Knox Sentenced to Life for Father’s Death
Sigourney December 7 Carl Knox 30 a Sigourney live stock buyer was given a life term at Fort Madison for killing his bedridden father Walter Knox 69 on July 21 Judge P J Siegers denied a new trial and followed the jury’s 12 hour deliberation verdict The state contends Knox gave his father a caustic solution but he denied the charge throughout the trial
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Sigourney
Carl Knox
Fort Madison
Walter Knox
P. J. Siegers
Knox
Weather Turns Colder After Light Sunday Rain
The article notes a drop in temperature to 26 degrees and 0.53 inch of rain Sunday night in Washington. It marks the first rain since Navy and says the shower nearly matched November’s total rainfall.
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Washington
Navy
S U Employes Name New Officers
Iowa Southern Utility company union employees elected Howard Messer and Fred Dupuis to the local committee, Dusenberry as secretary treasurer, with W. M. Morgan, L. B Dempsey, and Oakley Payne on the district committee. They met at K C hall after a supper and showed First Aid and Safety First pictures.
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Iowa Southern Utility Company, * Inc
Howard Messer
Fred Dupuis
Dusenberry
W. M. Morgan
L. B Dempsey
Oakley Payne
K. C. Hall
Four Washington youths paroled after guilty motor vehicle charge
Four youths from Washington were sentenced by Judge Frank Bechly to six months in the county jail for taking and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The youths Roger Chapman Clarence Collett Dale Helfrich and Francis D Gillespie pleaded guilty and were paroled to Sheriff H M Putnam after brief jail time. The group tied to a Brighton theft and the Mulcahy car incident, with Burl Martin also named in related charges.
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Washington
Frank Bechly
H. M. Putnam
Roger Chapman
Clarence Collett
Dale Helfrich
Francis D. Gillespie
Chapman
Collett
Helfrich
Putnam
Walt Kiesey
Fairfield
Brighton
Bud Mulcahy
George F. Morrison
Gillespie
Horrowing
Burl Martin
Mulcahy
Oth
Rationing Board Announces Cars and Fuel Oil Sale Rules
The OPA changes remove service with truck-type camelback from rationing enabling any person to obtain it without a ration certificate. Dealers must file Form OPA R-578 inventory of all vehicles held for sale. the county treasurer keeps the original receipt and the duplicate goes to the War Price and Rationing Board.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Durst Sues Lunows for 10000 in Slander Damages
Elmer H. Durst files a district court suit against Ernest Lunow and Bessie Lunow seeking 10000 dollars in damages for alleged slander. He claims on or about August 1, 1943, they falsely accused him of stealing their chickens and shot at him, wounding him to require hospital treatment.
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Clerk of District Court Today
Elmer H. Durst
Ernest Lunow
Bessie Lunow
L. J. Kehoe
State Hospital
Iowa City
Man Evades Arrest Goes to St Louis to Enlist
Report says the man identified as Martin has not been captured and is believed to have traveled to St Louis to enlist in the navy. The note suggests pursuit continues.
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Martin
St. Louis
Navy
Christmas Seal Returns Now 451 dollars
About half of 1,100 envelopes mailed by the Christmas seal committer in Washington have been returned. More than 86 percent contained money, totaling 451.34 dollars. Mrs. R. R. Noonan and PTA women plea for quick returns to finish before Christmas.
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Washington
R. R. Noonan
PTA
Simmering Applies For Beer License Renewal
At the Washington city council meeting Joe Simmering, currently serving in the navy, sought renewal of his beer license. The license expires January 27 and council action was expected before that date. The session was unusually short, focused mainly on approving bills and routine items.
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Washington City Council
Joe Simmering
War Opens Second Year in Pacific Area
On Pearl Harbor anniversary a U S carrier fleet presses the offensive across central Pacific lanes toward Tokyo. The southern Solomons campaign expands with bombardments on Bougainville and nearby bases as United Press notes a looming choice for remaining Japanese forces.
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Pacific Area
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Tokyo
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo Radio
Pacific
Solomons
U.S
Bougainville
United Press
George Jones
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
Springfield inventor creates two-prong tire tube remover
A Springfield Kentucky resident patents a tool with two widely spaced prongs designed to remove inner tubes from automobile tires. The device aims to simplify tube extraction and reduce labor, reflecting local ingenuity in homegrown mechanical solutions.
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Springfield
Vision of Allied European Offensive Requires Millions
Military observers in London expect the United States Britain and Russia to commit at least five million men to a coordinated invasion of western Europe within four months. Weather and shipping constraints may delay the main assault until late first quarter 1944. The push would need 60 to 70 divisions and up to six million tons of shipping, with troops sailing from the United States and Britain landing on the European coast.
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London
United States
Britain
Russia
Europe
Wittmer Cleared In Accident Death
Emmetsburg Iowa five year old Tommy Flaherty son of Mr and Mrs John Flaherty died in hospital after being struck by a car driven by W W Witmer band instructor at public schools. The sheriff said the child ran into the car and no inquest is planned.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Tommy Flaherty
John Flaherty
Bert Montgomery
W.W. Witmer
Tommy
Kircergarten
Private Bishop Wounded in Action in Italy
Private Donald R. Bishop of Washington serving with the Fifth U S Army was wounded in Italy during the present campaign. He received the Purple Heart and is recovering in a army hospital, with letters noting the back wound from a shell and his belief he would have died if struck slightly differently. He is in good spirits and his parents and wife were informed. His hospital address is APO 464 New York NY.
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Donald R. Bishop
Washington
Italy
Fifth United States Army
Harry Bishop
West Chester
Army
Bishop
Youth Badly Hurt In Rifle Accident
Oskaloosa reports a rifle accident injuring Alvin Clevinger 14 son of Mr and Mrs John Clevinger. Condition described as serious with medical care ongoing.
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Oskaloosa
Alvin Clevinger
John Clevinger
Rural Women Rally in Washington County War Bond Drive
Rural women in Washington County push a December campaign to raise 25000 for war bonds and stamps. County chair Mrs. Leslie Gates guides the effort with Ruth Foster assisting. Corsages with nine ten cent stamps are sold Fridays and Saturdays at the Farm Bureau office and Rothschild store offers nylon hose to the top donor.
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Washington County
Leslie Gates
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Gates
Ruth Foster
Farm Bureau
I. Rothschild
Rothschild
Tomorrow
Rotary Club Views Patterson Film Trip Through Colorado Mountains
Through the kindness of Robert Patterson the Rotary club was given a trip via his movie reels showing the Colorado mountains. A reel on the Centennial parade with whistle and all was also shown. Patterson makes homemade movies as a hobby and presented them to the club yesterday.
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Thorugh
Robert Patterson
Rotary Club
Colorado
Youth wounded in Searsboro pigeon hunt accident
A Searsboro youth was injured Sunday night when a rifle in the hands of companion Sheldon Weitsman discharged accidentally during a pigeon shoot. The incident occurred near Mercy hospital where the wounded youth was reported to be treated.
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Searsboro
Mercy Hospital
Sheldon Weitsman
Allied Invasion Talk Looms as Turkish Route Debated
World War II dispatch reports a possible Anglo American use of Turkish Thrace as an invasion corridor into the Balkans. Swedish sources say Nazi reinforcements rush to Bulgarian Turkish fronts amid rumors of an imminent Allied attack from the south. Meanwhile US forces push along the Camino Maggiore toward Rome as British armor breaches the Moro line and air operations target Greece from Kalamaki to Eleusis.
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Mark Clark
6Th Army
Camino- Maggiore
Rome
Liri River
Casiiina
Injacion
Rone
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Sth
Moro River
Italy
Pescara River
Ora Fona
Adriatic
Guardiagrele
Tactical Air Force
Greece
Kalamaki
Eleusis
Athens
R.A.F
Europe
Russia
White Russia
Dnieper
Red Army
Kiev
Fritz Eric von Mannstein
Moscow
Khirovka
Znamenka
Ukraine
Odessa
Picture Feature Presented by Dougherty in Community Hall
R. E. Dougherty chaired the program and introduced a film picture feature. The films were shown in the east room of the community hall at the as none of the location or date details were completed.
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R. E. Dougherty
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U. S. Marine Corps
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Sec. of War and Navy
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Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Andrew Browne Cunningham
William Leahy
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Yugoslavia
Hungary
Rumania
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