Iowa Man Killed in Robbery After Resisting Bandits
In Wheatland Iowa Norman Bicknese 25 resisted an attempt by two bandits to search him for money. They had already taken $5 from him. Lt Herman Haase 23 said he and Bicknese had hitchhiked with the assailants. When Bicknese produced only $6 the men shot him. The incident occurred after a car stop and a failed search.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Norman Bicknese
Wheatland
Iowa
Herman Haase
Bicknese
Hause
Newton Women Held On Shoplifting Charge
Two Newton women Elizabeth A. Meyer age 8 and Virginia L. Young age 43 were arrested in Des Moines after a Younkers detective trailed them to a parked truck near Seventh and Walnut streets and found two bushel baskets heaped with assorted merchandise including meat butter cheese cookies brassieres dresses and cosmetics.
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Des Moines
Newton
Elizabeth A. Meyer
Virginia L. Young
Younkers Department Store
Seventh and
Walnut Streets
Merger Talks Weigh Dakota City and Humboldt
Humboldt and Dakota City discuss a possible merger with a special election likely. Dakota City, population about 2.8, lacks many services but has a grade school and a $178000 courthouse. The county seat funding protection by Humboldt firemen and the county fair now at Humboldt reflect shifting ties.
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Humboldt
Dakota City
Oil Firms Sue For Iowa Tax Refunds In District Court
Two more oil companies in Iowa filed district court suits seeking tax refunds from State Treasurer John M. Grimes amounting to 15 800 dollars. The Mid Continent Petroleum Corp sought 12 320 dollars claiming chain store taxes paid in 1940 were illegal. Skelly Oil Co asked 7 480 dollars for four bulk outlets. Five other companies filed similar suits last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
John M. Grimes
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
Skelly Ol Co
Waterloo Man Dies After Auto Crash Near Oelwein
R G Bullard 73 of Waterloo died at Lutheran hospital from injuries after being struck near Oelwein by a car whose driver fled. He was driving from Waterloo to Oelwein at night and reportedly stopped to fix his car when the collision occurred. His body was found on the highway near his vehicle.
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Fort Dodge
R. G. Bullard
Waterloo
Oelwein
Bullard
Qelwein
He Couldn't Swim, Boy Drowns Wading
Theodore Selders aged 17 drowned while wading in an artificial pond on a nearby farm with his brother Ralph 14. Neither could swim and a local fireman aided in the recovery but the boy died.
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Atlantic
Theodore Selders
Ralph
Grew denies Japan offered surrender in talks to split Allies
Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew said Japan has not offered surrender and is trying to divide Allied powers by discussing Pacific terms. He cited reports of peace feelers from Japanese sources but stressed no authority spoke for Tokyo and no surrender offer was made.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Pacific
Grew
State Department
Tme
Tokyo
Teens fined for reckless driving in Wellman car crash
Two 16 year old drivers pleaded guilty to reckless driving after racing borrowed cars. Robert Rowe of Wellman and John Hopper of Harper Kansas were fined 25 dollars plus costs. Rowe also paid 5 dollars for driving without a license. Rowe’s car, owned by C A Almgren, was wrecked. Hopper’s car belonged to Earl Shettler. Ruth Marine of Wellman was injured with chest injuries and a leg gash. her condition was uncertain.
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Justices of the Peace
T. W. Gzillmer
Wellman
Robert Rowe
John Kk. Hopper
Plarper
Kansas
Rowe
Ruth Marine
Northwest
C.A. Almgren
Hopper
Earl Shettler
Harper
Kan
Miss Marine
Boy Drowns In River After Rescue Attempt
Rescue divers found the body in six feet of water forty minutes after the alarm was raised. Emergency crews attempted CPR but could not revive the boy.
Curtis Peterson's Son Killed in Okinawa May 9 1945
Bob Peterson son of Curtis Peterson of Long Beach California was killed in action on Okinawa May 9 1945. He served in the 1st Marine Division and the notice came to Mrs. James Dawson of Brighton from Mrs Curtis Peterson. Curtis Pete Peterson was known in Washington for his longtime association with Reister Produce.
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Bob Peterson
Curtis Peterson
Long Beach
Calif
Okinawa
James Dawson
Brighton
1St Marine Division
Curtis
Pete’ Peterson
Washington
Reister Produce Company
California
Bob
Berlin Rule Program Is Formulated
Chiefs of the American, Russian and British occupation forces agreed to form an immediate inter allied governing authority to direct joint administration of greater Berlin. Zhukov Clay Weeks led the talks which also aimed to meet food and fuel needs from all occupation zones and to activate divisions of the inter allied control machinery in Germany.
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Berlin
Gregori K. Zhukov
Russia
Lucius Clay
United States
Ronald Weeks
Britain
Greater Berlin
Germany
Allied Control Commission
Poland Seeks UN Security Council Seat and Franco Polish Pact
Warsaw reports Premier Osubka Morcowski announced Poland aims for a United Nations Security Council seat and plans to begin negotiations with France on a Franco Polish military alliance. He stated the new government intends a militant foreign policy.
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Warsaw
Osubka-Morcowski
Poland
Security Council
United Nations Organization
France
County reports bond drive shortfalls and mixed county results
War Finance officials report that the county finished the seventh drive $117000 below the E bond quota of 882090, with totals possibly reduced to about 114000 after awaiting further agency figures. Jefferson and Johnson counties met or exceeded quotas while Muscatine and Mahaska fell short.
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County War Finance
G. E. Mace
Brighton Bank
Washington Federal Savings and Loan Office
Wellman
Riverside
Jefferson
Fuairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa City
Johnson County
Muscatine County
Mahaska County
Oskaloosizt
Nazi Prisoners Hanged at U S Army Camp
German prisoners from Rommel's Afrika Korps were executed at Camp Gruber Oklahoma for murdering a fellow POW. The seven men were hanged in an elevator shaft at the disciplinary barracks in a historic military justice ruling. Reporters witnessed the execution with War Department approval.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma
United States
Rommel
Afrika Korps
War Department
United States Army
Camp Gruber
Tulane University Founded in 1834 as Medical College
The article notes Tulane University in New Orleans as the oldest university in the Lower Mississippi Valley, established in 1834 to combat yellow fever with a medical college.
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Tulane University
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Veterans of Foreign Wars Collect Waste Paper Drives
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary coordinate waste paper salvage in Washington during August. They will conduct general pickups late each month and place paper in salvage bins near the post office. Local farmers are urged to contribute. Mrs Will Kos and Mrs Vida Manassier oversee the effort for both months. Washington County led state salvage in May and aims to stay near the top in June and July.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. Ffw Auiliiary
Washington
Will Kos
Vida Manassier
Washington County
V. Ff. W
Auxiliary
Automobile Stolen From Winfield Believed Taken for Washington
Homer Wyse telephoned Sheriff H M Putnam from Winfield reporting his 1941 blue Plymouth sedan with license 44 2738 stolen overnight from a Winfield street. He suspects the thief aimed to reach Washington.
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Homer Wyse
H. M. Putnam
Winfield
Winfield Street
Mr. Wyse
Washington
Judge Patterson in Washington for Oska loosa court business
Judge J G Patterson of Oska loosa travels to Washington to hold court and attend to miscellaneous court business brought by Washington attorneys.
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J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Washington
U S Fleet Near Tokyo Launches Wide Air Campaign
Admiral Halsey commands Task Force 38 200 miles from Tokyo as 1 000 planes strike over 70 airfields across Honshu. Japanese defenses offer little opposition while B 29s and Mustang fighters bolster the assault on Osaka and Kobe area shipping and shore facilities.
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Pearl Harbor
William F. (Bull) Halsey
Tokyo
John S. McCaine
Nippon
Honshu
Osaka
Kobe
Forecasts Put 1945 Corn Crop At 2.69 Billion Bushels
The agriculture department projects a 1945 corn crop of 2.685 billion bushels based on conditions to July 1. Plantings are set at 95.23 million acres with an average yield of 29.1 bushels per acre, below last year's 33.2. Wheat is forecast at a record 1.129 billion bushels, up from 1.085 billion in the prior report.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Air Transports Land at Berlin Ahead of Big Three Meeting
Berlin reports a large influx of transport planes as specialists and dignitaries are believed to have arrived for the Truman Stalin Churchill conference. The airfield was declared off limits and officials discouraged inquiries about passenger identities. W Averell Harriman was expected but not confirmed. Convoys ferrying newcomers from the airfield to billets were observed in the city.
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Berlin
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
W. Averill Harriman
United States
Russia
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