Iowa tax refund law likened to old prohibition rule
Don L. Berry of Indianola told central branch delegates of the Associated General Contractors of America at Hotel Fort Des Moines that Iowa new sales line tax refund for non highway gasoline invites violations. He said farmers are not crooked but enforcement gaps breed abuses as gasoline is used in tractors and farm engines then in cars for town trips and visits, suggesting widespread suspicion of farmers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Don L. Berry
Indianola
Associated General Contractors of America
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Berry
Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation Commission
Ile
Iowa City Adopts New Milk Ordinance
Iowa City enacts a milk ordinance allowing revocation of milk permits at the milk inspector’s discretion rather than after two formal hearings. Modeled on Des Moines rules, the law regulates production transport processing handling sampling examination labeling and sale of milk and dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Des Moines
Woman Burned to Death in Grinnell Fire
Mrs Jennie Hardner Van Draska a 42 year old Grinnell resident died in an early morning house fire that destroyed her home. Her husband Roy Van Draska a Grinnell College custodian was on night duty and neighbors could not rescue her.
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Grinnell
Jennie Hardner van Draska
Ler Homme
Roy van Draska
Grinnell College
van Dreska
Two of Their Sons Are Dead One a Prisoner
OSAGE The six sons in service of Mr and Mrs Baldo Diaz include two dead, one a prisoner of the Japanese, and one wounded. "We had a fine family," Diaz said Tuesday. "Now so quick this thing has come."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OSAGE
Baldo Diaz
Diaz
Iowa City Sailor Faces Larceny Trial
Dwain McFarland, 18, seaman second class on 86 day rehab leave from the South Pacific, is held on a $2,500 bond in Iowa City jail awaiting district court trial on larceny charges. He is accused of stealing a watch and pen and pencil sets from Bert Roberts in Iowa City while claiming to have come to see a girl. He said his mother resides in Inglewood California.
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Iowa City
Heid
Dwain McFarland
South Pacific
McFarland
Bert Roberts
Inglewood
Cal
Serious Coal Shortage Reported at Mt. Ayr
A coal shortage hit Mt. Ayr with schools closed indefinitely and businesses having little fuel. Homes relied on borrowed coal or wood as dealers could not assure when coal would arrive.
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Mt. Ayr
Mount Ayr
Nazis Press Drive in Battle for Budapest Front
London reports German panz er divisions intensified near Budapest in a major tank offensive that pushed toward the Danube bend. Soviet communiques say breakthroughs were halted while both sides pour in reinforcements as heavy fighting rages west and northwest of the city.
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London
Budapest
Danuoe
Hitler
Moscow
Danube
Komarno
Washington County Leads In Waste Paper Collection
Washington county reports 90 00 pounds of waste paper for November, achieving 90 percent of the 100 275 pound quota and ranking 22nd among Iowa counties. For the first five months of the second half of 1944 the county delivered 718 000 pounds, 143 percent of its quota and 11th in the state. Des Moines Scott and Poweshiek counties outpaced Washington thus far in the period, with plans for stronger efforts ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Des Moines
Scott
Poweshiek
Washington
Liquor and Car Thieves Sentenced in Iowa Case
Two Marion youths Karl W. Burns 18 and Lyle Wells 19 pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle and related break ins. They were sentenced to up to 10 years in the Iowa State Reformatory at Anamosa after admitting a spree of bootlegging thefts spanning Cedar Rapids Dubuque Joliet and Mokema with Burns listed as AWOL from Camp Hood Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iown Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Karl W. Gurns
Lyle Wells
G. K. Thompson
Carl Volstrom
Meadowbrook Drive
Iowa
Illinois
Wellman
Joliet
Burns
Camp Hood
Texas
Dubuque
Finos
Dubuque County
Minois
Mokema
Weather update shows warmer temperatures after record cold
The night cooled to two degrees above zero after dropping to 123 below previous night. The minimum rose to two above and this morning reached six above, indicating a significant moderation in temperature.
Campaign Aims to Boost Waste Paper Collections Countywide
In a forthcoming campaign the county plans to secure more waste paper collections as the commodity market remains serious. Officials urge residents and businesses to participate and ensure proper separation for recycling programs.
24 Persons Dead In Fog Crash of Plane on Coast
An American airliner with 24 aboard crashed in heavy fog near the coast after circling the airport for an emergency landing. All 24 perished, including 21 service members. names withheld until next of kin notices. Captain J R McCauley reported turning back due to poor visibility. Search planes found the wreck six hours after visibility improved.
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Los Angeles
J. R. McCauley
Mrs Clark Named Deputy Auditor in County Office
County Auditor Walter Sellroe announces the appointment of Mrs Elizabeth Clark as second deputy to fill the vacancy from Helen Woodburn resignation after her marriage. Mrs Clark began her duties this week, previously teaching at Union School Cedar township. her successor at that school is Mrs Wunice Stagner of Riverside, who had been filling Pleasant Plains School Jackson township during the illness of the regular teacher.
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Walter Sellroeder
Elizabeth Clark
Helen Woodburn
Clark
Union
Cedar Township
Wunice Stagner
Riverside
Pleasant Plains
Jackson Township
Blood donors answer call at county clinic
Thirty one persons responded to a blood donation drive yesterday at the Washington county health unit office. The clinic, led by Dr. Path Church and nurses from the health unit, with help from the American Legion Auxiliary, hoped for fifty donors. Refreshments were served by Mrs. E. B. Ward, Mrs. Carl Voorhès, and Mrs. Frea Downing. Donors were asked not to eat breakfast before arriving.
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Washington County Health Unit
Path Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Church
Ardennes Front Shifts as Allied Forces Push Back
American armor bypassed LaRoche defense to seize Samree after a decisive tank battle while British units followed German retreat along the Bulge. Canadian troops launched a new assault southeast of Nijmegen into German trenches amid artillery duels. German forces threatened Strasbourg with infantry and armor reaching Sand and Kraftt on the eastern front.
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Paris
U.P
Ardennes
LaRoche
Samree
Bulge
Karl von Rundstedt
London Evening News
Nijmegen
Maas
Holland
Kleve
Strasbourg
Sand
Cold Cuts Crowds At Prayer Services
Low temperatures shrink crowds at the annual week of prayer services in Washington churches. About 50 attended the Nazarene church last night. 70 were at the Christian church on Monday. Speakers included Rev. Fred B. Miller and Rev. Alfred Trenerry. Tonight’s service is at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed with Rev. Basil McBee delivering the address. Services start at eight, with some arriving early for a 7:30 service.
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Washington
Nazarene Church
Christian Church
Fred B. Miller
Alfred Trenerry
St Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Basil McBee
E K Annas of Ainsworth Dies at 76
Eugene K. Annas 76 died this afternoon at Washington county hospital after a stroke at his Ainsworth home. He was born December 25 1868 in Story County Iowa and lived in Iowa City Yatton Haskins before moving to Ainsworth. He was a painter and decorator, member of the Ainsworth Methodist church and Journal's Three Quarter Century club. Surviving are his wife Enid Moore of Trenton Mo a daughter a brother and a granddaughter. Funeral arrangements by L A Jones funeral home awaited arrival of daughter.
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Eugene K. Annas
Washington County
Ainsworth
L. A. Jones
Story County
Iowa
James
Mary Elizabeth Cambridge Annas
Iowa City
Yatton
Kate L. Overfell
Riverside
Haskins
Annas
National Bank stockholders meet as deposits hit record
National Bank of Washington held its annual meeting with 783 of 800 shares represented. President R. E. Dougherty and cashier C. V. Weldin presided as directors R. B. Dougherty Carlton C. Wilson Fred L. Stewart George J. Breitenbach and Frank A. Crone were re elected. Crone reported year end deposits of 3 207 818 31 the largest in bank history and total assets of 3 376 376 32. Surplus rose to 60 000 with 15 000 increase and the bank has sold 1 776 775 in E F and G war bonds since May 1 1941.
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National Bank of Washington
R. E. Dougherty
C. V. Weldin
R. B. Dougherty
Carlton C. Wilson
Fred L. Stewart
George J. Breitenbach
Frank A. Crone
Crone
Bankk
Missing in Action Corporal Sutten from Yugoslavia
Mrs. Nellie Sutten receives war department notice that her grandson Corporal Charles A. Sutten has been missing in action since December 25 over Yugoslavia while serving as a gunner on a B-24 Liberator based in Italy. He likely did not return from the mission and may be a prisoner of war or with allied forces. He previously worked at the Journal and has about two and a half years in the Army Air Corps with training in Washington and several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Sutten
South
Ninth Avenue
War Department
Charles A. Sutten
Yugoslavia
Italy
Charles Sutton
Journal Office
Army Air Corps
Washington
Missouri
South Dakota
Cattle Feeders Hearings In Washington Protest OPA Plan
A 380-strong delegation of livestock producers and cattle feeders met with Judge Fred W. Vinson in the federal reserve building Washington D C to protest the OPA five point beef directive. Iowa delegate Richard Stephens reported that farmers oppose the plan which could reduce meat supply in 1945 and is opposed by the War Food Administration.
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Fred W. Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
O.P.A
Stephens
State Livestock Committee
Seventh District Farm Bureau
Washington County Farm Bureau
Iowa
Federal Reserve Building
Washington, D. C
Farm and Livestock
W. G. Ogg
Herman Aaberg
American Farm Bureau Federation
War Food Administration
Judge Vin
MacArthur Lands With His Troops On Luzon
General Douglas MacArthur led an American invasion of Luzon with an 100,000 strong force driving toward Manila. Troops landed from 800 ships, securing San Fabian and Lingayen Gulf beaches while Japanese resistance remained light.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
San Fabian
Lingayen Gulf
Lingayen
Douglias MacArthur
Bataan
Tax Exemption Denied For Grinnell College
Iowa Supreme Court rules Grinnell College not entitled to tax exemption on a quarter block in Des Moines. Property at Fifth and Walnut Streets occupied by J. C. Penney and F. W. Grand stores. exemption tied to annuity payments to the Younkers family and others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Grinnell College
Benjamin A
Rachel and
Litten Younker
Younkers
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
J. C. Penney and
F. & W. Grand Department
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Bastogne
Belgium
George S. Patton
Third Army
C International
Partment
Burns and Wells
E. K. Annas of
Enid Moore
Trenton, Mo
Fred Annas
Columbus Junction
Philippines
China
San Carlos
Torregidor
San Fernamow
BaRcuio
Otarlac
UAN
Mindoro
Aparri
PANAY
Pacific
Luzon Island
Corregidor
Marinduque
Paluan
U. S
Charles Sutten
Richard Stephens
Yanks
Lingsayen Gulf
Luvon
Agno River
Agno
Dagupan
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