Iowa columnist details Rhoads case and suspension
A column notes Ottumwa and Wapello County actions as G E Rhoads, safety and finance commissioner, is held by the grand jury before Justice Floyd Orr in a probe of a gambling and liquor payoff ring. Bond set at 2509 on conspiracy. he remains free on a 250 bond. Rhoads vacates city hall after suspension order signed by District Judge F E Daugherty.
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Ottumwa
G. E. Rhoads
Safety and Finance
Wapello County
Floyd Orr
DPD
Moon
Rhoads
City Hall
FE. K Daugherty
Record High Aviation Deaths in Iowa in 1943
Des Moines reports 75 fatalities from aviation accidents in 1943, a new all time peak and near fourfold rise from 29 in 1942. Among the dead were 66 army, seven navy, one merchant marine and one civil aeronautics flier. Only seven Iowans.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Health
Army
Navy
Merchant Marine
Civil Aeronautics Fliers
Appeal Filed in Bank Case at Ottumwa
An application for a certificate to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court was filed here Monday by the Omaha Tank for Co-operatives against Fred Novotny of Traer Iowa in a test case to collect 260000 from 38000 southeastern Iowa farmers. District Judge E L Simmons had directed a verdict for the bank but granted a new trial after reversal. The defense argues notes signed by farmers were payable only by deducting amounts from poultry and eggs set to the Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association now defunct.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Supreme Court
Omaha Tank
Fred Novotny
Traer
Southeastern Iowa
E. L. Simmons
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
National Guard Into Training Three Years Ago
Three years ago the Iowa National Guard began its army life as 6,570 civilian soldiers were mobilized for one year of training in early 1941. The first units to depart were the 118th Cavalry with 68 officers one warrant officer and 1,040 men to Camp Bowie Texas on January 13 1941. The 4th Division units followed with 335 officers four warrant officers and 4,958 men to Camp Claiborne Louisiana on February 10 1941.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
118Th Cavalry
Camp Bowie
Tex
Camp Claiborne
Aged Waterloo Doctor Kills Self With Gun
Coroner Sidney L. Smith ruled the death of Dr. Gerrit J. Bennett an apparent suicide. The 84 year old Waterloo physician of 34 years was found dead Sunday night in his home garage from a .22 caliber gunshot wound. Ill health was blamed by the family.
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Waterloo
Sidney L. Smith
Gerrit J. Bennett
Bennett
Smith
How
United States Bombers Hit Frankfurt and French Coast
American heavy bombers smashed the general arsenal and transport city of Frankfurt in a two pronged raid while Marauder and Liberator bombers struck targets along the French invasion coast. The campaign resumed after weather cleared, with Mosquito raids over Germany and daylight raids on Frankfurt and other objectives by U S forces.
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London
Europe
Frankfurt
United States
France
Germany
Personiauttock
Senate Approves Federal Ballot for Soldiers
The Senate approved the administration federal ballot for soldiers 46 to 40 after defeating restrictive amendments from Republicans and southern Democrats. The bill now goes to the House, where a similar coalition previously blocked a federal ballot plan in an extended session. Barkley won a motion against Taft’s proposed limits on federal ballots and the Taft idea would have limited federal ballots to absentees from states without a lightweight state ballot on request.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Senate Today
House
Barkley
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Warn Finland to Get Out of War
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told reporters in Washington that the United States has renewed its warning to Finland to make peace with the Soviet Union and Britain or face consequences. He said Finland's collaboration with Germany and continued war with several allied nations rests with the Finnish government, a stance reiterated after Stockholm dispatches.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Finland
Soviet Union
Britain
Cordell Hull
Stockholm
Hull
Germany
Funeral services for Mrs Kath yn Knotex held
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at L A Jones funeral home by Rev Fred rik Miller. Pallbearers included Harry Hotz Arthur Horn George Horn Vincent Sojka Lorence Marek and Dale Kos. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Kathyn Knotex
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fredrik Miller
Harry Hotz
Arthur
George Horn
Vincent Sojka
Lorence Marek
Dale Kos
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ward urges saving tin cans for war salvage drive
Mrs. Ward, chairwoman of the women's salvage department, urges Washington county to continue and intensify efforts to collect processed tin cans fats greases and paper for the war. She cites dwindling stockpiles due to Japan's actions and notes tin's use in medical supplies and battlefield care by the Medical Corps and Red Cross.
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Mrs. Ward
Women’s Salvage
Helen B. Ward
Women’s Salvage Department
Washington County
Rose Reid
War Production Board
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Medical Corps
Red Cross
Local Man Honored for Lifelong Service Across States
The obituary notes a resident who practiced law in Warpaw Illinois and Denver Iowa before moving to the area. Survived by a wife four daughters and two sons. The piece highlights a long career across multiple communities and a strong family legacy.
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Ard County
Warpaw
Ill
Denver
Iowa
Hickenlooper Announces Candidacy for U S Senate
Gov Bourke Hickenlooper declares Republican bid for the United States Senate seat held by Democrat Guy M. Gillette in Iowa. He frames a nine year public career and outlines seven issues including a permanent agricultural program, support for armed forces, and restoration of the small business sector while opposing federal dictation.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
United States
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Hickenlooper
Funeral arrangements for Frank Sickels
Funeral services for Frank Sickels set for Wednesday at 1 30 PM at Sherman's Funeral Home in Washington with Rev. Alfred Trenerry officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery follows a short service at Mediapolis. Sickels, 83, died yesterday in Mediapolis after a winter stroke. He was born February 2 1861 in Knox County Illinois and lived in Washington County most of his life. He married Jennie B Ish in 1885. she died May 14 1942. Surviving: son Roy of Mediapolis, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, two sisters Mrs Frank Kephart and Mrs George Gillette, two brothers Will of Washington and Ira of San Antonio. He belonged to the Journal Three Quarter Century club.
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Frank Sickels
Sherman
Alfred Trenerry
Japlist Thurch
Sckels
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mediapolis
Sickels
Washington
Knox County
Ill
Hiram
Mary
Ann_ (Hearn) Sickels
Jennie B. Ish
Washington County
Sieckels
Roy
Frank Kephart
George Gillette
Smithland
Iowa
Will
Ira
San Antonio
Texas
The
Journal
Iowa Soldier Voting Law Tightens Petitions Deadline
The 1944 Iowa law to aid military voters expands the nomination petition filing to 70 days before the primary, with a March 27 deadline. It applies to the June and November elections and directs ballots printed on lighter paper for easier mail delivery to armed service members overseas. The act creates a commission to oversee ballot preparation and voting methods for qualified Iowa service voters.
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Iowa
United States
Fuel Oil Rations Unchanged by County Board Announcement
The county rationing board says fuel oil rations stay at 10 gallons per unit for period 4 starting February 8. Period 5 coupons gain 10 gallon unit value. period 2 coupons valid Feb 7. period 3 valid through March 12 in the Midwest. Officials urge conservation as oil remains scarce for war needs.
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Midwest
Middle West
Dayton recalls 1921 winter as milder than this year
J D Dayton, local real estate dealer, writes the Journal comparing the winter of 1921 to the current season. He recalls mild roads, a blizzard in April, 8 inches of snow at ToWa, and reports no trains for two days, noting WHO radio quoted 98 years since a winter like this.
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Dayton
J. D. Dayton
Mr. Dayton
Mr. Brumback
Walter Boyer
A. T. Augustine
Jeff
California
ToWa
Keola
West Chester
Funeral services for Martha Jean Crossett held at Methodist church
Hundreds attended the Washington service for Martha Jean Crossett 19 killed in a Cedar Rapids area crash last Saturday. Rev. Fred E. Miller led the funeral with Washington high school girls sextet singing. Burial was in Ainsworth cemetery. The group included Major Culver ASTP university unit and two wounded residents moved to Clinton army hospital.
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Martha Jean Crossett
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Fred E. Miller
Washington High School Girls
Martha Jean
Eleanor Tucker
Doris Gray
Jean Atchison
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Genevieve Baker
University
Clinton
Kleinhammer
Miss Crossett
Iowa City
Japs Sink Two U. S. Submarines in Pacific Losses
The navy announced two American submarines, the Cisco and the S-44, were lost presumably while raiding Japanese supply lines in the Pacific. The Cisco, commissioned last May, carried about 65 men under Commander James W. Coe of Richmond Indiana. The 307 foot craft had 10 torpedo tubes. The S-44, 18 years old, commanded by Lieut Commander Francis E. Brown of Reno Nevada, had about 45 crew. This brings U S submarine losses to 19 in the war, while enemy ships sunk or damaged by U S submarines total about 572.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific
James W. Coe
Richmond
Indiana
Francis E. Brown
Reno
Nevada
United States
Foothold on Dnieper Is Liquidated
Soviet forces led by Tolbukhin's 4th Ukrainian Army shattered a Nazi bridgehead 75 miles long and 22 miles deep across the Dnieper near Nikopol, trapping 56 000 to 75 000 Germans. Stalin proclaimed a southern front drive as Italy front reports noted no German counterattack by noon yesterday amid heavy shelling.
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Italy
Eighth Army
U.S. Army Air Forces
Macerata
London
Von
Fedor 1
Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Lower
Dnieper
Nikopol
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Coast to Coast Store Moves to New Location
Dennis Lynch owner of the Coast to Coast store announces relocation to the former Nation al Tea store three doors south on February 28. The new building owned by A Claire Dewey will gain extra floor space and allow expansion as it is redecorated. Lynch has run the shop for just over a year.
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Dennis Lynch
National Tea Store
Mr. Lynch
A. Claire Dewey
Lynch
Sojka Enlists in Navy Service After Pre-Induction Exam
Raymond Sojka of Riverside volunteered for naval service today departing for Des Moines to join the navy. He qualified for United States armed forces at recent pre induction physicals at Camp Dodge and would have entered service in an early county call.
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Raymond Sojka
Riverside
Des Moines
Navy
United States Armed Forces
Camp Dodge
Council Grants One Cigarette License in Washington
Washington city council approved a cigarette selling permit for the South End Grocery. The action brings the total licenses to 26 in the city. Most of the session covered routine matters including the approval of bills.
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Washington
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U. S
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