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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
1
The postwar rehabilitation commission's service committee in Des Moines recommended no state bonus for World War II veterans. Final report preparations proceed as the commission plans a comprehensive postwar program for the legislature. The panel, led by Robert W. Colflesh, cites greater federal benefits this time versus after the last war.
Sioux City authorities arrest John W. Kempe a 52 year old gasoline tank wagon man as part of an OPA probe into black market gasoline. Four counts allege over ceiling prices and sales without ration coupons with deliveries to stations in the early morning and sales to customers without coupons at 25 to 50 cents per gallon.
Iowa war records show 3 762 dead from World War II, with 281 names added in November. The monthly totals reflect ongoing casualty reports, including missing in action cases, and suggest the state may approach 4,000 dead overall.
Cedar Rapids two husbands faced cigarette shortages. William Miller left Wednesday to buy cigars, returning none. Thursday a wife bought a pack, was assaulted when it was demanded, and she kept the cigarettes at the police station.
George Anderson, 27, escaped from Clarinda state hospital and hid in a Melbourne elevator hopper before being recaptured by Taylor county authorities. Police radio reports say he fled last August and was taken into custody Wednesday.
Auto license sales opened at the county treasurer’s office this morning and by noon about 100 licenses had been issued. Applicants were asked to bring their 1944 certificate or windshield sticker number to speed issuance. No more special numbers will be reserved. First numbers went to Raymond Rich and his father J. J. Rich, with a list of early recipients including Clem Chalupa, F Co Surface, Albert Waterhouse, Lawrence Foster, Dore Minick, C G Kelly, Oria H Johnson, and the People’s Savings Bank of Crawfordsville.
Mrs H Rukgaber of Mt Pleasant mother of W L Rukgaber of Washington died this morning at about 4 o clock after a two month illness She had been an invalid for three years Funeral services are set for 2 PM Sunday at Cookes funeral home Mt Pleasant survivors include seven sons and daughters
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse yesterday to Victor J. Mayer and Charlotte Hays of Washington. With two hospital guards, he fled.
Report notes a tire repair in progress at a southern area oil station and mentions repeated sightings of an individual in the vicinity. Further details are sparse in the available text.
Burial services for Harry Mount brother of Mrs. Edward C. Hicher will be held next Monday at Woodlawn cemetery after his body is moved from a receiving vault. Judge Hicher, who died suddenly in Alexandria, will also be buried at Woodlawn after funeral services Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock. The two deaths are linked to the sedition trial strains affecting federal Judge Eicher, who collapsed from heart disease amid proceedings.
Testimony for the state finished at four o clock in the murder trial of Glenn Wilson of Oskaloosa on a venue change. Defense begun with Mrs F I Van Genderen describing Wilson's condition after the night of the killing of Harry Bolden.
December opened with the season’s coldest weather. The minimum last night was ten above zero, five degrees lower than the night before. Under bright sunshine the weather is moderating and noon temperature reached 2 degrees.
Descriptions paint a gentle soft voiced jurist with inexhaustible patience and a benevolent judicial manner. He is noted for diligent effort to maintain calm despite noisy outbursts objections and obstructionism in the courtroom.
The senate today approved a flood control bill in Washington with expected action on related measures. The chamber’s vote signals support for federal flood mitigation projects and authorizations, though specifics on funding and scope remain under negotiation.
American airmen claimed major success in the central Philippines with the destruction of a seventh Japanese convoy west of Leyte and the killing of about 5 000 troops. MacArthur and Nimitz said carrier and land based strikes are crippling Jap air power in the western Pacific.
G O Sam Duncan 70 retired Cotter area farmer found dead in bed at home. Brother J K Duncan reports no recent illness. Funeral plans with Richie Funeral Home likely at Cotter Presbyterian Church with Rev W Z Allen. Survived by brothers G C and J K of Cotter and sister Mrs J F Nellis of Aberdeen SD.
By voice vote the measure was sent back to the house for conference. The bill would authorize hundreds of postwar flood control and irrigation projects totaling about a million dollars.
Washington County reports a slow start to the sixth war loan with sales lagging behind the fifth loan last summer. Chairman G. E. Mace urges farmers to visit banks today and tomorrow to buy bonds pledged in the county drive. Towns exceed country in initial purchases, with some townships not yet started due to harvest duties. The drive is steady on pace, with women solicitors near completing their work and expected gains in the next ten days. The statewide drive runs slow, but Washington County ranks in the top half for bond sales so far. a strong closing report is hoped for by December 7, Pearl Harbor anniversary.
Street Commissioner Ralph Minick announced an early winter tin can collection by the city. The area is split into four parts with Washington Street and Second Avenue as dividers. Collections start next week in the northeast, east of North Second Avenue and north of East Washington Street. Cans should be boxed or bagged and left on the terrace or alley for pickup by city workers in trucks.
Reported in London that two Soviet fronts pressed toward Austria with wide breaches along a 200 mile Hungarian front. Southward thrusts by the third Ukrainian Army moved toward Lake Balaton and the Austrian frontier while northern advances neared Budapest. Berlin claimed heavy Russian losses and uncertain Soviet aims lingered over possible attacks on Austria or a push toward Budapest.
A decree of divorce in the case James F. Lutz v Adella Mae Lutz was filed. The court found Allen Monroe Lutz is not the plaintiff's child and ordered James F. Lutz to pay $5 in full alimony claims and cover costs. Adella Mae Wascon may resume her maiden name Adelia Mae Wascon.
Salvage workers will gather tins under Chairman Karle F. Libe's guidance. The city will repeat the spring and fall collection, plus early winter, including cans not yet processed in previous salvage drives.
Paris dispatch says three American armies mounted a fierce advance along the Saar river to break the German “bolt” position and reach the industrial towns near Saarlautern and Saarbrucken. Patton’s forces push toward Saarlautern while Iszbach and nearby towns undergo heavy combat as Germans fear a northwest sweep toward the Rhine.
A Transcontinental and Western Airlines flight bound for New York crashed while attempting to land at Burbank airport, killing seven of 23 aboard. Passengers included San Diego Mayor Hartley Knox and city manager Walter Cooper. Knox suffered facial injuries and Cooper was seriously hurt. The crash happened near Van Nuys, close to the old Los Angeles metropolitan airport.
German forces pressed a counter-attack on the Fifth Army front near Bologna, entering a second day of heavy fighting south of Mount Castellaro after yesterday’s capture. Night actions near Mount Delmonte were repulsed by artillery and mortar support, according to headquarters.
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