Iowa Column Reports Man Indicted in Navy Officer Death
Clarence Cratty, 19, was indicted by the Wapella county grand jury on a manslaughter charge in the death of Paul Narragan, a U S Navy chief petty officer stationed near Ottumwa. Evidence showed Cratty was intoxicated, and he left the scene after the collision.
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OTT Umwa
Clarence Cratty
Wapella County
Paul Narragan
United States Navy
Narragan
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Cratty Dee
Cratty
Des Moines Liquor Stores Impose One Quart Weekly Limit
Des Moines state liquor stores began a one quart per week per person ration at noon Friday with store managers acting on their own initiative but under approval from the state liquor control commission. The move creates an odd scene where customers may buy only one quart at a single store despite a three quart per week limit per permit holder. Commission Chairman M. L. Curtis said the aim is to keep stores in business while allowing managers to take steps to maintain viability. Some outlets have used the one quart limit for some time.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Control Commissions
M. L. Curtis
Tama County Reaches Goal for Hemp Raisers
Tama County completed its hemp sign-up campaign becoming the second of 15 Iowa hemp producing counties to meet its acreage goal. Iowa war board chairman A. J. Loveland said 4,000 acres were contracted in Tama County, with Grundy County first to finish on December 31.
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Des Moines
Tama County
Iowa
A. J. Loveland
Iowa War Board
Department of Agriculture
Grundy County
Two Women Die After Farm Stove Explosion
Decorah report lists Mrs. Melvin Borseth, 25, and her mother Mrs. Mabel Moore, 55, as victims of a wood stove explosion in a living room near Franklinville Ta. The blast sparked a fire that destroyed their home.
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Decorah
Melvin Borseth
Mabel Moore
Davenport Trucker Fatally Injured in Davenport
Gustave Fe. Coorough a 53 year old Davenport man was fatally injured when the Beatrice Creamery truck he drove crashed into the abutment at the Davenport end of the government bridge.
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Davenport
Gustave FE. Coorough
Beatrice Creamery
Government Bridge
Soldier Gets 10-Year Term for Robbery
OTTUMWA John V. Kelly 26 a soldier on furlough was sentenced to 10 years in the Anamosa state reformatory after pleading guilty to robbery before District Judge BE K. Daugherty Friday Kelly accused of ambushing George Chadek of Iowa City while he worked on the naval air base construction beating him and taking his belongings in a box car Thursday night
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Ottumwa
John V. Kelly
State Reformatory of
Anamosa
BE. K. Daugherty
Kelly
George Chadek
Iowa City
Naval Air Base i
Army Officers Killed in Crash Near Burlington
Two army officers died when a plane from Ellington field Texas crashed near the Iowa ordnance plant at Burlington Iowa three miles west of the plant. The pilot attempted a forced landing from about twenty feet.
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Omaha
Nebr
Seventh Service Command
Ellington Field
Texas
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Iowa
Keota pair gets marriage license in Clifford Illinois
Clifford Illinois and Caro line C Sheets both of Keota secured a marriage license today. The couple is identified as Clifford IL and Caro line C Sheets.
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Clifford IL. Conklin
Caroline C. Sheets
Keota
Local man jailed after furlough visit ends in arrest
Officers say a man was taken into custody soon after the incident. He had been granted a furlough to visit his wife after the death of their baby.
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Kelly
Farmers May Overplant Corn And Get Loans
A telegram to County AAA Chairman Carl Oldfield from state chairman A J Loveland states farmers may overplant corn if they meet war crop goals. Meeting goals focuses on soy beans for Washington county. Loans will be offered on 1948 corn to producers who meet the goals, allowing larger corn plantings while securing loans.
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Carl Oldfield
County Aaa Committee
A. J. Loveland
Mr. Oldfield
Washington County
Rationing Q&A on Tire Certificates and Recapping
A consumer with a recapping certificate may trade if they surrender a recap carcass to the dealer. Certificates for recapping rear tractor tires are not issued due to rubber volume. new tires required when worn beyond service. Dealers may use Part B Grade I certificates to replenish Grade II stock.
Open Saturdays at Farm Security office to aid war effort
Lawrence A. Mally announces the Farm Security Administration office will be open Saturday afternoons from now on. He says the extra hours are for the war effort and the needs of local residents.
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Farm Security Administration
Lawrence A. Mally
Mr. Mally
Still More Snow Falls In Light Drifted Precipitation
Still more snow covered the area with a light fall of an inch or two drifting, marking continued wintry weather and fresh accumulations.
Insurance Now Over 22 Million in Iowa Mutual Trust
The Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association reported its best year in nearly seven decades at the annual meeting. Secretary Charles Kennedy cited a net insurance increase for 1542 of over a million dollars and in force coverage exceeding 22 million dollars, the largest in history, with lowest loss payouts in years. The group voted to reincorporate for twenty years and adopted new articles of incorporation, with Ira A. Coon re-elected president and a full board renewed.
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Charles Kennedy
Iowa
Ira A. Coon
Highland Township
Earl K E. Ferguson
Crawford Township
George M. Lord
Oregon
Lloyd F. Marek
Jackson
W. C. Sheets
Dutch Creek
H. A. Dusenbery
Cedar
William E. TeBockhurst
English River
Sam Marsh
Marion
W. O. Morgan
Clay
George F. Wright
Franklin
Highland
A. C. Penningroth
Lime Creek
C. I. Davis
Washington
S. M. Grove
Brighton
Claude Flynn
G. A. Morgan
Richland Township
Keokuk County
Nye Urges Immediate Probe Into Food Shortage
Senator Gerald T. Nye Republican North Dakota and new member of the agriculture committee says he will seek an immediate investigation of the food shortage and lend lease shipments. He backs legislation for inquiry with Senator Wheeler Democrat Montana endorsing the move. Wickard urges farmers to boost 1942 corn and barley acreage to meet expanded feed needs and strengthen human reserves.
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Nye
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Russia
England
Claude R. Wickard
Atlanta Prisoners Donate to War Bonds and Red Cross
Atlanta federal penitentiary inmates purchased over 30000 in War savings bonds and contributed nearly 2000 in cash and 500 pints of brood to the Red Cross.
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Atlanta
Red Cross
Hogs Killed in Highway Crash Lead to Damages Claim
Faye A. Rowe of Wellman files suit for 150 damages after a car owned by Clarence Redlinger struck a herd of hogs on a county highway December 23, 1942. The collision killed seven hogs and injured two more while Rowe asserts no contributory negligence and the hogs were under proper care. Attorney L. J. Kehoe represents Rowe.
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Faye A. Rowe
Wellman
Clarence Redlinger
Jake Snider
Rodney Redlinger
January Court Docket Prepared by Washington County Clerk
The Washington County District Court advances its January term starting Monday January 18 with a docket listing three divorce suits two foreclosures five petitions two quieting title four law cases one guardianship and one criminal case the state v James O Brian on forgery charges includes the divorces Clarence J O Keefe against Ethle O Keefe Madelyn K Norris against Clifford Norris Hazel M Powers against Richard L Powers.
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Washington County District Court
James O'Brian
Clarence J. O'Keefe
Ethle O'Keefe
Madelyn K. Norris
Clifford Norris
Hazel M. Powers
Richard L. Powers
Farmers Mobilize for 1943 Production Push
President Roosevelt proclaims January 12 as Farm Mobilization Day as America's six million farm families prepare for a challenging 1943 with shortages of labor and supplies. A nationwide radio program will highlight the effort, with local planning by the Washington County USDA War Board at the YMCA on January 12.
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America
Roosevelt
United States Armed Services
Allied Nations
All America
Washington County
Usda War Board
Y.M.C.A
Health Unit Activities Week of January 11
Health program schedule lists two child health conferences. Tuesday office session runs 1:00 to 3:30 P M and Wednesday conference at Crawfordsville runs 1:00 to 8:30 P M.
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Crawfordsville
Red Army advances near Rostov Salsk and Caucasus targets
Russian forces pressed toward Rostov and Salsk as winter fighting continues. In the Caucasus they closed on two key communications centers while southern Don towns fell in night operations. Allied air actions and leadership changes also featured in the day’s war updates.
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Rostov
Salsk
Caucasus
Don Bend
Red Army
Stalingrad
Stockholm
Pacific
Lae
Australia
Papua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Burma
India
Bay of Bengal
New Delhi
Ruhr
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United States
Congress
Washington, D. C
United Farm Front
Jan
Coffeyville
Kan
Ington County Farmers’ Mutual
Insurance Association
Coon
Dusenbery
Kennedy
Mr. Morgan
U. S. Floating Hospital
Pacific Area
New York
Sen. Nye
Gerald T. Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
L. J. Kehoe
Ters
Rostov, Salsk
United Press
Africa
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Cairo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl Spatz
North Africa
Spatz
Marilyn Cantor
Eddie Cantor
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