Des Moines Column Notes Iowa Prisoner Camp Plans
A Des Moines column reports the Clarinda prisoner of war camp will open on December 15 under Lieut. Col Courtney P. Young and then be commanded by Lieut. Col Arthur K. Lobdell. It will receive prisoners, expanding to German captives as Italy surrenders alter flows.
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Des Moines
Clarinda
Courtney P. Young
Arthur KK. Lobdell
Engineers Corps
Young
United States
Des Moines WACs Leave Downtown Rented Hotels
The women's army corps in Des Moines will vacate hotels and Drake university buildings after a failed enlistment drive. Training continues under Omaha's seventh service command as downtown WAC personnel fall from 2700 to 350.
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Des Moines
Women's Army Corps
Army Seventh Service Command
Omaha
Wacs
WAC
Army
Drake University
Savery
Chamberlain and Plaza
Oransky
Des Moines Coliseum
Chamberlain
Frank A. McCockrie
Independent Iowa retailers post October sales rise
Washington D C sales data show Iowa independent retailers in October up two percent from a year earlier and five percent above September. The first ten months tally is six percent higher than the same period last year, drawn from 689 stores excluding department stores.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Breau
Ames Faculty Man Resigns for Federal Post
Dr Arthur C Bunce of the Iowa State College economics and sociology department announces his resignation effective Jan 1 He says the move is not tied to the colleges academic freedom controversy but notes the issue harmed the department He will lead the agricultural economics section at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC as associate professor previously.
Esther Kinsley Burns Overalls and Loses Pocketbook
Mrs. Esther Kinsley burned a dirty ragged pair of overalls she wore at home and later missed her pocketbook containing $10. She recalled the purse had been in a pocket of the overalls.
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Esther Kinsley
Kaster Sentenced to Death in Wa verly Murder Case
Stanley M. Kaster, 36, of Janesville, convicted of murdering Glenn Winchell a Wa verly utilities guard on September to seize a gun and holster. He was ordered to die on the gallows at Ft. Madison.
Ration Board Sets Up County Distribution Centers
A distribution center system for war price and rationing aid is established in each town of Washington county. Residents will obtain blank forms for gasoline fuel oil stoves rubber boots replacement of lost books and more. Centers list include Buenneke Ainsworth Karel Riverside Wellman Kalona and others with local banks and rooms named for assistance.
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Washington County
Washington
Iowa
Gress
Inflation warnings rise as war costs strain economy
The University of Iowa bureau of business research warns inflation will grow despite war measures. It argues subsidizing all producers is inefficient while targeted subsidies may cut costs, but low-cost producers feel slighted and tax increases lag behind. Labor seeks higher wages as prices rise.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
University Bureau
Music Instructors to Meet in Washington
Washington hosts a statewide workshop for school music instructors Saturday with a 9 30 a m conference at the high school led by Boyd White supervisor of vocal music Ansel Martin of Iowa City will head the vocal teachers assembly and Max Risinger of Muscatine directs the instrumental teachers session The high school boys sextet will sing for the gathering under Mr White supervision
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Washington
Boyd White
Iowa High School Music Association
Ansel Martin
Iowa City
Max Risinger
Muscatine
Rothschilds Celebrate 39th Anniversary in Washington
Mr and Mrs Rothschild mark their 39th year as a Washington business firm. They opened December 1 1904 in a room once occupied by Richard Johnson. Two years later they moved to the South Side location where they remain. Only four early local independents survive Met: C Lemmon J E Lemmon Lloyd Lytle and Fred Stewart.
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Mrs. Rothschilt
Washington
Rothschild
Richard Johnson
Mr. Rothschild
C. §. Lemmon
J. —E. Lemmon
Lloyd Lytle
Fred Stewart
West Chester Farmer Recovers After Arm Amputation
Floyd Crayne, a West Chester farmer, is recovering well after surgery at University hospital Iowa City to amputate his right arm above the elbow. His wife remains in Iowa City. daughter Phyllis and son-in-law Bill Crayne joined relatives there. The accident occurred Monday afternoon November 22 when his arm was pulled into a mechanical corn picker. he was trapped about half an hour before being found by his wife and neighbor W O Ralston.
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Floyd Crayne
West Chester
University Hospital
Iowa
W. O. Ralston
War Department Mail Update For Pfe George McAvoy
Mrs. Sadee McAvoy reports a second war department message about her son Pfe George McAvoy improving normally in an African hospital after being wounded October 23 during the 84th division invasion of Italy. He will receive a five word radiocast message and mail at APO 763 New York care of the postmaster.
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Sadee McAvoy
War Department
Pfe
George McAvoy
Africa
McAvoy
Pfe. McAvoy
84Th
Italy
Prisoner Sentenced at Ft Madison on Death Row
District Judge T A Beardmore followed a jury of 10 men and 2 women after a four hour deliberation. Easter will be the first death row inmate at Ft Madison since November 12 1941.
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State Prison
T. A. Beardmore
Easter
Ft. Madison
Santa Claus to Visit Washington for Town Meet
Santa Claus will make a second visit to Washington on Saturday and invites boys and girls to meet him downtown. The Palnh Martin Chairpman of the Chamber of Commerce committee arranged the event for the visit.
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Santa Claus
Washington
Hove and
Girls
EnViven Hanged for Prison Guard Killing
EnViven was executed by hanging for the murder of a prison guard. The ruling confirms the sentence carried out amid legal proceedings at the state penitentiary.
Roosevelt Churchill Stalin draft ultimatum at Tabriz conference
Dispatches from Istanbul via Exchange Telegraph report United States leader Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with Joseph Stalin drafting a surrender ultimatum to Germany. Observers in Washington sense a plan to base Anglo American air fleets in Russia for shuttle bombing. The talks purportedly occur at Tabriz Iran near the Caucasus border.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Josef Stalin
Gemany
Istand
Washington
Russia
Germany
Istanbul
Exchange Telegraph
Tabriz
Iran
Teheran
Robert Rhodes Dies In Chicago Hospital
Robert Rhodes aged 37 died yesterday afternoon in a Chicago hospital after months of illness. His mother Mrs Myrtle Rhodes was summoned from Washington last Thursday night. Funeral services will be held in Chicago next Monday with burial there. He was born in Washington and graduated from Washington high school in 1925. He moved to Chicago two years later and had lived there since. Surviving are his parents and his wife of Chicago, plus a brother and sister both of Chicago named Francis and Zora, and a sister Lucille of Washington. His father Henry Rhodes is at St John.
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Robert Rhodes
Chicago
Myrtle Rhodes
Washington
Washington High School
Francis
Zora
Lucille
Henry Rhodes
St. John, No
File Your Estimate of Tax By December 15
H Birmingham Iowa district collector warns farmers and other filers to submit estimated income tax returns by December 15. Groups include those who underpaid or failed to file in September. 90,000 statements for unpaid estimated tax balances were released, with full payment due by December 15 to reach Des Moines.
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RE. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
District of
Iowa
Birmingham
Des Moines
War correspondents report from London dispatch
London dispatch reports three war correspondents in the field. Lowell Bennett of International News Service Norman Stockton of Australia and another unnamed journalist were reported in the scene with details not yet disclosed.
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London
Lowell Bennett
International News Service
Norman Stockton
Australia
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers for Overseas Kit Bags
The Red Cross sewing room has new material for overseas kit bags. Eve lyn Hoxworth, production chairman, urges women to aid in making the bags for the county quota due for shipment by the last of January. The sewing room at city hall is open 1 to 4 30 p m on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday afternoons.
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City Hall
Legion
Squire
Journal
Charles Kennedy
Roy Steele
Red Cross
Evelyn Hoxworth
Miss Hoxworth
Marines Take Gilbert Island After Bloody Tarawa Clash
Marines from Tarawa capture Gilbert Island described as Paradise atoll where 25 Japanese soldiers chose mass suicide over surrender. Report notes only Japanese on the island and scenes of silent bodies and a lone cat among the dead.
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Gilbert Island
Abemama
Dee
Bloody
Tarawa
Atoll
Land of
Marine Major Paul Putnam Enlisted 20 Years Ago This Week
Sheriff H M Putnam says Major Paul Putnam now in a Japanese prison camp enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on December 1 1923 while a sophomore in engineering at Iowa State College He rose from enlisted man to officer serving in Nicaragua in ground and air units before a year in the Virgin Islands and stints on the west coast and Hawaii He commanded the small marine air force at Wake Island when war began.
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Paul Putnam
Wake Island
United States Marine Corps
H. M. Putnam
Iowa State College
Air Corps of the Marines
Nicaragua
Air Force
Virgin Islands
West Coast
Hawaii
Wake
RAF Night Raid Update From Berlin Missing Today
The report notes a missing RAF night raid update and identifies Stockton, 39, who represented the Australian Associated News per Services. He previously served as a correspondent for the Sidney Sun and Globe with Australian and overseas links.
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Royal Air Force
Berlin
Stockton
Australian Associated Newspaper Services
Sidney Sun and Globe
U. S. Sub Wahoo Presumed Lost
The U S submarine Wahoo, famed for sinking Japanese ships on its first patrol and earning a broom symbol for a clean sweep, is now listed as lost with about 65 crew members. Navy notes it was the 15th American sub lost in the war.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Farm Price Index Rises 11 Points in November 1943
Iowa farmers received an index of 188 percent of the 1909 14 base for the week ending November 25, 1943, seven points below October but 11 points above a year ago. Grain prices led gains, with index rising to 184 percent, and poultry egg prices climbed to 215 percent. The hog corn ratio fell to 14.0, while butterfat dairy and egg poultry feed ratios edged higher.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Lowa Corps and Livestock Reporting Service
Hopkins Seeks To Allay Red Fears Postwar Russia
Harry L. Hopkins, President Roosevelt's key adviser, urged calm over postwar Russia amid rising concerns. He stressed the United States would cooperate with allied nations and warned against precipitous actions that could destabilize Europe after the war.
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Hopkins
Red
Washington, D. C
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Russia
American Troops in New Guinea and a Hong Kong Editor
A historical note highlights American troops operating in New Guinea and identifies a person who previously served as editor of a Hong Kong newspaper, linking military presence with a journalism background.
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New Guinea
Hong Kong
New Fires Start in Nazi Capital Berlin Bombarded by R A F Night Raiders
Allied bombers struck Berlin with 1200 to 1500 tons of bombs in a renewed night offensive under a bright moon. German defenses claimed 41 bombers shot down as Soviet and Allied forces push toward the German lines, with battles intensifying along the Dnieper bend and in White Russia.
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Berlin
Rome
Russia
Dnieper
R.A.F
Sir Bernard
Adriatic
Pescara
United Press
Richard D. McMillan
5Th Army
Ship Repair Men Sought for Navy
The United States navy seeks experienced mechanics for mid era repair units including machinists electricians welders carpenters painters and other skilled workers to repair ships damaged in battle. Age 18 to 50 social ratings offered through year end. Recruits from Washington have been secured and await final medicals. enlistment possible in Washington Burlington Des Moines on specified Thursdays.
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United States Navy
Navy
Burlington
Washington
Des Moines
Monsters of destruction from poverty drive aggression
The quote argues that violence arises from poverty while prosperous nations heal themselves and avoid attacks on others, suggesting economic deprivation fuels conflict and justifies limited external aggression.
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Briish
Fuetit
Ames
Burns
Morey
Ration Board Distribution Centers
J. Cc. Buenneke
Ainsworth
C. J. Karel
Riverside
A. A. Jackson
Kalona
Kalona Savings Bank
Ross Levert
Wellman
Wellman Savings Bank
Fred M. Lindenmeyer
West Chester Savings Bank
Cora Pringle
Brighton
Prinale Tea Room
K. A. Coates
Crawfordsville
People’s Savings Bank
A. J. Steinbeck
Rubio
E. J. Fry—Haskins
Rothschilds
Chang
Naan
Annnannead
Palnh Martin Chairpman
Chambher
Commoerse
Arraneine
EnViven
Turk
Bremen
van de Herman
American Legion
Leon Beatty
Legion Rooms
New Legion Rooms
Ed Squire
Alvin Rommell
Marines
U. S
Wahoo
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