Pioneer teacher Julia Cavender dies at 90 in Washington
Julia Dieken Cavender, born October 20, 1853 in Washington, died aged 90 after a long life in the community. She taught Sunday school for over 50 years, belonged to multiple organizations, and was part of the first class to graduate from Washington High School in 1870. Funeral at the Methodist church Tuesday.
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Julia Cavender
Washington
Keota
Riverside
Floyd Harvey
Harvey
East Jefferson Street
Methodist Church
Fred E. Miller
Woodlawn
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Women's Relief Corps
Order of Eastern Star
Daughters of American Revolution
White Shrine
Journal
Washington Public Schools
Washington High School
Julia Dieken
Alpheus B. Dieken
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Ashby) Dieken
Gazeman
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Special Elections Fill Legislature Seats
Iowa Republicans T. M. Thompson Creston and Willard F. Russell Toledo are slated to win unopposed seats in the Decatur Ringgold Union district and Tama County in a special session set for January 26 called by Gov. Bourke Hickenlooper. Over 16,600 Iowans eligible for discharge lapel buttons as soldiers are noted, with 1,500 discharge monthly. Poultry expert Ralph Baker foresees egg prices rising to 35 to 40 cents by fall due to a February egg drying program and tighter flocks and feed costs, with February prices at 31 to 33 cents if processors pay.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
T. M. Thompson
Creston
Decatur-Ringgold-Union
Willard F. Russell
Toledo
Tama County
Ralph Baker
Iowa State College
War Food Administration
WEA
Baker
Wolf Sightings End With Dead Timber Wolf in Des Moines Yard
In Des Moines Chautauqua Park area residents reported a wolf sighting. G H Geppert found the dead timber wolf in a rocky ravine and shot it from a bedroom window Friday evening, confirming the animal was a wolf.
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Des Moines
Chautauqua Park
G. H. Geppert
Burlington Terrace
Hickman Road
Geppert
Des Moines River
Mrs. C. O. Fullerton Dies at Idaho Falls
Emma Bishop Fullerton died December 19 1943 at her daughter Lois Ferguson’s home in Idaho Falls Idaho. Survived by two daughters and two sons including Bob serving in the army in England. The Fullerton family lived on the Wyatt Marbourg farm north of town. Mr Fullerton died last July. Born May 1 1869.
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Harry Bishop
Lois Ferguson
Idaho Walls
Idaho
Fullerton
Wyatt Marbourg
Mr. Fullerton
Emma Bishop
Bob
England
Russians in North Drive Westward
Moscow reports a Red army offensive cutting a 10 mile gap east of Latvia. Soviet mobile forces cut the railway south from Leningrad and drive toward the Leningrad Polotsk line. German communique cites fierce fighting north of Lake Ilman and near Oranienbaum, as fresh formations enter battle north and northwest of Nevel. Several penetrations sealed off along the Rechitsa region in lower White Russia.
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Latvia
Novyosokolniki
Leningrad
Leningrad-Polotsk
Lake Ilman
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Nevel
Red
Rechitsa
White Russia
Washington depot to undergo extensive repairs on Burlington line
C F Anderson local agent for the C B & Q announces a program to rebuild or repair depots along the Burlington Washington branch. Washington will get new sills floors joists windows and roof with interior and exterior painting and new freight platforms. A bunk car will serve as a temporary station while work lasts.
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Burlington
Wyman
Yarmouth
Crawfordsville
Winfield
Burlington Yards
Burlington Road
White House Announces Secretaries' Reshuffle Plan
White House secretary Stephen EK Early revealed today a reshuffle plan affecting key departments as part of a broader administration reorganization in Washington D.C. Officials emphasized coordination and efficiency during the briefing.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Stephen EK
London denies Russia rumor of British German separate peace talks
London officials call Moscow report of a meeting between two British figures and Von Ribbentrop “without foundation” and “ludicrous” while Pravda cites a Cairo dispatch claiming secret talks aimed at separate peace with Germany. Washington says no information and notes Britain Russia pact bars separate peace.
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President Roosevelt's Illness Reduces Weight
The ailing President Roosevelt reportedly lost ten pounds during his recent influenza and remains confined to the White House quarters for over two weeks while he recovers.
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Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Dismissal Entered In Graf Divorce Case
The plaintiff Virginia Graf filed a notice of dismissal today in the divorce case against Raymond Graf with the clerk of court.
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Virginia Graf
Raymond Graf
County Boy Killed in Action While Serving in War
Staff Sergeant James L. Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitchell of Crawfordsville, was killed in action while serving as a gunner on a bomber. He enlisted in 1942 and would have turned 23 on February 6. Read with condolences as Crawfordsville notes this first local casualty among service members.
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Crawfordsville
Fred Mitchell
War Department
James L. Mitchell
S. Set
Mitchell
Wendell Voss
E. E. Voss
Brighton
Opening Union Service Draws Crowds in Washington Church
The first of a winter series of union evening services at St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed drew a near capacity crowd, with about 325 inside and hundreds more turned away outside. Ministers from participating churches led the program, and Rev. Milo J. Phillips preached on whether anger can be justified, urging righteous anger against injustice while condemning selfish anger.
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St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed
Milo J. Phillips
Alfred Trenerry
The
Baptist Church
Fred EE. Miller
Methodist Church
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Lord
Boyd White
Phillips
Mark
Jesus
18 Men Leave for Induction Center
Eighteen Washington county men depart for Camp Dodge to begin active service in the January selective service group. Among them are two Erlenbush brothers Ralph and Robert of Washington and Robert W. Eakins who reenters service after a prior December induction. The list includes Baker Keota Brown Washington Cooney Davis Gardner Erlenbush Gingerich Lewis Rhodes Malloy Madison addresses and other local residents.
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Washington County
Camp Dodge
United States Armed Forces
Camp Lodge
Robert W. Eakins
Washington
Ralph
Robert Erlenbush
Lewis Clark Baker
RFD
Keota
Richard Dale Brown
RED
Robert Dean Cooney
Brighton
Donald Palmer Davis
James
Record hog receipts force market curtailment at Omaha yards
Omaha stock yards received a record 52,000 salable hogs prompting the market ing committee to urge producers not to ship hogs to market until Thursday. Officials said supply exceeded today’s demand, creating pressure on prices and availability.
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Omaha
Former Local Teacher Now Overseas
Josephine Lambert of Burnside Newfoundland, an American Red Cross recreation worker, has safely arrived at an undisclosed overseas destination. A former Washington Iowa high school and junior college physical education teacher, she earned AB 1937 and MA 1939, and has been active in several education associations.
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Christian Tabernacle
Dicken
Burlington
Washington
J. B. Irwin
Washington, D. C
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Red Cross
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Burnside
Miss Lambert
Washington, Iowa
Estherville
Iowa
Colusa
Carthage
Ill
Allied raids strike Klagenfurt and Italian targets in Axis heartland
Allied air forces hit the Messerschmitt plant at Klagenfurt in Austria and targets across northern and central Italy including Villorba air field Osoppo Batina Formia and Arielli. American 5th Army advances near Cassino while heavy bombers pound German lines and rail hubs.
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Austria
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Klagenfurt
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Formia
Arielli
8Th Army
Adriatic
High School Boys Visit Washington Airport CAP Event
Fourteen students from Washington Crawfordsville Wayland and Wellman high schools toured the Civil Air Patrol squadron 722-6 at the Washington airport. CAP Iowa recruitment for the Army Air Corps was highlighted as the top in the nation. Local pilots gave rides and CAP officers assisted with the operation under Lt. Lemmon and Lt. Bond.
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Washington
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Wellman
Civil Air Patrol
Iowa
Army Air Corps
Union
Leo Gislain
Ward Williams
Mt. Union
Ed Sorrell
A. C. Peterson
R. B. Arthur
W. E. Bond
C.A.P
Robert
Copenhagen Police Force of 5000 Interned by Nazis
The Danish Press Service reported German occupation forces had interned the entire Copenhagen police force, about 5,000 men. The Germans were to put their own police in charge of all stations in the Danish capital, with unclear action elsewhere in Denmark.
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