Iowa City Plane Theft Charge Filed
A. E. Dube of Faribault Minnesota is charged with larceny in the nighttime for allegedly stealing a Taylorcraft airplane valued at 2250 from Paul Shaw the Iowa City airport base operator. A demurrer was filed by Dube's attorney claiming the charge is not an extraditable offense and a hearing is set in two weeks.
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Iowa City
A. E H. Dube
Faribault
Minn
Paul Shaw
Jack C. White
Dube
Minnesota
Injunctions Ordered Against 25 Firms Over Cigarette Ceiling
Des Moines based OPA actions resulted in permanent injunctions from Federal Judge Henry N. Graven in Mason City. One firm, the B and T tavern of Tama run by Floyd Tower and R. J. Blythe, must pay a $1,000 judgment for selling cigarettes above ceiling prices.
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Des Moines
Des Moines District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Henry N. Graven
Federal District Court
Mason City
B &T Tavern
Tama
Floyd Tower
R. J. Blythe
Waverly Seeks Federal OK for Twenty-Five Homes
In Des Moines a Waverly delegation pressed FHA officials for approval to build at least 25 houses in Waverly. Banker Guy VanWerveer said the town needs housing and that 25 would help though 73 would be ideal. He noted tied to shortages from local industries and farm hires.
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Des Moines
Waverly
Federal Foting Administration
FHA
Guy VanWerveer
VanDerveer
Burns Fatal to Girl of Five at Ft Lodge
Five year old Karen Ann Lindner died from burns suffered while playing with matches at Fort Dodge. Survived by her parents Seaman and Mrs. Ricl aid Lindner two brothers and two sisters with Seaman Lindner on duty in the Pacific at the time.
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Burns
Ft. Lodge
Fort Dodge
Karen Ann Lindner
Seaman
Riclaid Lindner
Seaman Linduer J
Pacific
Grand Jury Probe Sought in War Accident Death
A coroner's jury on Monday night urged a grand jury investigation into the death of Richard Quinby 5 who was hit by a car on the Tabor Randolph road north of Sidney Ila The jury found no blame attached to George Carl era of Omaha the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash
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Sidney
Ila
Richard Quinby
Tabor-Randolph Road
Here
George Carlera
Omaha
Teacher Edna Marschall Killed in Ackley Car Crash
Miss Edna Marschall a 61 year old teacher in Ackley was killed when a car driven by her brother Bill struck a bridge abutment two miles west of New Hartford. Marschall waved a handkerchief to chase an insect, momentarily blocking her brother’s vision and causing the car to swerve. Her brother, a clothing merchant, escaped without serious injury.
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Ackley
Edna Marschall
Bill
New Hartford
Judge Sentences Edwin P. Smith for Selective Service Violation
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey sentenced Edwin Paul Smith, 85, Shenandoah, to six months in federal prison for a selective service act violation. Smith was brought before the judge on the case.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Edwin Paul Smith
Shenandoah
Smith
Dewey
Petain Pressured Collaboration with Nazis, Witness Testifies
Paris reports General Paul Andre Doyan testified that Marshal Petain urged continued collaboration with Germany even after Pierre Laval's 1942 arrest. Clemenceau, son of WWI hero, linked Petain to Reynaud and Mandel imprisonments, asserting responsibility and lack of action to halt crimes.
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Paris
Paul Andre Doyan
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Pierre Laval
Doyan
French Armistice Commission
Petain
Laval
Bald
Michel Clemenceau
Tiger
Clemenceau
Paul
Injured Army Furlough Driver Hurt in Brighton Road Crash
Richard Sieren of Brighton suffered serious injuries when his car left the road south of Brighton after failing to make a turn. He was hospitalized at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield then moved to Des Moines for further care with a broken arm a fractured leg and possible pelvic injuries.
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Richard Sieren
Brighton
Sieren
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Des Moines
Man Pleads Guilty After Draft Duty Evades Report
Last May 22, he was granted a parole with the understanding he would clear up matters with his draft board after failing to report for a preinduction physical. Smith moved away without reporting and was rearrested in Omaha Nebraska. Assistant District Attorney Cloid I. Level said he was arraigned again Friday and pleaded guilty, claiming intoxication.
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Smith
Omaha
Neb
Cloid I. Level
Prisoner Escapes From Des Moines Hospital Clinic
Chief Deputy Mae Byers predicted the sheriff’s office will recapture John Harvey, 57, an escaped prisoner, in plenty of time for his trial next month. Harvey, indicted for automobile theft, fled Broadlawns General hospital after leaving a clinic room Wednesday afternoon as Deputies Hutchins and Smith pursued him with two other inmates.
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Des Moines
Mae Byers
Polk County Sheriff's Office
John Harvey
Byers
Harvey
Broadlawns General Hospital
Charles Hutchins
Joe Smith
Truman Seeks Senate Backing for UN Armed Forces Use
President Truman urged Congress to approve any military use of UN forces via future agreements. The message, delivered through Senate leader Kenneth McKellar while Truman attended Big Three talks in Potomac, states approval will be sought by appropriate legislation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
United Nations
New World Organization
Congress
Truman
Kenneth McKellar Dem
Security Council
Harvey Paroled Auto Thief Returns From Clinic
At a hospital Harvey, under treatment for stomach ulcers, answered a call to the Clinicé and walked away. Byers stated Harvey, on parole from Fort Leavenworth, had served four terms for automobile theft across several penitentiaries.
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Harvey
Byers
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Bomber Crashes Into Empire State Building Reports 19 Dead
A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building on a foggy Saturday, igniting a blaze that engulfed floors from the 62nd to 79th. Police reported 19 dead, including six soldiers, with nine bodies on the 79th floor and extensive debris raining onto 34th Street. Emergency crews and Bellevue Hospital responders rushed to the scene as flames raged for about 40 minutes.
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Empire State Building
New York
Midtown Manhattan
Waldorf Building
33Rd Street
War Relief Service
National Welfare Council
34Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
62Th
79Th
Rainbow carnival concession owner reports wallet loss
Carl Larson of Rainbow carnival concessions in Washington reports his billfold missing with valuable cards and about 1400 ration points. A 100 point fragment bearing his name was later used at a Washington market to buy rationed goods, suggesting someone found the property seeking return.
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Carl Larson
Washington
American Legion
Larson
Revival Campaign Opens at Christian Tabernacle in Washington
Revival meetings begin Sunday at the Christian Tabernacle with mainly Rev. W. J. Stevens preaching. Stevens indicated outside preachers may join later in the series. The campaign marks the 12th anniversary of his work in Washington that led to the church.
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Christian Tabernacle
W. J. Stevens
Washington
Stevens
Six Discharges Filed at Court House Today
The county recorder reports six discharges filed by five Army men and one Navy veteran, bringing weekly total to 13 and county total to 223. The list includes Bidwell John M and four other service personnel with service dates, campaigns, and awards such as Bronze Stars and Overseas Bars.
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County Recorder’s
Bidwell
John M
Washington
Normandy
North France
Germany
Gerot
Darrell G
Riverside
East Indies
Papuan
New Guinea
Leyte
Griffith
Harold S
Rome-Arno
Tunisia
Algeria
French Morocco
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
EAME
Hawkins
Ronald G
Tunisian
North Appennines
Po Valley
Long
Lyle E
Crawfordsville
Owen
John Corette
Cool spell returns after hot stretch in city
The region cools after a stretch of temperatures above 90. Yesterday’s high reached 89 with a low around 61. Forecasters saw possible rain but only thunder and lightning produced a trace of precipitation overnight.
Attlee Bevin Head to Berlin for Potsdam Talks
Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin depart London for Potsdam to resume Big Three discussions. Attlee pledges a tough, no pussyfooting approach and vows a strong cabinet as labor gains its new mandate.
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Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
Britain
Attlee
Winston Churchill
George VI
Major Attlee
Treasury
Churchill
British Empire
Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
London
Forsdam
Labor
Bebin
Idmitt Bsm
Bevin
Berlin
Japanese Food Blockade to Hit Home Diets This Winter
New York July 28 The War and Business Abroad report says Japanese families will feel tighter belts as blockade bites. Hokkaido potato crop is below normal and Tokyo wheat and barley harvests are about 20 percent off. Sugar relied on Formosa and Okinawa. Formosa nearly cut off and Okinawa lost. Japan can grow enough wheat and rice for a basic minimum.
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New York
Business Week
Hokkaido
Japan
Tokyo
Formosa
Okinawa
Chinese Report Kweilin Capture Recaptured by Chinese Forces
CHUNGKING July 28 The Chinese communique reports Kweilin in Kwangsi province has been recaptured by Chinese troops under General Tang En-Po. The re-occupation was completed at 10 p m yesterday as Japanese forces fled northwest pursued by Chinese forces.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Tang En-Po
Disruption of Transport to Help Invasion Plan Cited
The text warns that continued bombing could collapse rail road and water transport within six months, aiming to cause chaos and pave the way for an invasion. It frames accelerated bombing as a means to cripple logistics and open the path for military action.
New Trail of Destruction Left Today
Pearl Harbor July 2 Two thousand carrier based planes raided Japan's Inland Sea and hit Kure as Admiral Halsey s 3rd fleet returned to strike. Allied crews claimed a complete neutra lization of the Japanese fleet with ships sunk and planes damaged.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Ing
William F. Halsey
3Rd Fleet
Kure
Hyuga
Nasaka Jima
Imperial Navy
Great Battle Fleet
Halsey
United Press
Earnest Heberrecht
John McCaine
Honshu
Bungo Straits
Kyush Islands
D. B. Beary
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Radio Tokyo
Malayan
Puket Island
Comei
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Phuket
Indian Ocean
Sumatri
Tokyo Radio
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Court House
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