Drys Set to Seek Local Option Vote in Iowa
In Des Moines the Iowa House faces a heated first half of next week as liquor reform moves toward a local option vote. Rep. J F Miller leads the drys in filing a motion to reject the liquor control committee report which backed indefinite postponement of a bill allowing counties and cities to petition to ban state liquor stores.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
J. F. Miller
Rep
Humboldt
House
Dry Forces
House Liquor Control Committee
Three Waterloo Men Pardoned on Military Service Basis
Waterloo East draft board reports Gov. Hickenlooper granted pardons to Hereford Marsh Harold Keegan and Kenneth Seeley who faced 60 days in county jail for driving while intoxicated. They must join the armed forces or serve if the decision is not accepted. This marks the county's first such pardons.
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Waterloo— East Waterloo
Journal marks 50th anniversary of The Evening Journal
The Evening Journal in Washington observes its fiftieth birthday on February 15 with a quiet note due to wartime restrictions and a hospitalised member. The piece traces Washington’s early press history from 1892 onward and details the Journal’s growth under Orville Elder and partners.
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Journal
H. A. Burrell
Washington County
Washington
Gazetter
Wm. W. McCausland
The
Temple
Harry Keister
Mae
Harry
Wm. Fitzwilliams
Norris
Nate’’) Black
Washington Printing Co
Evening Journal
G. Logan Payne
Orville
Guards to Get Overtime Pay for Iowa Plant Work
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey ruled that about 300 guards and former guards at the Iowa ordnance plant in Burlington are entitled to overtime payments they did not receive. The suit, led by F. A. Timberlake, Louis Jagels and Frank Cannop against Day and Zimmerman, rested on the Interstate Commerce Act as guards were engaged in interstate transportation work.
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Dewey
Ottumwa
Charles A. Dewey
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
F. A. Timberlake
Louis Jagels
Frank Cannop
Day
Gas Stations Cut Nearly Forty Percent In Iowa
Iowa has seen almost 40 percent of its 6 000 gasoline filling stations close since the war began. George C. Lloyd secretary of the Iowa Petroleum Industries committee cites rationing and manpower shortages as key causes. Entry of operators into the army is also noted as a factor shaping the closures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George C. Lloyd
Iowa Petroleum Industries Committee
Lloyd
Parole Plea Grows for Young Cratty in Naragan Death
District Judge E K Daugherty granted a week extra time to file for a new trial in the manslaughter conviction of Clarence Cratty 19. Cratty was found guilty by a district court jury in the death of Paul Naragan chief petty officer at the navy base in an auto accident Cratty was to be sentenced this morning about 2000 people signed a petition urging parole rather than prison.
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Ottumwan
Daugherty
Cratty
Shakeup In Cabinet Reported Separate Peace Plot Mentioned
A state department spokesman said Mussolini's cabinet shakeup aimed to boost Italian morale after Libya loss and bombing. Diplomatic sources in Stockholm claimed the reshuffle targeted blocking a separate peace urged by Count Galeazzo Ciano and others, with key ministers removed.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Mussoini
Italy
Libya
London
England
Sweden
Benito Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Cigno
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Piertro Badoglio
Stockholm
Correction Issued for Legion Honor Guard Roster
Commander Matt Whittaker corrects the Legion lift list for Sergeant Ned Barden funeral honors. Stanley Richards is named instead of Clarence Richards and serves in the firme squad rather than as a color bearer, per Journal records.
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Matt Whittaker
Legion
Ned Barden
Stanley Richards
Clarence Richards
Tank in Court House Removed After 1886 Construction
A water tank built into the attic of the Washington county courthouse in 1886 was removed yesterday. The vacated space will store old records from various county offices after shelving is installed. Howard McBride and Edgar Porter cut the tank into sections. most of it became scrap metal, with two ends kept for possible use at the county home. The tank measured about 14 feet long and four to five feet thick.
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Washington County Court House
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Howard McBride
Edgar Porter
County Force
W C Beggs Dies Born in Scotland at 70
William C Beggs died at 4 45 pm after a brief illness from heart trouble He was born February 23 1873 in Edinburgh Scotland and came to America at age eleven He and his wife Mary Clendening operated a Mystic Iowa grocery for ten years then moved to Washington He is survived by his wife their son Sergeant Clifford Beggs at Camp Hood Texas four nieces one nephew and one sister deceased Funeral services will be held at 2 30 Monday at Sherman s funeral home with the Rev R C Keagy and burial in Elm Grove cemetery
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William C. Beggs
Sherman
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Elm Grove
Mr. Beggs
Edinburgh
Scotland
Robert
Mary (McKelvey) Beggs
America
What Cheer
Iowa
Appanoose County
Mr. Beges
Centerville
Mary Clendenning
Mystic
Washington
Frank Tierney Taken by Death
Frank Tierney died about two o clock this afternoon at his sister Mollie Tierney’s home northwest of West Chester. The body was taken to the L A Jones funeral home.
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Frank Tierney
Mollie Tierney
West Chester
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Highway Patrol Reports 13 Driving Licenses Issued Here
Patrolman Earl Cummings reports that 13 individuals were issued driving licenses at the local office. The event underscores routine licensing during the period, with names and details not disclosed in the source.
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Earl Cummings
New Contracts on Star Mail Routes Announced
Postmaster M C DeLong announced proposals due March 39 for star routes delivering US mail from July 1 1943 to June 30 1947 across several states including Iowa. Routes include Washington to West Chester Harper Keota and Sigourney Muscatine to Washington and Iowa City to Washington with planned eliminations of late afternoon and night trips.
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M. C. DeLong
United States
Iowa
Washington
West Chester
Harper, Keota
Sigourney
Muscatine
Iowa City
Here
Five Bodies Recovered in Army Plane Crash West of Clinton
Five bodies were recovered from the wreckage of an army transport plane that crashed on a road six miles west of Clinton Illinois. Coroner John Herington said clothing indicated two more may have died. witnesses reported the plane skimmed tree tops and struck a gravel road before burial in the road. Military investigators took over and barred spectators.
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Clinton
Illiois
Here
John Herington
Nine Chauffeurs Pass Test. Licenses Granted After Exam
After the required examination, nine chauffeurs received licenses. Two drivers failed the written tests, as did two applicants seeking chauffeur licenses.
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Terday
Weather Helps Flood Situation in Des Moines Area
Des Moines report says colder weather lowers flood threat on the Des Moines river near Ottumwa. The river stood at 21.7 feet at Eddyville last night, down 1.6 feet this morning, while Ottumwa rose 1.9 feet. Ice gorge between Chillicothe and Bugdyville remained intact.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Chillicothe
Bkddyville
Charles D. Reed
Eddyville
Navy reports moderate losses in Solomons clash
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said American and Japanese forces suffered moderate losses of ships and planes in air and sea action around the Solomons area. He noted no significant impact from these losses as operations continued. The navy also reported three further air attacks on Japanese bases in the Aleutian Islands.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Solomons
Aleutian Islands
Flynn Acquitted of Statutory Rape Charges
Hollywood California February 6 Errol Flynn was acquitted by a jury of nine women and three men who rejected the testimony of two young movie actresses accusing him of statutory rape.
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Hollywood
Canf
Errol Flynn
American bombers claim 25 German fighters down
London dispatch says U S Army Air Force communique reports heavy raid over northwest Germany last Thursday resulted in the destruction of 25 German fighter planes by American flying fortresses.
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London
England
Germany
United States Army Air Force
Red Army closes on Rostov as Kharkov area falls
Soviet forces push across the Donetz and advance toward Rostov, less than 70 miles southeast of Kharkov. Reports from Moscow and London hint at a possible fall of Rostov while German defenses around the city show strain and morale dwindling as multiple Soviet columns converge.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Donetz River
Kharkov
Rostov
London
Batatisk
Russian Columns Press Kharkov Advance In Heavy Weather
Four Russian columns push toward Kharkov from multiple directions despite lengthening supply lines and bitter weather. Rumors of Batutsk capture lack confirmation as Soviets near Rostov and seize a military train loaded with tanks and matériel. In North Africa weather limits air activity as British forces eye Tunisia.
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Kharkov
Red Army
Soviet
Rostov
Batutsk
Caucasus
North Africa
County records first February marriage license of 1943
Glenn A. Younkin of Riverside and Viola Irene Evans of Lone Tree obtained a marriage license at the courthouse. It was the first license issued in the county in February and the ninth for 1943.
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Court House
Glenn A. Younkin
Riverside
Viola Irene Evans
Lone
Winter Weather Brings Ice and Snow After Warm Day
The region swung from spring-like warmth to a 17 degree morning low as rain turned to ice and then snow. Travel surfaces were roughened, though the day’s high reached about 45 degrees.
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