Russians Capture Brest Litovsk Fortress Column About Iowa
A Charles City Iowa blackout may be needed to halt a moth invasion along the Cedar River near Main Street Bridge. Moths swarmed lights Tuesday night and again Wednesday causing misery for pedestrians at the Gem theater and nearby Charles City Smoke Shop. Water and brooms were used Thursday to remove dead moths creating an unpleasant stench.
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Charles City
Main Street
Cedar River
Gem Theater
Des Moines AAA Committees Protest Dieterich Dismissal
Scott and Grundy county AAA committees protested the dismissal of H L Dieterich from the state AAA committee. They sent a telegram to LeRoy Smith N E Dodd Marvin Jones and Claude Wickard asking Dieterich be retained unless good reasons are given. Scott county chair Rudolph Koch called the action unjust and urged retention until reasons are provided.
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Des Moines
County Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Scott
Grundy
H. L. Dieterich
Rudolph Koch
Horace L. Paulsian
Hugh M. Ficke
Scott Committee
Davenport
Ill
Dieterich
LeRoy K. Smth
AAA North Central Region
N. E. Dodd
National Aaa
Marvin Jones
War Food Administration
Agticulture
Claude ‘Wickard
Scott County
Koch
Cedar Falls Woman Released on Bond in Improper Disposition Case
Margaret Camaratta, 22, of Cedar Falls, was released Thursday on $2,000 bond from a Waterloo hospital where she had been in custody since July 17 on a charge of improper disposition of a body connected to the birth and death of her child at a friend’s home. The case will be presented to the grand jury.
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Waterloo
Margaret Camaratta
Cedar Falls
Miss Camarritta
Reeves to Be Brought Back to Iowa Penitentiary
Des Moines reports Harry Reeves 44 of Sioux City who served part of a 40 year sentence for burglary by explosives will be returned from Oakland California to Iowa. The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the return after setting aside a 1943 writ of habeas corpus granting Reeves release.
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Des Moines
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Harry Reeves
Sioux City
Fort Madison
Reeves
Woodbury County
Ehlerman Jewelry Co
Issue Order to Discontinue Rock Island Platform Cabooses
The Iowa commerce commission ordered the Rock Island railroad to stop using on Iowa branch lines cabooses built over box cars with a single end platform and no outside end platform. The Brotherhoods filed the 1940 complaint and a July 21 1944 conference led to the order.
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Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Railroad Transportation Brotherhoods of Iowa
Commission
Brotherhoods
Railroad
Yanks Plan Assault on Coutances
Supreme Headquarters reports American armor massed before Coutances as seven German divisions retreat toward the west coast. Bradley’s 1st Army drives from the north and northeast, pursuing along the Lessay and Ay valley routes. US forces seize Marguerite and Corbuchon as German resistance fractures in widening retreat.
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Supreme Hdq
AERF
USP
Coutances
Normandy
St. Lo
Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
1St
Dyith
U. S
Lessay
Marguerite
Corbuchon
Cotances
London bomb blasts threaten air supremacy, jet threat warned
London and southern England endured more deaths as blasts spread destruction. The Aeroplane magazine warned Nazi jet aircraft production may be far advanced enough to threaten Allied air superiority over Europe.
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London
England
the Aeroplane
Europe
Marriage License Issued for Bleess and Hoover
A marriage license was issued today at the courthouse to Maurice R. Bleess and N Ruth Hoover, both of Brighten.
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Court House
Maurice R. Bleess
N. Ruth Hoover
Brighten
Forces advance toward St. Sauveur Leuvein near Cottances
American units push toward St. Sauveur Leuvein penetrating two miles from the last major road center above Cottances as they move down the Periers.
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Periers
St. Sauveur Leuveiin
Cottances
Louisiana Major Correspondent Reports Robber Gang Ties
Major Walter Conner in Louisiana writes Sheriff about a robber outfit linked to a June Washington county case. The group, with a imprisoned female, was captured in Louisiana after escaping Camp Breckenridge. FBI involvement expected. six captured at Lake Providence hotel, named as Pernell Daniels and companions.
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Louisiana
Washington County
Ainsworth
Oregon
Washington
H. M. Putnam
Walter G. Conner
Great Bend
Kan
Army Air Field
Baton Rouge Air Field
Walker
Camp Breckenridge
Conner
Opelousas
Clayton Gilbeau
St. Landry Parish
Argay
Breckenridge
Bunkie
Lake Providence
Aphey
K. J. Doucet
Howard DeJean
Arthur Richard
Coupts
J. J. Desmond
B. I. Davis
State Police Department
Clayton J. Guilbeau
FBI
Pernell Daniels
Dallas
Marie Barrow
Chicago
Clyde Barrow
North
William Bryant Tayburn
Daphney Hazel Thompson
Bill Thompson
Patsy Jamison
Thompsons
Allies Close on Florence as Pisa Front Sees Heavy Fighting
Allied forces slam toward Florence with New Zealand units seven miles from the city while American and German actions around Pisa intensify. British columns push northwest toward Arno crossings as Arno river guns shell positions near the Italian city.
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Rome
New Zealand
Florence
Highway 2
San Cascian
Cerbaia
San Casciano
Sth
Pisa
6Th Army
Pfc Robert Lane Wounded in France
Mr and Mrs Oscar Lane received a letter from their son Private First Class Robert Lane written from a hospital in England. He said he was shot in the leg in France and noted the injury occurred between July 5 and July 20. He described good care and fine nurses.
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Oscar Lane
Robert Lane
England
France
Lane
Two Injured When Truck and Car Collide
A rock truck owned by Paul Davis of Des Moines and driven by Wesley J. Custer Jr 18 of Washington collided with a sedan driven by C L Baker 73 of West Chester on a foggy narrow hill about a mile south of Grace Hill. Mrs Baker 71 sustained bruises and cuts while Mr Baker received head cuts. Custer was uninjured. Both vehicles suffered about 300 dollars in damage.
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Paul Davis
Des Moines
Wesley J. Custer, Jr
Washington
Grace Hill
C. L. Baker
West Chester
Tomorrow Ends Fifth War Loan Drive in Washington County
Washington County races to reach its fifth war loan quota as buyers are urged to purchase bonds by tomorrow night. Federal reserve reports show a $13,476.75 shortfall of $1,243,000 and a final push is expected from both large and small investors to avoid missing the county target.
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Federal Reserve
Chicago
Three shots stop three Germans at 900 yards on Italian front
An infantry colonel fired three rounds from his Army rifle to kill three enemy soldiers during combat on the Italian front. The engagement occurred at a 900 yard range as Allied forces pressed the line against German troops.
Swift Funeral of Private Bernard E Swift
Funeral services for Private Bernard E Swift who died from injuries in a highway crash near Des Moines are set for Saturday at 4 P M at L A Jones Funeral Home. Rev A C Roach will officiate. Burial will be Elm Grove Cemetery. Swift’s brother in law, from a California naval base, may arrive after the service, delaying burial if he comes.
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U. S
Saipan
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Bonins
Japan
Jones Funeral Home
Bernard E. Swift
Des Moines
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
A. C. Roach
Richland
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Swift
California
Girl Is Improving and Inquest Set for Tuesday
Reports from Town-Lutheran hospital say Arylus Larson of Washington is improving and has partially regained consciousness after a highway crash in northern Polk County. Three companions from Washington died in the crash. Coroner A. E. Shaw announced an inquest into the deaths will be held next Tuesday.
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Arylus Larson
Des Moines
Town-Lutheran Hospital
Washington
Polk County
A. E. Shaw
Municipal Band Concert Leads Local Talent
Khior Al Hayes Olivadoti Stacy headline a municipal band concert featuring local musicians. The event spotlights community talent and may showcase new compositions by regional artists.
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Khior al Hayes Olivadoti
R H Clark 91 Dies After Months of Illness
Robert Homer Clark 91 died at 5 35 p m yesterday at his home 422 East Van Leren street after a several month illness. Funeral arrangements pending with Sherman’s funeral home. He was born October 30 1852 in Pleasant Cove near Columbus Junction son of Josephus and Mary Ann Clark. Survived by wife, five children, 13 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren with several stepchildren and many descendants. He lived in Washington since 1931 and was a long time member of Church of Gog and Odd Fellows lodge.
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Robert Homer Clark
East
van Leren Street
Sherman
Mr. Clark
Pleasant Cove
Columbus Junction
Josephus
Mary Ann (Roedan) Clark
Clark
Church of Gog
Louisa County
Odd Fellows Lodge
Orra McCormac
Pharr
Texas
Chet Clark
Council Bluffs
Iowa
James G. Clark
Stratford
Mary Ivie
Wichita
Kansas
Marcellus Clark
Dallas
William Simkins
Ainsworth
Ana Sprague
Washington
Henry Murdock
Arkansas City
Lola Rath
Morley Murdock
Los Angeles
Ellis Murdock
Roy Fredenberg
Davenport
Melo Vacha
Gail Murdock
Riverside
Gladys Murdock
County Awards Surfacing Contract for 25.8 Miles
Washington county awarded maintenance surfacing of 25.8 miles. Northern Gravel Company of Muscatine submitted the low bid of 12349.55 dollars.
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State Highway Commission
Ames
Washington County
Northern Gravel Company of
Muscatine
Nazi officials flee Poland as Soviet push nears Warsaw
London reports a Soviet westward offensive shatters German lines from Brest-Litovsk to Daugavpils. Berlin admits retreat from Brest-Litovsk and factions flee Warsaw as Red Army drives toward the Polish capital within days. Other major bases including Lwow and Bialystok fall amid escalating guerilla activity.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Russia
Carpathian
Baltic
Berlin
Brest-Litoral
Warsaw
Stockholm
Lwow
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Derailment Delays Trains on Rock Island Line
In Brighton a westbound freight derailed six to seven empty cars and one coal car. Passenger trains were rerouted via the Milwaukee line until Rock Island opened tracks around 9 am. No extensive damage reported and schedules resumed with rerouting earlier in the morning.
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Brighton
Rock Island
Milwaukee Railroad
W. A. Polzien
Lewis Goodlander
Washington
Milwaukee Road
Electric Motor Halted by Magnetic Brake Breaks Speed Records
A compact electric motor running at 16 000 RPM is stopped in six revolutions by a novel magnetic brake. The device halts a mile a minute car in 2.73 feet, demonstrating a dramatic deceleration capability.
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