Iowa Auto Quota Set For September by OPA Official
Des Moines announces a 654 car September quota for Iowa under the office of price administration. 105 cars go to the state reserve and the rest are allocated to 99 counties. Polk County gets 45 cars, Pottawattamie 22, Scott 20, Washington 6.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold E. Teachout
Office of Price Administration
Polk County
Pottawattamie County
Scott County
Washington County
Davenport Police Probe Death Of Dorothy Whipka
Davenport police investigate the death of 21 year old Dorothy Whipka who died from head injuries at Mercy hospital after being found injured in the street near her home. Chief Reed Phillips says officials are examining whether she was sideswiped by a car or fell against the curb on her way to a bakery job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Dorothy Whipka
Mercy Hospital
Reed Phillips
Whipka
Man Dumps Obsolete Tires From 1914 Carload
Des Moines IA Henry Wish ard of Bloomfield removed six brand new tires with white sidewalls, still in original wrappers, and dumped them on the rubber scrap pile. The tires date to 1914 and are 37x5, now obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Henry Wishard
Bloomfield
Million Granted to Iowa Farm Tenants
The agriculture department allocated 1 165 192 dollars to Iowa for the 1942 43 program to aid farm tenants to buy farms of their own. The Iowa share was part of a 32 million dollar fund approved by Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Congress
Young Farmer James Jackson Killed by Lightning near Hatfield
James Jackson eighteen seventeen? correction: 19, son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Jackson farmers nine miles south of here died at 7 30 p m Thursday when struck by lightning He was driving a rubber tired tractor pulling a hay loader on a farm two miles west of Hatfield Missouri while employed by William Kelly at the time of the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountayr
James Jackson
Clifford Jackson
Here
James
William Kelly
Hatfield
Newton Lawyer Heads Sixth District Bar
Newton attorney John E. Cross was elected president of the Sixth Judicial District Bar Association at the annual meeting in Newton. He succeeds Roscoe Smith of Montezuma. Harry Snakenbers of Sigourney was named vice president and Edwin Willcock, son of Sigourney, was re elected secretary treasurer.
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Newton
John E. Cross
Sixth Judicial District Bar Association
Roscoe Smith
Montezuma
Harry Snakenbers
Sigourney
Edwin Willcockson
Iowa Soldiers Won’t Have Time to Vote
DES MOINES Iowa officials warn overseas Iowans may not vote in the November 3 election due to ballot timing. Ballots won’t be ready until five weeks before election and overseas ballots require six weeks for application and return by mail.
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Des Moines
Navy Students In Next Pilots Training Class
Ten navy men will join the next pilot training class at the Washington airport and junior college. The program starts Monday Sept 7 with ten local enlistees and ten navy recruits, expanding the class to 20 and adding an extra plane and instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Army
Kenneth Freeman
Joe H. Kelley
Cedar Rapids
Howard GC. Pettit
Cedar Rap
Prize-winning Stalk Over 27 Feet Sets World Tall Corn Record
Don Radda of Cedar township entered a corn stalk measuring 27 feet 1 1/4 inches in the county contest, claiming a new world best. Radda plans to enter Des Moines tall corn contest next week, with a $100 prize and trophy offered by WHO radio. Second place went to Mable Lemley at 22 feet 1 inch, third to Jesse Radda at 19 feet 6 3/4 inches, and fourth to Ella Anderson at 18 feet 1 1/4 inches. Prizes totaled $10 in war stamps, with partial shares awarded to runners-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Don Radda
Cedar Township
Journal
Mable Lemley
Ainsworth
Highland Township
Earl F. Lemley
Jesse Radda
Don
Ella Anderson
Miss Lemley
Record-Setting 27 Foot Cornstalk Headed for Washington Exhibition
Don Radda carried the record-breaking 27 foot cornstalk home after the tall corn contest. If weather cooperates, he will return it to the Journal office Saturday afternoon for display from mid afternoon through the band concert that night.
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Don Radda
Washington
Journal
Radda’s Tall Corn Pursuit Turns Hobby into Science
Since 1938 Mr. Radda has raised tall corn as a hobby and developed own open pollinated strain. He sold an ear for 25 dollars last year. He won the Journal contest in 1938 with a 15 foot stalk and reached 24 feet in 1939, then 20 feet 6 inches in 1940 and 21 feet 9 inches last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radda
Journal
Soldier's Baby Dies in Iowa City Hospital
The four day old daughter of Corporal and Mrs Otis Messenger died at 8:45 this morning at University hospital Iowa City A graveside service will be held but time and place were not decided. Mrs Messenger is the former Virginia Vorwoldt of West Point and was employed in Washington. Corporal Messenger is stationed at Camp Bowie Texas.
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Corporal
Otis Messenger
University Hospital
Iowa City
Messenger
Virginia Vorwoldt
West Point
Washington
Corporal Messenger
Camp Bowie
Texas
DOJ sues AP and associates in anti trust case
The Department of Justice filed a civil suit in the United States district court for the Southern District of New York seeking to enjoin the Associated Press its members and directors for alleged violation of the anti trust laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Up—T
Department of Justice
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
Associated Press
Washington School Teachers for Year Opening
Washington public schools announce the 50 teaching positions for the new year with openings filled. Superintendent E A Ralston lists principals and staff for Junior College High School and elementary units as schools reopen Monday morning.
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Washington
E. A. Ralston
Washington Public
Ik. A. Ralston
Supt. Junior College and High School
W. A. Erbe
Leila Anderson
Foster Bickel
Maurice Brayton
Gertrude Engler
Death of 87 Year Washington County Resident
Charles Corette 87 longtime Washington county resident died at home 798 South Iowa avenue after a six o'clock death last evening. He fell at Barclay grocery six weeks ago breaking his left knee cap and remained bedfast. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday United Presbyterian church Rev George Kerr with burial Elm Grove cemetery. Born August 14 1855 in Washington Iowa he married Martha Vincent April 18 1878. Survived by two daughters Nora McMillan St Paul Minn and Margaret Owen Monmouth Tl seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Sherman’s.
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Charles Corette
Washington County
Iowa Avenue
Barclay Grocery
United Presbyterian Church
George Kerr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Sherman
Washington
Iown
Joseph
Margaret Tondre Corette
Martha R. Vincent
Keota
South Town Avenue
Corette
Barclay
Nora O. McMillan
St. Paul
Policeman Slays Deserter On Cincinnati Train
A military policeman at Cincinnati Union Terminal killed an army deserter who tried to shoot his guard with a concealed pistol found in the deserter’s trousers. The incident occurred on the train station platform today in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Soldier Whisler Arrives on Short Furlough From Fort Knox
Pvt. Lawrence M. Whisler arrived this afternoon from Fort Knox Kentucky for a brief furlough to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Whisler. He was met in
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Pvt
Lawrence M. Whisler
Fort Knox
P. F. Whisler
Former Resident Is Buried at Bowen Ill
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Rose Curtis widow of W F Curtis and former Washington resident. While in Washington she led the alteration department in the Rothschild store and Mr Curtis worked at Stewart Hardware. She died Tuesday in Bowen Illinois where she had lived with her sister and brother in law for 18 years. She is survived by her son Farl of Macomb and several brothers and sisters.
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Rose Curtis
W. F. Curtis
Washington
Bowen
Ill
W. R. Todd
Curtis
Todd
Farl
Macomb
Rain Boosts Washington Farms After Dry Spell
Warmer and wetter weather benefits farms and gardens in Washington after weeks of drought. Rainfall measured last night and this afternoon in Burlington by observers Ray Whisler and Edsall Brown.
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Washington
Burlington
Ray Whisler
Edsall Brown
Complete Scrap Metal Drive in Town Tuesday
Chairman L C Willits of the Washington committee on collection of scrap metal announced that town pickup will finish next Tuesday. Residents with uncollected scrap should call 371. trucks will retrieve materials. Some heavier items in basements must be dismantled before removal.
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L. C. Wiits
The
Washington Committee On Collection of
Willits
Weather Warnings Hint at Impending Storm
A breeze and dark clouds signaled a possible heavy storm despite a dry night. Earlier rain dropped half an inch, with yesterday's heat peaking at 95 degrees, suggesting volatile conditions.
Russians Open New Offensive In World War II News
United Press reports a combined Soviet and Allied struggle in the Solomons with heavy air raids by the British. Russian forces launch a fresh offensive near Schluesselburg south of Lake Ladoga while Axis pressure grows at Rzhev and Stalingrad endures Luftwaffe bombardment.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Schluesselburg
Lake
Ladoga
Leningrad
Rzhev
Moscow
Stalingrad
Rev Trenerry To Give Sermon In Central Park
Rev Alfred Trenerry of the Baptist church will preach at the union Sunday evening service in Central Park at eight o'clock. The theme is Keeping Life on an Even Keel. Rev George Kerr presides, Rev R Q Keagy reads the Scripture, Rev F W Eastwood offers prayer, and Boyd White leads the music with the youth chorus.
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Union
Central Park
Alfred Trenerry
The
Baptist
Trenerry
Milo Phillippi
Eden Theological Se
St. Paul's Beal and Reformed Church
George Kerr
Ministerial Association
R. Q. Keagy
F. W. Eastwood
Boyd White
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Iowa Farm Tenants
Newton Lawyer
Corporal Walters
North Africa
Glenn L. Streed
Cedar
Rap
Owen F. Handendorf
M. KE. McDaniel
Chas. E. Walker
M. W. Fronsdale
Alden
Clarence Edward Bugg
Robert Brudette Young
Wash
Ington
Fred Eugene Bugg
Webster
Bill Shaffer
Herbert R. Lohman
Ralph Bringman
Wellman
John H. Six
Fairfield
Wilbert Peterson
Jerry S. Dedek
George W. Auld
Raymond A. Trygs
McGregor
Walter B. Mehsling
McGregor Charles Schuster
Rockford
Lloyd F. Marth
Leo E. Bollman
Luana
J. B. Simpson
A.P
Della Patton
Edith Shields
Martha Sidles
Lucy Stahl
Margaret Stiles
Mamfotte Stivers
Helen Wilson
Ethel MecCreedy
Arthur Bielefeldt
Joe Duen
Ruth Stewart Duncan
Frances Eicher
Evelyn Mauer
Margaret Miller
Lincoln Schwol
Carol Forgey
Elsie Glassburner
Dessie Hoffert
Julia Ann Johnston
Helen Levis
Zenta Powell
Merian Shupp
Betty Sue Thompson
Mary Welch
Stewart School
Helen Harrison
Dorothy Kammeuller
Ruth Lemley
Hildred Newcomer
Syrita Schleutter
Anita Tellin
Elaine Thompson
Helen Wylie
Eileen Jeffrey
John Harp
Washington High School
Harp
Terry B. Olin
Eugene Steele
Paul George
John Winga
Jim Lloyd
Lee Goodlander
Oscar Steele
Clair Davis
Billy Putnam
Bob Logan
Harry Ramseyer
Larry Kyle
Eddie Winga
Ted Green
Dan Brindley
Douglas Whitehead
Donald Kerr
Eddie Bailey
Billy Reiner
Jim Sherman
Victor Manussier
John Haygreen
Jim Haygreen
Frank Miller
Bowen, Ill
Dudley Korf
Milo T. Sorden
Jerico
Song of the Marines
Valient
Wings of the Army
Strike Up the Band
Wagner Mailloch and
Beskerek Holmes Arr
King Arr
Yoder Bach
King
Yoder
Sousa
United Press
Russia
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