Odd Fellows Buy War Bonds at Iowa Grand Lodge Session
The Iowa LO O P Grand Lodge at Des Moines in October purchased 28112 in war bonds through lodges and members at a booth. A 10000 bond supported the E O C F homes endowment in Mason City. Total Iowa Odd Fellows and Rebekah bonds exceed 80000 with the endowment fund at 120026.59.
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Des Moines
Lo.o.p
Odd Fellows) Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Bcat
Mason City
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Des Moines man pleads not guilty in draft violation case
Willard Wiley Bridgman 27 a farmer from near Albion Iowa pleads not guilty before Judge Charles A Dewey to a draft indictment. He is free on bond set at 1000 and trial is scheduled for next Monday. Bridgman was assigned to a civilian public service camp at Downey but failed to report according to the indictment.
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Des Moines
Willard Wiley Bridgman
Albion la
United States District
Charles A. Dewey
Bridgman
Jehovah's Witnesses
Liberty
Draft Board No. 1
Marshalltown
Downey
Iowa liquor shortage hits Des Moines stores during no whisky week
Des Moines reports a nationwide liquor drought with 177 state stores having no whisky for a week. Descriptions note minimal stock of brandy and rum, with the top Des Moines store at Tenth and Mulberry offering no brandy and only one rum option.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tenth
Mulberry
Milk Delivery Not Hit By Sioux City Strike Threat
Sioux City Milk Producers association manager I. W. Beck announced there will be no milk stoppage for now after a meeting with OPA officials at the invitation of M. B. Rawlings. The group seeks an 80 cent per hundredweight price increase for fluid and cream milk to cover higher production costs, with plans to present the issue to authorities for a price adjustment.
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Sioux City
I. W. Beck
Sioux City Milk Producers Association
Ofoice of Price Administration
OPA
M. BE. Rawlings
Three Killed in Crossing Crash in Lost Nation
A westbound Milwaukee Road Hiawatha streamliner struck a car at a crossing in Lost Nation killing three farmers. Victims identified as Charles Risnes, 30, Raymond Denniston, 14, and Henry Hansen, 3.
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Wyoming In
Milwaukee Railroad
Hiawatha Streamliner
Charles Riches
Raymond Denniston
Henry Hansen
January Draft Call Down in Iowa Despite High Quota
Des Moines Iowa draft officials report January call lower than recent months though overall quota stays high Brig. Gen. Charles H Grahl state selective service director says reason unclear and notes January call will largely be filled by fathers with upwards of 236000 men in the state referenced.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Gripsholm Carries U S Internees to New York Harbor
In New York harbor the exchange liner Gripsholm passed the Statue of Liberty with 1500 cheering Americans and Canadians aboard after two years in Japanese camps. Lt. James Kahn reported good spirits and weight gains from vitamin-enriched meals as the ship neared its pier.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gripsholm
New York Harbor
America
James Kahn
U.S.N
Kahn
United States
Riverside Farm Sale Draws Good Crowd Near Riverside
Closing-out sale by Mrs. Roy Snyder Wriday at her Riverside area farm attracted a solid turnout with prices meeting expectations. Grade milk cows sold up to 120 dollars, chickens 1.57, baled hay five cents, baled straw 58 cents, a Model A 1930 Ford brought 140 dollars. Bert Cray handled the sale and Ivan H. Cummings served as clerk. Mrs. Snyder moved into a new Riverside home opposite St. Marys parochial school.
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Riverside
Roy Snyder Wriday
Bert Cray
Snyder
St. Mary's
Witthofts Honor Jernest Witthoft on California Visit
Mr and Mrs Henry Witthoft hosted dinner Monday at Roy Finke home in honor of Jernest Witthoft who is home on vacation from California.
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Henry Witthoft
Roy Finke
Jernest Witthoft
California
Eight Washington county youths register at age eighteen
The county selective service board reports eight boys in Washington county turned eighteen in November and registered for military service. Named are James Francis McDuff of 22 North Second Avenue Washington Samuel George Canott Route 2 Ainsworth Jacob Marion Kauffman Route 1 Wellman William Allen Malloy 817 South Ave D Washington William Landau Caldwell Route 2 Washington Wayne Kenneth Kelley Route 3 Robert Edgar Conry Route 1 Melvin John Metz Route 2 Riverside.
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Washington County
County Selective Service Board
James Francis McDuff
North Second Avenue
Washinton
William Allen Malloy
South Ave
Washington
William Landau Caldwell
Wayne Kenneth Kelley
Wellman
Robert Edgar Conry
Ainsworth
Melvin John Metz
Riverside
Bertha Fladung Earns Fifth at Chicago Hereford Show
Bertha Fladung a 4 H club girl from Washington county showed her Hereford steer Bob to fifth place in the medium weight Hereford class at the junior livestock show in Chicago on Monday. It marked her third year at the international and her record book placed third in the contest. Other 4 H exhibitors from Washington county included Maynard and Elmer Schneider of Riverside and Dick Winegarden of Keota.
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Farm Bureau
Bertha Fladung
Washington County
Bob
Chicago
Bertha
International
Maynard
Elmer Schneider
Riverside
Dick Winegarden
Keota
Chinese Force Wins Changteh Street Battle After 40 Hours
Chinese troops drove the Japanese from Changteh after intense 40 hour hand to hand fighting and trapped the invaders outside the city gates according to a military communique.
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Chunking
Changteh
Fruit Juice and Soups Free From Ration in December
The Office of Price Administration announced ration relief for December with citrus juices canned sauerkraut and ready to serve soups becoming ration free. Meat point values are reduced for several processed foods while butter remains unchanged and cheese and most canned fish gain value. Beef items drop from 2 to 3 points while lamb and veal stay the same.
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Washington, D. C
Deca
Office of Price Administration
OPA
November Weather in Review and Christmas Outlook
The article notes a dry near Indian Summer in November with only 0.61 inch rainfall versus 3.33 inches last year and similar temperatures. It mentions 12 clear days, 10 degree low and 61 degree high this November, and compares December 1942 conditions with possible winter ahead.
Subsidies Urged By Labor Leader
Labor leader William Green of the American Federation of Labor warned that abandoning food subsidies would break price control and threaten the dollar's stability. He told the senate banking and currency committee that inflation would rob workers of funds from war bonds and make full face value redemption unreliable.
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Washington, D.C
Wm. Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Quarity blast rattles windows near Washington and Brighton
A heavy blast at the Grace Hill quarry west of town yesterday evening shook windows in Washington. Rumors of sabotage spread on streets, with a Rock Island bridge west of town cited as a target. Supervisors Ernest Rudolph of Brighton reported the blast rattled dishes on kitchen shelves.
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Grace Hill
Washington
Rock Island
Ernest Rudolph
Brighton
Judge Beehly Returns Home From Washington Court
Judge Frank Beehly of Montezuma returned home after a week in Washington. He will be back in Washington next Tuesday for motions and other court business. This week yielded no major court action, only miscellaneous orders.
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Frank Beehly
Montezuma
Washington
Prison camp unrest linked to Tokyo radio, Costello says
Representative John M. Costello argues that Tule Lake unrest was inspired by the Japanese government and sparked by short wave radio messages from Tokyo to pro Japanese internees. He indicates riots were aimed at making the American government look bad and notes the committee received reports of leaders in radio contact with Tokyo.
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Washington D.C
John M. Costello
Californa
Tule Lake
Japanse Relocation Center
Tokyo
Costello
Dies
County Doctors Meet in Health Unit Offices
The Washington County Medical Society held its November meeting last evening at the County Health Unit offices. A large attendance gathered for the 7:30 p.m. call to order. The speaker of the evening was introduced.
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Washington County Medical Society
County Health Unit
Bob and Kimball Gates Extend Chicago Trip
Bob and Kimball Gates left Monday to spend a few days in Chicago.
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Bob and
Kimball Gates
Chicago
Stolen Car's Owner Gets Money Back
A handbag stolen from Dorothy Rains of Fairfield was recovered frozen in an icy pond west of town. Local boys were implicated in the incident and most contents remained in good condition.
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Dorothy Rains
Fairfield
Fairfield woman recovers items from car theft by youths
Dorothy Rains tracked her car taken on a Brighton street by Washington youths last Sunday. She recovered $12 and a wrist watch with the car abandoned near Cherry’s pond. Four youths under 18 confess thefts. a fifth admits other crimes. hearings set in juvenile court.
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Dorothy Rains
Fairfield
Brighton
Washington
Wellman
Putnam
Doctor Miller Speaks On Psychiatry For General Practitioners
Dr. W. T. Miller of the State University of Iowa School of Medicine delivered a practical talk titled Psychiatry for the General Practitioner, sharing insights for clinical use.
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W. T. Miller
School of Medicine
State University of Iowa
Widow Mrs Brown 83 Taken by Death in Washington
Mrs Margaret Brown 83 widow of Thomas Brown died at her home 734 East Fourth Street at 3 45 this morning after six months illness and two months bedfast. Funeral services at L A Jones funeral home Friday 10 30 followed by Elm Grove Cemetery burial. She was born December 18 1859 in Clinton County Missouri and lived in Washington 35 years. Survived by five sons Frank Moline Pat Rock Island William Ainsworth Iowa Jack Martin Washington eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. four daughters and one son preceded her. She was a Methodist.
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Margaret Brown
Thomas Brown
East Fourth Street
L. A. Jones
Elm Grove
Mrs. Brown
Clinton County
Robert
Elizabeth
Stites) Brady
Washington
Rock Island
T. W. Brown
Brown
Methodist Church
Frank
Moline
Ill
Pat
William
Ainsworth
Iowa
Jack
Martin Brown
Franey Russell
Parsons
Kansas
William Brady
Cameron
David Brady
Toledo
Car and Truck Crash North of Wassonville
A collision north of the Wassonville bridge over the English River involved Ora R. Brenneman of Wellman driving a car and Ilo Kriese of Washington driving a crushed rock truck. Brenneman suffered lacerations to a leg, the car sustained about $100 in damage, the truck was lightly damaged, and a fence board broke off at the ditch bottom.
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Ora R. Brenneman
Wellman
Ilo Kriese
Washington
Wassonville Bridge
English River
Fifty Car Stickers Sold This Morning
Between eight and noon today fifty license stickers for Washington county automobiles were issued as the licensing period began. Five trucks and four trailers were licensed until noon at the county treasurer’s office.
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Washington County
World War II conference rumored in Tehran with Roosevelt Churchill Stalin
Dispatches from Lisbon say Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin met in Teheran with signals they may seek German capitulation terms. Reports note Allied offensives in Italy and Russia and intensified air attacks as Allied plans unfold amid Cairo talks with Chiang Kai Shek.
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United Press
Lisbon
Middle East
Roosevelt
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Teheran
Iran
Generatissimo
Madam Ahiang Wat Shek
United Nations
Italy
Russia
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Generallissimo
Chiang Kai Shek
Cairo
Germany
London
Stalin
Europe
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