Truman and Stalin Hold Potsdam Conference Opening
London dispatch reports the Big Three opened talks at Potsdam with President Truman presiding and Stalin as luncheon guest. An initial hour long session followed Stalin’s arrival on the steps with aides, while Byrnes and Molotov attended the discussions in the president’s villa office.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
London
Radio Moscow
Germany
White House
Jatce
Harry Vaughan
James K. Bardaman
V. M. Molotov
Lee Dusenbery Taken by Death
Lee L Dusenbery 63 died at Oakdale sanitarium after six months of tuberculous illness. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Christian church with Pastor Thomas Polk. burial Elm Grove cemetery. Survived by wife Mary. two sons Corporal John A Dusenbery and Lewis J Dusenbery. daughter Leona. grandson Richard. sister Mrs L R Dalton. brother Karl Dusenbery. A son Charles K Dusenbery was killed in naval action November 12, 1942 near Casablanca.
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Lee L. Dusenbery
Oakdale Sanitarium
The
Christian Church
Hey Thomas Polk
Elm Grove Cemetery
Sherman
Mr. Dusenbery
Keota
Washington County
Alfred L
Rachel T Romine Dusenbery
Washington
Mary E. Kuhn
Keola
S. P. Telford
Cheap Clothing On Market Soon
Washington agencies CPA and WPB said cheaper clothing will be on the market in noticeable quantities soon. They began actions in January to combat the shortage of low and medium priced clothing and expect the shortage to be substantially alleviated by September.
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Washington, D. C
CPA
WPB
Light Criminal Record for Year Ends June 30
A rare quiet year for the county court ended June 30 with a light criminal docket. Only six people faced charges, all pled guilty and were fined or jailed. The county jail sat empty most days, and the only trial was Glenn Wilson from Mahaska county on a murder charge.
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State Parole Board
H. M. Putnam
Mayor’s
Justice Court
Glenn Wilson
Mahaska County
Justice of the Peace
Rotary Club hears wartime blockade hero and prison tale
Boice Willey and Lins discuss Rotary meeting topics and a wartime blockade hero Captain Edward Sherlock married to Frances Stewart recounts aiding Cairo supply routes. Lt. Warren Lins recalls a year in German captivity after Air Corps missions and crash. Guests include Walter Friedman Montgomery Ward manager and Henry Poisson visiting Rotarian from Kenova West Virginia.
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Br. C. A. Boice Joln
Rotary Club
Edward Sherlock
le Mercaant Marine
Sherlock
Frances Stewart
Red Sea
Cairo
Egypt
Port Arthur
Texas
Mont- Romery
Rommel
Warren Lins
Lins
Air Corps
Africa
Italy
Walter Friedman
Montggomery Ward
Henry Poisson
Kenova
West Virginia
Washington
Make Contract With Engineers On Airport Work
Washington city council approved a contract with Stanley Engineering of Muscatine for municipal airport engineering. The firm will survey the site, assess topography and obstructions, and develop runway plans after site selection, with fees of 850 dollars payable on plans approval. A public hearing on the budget is set for August 6.
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Washington
Stanley Engineering Company
Muscatine
J. B. Tracy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Iowa Aviation Commission
Two New Divorces Filed in Washington County Court
Two divorce suits were filed yesterday in the Washington county district court. Edith Reister vs Claude Reis ter seeks half the home, equal division of household goods, the couple’s automobile, and restoration of a maiden name Edith Boilean. Elizabeth McElroy vs Harold McElroy asks custody of two minor children with maintenance of 100 a month while the husband is in the armed forces and 509 a month after discharge, plus court‑set child support.
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Washington
Richard A Stewart
Eizabeth McElroy
Harold S. MckElroy
T. A. Michels
Anna Mae Howard to start war department secretarial work
Anna Mae Howard of Washington will depart Wednesday night for Washington to join the army service forces staff in the war department likely at the Pentagon. She recently passed civil service exams in stenography and typing.
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Anna Mae Howard
Washington
Washington, D.C
Army Userice Forces
War Department
Fmous
Pentagon
Civil Service
Baty of 14 Months Drowns in a Tub
The body of Larry Urban aged 14 months, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Urban, was found Sunday night in a tub of water in the yard of the Urban home in Dubuque.
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Baty
Dubuque
Larry Urban
Clarence Urban
Urban
Big Three meet barred to reporters in Berlin
Lt. Gen. John Redding announced that the Big Three will not allow correspondents into the conference area and prohibit revealing information from the compound. He warned of a 72 hour suspension for attempts to approach the area while asserting no censorship of reports. The army will not issue news but will relay information from the conferees if provided.
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Berlin
John Redding
U. S. Army
Big Three
Redding
Tokyo
Hearing set August 3 on reckless driving case
Keith Farrier of East Pleasant Plain faced reckless driving charges after a car wreck on July 8 near Washington on highway 92. He appeared with attorney E L Edmondson, posted a $50 bond, and a hearing was deferred to August 3. One passenger Priscilla Dickinson died, two others were seriously injured in the Iowa City hospital.
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Keith Farrier
East Pleasant Plain
Justice of the Peace
R. W. Fillmore
Brighton
E. L. Edmondson
Edmondson
Farrier
Washington
Priscilla Dickinson
Iowa City
District Court Convicts Seven in Desertion and Theft Cases
Seven defendants faced charges of desertion of family false uttering of a bank check and larceny with two for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. All pleaded guilty. The two for larceny received up to five years in state prison. Two others drew one year each, and two were sentenced to jail terms with suspended sentences.
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District Criminal Court
Early Maine towns reflect settlers spirit in unity names
Indicative of the era and settlers in Maine are towns named Hope Harmony Friendship Unity Concord and Union illustrating communal ideals in early colonial settlement. The list highlights the era wide use of aspirational names to reflect communal values and shared goals.
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Maine
Hope
Harmony
Friendship
Unity
Concord
Union
Burglary at Farm Residence Sparks Youth Suspects
Sheriff Putnam and Deputy Kiesey seek two 17 year old strangers believed to burglarize George P Bartholomew farm house three and a half miles west of town yesterday afternoon. They stole 60 to 75 dollars, four wrist watches, a diamond ring, and a combination rifle shotgun missing. The youths were last seen getting a ride toward Washington. one wore blue overalls and a red or checkered shirt, the other light complexioned. one had cowboy boots.
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H. M. Putnam
Walt Kiesey
George P Bartholomew
Riverside Couple Receives Marriage License
Kenneth C. Kos of Riverside and Katheryn E. Soutauwiek of Kalona obtained a marriage license at the courthouse today.
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Kenneth C. Kos
Riverside
Katheryn E. Soutauwiek
Kalona
Court House
Pacific Fleet Bombards Hitachi region near Tokyo
U S Pacific fleet warships opened a thunderous bombardment of Hitachi and surrounding industrial suburbs 75 miles north of Soukyo, with battleships Iowa and other dreadnoughts offshore. The action, part of four days of focused strikes, targets Japan's war plants and coastal defenses as carrier aircraft pound Tokyo and nearby areas.
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Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Jack Mahon
United States Pacific Fleet
Hitachi
Soukyo
Honshu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Iowa
Admiral Halsey
Honshu
Hokkaido
Tus Botton
Royal Navy
U.S
Sukegawa
Vinis
Tachi
3Rd Fleet
Hamashi
Military
Indus
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Seacoast
Nazi Germany
Gatow
Antwerp
Belgium
Augusta
Valla
Mr. Trumian
Lee Dusenbery
Charles K. Dusenbery
Casablanca
Boice, Willey
Linslaik
Rotary Vulub
W. D. Willey
Pany
Reister
Elroy
Clerk of District Court
Central Park
Iona Burham
Ralph W. Young
Admiral
Mrs. Burham Teady
Chas. Mayo
Paul Campbell
Mrs. Barham
Taylor Russell
Cole Porter Sousa
Jerome Kern
Fillmore
Bennett -Fillmore
Yoder
Arr
Briegel -Grabel
Bartholomew Home
Rin Jap
Muroran
Kamaishi
Nimitz
Tin
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