krause
Smith
Gas Violation Charges Against This Dealer
DES MOINES George Free born operator of the Victory service station at 555 S W Seventh street was arrested on a federal charge of selling gasoline ration coupons and selling gasoline without receiving ration coupons He was charged also with accepting truck ration coupons for gasoline which was put in a passenger car The Freeborn case is the first criminal prosecution in Iowa on charges of violating gasoline rationing regulations
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Des Moines
George Freeborn
Victory
S. W. Seventh Street
Freeborn
Iowa
Americans Advance on Randazzo in Sicily Drive
An American battalion pushed inland 80 miles behind enemy lines in northern Sicily joining the main infantry as they repelled counterattacks. The force moved toward Messina, routing German and Italian prisoners and meeting light resistance near Randazzo as air attacks targeted Germany.
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Sicily
United States
7Th Army
Messina
Churchill Now In United States
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his daughter Mary toured sights near Niagara Falls after crossing from Canada. He appeared rested from Quebec travel and crossed the border amid officials, then visited vantage points and Cable Rock near the Falls with Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Winston Churchill
Mary
Churchill
Quebec
United States
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cable Rock
Falls
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Kurile Islands
Island Empire
United Press
Ese Kurile Island Chain
Thurs
Rah
Japanese Army Air Corps
Munique Said
Tokyo
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Chrysler
Detroit. Mich
Ers
Chrysler Corp
Siren L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Guy Granville Simonds
Canada
Air Force
Kharkov
Bryansk
Sumy
KROMY
Russian Central Front
Belgorod
Orel
Cess
Randazzo
Central
Italy
Ruhr
Africa
Roma
Terni
Girrare
Mt. Etna
Votecanie
Cesary
Nedrodi
San Marco D’aluzzo
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