Iowa minister dies after trolley train collision near Mount Pleasant
William Lasley 73 a Negro rural minister died at a hospital two hours after his car was struck by a westbound Burlington train at a crossing near his Mount Pleasant home. The former mail trucker had been conscious in the car after being carried 150 feet and shoved aside by the train. He had served a rural church near Keokuk, Iowa for several years.
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Mount Pleasant
William Lasley
Burlington
Lasley
Keokuk
Two Farmers Admit Setting Fires to Their Homes
Des Moines authorities report signed confessions from two men, Frank Akers and Herman Serwickerney, admitting they burned their farm homes. Akers stated he set his Guthrie county dwelling on January 11 to collect a $1000 insurance payout on household goods. Serwickerney confessed to torching his farm home in Caterisane county to claim insurance.
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Des Moines
John Strohm
Strohm
Frank Akers
Guthrie
Akers
Herman Serwickerney
Cater Isane
Criticism of Kelly as speaker at Iowa Democratic dinner
Iowa Democrats face a sharp rebuke from State Senator A E Augustine who says Mayor B D Kelly of Chicago was a divisive choice. Augustine charges Kelly aligned with Wallace and Hannegan to split Iowa Democrats. The Feb 20 dinner at Des Moines will cost 25 dollars per plate per Jake More.
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Des Moines
B. D. Kelly
Chicago
Iowa
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Augustine
Ed Kelly
Henry Wallace
Chicuzo
Robert E. Hannegan
Notal Fort Des Moines
Jake More
Man Leaves Estate to Brothers in Brief Will
Mapleton Arthur Bowie, found dead at his home two weeks ago, left his estate of more than $5 500 to his brothers in a will written in a composition book. The body carried $2 780 in old certificates, $1 700 in bonds and a $1 200 bank certificate.
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Mapleton
Arthur Bowie
Boy Receives Ten Year Term for Burglary
Cedar Rapids Iowa district court sentenced Marvin Bramow, 17, to not more than 10 years in the Iowa reform school at Anamosa after he pleaded guilty to breaking and entering. Arrested Sunday, he admitted entering an apartment posing as a radio repairman to steal 105 dollars in jewelry.
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Cedar Rapids
Marvin Bramow
Iown Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
Postpone Action on School Code Measure in Iowa House
In Des Moines the house appropriations committee advanced a rule delaying action on the school code program. The 52 member panel near half of the house adopted a rule requiring that all regular appropriations and proposed capital expenditures be postponed until further notice.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
House
Moore & Cole firm dissolving to reassign interests
The livestock buying firm Moore & Cole dissolves so Paul R. Moore can return to Ames to manage the Moore Brothers dairy in which he retains an interest. Guy Cole stays in business with J. C. Peterson of the Peterson Sheep company, who takes over Moore's interest but will not be personally active.
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Moore & Cole
Paul R. Moore
Ames
Moore Brothers Dairy
Guy Cole
J. C. Peterson
Peterson Sheep Company
Moore
Peterson
Washington
Morrell
Draft boards warned on manpower and war production
Hershey, director of Selective Service, told employers they may lose physically qualified men aged 26 to 29 if induction is necessary. He also urged local draft boards to meet growing military needs without compromising war production, calling it the most difficult task they face.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Icy intersection collision injures two vehicles in town
A pickup owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Havel driven by Mrs. Havel and a sedan owned and driven by Ben Miller collided at an intersection on the northeast edge of town. Both vehicles were damaged estimated at about $100 after skidding on the icy street yesterday afternoon.
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Roy Havel
Air express service marks 17th year with 314 million pounds handled
The nation’s air express service celebrated 17 years in operation by processing 314 million pounds of cargo, much of which supported the war effort.
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Air Express
Senate Delays Tax Debate to Save School Program
The Farm Bureau and lawmakers clash over funds as the senate plans to freeze the income tax at 50 percent while the 12 million dollar school code program waits. If the rule holds, such matters may be delayed by weeks or months.
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Farm Bureau
Senate
Stettinius to Join Roosevelt at Big Three Meeting
Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. announced he will accompany President Roosevelt to the forthcoming big three meeting. He spoke after receiving the president’s approval and amid reporters’ laughter. The British had said Anthony Eden would join Churchill, too.
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Washington, D.C
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Roosevelt
Stettinius
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Christmas Seals expected to top $2000 this year
The Christmas seal fund nears completion with letters from Washington mostly returned. The average per envelope is 1.04 dollars, and 91 percent of responding letters contained money. If 25 or 30 letters out can be returned promptly, the books will close for the year, likely surpassing last year’s 2000 dollar total. About 32 percent will go to the state Association for educational work and medical services.
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Washington
Ginkens Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Victory Division
Walter J. Ginkens of Ainsworth has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant. His mother, Mrs Jesse Ginkens, Ainsworth, notes the promotion. He serves as platoon sergeant in the 5th Armored Victory Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Lunsford Oliver, an outfit noted as the first Allied unit to fight in strength on German soil after advancing through France Belgium and Luxembourg.
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Walter J. Ginkens
Ainsworth
Jessie Ginkens
Sth Armored
Lunsford
Oliver
Germany
Sth
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Major Elwood Latta Dies in California at 72
News reaches Journal of Major Elwood Latta former Washington resident died January 11 in Fullerton California aged 72. He was born in Prescott Kansas and lived in Seattle before moving to southern California. Survived by his wife and daughter Dorothy of New York funeral held January 13 in Fullerton with final burial planned at Elm Grove Cemetery Washington Iowa.
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Journal
Elwood Latta
Washington
Fullerton
Calif
Mr. Latta
Prescott
Kansas
Weekly Gazette
American Type Founders Company
Seattle
California
John and
Elizabeth Park
Iona Avenue
Boyd Berdo
Dorothy
New York
McCormick
Germans Threaten Strasbourg Amid Allied Advances On Western Front
Allied armies push Germans back into the Siegfried line across a 100 mile front while a German raid opens a corridor north of Strasbourg. In Luxembourg Dieppe, Patton’s army drives near the West Wall as British 2nd Army captures four villages in the Dutch frontier area. Germans gain in Alsace along the Zorn river and press in Sessenheim and surrounding woods.
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Paris
Alsace
Strasbourg
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Ardennes
St. Vith- Houffalize
George S. Patton
Frd
Luxembourg
Diekke
West Wall
Miles C. Dempsey
Howden
Stein
Lind
Havert
Schalbruch
Belgium
Holland
Alexander M. Patch
Upper Rhine
Dalunden
Stattmatten
Denglos
Heim
Zorn
Sessenheim
7Th Army
Auenheim
Rhine
Stalin
Ivan I. Konev
Ivan Y ¥. Petrov
Petrov
Wisloka
Dunajec
Biddle files charges against steel firms in stainless sector
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced a civil complaint in Trenton New Jersey federal court naming Carnegie Illinois Republic Bethlehem Steel and 15 other steel makers. The suit accuses a conspiracy to restrain trade and fix prices in the stainless steel industry.
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Washington, D.C
Francis Biddle
Trenton
N. J
Federal District Court
Carnegie Illinois, Republic
Bethlehem Steel Company
Escape at reformary ends with return of offender
Rose Ella DeWees, sentenced last November for larceny to the state reformatory for women, escaped this week and returned to her Washington home. She was captured and held by Sheriff H. M. Putnam awaiting officers from the reformatory to take her back to complete the sentence.
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Rose Ella DeWees
State Reformatory For Women
Washington
H. M. Putnam
Reformatory
Bombers Hit Osaka Kobe in Major Japanese War Industry Air Raid
United States B 29s striking Honshu from the Marianas hit Osaka and Kobe as Japan admits damage. Meanwhile American troops seize Rosario on Luzon enclosing Japanese forces near Baguio. MacArthur masses forces on central Luzon as Lingayen Gulf area tightens. Admiral Wim Halsey’s fleet whereabouts unknown.
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United Press
Japan
Osaka
Kobe
Honshu
War Department
21St Bomber Command
Mariannas
Rosario
Luzon
Lingayen
Philippines
Baguio
Wim
Halsey
MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Churchill Wins Confidence Vote After War Debate
London January 19 Prime Minister Churchill's government won a 340 to 7 confidence vote in the House of Commons on a minor issue raised by Sir Richard Acland leader of the Commonwealth party. The Commons also defeated and amendment to a vote of credit for war expenditures linked to disapproval of government policy.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Commonwealth Party
Richard Acland
House
Acland
Commons
How Farmers Can Help With Census
Washington county enumerators urge farmers to assist the federal farms census by providing clear answers when not at home. Farmers should compile totals for 1944 crop acreage and last year’s output, and report cattle on feed as of January 1, 1945, among other data.
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Washington County
Induction Tests For Fifteen Men
Fifteen Washington county men left last night for Jefferson Barracks to undergo pre induction examinations for military service. They traveled by bus to Burlington then boarded a train to St. Louis. If physically fit they will face induction later. The group includes Homer Lewis Brinton Jr, Brighton. Omer LeRoy Black, Ainsworth. John Franklin Porter, Sigourney. Robert Duane Erlendush, Washington. William Landau Caldwell, Melvin Arthur Morrow, Keda. Lyle Ray Box, Washington. Robert Lewis Stout, Keota. Gerald Earl Chance, Washington. Harold Eugene Hall, Ainsworth. Raymond Jay Reber, Washington. Werner Ferdinand Selene Jr, Marvin Edward Widmer, Crawfordsville. Joseph K. Hershberger, Kalona. John William Bender, Kalona.
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Washington County
Jefferson Barracks
Burlington
St. Louis
Homer Lewis’ Brinton, Jr
Brighton Omer LeRoy Black
Ainsworth John Franklin Porter
Sigour
Werner Ferdinand Selene, Jr
Washington
Marvin Edward Widmer
Crawfordsville
Joseph KE. Hershberger
Kalona
John William Bender
Enumeration work seeks county clerks and enumerators
The notice requests figures on livestock and grain receipts for the year and asks for answers on poultry and dairy products. It notes a shortage of enumerators and directs interested persons to contact J. M. Roth at the courthouse in Muscatine, who oversees the county program.
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J. M. Roth
Muscatine
Front in Poland Collapses As Red Army Advances
London dispatch reports Krakow and Lodz fallen to the Soviet winter offensive with the entire Polish front claimed to have collapsed. Red forces push toward Silesia as German defenses crumble and Breslau fear spreads.
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Warsaw
Grojec
Slomniki
Stalin
Ukraine
London
Krakow
Poland
Moscow
Lodz
Germany
Silesian
Red
Carpathian
Nasia
Berlin
Silesia
Panie
Breslau
Red Army
Ivan S&s
Konev
German Silesia
Oppeln
Polish
Czestochowa
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POSEN
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Moore Dairy
Hershey
Ginkens
Major E. Latta
Elm Grove
Ethabelle Green
William Hale
Big Bill” Thompson
Chicago Probate Court
International
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
White House
Blaze
Faye
Biddle
Ton Harold Eugene Hall
Raymond Jay Reber
Reds
Mlawa
Plonsk
Dzialdowo
East
Russia
German
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