Iowa war ballot commission forms set for 1944 elections
C Bowers of Council Bluffs elected secretary of the Iowa war ballot commission at Monona’s first meeting. The group plans ballots for Iowa troops and asks the state selective service to estimate numbers by county. Other members include Wayne Ropes and Mrs. Hanford MacNiger. Washington reports 1943 farm income near 1.55 billion for Iowa with national total around 1.5 to 4.6 billion. December gains may lift Iowa 1943 income toward 1.6 billion.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa War Ballet Commission
Moncay
Sherman Needham
Printing Board
Bowers
Pottawattamie County
Wayne Ropes
Hanford MacNiger
Mason City
Sam J. Burroughs
Clarion
C.F. Cody
Dubuque
Iowa
Bureau of Vgriculture
Vivestoerk Mearketines
Iowa Draft Calls Target Older Men and Resisters
Des Moines officials say many men over 38 are being drafted under state selective service rules. Col. Ralph A. Lancaster explains the groups include discharged veterans placed back into enlistment, those moved from work no longer done, and men over 38 who are judged to oppose war or refuse to cooperate in any war activity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
Ralph A. Lancaster
More Shells for the Hunters Shotguns
The War Production Board plans more shotgun shells for civilians as military demand declines. Training winds down and supplies are allocated to 17 western states for farmers to kill predatory animals, with April to June having confirmed increases.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Office of Civilian Requirements
The
War Production Board
WPB
Mississippi River
County Urges Purchases to Meet War Loan Quota
County War Finance Chairman G K Mace reports a shortage of about 200000 in the fourth war loan toward an 1080000 county quota. Bonds of E F and G series bought this week can still be credited if processed in Chicago before March 1. Total bonds reported in the county reach around 863 415 50 as of last Saturday, with more possible from unreported banks.
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G. Kk. Mace
County War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Mate
Treasury
Mace
Kalonu
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Mrs. Mary Johnson 74 Expires After Illness
Mrs. Mary Johnson age 74 died yesterday at 4 50 PM after a period of illness. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Wednesday at L A Jones funeral home with Dr F W Eastwood officiating, burial in Im Grove cemetery. She was born September 1 1869 in South English Iowa and lived in Harper and Washington. She leaves her husband Hiram Johnson one son Ed Johnson of Monmouth IL three brothers Mike Steve and John Ruplinger and sister Mrs Fionia Haney plus six grandchildren. Three grandsons serve in the U S armed forces.
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Mary Johnson
Hiram Johnson
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Im Grove
Johnson
South English
Iowa
Harper
Peter and
Belle
Lasille) Ruplinger
Washington
Ed Johnson
Monmouth
Ill
Mike
Steve
Davenport
John Ruplinger
Fionia Haney
Keosauqua
United States Armed Forces
Mennonites Organize Mission at Wellman Church
Mennonites of the Wellman church organize a mission with about 25 youths visiting shut ins for prayer and song. Mrs. Hanley appre ciates the visit. Ross Miller is in serious condition at University hospital. Betty Detwiller and Dewey Hanley sent cattle to Chicago by Frank Longwell. Margaret Barretts visited North English. Flander shelled corn for Jake Litwiller Thursday.
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J. B. Hanley
Nira
Wellman Church
Hanley
Margaret Barretts
Flander
Jake Litwiller
Ross Miller
University Hospital
Betty Detwiller
Dewey Hanley
Chicago
Frank Longwell
Say Argentina Enters the War
London reports via Algiers radio that Argentina has declared war on the Axis after a ship sinking in the South Atlantic. The claim, not confirmed by Argentine sources, follows reports of resignations by three government members including Foreign Minister Alberto Gilbert.
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London
Algiers
Argentina
Montevideo
Alberto Gilbert
South Atlantic
Cold Night Brings Two Degree Low as Darkness Probes Rise
A cold night produced a morning low of two degrees above zero. In other news a New York man invents small luminous disks with summed racks for mounting on objects to locate in darkness, such as door knobs or step edges.
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New York
Payne Brothers Serve Overseas in World War Relays
The Davenport Times reports Private William R. Payne of Davenport is in Oahu Hawaii after being overseas since mid January. His mother received word and his brother Earl Payne is serving in an undisclosed theater.
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Davenport Times
William R. Payne
Davenport
Oahu
Hawaii
Earl Payne
Reds plan trap as German pocket tightens in Ukraine
Moscow reports Red Star front dispatch says 100 000 Nazis encircled west of Chertasi are being crushed. Observers speculate Red Army may use the doomed pocket as bait for a new spearhead. German communique claims Russian attacks repulsed in six sectors from Ukraine to the Baltic.
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Moscow
Red Star
Ukraine
Chertasi
Red Army
Pazig
Theneath
Kerosun
Baltid Sea
Novara
Yanks Occupy Rooke Island Amid Pacific Advances
Allied forces tightened control of New Guinea and New Britain by seizing Rooke Island, linking the Huon peninsula to Cape Gloucester. The same period saw an intensive three day air assault forecast to precede a thrust against Eniwetok, Truk, and Tokyo.
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United Press
New Guinea
New Britain
Rooke Island
Southwest Pacific
Central Pacific
Eniwetok Atoll
Truk
Tokyo
Rooke
Huon Peninsula
Cape Gloucester
Pacific
Make Liquor Haul At Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Smith pleaded innocent in district court to maintaining a liquor nuisance and five counts of illegal transportation of liquor. Detectives raid on his home and two cars yielded 170 bottles of liquor with Minnesota state seals after a month of surveillance. They reported two fifths of whisky and gin in his car and four cases of whisky plus rum and gin in the house and another car.
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Credar Rapids
Kenneth Smith
Smith
Minnesota State Seals
Grandsons Eagerly Return from Overseas Duty
The two grandsons of Mrs. D. S. Hancher of Washington have returned from overseas service after being abroad since last October in the southwest Pacific region, marking a homecoming for the family.
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Southwest Pacific
D. S. Hancher
Washington
Holden Tells Rotary About Locker Plant
G B Holden spoke at the Washington Rotary luncheon on locker plants and their growth over the past decade. He described wartime effects and rationing, noting the Cooperative Service Company plant here continues expanding with winter additions to boost locker capacity. Guests included Holden sons Charles and Richard in the navy, Lt Howard Daryl Burham, and James C C Larsen from Minden Nebraska.
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Washington
Rotary Club
G. B. Holden
Warves
Cooperative Service Company
Charles and
Richard Holden
Mr. Holden
Navy
Howard Daryl Burham
Army Air Force
James CC. Larsen
Minden
Nebr
Army
Bee Line Adds Bus Service From Iowa City to Fort Madison
Bee Line announces new daily bus route from Iowa City and Washington to Fort Madison starting tomorrow morning. A modern cruiser type bus arrives this afternoon for service planning. Washington to Fort Madison buses depart 7:45 am and 2:35 pm, with Fort Madison connections to Keokuk. Fort Madison to Washington trips leave 8:62 am and 4:00 pm, continuing to Iowa City.
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D. Willey
Bee Line
Iowa City
Washington
Fort Madison
Willey
Madison
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk
Death of Palo Alto woman Moss shocks local sister
Mrs C M Keck learned from her sister Mrs M C Terry in Palo Alto that Mrs Bess Scofield Moss of Palo Alto died suddenly there on February 11. She was born in the area and leaves a family.
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C. M. Keck
M. C. Terry
Palo Alto, Clasr
Bess Scofield Moss
Palo Alto
Washington district to vote March 13 for school board
Residents of the Washington independent school District will vote for board of education members on Monday March 13. Nominating papers must be filed by noon Friday March 3. Incumbents Charlotte Baldrige and Harry Ramseyer face re election, with Marion George and Frank Kos also set as candidates. Holdovers are Richard A. Stewart B I Bostwick and Fred Downing.
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Ramseyer
Washington Independent School
Board of Education
Charlotte Baldrige
Harry Ramseyer
Baldrige
Marion George
George
Richard A. Stewart
B. I. Bostwick
Fred Downing
Frank Kos
Twelve Criminal Actions in Washington County 1943
A county report shows only twelve criminal actions in Washington County in 1943. All eleven convictions occurred without trial, with offenses including larceny, drunken driving, desertion, forgery, false affidavit, and motor vehicle theft. Only two served jail time. most sentences were suspended or paroled.
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United States Army
Captain Dix Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism
Mrs. Yard learns that Captain Maynard Dix, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Yard, has completed combat missions over Europe and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in aerial combat. He previously earned the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and is now assigned to training duty in England.
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Yard
Europe
Dix
Crawfordsville
England
Eng
Washington Attorney’s Daughter Lived in California
In November 1871 a daughter of William Scofield, a Washington attorney, who had lived in California for many years, is noted in the record.
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Washington
William Scofield
California
Bombs Hit Mt Cassino Shrine In Major Allied Assault
Allied forces bombed the Benedictine monastery at Mt Cassino and surrounding slopes near Rome as American Fortresses and siege guns unleashed a massive bombardment. More than 100 aircraft focused on the abbey and hill positions, with heavy fires reported inside the monastery and German fortifications largely knocked out.
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HDQ
Naples
Fth
Mt. Cassino
Italy
Rome
United Press
James F. Roper
Peace Talks Reported Between Finland and Russia
Stockholm february 15 Finnish sources said Finland is directly exploring peace with Russia and progress appears to be made Juho Elias Erkko former Finnish foreign minister in Stockholm on a peace mission prepared to return to Helsinki officials kept details tight Finland reportedly set up indirect contact with Russia for an initial feeler behind the scenes there were no outward developments in foreign quarters
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Juho Elias Erkko
Helsinki
Land and apparently for a time at least will have no bombing missions
A fragment notes a shift in military activity indicating land areas will, for a period, be free from bombing missions. The brief lacks names, dates, or locations but signals a strategic pause in aerial operations.
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Cassino Monastery
Ballet Commission
C. A
Washington D.C
Anzio
Velletri
LA Banc
Sessano
BORGO
PIAVA
Gensano
Frescati
SEGNI
Cort Cisterna
Littoria
Styrrhenian Sea
Ardea
Aprilia
Cisternia
la Banca
Dare
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Holden
Rotary
Ft. Madison
Ity
Iowa Poultrymen’s Organizations
Kos
Bureau of Census
Washington County
Anamosa
Captain Dix
A. W. Yard
Allied Hdq
Allied
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