Iowa Teen Entertainer Sentenced For Truck Theft
Betty Breakman 17, bound for Hollywood, got one year at hard labor in Rockwell City reformatory after pleading guilty to a truck theft charge before Judge Charles Roe in Council Bluffs. Barbara Duncan 14, arrested with Mrs. F Breakman, released to mother on $1000 bond for juvenile court appearance.
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Atlantic
Betty Breakman
Rockwell City Reformatory
Charles Roe
Council Bluffs
Barbara Duncan
F. Breakman
Iowa City President Reports Delayed Army Callup
Virgil M. Kancher of the State University of Iowa was advised that no enlisted reserve corps member will be called to duty until April 24, end of the spring semester. The deferment applies to non specialized corps while calls for special fields stay unchanged per George F. Zook of the American Council on Education.
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Iowa City
Virgil M. Kancher
State University of Iowa
Army
George F. Zook
The
American Council On Education
Speed limit saves lives in Des Moines area
Des Moines reports a 35 mph limit cutting deaths and injuries by more than half before gasoline rationing. Public safety commissioner Karl W. Fischer credits reduced speed as key, noting fewer cars on highways and rationing expected to remove 10 percent more. December fatalities tally 10 with 13 days left, compared with 69 in December 1941.
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Des Moines
Karl W. Fischer
Stae Public Safety
State Public Safety Department
Car Reported Stolen on Oskaloosa Street
A car owned by C. J. Randall of Cedar was stolen Friday on Oskaloosa Street. Police said it was abandoned in Tama shortly after another theft in Moberly, Missouri, and another car was reported stolen in Toledo three miles away.
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Oskaloosa
C. J. Randall
Moberly
Randall
Tama
Toledo
Morning Sun Baby Succumbs to Burns
Dixie Lee Hunt four months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen Hunt, died at 5 30 p m Friday at the family farm home two miles south of Morning Sun. The infant’s clothing caught fire when the buggy lay near a living room stove as the mother prepared supper.
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Dixie Lee
Stephen Hunt
Here
Forty-Six Washington County Men Enter U S Army at Camp Dodge
At 1 45 this morning 46 Washington county selectees boarded two buses and left for Camp Dodge to begin active service in the U S Army after a week at home following induction last Saturday. A sendoff at the city hall Legion rooms featured a doughnut and coffee service by the Chamber of Commerce and patriotic committee members. The list of men includes Leland Aggson Washington Charles Anderson Washington Herman Arduser Washington Allen Atkinson Mears Ballard Morris Beenblossom Lawrence William Bond Rudy Ora Boone Kalona etc.
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Washington County
Camp Dodge
United States Army
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Selective Service Board
County Patriotic Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Patriotic Committee
Leland Henry Aggson
Charles Mellville Anderson
Washington
Herman Arduser
Allen
Patterson Atkinson
Mears M. Ballard
Morris Edwin Beenblossom
Lawrence William Bond, Rubio
Snowing Nearly Every Saturday A White Christmas For Washington
Snow fell since about 8:30 this morning and continued into the afternoon. With Christmas a week away the region looks to have a white Christmas unless warmer conditions arrive next week.
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Washington
Return of Old Duties Bucks Secretary of State Office
Des Moines reports a quiet push by Iowa legislators to restore some duties to the secretary of state as Earl G. Miller retires. Wayne M. Ropes of Onawa is seen as a potential new secretary, with historic friction fueling the debate over reviving functions such as corporate and real estate work and elections.
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Secretary of State’s Office
Frank T. Nye
Des Moines
IDPA
Secretary of State
Earl G. Miller
Good Fellows Fund Sees Fourteen More Donors Push Total
Fourteen more dollars flow into the Good Fellows Fund bringing the community total to 43. Chairman Boyd White and committee members Douglas Smith and Roger Sherman express cautious optimism while noting donations remain about half of last year’s level. Readers are urged to clip the Good Fellow coupon in the Journal and mail or deliver contributions by noon today.
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Boyd White
Douglas Smith
Roger Sherman
Escaped Convicts Suspected in Buick Plant Hold Up
Chicago authorities suspect fugitive gangsters Roger Touhy and Basil Banghard were among four masked gunmen in a $20,000 Buick plant payroll holdup. The attack followed their earlier prison escape from Stateville on October 9, with five others. an armored car was ambushed as two masked shooters fired through the glass after pulling rifles from the vehicle. An abandoned car was later found nearby.
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Chicago
Ilc
Roger Touhy
Basil ‘the Owl’ Banghard
Gansters
Buick
North Town Currency Exchange
Appeals hearings for truck operators in Iowa County
A representative from the Davenport office of defense transportation will be at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Hotel Jefferson, Iowa City, all next week to hear appeals from DDT rulings issued to commercial truck operators in Washington County.
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Davenport
Office of Defense Transportation
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Jefferson
Iowa City
Washington County
Oldfield Sets 1943 Farm Machinery Quotas in Washington County
Carl R. Oldfield, USDA War Board chairman, announces county quotas on 24 farm equipment items to support war needs. Heavy steel demand for weapons reduces machinery supply, with fixed certificates limited by county and state pools.
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Washington County
Carl R. Oldfield
Usda War Board
Iowa
County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee
State War Board
A. J. Loveland
Department of Agriculture
Japs Retire Before Wavell Advance in Burma Drive
British forces push 20 miles along the Mayu river to the Bay of Bengal uncovering a potential shift in Burma operations. RAF bombed Akyab as Montgomery advances 90 miles west of El Aghelia aiding a drive toward Tripoli and Tunisia. Fleet supports eighth army with hopes French ships may join the Allied side. Italian fleet remains strong. Buna assault aims to dislodge Japanese beachhead. Russian high command reports German relief efforts in progress near a trapped army.
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Sir Archbald Wavell
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Akyab
Burma
Wavell
Libya
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Aghelia
Nofilla
Africa Corp
Tripoli
Radio Morroceco
Montgomery
el Aghedla
Tunisia
Fizette
Tunis
Wad
Tripolitania
Sir B. Cunningham
South Africa
Mediterranean
Alexandria
MacArthur
Buna
County Chauffers Get Licenses Today
State highway patrol examiners in Washington hold a bi monthly driving license renewal for truck drivers. A long line formed as drivers sought renewed chauffeurs licenses for 1943 before renewals move to other counties. The examiners’ office moved to the main floor corridor of the courthouse to free space downstairs for rationing board activities.
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Washington
Examiners
Court House
Health unit activities schedule and farming machinery dates
Health unit activities for the week of December 21 include a Tuesday afternoon child health conference in the office. The schedule lists selective service exams in the office and a sequence of farming tasks with dates: seeding and planting February 1 1943, cultivating machinery April 1, haying machinery May 1, small grain harvesting equipment June 1, corn harvesting machinery August 1.
McCall Seeks 254 Damages in Iowa Collision Suit
Glen McCall of Washington files a civil action against Mrs. Mary Marquam alleging fault in a August 27 1942 collision on highway 61 near Buffalo Iowa. McCall claims his car was damaged and he missed work days. he seeks 254.57 dollars. Attorney E PD Morrison Jr represents the plaintiff.
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Glen McCall
Washington
Mary Marquam
Tire Inspection Schedule Urges orderly 1942 plan
County rationing board urges regulated tire inspections for all passenger cars between December 1, 1942 and January 31, 1943 to avoid a January rush. A phased schedule by last name groups aims to spread inspections. commercial vehicles require 60 day or 5,000 mile checks starting November 15, 1942.
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OPA
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