Iowa Column Proposes 100 New Airports After War
Roy M. Young of the Civil Aeronautics Administration told the Iowa Engineering Society that postwar needs may reach 6,000 airports nationwide, with Iowa needing about 100 air ports. He warned cities without airports risk lagging like inland towns without railroads and urged planning for air commerce growth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roy M. Young
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Iowa Engineering Society
Fort Des Moines
Young
United States
Iowa Delegation Plans for Democratic National Convention
Democratic State Chairman Jak More announced dates for preliminary steps to send 20 Iowa delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 19. Precinct caucuses due by March 9, county conventions by March 16, and the Shrine Auditorium Des Moines meeting on April 15 will select the state delegation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Ill
Jak More
Causcuses
More
Shrine Auditorium
Burlington Hospital Set to Receive $100,000 Bequest
Mount Pleasant report states bulk of the $100,000 estate of Andrew J. Clark who died recently at New London will go to the Burlington hospital. He left income from his estate to his sister Rebecca Clark of New London under a January 1943 will.
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Mount Pleasant
Andrew J. Clark
New London
Burlington Hospital
Burlington
Clark
Rebecca Clark
Twenty four ill after church dinner in Council Bluffs
Twenty four people who attended a dinner at St. Pauls Episcopal church in Council Bluffs were treated in hospitals overnight for what authorities described as food poisoning. Seven were discharged Wednesday. Rev Albert C Baker rector remained hospitalized with improved condition. Menu included chicken on biscuits mashed potatoes green beans grapefruit salad apple pie and coffee.
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Council Bluffs
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Albert C. Baker
Girl Burns to Death When Polish Ignites
Frances Becker 18 of Mount Carmel died from burns after a kitchen range cleaning fluid ignited and set her clothing on fire. The incident occurred here and she was hospitalized before succumbing to injuries.
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Carroll
Frances Becker
Mount Carmel
Police cut tree to rescue woman in Cincinnati crash
Police became woodsmen to rescue Mrs. Hattie A. Bonte after a car skidded off a slope and into a grove of trees. They cut down a tree to free her from the wreckage and get her medical aid.
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Cincinnati, CO
Hattie A. Bonte
Fort Jackson Rehab Center Sees 1627 Applications Since 1943
Fort Jackson Rehabilitation center in Fort Jackson South Carolina has received 1,627 applications from men discharged from the services and seeking jobs since October 7, 1943.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
UPR
Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center
County Red Cross Drive Sets 516700 Quota for Washington County
Washington County plans a county wide Red Cross fund drive starting March 13 with a quota of 16700. Chairman Roger Sherman leads the effort with G B E Mace as general chair and Mrs Phil Weldin as assistant chair. A March 7 worker meeting at the YMCA will finalize plans.
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Opin County Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington County
Roger Sherman
G. B E. Mace
Phil Weldin
Sherman
Washington
Ed Showers
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Red Cross Month Proclaimed by President in 1944
Franklin D Roosevelt designates March 1944 as Red Cross Month urging national support for wartime welfare efforts. The proclamation notes Red Cross aid to troops and families, blood drives, hospital recreation, food parcels, surgical dressings, nurse recruits, and training across local chapters with a $260 million war fund goal.
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Army
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Red Cross War Fund
Mary K. Browne
Cleveland
Southwest Pacific
Army Casualties Up to Feb 7 Totals 118128
Washington reports U S army casualties for the war up to February 7 total 118,128. Under-secretary of War Robt Patterson lists 19,499 killed 45,545 wounded 26,339 missing and 26,745 prisoners of war. Of the wounded 24,288 have returned to duty.
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Washington, D.C
United States Army
Robt
P. Patterson
Oldfield Services Set for Saturday
Funeral services for Lyle F B Oldfield will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at Sher mans funeral home. Burial will be in Wellman cemetery. His son Leo in the United States army is expected to arrive Friday from northwestern Canada where he has been stationed.
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Sherman
United States
Red Cross
Washington County
All America
Army
Navy
Lyle FB. Oldfield
Wellman Cemetery
Leo
United States Army
Canada
Ministers to Hear Peterson Monday
Rev. Stuart C. Peterson of Kalona and Riverside Methodist churches will speak at the county ministers meeting Monday. He will address "The Pronouncements of the Delaware Conference" focusing on world peace after the war. County pastors meet at ten in the Washington Y.M.C.A.
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Stuart C. Peterson
Kalona
Riverside
Delaware
Washington Y.M.C.A
Coast Guard patrols Mississippi as buoy floes drift free
Ice floes sweeping down the river have broken many buoys from their moorings as Coast Guard patrols along the Mississippi sing a theme about seeking wandering buoys tonight.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
U. S. Coast Guard
Mississippi
Army newspaper finds two sets of false teeth in lost and found
In Tampa Florida the Drew Field Echoes Army paper reports two sets of false teeth recovered in the post’s lost and found. The discovery adds to curious items turned in by service members at Drew Field.
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Tampa
Fla
Army
Drew Field
Nazis Admit Loss of Dno Rogachev in White Russia Front
London reports Berlin acknowledged the loss of Dno a major rail hub and Rogachev a central White Russian base. The German retreats mark new Red Army offensives across a 352 mile front as Moscow signs a distinct push toward Pskov and the Baltic region amid intensified fighting along Lake Peipus.
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London
Berlin
Dno
Rogachev
Reds
Russia
Red Army
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Staraya-Russa-Fskov
Baltic States
Pskov
Baltic
Moscow
Dro
Lake Peipus
Organize Civil Air Cadet Squadron Formed in Washington
In response to invitations from the Washington Squadron of C A P thirty two boys attended a city hall meeting on Tuesday February 22 and decided to establish a C A P Cadet unit in Washington The cadets will train to fit members for future service in the army air corps Membership is open to boys aged 15 16 and 17 with parental consent Seventeen year olds may enlist in the army air corps reserve Contact Dan Brindley or Harold Mangold for sponsorship details or information from other C A P members
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Washington
C.A.P
City Hall
Army Air
Army Air Corps Reserve
Dan Brindley
Harold Mangold
Mice Damage Trees and consume large farm stores
Rodents cause extensive harm to various trees and annually devour about 3,000,000 tons of hay and large quantities of alfalfa in the United States.
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U. 8
Roosevelt names Clayton and Hines to lead demobilization
President Roosevelt selects Will L. Clayton and Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines for top roles in the demobilization effort under James Byrnes. The move implements Baruch’s reconversion plan creating a surplus war property administration to handle billions in assets.
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Roosevelt
Will L. Clayton
Commerce
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Bernard Baruch
War Property Administration
Clayton
Hines
Jaye
T. (International
Will J. Clayton
Brig. Gen. Hines
Jas. F. Byrnes
American Bombers Raid German Aircraft Plants Again
American heavy bombers attacked Gotha and Schweinfurt in central Germany targeting aircraft and ball bearing plants. Major General James H. Doolittle led the 8th and 5th air forces in a sustained offensive with allied fighters escorting the missions.
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Germany
London
Gotha
Schweinfurt
James H. Doolittle
Sth
United States
Reich
8Th Air Force
Otha
Sth Air Force
Steyr
Austria
15Th Air Force
Italy
American airmen hammer Mariana bases and seize Eniwetok
American forces pounded the Mariana bases of Tinian and Saipan and claimed destruction of part of the enemy fleet. Navy planes from a large task force joined the assault. Concurrently U S Marines and troops secured Parry Island in Eniwetok with few prisoners taken.
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United Press
Mariana
Tinian
Saipan
Tokyo
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
New Britain
Bismark
U. S
Parry Island
Eniwetok
Wehr couple moves to 402 East Second Street
Mr and Mrs Albert Wehr of Haskins relocate from a farm to 402 East Second Street.
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Albert Wehr
Haskins
East Second Street
Repulse German Attacks at Anzio Beachhead
Allied gunfire repelled new German attacks on the Anzio beachhead front and thwarted another attempt to mount a third major assault on the 5th Army line. Local fighting flared on the flanks around Aprilia and Cisterna as German skirmishers probed, while mid day rain and ground mud hindered Luftwaffe operations. The 5th Army field guns disrupted a large Nazi concentration near Aprilia as tanks and infantry massed along the Aprilia Anzio road.
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Hd.q
Naples
U.P
Anzio
Aprilia
Cisterna
Luftwaft
5Th Army
Aprilia-Anzio
Value of home garden tops 120 dollars in 50 by 100 foot plot
Massachusetts State College extension service reports that a home garden measuring 50 feet by 100 feet is worth more than 120 dollars at current retail prices. The finding aims to help struggling victory gardeners in Amherst and surrounding areas assess potential yields and value.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts State College Extension Service
Victory Gardeners
Walkie Talkie Radio Brings Clear Tone to Front-Line Units
The new Walkie Talkie man packed radio used by front line troops delivers remarkable clarity of tone thanks to frequency modulation.
Barkley Keeps Senate Leadership After Veto Override
The Senate overrides President Roosevelt's veto of the 2.315 billion tax bill 399 to 95. Alben Barkley resigns as Democratic floor leader but is unanimously reelected, pledging continued leadership amid a growing Roosevelt congressional split.
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Washington, D.C
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Roosevelt
Josiah W. Bailey
N. Carolina
Barkley
Alben
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt Widens
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Macon Home Damaged by Porch Gas Fire
A fire at the Mrs. Frank Macon residence on West Madison Street damaged the kitchen after a gas stove on the rear porch started the blaze. Firefighters used heavy water to control the flames and prevent spread to the rest of the house.
Gasoline allotments require address changes for farmers
Paul V. Kortkamp of the Office of Defense Transportation warned that tenants and lessee farmers must notify the district ODT of any address change to secure gasoline allotments. He noted farm leases end February, causing movement in early March and possible delays if records are not updated.
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Paul V. Kortkamp
Division of Motor Transport
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Kortkamp
Davenport
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Y.M.C.A
Cross
United States Armed Forces
Oldfield
Peterson
Tce
Civil Air Cadet
Blast Isles
Marianas
Pres
Washington, D. C
Macon
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