Two Des Moines Gas Station Operators Suspended
The office of price administration suspends Harold Huston and Percy Smith from selling gasoline for 30 days on charges of selling gasoline without ration coupons. The suspension, effective 12:01 a.m. August 8, also includes a 60 day technically longer term with a 30 day initial period and subsequent probation.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Harold Huston
Dean Avenue
Percy Smith
Forest Avenue
University Avenue
BE. Ninth Street
Donald Dr. Holdoegel
Iowa Governor’s Wife to Sponsor Liberty Ship
Mrs. Rourke B. Hickenlooper will sponsor a liberty ship at Terminal Island California next month during a visit with her husband for a picnic of the Iowa Association of Southern California.
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Des Moines
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Terminal Island
Cal
Iowa Association of Southern California
Cincinnati farmer arraigned for assault on federal officer
Ottumwa report states J. D. Hawkins of Cincinnati Iowa was arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Wilber Dull on a charge of assaulting Harold K. Powers deputy collector of internal revenue. Powers went to Hawkins farm near Cincinnati to investigate a tax matter. decision was postponed until today.
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Ottumwa
J. D. Hawkins
Cincinnati
U.S
Wilber Dull
Hawkins
Harold K. Powers
Internal Revenue
Powers
Dull
Iowa City Builds First Municipal Playgrounds
Construction is underway on Iowa Citys first three municipal playgrounds to aid in juvenile delinquency prevention. The project should finish by summers end. Maintenance and future play areas require a referendum vote for tax funding, with current projects funded by community donations and local organization support.
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Iowa City
Washington county completes fourth blackout amid strict compliance
Washington county and nearby towns experienced a full blackout as residents instantly dimmed lights and halted vehicles after the alert signal. County commander Ivan Norton praised the cooperative response, noting flawless adherence and no reported infractions or accidents during the blackout.
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Ivan Norton
Citizens Defense Corps
Clarence Logan
Washington
Kiesey
Norton
Walt Kiesey
American Legion Meeting Tuesday in City Hall
Leon Beatty post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting next Tuesday evening in the Legion rooms at city hall. Commander Charles Kennedy urges a large turnout for this important gathering.
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Leon Beatty
The
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Charles Kennedy
Legionnaires
Believe Ten Die in Crash Of Bomber
Ten men were killed when a four motor army bomber crashed into a brooder house on the A. O. Grady farm ten miles southeast of Ogden Iowa The plane reportedly burned in flames before the impact Mrs Brady was nearby and suffered a burn to her arm The wreckage covered a 30 acre corn field Log books list ten aboard with no details on fatalities or origin of the bomber.
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Ogden
Iowa
A. O. Grady
Heart Attack Fatal to Duster in Des Moines
Leo J. Duster 49 executive secretary to Governor Hickenlooper was found dead from a heart attack at the governor's home. He had held posts with the American Legion national committees and arrived with the governor’s administration in January. Duster previously ran a Cedar Rapids grocery and served in the war overseas.
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Des Moines
Leo J. Duster
B. B. Hickenlooper
Duster
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Hickenlooper
Legion National Convention
Legion National Committee
Rainfall totals inch and Delta visitor in Washington
Rain gauge at 12 30 reports just over one inch of rain. Delta resident Mrs Logan Heilman is visiting Washington during a blackout. Traffic resumes after the blackout as vehicles move again. Dogs in the area barked throughout the darkness.
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Logan Heilman
Delta
Washington
Health Unit Activities for Week of August 2
Schedule lists selective service and Four H examinations Monday 1 30 P M in office. Tuesday includes child health conference at Highland Center School 8 30 11 30 A M and 1 00 3 30 P M in office. Wednesday provides child health conference in Well Qian 1 00 3 30 P M.
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Highland Center School
Well- Qian
Local Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were secured at the courthouse late yesterday by Max W. Haifley and Mary Rose Anna Carter of Washiister, and Howard H. Coakley and Loraine E. Putman of Washington.
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Court House
Max W. Haifley
Mary Rose Anna Carter
Washiister
Howard H. Coakley
Laureen E. Putman
Washington
Military obituary notes long service with Battery B unit
The obituary honors a veteran who served with Battery B of the 126th Field Artillery in the last war. He is survived by his wife and two sons, James and John, who reside in Cedar Rapids.
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126Th Field Artilery
James
John
Cedar Rapids
Board weighs moving junior high to high school next year
Washington school board considers closing the junior high for the war period and transferring pupils to the high school building. The plan would be temporary and contingent on feasibility and public reaction, with no changes to teaching staff.
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Washington
Board of Education
Tion
End of meat shortage vision voices cautious optimism
Washington reports the agriculture department sees the meat shortage easing but warns that demand for popular cuts may cause temporary shortages. Heavier marketing of cattle and hogs could relieve spring and summer shortfalls, with fall prospects still uncertain. Japanese soldiers receive ration biscuits. wartime glass containers free up steel and tin for war needs.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Election under new law set for August 4 at Allis Chalmers
The National Labor Relations Board will hold the first strike ballot under the Smith Connally act on August 4 at the Allis Chalmers plant in Springfield Illinois. Over 2 000 employees are eligible to vote. The action follows Attorney General Biddles opinion that any group representative may file a strike notice after a bargaining dispute with United Mine Workers District 50 filing July 5.
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Washington, D. C
National Labor Relations Board
Allis- Chalmers Co
Springfield
Til
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Allis-Chalmers
District 50
United Mine Workers
NLRB
United Farm Equipment Workers Cio
Allied forces intensify push as Italy edges toward surrender
Allied air raids resume against Italy with force and vigor as Badoglio seeks terms via contact with Eisenhower. In North Africa, delegates claim to discuss Italy's future. Sicily offensive expands with heavy blows, Messina area tightening the noose. American British and Canadian forces press through the Messina bridgehead toward Etna defenses. Aegades islands surrender as the campaign narrows Italy’s options.
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N. Africa
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Madrid
Dwight D.usenhower
North Africa
France
Sicily
Axis
Streit
Messina
Mt. Etna
Aegades
Eicher Buys Willenbrook Motor Co in Iowa City
Leslie M. Eicher former Iowa state highway commissioner and 1940 chairman buys Willenbrock Motor Co including Oldsmobile agency and repair shop in Iowa City. He plans to move plans uncertain while remaining in Washington. Willenbrock is noted as a prominent Democrat.
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Leslie M. Eicher
Iowa State Highway Commission
Willenbrook Motor Compay
Iowa City
Oldsmobile
Eicher
Hicher
Washington
Leslie Ficher
Claude Tucker
Tucker & Eicher
Tudor Chevrolet
West
Washington Street
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