Second District Nominees for State Senate Special Election
Fairfield retired merchant Charles W. Wade and Jefferson County farmer Sam C. Simons were nominated by Republicans and Democrats respectively for the state senate in the upcoming special election on January 17. The vacancy followed Sanford Ziegler Jr.’s resignation. The second district includes Jefferson and Van Buren counties.
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Fairfield
Charles W. Wade
Sam C. Simons
Jefferson County
Sanford Ziegler, Jr
Jefferson
van Buren
Record $61.5 Million Iowa Income Taxes Collected in December
EB H Birmingham, Iowa collector of internal revenue, announced that December tax collections totaled 61.5 million dollars. Most came from 1948 estimated income payments. Over 250,000 returns were filed in December, with 850,000 tax reports mailed, the district's largest mailing to taxpayers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Birmingham
Internal Revenue
Reward fund grows for Pleasantville murder inquiry
A Pleasantville fundraiser raised 500 dollars in thirty minutes Wednesday to support a reward for information in the December 22 murder of William H. Bare at his filling station. The Commercial Club committee aims to reach 1,000 dollars with the same goal of aiding apprehension and conviction, with court affirmation on appeal.
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Pleasantville
William H
Billy) Bare
Commercial Club
Supreme Court
Dewey Directs Verdict In $25,000 Lawsuit
In Des Moines Judge Charles A. Dewey directed a six by six jury to verdict for defendant William Sitki of Taylorville Illinois in a $25,000 action filed by Henry Hofbauer as administrator for Lorena Hofbauer. The Decedent died in a April 23 1943 highway collision on Highway 30 near Carroll Iowa when her auto hit a tractor semitrailer owned by Sitki.
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Des Moines
Lorena Margaret Hofbauer
United States District Court
Charles A. Dewey
William Sitki
Taylorville
Henry Hofbauer
Maple River
Carroll
Sitki
Iowa births likely steady for nine months to Oct 1
State health officials said preliminary figures show 1943 nine months ending Oct 1 total 5,843 births, vs 36,416 in 1942’s same period, with late reports expected to lift the nine month total to 1942’s level. In 1942 Iowa had 49,235 births.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department
Lowa
Three County Officials Resign Positions
The Clayton county board of supervisors saw Thor Fiske resign Wednesday, creating the third county vacancy in ten days. Deputy clerk of courts J. B. Schaffer also stepped down to take a job at Central State Bank & Trust.
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Thor Fiske
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
J. B. Schaffer
Central State Bank & Trust
Wead to Teach At High School in Washington
At a Washington board meeting Robert C. Wead was elected to teach chemistry and physics at the high school to replace Lacey Stahl who resigned after 13 years. Wead will begin next week and is a former Washington resident and Washington High School graduate with a degree from Coe College. He previously taught in Stockport Iowa, then farmed west of Brighton. Principal Paul Dixon was inducted into the army and given a leave of absence. no new principal was elected for the rest of the year, Supt Jerke will serve as superintendent and principal.
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Washington Board of Education
Robert C. Wead
Lacey Stahl
Milwaukee
Wead
Washington
Washington High School
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
University of Minnesota
Stockport
Iowa
Brighton
Paul Dixon
Army
St. Louis
Dixon
W. A. Jerke
Robert Patterson
James McGranery
John G. Winant
Charles Fahy
White House
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
Francis Biddle
Biddle
James P. McGranery
Henry L. Stimson
Court of St. James
Great Britain
Robert P. Patterson
Louis A. Johnson
American Legion
Britain
Labor
Frances Perkins
International
W G Atchison Dies Bury Here
Funeral services for William G. Atchison will be held at Sherman's funeral home Saturday at two o'clock with Rev Basil Meee of the Associate Presbyterian church officiating. Burial follows at Elm Grove cemetery. He died in New Brighton Pa after a fall left him with a fractured hip. He was born February 22 1854 in Ohio and lived in Albia Iowa before moving to Canada then to Washington and later New Brighton. He leaves three nieces and one nephew.
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William G. Atchison
Sherman
Basil Meee
Associate Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
New Brighton
Mr. Atchison
Washington
Iie
Ohio
Albia
Iowa
Canada
Alice Atchison
Associate Presbyterian Ehurch
Alda B. Atcchison
Los Angeles
Alice Atecison
Bruce Gobble
Fairfield
Roosevelt declares lend-lease decisively shortens war
President Roosevelt reports to Congress that lend-lease expenditures total over 18.6 billion dollars and that major offensives agreed at Cairo and Teheran will speed victory and force unconditional surrender of Nazis and Japanese. The disclosure shows Soviet aid of nearly 7,000 planes, 3,500 tanks, and 195,000 vehicles through October. Total UK lend-lease exports exceed 5.98 billion with substantial sums to Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, plus aid to China and allies.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Cairo
Teheran
Tlw
United Nations
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Africa
Middle East
Mediterranean
China
India
Australia
New Zealand
Geslings face divorce in district court over desertion
Karl Gesling files for divorce from Mabel Gesling in district court. Petition by attorney Henry K. Bailey alleges marriage at Ainsworth on October 5, 1915 and cohabitation until October 3, 1939. They are parents of ten children. Desertion is charged by the plaintiff.
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Karl Gesling
Mabel Gesling
Henry K. Bailey
Ainsworth
Resignation of deputy treasurer over ill health
The deputy treasurer Glen Gifford resigned due to ill health. Fiske will devote his time to his contracting business.
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Glen Gifford
Fiske
Reverend R K Atchison of Romersburg Pa
Romersburg Pennsylvania resident Reverend R K Atchison is noted in a brief obituary notice. The item records his name and place without additional biographical detail.
Stores to Close At Nine on Saturdays in Winter Months
The Chamber of Commerce announces Washington stores will close at nine o clock on Saturdays during January February and March. Departments clothing hardware shoes jewelry ready to wear and book stores are among those adopting the earlier closing hour.
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Chamber of Commerce Today
Washington
Car and Truck Crash at North Marion and West Fifth
Kenneth Patterson drove a car that collided with a truck driven by Dave Miller at the intersection of North Marion avenue and West Fifth street. Estimated damage to the vehicles was about 50 dollars. A pickup driven by M D Swartzendruber of Wellman and a car driven by Floyd Martin of Ainsworth collided at North Seventh avenue and East Second street with damage around 590 dollars.
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Kenneth Patterson
Dave Miller
North Marion Avenue
West Fifth Street
M.D. Swartzendruber
Wellman
Floyd Martin
Ainsworth
North Seventh Avenue
East Second Street
Through October 1943 and the $18,608,553,000 total
The record notes that through October 1943 the cumulative total reached $18,608,553,000, covering the period through November.
Can Sell Blood at Health Unit Office
Representatives from the serum center of the state health department will be at the health unit office on January 11 from 9 00 to 11 30 A M to purchase blood from individuals recently recovered from scarlet fever or whooping cough. The state pays 5 00 for a half pint. Donors must be 12 or older and in good health with records of prior illness. Scarlet fever within eight months and whooping cough within three years. Call the health unit for details.
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State Department of Health
Health Unit
Japs Resisting In New Britain
Advanced Allied HQ reports U S marines with tanks artillery and planes driving southeast from Cape Gloucester against strong Japanese resistance at Bergen Bay. The foe yielded Cape Gloucester air strips but counter attacks were repulsed while enemy artillery battered Target hill.
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New Guinea
U. S
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
New Britain
Funeral services for Hazel Marie Shea Held at Jones
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home for Mrs Hazel Marie Shea. Rev Ifred B Miller conducted the service with pallbearers Frank Casey Martin Brown Dale Denison Will Carson John Morrett and Earl Bickford assisting. Burial followed in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Hazel Marie Shea
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Ifred B. Miller
Woodlawn Cemetery
Frank Casey
Martin Brown
Dale Denison
Will Carson
John Morrett
Earl Bickford
Red Cross Expects About 125 Million Dollars This Year
The American Red Cross projects revenue around 125 million dollars for the year. Officials note planned fundraising and disaster response expansions to support ongoing relief work.
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American Red Cross
Wellman Turkey Plant Employees Vote Against Union
An election at the Maplecrest turkey plant in Wellman on January 6 determined whether Amalagamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen District 431 AFL should represent employees of Maplecrest packing locker and feed mill. Voters tallied 88 against and 49 for union representation, indicating employees will remain without union representation and are satisfied with current conditions.
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Wellman
Maplecrest Turkey
North America
A. F. of L
Maplecrest
B. J. Swartzendruber
Women Organizing For 4th War Loan In Washington
Ava N. Johnson of the U S treasury women’s division addressed about 25 Washington women’s organizations at the Y M C A. She outlined the Jan 18 4th War Loan drive and the role of women in the campaign. Organizers expect a Washington county women’s division and plan coordinated action nationwide.
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Ava N. Johnson
Women's Division
United States Treasury Department
Washington
Y. M. CG
Washington County
Miss Johnson
Merting
Reds Open Great New Offensive
Soviet forces push southwest through the Ukraine to within 65 miles of Bessarabia as Romanian evacuations begin. Gen Ton Antonescu orders mass flight from Bessarabia, while Russian drives threaten the Dnieper line and Balkans. British and German air forces strike Stettin with heavy raids on docks and refineries.
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United Press
Red Army
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Ton Antonescu
Cairo
Bug River
Fense
Dniester
Balkan
Dnieper Bene
Stettin
Germany
Baltic
Russia
Europe
Berlin
New Record for Hog Shipments
The Department of Agriculture forecast hog receipts across 12 major markets would hit a 20 year high this week with 117000 head arriving today and the weekly total reaching 608000. The War Food Administration reported market control and advised farmers to consult marketing agencies before shipping. Carryovers at Omaha and Kansas City were being cleared orderly, while a temporary embargo was set on Peoria Illinois to prevent jams. An embargo is in effect at St. Louis to clear carryover.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
War Food Administration
WFA
Omaha
Kansas City
WEA
Peoria
Ill
St. Louis
Grand Jury to Probe Hopkins Forgery Letter
A federal grand jury will begin next week a probe into a letter claimed to be written by Harry L. Hopkins and labeled a forgery by him. The inquiry aims to see if the incident violates District of Columbia law criminalizing publication of a forged document intended to injure another person.
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Washington, D. C
Harry L. Hopkins
Wendell L. Willkie
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
District of Columbia
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Rumania
Lendleaf
U. S. Pacific
Douglas M’‘Arthur
Southwest Pacific
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
United States Army Signal Corps
Dewey
Pai
Miss Stahl
W. G. Atchison
Pennsylvania
U.S
Rooesvelt
Amercan
Tre
R. K. Atchison
Romersburg, Pa
F. D
Louis Johnson
Lithuania
East Prussia
Poland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Mumania
Kiev
Caucasus
Warsaw
Mrs. Shea
Wellman Turkey Plant
Phant
Treasury
Reds
Italy
Hopkins
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