Marshalltown Murder Charge Amid Slaying at Bailey Home
Walter Bailey, 40, named Negro, charged with murder after William Clair St. John, 45, was found slain in the Bailey yard with throat cut. Bailey says he found St. John with his wife Willie Ann, 88, during a morning confrontation. she was wounded. Police Chief Harold Black notes no framing evidence, Marshalltown’s first murder since 1925.
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Walter Bailey
William Clair St. John
Bailey
Harold Black
St. John
Baileys Wi
J Bailey
Willie Ann
Black
Newark Lawyer Sends Christmas Gifts to Maquoketa Churches
Scott German, a Newark N J lawyer and former Maquoketa resident, mailed Christmas donations totaling 10000 to local churches. He gave 2500 to the Baptist and Methodist churches and 5000 to the Congregational church with letters to pastors noting the gifts could be used as church officials decide. German, a Maquoketa High School graduate of 1883 who later attended the State University of Iowa, practiced law in Newark after admission to the bar.
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Maquoketa
Scott German
Newark N. J
Baptist
Methodist
Congregational Church
German
Maquoketa High School
State University of
Iowa
Newark
Des Moines Man Suffering Severe Burns After Cigarette Fire
Edward E. Friemel, 29, of Diagonal Iowa, caught fire after dozing with a lit cigarette burning his bed clothes at the Hotel Earl. He was rushed to Broadlawns General Hospital in critical condition with burns from the waist up. A neighbor heard yells, found Friemel with clothing ablaze, and extinguished the flames before help arrived.
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Edward E. ¥Riemel
Diagonal
Earl
Broadlawns General Hospital
Friemel
Woman Loses Billfold With Cash and Licenses
Mrs. Charles Kessler of Oskaloosa reported losing a billfold containing 100 dollars, papers, a driver license and other valuables in a phone booth at the union depot on Saturday night in Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
Charles Kessler
Oskaloosa
Union Depot
Boy Killed Four Hurt In Des Moines Party Crash
DES MOINES A late night youth party ended tragically when 16 year old Victor Youngs was killed in an auto crash north of Des Moines. Four other youths aged 17 and 16 were seriously injured when the car driven by 17 year old Guy Stevens struck a telephone pole.
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Des Des Moines
Des Moines
Victor Youngs
Rarpn Young
Des Moines Sr
Guy Stevens
Operator of Locker Plant Saves It in Fire
Humboldt report says Ben Trexel, locker plant operator, woke to cinders and embers near the furnace chimney early Sunday. He moved his family including two ill children Bennie and Helen to neighbors as firefighters saved the main structure of the adjoining plant owned by Farmers Co-operative Association.
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Humboldt
Ben Trexel
Bennie
Helen
Farmers Co-operative Association
Revolt by nationalists topples Bolivian president
In La Paz on December 20 a nationalist revolt toppled President Henrique Penaranda after a brief outbreak of violence. Machine gun fire woke the city at 3 a.m. and radio reports said nationalist leaders and young officers directed the uprising.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Henrique Penaranda
Terror-Stricken Children in Home With Hanging Father
OWATONNA Minn Dec 20 Three small Bendorf children aged six two and four hid in terror in the dining room after discovering their grandfather Emil Bendorf dead in the yard and their father Lloyd Bendorf hanging in the kitchen The grandfather had been beaten and Lloyd later killed himself Sheriff Helgson said neighbor John Rassumen first found the yard body and alerted authorities The mother Mrs Lloyd Bendorf was at the county hospital giving birth to a baby girl ten days ago
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Minn
Lloyd Bendorf
Emil Bendorf
Merton Township
BE. T. Helgson
Steel County
John Rassumen
Bendorf’s
Bendorff
Rassumen
Bendorf Place
Helgson
Rassumen Ag
Bendorft Place
Bates
Stores Will Open 2 Evenings For Christmas Shopping
Washington stores handling Christmas goods will stay open two evenings this week. Wednesday and Thursday nights keep doors open until nine. The Chamber of Commerce announced the plan to help shoppers who cannot visit by day.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Good Fellows Reach $35 With Five Days Left
The Good Fellow fund total stands at 35 dollars Saturday saw a push by Larry Matley and the Good Fellow committee urging farmers to donate a chicken or two. Chickens may be left at Reister Brothers this week for dressing the day before Christmas, with drop off by Thursday afternoon.
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Y's Men’s Club
Larry Matley
Reister Brothers
Reister’s
Mrs Hora Wins Nylon Hosiery for War Bond Pledge
Mrs. George Hora submitted the largest pledge toward War Bonds earning a pair of Nylon hose from the Rothschild store. Her pledge totaled $1,200 worth of War Bonds. The contest closed last Saturday evening.
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George Hora
Rothschild
Typographical Union Ordered Back To Work On D C Newspapers
The War Labor Board ordered all typographical union members to return to their jobs on Washington newspapers in a ruling issued in Washington D C on December 20. The decision aims to resume publication and stabilize production amid wartime labor tensions.
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Washington, D. C
War Labor Board Today
Washington
Americans Gain on New Britain in Pacific Advance
Allied forces widened beachheads on both sides of Rabaul and neared the Arawe air strip four miles east of New Britain's Arawe peninsula. The 6th Army vanguards neared the air strip as Torokina River was crossed on Bougainville, signaling rapid progress through the New Britain jungle near Untingalu.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Arawe
Tororokina
Bouganville
Douglas McArthur
6Th Army
Arawe Peninsula
Untingalu
Sergeant Woodford Awarded Air Medal for Missions over Europe
Relatives announce Staff Sergeant Charles A. Woodford flight engineer and tail gunner with the U S Army Air Corps in England has received the Air Medal for five bomber combat missions over occupied Europe. The citation signed by Brigadier General Lemay and others credits his courage and skill. The raid cited includes Rogersberg Germany on October 28. The Woodford family lives in Oskaloosa. Mildern Morton is remembered as Mrs. Woodford.
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Charles A. Woodford
U. S. Army Air Corps
England
Europe
Mrz
R. Ef. Woodford
Oskaloosa
Woodford
Milderd Morton
War Production Board reduces paper use for print media
Washington Dec. 20 The War Production Board chaired by Donald M. Nelson announced a further reduction in paper use for newspapers magazines books and commercial printing as a full scale effort to match supplies with requirements.
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Washington, D.C
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board Today
Special Music At the Churches in Christmas Observances
Readable accounts of Christmas music at Washington churches. Methodist presented The Story of Christmas cantata directed by Mrs. Sorden with soloists and a candlelight pageant. United Presbyterian offered morning choir led by Carolyn Hamilton with a Bethlehem picture at the organ and multiple soloists. Baptist and other churches held Christmas music programs and sermons reflecting the season.
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Methodist
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Methodist Church
Elouise Sorden
Elma Rice
Lois Humble
Floy Bagge
Ruth Dupuis
Ruth Harp
Edna Klein
United Presbyterian Church
Carolyn Hamilton
Helen Harvey
Sara Lu Miller
Helen Stone
Dave Livingston
George Stewart
Maurine Larson
Mary Bordwell
Ralph Kleese
H. L. Walker
Robert Masson
Marion George
Bruce Lipscomb
Boyd White
Arthur Witthoft
Roger Lance
Bethlehem
Mary Justine George
Henrietta Stewart
Sarahu Miller
Frances Whisler
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Mary Holbert
John Hughes
Helen Doty
Henry Shields
the Baptist Church
Charles Murdock
Charles McConnell
A. J. Bielefeldt
Christ
Legion Will Meet Tuesday Evening
The regular American Legion meeting will be held Tuesday at eight o'clock in the Legion rooms at city hall. Commander Charles Kennedy announces a special program with speakers and refreshments. A large attendance is desired for the final calendar year meeting.
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American Legion
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Charles Kennedy
Washington County Waste Paper Drive Collects Big Total
Earle F. Libe reports nearly 20 tons of waste paper gathered in a one day drive. A freight car carrying 39 760 pounds left Washington for a Three Rivers Michigan paper mill while Scouts collected 17 600 pounds locally and Ainsworth added 2 560 pounds. Additional paper will be shipped later this week and residents are urged to bring in more.
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Washington
Three Rivers
Mich
Libe
Washington Homes
Ainsworth
Washington County
Iowa City
Roof Fire at Little's House in South Avenue D
Washington fire department responded to a roof fire at the William L. Little residence 6528 South Avenue D. Fire started on the roof in two spots, apparently from chimney sparks. Firefighters reported a small blaze controlled with no injuries noted.
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William L
South Avenue D
John Cus
Tin Can Drive North of Tracks Announced
Street Commissioner Ralph Minick announced a tin can collection campaign to run this week north of the Rock Island and Milwaukee tracks. Residents should place cans in containers at the curb by Tuesday for pickup Wednesday morning. Additional pickups south of the tracks will be scheduled later.
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Ralph Minick
Rock Island and Milwaukee
Minick
U S Ship Sunk In Mexican Gulf
The navy reported a medium sized United States merchant vessel torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico early in December during a German submarine foray. Only one other ship had been sunk in the Gulf this year, a small Norwegian vessel in April, with the previous Gulf sinking in September 1942.
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Washington, D. C
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
United States
Gulf
Bailey earns master's degree at University of Chicago
Josephine M. Bailey of Washington Iowa is among 69 recipients of master's degrees at the University of Chicago 215th convocation held in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on December 17. Convocation speaker Dr A Eustace Hayden delivered the address Toward a New Synthesis in Culture and President Robert M Hutchins gave the Sunday sermon.
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Chicago
Josephine M. Bailey
Washington
Iowa
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
A. Eustace Hayden
New Federated Theological Faculty
Robert M. Hutchins
Rockefeller Chapel
Fire crew Extinguishes Blaze With Booster Tank Water
A fire crew arrived at the scene and used the truck’s booster tank to extinguish the fire. Only comparatively slight damage was reported.
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Russians in Drive Take 500 Towns
A broad offensive by Soviet forces reports capture of more than 500 towns and villages as Red Army units press toward the Polish border and the Baltic states. German retreat fronts shift with heavy Soviet tank and infantry thrusts toward Dietbsk and Riga, while American air and ground forces drive on in Italy toward Rome.
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Rome
Britain
Mediterranean
Germany
Nebel
Polish
Baltic States
Red Army
Poland
Latvia
Berlin
Nebel Heart
Moscow
Dietbsk
Odessa
Leningrad
Riga
San Piletro
Dieliri
Bernard Montgomery
8Th Army
Orosogna-Ortona
Consolvai
Orsagna
U. S
United States
Christmas Program Time Changed at Christian Tabernacle
Rev W J Stevens said the Sunday school Christmas program will be given Tuesday evening at 7 20 instead of Wednesday. The school will present a Christmas play The Miraculous Star.
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Christian Tabernacle
W. J. Stevens
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