Soviet Central Don Offensive Nears Major Victory
Five day old Soviet drive around Billesovo on the Voronez Rostov line nears a great victory as Red forces push north toward Millerovo and encircle Axis troops. Russian advances plus Allied raids report widening fronts from Europe to Burma and New Guinea, with Rommel’s Africa corps retreating toward Tripoli.
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Moscow
North Africa
Africa Corps
Rommel
Italian Tripolitania
Walther Nehring
Tunis-Bizerte
Three Die After Iowa Auto Crash In Centerville Saturday
A collision Saturday night near Centerville injures three people, with Miss Martha Cross 22 of St. Joseph hospital dead Sunday. Jes Guffy 50, a World War veteran, dies early today. Donna Van Blarion 22 of Centerville remains in critical condition with multiple injuries.
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Centerville
Martha Cross
St. Joseph Hospital
Jes Guffy
Donna van Blarion
St Joseph Hospital
Miss Cross
Duffy
Dark outlook for Iowa county roads in war and after
Darrell N. Blake president of the Iowa County Engineers association says the county road system faces a grim future. Material shortages gas tax revenue cuts and scarce new equipment will force maintenance work and drain county funds in Pottawattamie and elsewhere.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Darrell N. Blake
Iowa County Engineers Association
Blake
Pottawattamie
Youthful Driver's Car Hits Pedestrian in Sioux City
J F Retzer, 77, died in a Sioux City hospital from injuries after a car struck him Saturday night. The vehicle was driven by an 18 year old who gave the name Vernon Erskine. An investigation was begun by the coroner.
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Sioux City
J. EF. Retzer
Non Erskine
Corone
Indict Makers Of Copper Wire In Major War Frauds
The Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and five officers were indicted by a federal grand jury in Ft Wayne on eight counts of conspiracy to defraud the government on war contracts totaling about six million dollars. The case, described by Attorney General Francis Biddle as among the most repugnant in wartime, cites secretly installed test equipment to pass inferior wire, with claims presented to the Army Signal Corps finance office.
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Washington, D.C
Defendents
Army Signal Corps
Philadelphia
Anaconda
Order on Men of 38 is Blamed
Washington officials warn a gradual end to dependency deferments as the military needs grow. The War manpower program under McNutt targets higher inductions and a 7.5 million army by end of 1943, with congressional scrutiny and cautious policy shifts amid a long war horizon.
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Washington, D. C
Lyle C. Wilson
U.P
Navy
Army
Paul V. McNutt
Senate
Washington
Mrs. Hazel Burham 47 Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
Funeral services for Hazel June Burham 47 will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at L. A. Jones funeral home with Rev. Jay Phipps of the Church of the Nazarene. burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Survived by husband Oscar, two sons, a granddaughter, mother J. L. Lockwood, sister and half brother. Born June 15, 1895 in Dutch Creek township. married May 18, 1912 in Washington.
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Oscar Burham
L. A
Dutch Creek Township
Jesse Brown
Laura (Wilson) Brown
Washington
Burham
Howard Daryl
Arlo Darmond
Barbara Marie Burham
J. 3. Lockwood
Seventy-six Township
Grover Custer
Homer Brown
Brighton
Christmas Music Features Sunday Worship Across Churches
Sunday services across Washington churches highlighted special Christmas music. United Presbyterian presented Lorenz cantata Carols of Christmas directed by Carolyn Hamilton. other churches included cantatas, anthems, solos, and children’s pageants led by church choirs and pastors.
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Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Lorenz
Miss Car
Presbyterian Church
Henry Shields
John Lloyd Hughes
Betty Michels
Ruth Michels
Iola Dittmer
W. E. Bond
Miss Dittmer
E. Goodlander
Methodist
Milo Sorden
Attorneys Sue Vesely for 406 Dollar 23 Cents Legal Fees
Attorneys Richard A. Stewart and T. L. Brookhart of Washington file suit with the clerk of court against James Vesely seeking a judgment of 406.23 for legal services rendered plus interest at the maximum statutory rate from January 1940 and court costs.
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Clerk of Court
Richard A. Stewart
T. L. Brookhart
Washington
James Vesely
Cold Washington Nights Hold At Eight Above Zero
The minimum temperature in Washington last night was eight degrees above zero matching Saturday. The cold spell continued through Sunday and today with a few inches of snow falling Saturday afternoon and evening.
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Washington
Farm Machinery Gets Highest Production Preference
The War Production Board assigned a AA-1 priority rating to materials for farm machinery and repair. The move aims to speed production for the upcoming spring planting season and is the highest civilian rating available.
George Kinney 93 Dies at Wayland
George Kinney age 93 died at his daughter Mrs. David Rich home after a stroke. Funeral set Wednesday at 1 PM at the Rich home and 1:45 PM at Green Mound church with Rev. Burris Moore officiating. Burial in Richwood Cemetery. Surviving are three daughters and two sons. His wife and three children preceded him. Funeral arrangements by Stacy funeral home. He was born in Ohio and moved to the Wayland area at age eight.
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Wayland
Georga Kinney
David Rich
Rich
Green Mound Church
Burris Moore
Buriial
Richwood
Stacy Funeral Home
Martha Allender
Ohio
Ella Bain
Walter Sears
Mt. Pleasant
Ellis
Alvin Kinney
Renewals Drive Traffic at County Court House
Ronald Halleck of the state highway patrol and his clerk processed 221 license renewals on Saturday at the court house. About 390 renewals have been completed to date, with the total fee of two dollars per license. Officials estimate many more truck drivers in the county still must renew by year’s end.
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Ronald Halleck
State Highway Patrol
Court House
Soldier Delbert Hysell Returns From Furlough in Iowa City
Corp. Delbert T. Hysell left yesterday for Camp Carson Colorado after a nine day furlough visiting relatives and friends. He was accompanied to Iowa City by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hysell Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kim mel and Anna Waggoner.
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