Iowa Ranks Twelfth Nationally in Scrap Drive Per Capita
The state and region including Iowa Iowa Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin led the scrap metal campaign with Iowa collecting 182913 tons for a per capita 104.7 pounds per resident. Council Bluffs voters rejected a plan to buy the Council Bluffs Gas Co for 1660000 dollars with a 2378 to 741 tally across 19 precincts.
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DPS
Herbert Plagman
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Gas Co
Ways and Means Group Delays War Powers Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to defer further action on the administration’s third war powers bill until the new Congress. Chairman Robert L. Coughton said enactment before adjournment was unlikely, with quorum and Senate action also doubtful. The bill would have allowed the president to suspend controls on property, information, deportation, and immigration, with certain sections removed.
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Washington, D.C
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Ways and Means
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Sam Rayburn
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United States
Iowa Air Blackout Planned Across Nine Cities
A 20 minute blackout will sweep Iowa and eight other midwestern states on Monday night. Rodney Selby of the state industrial and defense commission announced that planes will depart from Waterloo Perry Mason City Dubuque Sioux City Burlington Washington Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Civil air patrol pilots will operate the planes and report success to Des Moines after the all clear.
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Burlington
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Cedar Rapids
Civil Air Patrol
War Against Girls And Women in Taverns
Public Safety Commissioner Olson orders clearing all beer parlors of girls of high school age and all women observed loitering. Parents blamed for permitting teen daughters to frequent taverns. Women loiterers face vagrancy charges if not regularly employed.
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Sioux City
Cratty pleads innocent in sailor’s death by car
Clarence Cratty, 19, pleaded innocent to a man slaughter charge in Ottumwa on Wednesday, held on 2500 bond. The case concerns the death of Chief Petty Officer Paul Naragon, 40, at the Ottumwa naval air base after a car struck him Sunday, with shock and pneumonia leading to death. Cratty previously faced DUI and leaving the scene charges.
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Clarence Cratty
A. R. Swartz
Cratty
Paul Naragon
Ottumwa Naval Air Base
Naragon
Detroit War Workers Frozen in Jobs Across Two-Thirds of Area
About 660000 essential war workers in Detroit area plants are barred from leaving their jobs under a new order by Michigan war manpower director Montague A. Clark. The measure aims to prevent labor poaching and production disruptions at Ford Willow Run Chrysler and Hulls on naval arsenals and other plants.
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Montague A. Clark
Michigan
War Manpower Commission
Ford Willow Run
Chrysler Tank
Washington and Jefferson College Earliest West of Alleghenies
Washington and Jefferson College in Washington Pennsylvania is noted as the first college west of the Allegheny mountains and features a library donated by Benjamin Franklin.
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Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
Allegheny Mountains
Benjamin Franklin
Christmas fund drive nears $4500 for Washington YMC A
Washington Y M C A pledges for next year exceed 4500 with a goal of 6000 to finance activities. The Christmas tree party for underprivileged children is set for 4 PM Tuesday in the Y lobby and solicitors will revisit wards and country areas to secure remaining contributions.
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Washington Y.M.C.A
QO. E. Schmitt
Relations With Italy Strained Amid Axis Developments
Reports from Ankara Turkey on December 10 indicate German anti aircraft materials and troops flow into Italy under Gestapo control. The sizable German presence aims to mask occupation progress while rail strain is eased. Relations between Germans and Italians in Turkey have grown tense with limited communication.
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Turkey
Cadet Lloyd Scott Completes Basic Training at Pecos
Aviation cadet Lloyd R. Scott son of Mr and Mrs Ralph C Scott of 1121 East Washington Washington Iowa has completed his AA T basic training at Pecos Army Flying School Pecos Texas and will move to Phoenix Arizona for advanced training He was among the first trainees to finish assignments at PAFS.
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Lloyd R. Scott
Ralph C. Scott
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Washington Street
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Iown
Pecos Army
Manpower Agency Plans to Freeze 1100 Merchant Seamen
Washington officials say the war manpower commission will soon freeze about 1100 merchant seamen and trainees in the industry. The plan would deter induction under selective service and keep them in shipping jobs.
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Washington, D. C
War Manpower Commission
Cars Collide Downtown In Backing Vehicle Crash
Cars driven by Jack Cherry of West Chester and Mrs. P F Whisler northeast of town collided at the southwest square corner as one backed out and the other passed. Damage was about 59 dollars with no injuries.
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Jack Cherry
West Chester
P. F. Whisler
Defense Corps Prepares for Regional Blackout Monday
Washington Citizens' Defense corps announces a 20 minute blackout from 10 to 10 20 PM covering Iowa and eight Western states. Commander Norton and Commander Logan say cooperation mirrors the Sept 24 county blackout with no vehicles or trains operating and wards organizing in county towns.
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Citizens’ Defense Corps
Washington
Iowa
Middle West
Ivan Norton
Clarence Logan
Washington County
Norton
Ward
Health Unit Seeks Blood for Serum Tomorrow
Representatives from the serum center of the Iowa health department will visit the health unit office on December 18 afternoon. They pay $5 for one half pint of blood from individuals 12 and older who recently recovered from scarlet fever whooping cough or measles with parental consent for minors. The serum aids treatment of cases and contacts, with whooping cough donors especially valued.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Mukuntuweap to Zion: Utah Canyon River Names Change
The area now known as Zion National Park in southern Utah was before 1918 called Mukuntuweap monument, a name derived from the Indian name for a river that flows through the canyon system. The park gained national park status by presidential order in 1918.
Use of car rationing denied by OPA
The Office of Price Administration denies any plan to freeze or ration used cars. Rhoades of the Motor Club of Iowa cites AAA, noting rumors of used car rationing are unfounded. OPA says sales to eligible buyers remain as before, with 300000 used cars in stock deemed adequate for essential workers. The agency also requires dealers to keep new cars properly serviced and may levy a 1 percent service charge or $15, whichever is lower, only after certification of maintenance.
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Washington County
Des Moines
County Medical Society
Health Unit
Office of Price Administration
R. E. Rhoades
Motor Club of Iowa
American Automobile Association
Rhoades
O.P.A
Defense Plant
New Phase Nearing in Campaign in Africa
United Press reports a new phase in the African campaign as air pressure on Italy increases. Rain slows Tunisian front fighting, bogging roads and hindering movement, while Allied reinforcements grow on land and in the air. Major attack planned near Tebourba with 30,000 German-backed forces defending the Bizerte Tunis triangle. British Eighth Army edging toward Marsa.
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United Press
Africa
Italy
Tebourpa
Mue
Jor
Walter Nehring
Bizerte-Tunis
Eighth Army
Mars
Christmas Program At Lincoln School
The Lincoln grade school hosts an original Christmas play titled The Angel Choir by teacher Carol Forgey. Evening showings run 7:30 with two nights to accommodate attendees, after which seating is closed. Stewart grade school plans a Christmas program next Thursday with details to follow.
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Lincoln
Angel Choir
Carol Forgey
Stewart
Farm Machinery Quotas for Iowa in 1943 Set
Des Moines reports 1943 Iowa state farm equipment quotas announced by A J Loveland of the U S Department of Agriculture war board. County allocations on 24 items to be issued later. 25 items too scarce for county distribution. State totals include tractors 2081, farm wagons 1050, milking machines 1175, hay loaders 150, corn pickers 1216, power corn shellers 297, among others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. J. Loveland
U.S.D.A. War Board
Loveland
Hitler Appoints Zeitzler as German Chief of Staff
London dated report states Adolf Hitler dismissed General Franz Halder as chief of staff of the German army and named General Wilhelm Zeitzler, an infantry staff officer, to the post.
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Eng
Adolph Hitler
Franz Halder
Wilhelm Zeitzler
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