Mowry Declares Campaign for Fourth Iowa District Seat
State Senator Jioss R. Mowry of Newton announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in Iowa’s fourth district. Mowry, in the state senate since 1938, is a former southern Iowa district attorney and former Jasper county attorney, challenging incumbent Karl M. LeCompte.
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Newton
Jioss R. Mowry
Congress
Iowa
Karl M. LeCompte
Corydon
Mowry
Acted
Jasper County
Ottumwa Tavern Operators Guilty Under City Ordinance
Ottumwa two tavern operators Gus Theilen and George Kostas were found guilty of illegal possession of intoxicating liquor under a city ordinance after the grand jury previously dismissed state charges. Police Judge Gene Swenson fined each $100 and ordered revocation of their beer licenses, later enacted by the city council. An appeal to district court was announced.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
Gene Swenson
Gus Theilen
Arcade
George Kostas
Mven
Theilen
Kostas
Ban on Sunday Dancing Upheld at Ames Union
The administrative board at Iowa State College upheld the Sunday ban on dancing in Memorial Union. The Student Government Association and Cardinal Guild had urged lifting the rule due to limited recreational facilities for servicemen.
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Ames
Om Memorial Union
Iowa State College
Cardinal Guild
Des Moines Rolls Out Red and Blue Ration Tokens to Stores
Iowa retailers will begin handling new red and blue ration tokens today as part of the OPA plan. Des Moines rationing officer John Kamerick says tokens will not be legal tender until February 27 when merchants may start giving change using the 10 point tokens and No 1 through No 3 stamps.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Kamerick
Office of Price Aaiministration
OPA
Four youths indicted for first degree murder in Pleasantville robbery
Four teens two girls and two boys were indicted by the Marion county grand jury for first degree murder in the December 22 robbery slaying of William H. Bare 63 Pleasantville operator of a filling station. Karl Simbro 18 Mary Brown 18 John A. Culp 16 and Phyllis Peirce 79 all Des Moines residents arraignment set for Feb 28. The two girls are jailed in Warren county and the two boys in Polk county. The motive and details center on the holdup attempt where Bare resisted the robbery.
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Knoxville
Marion County Grand Jury
William H. Bare
Pleasantville
Karl Simbro
Prairie City
John A. Culp
Mary Brown
Phyllis Peirce
Des Moines
Warren County
Indianola
Polk County
Bare
Dee
Simbro
Culp
Washington county reaches fourth war loan quota with last three days sales
War bond sales in Washington county total 1 033 999 75 dollars and 46 025 more are needed to meet the 1 080 000 quota. County chairman G E Mace urges residents to buy or add extra bonds before the Feb 26 inclusion deadline.
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Washington County
G. E. Mace
County War Finance Committee
WAVES enlistment drive urged for Washington women
Ranoma Colucci a WAVES recruiter in Washington urges women to join the WAVES. A Burlington medical board will screen prospective recruits on Feb 25 for ages 20 to 36 with two years of high school. Applicants 20 need birth certificate and parental consent. 21 and over require birth certificate only.
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America
WAVES
Ranoma Colucci
Washington
Burlington
Hoover Heads Iowa 4-H Clubs State Office Names VP
Herbert Hoover of Osceola, 20, elected state president of Iowa boys 4-H clubs for the coming year. Deane Rinner of Mount Pleasant named vice president. other officers include John Kenney Vail secretary Theodore Cottrell Vinton treasurer and John Ibroste Waverly historian. Hoover noted for livestock and 4-H demonstrations. Rinner active in county events and stock shows. county titles listed for Washington and Mahaska counties.
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Ames
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Oskaloosa
Iowa State College
Deane Rinner
Mount Pleasant
John Kenney
Vail
Theodore Cottrell
Vinton
John Ibroste Waverly
Hoover
Mahaska County
National Rural Life Association
Wahaska County
Ile
Town Association of
Future Partners of America
Riverside Woman Mrs Steele Dies After Operation
Mrs Milo M Steele, 54, of Riverside died yesterday from complications after a major operation. Born Rosa Prymek in Riverside, she lived most of her life there and near town, married Milo M Steele on August 24 1925. Survived by her parents two daughters three brothers a sister and one grandchild. Funeral plans await word from daughters in Oregon.
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Riverside
Milo M. Steele
Rosa Prymek
Frank
Mary Iloving Prymek
Brighton
Frank Prymek
Lava Schroeder
Klammath Falls
Ore
Edith Dessenbacker
Clithloukaine
Homer
Walter Prymek
Burlington
Henry Prymek
Alice Dvorak
Jacqueline Lchroecer
Klammath Fails
Encircled Nazis Still Resist Reds Near Cherkasi Pocket
Soviet troops hammer German survivors in the Cherkasi pocket using bayonets and grenades as the encirclement tightens. On the northwest front, Soviet spearheads approach within about 35 miles of Pskov, pursuing fleeing German units through forest and lake country.
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Moscow
U.P
Cherkasi
Sth
Pskov
Baltic
Ukraine
Allied air raids intensify on Jap bases across Pacific
Allied air units expanded the attack on Japanese bases from the Bismarck Sea to the Caroline Islands. Land based Liberators reached Ponape in the Caroline Islands, sinking a cargo ship and destroying shore installations. Kavieng, New Ireland, suffered a heavy low level strike leaving fires and ruins, with pilots rescued fromshore anti aircraft fire.
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United Press
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Caroline Islands
Japan
Ponape
Truk
Kwajalein
7Th Air Force
Ponape Harbor
Will
Kavieng
New Ireland
U.S
Flying Boas
Bombers Hit Helsinki as Finnish Exit Talks Tie to Soviet Envoy
Four hundred Red Air Force bombers attacked Helsinki overnight in a move seen as pressuring Finland to quit the war. reports from Stockholm’s Tidingenen say former Finnish Premier Juho K. T. Transikin may have opened peace talks with Soviet envoy Alexandr Kollontay in Sweden.
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Stockholm
Red Air Force
Helsinki
Finland
Tidingenen
Juho K. Transikiin
Sweden
Alexandr, Kollontay
Sign Over Naval Brig Door Blames Hitler
A Boston dispatch reports a naval station brig displaying a sign on its door reading Who enters here helps Hitler. The poster labels defenders of the regime and signals anti Nazi sentiment among sailors.
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Boston
Hitler
Washington County urged to meet fourth war loan quota
County needs 1 080 000 to reach the fourth war loan target. After a recent dip, a sales upswing brings the goal within sight and a final appeal asks all residents to buy bonds or fulfill pledges to keep the county out of the red with the U S treasury. Individuals urged to act now or arrange purchases before March.
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Washington County
United States Treasury
Stimson Rebuts Gloomy Anzio Reports
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said reports from the Anzio beachhead were overly pessimistic. He warned of ongoing danger, noted German reinforcements and 17 divisions, and asserted Allied superiority in air power and heavy weapons while urging a balanced view of the stern weeks ahead.
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Washington, D.C
Anzio
Italy
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Cassino
Nazis Fail in Attempts to Break Thru at Anzio Beachhead
German forces launched a heavy four pronged assault on February 17 seeking to split the Allied line at Anzio and reach the port and Rome. American and British troops held firm along the Anzio Rome highway near Carroceto and the Mussolini model village called the factory.
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Anzio
U.P
Rome
Carroceto
Benito Mussolini
Louisa County 1944 basketball team named at tourney
The Louisa county squad was chosen at the Feb. 17 tournament in Columbus Junction. Forwards Moran Elias on Letts Meeker from Columbus Junction. centers Peters Cot ter McNeal from Columbus Junction. guards C. Orris M Orris Cotter Hafner Letts.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Moran
Eliason
Letts
Meeker
Peters
Cotter
McNeal
C. Orris
Orris
Hafner
Navy seeks workers for six ship repair yards
James McWilliams, a navy yard representative, will interview candidates on February 22 at the post office for positions at six U. S. navy shore establishments in Washington. Jobs are listed at Pearl Harbor, Mare Island Vallejo, Puget Sound Bremerton, Hunter's Point San Francisco, Hastings Nebraska, and Hawthorne Nevada.
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James McWilliams
Navy Yard
U. S. Navy
Washington
McWilliams
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo
Cal
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Hunter’s Point Naval Dry Dock
San Francisco
Calif
Naval Ammunition
Hastings
Nebr
Hawthorne
Nev
Navy
Mr. McWilliams
Casualty totals given for Italy and Pacific actions
The report states Italian casualties reach 28,741 with 4 158 killed 18 154 wounded and 6 429 missing. In Pacific fighting at Arawa Cape Gloucester and Saidor American casualties total 1 6433 with 465 killed 1 156 wounded and 12 missing, per Stimson.
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Ican
Italy
Arawa
Cape Gloucester
Saidor
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
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Terrier
Westminster Kennel Club
New York
Edward P. Alker
Great Neck
L. 1
Ch. Flornell
Twin Ponds
Rinner
Mrs. Steele
Oregon
Lowa
Pip
Carolines
Ireland
Jacquinot Bay
Willaumez Peninsula
New Britain
Wewak
New Guides
Bergen Bay
Cape Mensing
Northern Front
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Narva
Peipus
Latvia
Ladoga
Rem Staraya Russa
Luga
Leningrad
von Kuechler
Polna
Lake Peipus
Amer
Mount Cassino
St. Benedict
Forts
U. S
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