Des Moines to Host Socialist Campaign Tour by Thom as
Norman Thomas, socialist candidate for president, will visit Des Moines on August 24 and 28 to launch his party’s central Iowa campaign. He will address Polk county workers August 23 at the public library and broadcast statewide August 24 on KRNT with candidates Drescher Bockewitz.
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Des Moines
Norman Thomas
Iowa
Thomas
Polk County
Des Moines Public Library
KRNT
Dc. W. Drescher
United States
H. EK. Bockewitz
Alligator Shot After Escape From Conoco Hotel Cage
A five foot alligator that escaped Aug 3 from a Conoco hotel cage was shot and killed near Ames on Sunday. Iowa State diesel trainees Cliff Underwood fired the reptile after failed rope and wire fencing attempts. Navy men Robert Ellis and Charles Moore alerted owner L. C. Bourne after spotting the animal in the Skunk River east of Ames.
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Ames
Conoco
Skunk River
Iowa State College
Cliff Underwood
Navy
Robert Ellis
Charles Moore
L. C. Bourne
Crippled Young Woman Hangs Self in Home
In Council Bluffs Miss Frances Bernice Peterson aged 23 was found dead by hanging in the basement of her home Monday afternoon. A note left by the deceased cited lifelong crippling as the reason. The sister who discovered the scene notified police.
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Council Bluffs
Frances Bernice Peterson
Holmer Peterson
Church at Bloomfield Sold at Auction
Clyde Gates won the Bloomfield Christian church auction with a 3600 dollar bid for the church lot and furnishings damaged by fire. The congregation will build a new site and hold services in the courthouse until a new building is ready.
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Bloomfield
Clyde Gates
Gates
Bloomfield Christian Church
Des Moines Area Truck Firms Resume Operations After Walkout
After a week long transport strike by about 26 000 drivers, midwest truck firms were back in operation. Donald R Wigton of the Des Moines office of defense transportation said 103 firms had been seized, including 17 Iowa companies and four seized by the government, all reporting Monday they were back in operation.
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Des Moines
Texas
Montana
Illinois
Midwest Truck Jung Companies
Donald R. Wigton
Office of Defense Transportation
Iowa
Council Overrules Mayor on Dump Property Sale
Waterloo residents witness a rare council veto override as the body accepts 3000 from Iowa Public Service Co. for city dump land. The utility plans a 150000 postwar facility, while Mayor Ralph B. Slippy argued the dump was the only remaining space for street department equipment.
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Waterloo
Ralph B. Slippy
Iowa Public Service Co
Boone A Balancing Bullet Wound Incident
A balancing bullet caused a neck wound in Boone A, injuring an unnamed person. Authorities investigated the incident and provided details on the weapon and circumstances. The case remains under review with no arrests announced.
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Boone
Honey Ownership Dispute Over Shiloh Church Building
A debate over ownership of the old Shiloh church south of Washington centers on who owns the building and the honey found there. Maynard Goff arranged to buy the church from the Congregational-Christian denomination and remove three and a half gallons of honey, while Frank Schantz claims farm land conditions may revert ownership to him. Authorities are to decide who holds both the church and the honey amid a long-standing dispute.
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Shiloh
Washington
Maynard Goff
Frank Schantz
Mr. Schantz
The
Christian Church
Leon Beatty Post to Convene Legion Meeting Tonight
The Leon Beatty post American Legion will hold a regular meeting tonight at eight o'clock in the Legion rooms at city hall. Commander Jay Brewer says important business will come up and a large attendance is desired. Separately, selective service headquarters report about 40 000 delinquents remain under the law.
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Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Jay Brewer
Washington Legionnaires
Selective Service
Selective Service Headquarters
Boy Bill Norton Injured During YMCA Camp Rifle Practice
Bill Norton age 11 son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Norton of Marshall town sustained injuries at the YMCA camp rifle range during a rifle practice period.
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Bill Norton
Wayne Norton
Marshalltown
Y.M.C.A. Camp
Temperature Stays Hot as County Corn Matures
Washington recorded a 93 degree maximum Monday with a 66 degree minimum. The heat continues to push the county corn toward maturity though a touch of rain would help sustain the crop during the late start and ongoing dry spell.
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Washington
Hi-Y Club Book Exchange at Washington High
Members of the HI-Y club at Washington High announce an annual book sale and exchange from August 21 to September 9. Second hand textbooks for local schools will be offered at the Y headquarters with hours 8:30 to 11 and 12 to 5, no evening sales, all deals must close by September 9.
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Hi-Y Club
Washington High School
Soviets widen wedge into Esthienia near Baltic coast
Soviet forces push a large arc from the Niemen toward Masurian lands with the 2nd White Army entering Osovets near German soil and the 3rd Baltic Army pressing toward Riga area within 88 miles of the Gulf as fighting contiues around Raseiniai and near Warsaw.
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Masurian
Osovets
Raseiniai
Tilsit
Baltic
Asthenia
Esthonia
Gulf of Riga
Death Removes Mrs. Little 58
Mrs Nellie Elizabeth Little aged 58 died at her Packwood Iowa home after a two week illness. The body rests at L A Jones funeral home awaiting word from a son and a son in law in the armed forces. Born in Dutch Creek township she lived in the county before moving to Packwood and is survived by her husband a son and a daughter.
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Nellie Elizabeth Little
Packwood
Iowa
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Dutch Creek Township
Wading Pool Closed At Sunset Park In 1944
Frank Miller of the Washington park board announced the Sunset park wading pool would be closed for the remainder of the 1944 season. Dr. Ruth Church of the Washington county health unit urged the closure to help prevent infantile paralysis spread, though no local cases exist. Authorities in nearby counties have reported cases and the measure aims to curb any local outbreak as a precaution.
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Frank Miller
Washington Park Board
Sunset Park
Ruth Church
Washington County Health Unit
Washington County
Lineman Finishes 24 Hour Rural Power Line Extension
Cobleskill New York lineman completes a 3 pound baby incubator project by finishing a rural power line extension in a single day.
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Cobleskill
N. Y
Postwar aviation plans discussed by Washington Chamber group
Washington Chamber of Commerce aviation committee members Ralph Scott and Crull attend a Des Moines conference on Iowa postwar aviation. They foresee feeder lines, private planes at small airports, air mail expansion, business travel by air, and the need for state aviation legislation and local airport facilities.
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Co. V. Crull
R. E. Arthur
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Scott
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Kathryn Latta Taken by Death
Kathryn Latta longtime Washington schools instructor and high school librarian died after a months long illness at her apartment on West Washington Street. Funeral services at L A Jones funeral home with Dr F W Eastwood presiding. burial in Elm Grove cemetery. She was the daughter of James G Latta and Ida Mas Nicola Latta and the last of her family.
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Kathryn Latta
Washington
West
Washington Street
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Miss Latta
James G. Latta
Ida Mas Nicola Latta
Sanborn
Iowa
Northern Normal and Industrial School
Aberdeen
State Teachers College
Madison
M.D
Greeley
Colorado
University of Iowa
Columbia University
New York City
Allied Army Lands in Southern France Secure Beachheads
Allied invasion forces struck from sea and air into southern France establishing firm beachheads along a 100 mile stretch between Nice and Marseilles. Paratroopers and assault troops led by American and British units unlocked coastal defenses as Gen Wilson and De Gaulle urged resistance. air and ground forces reported light opposition with a swift inland drive toward the Rhone valley.
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Rome
Monte Vecchio
Frontone
Arezzo
Empoli
Arno River
Florence
France
Mediterranean
Nice
Marseilles
Rhone Valley
Henry Maitland Wilson
Bis
Paris
Normandy
de Gaulle
Wilson
Chas, de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Berlin
St. Raphael
Cannes
Cape Camarat
Hitler
Mediterranean Wall
Allied drive collapses Nazi pocket in Normandy
Allied forces close the net on the Normandy pocket as Patton’s 3rd Army and Canadian units drive toward Lefalse Lisieux and Paris. Air, armor and infantry assault the German remnants, with Von Kluge preparing a last stand as escape routes shrink and bombardment intensifies.
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HDQ
AEF
Normandy
George. C. Patton
3Rd Army
Patton
Argentana
Falaise
Lisieux
Guenther von Kluge
Paris
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N. J
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Pontedera
Larotta
U. S
5Th Army
Lean Beatty
Boys of Hi-Y Club
Plan Book Exchange
Esthenia
Moscow
Niemen River
Vistula River
Warsaw
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Vistula
Mrs. Little
Second Armored Division
Goek von Berlichingen
Air Corps
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Marines
Alaska
Mexico
Europe
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Latta
Oper
Central Park
Ralph Young
America
Mr. R. L. Grimes
Don Radda
Bombasto Besame
Mucho Mareh of Time
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Kling
Rangkiser
Farrar
Velazquez Richards
Horlick Hughes
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