Taverns Raided in Seven Johnson County Towns
In a multi town raid Johnson county agents seized 19 slot machines two punch boards and 29 pints and 3 quarts of whiskey from venues in Iowa City Solon Coralville and Newport with other machines found in Town City area homes and near Wagon Wheel tavern. Five machines were found at John Agnew's home on highway 6. The raid marked the second in Johnson county within a month.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Solon
Coralville
Newport
Tiffin
Oxford
Hills
City Club
A. &E. Twieh
Potos
Victor Oliva
John Agnew
Town City
Highway 6
Riveria
Wagon Wheel
Mrs Roy Raymond Opens New Lunch Room Tomorrow
Mrs Roy Raymond and her daughter Verlee announce the opening of a new lunch room on December 4 in the former Lucille’s Ice Cream Shop at 320 North Iowa Avenue. Raymond has years of local cooking experience and will handle the kitchen herself.
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Roy Raymond
Verlee
Lucille
Iowa Avenue
Raymond
Iowa Educators To Inspect Work In Schools Here
Washingtons two elementary schools will be visited by educators from Des Moines Cedar Rapids Oskaloosa Ottumwa and other Iowa cities to observe class work and lunch programs tomorrow. Dr Ernest Horn will lead a reading discussion as visitors join in the morning classwork and noon lunch. The event may start a series of such exchanges and reflects strong regional interest in Washington schools.
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Washington
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Keokuk
Ft Madison
Burlington
Muscatine
Davenport
Town City
West Liberty
Iowa
Ernest Horn
University
Horn
Lincoln School
Stewart
EH. A. Ralston
Ralston
Kenneth Freeman
Grainger to Open Winter Concert Series Tonight at 8:30
Percy Grainger the noted pianist headlines the reinstated concert league series opener this evening at 8:30. The hour is later to accommodate Wednesday church meetings, and attendees may go to the high school after services.
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Percy Grainger
Grainger
Corn Husking in Southern Iowa Behind Schedule
Des Moines reports corn husking is completed in northwestern Iowa and nearly finished in west and north central areas. Southern counties show less than 75 percent harvested, with some farms only half done. Soybean combining is in a demoralized state amid soft fields, though light rains helped when ground froze enough for heavy equipment. Winter wheat and forages are in excellent to good condition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
West Central
North Central
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Four Hurt in Foggy Highway Accident Near Ainsworth
Four Washington based natural gas pipeline workers were injured when their car collided with a slow moving Rieke Transfer truck on Highway 218 seven miles north of the No 92 junction east of Ainsworth. They were taken to University Hospital Iowa City. Injuries ranged from broken ankle to chest wounds and a broken collar bone. Damages estimated at 209 to the car and 50 to the truck.
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Washington
No. 92
Ainsworth
University Hospital
Iowa City
Harold Redman
Toledo
Rieke Transfer Company
Frank Walker
Burlington
Redman
BE. H. Erickson
Litchfield
Glenn Taylor
Hess Pankak
Brighton
Concrete Materials Company
Battle shifts as Axis gains in Libya and Russia
United Press reports a fragile Axis advance in Libya with renewed Red Army action near Moscow. In Libya the North African front shows fluctuating intensity with British reinforcements, while Soviet forces push into suburbs near Rostov as Timoshenko counterattacks. Hull laments stalled peace talks and portrays Japan’s rule over conquered lands as coercive.
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Semyon Timoshenko
Red Army
Moscow
Libya
Tobruk
Roosevelt
Indo-China
Thailand
Tokio
Anson H Brinton of Brighton Is Dead
Anson H Brinton 87 died at his Brighton home after a weeklong illness from a stroke. Born November 8, 1852 in Washington county he was a retired farmer and a Jour nal Three Quarter Century Club member. Surviving are two daughters and two granddaughters.
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Brighton
Anson H., Brinton
Anson H. Brinton
Washington County
Edward
Hannah Hyde Brinton
Laura Nash
Brinton
Methodist Church
Journal
W. H. Lloyd
Leslie Deal
Denver
Colo
Lucien Wilkinson
Winnetka
Quilt and Rug Show Winners Announced at Blair Building
The quilt and rug show held with the Washington county poultry event in Blair building awarded top prizes. Mrs. Fred Wagner won division D for a crocheted table cloth and first overall article, with judges Mable Moore and Eleanor Willer. numerous prizes followed across divisions for quilts bedspreads rugs pillows and cases, named by many exhibitors including Mrs. G W Hay Mrs. William Putman Mrs. Elmer Yoder and others.
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Fred Wagner
Washington County Poultry Show
Blair Building
Wagner
G. W. Hay
William Putman
Mable Moore
Eleanor Vwiller
Elmer Yoder
W. L. Wheatley
Carrie Bailey
Joe Wolfe
Sam Sigafoose
J. H. Ramseyer
Dorothy Putman
Art Prall
A. F E. Warner
T. L. Dodds
J B. Randle
John Skipton
A. C. Cannon
W. H. Wheatley
Milo Miller
Ora Graber
L. J. Mack
L. A. Meredith
John Eiben
Robert Reaney
Jake Gerig
Orpha Graber
Fred ‘Wagner
R. L. Badger
Adelyn Duea
Rozetta Shreve
R. S. Gault
Fred Edwards
William Darbyshire
J. G. Roth
Orla Page
BE. C. Winkler
J. Bollman
Washington Packwood Fowls Win Top Honors at County Poultry Show
Awards announced at the Washington county poultry show highlighted top honors for Packwood exhibitors Carl Mitchell and L. H. Nelson with champions in Rock, White Leghorn, Wyandotte, and Dark Cornish classes. Art Prall of Washington earned multiple honors, while J. R. Church of Muscatine led in overall bird count and Lloyd Augustine took the Reister Bros. trophy for best display.
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Ray Durbin
Wapello
L. H. Nelson
Birmingham
Washington County
Art Prall
Washington
Carl Mitchell
Packwood
Ken
Art Prail
J. R. Church
Muscatine
Lloyd Augustine
Reister Bros
New Hampshire
C. M. Scott
Expansion Of Army Is Provided
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 8.24 billion supplemental defense bill to expand the army to 2,000,000 men and boost wartime outlays to about 68 billion, funding army navy lend lease defense housing and related projects. The measure aims to build eight armored divisions, maintain the Philippine army, and accelerate weapon and air power production with new air groups and ship conversion plans.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Lend-Lease Administration
Defense
House
Congress
Labor Test Victory Hits House on Picket Import Ban
Advocates of strong measures to end strikes in defense industries won the first test vote in the house with a 105 to 68 decision to ban importation of pickets to a struck plant. The measure targets supplies and operations tied to defense plants.
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Washington,d.c
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Army Air Force
Muscatine Y’s Men
Washington Y's
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