Iowa Court Blocks Arrests Of Denver Chicago Truck Co Drivers
District Judge Tom K Murrow ordered Dale Shaw head of the Iowa motor vehicle department to stop arresting truck drivers for the Denver Chicago Truck Co crossing Iowa with war materials. The company argues Nebraska licenses grant reciprocity while Shaw says the firm is a Denver corporation and Nebraska incorporation is a subterfuge for cheaper plates. The trucks must be licensed in Iowa to pass through.
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Des Moines
Tom K. Murrow
Dale Shaw
State Motor Vehicle Department
Denver-Chicago Truck Co., Inc
Iowa
Nebraska
Shaw
Denver
Boy of 18 Dies in Automobile Crash Near Little Rock
Merle Domeyer 18 of Little Rock farm youth was killed early Tuesday when the car he drove hit a concrete bridge abutment six miles north of Little Rock just over the Minnesota line. Fiancee Miss Erpelding suffered a leg injury. two other boys and a girl had minor injuries. Sheriff L P Duel of Noble County investigated. five youths were returning from a dance.
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Sibley
Merle Domeyer
Little Rock
Minnesota Line
Domeyer
L. P Duel
Noble County
Minnesota
Grahl Named Head of Veterans' Aid Group
Brig Gen Charles H Grahl state selective service director chosen as chairman of the Iowa Veterans Service Committee formed to coordinate rehabilitation for war veterans. Rodney Selby elected secretary. other members include W B Nugent KE F Kaderabek Bernard Nowak and George Haskel.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa Veterans’ Service Committee
Rodney Selby
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation Commission
W. B. Nugent
Veterans’ S Administration
KE. F. Kaderabek
Iowa Committee For Economic Development
Bernard Nowak
George Haskel
State War Manpower Commission
WMC
Allied drive frees Ledo road front in Burma
Japanese losses in India cited as 8000 dead. Allied forces break last resistance on the Kumaung Mogaung road in northern Burma, freeing a 300 mile stretch of the vital Ledo road as they advance toward the Burmese border.
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SE Asia Hdq
Ceylon
India
Burma
Kumaung-Mogaung
Ledo Road
Munich Sector Is Bombed Again
More than 1,200 heavy bombers carried out the war's largest American raid on a single target, bombing the Munich area for the second time in four hours. Meanwhile 250 to 500 liberators based in the Mediterranean struck railway yards at Nimes and Miramas in southern France, with light opposition.
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London
Munich
Mediterranean
Nimes
Miramas
France
Avignon
Riviera
Var
Teole-Sur-Ner
Cannes
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Luftwaffe
Arrest Two Men Here for Sheriff At Lewiston Illinois
Lewiston Illinois officers came to Washington last night and seized Dale Torren and James Heller of Canton UK who had been picked up earlier in the day by Police Chief Carl Hancher at the Lewiston sheriff request. They face tire theft charges linked to George Fisher who salvaged old equipment at the Rock Island coal chute. Fisher, once arrested in Farmington UK, escaped custody and remains at large. Torren and Heller had been working for Fisher on salvage at the coal chute and at a soybean plant under construction nearby.
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Lewiston
Washington
Dale Torren
James Heller
Canton
Carl Hancher
George Fisher
Rock Island
Torren
Heller
Fisher
Farmington
Putnam
Eldon
Criticizes FDR Announcement in Albany
Republican chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. after meeting Gov. Dewey condemned President Roosevelt for using the commander in chief title for political purposes. He argued Roosevelt, the first of 82 presidents, is leveraging the role to extend his hold on power.
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Albany
N. Y
Herbert Brownell Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
United States
Brownell
Dewey
New York
Pawling
Fred Stohl
Washington County Induction Records Reach 1740
The Washington County selective service office reports 1740 residents inducted into the armed forces including army navy marines and coast guard. Under 18 volunteers and women in auxiliary services are not counted, pushing the potential total toward about 1900. Seven county men prepared for pre induction exams at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Names listed include Gilbert W Fritz Wellman Milo H Zeek Robert D Erlenbush Max A Reenblossom Jon Eldred Be Rettinger James R K Strabala Wesley J Custer Richmond Washington.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Draft Board
Army Air Corps
WAC
WAVES
WASPS
Nurses
Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Washington County
Gilbert W. Frits
Wellman
Milo H. Zeek
Washington
Robert D Erlenbush
Max A. Reenblossom
Washing
Jon
Soviets push toward East Prussia as war expands
Moscow reports Soviet cannon and Stormovik planes strike East Prussia while red columns cut through Wilno to the Lithuanian border. Front dispatches say units reach inside 55 miles of East Prussia as German defenses brace for homeland combat.
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Moscow
Stormovik
East Prussia
Wilno
Wilne
Bialystok
Volkovysk
Red Army
Pingk
Brest-Litovsk
Chinese siege of Hengyang escalates with aerial bombardment
Chinese communique reports a siege climax against Hengyang on the Canton Hankow railway line in Hunan province. Japanese forces combine ground assault with air and artillery bombardment and gas attack as the defense fights back. The note notes wartime logistics and quotes Roosevelt remarks from 1940 about a new president in 1944.
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Hengyane
Canton-Hankow
Hunan
1.35 Inches Rain Revives Washington Crops
Washington farm crops lawns and gardens look better after the first rain in over two weeks. The 1.35 inch rainfall soaked the ground, followed by cooler temperatures from a 89 degree high to a 62 degree low. Monday reached 94 degrees, tying the season high.
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Washington
Plan County National War Fund Drive for 1944
Washington county prepares for the 1944 national war fund drive to run from September 23 through October. Robert K R McFarlane is named county chairman, with Rev H J Corcoran as executive committee member and Mrs Harriet Coulter as treasurer. The county quota is set at 15654, with the national goal 115 million and Iowa’s share 2035500. The drive supports 17 agencies including the USO. District committees include Richard A Stewart and Paul Tornquist, with district meetings planned in July at Iowa City and Mt. Pleasant.
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Washington County
Robert KR. McFarlane
Washington's Men's Club
Iowa
USO
H. J. Corcoran
Harriet Coulter
Etha Dawson
Fred Downing
Joe Falk
Mariy George
G BE Mace
Sehmitt
John Wing
Richard A. Stewart
Washington
Paul Tornquist
Davenport
Low, City
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa City
Cochran Returns to Washington at Orcutt's Piggly Wiggly
J A Joe Cochran, former Washington Ben teco meat supervisor, begins work at Orcutt's Piggly Wiggly in Washington. He comes from Fairfield Benteco after five weeks away, saying he wanted to return home. He and wife live at 402 East Van Bureau Street with sons Larry 46 and Jerry 9.
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Washington
Fairfield
Benteco
J. A.joe. Cochran
Orcutt's
Piggly Wiggly
Mr. Cochran
Washington Benteco Store
Fairfield Benteco
Cochran
Larry
Jerry
Guam Is Attacked By Ships Planes
Guam faces renewed naval and air bombardment as American forces press to recapture the island. Communiques report eight attacks in six days with shelling by destroyers and cruisers and carrier-based planes striking Guam for two consecutive days. Japanese agency claims 770 American raids July 1–10, with 94 planes down.
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Pearl Harbor
Hie
Marianas
U. S. Naval Station
Guam
Guasaacain
Washington
U. S
Mar’ A. Mitacher
Comel
Wireless Dispatch
FCC
County war bond sales near one million dollars
Chairman G E Mace of the county war finance committee reported last week’s results from all banks show county purchases total 995 188 75 dollars toward a 1 243 000 quota. Last week’s sales were 247 455 dollars leaving a shortfall of 244 811 24. Farmers plan to sell hogs this week to buy bonds as hog market opens boosting purchases.
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G. E. Mace
County War Finance Committee
Mace
Washington County
Yanks Drive Through St. Lo Defenses
American First Army advanced about a mile through outer St. Lo defenses and six miles east to Bayeux on July 12. Allied forces under Montgomery and Rommel committed heavy reinforcements as Omar Bradley’s units pressed the Normandy front with gains including two commanding heights. The Berlin radio reported end to end offensives, while Allied forces battered forward in most sectors.
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Red Army
Wilne
Lithuania
Dvinsk
Latvia
Kaunas
Minsk
Berlin
Esthenia
Ankara
Poland
Supreme Hdq
London
First Army
St. Lo
Normandy
Bayeux
Bernard L. Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
U. S
Montgomery
Marshal Erwin Romel
Ainsworth Lodge Picnic Set for Next Sunday
Members of the Masonic lodge and the Ainsworth Eastern Star chapter with families plan a picnic at Ainsworth school grounds next Sunday July 16. Dinner starts at noon after morning church services, part of the annual event.
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Masonic Lodge
Ainsworth
Eastern Star Chapter
Masons
Eastern Star
Plenic
Sergeant Rabenold Confirmed as German Prisoner
Mrs. John Rabenold of Ottumwa has learned her husband Staff Sergeant Rabenold is a German prisoner. He had been reported Missing over Germany since May 24. He served as a ball turret gunner on a Liberator bomber and has been awarded a decoration.
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John Rabenold
Ottumwa
Rabenold
Germany
Americans Break Stalemate on Italian Front Near Livorno
Allied forces push along the Went coast advancing to within nine miles of Livorno after taking Castignocetto on the coastal highway. American armor gains two miles inland and presses toward the outer Gothic line as German counterattacks are repulsed.
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Pripet Marshes
Pinsk
Gomel-Pinsk
Rome
Italy
O Castignoncetlo
Ivorno
Allied
Castigiancelta
United States
Livorno
Pisa
Sweat Coast
Livorne
Casale
Pantina
The Art Medal Recipient Named
The article notes the recipient is a grandson of Mr and Mrs J Adams and Mrs Carrie Rabenold of Annavorth with parents Mr and Mrs Karry Rabenold living in Oskaloosa.
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J. & Adams
Carrie Rabenold
Annaworth
Karry Rabenold
Oskaloosa
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Grahl
Veterans’ Aid Group
Caen and
LA Haye DU Puits Fall
NAZI
Caen
le Havre
Usieux
North Sea
I British
Beauvais
Chartres
Paris
Orne
la Haye du Puits
Lewiston, Il
Khows
Eldred Be. Rettinger
James RK. Strabala
Wesley J. Custer
Ton Richmond
E. Prussia
Stockholm
Afteutigningen
Office of War Inforimation
Hengyang
Office of War Information
Plan County National War Fund Drive
Bob McFarlane
Mrs. Coulter
Rev. Collaquan
Marion George
Orcutt’s Store
SUN
Ainsworth Lodges
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