Oskaloosa Boy Dies From Truck Accident Injuries
Jay McAdoo seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Herschel McAdoo Os kaloosa died at Mahaska hospital after injuries from a truck collision near his home. The truck driver was Harry Dr Fowler of New Sharon. Police said the accident was unavoidable. He is survived by his parents seven brothers and sisters.
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Oskaloosa
Jay McAdoo
Herschel McAdoo
Mahaska Hospital
Harry Dr. Fowler
New Sharon
McAdoo
Broihers
Tire theft arrests in Crandall garage case at Afton
Sheriff John K. Hwing says two men were arrested for stealing several tires from the Crandall garage in Afton. Arthur Leroy Singleton admitted taking two new tires and selling them for eight dollars each after fleeing to Griswold. Galen Smith, alleged accomplice, was arrested in Des Moines.
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Creston
Crandall
Afton
John K. Hwing
Arthur Leroy Singleton
Griswold
Ewins
Galen Smith
Des Moines
Investigation to Present Accident Facts to Linn County Grand Jury
All facts of the fatal crash involving WMT staffer Howard Sealy and Margaret Pratt will be presented to the Linn County grand jury on Sept. 13. Assistant County Attorney Carl Hendrickson said detectives have been probing the collision as Pratt’s car struck a parked vehicle near the Carleton apartments after leaving a Country Club pool party. Three other cars were damaged in the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Howard
Ted) Sealy
WMT
Linn County
Grand Jury
Carl Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Margaret Pratt
Miss Fratt
Sealy
Carleton Apartments
Petition Seeks Temporary Receiver for Halagan Fountain Firm
A district court petition seeks a temporary receiver for the law firm Hal lagan Fountain Steward and Cless and judgment of 6497.29 against Paul W Steward. Filed by Frank B Hallagan and Ray Fountain, the suit says Steward joined the firm March 4 1940 and withdrew July 31 moving practice to a new office taking books and equipment without accounting.
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DHS Moiies
District Court
Hallagan
Fountain
Steward
Fishing Spear Is Taken from Man's Arm
Jake Oxford, 65, of Catns ville Missouri, was treated at a hospital after a 12 inch fishing spear in his pocket pierced his left wrist and nearly reached the elbow when he fell from a log into Grand river. A surgeon, a mechanic, and a plumber assisted in removing the spear. Oxford walked a half mile to a neighbor then to the hospital. The spear eye was sawed off to extract the hook.
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Leon
Jake Oxford
Catnsville
Grand River
Oxford
Soldier on Leave at Chanute Field
Corporal Merle Warner is home with his wife on a one day pass from Chanute Field Illinois.
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Cpl
Merle Warner
Chanute Field
Ilinois
Iowa War Loan Quota Hits 1.082 Million for County Drive
After a district meeting in Ottumwa county war finance chair G B Mace and banker Lee Holland announce Washington county quota for the third war loan at 1,082,000, the largest ever. Des Moines notes Iowa’s statewide quota at 196 million for bonds from non banking sources, with breakdowns across FE, F and G bonds and other government securities.
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Ottumwa
G. B. Mace
County War Finance Committee
Lee Holland
Bankers’ War Loan Committee
Washington County
Des Moines
Iowa
W. L. Clark
Iowa War Finance Committee
Treasury Savings
Treasury
Plan Final Wallop for Nazi Army
Roosevelt and Churchill view a new blueprint for reopening Europe as their sixth wartime conference proceeds. They discuss a major US treasury campaign with house to house canvassing across Iowa starting September 9, aided by the women’s division and OCD. Funds credited to quotas from September 1 through October's first week.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Europe
Germany
Italy
United States Treasury
Iowa
Clark
War Finance Committee
OCD
State War Finance Committee
Judge Patterson Rules on Motions in OsKaloosa Court
Judge J G Patterson of Os kaloosa ruled on motions presented during a special motion day. Several cases saw actions including overruling strikes and dismissals, sustaining separations and specific statements, and consolidating or continuing actions.
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J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
W. T. Rawleigh Company
Linus A. Wood
John M. Nickerson
John A. Nickerson
J. W. Cho
Produce Houses Changing Hours In Washington
All Washington produce houses will align hours with groceries. They will open at eight in the morning and close at six in the evening, except Saturdays when they close at ten.
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Washington
Public Invited to Garden Exhibit and 4-H Show
Washington County hosts a Garden Exhibit in the Iowa Southern Utilities display room featuring a range of fruits and vegetables. The eight o clock awards and 4-H entries compete at the armory and Methodist church, with a Farm Bureau picnic to follow at Sunset Park and an address by Lee Stephenson of Eldon.
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Washington County Victory
Iowa Southern Utilities
Frank Bostwick
Farm Bureau
Sunset Park
Lee Stephenson
Eldon
West Chester High School Registration Set for August 23
Superintendent Calkins announced that West Chester high school registration will be held Monday, August 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Students planning to attend should register then and bring any books they wish to sell. Locker keys will be issued then. Schools will open August 30.
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West Chester
Calkins
Two Divorce Suits Filed for Trial
Teresa Propst sues Dewey Propst in Washington county district court for divorce and custody of a nine year old daughter. They wed January 1, 1925 at Keola and have two children, a boy about 18. E D Morrison Jr represents Propst. Ruth Graf sues Leo Graf for divorce and custody after desertion in April 1941. They married December 4, 1939 at Iowa City. she lives in Mt. Pleasant, he near Wellman. Attorneys are B J Byrnes and Baldrige Bailey.
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Teresa Propst
Dewey Propst
Washington County
Keola
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Ruth Graf
Leo Graf
Iowa City
Mt. Pleasant
Wellman
B. J. Byrnes
Keota
Baldrige & Bailey
Washington
Ration Board Clerk Examination Notice
Fred Downing, a civil service examiner, announces an exam for ration board clerk at the post office this Friday at 7 30 PM. Applications should be obtained from him and filled for presentation at the exam. If unable to attend Friday, the exam is offered at 2 PM on Monday August 23.
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Fred Downing
Civil Service Examiner
Grocers to Meet at Iowa City Thursday
A meeting of grocers previously set for next Monday has been moved to Thursday evening of the current week. The change was announced yesterday and notes were received confirming the new schedule.
Legion Post Hears Convention Report
At Leon Beatty post meeting the American Legion urged support for collecting old phonographs to make new records for men at camps and stations. They backed more blood donors and heard a Des Moines convention report by Fred Downing. Three WWII veterans attended. 588 war veterans joined the Legion locally. Commander Charles Kennedy presided. a lunch followed.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
R. RR. Noonan
Legion Committee
The
Legion
Des Moines
Fred Downing
Camp Dodge
Washington County
Fort Des Moines
Waring
Henry Wallace
John L. Lewis
Charles
Rationing Office Announces Iowa City Price Ceilings Meeting
The rationing office schedules a Thursday gathering in the community building at Iowa City. An explanation of new price ceiling regulations will be given, and all grocers and food handlers are urged to attend.
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Iowa City
Invasion of Italy Is Now Anticipated By United Press
The Sicily campaign yielded heavy Allied losses but a major victory, Eisenhower says the campaign finished early. German Italian prisoner total reached 135,000 with 2,000 killed or wounded. Allied losses about 25,000. Rumors of a forthcoming invasion of Italy grow as air operations widen and prep in Western Europe and the Balkans shifts.
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Sicily
Dwight D. Eiserhower
Sielian
Eisenhower
Mediterraneanu
Messina
Madrid
France
Straits
Kharkov
Europe
Royal Air Force
Britain
Africa
Italy
Balkans
Delegates Suggest Dewey For 1940 GOP Nomination
A Chicago dispatch reports an incomplete poll of 1940 Republican delegates indicating they would now back Thomas E. Dewey for president instead of Wendell Willkie. General Douglas MacArthur also shows strong support as early returns split between Dewey and MacArthur.
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Chicago
Wendell Willkie
Thomas RE. Dewey
Kemper
Washington County Masonic Meeting Thursday at temple
The Washington lodge hosts the Washington County Masonic association at the Masonic temple in Washington Thursday at 7 30 p m. The meeting will include instruction in the third degree and refreshments after. All Masons are welcome.
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Masonic Meeting
Washington Lodge of Masons
Washington County Masonic Association
Masonic Temple
Washington
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