Ottumwa Pla-Mor incident leaves waitress injured
In Ottumwa Yvonne Wilcox, a Pla-Mor waitress, was injured during a Friday night fight as she tried to stop three men from fleeing slot machines. She required hospital care for a severe mouth injury and hand laceration. Edward Skinner and Lester Crandall were arrested on assault and battery charges and held on $500 bonds. Rear Admiral William Grant Young and aide visited Waterloo before heading to Washington to thank war plant tour participants.
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Yvonne Wilcox
Pla-mor
Miss Wilcox
Edward Skinner
Lester Crandall
Summer church services in Central Park draw large audience
Union Sunday services in Central Park opened with Rev Basil McBee delivering a sermon on three questions God asks of individuals. The Ottumwa U.S.O. club was formally dedicated with Com Truman Jones in charge of Iowa Navy recruitment. Noise and PA issues disrupted distant listeners. organizers plan improvements for next week.
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Tank car blast in Council Bluffs kills one and burns ten
A Union Pacific tank car explosion near the roundhouse in Council Bluffs killed Arthur Benson, 61, and injured ten others, with one person in critical condition. The blast follows a similar line of reports as Iowa considers a 100 million dollar state road program funding postwar highway and street construction.
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Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Arthur Benson
Leader Declares Universally Friendly People Lesson
A public figure says common people across the globe are essentially friendly, contrasting with rulers who seek conquest. He cites the Hitlers and Tojos as examples of forgetting this truth and urges unity and peace among nations.
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Hitlers
Tojos
Iowa Girl Foils Chicago Bandit At Blackstone Hotel
Ramona Hanna, 17, calmly locked the hotel cash drawer holding about $1,000 and hid the key in her shoe after a gunmen demanded money at the Blackstone Hotel cashier. The bandit fled through a side door, as Hanna from Guttenberg Iowa had just graduated high school.
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Guttenberg
Iowa
Soldier Killed as Troop F actions erupt at Shenango depot
At Shenango depot near Greenville Pennsylvania a single soldier died and six were wounded in a clash between Negro and white troops after a dispute at a post exchange. Military police were placed on alert and a board of inquiry is investigating the incident.
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Shenango
Here
Zim Lawhon
Farm land values rise should be watched warns agency
Washington July 1 The Bureau of Agricultural Economies cautioned farmers that farm land values are rising and advised sound finances to avoid the boom that followed the last war's catastrophe.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Elsie Musil Wins $50 War Bond in Merchants Contest
Elsie Musil, 12, won a $50 war bond in a Merchants Thrift club contest with 608 105 votes, over Don Radda. A second contest starts soon with 1000 free votes through July 16 and an August 14 deadline.
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Merchants’ Thrift Club
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Don Radda
Roy Finke
Merchant's Thrift Club
Washington county approves 3354 homestead exemption claims
The Washington county board of supervisors completed checking and approving homestead exemption claims for county taxpayers. A total of 3,354 claims were allowed, slightly fewer than the 3,358 from the prior year. The board spent two and a half days reviewing filings submitted to the assessors and county auditor, all claims due by July 1. Exemptions apply to property used as homes by owners up to a set valuation.
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Washington County Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Jap Bombs Bricks Hit Chimney Sparks Portland Panic
A Portland resident reports bombs from the Japs toppled two chimney bricks onto a house roof. Police dispatch two radio patrol cars after a frantic telephone tip from a woman at radio HQ. A faulty transmitter left units silent. no further cars were sent.
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Ore
Weather Outlook Shows Warm Humidity Peak This Weekend
The day featured high humidity with temperatures rising from 88 degrees at 11 30 to 93 at 1 30. The Saturday and Sunday highs were both 91 degrees, indicating a consistently warm weekend ahead.
Overseas Men Save Extra Pay for Discharge After War
U S soldiers overseas are depositing surplus pay to be held until discharge. Total deposits reach about 21 million dollars across 134000 accounts, with 80 percent held abroad and 10 000 new deposits monthly. Soldiers are also buying over 21 million in war bonds monthly and maintaining life insurance. Family allotments reach over 2 million soldiers with additional EF voluntary allotments.
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U. S
War Department
New Caledonia
Mrs C H Guther and Carla Visit Friends in Freeport
Mrs C H Guther and Carla departed last night heading to Freeport Illinois to visit friends and relatives.
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Illinois
Ten Towns Taken by Invaders in Sicily Offensive
Allied invaders captured ten major towns in southeastern Sicily and repelled armored counter attacks. Two thousand prisoners were taken and ground forward at least fifteen miles inland amid heavy street fighting. Led by tanks and paratroopers with naval and air support, American forces under General Patton advanced decisively.
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U. SS. Advanced Command
North Africa
Sicily
United Press
George S. Patton, Jr
President Signs Agriculture Bill with Crop Insurance Denied
President Roosevelt signed the 848 million dollar agriculture department appropriation bill in Washington but lamented Congress did not fund continuation of the crop insurance program. He urged after recess that funds be provided to stabilize farming and protect small farmers against drought and disaster.
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Elijah
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Curfew Sparks Riot in Olive Hill Kentucky
In Olive Hill Kentucky a midnight curfew aimed at curbing juvenile delinquency sparked a riot as about 100 youths and men broke into the municipal building wrecking windows, furniture, and police records. Police say 15 arrests were made with 50 more expected. Police Judge James Carpenter ordered the curfew.
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Olive Hill
Kentucky
James Carpenter
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