Perrin Charged In Family Tragedy In Cherokee
Robert Perrin aged 34 signed a statement admitting he shot and killed his mother C A Perrin 60 and tried to kill his father 62 before wounding himself in a self inflicted act Friday. County Attorney Archie R Nelson said first degree murder charges will be filed. Perrin said he wanted to kill himself and take them with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Perrin
C. A. Perrin
Archie R. Nelson
Nelson
Young Perrin
Examiner urges against Northwestern Railway line abandonment
Washington D C Examiner A G Nye urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny the Northwestern Railway's plan to abandon 37 miles of track between Belle Plaine and What Cheer Iowa saying the move would cause serious transportation inconvenience. He called traffic decline claims conflicting.
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Washington, D. C
A. G. Nye
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern Railway
Belle Plaine
What Cheer
Iowa
Nye
Girl Wounded by Brother in Accidental Shooting
Maureen Wer nentin, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard O Wernentin, was critically wounded when a .22 rifle fired by her brother Donald Wernentin, 12, accidentally discharged Thursday night. She lies at Mercy hospital in Davenport.
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Mount Joy
Maureen Wernentin
Richard O. Wernentin
Donald Wernentin
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Soldier Dies of Heart Attack Aboard Navy Ship
Bloomfield reports the death of Raymond Irelan formerly of Drakesville from a heart attack on a United States warship near the west aft. Irelan enlisted in 1981 and served eleven years aboard ship before shore duty in San Francisco and return to active duty about a year ago.
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Bloomfield
Raymond Irelan
Drakesville
United States
Irelan
Navy
San Francisco
Tourist Cabin Deaths Attributed To Gas And Heat
Iowa City coroner rules the deaths of Randall Hansen and Darlene de Muelen c0 unt as carbon monoxide poisoning aggravated by extreme cabin heat. Lab toxicology showed monoxide saturation well above 30 percent, with room temperature near 105 degrees aiding fatal exposure.
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Iowa City
Randall Chris Hansen
Davenport
State University of Iowa
Darlene de Muelencare
Brooklyn
Mercy Hospital
Frank L. Love
Girl of 17 Killed in Car Crash Near Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG Miss Marjorie Johnson 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Remko Johnson living near Kelsey was killed Friday when the car in which she rode with a soldier home on furlough skidded off Highway 20 at the edge of town hit a telephone pole and overturned. Her companion Sergt William Card of Parkersburg was injured.
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Parkersburg
Marjorie Johnson
Remko Johnson
Kelsey
Highway 20
William Card
Parkers
City Cleans Walks and Snow Law Enforcement
Street Commissioner A. E. Falmer urged Washington residents to remove snow within ten hours after a storm. City crews have cleared sidewalks beside vacant lots and taxed owners for the cost, with no city notice required. Palmer cited multiple city snow clearings this winter and noted the heaviest snow of the season fell, though business streets show little remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E., Falmer
Washington
Palmer
Marriage License Issued in Washington County
A marriage license was issued yesterday at the courthouse to Pager Harris Lance and Audrey M Hotle both of Washington. It marks the seventh license issued in the county in the first 15 days of 1943.
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Court House
Pager
Harris Lance
Audrey M. Hotle
Washington
Health Unit Activities Week of January 18
The schedule lists selective service exams Monday at 1 30 PM at the office and a Tuesday child health conference in the office from 1 30 to 3 30 PM.
Mediation fails to settle railroad wage dispute
Chicago January 16 Chairman George M Cook of the national railway mediation board announced failure to settle the wage dispute between all first class railroads and 900000 employees seeking a 450 million dollar boost and a closed shop. He urged employee representatives to seek appointment of an emergency fact finding group to hear demands.
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Chicago
George &. Cook
National Railway Mediation Board
Cook
Dean Paul C. Packer to leave for Army service
Dean Paul C. Packer of the State University of Town's college of education announced Friday he will leave the university Tuesday to serve in the army. He will be commissioned a major. He is well known in Town legislative circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Paul C. Packer
State University of Town College of Education
Army
American war planes strike Solo Monis and Guadalcanal area
U S naval report says American aircraft damaged three Japanese destroyers and shot down 30 Japanese planes. A Catalina scored a direct hit and two rear hits on a destroyer near Russell Island. Dive bombers with Wildcat and Aracaba fighters attacked nine destroyers 140 miles northwest of Guadalcanal, shooting down eight Zeros. One American dive bomber was lost and five fighters did not return. The force pressed the attack, seriously damaging two more destroyers.
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Washington, D.C
Solomons
Navy
Russell Island
Guadalcanal
Wildcat
Eigth
Cairo
Tripoli
Gabes
Sfax
Tunisia
Vautaatin
South Western Front
Donets River
Rostov
Vautatin
Latai
Donets
Glubovkaya
Rostov-Moscow
Woman pilot blamed in Jap crash near Ashbury Park
Coxswain James Prince said one of the Japanese pilots who attacked the aircraft carrier Hornet was a woman. He noted the plane hit the Hornet’s elevator and the wreckage, including the pilot, was largely destroyed. Doctors reportedly confirmed the pilot’s sex, sparking conversation among survivors.
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Ashbury Park
N. J
James Prince
Government circles Dean Packer commanded service division group
Government circles report Dean Packer will take command of the group instruction section in the Special Service Division of the War Department's Services of Supply.
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Dean Packer
Special Service Division
War Department
Sipply
Naval Aviation Cadets Begin Course at Washington Airport
A class of 15 naval aviation cadets joins 7 others already in training at Washington airport in coordination with junior college. The 22 cadets study eight weeks of civil aeronautics administration war training with 35 to 40 flight hours and 240 hours ground instruction. They live at the Congress hotel, travel by school bus, and wear uniforms issued by the GAA remaining in Washington.
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Naval Aviation
Washington Airport
Naval
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ralph Scott
Washington Schools
Navy
Congress Hotel
Richard Smith
GAA
Garrett
Two Hancock County Brothers Indicted for Draft Evasion
Merle and Ellsworth Bredlow of Daines Hancock county were indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to report to their draft boards for military service. They had just completed six month terms after a prior conviction for a similar offense and were arrested after refusing to answer calls following jail release. Both are in custody in Dakota City amid six other indictments including three more draft reports.
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Dubuque
Daines
Hancock County
Merle
Ellsworth Bredlow
Havin
Dakota City
Polish Campaign of Guerillas Burns German Villages and Arrests Polish Poles
Stanislaw Mikolajzyk reported open warfare in Poland as Polish guerrillas burned fourteen German inhabited villages and German forces arrested thousands of Poles in the Warsaw District. He said Poles were deported to Germany for labor and the elderly sent to camps, with Germans also clearing villages in Lublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Stanislaw Mikolajzyk
Poland
Warsaw
Lublin
Mikolajzyk
Germany
Elderly man suffers burns in East Second Street fire
J. H. Kelley, 84, sustained facial burns and smoke inhalation today at 11 45 AM after a closet fire in a bedroom at 1126 East Second street. He entered the room to investigate smoke, spread to nearby clothing, and was treated at the county hospital. The fire was confined to the closet. damage was limited to its contents. The house owner is J. H. Kelley.
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J. H. Kelley
East Second Street
Mr. Kelley
Kelley
Appeal Filed in Shettler Versus Farmers Light Case
Attorney L J Kehoe filed notice of appeal in the Gertrude Shettler administratrix of William E Shettler estate versus Farmers Light and Power Company and others. Judge J G Patterson directed a verdict for defendants September 30 in Washington County district court. The action sought damages.
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L. J. Kehoe
Gertrude Shettler
William E. Shettler
Farmers Light and Power Company, Et. al
J. G. Patterson
Washington County
Mr. Kehoe
Defense Corps Meeting Called In Washington County
Commander Ivan Norton announced a meeting of county mayors defense corps chiefs and telephone exchanges to create a uniform countywide communications system. Karl Moore will discuss facilities and Mrs. Vernon Witting will review external practices as Norton presides with AAA chair Carl Oldfield and extension director J. W. Chandler representing farmers. Sheriff Putnam will attend as a new blackout prep issue rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Norton
Washington County Defense Corps
Defense Corps
Defense Headquarters
Karl Moore
Washington Telephone
Vernon Witting
Farm Women Ride to Red Cross Class in Muddy Roads
In Fairfield Iowa a group of farm women traveled to town in a farm wagon to attend the final session of the Red Cross home nursing course despite muddy roads.
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Fairfield
Itowa
Red Cross
Death of Mr Shettler by electrocution at quarry near Vellman
A man identified as Mr Shettler died by electrocution at a quarry near Vellman. Police or coroner reports indicate accidental death while at work. Further details were not disclosed in the fragment.
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Mr. Shettler
Vellman
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Paul McNutt
Lewis Hershey
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Burg
U. S
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Gadames
Bizerte
Sousse
Zarzis
Malta
Aataly
Misurata
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Algeria
Tripolitania
SOCNA
J'Bar
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Murzuk
North African Front
Sir B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
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Atlas Mountains
Castel Benito
Flynn
Roosevelt
Edward Flynn
Australia
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Bronx County
Styles Bridges
Senate
Sidney Baron
Baron
New York
St. Louis
Columbus Junction
S. Garrett
Eugene Francis McManus
West Frankfort
James T. Graves
Bandana
James R. Grimshaw
Lyndon Day Harrold
Granite City
Leon Lawrence Harter
O'Fallon
Ill
Gordon W. Helderman
Vincennes
Ind
Thomas Francis Henley
Louisville
Samuel Loraine Heublein
Belleville
Albert Johnson Hourigan
Maxie Howard
Allair
Cyril Louis Imming
Austin
Clarence Thomas Jackson
Champaign
J. Lawrence
Johor MecNeary
Marion Alan Snively
Cuba
Grady Anthony Swearingen
Peoria, Ill
Bob Sorrell
North Africa
African Corp
Radio
Rome
Middle Eastern Command
German Africa Corps
Tripoliania
Shettler
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