Patton’s Troops Break Siegfried Belt Gaps Near Echternach
Allied forces under Gen George S Patton punched two new holes in the Siegfried pillbox belt north of Echternach and pushed toward the Rhineland. Canadian units repelled German counterattacks as Crerar’s push towards the Ruhr gained momentum amid heavy fighting along a 12 to 15 mile arc from the Rhine.
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Paris
rLé
George S. Patton
Siegfried
Eehternach
Rhineland
West Wall
H. D. G. Crerar
Ruhr
Rhine
Griephausen
Kleve
Ruichn
Reichswald Forest
Och
Iowa Southern Utilities to pay dividend arrears
The Iowa Southern Utilities Co. said it will pay 319,117 to holders of dividend arrears certificates over the next four months, leaving 339,609 in the arrears account. The plan, part of a corporate reorganization begun years ago, aims to enable dividends on common stock next year after arrears are cleared.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Iowa Senate receives bill on interlocutory divorce deeds
The judiciary committee sent the divorce bill to the senate without recommendation. Senators Cromwell and Lone authored the measure backed by the Iowa District Judges association. It would require a six month lapse after a decree before it takes effect, with current divorces effective from decree entry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Judiciary Committee No. 1
Fred Cromwell
Rep
Burlington
Irving D. Lone
Manchester
Iowa District Judges Association
James G. Herring Sr. Dies in Des Moines Home
James G. Herring Sr father of former Senator Clyde L. Herring died at his Des Moines residence 180 Thirty-seventh Street Sunday night after a 15 month bed illness. He was born November 12 1857 in Tecumseh Michigan to Welsh parents.
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Des Moines
James G. Herring
United States
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Mr. Herring
Tecuseh
Mich
Wales
Fire destroys building at Iowa Falls hemp plant
Fire at the government owned hemp mill near Iowa Falls, caused by a short circuit, destroyed a storage building for processed hemp fiber. Estimated loss is $10,000. Three gasoline trucks drew water from Iowa Falls to prevent spread to other structures.
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Iowa Falls
Kk. C. Wilds
Supreme Court Rejects Gas Refund to Iowa Towns
The court ruled 6 to 4 against a 25 708 dollar refund for four Iowa communities Muscatine Greenfield Knoxville and Pella halting the payout but allowed state court actions for recovery Justice Black dissented saying the decision defeats Congress intent to protect gas consumers The fund originated from a rate reduction order involving the Natural Gas Pipeline Co and the case had run through three years of litigation
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Supreme Court
Mon- Gay
Iowa
Hugo Black
Congress
Seventh Federal Circuit Court
Muscatine
Greenfield
Knoxville
Pella
Central Staets Electric Co
Nattral Gas Pipeline Co
Motor Club Opposes New Motorist Tax in Des Moines
In Des Moines on Monday the Motor Club of Town reiterated opposition to any new motorist tax. President G J Timmerman of Davenport said directors also favored the proposed measure but declined further detail.
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Motor Club
Des Moines
Motor Club of Town
G. J. Timmerman
Davenport
German Front Crumbles in Silesia as Soviets Reach Queis
A Moscow dispatch reports Russian forces under Marshal Konev pushing through Silesia toward Dresden and Berlin. The drive reached the Queis river, seven miles west of it, with broader forays toward Breslau and the Saxony border. German claims say encirclement attempts near Urealau were frustrated while other Soviet units moved north toward the Beber and Sagan region.
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London
Silesia
Dresden
Berlin
Queis River
Bober Line
Oder
Moscow
Bertin
Ivan
Konevs
Breslau
Saxony
Drescen
Leipzig
Konev
Bunziau
Goldberg
Liegnitz
Beber
Sagan
Urelau
Lincoln Friendship Play At Rotary Meeting
Lincoln friendship tale of Ann Rutledge and Abraham Lincoln presented by Lincoln high school pupils under Miss Bernice Quintus. Radio style program performed in adjoining room with receiving unit in the community room. Cast included Mitzi Smothers and Bill Wiley among others.
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Ann Rutledge
Abraham Lincoln
Rotary
Bernice Quintus
Mitzi Smothers
Mother Rutledge
France Whisler
John Mc
Fred Iverson
Iowa Falls
Harold W. Cummings
McCleery-Cummings
Frank Kos
Counties vote on 15 year road bonds under SF 144
R F E Rhoades, club manager, says legislation SF 144 would let counties issue up to 60 million in bonds matching anticipated gas tax revenue over ten years. He notes about 40 counties have completed or can complete all weather surfacing of secondary roads within three years after the war without bonds.
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R. F E. Rhoades
Sgt. Glenn Mace Missing in Action
Mr and Mrs G E Mace report their son Staff Sergeant Glenn K Mace has been missing in action over Germany since January 20. He served as a gunner aboard a B 24 Liberator and had been in England since last fall.
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G. E. Mace
Glenn Kk. Mace
Germany
England
Close Employment Office Three Days
The United States Employment Service office will be closed Wednesday Thursday and part of Friday morning this week. Mrs. Petmelia R Lay in charge is called to Fairfield for a conference. All men seeking work and all employers hiring men must clear through the local War Manpower Commission office. Applies to all men regardless of age and to all women seeking or leaving essential work or leaving town for work.
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The
United States Employment Service
Petmelia R. Lay
Fairfield
War Mainpower Commission
Howard Keating Taken by Death
Howard Everette Keating aged 63 died at 3 50 yesterday afternoon at his Nome 1915 East Second Street after failing health since November Funeral services were set for Thursday at L A Jones funeral home with Revs Alfred Trenerry and E R Mitchell. burial at Bim Grove cemetery He was born May 19 TS$1 northeast of Washington and lived in the county all his life Surviving are brother Joan and sister Jennie Keating both of Washington
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Howard Everette Keating
Nome
East Second Street
L. A. Jones
Alfred Trenerry
Washington
RE. R. Mitchell
Columbus Junction
Bim Grove Cemetery
Mr. Keating
Washinton
Keating
John
Isabella (Kennedy) Keating
Ireland
Glendale
Joan Keating
Jennie Keating
Mrs John Anwyl Services Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. John Anwyl will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the United Presbyterian church at Crawfordsville, with burial in Crawfordsville cemetery. Arrangements are by L. A. Jones Funeral Home. She died yesterday in Chillicothe, where the family has lived since moving from Crawfordsville five or six years ago. Surviving are her husband, a daughter Mrs. Thomas Hayden of Chillicothe, and a sister Mrs. Fred Sipe of Fairfield.
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John Anwyl
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Anwyl
Chillicothe
Thomas Hayden
Clullicothe
Fred Sipe
Pauirfield
Transport Plane Crashes in California. 24 Dead
A navy C47 transport plane crashed in Alameda near San Francisco this morning. Authorities say 21 passengers and three crewmen are presumed killed with one body recovered. The aircraft took off from Oakland airport and crashed at 7:05 a.m. in the San Francisco area.
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Alameda
Calif
San Francisco
12Th Naval District
Oaklava
Asphalt roofing industry uses 23000 tons of rags monthly
The War Production Board reports the asphalt roofing industry consumes about 23 000 tons of roofing rags each month, reflecting the scale of materials used in sheet and shingle work during the period.
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War Production Board
Goebbels Excited by Allied Plans and Crimean Declarations
German propagandists called the Crimean declaration a haters’ program and warned of extermination. DNB accused Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin of crimes against humanity while Goebbels warned of a Wilsonian peace pie as Germany faced doom after Crimean talks.
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Goebbels
London
Yalui
Germany
DNB
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Ex Governor of Warsaw Captured by Soviet Troops
United Press reports Soviet forces captured former Warsaw governor Cistay Fischer, said to have led the liquidation of the Sraaw gheite. The capture was broadcast by Moscow reports cited by CBS short wave listening posts.
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United Press
Warsaw
Cistay Fischer
Moscow
CBS
Marines Drive Japanese Into Pocket in Manila Fighting
Three American divisions closed in on Manila pressing Japanese into a narrowing pocket south of the Pasig. U S bombers backed the attack with raids on Iwo Jima and Luzon while B 29s claimed good results in daylight strikes.
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United Press
Manila
Pasig
U. S
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Philippines
1St Caveniry
37Th Infantry Division
Ith Airborne Division
6Th Armored Division
Dinegalen Bay
Luzon
Bataan
Corregidor
Man‘ia Bay
U.S
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Iwo
Mariannas
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Glenn Mace
Howard Keating
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Daughter
Anna Boettiger
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Yalta
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Adolph Hitler
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