Iowa columnist condemns president's son promotion
Des Moines liquor salesman and former national Legion official W J OCon nell sent a telegram to National Commander Howard Sehemering denouncing the president's recommendation of his son Elliott for brigadier general as an insult to all who wore the uniform. He argues officers must value enlisted personnel and warns the Legion may fight the action if not stopped.
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Des Moines
W. J. O'Connell
The
American Legion
Howard N. Sehemeriing
Allany
N. Y
the Legion
Elliott
Legion
Rockhill Wins State Senate Seat After Light Marshall County Vote
Robert A Rockhill Republican former attorney won the state senate seat left by the late B C Whitehill. Rockhill received 1786 votes to 665 for Democrat C E B Wicklund former Marshall County sheriff. Rockhill is a recent Army major and he and Wicklund were county central committee nominees.
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Marshalltown
Robert A Rockhill
B.C. Whitehill
Rockhill
C. EB. Wicklund
Marshall County
Quad City Area Faces Manpower Shortage for Tanks
General Manager L M Gildea of the Harvester plant traveled to Detroit to study armor plate tools and production details for General Sherman tanks. Authorities say the Quad Cities area currently faces a definite labor shortage as tanks prepare to enter manufacturing.
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Bettendore
L. M. Gildea
Harvester
Detroit
Mich
Pavenport-hoek Tsland-Moline- Hart Moline Quad Cuters
War Manpower Commission
Army twins set record in same steps since 1943
Oske liosa twins Verle and Virgil Lubberden, both 20, entered the Army in March 1943 and have mirrored each other in duties and posts. They landed at Cherbourg on their birthday and were wounded in the left leg and arm during the 7th Army push to the Rhine. Nurse Second Lieutenant Raphaela Picucei assists in a hospital on the western front.
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Oskaloosa
Lubberden Twins
Oskalosa
State University of Iowa
Pris
F.c
Verle
Virgil
Cherbourg
France
7Th Army
Rhine
Raphaela Picucei
Leo Minster
Five men fined for receiving stolen cigarettes at Fort Dodge
Five men were fined $100 each after arrest on charges of receiving stolen property tied to the theft of 12 000 cigarettes from a railroad freight house earlier in the week. Dale Spurlin, 17, confessed the theft and named five persons to whom he sold the cigarettes.
Iowa P T Urges Priority On School Code Issue
DES MOINES The board of managers of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers urged that school legislation have priority rating in the current session. The call reflects concerns over education policy and legislative scheduling. The leaders emphasized ensuring timely action on school code matters.
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Lc.p.t
Des Moines
Board of Managers
The
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Wallace nomination to Commerce post rejected by committee
The Senate Commerce Committee voted 14 to 6 against Henry Wallace's nomination as Commerce secretary and 15 to 4 for a bill to separate lending agencies from the department. Josiah Bailey pledged action next week, leaving Senate leaders to decide when to vote on Wallace.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Henry Wallace
Republic
Senate Commerce Committee
Yeasterday
Roosevelt
Wallace
Commerce
George Dill
Department
Jesse H. Jones
Commerce Department
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
George
Albin Barklay
Kentucky
Health Unit Actineerees Announces Agenda For Week
A health unit notice lists a Tuesday 1:00 event and Thursday 2:00 class in the office. The document notes a state legislative resolution asserting Iowa children deserve qualified teachers with fair salaries and benefits equal to other states.
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Towa
Senate Votes Salary Increase to Judges
The Iowa Senate approved a bill 44 to 2 to raise district court judges salaries from 5000 to 6000 dollars. A 5500 compromise failed. If House approves, the raise takes effect January 1, 1947 for 62 judges and January 1, 1948 for eight. constitutions bars changes during sitting terms.
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Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
House
All Pullet Flock Advocates Meet Washington County Poultrymen
Extension poultryman W W Whitfield of Iowa State College spoke to about fifty Washington county poultry raisers at an all day meeting at the YMCA. The session, organized by extension services with Ramesever and Reister hatcheries, covered housing temperature, insulation, feeding, and disease control for an all pullet flock. Plans for a Feb 5 county meeting and a county wide leave plan were outlined by Harry Ramsayer, with targets to influence farmers to keep only pullets on farms.
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R Whitfield
Iowa State College
Washington County Poultry Raisers
YMCA
Extension Services
Ramesever and Reister Brothers Hatcheries
Whitfield
Washington County
Harry Ramsayer
Generali
B 29s Bomb Tokyo and Saigon Cholon Area
American B 29s bomb Tokyo for the seventh time this war and attack the Saigon Cholon area in French Indo China while Luzon advances against stiff Japanese resistance. Japanese broadcasts acknowledge heavy raids and damage in Tokyo business districts as the war widens.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Saixon-Cholon
French Indo China
U. S
Luzon
Manila
Okyo
Marianna
Saigon- Cholon
China
Soule
Navy Submarines Sink Twenty Japanese Ships
American submarines have sunk 20 Japanese ships including a light cruiser in recent attacks aimed at cutting supply lines, the Navy announced from Washington. The unofficial estimates indicate ongoing success against Japanese shipping.
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Washington,d.c
Navy
Funeral services for Rev H Risser Sunday
Death has occurred of Rev H A Risser at the home of his son in Devil's Lake North Dakota. He was 86 and known as a former young pastor at Franklin Congregational Church seven miles west of Washington. He married Eva McConaughey. He had been ill last year, in hospital March to August, underwent two operations, and recently visited his daughter in Minneapolis. His wife Eva died earlier. He will be laid to rest beside her at Groveland Park Minnesota on Sunday January 28.
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H. A. Risser
Richard
Devil's Lake
N. Dak
Mr. Wisser
Franklin Congregational Church
Washington
Eva McConaughey
Risser
Minneapolis
Josephine Bassett
Germany
Toll of Jap Tosses From All Causes Since War Start
The report notes a toll of Jap tosses from all causes exceeding 5,500,000 tons since the war began. It cites cumulative naval and merchant shipping losses in the conflict, outlining heavy material attrition across theaters.
President Acts Saws Authority In Ward Plant Seizure Case
Federal Judge Phillip L. Sullivan ruled Roosevelt lacked authority to seize Montgomery Ward plants as part of wartime powers. He denied the government injunctive relief to stop Ward from interfering with army operations at 16 plants in seven cities and rejected a declaratory judgment to confirm the takeover right.
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Chicago
Phillip L. Sullivan
Roosevelt
Montomery Ward and Company
Smith-Connalky
Jucce
Ward
War Labor Board may collapse without broader WLB orders
Washington D C January 27 Chairman William H Davis warned the War Labor Board will collapse unless a Chicago court ruling denying the presidents right to seize Montgomery Ward and Co is reversed or Congress makes WLB orders binding on all. The court held invalid the seizure of Ward property in seven cities for defiance of WLB orders to grant maintenance of membership and wage increases.
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Washington, D. C
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
WLB
Montgomery Ward and Company
Congress
Davis
Captain Whisler Completes 50 Missions in 15th Air Force
Lawrence M. Whisler 25 son of Mr and Mrs P F Whisler Route 3 Washington Ia a 15th AAF P 61 Mustang fighter pilot promoted to Captain has flown combat from an Italian base since July 1944 and completed 50 missions over Germany Italy Austria Hungary and the Balkans He destroyed two German Messerschmitt 410s in September 1944 and has earned the Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clusters.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
Lawrence M. Whisler
P. F. Whisler
Washington
Whisler
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Balkans
Armed Forces
Pagle Pass
Texas
Ile
Washington High School
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colo
Pfc Herbert C Pauly Wounded in Belgium
Mr and Mrs B J Pauly formerly of Washington received word from the war department that their son Pfc Herbert C Pauly was seriously wounded in Belgium January 10 He has been overseas since October 1944 U S steel output totaled 325 million tons in the past four years double the rest of the world production in any two years before the war began
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B. J. Pauly
Washington
War Department
Pfc
Herbert C. Pauly
Belgium
Pauly
U. S
Worl
Moscow Says Eastern Front Falling Urges Nazi to Rise Against Hitler
Nazi broadcasts claimed Zhukov’s drive toward Berlin reached the Obra river area east of the capital and warned Germans to rise up. Moscow reported major Soviet advances across the eastern front from the Carpathians to the Baltic with Breslau Danzig Konigsberg under pressure.
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Moscow
Hitler
London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
Obra
Netz
Schneidermuhl
Poznan
Stettin
Transocean
Silesia
Breslau
Oder
Carpathians
Baltic
Reich
Red Army
Adolph Hitler
Frank Miles Meets Iowans In English Club
In England at an 8th Army air forces base a party gathers at the Wilks Club. Captain Marsh Hovey of Jesup leads a lead navigation mission after a short rest from five grueling days as Germany’s offensive presses the west front. Captain Hovey hopes to return home to his wife and 18 month old son Larry. Captain Arthur B. Baldwin of Iowa City serves as base transportation officer and has a daughter Doris Ann, 17. Cpls Amos Kelson and Arthur Jieger, both of Iowa City, are in his outfit. Cpl Richard Cnder of Burlington works parachute rigging and dreams of becoming a butcher after the war. The cooks include Sgt George Kocisko of Rockwell and Cpl J M Morris of Grinnell. He notes southeastern Iowa and its good people with a winning smile.
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Inngland
IDPA
Marsh Hovey
Jesup
Wilks Club
8Th Army Air Forces
England
von Runstedt
West Front
Captain Slovey
Jowan
Hovey
Larry
Captain Hovey
Arthur B. Baldwin
Iowa City
Iowa National Guard
United States
Doris Ann
Amos Kelson
Arthur Jieger
George Kocisko
Rockwell
J. M. Morris
Grinnell
Cpl
Richard Cnder
Burlington
Iowa
Pilotburg News Briefs Include Birth and Community Meeting
In Pilotburg a son named Duane William Chalupa was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Chalupa, weight 11% pounds. A soil meeting at Pilotburg school house, led by soil technician Paul Boettcher, concluded for the season. Mrs. Wayne Stransky and Larry visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Batterson in Moline. Mrs. Batterson plans to visit with daughters and families as hostesses for the Pilotburg Aid Society on February 1.
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Frank Stransky
Pilotburg
Raymond Chalupa
Duane William
Pilotburg School House
Paul Boettcher
Carl T. Anderson
Wayne Stransky
Larry
Albert Batterson
Moline
3rd Army Pushes To Nazi Border
Paris dispatch says the American 3rd army advanced over three miles on a 20 mile front toward the German border as Patton's force reached the Our river near Clervaux. German withdrawal continued while allied pressure tightened from positions near St Vith and Diekirch.
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Paris
U.P
Ardennes
Karl von Rundstedt
Holland
Saar
George S. Patton
Our River
Luxembourg
Germany
Clervaux
Alsace
7Th Army
Strasbourg
Butzdorf
Seiler
Wiltz
Horace L. McBride
Hosinger
Willard S. Paul
Plan Iowa Picnic in California Feb 24
The sixty sixth annual Iowa association picnic in Southern California will be held at Lincoln Park Los Angeles on Saturday February 24 with a rain date one week later. The event gathers 99 county groups and features Iowa speakers musicians and a 2 00 P M program with a noon picnic dinner hot coffee and sandwiches on site President Harriet R Colliga Keokuk leads the event with Vice President Harry Hargrave Orlando and Secretary John G Spielman Fairfield assisting.
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Lowa Association
Southern California
Lincoln Park
Los Angeles
Ihe
Iowa Motts
Iowa
Harriet R. Colliga
Keokuk
Harry §. Hargrave
Orbloosa
John G. Spielman
Fairfield
Framed Dinner Guests and Farm Sale Report
For extra protection of mattress and bedspring, place an old grill, blanket or comforter between them. It is reported the Sehulty farm in Pilobo, occupied by Raymond, is sold to Joe Meington.
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Mer’s
Frame Ser
Albert Stransky
Sehulty Farm
I Piloibu
Raymond
Joe Me —Ington
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Neb
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Jesus Castros Salias
International Soundphoto
Commerce Post
Health Unit
Actineerees
U.S
United Press
Rev. H. Risser
L. M. Whisler
Stalin
Schwerin
Oder River
Upper Sileia
East Prussia
Koningsberge Danzig
Isreslau
Danzig
Konigsberge
Free Germany National Committee
BDC
FCC
Soviet Information Bureau
Frank Miles
Iowa Daily Press
Pilotburg News
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