Iowa Senate Eyes Three Year Tax Freeze Bill
Des Moines Iowa senate committee swift action on S F 30 to extend the half rate income tax freeze for three more years. Only one vote against recommending passage. Senators H S Love Bridgewater and A P Clem Sioux City plan to bring up the bill when ready with Love delaying until Friday.
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Rockhill Nominated for State Senate in Marshall County
Robert A. Rockhill former city attorney and army major is nominated by the county GOP to run for state senator in Marshall County. A Democratic candidate will be chosen today to oppose him in the special election set for June 26 by Gov Robert D. Blue to replace Senator Whitehill who died in Des Moines on opening day of the fifty first general assembly.
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Robert A. Rockhill
Marshall County
Republican Central Committee
G.O.P
Democratic County Committee
Rockhill
Robert D. Blue
BB. (. Whitehill
Des Moines
Fifty-First General Assembly
Iowa Flight Operators Back State Aviation Commission Plan
Members of the Iowa Flight Operators association urged the legislature to form a state aviation commission to manage federal airport funds and promote aviation in Iowa. At Hotel Fort Des Moines they opposed interstate aviation regulation bills and a competing aeronautics commission proposal. The group ended its all day session with a joint discussion with the state civil aeronautics administration board on non scheduled flights in Iowa.
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Iowa Flight Operators Association
State Aviation Commission
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Aeronautics Commission
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Driver Held After Car Killed a Man
Sioux City Carl J. Nielsen of Hinton was charged with manslaughter after Sylvester Meison, 60, was struck while walking to work. Nielsen was arrested at the Cudahy packing plant following a tail light check of about 7,600 cars in the stockyards district. Meison’s coworker William Tomensen said the car had a broken taillight lens. Nielsen was released later under a $4,000 bond.
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Carl J. Nielsen
Hinton
Sylvester Meison
Nielsen
Lea J. Perleth
Cudahy
Perleth
William Thomasen
Melson
Great Northern Railroad
Meison
Brakes Fail Averted A Truck Crisis in Cherokee
Walter De Kamp of Paullina steered a runaway truck loaded with 4 000 gallons of gasoline through Cherokee's business district after braking failures. Police chief R R N Martinson credited his quick actions with averting a major tragedy as the vehicle halted in the streets.
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Paullina
RR. N. Martinson
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Business Inter
Churchill Rules Out Italy and Spain at Peace Table
London reports Prime Minister Churchill signals that Italy and Spain will be barred from peace talks. He accuses ELAS of slaughtering hostages and vows to pursue leftist units into the Greek mountains to free thousands more. He asserts Yugoslav regency will be enforced and Britain will not accept Italy as a UN partner.
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U.P
Churchill
Spain
Italy
Peter
Britain
United Nations
Geman
North
Keller jailed for drunken driving paroled on good behavior
Judge P. J. Siegers sentenced Emmett Henry Keller of West Chester to 90 days in county jail for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The sentence was suspended on Keller’s good behavior and he was paroled to Sheriff H. M. Putnam. Keller’s driving license was suspended for 60 days and sent to the state for revocation after the crash on Washington Street involving a parked car.
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P. J. Siegers
Emmett Henry Keller
West Chester
Rullty
Siegers
Keller
H. M. Putnam
State Commissioner of Public Safety
Washington
County Home Inventory Totals Provisions And Livestock
Board of Supervisors reports Washington county home inventory showing 4246 quarts of canned fruits and vegetables valued at 1273 dollars and 155 bushels of potatoes among other provisions. Total valuation slightly down from last year at 28147.77 dollars due to fewer livestock. receipts 5769.766 dollars and expenditures 21293.94 dollars.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Moment at Main Street light startles spectators
A tense moment at the Second and Main intersection as traffic lights turned red, a vehicle narrowly avoided a collision with a map on the curb while frightened spectators watched from the sidewalks.
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Second and Main
John Sowash Becomes New City Clerk
Washington announces John Sowash as the new city clerk succeeding Howard Fulton who resigned for health reasons. Sowash, formerly a mail carrier and assistant at the city water and light plant, started duties at city hall at 1 p.m. and will oversee water accounts. Fulton remains briefly to assist the transition.
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Washington
John Sowash
Sowash
Howard Fulton
Russian Push Near German Border Reported by Moscow
Moscow said Marshal Ivan S. Konevy drove a vanguard across the German border into Silesia 250 miles southeast of Berlin and established a bridgehead as the Red Army presses the east front. Czestochowa fell and Berlin warned of a widening battle as the offensive neared the border.
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Akey Known as Local Musician Dies in California
Pierre Pete Akey a Washington native and early Spanish American War veteran died January 5 in Wilmington California. Akey a trombone soloist played with George Landers and other bands and toured with Princess Stock George Sweet Hans Hanson and Autger Bros shows before appearing with West Coast rep shows. Services were by Spanish American War Veterans with cremation afterward.
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Pete) Akey
Wilmington
Calif
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Will Kensler
Springman Brothers
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50Th Iowa Infantry
Princess Stock
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Autger Bros
West Coast
Nurses Aides Training Class Planned By Red Cross
Mrs George F Morrison to head a Washington county Red Cross effort organizing a class of 20 or more women for nurse aides. A meeting is set for next Tuesday at eight at the Y M C A with recruitment pushed by the committee. Instruction will be by a Washington nurse, sessions at the nurses home and hospital, three meetings weekly, cost to be determined.
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George Morrison
Nurse’s Aides
Washington
George F. Morrison
Roger Sherman
County Red Cross
Manton Hebner
Brenda Frisk
Eileen Jeffrey
Frank Miller
Early Capture of Manila Possible
United Press reports from Luzon indicate Japanese evacuation of key personnel from Manila by air as Gen. Douglas MacArthur advances. Allied ships and planes maneuver while rumors say civil and military leaders may be moved north or toward Formosa. American forces mass for a southward push.
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United Press
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippine
William S. Halley
3Rd Fleet
MacArthur
Formosa
Martins Receive Letter From Missing Son Bruce Martin
Mr and Mrs J B D Martin received a letter from their son Bruce who had been listed as missing since December 18 The letter dated December 13 from Luxembourg said he was well and had received four Christmas boxes He noted the letter arrived in New York December 16 about a month earlier indicating ongoing hope and contact midway through December
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J. B. D. Martin
Bruce
Luxemburg
New York
Lingayen Beachhead Widened as 17 Mile Spring Advance Reported
The latest headquarters release states American forces pushed 17 miles on the Lingayen front, expanding the foothold to 65 miles and sealing off the Pangesinan peninsula while targeting Clark Field.
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Clark Field Air Center
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Nazis Resist as Allied Forces Press Ardennes Front
Allied drives push into the Ardennes bulge as American 1st and 8th Armies press from the south and east near St Vith. British 2nd Army breaks into Germany at a new point, taking Susteren and Edizioni Sittard while RAF Mosquitos hit German rear areas. The battle centers on stubborn German defenses as tanks and infantry clash along the Siegfried Line.
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Susteren
Edizario Sittard
Raymond O. Barton
Stafford L. Iwin
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Ardennes
Submarines Sink 24 Japanese Ships in New Blow
U S submarines have sunk 24 Japanese ships including four combat vessels a destroyer and three escort ships. The tally reaches 58 ships sunk by U S subs as bases near the enemy homeland aid their operations and supply lines.
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Navy
Highway departments plan postwar construction projects
State highway departments announce postwar plans for more than $400000 in construction projects.
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