Russians Strike Deep Near Kharkov As Front Advances
Moscow dispatches report Soviet troops smash the main German defense line along the Donets river 18 miles south of Kharkov and cross the Vorskla to near Poltava. The advance engulfs Zmiev and tightens the Soviet hold on Kharkov as Allied bombers strike the French coast in a resumed air offensive.
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Moscow
Donets
Kharkov
Vorskla
Poltava
Zmiev
London
England
Iowa Tragedy as Youth Fatally Injured by Runaway Horses
Wallace Gast 19, a farm youth, was dragged by a bolting team for half a mile and died hours after admission to a Mason City hospital. He rode one horse and led another during threshing near his family farm. In Jasper County, 14 year old John Dolinsek’s body was recovered downstream from the Skunk River after he disappeared while wading. Fellow 14 year old Billy Talsma remained missing as river holes were dynamited during the search led by Sheriff Ray Barber and Coroner Ralph Toland.
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Wallace Gast
Mason City
Gast
Glen Gast
Here
Anther
Youths Sentenced on Assault Charge in Davenport Case
Abraham Lin Fox 21 and Charles Phelps 18 of Davenport pleaded guilty before District Judge L K Daugherty to assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. Each received one year in Wapell county jail with eight months suspended for good behavior. Robert Stroughton 17 remains held for juvenile investigation.
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Ottumwa Abraham Linecoln Fox
Charles Phelps
Davenport
Wapell County
L. K. Daugherty
Robert Stroughton
Corn Ceiling Prices Seen Steady Amid Strong Demand
Iowa farm producers sold 21 million bushels of corn between July 1 and August 10, settling doubts on price ceilings. Industry demand remains firm and subsidies seem unlikely as industrial buyers report ample supplies until the new crop arrives.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tragic drowning near Cherokee claims Harold Haight
Harold Haight 13 son of Mr and Mrs Harry Haight Pilot township drowned in Perry creek south of Cherokee while fishing with friend James Whitehouse 11. Haight slipped from a log into eight feet of water and was recovered within about 15 minutes after Whitehouse summoned his father.
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Harold Fiaight
Harry Haight
Pilot Township
Perry Creek
Cherokee
Haight
James Whitehouse
Young Whitehouse
Iowa Restaurants Under OPA Watch as Prices Rise
Des Moines district office of price administration monitors higher restaurant prices across Iowa. No price freeze order has been issued though Chicago OPA holds power. Officials report many complaints and inquiries about governing regulations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Regel Opa
Chicago
Girls Show Honors to Miss Eckels in 4 H Event
Judging wrapped in the Washington county 4-H achievement show with livestock at the armory and girls exhibits at the Methodist church. Virginia Beckels won the top girls show honor as champion food preservation girl for 1943. Awards in swine and baby beef were announced with Billy Norman winning champion market pig and Elmer Schneider of Riverside taking brand champion baby beef.
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Washington County
Armory
Methodist Church
Farm Bureau
Sunset Park
Billy Norman
Elmer Schneider
Riverside
Virginia Beckels
Food Preservation Emphasized at Girls 4-H Show
The 1943 girls 4-H achievement show opened at the Methodist church basement with demonstrations led by Good Luck club winners Louise Waterhouse and Mary Lou Stacy on Secrets of Successful Dehydration. Reserve team Betty Sojka Hazel Sojka presented Frosty Foods in June Make Nutritious Meals in January.
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Methodist Church
Good Luck Club
Louise Waterhouse
Mary Lou Stacy
Betty Sojka
Hazel Sojka
Fairview Farmeretteca
West Point Club
Mary Duvall
Nedra Dusenberry
Marie Vittetoe
Velma Zook
Jacksonites
Helen Knupp
Leota Fishburn
Charlene Hesseltine
Marjorie Haffner
Go Getters Club
Joyce Gault
Margaret Williams
Clover Leaf Club
Evening Journal
West Point
Good Luck
Baliview Farmerettes Club
Jurors drawn for September term of district court
Petit jurors were drawn at the court house for the September term opening Sept 13 with Judge P J Siegers presiding. Names include Velma Alt, Merle Applegate, Marie Baker, Floyd Banks, Hazel Bell, Harry Bishop, John Blom, Mayme Burich, Gene Crossett, Howard Crozier, Delbert Darnell, E C Dickinson, Elizabeth Dye, Katherine Flynn, Boyd Foster, Chas O George, Jeanette Gillispie, Gerald Graf, Jennice Howell, Joseph H Jones, Pearl Kennedy, August Kern, Frank Libenguth, R K Mitchell, Fred Mouser, Guy McCall, Wm McClintic, Ida McDaniel, H W Ramseyer, Emma Reif, Opal Rickey, Clarence Rowe, Lee R Sands, A C Saunders, Maurine Schmelzer, Viola Schroeder, Lloyd Stagner, Walter Starr, George Statler, Lucile Statler, Merl Statler, Lena Stewart, Ora Stumpf, Bashie Swick, Harold Teets, Ruth Thorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Alt
Kalona Merle Applegate
Jackson
Marie Baker
Floyd Banks
Hazel Bell
Iowa
Harry Bishop
Washington
John Blum
Richmond
Mayme Burich
Gene Crossett
Howard Crozier
Delbert Darnell
E. C. Dickinson
Clay
Elizabeth Dye
Katherine Flynn
Boyd Foster
Chas. O. George
Jeanette Gillispie
Gerald Graf
Cedar
Jennice Howell
Joseph H. Jones
Crawford
Emma Reif
West Chester
Opal Rickey
Clarence Rowe
Wellman
Lee R. Sands
Oregon
A. C. Saunders
Brighton
Maurine Schmelzer
Viola Schroeder
Lloyd Stagner
Karona
Walter Starr
George Statler
Lucile Statler
Merl Statler
Franklin
Lena Stewart
Ora Stumpf
Bashie Swick
Harold Teets
Kalona
Ruth Thorne
Two New Teachers Named by Board in Washington Schools
Supt. W A Erbe announced the election of two new teachers for Washington schools opening Monday August 30 Catharine Crigler of Glasgow Mo to teach third grade at Lincoln school and Elsie Kimbrell of Glenwood Mo to lead junior high home economics Both Kirksville college graduates a fourth fifth and sixth grade departmental position at Stewart school was filled but not definite and the physical education role for girls remains to be filled this week
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W. A. Erbe
Washington
Catharine Crigler
Glasgow
Brunswick
Missouri Teachers College
Kirksville
Lincoln School
Elsie Kimbrell
Glenwood
Kirksville College
Stewart School
Erbe
Prices Told to Hold Steady for First Week of April
Prices between April 4 and April 10 were set as the target level and restaurant owners were asked to maintain prices at that level to help control costs.
Japs Meet Disaster in New Guinea
Allied reports say 215 of 225 Japanese planes at Wewak were destroyed over two days of Allied bombing in New Guinea. American warships also ambushed a Solomons convoy as bombers and fighters hit four Wewak airfields, with six Allied planes lost and 28 Japanese fighters shot down.
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Allied
SW Pacific
New Guinea
Wewak
Solomons
Almed
Stove Rationing Takes Effect August 24 Nationwide
Washington August 19 The Office of Price Administration announced nationwide stove rationing will begin August 24. Coal wood oil or gas burning stoves may be purchased only with a rationing board certificate, replacing the coal and wood heating stove rationing already in 32 states and the District of Columbia.
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Washington, D.C
Office of Price Administration
OPA
States
District of Columbia
Marriage License Issued to Shutt and Hemphill Couple
Ralph Stanley Shutt of Oakville Iowa and Amy Hemphill of Ainsworth secured a marriage license at the courthouse yesterday.
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Court House
Ralph Stanley Shutt
Oakville
Iowa
Amy Hemphill
Ainsworth
Registration for Junior High School Opens at High School
Principal Ethel McCreedy announced registration for pupils of the junior high will occur at the high school building on Wednesday and Thursday, August 25 and 26. Registration runs 9 to noon and 1 to 5, lockers cost 25 cents, and the junior high office is on the third floor south end.
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Ethel “McCreedy
Florence Wahl and Maye Yard Named in Ward Elections
Florence Wahl and Maye Yard appear among candidates in local ward races with listings for 2nd Ward players and officials including Weisman W C White and John R Yeggy in Iowa Township.
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Florence Wahl. Weisman
W. C. White
Oregon
Maye B. Yard
John R. Yeggy
Iowa
Awards Declared at County Victory Garden Show
Mrs. B F Bostwick announced award winners at the county Victory Garden show held at the Iowa Southern Utilities office display room. despite fewer entries, the event featured notable displays of fresh vegetables and canned fruits with prizes paid as War stamps.
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B. F. Bostwick
Iowa
Brinning Sick in Jap Prison Camp
Mrs. Stanley Richards reports her son Pfe William S. Brinning, a former Army Air Corps member and Washington High School graduate, is a prisoner of war in the Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 1 and is described as sick in hospital. He enlisted in 1939, trained in California and Albuquerque, reached the Philippines in 1941, was missing in action in 1942, and is now confirmed alive though a prisoner. Red Cross aid allows small care packages to reach him.
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Stanley Richards
North Avenue
Pfe
William S. Brinning
Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 1
Imperial Japanese Army
J. W. McClellan
Pfe Brinning
Regular
Army Air Corps
Washington High School
Marchfield
California
Alburquerque
New Mexico
Philippine Islands
Pearl Harbor
Clarks Field
Corregidor
War Department
Cffices
Red Cross
Humble and Burger Keep Same Hours
Humble Produce and Burger’s Produce announce no change to opening and closing hours, continuing to operate on their established schedule despite Washington grocery store hours.
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Humble Produce
Burger's Produce
Washington
Reverend Leo G Simmons to Speak at Christian Tabernacle Tent
Bloomfield pastor Rev. Leo G. Simmons will address the Christian Tabernacle tent this evening at eight with a youth group and a special music program. Friday evening Rev. Fred Steinmann also speaks. The tent services end Sunday night with pastor Rev. W J Stevens delivering the final address.
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Leo. G. Simmons
Bloomfield
Christian Tabernacle
Fred Steinmann
W. J. Stevens
Taxicab Line in New Hands Today
Bee Line Transit Inc completes purchase of the Norman taxicab line in Washington effective immediately. Mr and Mrs George Norman operate the business, will use a 1942 Plymouth, and add service as constraints allow with 24 hour operation from Congress hotel HQ and taxi line phone 210. The company also owns the Jackson bus line and Sullivan line expanding regional routes to Crawfordsville and ordnance plant workers.
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Bee Line Transit, Inc
Norman Taxi Line
Washington
George Norman
Joe Lang
Davy
Bee Lines
Congress Hotel
Lang
Normans
Bee Line
Jackson
Iowa City
Knoxville
Sullivan Line
Burlington Ordnance Plant
Crawfordsville
Address for Pvt Clarence W. Wilson Listed in New York
The note provides Pvt Clarence W. Wilson's address as 37438852 App 4768 care of postmaster New York New York for military or personnel records.
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Clarence W. Wilson
New York
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Harold Horak
Richard Dare
Warren Dare
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Miss Combs
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P. J. Siegers
Newton
Pearl Kennedy
August Kern
Frank Libenguth
Rk. P. Mitchell
Fred Mouser
Guy McCall
Wm. McClintic
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2Nd Ward
H. W. Ramseyer
Art Dawson
Louis Tanner
Fred Mauthe
Ohio
Ted Green
Mary Salladay
Ivan Rehmel
Katherine Mauthe
Harry Turner
Arthur Krause
Lee Dusenberry
Lovila Sojka
N. M. Speidel
Dick and
Dorothy Flading
Harry Pearson
Lovisa Sojka
Max Waterhouse
Claude Essley
Ist
Mayme Sullivan
Lovisa Sejka
Art Krause
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