Iowa column favors four year governor term proposal
A Des Moines column notes a joint resolution to amend the state constitution to extend the governor term from two to four years. Introduced by Senator J A Mewlsoine, it could take effect no earlier than 1949 and likely not before 1951, needing approval by the 1945 and 1947 legislatures and voter ratification in 1948. Senator Hickenlooper also supported a four year term in his farewell address.
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Des Moines
J. A. MewWsoine
Rep
Derby
Hourke K. Hickenlooper
Des Moines Derby of liquor bills stalls in committee
DES MOINES The liquor committee rejected the local option on state liquor stores bill on a 1 to 10 vote and signaled major liquor legislation may be unlikely this session. Action on a bill to ban beer advertising was deferred for a week.
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Des Moines
Long House Liquor Committee
Davenport Masterup Robbed At His Grocery Store
Ivan Masterup told police two young bandits robbed him of 1500 in his pocketbook and 200 from the cash register and locked him in a rear store closet. He said the men entered around 3 a.m. Tuesday after he returned to the store from a carafeure winnings. One man brandished a revolver as the other took his money.
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Davenport
Ivan Masterup
Pollce
Masterup
Iowa Grants More Prints for Welcomes Booklet
Des Moines contracts will print 25,000 additional copies of the Iowa booklet Iowa Welcomes You for $11.60 per page by Wallace Homestead Co. The cover goes to American Lithographing Co. for $773. Athens Press to print 1000 Iowa dissertations at $3.69 per page.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University of Iowa
Gets Seven Years For Hiding Bank Loot
Dubuque detective reports Joseph P. Gaston aged 83 was captured by FBI agents after pleading guilty in United States district court to illegal possession of money stolen from the Prairie City bank in Bagley Wisconsin last April. Twelve hundred dollars were stolen, $890 recovered at Gaston’s home, and the fugitive was arrested upon returning home.
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Dubuque
Joseph P. Gaston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wis
United States Distriet Court
Prairie City Bank
Bagley
Gaston
Des Moines Store Plans For Branch at Iowa City
Des Moines Younkers department store plans a new branch in Iowa City as part of a regional expansion. Officials cite growing demand and strategic location for the move.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Younkers Department Store
Abandon Airfields in China Headqu arters?
American airmen abandoned and demolished the last of their secret east China bases as Japanese columns closed in from Hankow Hangyang and Canton. Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault said forward squadrons at Namyang and Flanchow had been destroyed to deny enemy use, ending a dramatic episode of the 14th operations.
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China
East China
Hankow
Hangyang
Canton
Claire Chennault
Namyang
Flanchow
Chennault
Haid
145Th
China Sea
14Th
Stillwell Road
Burma
January War Bond Sales Reach $118000 in County
War bond purchases in January in Washington county totaled 118000, reported by G F E Mace, county war finance secretary. Banks’ reports compiled by Mace show no January quota. February’s county quota is 149000, with encouragement to buy bonds now before spring loan drive.
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Washington County
G. F E. Mace
Mr. Mace
Washinton
Downtown buildings leased for postwar retail store
Henry Frankel announced that two downtown buildings housing Tsvern ers pharmacy and the Three Sisters shop have been leased to operate a retail store after the war. The property will be used starting March 1, 1946, with remodeling to begin when materials are available. The division wall will be removed and much of the Three Sisters space used intact.
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Henry Frankel
Younhers Board
Tsverners Pharmacy
Three Sisters
Frankel
District AAA Meet At Mount Pleasant
Notice received by county AAA office of a district conference to be held at Mount Pleasant in the Harlan hotel Friday February 9. Members of the county committee are requested to attend. Basil E Huston of Olds district AAA fieldman and H Haven and Williams Hawks state committee will attend.
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Mt.leasant
Harlan Hotel
H. &. Haven
Williamsl. Hawks
Basil E. Huston
Olds
Snow Clings to Branches After Inch and a Half Fall
Snow totaling an inch and a half fell last night and this morning after a mix of rain and sleet yesterday evening. Trees and bushes look attractive as snow clings to branches, while the forecast low of 30 degrees did not arrive.
Application Blanks Mailed to Washington County Farmers
Non highway gasoline application blanks are being mailed to farmers in Washington County. Those who do not receive blanks within a week should request by mail from the War Price and Rationing Office. Complete and mail the forms promptly so coupons can be issued in time for farming work.
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Washington County
Divorce Denied in Sabin Case by Iowa Judge
A decree filed in Cora Mae Sabin v Melvin Sabin shows Judge P J Siegers refusing divorce. Court finds the parties' misunderstandings trivial and not cruel or inhuman, dismissing the petition and ordering the defendant to pay court costs of 18.10. An attachment is released and injunction dissolved. A separate Stutsman v Stutsman case resulted in a default decree with Faye Stutsman restored to her maiden name Faye Webber.
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Clerk of District Court
Cora Mae Sabin
Melvin Sabin
P. J. Siegers
Iowa
Robert Stutsman
Faye Stutsman
Sie
Faye Webber
Rubber Boats Help Drive Across Our and Sure Rivers
Paris dispatch says American 3rd Army divisions under Lt. Gen. Patton made rapid progress across the Our and Sure rivers in rubber assault boats. Units captured towns near the Siegfried line as tanks moved up behind infantry. The offensive extends about 50 miles from the Kenternach area toward the Roer valley with aims to breach dams and push toward Germany.
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Paris
Irey
Luxembourg
George
3Rd
Siegfried Line
Mun
Germany
Accomol Ist
Kenternach
Roer
Warships Bombard Corregidor and Manila as MacArthur Visits Camp
Gen Douglas MacArthur toured Santo Tomas internment camp as 3 500 internees cheered. American forces battled burning streets of Manila with warships joining Liberator bombers in pounding Corregidor at the entrance to Manila Bay. Tokyo reported B 24 Liberators and B 29s hitting targets across Asia in a broad aerial assault campaign.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippine
Manila Bay
Corregidor Island
Eighth Army
Subic Bay
Sixth Army
Lingayen Gulf
Bataan Peninsula
Corregidor
11Th Airborne Division
Santo Tomas
MacArthur
Famedast Cavalry
U.S
Tokyo
T Cir
Malayan
Asia
3Rd. Division
Tokyo Radio
Corregitor
U. S
Thailand
Kobe
India
Wanekok
Junction Resident Dies at Muscatine
Mrs. W. H. Gaskell 71 died at 12 15 am at Belle Vue hospital Muscatine after a brief illness. Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at Richie funeral home with burial in Indian Creek cemetery near Columbus Junction. Born January 12 1874 in Fort Wayne Ind she married W H Gaskell July 11 1891. survived by husband two sons Charities of Keosauqua and Alfred of Washington DC. seven daughters including Mrs Otis Johnson Burlington and Mrs John Gtriel Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
W. H. Gaskell
Belle- Vue Hospital
Muscatine
Richie Funeral Home
Indian Crek
Rose Weimer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fifth Army advances on Italian front amid ongoing fighting
On February 7 1944 Fifth Army troops occupy Monte Bono and Renaiago on the west flank and reinforce Castelbecchio while fighting persists on the right flank. German forces hold Livergnano south of Bologna with heavy artillery and mortar barrages as 8th Army patrols continue along the Adriatic coast.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Bono
Renaiago
Serehio
Castelbecchio
5Th Army
Livergnano
Bologna
8Th Army
Adriatic
Gaskell family members listed from California in fragment
The text identifies individuals in California including Othy Gaskell of Los Angeles Mrs Forest Cravy of Wasco Iva Gaskell of Pasadena and Olive Gaskell, indicating a fragmented notice listing several names and places.
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Othy Gaskell
Los Angeles
Calif
Mrs. Forest Cravy
Wasco
Iva Gaskell
Pasadena
Olive Gaskell
Refugees Stream Into Burned City
Moscow reports Zhukov’s forces crossed the Oder and push toward Berlin in a broad front. Soviet dispatches describe a spectacular battle near Frankfurt and Kustrin while refugees stream into a Berlin already burning from Allied air raids.
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London
Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Berlin
Zhukov
Frankfurt
Silesia
Kustria
Transocean
Kustrin
Furstenberg
Rathaug
Tiergarten
Underdenlinden
Alexander Platz
Leon Beatty Post Elects Walter Anderson New sergeant at arms
At Leon Beatty American Legion meeting Walter Anderson was elected sergeant-at-arms succeeding Norman Schoonover who resigned to attend state university. Daughters of Union Veterans thanked the post for meeting space. Ted Springman and James Batterson, home on furlough, spoke briefly. Raymond Bell Jr joined the post. Leland Sheetz, with army service in North Africa Sicily and Italy, also joined. Rudy Tanner gave a history feature. Everette Burham spoke on soldiers relief and widows pensions. Ted Crone led refreshments with apples donated by Don McLaughlin.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Walter Anderson
Norman Schoonover
State University
Daughters of Union Veterans
Mae Morgan
Ted Springman
James Batterson
Raymond Bell, Jr
Leland Sheetz
Mediterranean
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Rudy Tanner
Washington
Everette Burham
Congress
Ted Crone
Don McLaughlin
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Tross
Vieng
Puatton
3Rd Army
Siegfried Wall
Tablac
Luzon Island
Philippines
Clark Field
FT. Stotsenburg
SAN Narciso
Eres
Hughes
Orum
FT Frank
Bataan
Batangas
TANGA
Menila
United Press
Blast Indo
Muscatine Hospital
Legion Post
Anderson
Moscatine
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