Iowa Fire Kills Four In Bladensburg Farm Collapse
Martha Giltner six died in a hospital on Saturday as the third victim of a blaze that also killed her mother Mrs. Max Giltner and sister Margaret four. Father Max and twin Marilyn four survived and are said to be out of danger. The fire tore through the family farm home near Bladensburg Iowa eleven miles from Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
Martha Giltner
Max Giltner
Margaret
Max
Marilyn
Bladensburg
Mayor to Issue Dog Confinement Proclamation
Oskaloosa mayor Lake Crookham announced an official proclamation will be issued to require all dogs be kept in for 20 days and to destroy unlicensed dogs. Police urged residents to confine pets after Dawes S. Barr was bitten by his cocker spaniel, a rabies suspect, with previous rabies cases reported near Beacon.
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Oskaloosa
Lake Crookham
Dawes S. Barr
Beacon
Stafford to begin seven year term for false pretenses
R D B Stafford, 46, of Waterloo, will be transported to Fort Madison state penitentiary to serve seven years for obtaining money by false pretenses. A former fencing instructor, he was paroled from Fort Madison in 1943 after serving two years and six months of a 10 year forgery sentence. He was sentenced Saturday by District Judge W T Evans.
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Waterloo
R. D. B. Stafford
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Stafford
Fort Madison
W. T. Evans
Explosion at Service Station Burns Man
Newton resident John Butler, 82, employed at the Raymond Sprague service station, suffered severe facial and hand burns and body bruises Saturday in an explosion that caused about 800 in damage. Butler was cleaning the grease room floor with kerosene when fumes ignited, possibly by a nearby coal stove, blowing out all windows and damaging equipment.
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Newton
John Butler
Raymond Sprague
Butler
Wooi
Koppin
Woman With Feet Frozen on Highway
A 33 year old woman found crawling a mile west of Des Moines Golf and Country Club on White Pole road Sunday morning was treated for frozen feet and knee cuts. She initially named herself Gladys Macklin but later said she was Doris Jonas of Manson. She was found at 8 45 am by C R Morris and taken to Hotel Warle and then Breadlawns General hospital. She recalls nothing since Saturday evening at Hotel Earle. Deputies report she left with a taxi driver around 11 30 pm last night.
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Des Moines
White Pole
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
Breadlawns General Hospital
Gladys Macklin
Doris Jonas
Manson
C. R. Morris
Ashworth Road
Warle
German Synthetic Oil Plant Hit by U S Bombers
More than 200 Flying Fortresses from the U S and their escort of at least 100 Mustang fighters bombed the Sterkrade synthetic oil plant in the Ruhr. The attack targets Germany's waning fuel resources as vital war materials are moved from India to the United States in 60 hours.
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London
U. S
Sterkrade
Ruhr
Germany
India
United States
Foreign Economic Administration
Etherton Acts as Roadmaster After Davenport Crash
Robert Etherton serves as acting roadmaster for the Reel Island division while the head position rests in Washington. He was injured in a collision between a railway motor-car and a truck at a Davenport crossing, suffering both legs broken in the crash.
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Robert Etherton
Actin
Reel Island
Washington
Tie
W. & March
East Main Street
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Honor Students at St. James Listed
A list of honor students at St. James School is announced by teachers. Included are Lucille Franzen Raquel Perez Janice Campbell Jane White Lead Wayne Barnes Nancy Perez Audrey Vittitoe Betty Meione Dorothy Kos Douglas Whitehead Jianice Kos Patricia Richardson Robert Pehulty Craig Wolf Barbara Redlinger Richard Tibbetts.
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St. James School
Lucille Franzen
Raquel Perez
Janice Campbell
Jane Whitelead
Wayne Barnes
Nancy Perez
Audrey Vittitoe
Betty Meione
Dorothy Kos
Doulas Whitehead
Jianice Kos
Patricia Richardson
Robert Pehulty
Craig Wolf
Barbara Redlinger
Riehard Tibbetts
Fritchen Services Wednesday at 9 30
Funeral services for Josep M. Fritchen 72 prominent farmer will be held at St Marys church in Keota on Wednesday morning with burial at St Peters and Pauls Clear Creek cemetery Rev C S Kempker will lead the service Arrangements are with Marsh funeral home at Keota a rosary will be held Tuesday evening at 8 Mr Fritchen died Saturday afternoon from a heart attack He was born April 14 1872 and lived on the same farm his entire life The Fritehen farm across from Hardscrabble school has been in the family over 80 years He is survived by three brothers and a sister Jacob Elizabeth Peter of Colorado Springs Nick of Rielland a brother John died at 17 Dr W S Kyle coroner said he and Jacob were husking corn when he suddenly died Manche Text truncated the account notes a sudden heart attack at the farm 12 miles northeast of Washington
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Hie
John
Garber Fritehen
Fritehen
Jacob
Elizabeth Fritehen
Joseph
Peter
Colorado Springs
Colo
Nick
Rielland
W.S. Kyle
Washington County
Washington
Mt. Pleasant Man Maries Washington Woman in Clark County
LeRoy E. Hill of Mt. Pleasant and Maxine Dorothy Watson of Washington obtained a marriage license at the county courthouse on Saturday.
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LeRoy E. Hill
Mt. Pleasant
Maxine Dorothy Watson
Washington
Court House
Say Henry is Unfit for Cabinet Job
Washington January 22 1936 President Roosevelt nominated Henry A Wallace to be secretary of commerce replacing Jesse H Jones Wallace faced opposition over qualifications for the large Reconstruction Finance Corporation post Jones asserted Wallace was unsuited Wallace said his aim would be to promote maximum private sector employment and that government must ensure jobs for all men in peacetime Jones released letters showing he disagreed with the nomination and believed Wallace was not fit for the post
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Senate
Alenry
A. Wallace
Jesse HH. Jones
Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Stephen T. Early
White House
RFC
Texan
Snow Melt Replenishes Washington Streets
Snow depth on Washington streets rose to about one inch last night as existing snow largely melted away over the past week after near two months on the ground.
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Washington
Edwin Knupp Dies in California at 84
Edwin Knupp aged 84 of Riverside California died after a heart attack Saturday night. Funeral services will be held in Hollywood Cemetery. He was born April 4 1860 in Washington and lived on a Washington county farm before entering the lumber trade. He moved to Hollywood in 1919 and was a member of the Presbyterian Church Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Acheson of Riverside and a brother Harvey of Roswell NM with two deceased brothers and several nephews in Washington.
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Riverside
Calift
Hollywood Cemetery
Mr. Knupp
Washington
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Susanna Neiswanger Knupp
Marie L. Norton
Washington County
Bowman and Knupp
Hollywood
Calif
Presbyterian Church
Knupp
The
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Knights of Pythias
Journal
Knapp
Acheson
Harvey
Roswell
N. Mex
S. R
Charles
Arlington
Texas
Clayde
Glenn Knupp
Roy Sowash
Yanks Near Clark Field in Luzon Push
American troops advancing through Luzon breached 60 miles from Manila and within 20 miles of Clark Field as Tokyo claimed heavy Allied casualties. US 3rd Fleet resumed China sea operations with Formosa and Okinawa raids, while MacArthur bombers struck a convoy near Amoy and Chinese forces converged near the China Burma border to revive the Ledo Burma road.
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United Press
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Clark Airfield
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China Sea
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Tarlac
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Manila
U. S
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3Rd Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Okinawa
Douglas MacArthur
Amoy
China
Asia
China- Burma
India
German Retreat in Belgium Signals Presumed Salient Collapse
Allied forces press the last phase of the Battle of the Bulge as two German columns of about 3,000 vehicles withdraw toward the Siegfried Line. American 1st and 2nd Armies push from Bastogne toward St Vith while Patton's 3rd Army and Hodges' 1st Army seize ground near Born and Stockem.
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Ardennes
Karl von Rundstedt
Siegfried Line
Supreme Headquarters
Prum
St. Vith
Bonn
Cologne
Diekirch
Bitburg
George 8. Patton
3Id
Bastogne-St. Vith
Courtney H. Hodges
1St Army
75Th
3Rd Army
6Th Armored
Hoffelt
Lallange
Bastogne
Stockem
Germans Admit Further Losses to Red Armies in Silesia
Berlin reports Soviet offensives across Silesia and East Prussia push toward Breslau and the Baltic coast. Red armies broke into East Prussia from the east and south, closing within about 45 miles of the Baltic sea, as German defenses struggle along a widening front.
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London
U.P
Berlin
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Red Army
Konstantine K. Rokossovsky
Deutsch Eylau
Baltic
Allenstein
Insterberg
Filipow
Insterberg and
Kurisches Haff
Breslau
Reich
Oder River
Oppeln
Germany
Upper Silesia
Kopno
County Ministers Meet Here Today
Washington county ministerial association members gathered at the Y this morning. Dr. Fred E. Miler of the Washington Methodist church reviewed Dr. Halford E. Luceck’s book The Pastor's Workshop, followed by about three half hours of general discussion. Rev. Herbert Glass led devotions, with the United Presbyterian church at Ainsworth represented.
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Washington County Ministerial Association
Fred E. Miler
Washington Methodist Church
Halford E. Luceck
Herbert Glass
United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Nurse Aides to Meet Tomorrow in Washington
A meeting of women 18 to 50 with high school equivalence will be held at the Y Tuesday at eight to discuss an 80 hour nurse's aide course led by a registered nurse at the nurses' home and county hospital. The drive aims to relieve local nurse shortages as many have joined Red Cross, army or navy service.
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Washington
George Morrison
Brenda Frisk
County Hospital
Red Cross
Nurses’ Home
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