India Gains Status of a Free State
India becomes a free state at midnight as Britain relinquishes control and India and Pakistan gain dominion status. Mountbatten will take oath as governor general and the new tricolor will be raised, signaling national independence amid violence in Lahore Amritsar and Calcutta.
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India
New Delhi
Pakistan
Viscount Louis Mountbatten
Mountbatten
Government House
Lahore
Amritsar
Calcutta
Constituent Assembly
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rajendra Prasad
Brittain
Subcontinent
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Prasad
Pamela
Red Fort
Delhi
Drunken Driving Charge Near Ottumwa Ends in Bond
In Ottumwa Iowa on August 14 Mrs Raymond Klipinger was released on 300 bond after her vehicle struck a police car that had been stopped to assist at an accident scene. She faces charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Raymond
Klipinger
Disloyalty Firings Hit State Department Staff
The civil service commission announced that 10 additional State Department employees were discharged for loyalty reasons. The action affects personnel across the department as part of ongoing security reviews.
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Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
State Department
War Ends Two Years Ago but World Still in Turmoil
On August 14 1944 President Truman proclaimed Japan's unconditional surrender ending the war yet the world remains unsettled. Greece China Burma Palestine and the Balkans see violence. Europe and Asia face hunger and fear as talks on peace treaties stall and atomic fears loom.
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Washington
U.P
E.d.t
Truman
Japan
Greece
China
Burma
Palestine
Balkans
India
Germany
Europe
Asia
U. S
United States
Russia
Turkey
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Pacific Army
Army Air Forces
Truman Sees Justice Probe Unlikely to Cut Prices
President Truman said the justice department price investigation may not lower prices much but should expose those charging unwarranted highs. Republican leaders argued a general decline could come, while lawmakers warned against restoring all price controls and debated extending rent controls beyond March 1948.
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Washington
Truman
Department of Justice
Jesse Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Michigan
Congress
Tom
Clark
CIO
Food Committee
Justice Department
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Wolcott
Claims Against Italy Are Waived
The United States agreed to waive about $1,000,000,000 in claims against Italy, marking a softening of war peace terms. A crew treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation was discussed, with further study planned in Rome next fall. The U S transferred eight seized Italian merchant ships and 15 surplus liberty ships to Italy as part of a broader economic accord.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Italy
State Department
Arabs Attack Jews in Tel Aviv Violence Outburst
In Jerusalem on August 14 hundreds of Arabs emerged from orange groves near Tel Aviv to clash with Jewish residents. The four day flare of hostilities left at least 16 Jews and three Arabs dead with more than 60 injured. British troops and police controlled the fronts, rounding up Arab bands as battles spread to Jaffa-Tel Aviv, with factories burned and several blazes later contained.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Two Owaha Women Die In Iowa Crash West Of Adel
ADEL Iowa Aug 14 UP two Owaha women died when the car they rode in overturned four miles west of Adel early today. A daughter of one of the women was seriously injured in the crash.
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Adel
Iowa
Owaha
Here
Atomic Bomb Use Justified in War Debate
The remark recalls the speaker’s belief that employing the atomic bomb against Japan two years earlier was necessary, reflecting ongoing wartime policy discussions and the moral considerations surrounding decisive measures.
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Japan
Rock Island Trains Switch to New Route Between Washington and Brighton
Rock Island Lines begins use of the cutoff between Washington Iowa and Brighton Iowa with all trains shifting from the old line starting at 10:00 a.m. Friday August 15. The Washington and South Washington stations open with adjusted hours and designated stops for the Southwest Express and Imperial trains.
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Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Kansas City
Washington
Brighton
Ainsworth
Rock Island
Here
Ole Rock Island
Wayland Road
Iowa
Rock Island Lines
South Washington
Southwest Express
Imperial
Southwest
Pew Station
Englewood
Illinois
Illnois
L. Goodlander
South
Funeral for Mrs An tforette Gray in Keota Friday
Mrs An tforette Gray aged 78 dies after a five year illness at Mt Pleasant hospital. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at the Christian church in Keota, with Rev Ira Carney in charge. Burial in Keota cemetery. She was born October 10 1868 in White Fields Corners Ib and lived in West Chester and Keota communities. Survived by grandson Edward Cloyce Stoutner of Mt Pleasant.
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Antforette Gray
Christian Church
Keota
Ira Carney
Gray
Mt. Pleasant
Bee
White Fields Corners
Anthony
Amanda (Black) Moody
West Chester
Theodore Gray
The
Edward Cloyce Stoutner
Mt. Pleasanc
Union vesper service planned for Washington County Exposition
Plans for a Sunday September 7 outdoor vesper at Case Field aim to draw 5000 attendees. A 100 voice choir will perform while the spectacle stage hosts speakers. The organizing committee lists Warl Libe as chair and delegates from Christian, United Presbyterian, Presbyterian, Methodist, St Pauls, Associate Presbyterian, Baptist, and Tabernacle churches.
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Washington County
Case Field
Warl Libe
Claud Tucker
Christian Church
John Owen
United Presbyterian
Vernon Wittitg
Keith Vetter
Harold Wilson
St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed
George Masson
Paul Thayer
Rodney Arnold
Christian Tabernacle
Washington Taxi Link Between Stations
A taxi service will operate between the Washington station and the another station. The service aims to provide convenient transport for travelers between the two locations.
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Washington
Washington Station
New Ward Store Manager Assigned for Washington
Walter Friedman, longtime manager of the Washington Ward store, is transferred to Devils Lake North Dakota. E. W. Hatcher of Waterloo becomes the new Washington manager, coming from the Waterloo store where he served as assistant manager.
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Walter Friedman
Washington Montgomery Ward
Devils Lake
North Dakota
Washington
E. W. Hatcher
Waterloo
Hatcher
Friedman
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Issak Walton League
Washington Golf and Country Club
Walter
Golt
Ward
Menominee
Mich
Appleton
Wis
Antigo
Winona
Nominations Open for Washington County Exposition Queen
Nominations for the Exposition Queen contest close August 22 with many entries already in. A first meeting for contestants and sponsors is Friday at 7 30 pm in City Hall to receive official instructions. Unnominated girls can join next week and receive instructions from Bob Downing at the exposition office.
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Washington County Exposition
City Hall
Bob Downing
Washington County
No lasting relief from heat as rains fall sparsely
Des Moines reports Aug 14 there is still a chance for more rain in Iowa as showers reach Iowa Falls Iowa City and Oskaloosa, with totals up to 1.32 inches in Iowa Falls and 1.02 in Iowa City while Washington county remains dry. Temperatures ranged from a high near 97 earlier to 82 at noon and a forecast of partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers in the south.
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wye
O'Mahoney
Goss
Grange
Anti-Trust
Justice Department
Wade
Washington County
Washington
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Iowa Falls
Ames
Atlantic
Forest City
Mason City
Burlington
Albina
Lamoni
Spencer
Contest Entry Details For Civic Page Or Sponsor Needed
The notice invites entries from ages 18 to 25 for a contest. Send name address age and phone to box 258 or contact Bob Downing or G. Gifford Morrison. Civic groups churches or businesses may sponsor a contestant. Girls may be entered by friends with no sponsor required. A $100 wrist watch will be awarded to the queen and $25 in merchandise prizes to the runner-up.
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Bob Downing
G. Gifford Morrison
Rehearsals For Echoes of Peace At Lincoln Gym
Rehearsals for Echoes of Peace take place at Lincoln gym with events listed by date. August episodes include Faith of our Fathers Valley Forge Generals Lee Grant and more, with ballet dancers Mexican dancers and Queen attendants noted.
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Faith of Our Fathers
Valley Forge
Generals Lee Grant
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