Iowa Health Officials See Influenza Peak Passed
Des Moines report states the state public health department cautiously believes Iowa’s mild influenza wave may be past its peak. Disease reduced school attendance by up to 20 percent in some communities and waned in the Waterloo area. National estimates exceed one million respiratory cases, with Iowa’s share around 180000.
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Des Moines
Public Health Department
Iowa
Waterloo
Ieoa
Sheriffs Back Beer Sales Ban Linked to Food Service
The Iowa State Sheriffs association urged legislation to curb beer sales in venues serving food, where dancing occurs, or with customer booths. The unanimous resolution aims to limit beer sales to establishments catering specifically to beer customers, a topic not formally addressed in longtime sessions.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Sheriffs’ Association
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Famous Railroad Bridge Being Razed
Des Moines reports the High Bridge on an abandoned Milwaukee line between Granger and Madrid is being razed by Fort Dodge and Iron Co. The 2065 foot structure rises 197 feet above the Des Moines river bed, built 1882 for a narrow gauge route, later widened for standard gauge. The Milwaukee line now uses a new 7 mile link avoiding the Des Moines river crossing, built at about 275,900 dollars.
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Des Moines
Granger
Madrid
Fort Dodge
Tron & Metal Co
St. Louis, Des Moines & Northern Railway
Clive
Boone
Milwaukee
Woodward
Girl of 16 Killed by Car in Ottumwa
Miss Selma Smith aged 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs FE C Smith Ottumwa was fatally injured and her sister Doris 15 and brother Truman 19 were seriously hurt when struck by a car driven by Ensign Joe Cavanaugh of the Ottumwa naval air station police said Wednesday
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Ottumwa
Selma Smith
FE. C. Smith
Doris
Truman
Joe Cavanaugh
Ottumwa Naval Air Station
Doyle Jones
Florist Fined In Wreath Theft Case
Clarence Secrist, a Muscatine florist, found guilty on two counts of petty larceny and fined $100 plus costs on each count. He appealed to district court with appeal bonds filed. The case arose from police investigations into wreath thefts from a Muscatine cemetery with accusations he resold the items. A third related charge is pending.
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Florist
Muscatine
Clarence Secrist
Muscatine Florist
J. C. Coster
Secrist
District Court
Five Injured When Auto Strikes Train in Dayton
Edwin Bergman of Stratford Iowa is in serious condition at Luthern hospital Fort Dodge after a car with four Stratford youths struck a train Tuesday night in Dayton. Bergman suffered brain injuries and severe neck cuts as the vehicle collided with the train.
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Dayton
Edwin Bergman
Stratford
Luthern Hospital
Fort Dodge
Bergman
Train Crash In North Carolina Kills At Least 50
In heavy fog two luxury ACL trains the Tamiami Champion and the East Coast Champion collided near Raleigh North Carolina. The Red Springs funeral home reported about 509 bodies brought to the morgue and more expected. Victims included soldiers and civilians with some in horrific condition.
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Rennert
Carolina
Atlantic Coastline Railroad
Tamiami Champion
Florida
New York
W. F. Barham
Red Springs
Roosevelt Returns From Five Week Overseas Tour
President Roosevelt is back in the United States after a five week overseas trip that included war conferences in the Middle East. White House secretary Stephen T. Early said no schedule was given for his return to Washington.
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Washinton
D. C
White House
Roosevelt
Middle East
Stephen T. Early
Earnest and Kephart, Washington Couple, Obtain License
Jacob S. Earnest and Bertha L. Kephart of Washington secured a marriage license at the courthouse today. The couple plans to marry soon and was recorded by local officials.
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Jacob S. Earnest
Bertha L. Kephart
Washington
Court House
Hear Motions January 3 Before Judge Beehly
Motions scheduled for January 3 before Judge Frank Beehly in pipeline cases were continued due to illness of attorney T. L. Brookhuart.
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Frank Beehly
T. L. Brookhuart
Masons Hold Second Degree Meeting Tonight at 7 30
Masons announce work in the second degree at the Masonic temple this evening at 7 30 with expected large attendance of members in Washington.
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Masonic Temple
Churchill in Mediterranean Pneumonia Sufferer
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill is ill with pneumonia while presumed in the Mediterranean. Deputy PM Attlee says the bulletin notes his general condition as satisfactory and that Churchill will remain where he is to continue important work with full medical facilities available.
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London
Winston Churchill
Mediterranean
Churchill
House of Commons
Clement R. Attlee
British Press Association
Anthony Eden
Eden
Attlee
Churchil
Prize Awards Announced for County Scrap Drive
Results of last fall's scrap campaign show county totals of iron 188533 pounds paper 60936 pounds rubber 7245 pounds rags 1810 pounds tin 324 pounds. Prizes include a ball and bat for first and a football for second. Two schools tied for first with Grand Prairie and Union reporting top cooperation and pounds. Honorable mentions listed. Crawfordsville and Ainsworth consolidates noted for large collections. Hats off to teachers and pupils for the effort.
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Henry Hull
Carl Roberts
Maynard Brown
Ruth Gideon
Grand Prairie School
Jackson Township
Elizabeth Clark
Union School
Cedar Township
Glorn
South Prairie School
Leona Beary
Fairview
Lime Creek Township
Darlene Sojka
East Prairie
Highland Township
Anna Pacha
Pleasant Valley
Clay Township
Mildred Meyer Glendale
Washington Township
Virginia Newell Franklin
Marion Township
Leila Yoder
Center
Dutch Creek Township
Loretta Writz
Crescent
Iowa Township
Bidora Stutzman
Hawkeye
andLeota Mullikin Harmony
Franklin Township
Crawfordsville
County car licenses surge past one thousand in early December
In the first fifteen days of December 1944 the county treasurer’s office issued 1,570 automobile licenses, averaging over 100 per day, far above last year’s pace. Three hundred truck licenses have also been issued, with many owners aiming to complete licensing before February to avoid penalties.
Car Kills Horse and Driver Injured Near Riverside Road
A pickup truck driven by Edwin Kos struck a horse on a rocky road three miles south of Riverside at 11:45 last night. One of two horses owned by William Veggy was killed. Kos was slightly injured and the car was ditched in the ditch.
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Riverside
Edwin Kos
William Veggy
Kos
Col
Brighton Woman Dies After Illness Following Move
Goldie Marie DeBruyn Chambers Wallace, born February 22, 1884 near Sully, Iowa, died at 4 30 this morning at Washington County Hospital after a long illness linked to a move from New Sharpy to a farm south of Brighton. She married Harvey J. Chambers in 1920 and Heart Wallace in 1940. Survived by husband, three sons Doyle Kenneth Keith, mother Nellie De Bruyn, sister Mattie Thompson, brother Carl De Bruyn. another brother James preceded her. Funeral plans pending Navy word. Funeral services set at Assembly of God Tabernacle New Sharon with burial Lynnville Cemetery.
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Goldie Marie DeBruyn
Jasper County
Iowa
Sully
Harvey J. Chambers
Doyle
Kenneth
Keith
United States Marines
South Pacific Islands
Navy
Larragut
Idaho
Heart Wallace
Oskaloosa
New Sharon
Assembly of God Tabernacle
Brighton
Nellie de Bruyn
Mattie Thompson
Colfax
Carl de Bruyn
Galesburg
Ill
James
Lynnville
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Damaged windshield leads to cuts for Kos in collision
A collision caused extensive damage estimated at about $00. Mr. Kos sustained facial cuts from the shattered windshield.
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Kos
County Men Cited In Progress Report
Families and friends of men from Washington county serving in the Thirty sixth United States naval construction battalion have received letters from the commanding officer in the South Pacific commending their work. Local members include Laird Hawkins and Laird Simpson of Ainsworth and Lawrence Borkoski of Strighton.
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Washinglton County
United States Naval Construction
Smashing Raid On New Britain Targets Arawe and Pilelo
Allied bombers struck the Arawe peninsula and nearby targets on New Britain, aiming at the Rabaul base. Liberators and attack aircraft pounded Pilelo and Sumbun islands with 156 tons of bombs and 174000 rounds of strafing fire, destroying guns posts and installations along the Amalut plantation corridor.
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HKDQ
Swracife
New Britain
Japan
Rabaul
Arawe Peninsula
Amalut Plantation
Cape Merkus
Cape
Pilelo Island
Sumbun Island
Arawe
Funeral Service for Charles Palmer Held at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Charles Palmer were held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. Fred Miller presiding. Music featured a vocal solo by Mrs. Milo Sorden and organ by Edna Klein. pallbearers included Will Richards Glenn Holden Cloud Willits Clayde Knapp Frank Pringle and Arthur Wiley. Due to below zero weather the Masonic grave service led by Russell Goodin was conducted at the church rather than Elm Grove cemetery with Masons and Eastern Star members in attendance.
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Charles QC. Palmer
Methodist
Fred KE. Miller
Milo Sorden
Edna Klein
Will Richards
Glenn Holden
Cloud Willits
Clayde Knapp
Frank Pringle
Arthur Wiley
Russell Goodin
Elm Grove Cemetery
Masons
The
Order of Eastern Star
Milk production costs dominated by feed and labor
Feed and labor account for about four-fifths of the total cost of producing milk, highlighting the primary expense drivers in dairy operations.
Germans Admit Kharkov Killings
Three German soldiers pleaded guilty before a Russian military court to complicity in mass murder during the Kharkov occupation. Mikhail Bulanov, a Russian chauffeur for the murder wagon, was among those on trial. all confessed their roles in the atrocity blamed for over 30 000 Soviet deaths.
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Kharkov
Naar
Kharkdv
United Nations
Mikhail Bulanov
Bulanov
Moscow
Weather Break Promised Today
The Weather Bureau forecast a definite break in Iowa's mid December cold wave. Tonight's temperatures were expected to stay above zero for the first time in three days, with a minimum of 6 above in the north and 10 above in the south. Readings last night ranged from 9 below at Spencer to 2 below at Davenport.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Spencer
Ft. Dodge
Estherville
Lamont
Iowa City
Burlington
Davenport
Weather Extremes in Washington Hit Frigid Morning
In Washington the temperature stood six degrees below zero this morning, two degrees above yesterday morning. The prior day’s maximum reached 17 degrees above zero, marking a sharp cold snap with below freezing start.
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Washington
Forced Landing Report On Roosevelt Plane
German press agency DNB broadcast a report that a plane carrying President Roosevelt made a forced landing in London today. The event was not independently confirmed and details were sparse.
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London
DNB
Roosevelt
Drive Nazis Back on 15 Mile Front
Allied forces push along the Adriatic and Brenner fronts in Italy with armor thrusts near Pescara and Ortona as British and American units seize territory. U S air strikes hit supply lines. Bari harbor suffers ship losses and casualties in a German air raid. A Bridgeport, New Jersey resident patents a juice sugar tester for jelly.
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United Press
Brenner Pass
Italy
Kiev
Eesee
Pescara
Adriatic
Ortona Guardiagrele
Washington, D. C
Bari
United Nations
8Th Army
Roosevelt forced landing in Terceira en route to Cairo
A dispatch reports President Roosevelt's plane forced to land on Terceira Island in the Azores for repairs while en route to Cairo. The landing occurred during his travel and was described as necessitated by mechanical trouble.
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Azores
White House denies Roosevelt plane forced landing report
The White House stated there is no information to confirm a report that President Roosevelt's plane made a forced landing in the Azores.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Rosevelt
Azores
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