A Column on Iowa Factory Growth Policy
A Des Moines column notes Iowa aims for many small new factories rather than a few large plants. J A Kimball of the Iowa Manufacturers Association backs dispersed development, favoring 30 to 40 new plants employing 100 to 800 each over one 10,000 worker site.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Development Commission
J. A. Kimball
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Commission
Statehouse
Cecar
Rapids
Processors to Get U S Corn From Farm Surplus
Des Moines reports the government will deliver 1014 million bushels of Iowa corn stored on farms to be shipped by Sept 1. Al Cook, state supervisor of the Commodity Credit Corp, says processors have first call on the corn after elevator delivery, with feeders below ten days supply aided after processors are catered to.
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Des Moines
al Cook
Commodity Credit Corp
Cook
August Draft Calls Smaller in State Des Moines
The Des Moines report notes the August town draft call is about a per cent below July as Lt. Col. Robert L. Fulton, state selective service quota officer, cites the need for replacements for discharged men. In the first nine days of July, 1,300 Iowans were released from service.
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Des Moines
Robert L. Fulton
Selective Service
Driver Escapes After Car Plunges into Cedar River
Nashua report: Koertrudekirk, 60, lost control turning toward the town bridge, crashed through railing, and fell 20 feet into Cedar River. Water is seven feet deep. he broke a window and swam to shore. Local storekeeper aided recovery.
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Nashua
Koertrudekirk
Cedar River
Ile
Vnlurt
Knoxville liquor store manager dies by suicide
Ed Rinehart sixty, manager of a Knoxville liquor store, committed death by his own action. Marion County Coroner Dr. F. M. Roberts reported the body was found hanging in a barn and said no inquest would be held. Rinehart had been in ill health.
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Knoxville
Ed Rinehart
Marion County
Fr. M. Roberts
Cattle From State Sent To Greece And Other Lands
One hundred thirteen Iowa cattle head to Greece Venezuela and Peru in a shipment led by Dr J A Barger head of the US bureau of animal industry in Iowa The largest group of 94 head goes to Greece as the first breeding stock sent there since the war outbreak Bulls and heifers in the consignment will aid rebuilding depleted herds All animals are tuberculin free and Bangs disease free Those bound for Venezuela are vaccinated against anthrax
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Des Moines
Greece
Venezuela
Peru
J. A. Parger
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Iowa
Barger
Creston Pilot Executes Mercy Flight for Serum
Ralph Butler of Creston Airways completed a mercy flight from Creston to Des Moines in one hour and twenty five minutes carrying serum, aiding a patient in need.
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Creston
Ralph Butler
Creston Airways
Des Moines
Berlin Food Plan Agreed At First Allied Meeting
Berlin residents are to be fed by the occupation zone in which they live as allied forces share responsibility. The provisional plan, announced after a meeting of Col. Gen. Berbatov, Maj. Gen. Parks, Maj. Gen. Lyne, and Brig. Gen. De Beauchesne, calls for each sector to provide food locally with no current plans for import from the United States or Britain. A experts’ group will finalize details and announce them later.
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Berlin
Inter-Allied
United States
Britain
Alexander V. Berbatov
Russia
Floyd Parks
L. O. Lyne
Great Britain
Geoffrey de Beauchesne
France
Lyne
Truman Talks to Byrnes Leahy Aboard U S Augusta
President Truman held hours of talks with Secretary of State James Byrnes and Fleet Admiral William Leahy aboard the USS Augusta as preparations mounted for the big three meeting at Potsdam Germany next week. The warship veered northeast through the night toward a northern European port where the president will transfer to a plane for the conference site.
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President Truman
Augusta
Truman
James F. Byrn
William B. Leahy
Potsdam
Germany
Canning Sugar Limits Placed for July and August
County rationing officials announced no additional five pound canning sugar allotments for July and no sugar before August. Any residents who did not apply earlier may now request five pounds per person. Extension granted for Class 3 slaughterer registrations to October 14, urging all meat slaughters to register. Poultry meeting attendees traveled to Fairfield for OPA poultry industry discussion led by Mrs Braden, Mrs Lyte, Mrs Minick, and Mrs Latehem.
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Fuairfield
Fairfield
Frances Braden
Edna Lyte
Ferne Minick
Stella Latehem
Jap Planes Driven From the Skies of China
In Kunming China on July 11 the 14th airforce announced it has swept Japanese planes from China skies. Lt. Gen. Claire Chennault said the next objective is supporting Chinese land armies pushing Japanese ground forces back. The 14th has damaged or destroyed over 2000 Japanese planes and sunk more than two million tons of enemy shipping.
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Kunming
China
14Th
Claire Chennault
Hie
Chennault
Manchuria
Asia
Indo-China
Shanghai Areca
Okinawa
Shanghai
Sylvia McConnell in Critical Condition After Farm Accident
Sylvia McConnell five daughter of Mr and Mrs Alva McConnell remains in critical condition at Greater Community hospital after her heel was caught in farm machinery and she developed lockjaw in the incident.
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Sylvia McConnell
Alva McConnell
Sylvia
Greater Community Hospital
Borkoski Divorce Decree Granted in Oskaloosa
Judge J. G. Patterson in Oska loosa presided over the divorce case of Anna Mae Borkoski vs L A Borkoski. Default by the defendant led to a decree grant and restoration of Anna Mae's maiden name to Anna Mae Howard. Judgment against the defendant for costs.
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J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Washington
Anna Mae Borkoski
L. A. Borkoski
Anna Mae Howard
Wyoming and Montana Compete for Second in Wool Output
Wyoming and Montana vie for second place in the nation’s wool production, while Texas leads. The rivalry highlights regional shearing activity and industry statistics across states.
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Wyoming
Montana
Texas
Strikes Lay Off 50 000 Workers Nationwide
Almost 50,000 workers remain idle as labor disputes halt war and civilian production. Firestone in Akron sees 16,500 United Rubber Workers CIO members on an 11th day strike and a walkout at Camden's New York Ship Building Corp disrupts 3,000 welders. Detroit reports 14,200 workers quitting across plants as tensions spread.
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Akron
Firestone Tige and Rubber Company
United Rubber Workers — Cio
War Labor Board
New York Ship Building Corporation
Camden
New Jersey
Detroit
Transportation of Horses Banned by Government
The government banned railroad and truck transport of race horses and show animals to ease wartime redeployment. Director J Monroe Johnson announced the order, effective immediately, applying to interstate and foreign shipments to free equipment for troops, war materials, and civilian supplies. It targets express and livestock cars and passenger train moves.
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Counmon
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnson
Printer James Franklin Ivy 1726 Silk and Linen Designs
James Frank lin, brother of Benjamin Franklin, used his press in 1726 to print designs on silks and linens along with pamphlets.
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Ivy
James Franklin
Benjamin
Accidental Deaths in Chicago Decline Across War Years
Chicago records show accidental deaths dropping from 1632 in 1942 to 1518 in 1944 with 582 fatalities occurring at home mainly from falls.
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Chicago
Stolen Plymouth Recovered Near Washington
The 1941 Plymouth sedan owned by Homer Wyse, reported stolen Monday night from a Winfield street, was found seven miles west of Washington. Andy Augustine told Sheriff H. M. Putnam the car was left at his driveway that night and Wyse found it damaged and likely driven without water, suggesting the thief abandoned the vehicle.
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Homer Wyse
Winfield Street
Washington
Andy Augustine
H. M. Putnam
Mr. Wyse
Muller Is Elected To Legion Office
At the district American Legion meeting in Columbus Junction Howard Miller of Washington was chosen district vice commander. Paul Fulton of Burlington was elected commander and William...
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Muller
Legion
American Legion
Columbus Junction
Howard Miller
Washington
Paul Fulton
Burlington
William
United Nations Agreement on Austria Occupation Plan Reported
Reports indicate Russia Britain France and the United States nearing a joint plan for governing Austria with an occupied Vienna. An Allied commission and use of Danube routes for supplies to Vienna are among conditions, with air fields allocated to each occupying power. In Iowa crop news, total harvested acres in 1945 are estimated at 22 million, up from 1944, with corn at 11,027,000 acres and a projected 518 million bushels, below last year’s record.
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London
Russia
Austria
Vienna
Britain
France
United States
Danube
Des Moines
Iowa
IoWa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Squire of Burlington Heads Local Legion Meeting
A Burlington figure named Squire, brother of Ed Squire of Washington, served as district adjutant. A delegation of Washington Legion members attended the gathering where a fish fry was among the featured activities.
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Squire
Burlington
Ed Squire
Washington
The
Legion
Sowden Buys the Dewey Building for Hotel Expansion
Harry Sowden, proprietor of the Hotel Washington, announced the purchase from A. Claire Dewey and Mrs. Oral Mayo of the building east of the hotel. He plans a first floor lobby and expansion to add more guest rooms, with construction to start once building restrictions are lifted.
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Sowden
Dewey
Hotel Washington
Harry Sowden
Hotel
Washington
A. Claire Dewey
Oral Mayo
Camp Dodge roster push in Town State Guard unit
Washington headquarters unit aims for 60 men for the July 22 to August 4 field training at Camp Dodge Captain George Baker seeks 14 more recruits Five new men joined during Monday night drill names published yesterday Lt Col Oliver S Reiley announces two battalion companies Town City and Davenport earned a superior rating in the 1945 inspection Other battalion companies from Burlington Maifield and Washington also scored well
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Washington
Town State Guard
Camp Dodge
George Baker
Oliver S. Reiley
Burlington
Town City
Davenport
Mairfield
Wounded in Okinawa Pfc Fountain D. McCullough
Mrs. Gertrude McCullough of Cedar Rapids reports that her husband Pfc Fountain D. McCullough was seriously wounded on Okinawa June 8. He is hospitalized on Guam with shrapnel in the eyes after entering service in May 1944 and eight months overseas. He trained at Camp Roberson.
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Gertrude McCullough
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
War Department
Pte
Fountain D. McCullough
Okinawa
Guam
G Service
Camp Rob
Sink Ships And Destroy Jap Planes In Pacific War Report
Tokyo claimed the U S fleet ended a carrier strike with a final blast that reportedly destroyed at least 74 Japanese aircraft and ships. US officials said 3rd Fleet forces now control the sea up to Japan after sinking major warships and thousands of planes. Australian forces also seized Balikpapan and Pandansari oil refinery in Borneo as Tokyo warned of intensified defense preparations.
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Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Okinawa
Kyushu
U.S
Washington
James V. Forrestal
United States
Kiangsi
High Command
Linghang
Nanchang
Kwangsi Province
Chungtu
Kweilin-Liuchow
Liuchow
Kwangsi
China
Borneo
Balikpapan Harbor
Great Pandansari
Batochampar
Transportation Is School Meet Topic
Lester B. Krabill announces a Washington high school meeting this evening to discuss pupil transportation for the warped school year. Paul Norris from the state superintendent's office will explain provisions following new laws on rural and consolidated school transport. Krabill urges a county school board representation.
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Lester B. Krabill
Air express parcel rates fall from New York to Los Angeles
In 1927 a five pound air express shipment from New York to Los Angeles cost $15. By 19 as a period, costs dropped to $6.18 and today are $4.20. An additional price reduction is expected under postwar conditions.
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New York
Los Angeles
Air Express
Local Soldier Heads Overseas Amid Family Farewell
Inison Ark prepares for a private departure as Private McCullough sails overseas. The McCullough family including Glen and Loyis Wayne McCullough reside in Alpeworth, with three children noted in the report.
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McCulloughs
McCullough
Glen
Lioys Wayne McCullough
Alpeworth
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Hinsdale
Ill
United States Army
Nanking
Tsingtao
Formosa
Emiyazaki
Ryukyu
Changpu
Amoy
Chenghsien
Shenghai
Byrnes
Leahy
Ration Office
Borkoski
Ed War Industries and
United Press
Washington, D. C
Hart H. Spiegel
Topeka
Kan
U. S. Marine Photo
International
United Nations
Mr. Sowden
Tokyo and Air Fields
Halsey
Tokyo Bay
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