Figures Announced By Stimson on Overseas Troop Deployment
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed 3 657 000 U S army soldiers are abroad in theaters of operation. He said air and service forces overseas are nearly fully deployed and ground units are moving to theaters per plan. He projected over 5 000 000 Americans in combat theaters by year end, noting overseas forces exceed WWI totals by 1 571 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sec. of
Henry L. Stimson
U. S
Stimson
United Army
Fire destroys Phillips 66 bulk station at Glenwood
A Phillips 66 bulk station in Glenwood was totally destroyed by fire and explosion as a fuel truck was being filled. Four of five storage tanks exploded and 30,000 gallons of gasoline were lost while the fire department fought the blaze into the night. Airport bonds pass in Rock Rapids with 289 yes to 101 no for a $39,000 municipal airport project financed by a 1.25 mill levy.
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Glenwood
A. A. Conrad
Rock Rapids
McNeill Arrested in Council Bluffs for Worthless Checks
San Francisco man Jack Fred McNeill 27 was arrested on a charge of passing a worthless check. He admitted cashing about 60 checks for 10 to 20 dollars since April across seven states before being turned over to a deputy U S marshal.
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Council Bluffs
Jack Fred McNeill
San Francisco
Cal
United States
McNeill
Army officer and two women detained after lake incident
Sheriff Lewis Johnson of Indianola states an army officer First Lieutenant George R. James of Leavenworth Kansas his wife Kathleen and Sergeant Meta Jennings of St. Louis were detained overnight at the Warren County jail for intoxication and swimming in an unsupervised area of Lake Ahquabi. They were released without formal charges and between hospital officials at Fort Des Moines.
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Indianola
Lewis Johnson
Lake Ahiquabi
George R. James
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Des Moines
Kathleen
Seret
Meta Jennings
St. Louis
Newton Youth Guilty of Forgery at War Plant
Kenneth Hahn 18 admitted stealing a $33 check from roommate John Fear, forging Fear's endorsement and cashing it. In district court he received a sentence of not more than 10 years in the Anamosa men's reformatory. Hahn's parole from Eldora Boy's Training school was revoked after a 1.5 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kenneth Hahn
Mallard
Anamosa
Hahn
John Fear
Fear
Eldora
M. J. Carey
Major Miles' Son Killed Over Italy
Lt. William B. Miles, son of Major Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionnaire, was killed in action over Italy May 17. A 2nd lieutenant and Liberator bomber pilot, Miles was a Des Moines Roosevelt high school All-State football star and played in the East-West All-Star game in 1941. He married Kathleen Whitehead of Helena Arkansas. another son Frank Miles Jr. is also in the Army Air Corps.
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Des Moines
William B. Miles
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
Italy
War Department
Miles
Iowa Selective Service System
William Miles
Roosevelt High School
Army Air Corps
Kathleen Whitehead
Helena
Arkansas
Frank Miles, Jr
Washington County Shines in State Waste Paper and Metal Salvage
Washington County leads in waste paper collection with 146.6 percent of a 190 275 pound quota by four month totals and ranks fourth in the state. Metal salvage shows 88.6 percent of a 632 ton quota with 560 tons collected, placing county among top six. Neighboring counties’ figures are listed. a New York telegram urges continued waste paper drives as war measures.
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Washington County
General Salvage
War Production Board
Iowa
Dubuque
Cerro Gordo
Des Moines County
Jefferson
Henry
Keokuk
Town
Louisa
Johnson
Mahaska
Muscatine
Washington
Blackhawk
Clinton
Journal
Victory
New York
Department of Commerce
Painting Stalls for Automobile Parking
Street Commissioner Ralph Minick and city workers paint orange markers on Washington streets to designate parking stalls at curbs and in the street center. They also mark no parking zones and spaces reserved for pedestrians to guide drivers.
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Ralph Minick
Washington
Food Preservation Clinics to Be Held in Washington County
Ruth Foster announces a series of food preservation clinics across Washington County from June 5 to 16. The sessions offer hands on demonstrations, discuss canning problems, showcase wartime jars and equipment, and teach safe canning to prevent spoilage and accidents. A pressure cooker gauge test will be offered, noting gauges are often inaccurate.
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Washington County
Ruth Foster
Mrs. Miller Named Manager at A and P in Washington
Dorothy Humston Miller becomes manager of the A and P market in Washington succeeding Carl Moline, who moves to lead the Marshalltown A and P supermarket. Miller, a Washington native, has worked in the local store since last October after prior experience in Alliance, Nebraska.
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Dorothy Humston Miller
Washington
Carl Moline
Marshalltown
Miller
Washington Girls
Alliance
Nebr
England
Moline
Keokuk
Helen Beenblossom
McLellan
A. and P
Purple Heart Awarded to Chas Dusenbery in North Africa Death
Mr and Mrs Lee Dusenbery announce that their son Charles Kuhn Dusenbery received a Purple Heart medal and certificate posthumously. Charles served in the navy and died November 12 1942 at Casablanca aboard a transport during the North Africa invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Dusenbery
Charles Kuhn Dusenbery
Charles
Casatlanca
North Africa
Candidates to Attend Republican Dinner
Republican candidates for county offices will be presented Friday evening at a dinner honoring Congressman Thos. E. Martin. Tickets cost 75 cents and include dinner at the YMCA community room at seven. Martin will speak on current national affairs. this is his first local appearance in months.
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Republcan
Thos. E. Martin
Y.M.C.A
Martin
National Capitol
Salvation Army Fund Drive Opens in County by Des Moines Envoy
Envoy Abner Bolander arrives to launch the annual Salvation Army campaign for funds. He notes active service for troops at fronts including Italy where centers and canteens serve soldiers. A Campobasso center occupies an entire town with 24 hour service and facilities for thousands. A Red Shield center replaces fascist HQ. The setup includes recreation, writing and rest rooms and beds for 6500 men, plus a restaurant.
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Abner Bolander
Des Moines
Salvation Army
Bolander
Italy
Campobasso
Red Shield
Sixteen 18YearOlds Register in May for Military Service
Sixteen boys who turned 18 in May registered for military service with the County selective service board last month. This was the largest May total since September. Names listed include Kenneth Propst, Kevin Armbruster, Paul Wheelan, Dale Statler, Richard Mottet, Robert Scott, Edward Berry, John Bulger, Eugene Knerr, Donald Smith, Max Rinner, Francis Hayes, Lewis Beenblossom, and Leland Jeffries.
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County Selective Service Board
Kenneth John Propst
Kevin Bernard Joseph ArMbruster
Riverside
Paul Raymond Wheelan
Washington
Dale Addison Statler
Wash
Army Nurse Mary Kerr Calls for More Surgical Dressings
Lieutenant Mary Kerr of the Army Nurses Corps in New Guinea urges Washington women to increase daily surgical dressings activity after learning only 13 of them helped yesterday. She describes front line injuries and hospital conditions, and notes improvements in South Pacific living quarters for nurses since May 1943.
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Mary Kerr
Army Nurses Corps
New Guinea
Washington
Red Cross
804Th Medical
South Pacific
Chinese Forces Fall Back Near Changsha Front
American P-4? air force units joined the battle as Chinese ground forces retreated slowly along a 60 mile front toward Changsha. The U S 14th Air Force supported the defense by bombing Japanese infantry columns and targeting supply lines yesterday.
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Chunking
U.S
Tung-Ting Lake
Changsha
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Lieutenant Walker Reaches U S After 50 Bombing Missions
Lieutenant William Walker has arrived in the United States after flying fifty bombing missions in Africa and Italy. He is now at a Virginia camp and is due home soon after nearly a year of active service as a Flying Fortress pilot. He left the country last summer.
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William Walker
States
H. L. Walker
Walker
Virginia
Resume Raids Against Europe
Allied air forces resumed operations over Europe breaking a weather lull. Medium bombers and fighters hit the Boulogne Dieppe coast while British night bombers struck three French rail centers and the invasion coast. Antwerp was bombed and casualties were expected to be high.
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London
Europe
Channel
Boulogne-Dieppe
Antwerp
Paris
United States
Germany
Hamm
Schwerte
Allied forces breach last German line near Rome
American 5th and 65th armies drive into the Alban hills within sight of Rome. British forces seize Frosinone as encirclement advances on Velmontone and Velletri lines. Heavy air support and two-direction fire signal tightening noose on remaining German defenders below Rome.
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Allied Hdq
Naples
U.P
Velletri
Alban Hills
Rome
HDQ
Lanuvia
EFE
Sth
Frosinone
Via Casilina
Jimountains
Velmontone
5Th Army
Velletri-Valmontone
Identity of Riverside Goat Pranksters Unveiled
Sheriff Putnam announced he learned the identities of youths who moved a roadside goat into a Riverside apartment as part of a prank. About 20 local youths were involved, with charges not yet determined. The goat belonged to the Sigourney goat man. two goats were taken and one found dead dog confused for a dead goat.
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H. M. Putnam
Riverside
Sigourney
RAF Bombardment Night Drops Heavy Bombs on French Targets
In the heaviest raid in four nights the RAF dropped about 3360 tons of bombs on Trap pes Saumur and Tergnier. OSnobruck yards carpeted with bombs and steel plants near the yards damaged. Eight RAF planes were lost including mine laying missions in enemy waters.
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Osnobruck
R.a.f.’S
Trappes-Saumur
Tergnier
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Anzio
Navy
Plaster Wakde Island
Wakde
Lee
Marshall
Louise Peet
Iowa State College
Purple Heart
Chas. Dusenbery
Ington
Richard Vincent Mottet
Robert Norman Scott
Well
Clayton Clifford Hill
Edward Ady Berry
Ainsworth
John Mathias Bulger
Det
Eugene Thomas Knerr
Brigh
Donald LeVern Smith
Max Deane Rinner
Mt. Pleasant
Francis Paul Hayes
Lewis Wilber Beenblossom
Crawfordsville
Leland Denoman — Jeffries
Kerr
Charles Henry’ Crandall
Brighton
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