Gowrie man pleads guilty in first degree murder case
William Jarrett, 53, of Gowrie, confessed slayer of his former employer Everett Warden, 49, and pleaded guilty on a first degree murder charge. The hearing before Justice Paul McCarville waived him to the grand jury and he is held without bond. He will be arraigned in district court at 11 a.m. with another plea possible and a hearing to determine degree of guilt and sentence.
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Fort Dodge
William Jarrett
Gowrie
Everett Warden
Paul BE. McCarville
Jarrett
Thomas Healy
War prisoners to aid harvest effort arrive in Sioux City
War prisoners from Camp Clark Missouri arrived at 1 p m Thursday in Sioux City and marched to the armory guarded by soldiers and police. Lieut Col Courtney Young announced in Des Moines that about 825 prisoners would be used here for several weeks to harvest ice.
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Sioux City
Fee
Courtney Young
7Th Service Command
Des Moines
Camp Clark
Prole man dies in timber yard fire
Charles Voss aged 75 of Prole was found burned to death Thursday in the timber east of Martensdale Lumber Co. Yard. Yard manager Chet Haller located him about 1 p.m. after he failed to return for lunch. He had been cutting posts and built a fire for warmth, lying about 20 feet from it. The body was severely burned.
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Martensdale
Charles Voss
Prole
Martensdale Lumber Co
Chet Haller
Voss
Haller
Son of General MacNider to begin air cadet service
Tom MacNider son of Brig. Gen Hanford MacNider of Mason City will enter active duty as an air cadet at Camp Dodge this Saturday. Born in Washington DC while his father served as assistant secretary of war he turns eighteen today and will report to Jefferson Barracks Missouri on Friday January 21.
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Mason City
Tom MacNider
Hanford MacNider
Tom
Washington, D. C
Air Force
Camp Dodge
Jefferson Barracks
Hole in Vault Blamed for Liquor Leak in Court Seizures
Sioux City grand jury report cites an opening in the courthouse vault wall as a factor in the loss of up to 95 quarts of seized liquor stored for hospital donations. The panel found no chargeable evidence against anyone. The opening, found by the district court clerk, connected to an empty room accessible to others.
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Sioux City
Grand Jury
Edward Moran
George Paradise
Berry Sisk
Three Army Mascot Dogs Sent to Murphy Home in Washington
Three dogs raised by Troop D, 113th Cavalry, since 1942 are visiting Washington until their soldiers reclaim them. The dogs, a Spitz-mothered litter from Camp Polk and Camp Bowie maneuvers, were cared for by First Sergeant Glen Murphy and family after Christmas, with troop friends contributing to shipping and living costs.
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Murphy Home
Washington
Camp Polk
Spitz
Troop D
113Th Cavalry
Texas
Bottle
Camp Bowie
Maneuvers
Louisiana
Glen Murphy
Addison Murphy
Express
Lady Astor Joins Lunch Aboard Liberty Ship at Port
Three Minnesota sailors Donald Lund Warren J Bliss and Burton R Thomas hosted Lady Astor Virginia born MP aboard the Liberty ship during a port visit. She toured the vessel greeted crew with Yanks and enjoyed an American dinner of oyster stew roast beef mashed potatoes peas ice cream and coffee praising the cooks.
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Vport
Minnesota
Lady Astor
Donald Lund
Viper Warren J. Bliss
Minneapolis
Messman Burton R. Thomas
Austin
England
Pearl Harbor
Tokio
Britain
States
State University Closed By Strike
Minneapolis January 14 500 maintenance workers walked out at the University of Minnesota to demand a collective bargaining agreement with the board of regents. Civilian classes were discontinued indefinitely as the public building service employees union iaff affiliate began striking beyond 18 months of negotiations.
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Minneapolis
W.P
University of Minnesota
School Board of Regents
Public Building Service Employees Union
American Federation of Labor
Board of Regents
House panel approves soldier vote bill on absentee ballots
The House elections committee approved a soldier vote bill leaving control of absentee ballots for service members to the states.
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Washington, D. C
House Elections Committee
Fall of Mozyr and Kalinkovichi Reported by Soviet
Soviet forces announced the capture of Mozyr and Kalinkovichi in southern White Russia, breaking the Pripet corridor as German troops fled toward the Polish frontier. Rokossovsky’s armored shock troops stormed the last Nazi strongholds, causing panicked German retreat along the Pripet river.
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London
U.R
Josef Stalin
Red Army
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
White Russia
Pripet
Stalin
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Avalinkovichi
Dros
Kelinkovichi
Convicts Captured After Escape From Iowa Reform School
Grinnell Iowa police arrested Norman Faught 21 of Toledo and Harvey Spooner 21 of Storm Lake after they fled a state reformatory farm near Anamosa. Their companions Tony Brodinski of Chicago and Billy McClaskey of Kansas City were later captured northwest of Anamosa.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Norman Faught
Toledo
Harvey H. Spooner
Storm Lake
Tony Brodinski
Chicago
Billy McClaskey
Kansas City
Anamosa
Spooner
Faught
Marshalltown
Ralph Larsen
Fred Koop
Larsen
Roop
Reformatory
Early county primary action as candidates step forward
Nomination papers are already filed or taken out for three Republican candidates in Washington county as the June 5 primary looms. John C. Owen, now in the navy, led the way with an announcement, while George F. Morrison acts as county attorney. Stan Kiesey, also in line, may face no opposition in the primary. Arthur Wiley announces candidacy for county supervisor, challenging the current holder Ernest Rudolph.
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Washington
John C. Owen
Navy
Owen
George F. Morrison
Stan Kiesey
Walter Schroeder
Kiesey
Arthur Wiley
Washington Township
Ernest Rudolph
Brighton
Iowa investigation into reformatory escape prompts probes
Chief R W Neber Gall of the Iowa Bureau of Investigation sent agents to the reformatory to examine conditions behind the Wednesday night escape and the New Years Day escape of four other convicts.
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R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Reformatory
Union Services Begin Sunday Across Seven Washington Churches
Seven Washington churches plan union evening services in rotation starting next Sunday at St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed. Each minister will speak in his own church while others participate in each service. Services run 7 30 to about an hour and continue through January and February with a shared order of worship and a sermon by Rev Milo J Phillips at the first gathering.
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Washington
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed
Milo J. Phillips
Standardized Tests Set For Rural Washington County Pupils
Seventh and eighth graders in Washington county rural schools will take a standardized test next Monday January 17. County Superintendent Lester B Krabill announced the examinations will start at 1245 PM and run through the afternoon at designated township locations including Lime Creek Day tonville Iowa Valley Center Center Cen ter Rubio Rubio Clay Independent Shiloh English River Richmond Highland Center Cedar Union Dutch Creek New Haven Brighton Clay Brighton High School Washington Franklin.
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Washington County
Lester B. Krabill
Lime Creek Township
Daytonville
Iowa Township
Valley
Jackson Township
Center
Seventy-six
Cen
Rubio
Clay Independent
Marion, Noble Consolidated
Shiloh
English River Township
Richmond
Highland
Oregon
Cedar Township
Union
Dutch Creek
Township
New Haven
Brighton
Clay
Brighton High School
Washington
Franklin
Install New Court House Heating Plant
A new heating system was started at the court house this morning with the unloading of a large furnace to be installed in the basement replacing the old plant. County workers aided the outdoor crew from the north door of the county building as the heavy unit was moved in. The new plant will include a stoker and promise a significant improvement in building heat.
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Court House
Fifth Death in B-17 Crash at Army Air Base
A fifth crewman of seven aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress died at the base hospital after the crash and fire during a landing at the army air base in Sioux City. Two survivors receive treatment in the station hospital as an official investigation proceeds.
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Sioux City
Army Air Base
US Planes Hit Luftwaffe Bases Near Rome In Adriatic Raids
Allied air power hammered four major air fields south of Rome as American and French 5th Army troops push toward Cassino. Fortresses Liberators and Marauders led the assault with heavy bombs, while fighters engaged Luftwaffe interceptors and protected ground operations along central Italy and the Jugoslav coast. Further raids targeted Perugia air field and shipping at SibEnik and Formia docks, supporting advancing ground forces.
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Algiers
Luftwaffe
Italy
Rome
5Th Army
Cassino
Jugoslav Coast
Centocelle
Guidonia
Adriatic
Sibenik
Formia
Gulf of Gaeta
Isola
Allies Advance In Burma Drive
Allied troops push five miles southeast from Maungdaw and press a slow advance against Japanese counterattacks in western Burma. Forward elements under Mountbatten have captured two villages amid the southeast Asia command communique.
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New Delhi
Maungdaw
Akyab
Southeast Asia Command
Lord Lewis Mountbatten
Burma
Daylight Raid on Coast of France
Allied air forces mounted a large daylight attack on the French coast near Calais and Pas de Calais. Medium bombers with fighter escort joined the operation after an initial fighter sweep, amid foggy conditions and a buildup of forces.
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France
London
Calais
Pas de Calais
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